Dying horse hair????? Freezemark related :-/

[merlinsquest]

I am a hairdresser and have wondered if it is possible to dye horse hair???

I wonder this because, if it is, then surely a freezemark could be dyed and the horse sold before it either grows or fades out!!

I obviously never have and never would try this, but wondered whether it is possible to do.

I have been told two opposite tales by other people, one who claims that Merlin was used in a period drama called Daniel Deronda and had to be blacked up to match a black horse who wouldnt jump......

And someone else (cant remember who) told me that it isnt possible.


Anyone know the truth.......

 

[Minnies_Mum]

I would have thought it was possible to dye the hair, as the reason it's white is damage to the follicles. Surely it's the same as human hair...? You'd probably know more about that than me! A bit of black boot polish would probably do it, from a distance anyway!

 

[zigzag]

I have used black hair dye on white scar hair on a black show horse

 

[Shilasdair]

I know of a SJ dealer who did the opposite... he would buy a horse, take it up through the levels under one registered name. If it wasn't good enough to go all the way, it would acquire some new white markings (burnt the skin with hot potato til the hair grew back in white), lose a year or two in age, and gain a new name. Then it would be introduced to potential purchasers as a novice horse who had only just started jumping. Unsurprisingly, it would appear very talented, and people would buy it for huge amounts of cash.
Don't know about dying hair though.
S

 

[Tinkerbee]

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I know of a SJ dealer who did the opposite... he would buy a horse, take it up through the levels under one registered name. If it wasn't good enough to go all the way, it would acquire some new white markings (burnt the skin with hot potato til the hair grew back in white), lose a year or two in age, and gain a new name. Then it would be introduced to potential purchasers as a novice horse who had only just started jumping. Unsurprisingly, it would appear very talented, and people would buy it for huge amounts of cash.
Don't know about dying hair though.
S

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*makes mental note about how to make her millions*

 

[Bosworth]

when I worked for a large bank we had to dye a white horse black for one of the adverts as the black horse just couldn't do what we wanted.

 

[YorksG]

A vet nurse I know has been known to use temp. hair dye on white patches on her bay, just had a bit of difficulty getting the shade right.

 

[Shilasdair]

Would it be wrong to dye my grey horse devil red?
S

 

[lozxox]

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Would it be wrong to dye my grey horse devil red?
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Please take photos!!

 

[Shilasdair]

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Would it be wrong to dye my grey horse devil red?
S

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Please take photos!!

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* Shilasdair narrows eyes *
For the RSPCA?
S

 

[marieE]

im sure black beauty was fiddled with, they used few different neds and you could see the odd shades of blck and stuck on stars here and there.
hot potatos, ouch thts bloody harsh, but i have to say clever!

i might just dye my horses ears red to look like devil horns after he decided it would be fun to throw me off today! serves me right fir riding in bl**dy wellies probably!

 

[Zoobie]

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Would it be wrong to dye my grey horse devil red?
S

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Ohhhh "grey Horse" I hope you joined my " I love greys " group on facebook
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=22291640556

 

[Shilasdair]

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Would it be wrong to dye my grey horse devil red?
S

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Ohhhh "grey Horse" I hope you joined my " I love greys " group on facebook
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=22291640556

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Oh Satan.
It's you and you're bl00dy grey horses again. Mine is light black, I tell you...it was just a typo above. And soon she'll be cerise pink or satanic red.
S

 

[Shilasdair]

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im sure black beauty was fiddled with

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Merlinsquest's threads often contain bestiality, I've found. It's a disgrace.
S

 

[Zoobie]

I think not little puppy. YOU wrote about YOUR GREY HORSE in your post for all to see on HHO. Captured......

Aah be brave and stroke my grey below

 

[zigzag]

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im sure black beauty was fiddled with, they used few different neds and you could see the odd shades of blck and stuck on stars here and there.


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In the newer film of BB, he changed sex from foal to older horse, he was a filly to start with

 

[Zoobie]

You know what they say about bestiality?

9/10 pet owners prefer it

 

[Shilasdair]

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I am so tempted to make a filthy comment here. But Admin would ban me.
S

 

[Zoobie]

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I am so tempted to make a filthy comment here. But Admin would ban me.
S

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OMG have just read that back, shils you have a filthy mind

 

[Shilasdair]

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I am so tempted to make a filthy comment here. But Admin would ban me.
S

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OMG have just read that back, shils you have a filthy mind

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Yes, that has been said before.
S

 

[marieE]

omg theres some muddy water here, between the beastiality, fiddling with black beauty, and stroking of the greys below i think i best close my eyes and go to bed!

 

[Shilasdair]

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omg theres some muddy water here, between the beastiality, fiddling with black beauty, and stroking of the greys below i think i best close my eyes and go to bed!

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Will you be having wild black horse filled gay Zoobie stroking dreams?
(You will now!)
S

 

[zigzag]

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I am so tempted to make a filthy comment here. But Admin would ban me.
S

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OMG have just read that back, shils you have a filthy mind

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lol but you must have a filthy mind to know what S was thinking

 

[Shilasdair]

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OMG have just read that back, shils you have a filthy mind

lol but you must have a filthy mind to know what S was thinking

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Not many people know exactly what I am thinking. I hope not, anyway.
S

 

[Zoobie]

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lol but you must have a filthy mind to know what S was thinking

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Ohhher maybe its just me with a gutter brain

 

[piebaldsparkle]

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im sure black beauty was fiddled with, they used few different neds and you could see the odd shades of blck and stuck on stars here and there.

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At least 1 x Black beauty (the old one at the sales) was bay......................I know, I dyed him!!!!! Others had socks etc dyed out.

We just used human hair dye!!! Several boxes of powder type dye mixed up and painted on and then rinsed with a hose (very technical)!!!!! Fake star and scars were stuck on and white mark on hind leg was painted on some with grease paint (it looked really crap close up). One Ginger (a mare) who teated positive for EHV (I think) got sent back as stallions on the yard with a very dodgey chesnut mane (was previously flaxen). Black beauty also switched between a filly, colt, geldings and stallions. Merry legs swithed between a mare and a gelding and Ginger was mainly played by a gelding. Sorry to burst anyones bubble!!!!

 

[Thistle]

In LOTR the horses white markings were all blacked out for the battle scene to make it easier to duplicate tohe horses to make it look like thousands there

 

[Foxford]

I know someone with a grey horse who had a very light tail. So she though she would try and even him up by dying his tail a bit darker. Anyway - it turned blue!!! She had to have "an emergency call out" from a very confused hairdresser! How she managed to do that I have no idea, but I don't think I'll ever be trying anything of the sort

 

[WishfulThinker]

My friend once used GREEN spray dye on her old Dun gelding for a ancy dress and it didnt washout as it should for human hair - so she had a green(ish) horse for a couple of weeks

haha.