Do I?? Or dont I??

[soph21]

Usually I have a friend who breeds and shows natives to trim Gimley up. But with money being a bit tight I cant afford that ATM.
Now he's clipped I think his mane looks too much?
I do every other horse myself, but his is really bushy and usually she doesn't pull it, she trims it with a bot knife, I wouldn't let myself loose on his mane with a bot knife lol!

What do you think?

 

[Colleen_Miss_Tom]

Can't you just pull it with a normal pulling comb ?

Send him over I'll do it

although I can't guarantee him being sent back, Christmas post and all that

 

[ForeverBroke_]

Oof that's a toughie! He suits the mane in some respect but at the same time he'd probably look really rather smart with it pulled!

He looks so much better clipped and past all that hair

 

[xmariax]

leave it for the winter and pull in the spring

 

[JoBo]

I like it long. And loving the clip.

 

[soph21]

Coll, I would use a pulling comb, but I might cry whilst doing it

I dont know! Come on peeps

Show cob, I would do it now so it grows back for spring, need a nice half decent mane for showing

 

[Colleen_Miss_Tom]

Oh by the way ...... Don't be pulling it short if thats what your asking

But yeah I do agree, leave it over winter ..... acts as a lovely neck cover

 

[soph21]

ooh, I dunno

.
I was only thinking half of it?
Or would it be all or nothing?
lol!

 

[VioletStripe]

please don't, he looks so lovely like a fuzz ball!!

xx

 

[soph21]

Ooh, its 77% to dont do it! I think I'll still have fingers left tomorrow eve at this rate lol!

 

[Mari]

use a solo comb to tidy ends.

 

[soph21]

I dont like those solo combs

They ruined my mates horses' manes.
I might have a go at just nipping the ends off with my fingers and my comb

I won't take it off, he does look cool like he does, very um Thelwell

 

[Colleen_Miss_Tom]

Just take your pulling comb and tidy the ends, just go about an inch of the ends , should be sufficient enough

Col x

 

[Faro]

No. Don't do it.

But purely because I love natural manes, and even my TBX and my Anglo-Arab have full manes!

 

[ester]

do you want pics of franks before, inbetween and after!?

I actually think its all or nothing particularly if its quite coarse rather than silky. I didnt like franks inbetween so pulled it proper short. Can find pics if it would help.

 

[soph21]

Its usually a couple inches shorter for showing, but Ive let him go a bit

OK, I'll just tidy his split ends

xx

OK just been looking at summer pics and it nots that bad

I suppose its cos he's bald it looks long

 

[Boysy]

I've done of mine who had a mane like that and to be honest i'm really impressed, however i haven't done it short at all so it still looks natural and i did more thinning than anything, i used one of these http://www.sologroom.com/ - solo groom mane rake - and can recommend it, i did another one of mine properly and short and it looks shite, he suited a longer mane better althou it was a tad too long.

Agree with the comment about the Solo comb, not impressed with that at all, i did better with a plain bladed comb than with the Solo, it cuts too straight and blunt.

 

[somethingorother]

I like his mane how it is, suits him! I do love natural manes though so may be bias.

 

[soph21]

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do you want pics of franks before, inbetween and after!?

I actually think its all or nothing particularly if its quite coarse rather than silky. I didnt like franks inbetween so pulled it proper short. Can find pics if it would help.

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Sorry E, we must have posted at same time, and Ive been on Photobucket since

Would love to see some pics

xx

 

[ester]

here you go

before (he was hogged when I got him) basically it just kept getting in the way and he would get hot under it in the summer so I kept having to plait it.

middle, it just looked really bushy!

after (its plaitable now!)

am pleased i did it, though it still flops on both sides despite being extensively thinned! feathers are still intact ATM!

 

[soph21]

He is gorgeous!!!!!!!!
Thats why I was worried about pulling it half way, its here nor there

Bear has his really short, but keeps feathers intact

He looks like an old cart horse if its long and straggly lol!
I think I'll keep the length and just tidy it, I would cry if it went wrong, even though ive pulled 100's of manes, it could still go wrong

Thanks for the piccies Ester

xx

 

[ester]

my mum doesnt like it short

we dont show though, only workers

 

[soph21]

Short manes are so much easier to look after and to wash, but M+M is much more important than hacking it all off to look good with his clip

I might attack Burger with my comb tomorrow instead

 

[Tickles]

Ester - sorry to say I'm with your muum on this - he looked lovely in the 'before' pic!

Soph - no! Don't do it!