Boggle- USA bound!

[EventingMum]

I really like him and the way he moves! As a fellow short mane fan I couldn't live with that mane so I would definitely chop it! I think Bog accepting him is a very good omen too, can't wait to see his progress.

 

[Michen]

Team.. I feel bad doing this but not that bad. Know that I would never do so without good reason. Helo’s owner pulled a pony in desperate shape out of a kill pen (they are honestly horrific here and horses get shipped to Mexico/Canada for slaughter). He’s got some pretty awful things going on and the bills have escalated far beyond what could have been expected, and now needs a surgical procedure for an infected tooth. She does a huge amount of charity work using horses for EFL, for kids who are struggling.
She got this pony to help with the program for smaller kids and obviously help him too, but it’s become a bit or a nightmare. He’s in Colorado now having finished his quarantine in Texas.

If you happen to have a spare pound or two his story is here and she would hugely appreciate it.

Please don’t hate me for posting this, hoping that maybe the Bog thread can be used for some good! This is the only time I will post this so as to ensure if it’s not your thing you can scroll on by and Bog/Atlas will be the only thing on here from now on!

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-this-tiny-horse-recover-so-he-can-help-others?attribution_id=sl:80a5a1e5-abb9-41f2-bd53-3fd299f2775c&utm_campaign=man_sharesheet_dash&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link

 

[Michen]

I really like him and the way he moves! As a fellow short mane fan I couldn't live with that mane so I would definitely chop it! I think Bog accepting him is a very good omen too, can't wait to see his progress.

It’s chopped!!!

 

[EventingMum]

It’s chopped!!!

Pics please

 

[Michen]

Pics please

I’ll take some later but it’s… bad. My friend and I did it after a Bloody Mary. Poor guy. Hopefully I can fix it a bit later hehe.

 

[Michen]

Poor baby on his mane I promise I’ll fix it! And helo has taken a chunk out of him over the run.

Look at this though, Boggle comes galloping across the pasture to interfere/break up the argument and protect his new pet at least that’s what I think is happening haha.

He can rear and walk backwards very well.

 

[Lurfy]

Bog is the paddock policeman keeping things in order!

 

[Michen]

I think Atlas will learn a lot about manners from these two

 

[FestiveFuzz]

You must be so made up by how well Atlas is settling, and how Bog is with him just melts the heart! When are you going to break it to him that Atlas isn’t his pet pony?

 

[OldNag]

You must be so made up by how well Atlas is settling, and how Bog is with him just melts the heart! When are you going to break it to him that Atlas isn’t his pet pony?

Ah, but Atlas *is* his pet pony

 

[FestiveFuzz]

Ah, but Atlas *is* his pet pony

Ok, rephrase, when are you going to tell him he has to share?

 

[jhoward]

Michen. What have you done to that mane woman lol your lucky bog hasn't rejected him.

 

[Cloball]

no the mane ( manes should be wild and free imo my ponies touches her knees)

 

[mustardsmum]

Aw Atlas is absolutely gorgeous - @Michen, a good buy! I love how Bog has adopted him, and how amazing Bog looks galloping over to him. Long may the happiness continue!

 

[meleeka]

Oh dear, his mane definitely could do with improvement .

 

[Trouper]

Love the sound of Bog's hooves galloping to investigate - Here Comes The Cavalry!!!

 

[Pinkvboots]

Sacrilege cutting the mane it's so thick it will look lovely just left

 

[setterlover]

I love a long mane but tend to have Pre Pre x Arab and Arab x I love beautiful thick long glossy manes with regular care they look magnificent.
.I can understand thinning a very thick mane perhaps but if it lies neatly can't see the point in scissoring it off agree with pinkboots sacrilege.

 

[I'm Dun]

no way would that mane be staying. Ive also done similar things with manes/tails/clipping, so long as you sort it its fine

 

[meleeka]

Well as the "damage" has now been done (with the aid of a Bloody Mary ), I think the opinions on long v short can stop now. Poor boy must be embarrassed enough

 

[AandK]

I would have chopped the mane too, I let my two late retirees grow their mane but young and/or in work I like it neat and tidy! It will be fine with a bit of (sober) trimming.

 

[AShetlandBitMeOnce]

I'll be interested to see how you improve his mane Michen, it looks very similar in thickness to Dex's which as soon as I have brished it goes back to sitting on both sides of his neck, with enough hair for him to have a full mane on each side at the same time! It's a nightmare for tidying. Every attempt to plait and train it fails too.

 

[equinerebel]

I absolutely would have cut the mane too. Even my semi retired horse has a neat, trimmed mane.

Atlas's will be fine with some additional tidying up and I think he'll look super smart with that beautiful neck of his.

 

[ROMANY 1959]

Send me a plane ticket. I will sort that mane out ,,, poor boy. Good job he can’t see it

 

[Michen]

I know I know the mane needs some help and I will do it this weekend! Any suggestions lol? I don’t want to pull it but don’t want it to be a totally blunt cut. I just couldn’t stand the hair. Really and truly I hate long manes or hair on horses anywhere, it’s taken me a lot of willpower to let Bog keep his disgusting hairy feet for winter at 8500 feet

Once he’s tidied up he will look farrrr better and he already looks much better IMO without the mane!

Even how he rears is cute I’ve genuinely never met a pony that is as cute as him haha.

 

[AShetlandBitMeOnce]

I use one of these to both shorten and take out thickness by doing it predominantly on the underside - they're very good, albeit I have sliced a finger a few times but I think that's more a me problem

https://www.viovet.co.uk/Liveryman-...t8bYqtCeBbSXe-f1NOyQk1jtBPhiYWFsaAvx3EALw_wcB

 

[Michen]

no way would that mane be staying. Ive also done similar things with manes/tails/clipping, so long as you sort it its fine

Ok how do I fix though lollll

 

[Michen]

I use one of these to both shorten and take out thickness by doing it predominantly on the underside - they're very good, albeit I have sliced a finger a few times but I think that's more a me problem

https://www.viovet.co.uk/Liveryman-...t8bYqtCeBbSXe-f1NOyQk1jtBPhiYWFsaAvx3EALw_wcB

I didn’t necessarily want to thin it tho as it’s not a bog brush like boggles, it’s quite tame really…

 

[nutjob]

It will look better if the bottom edge is feathered. This video shows better than I can explain:

 

[OldNag]

Noooo! Morgan manes are beautiful and should be left (IMO) <sobs quietly>