Growing out a hogged mane...

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I'm sure this has probably been done to death, but has anyone got any tips on growing out a hogged mane?

My boy HATES being clipped near his head, and to be quite honest I am sick of having the battle.

I've never had a hogged horse before so unsure of how long it will take etc.

His mane is very thick, so I'm guessing it's going to resemble a bog brush for a while!

I was thinking of getting a hood to ensure it lies to one side, anyone had good / bad experiences of this?

I'm hoping that I can grow it out over the winter so that by the time the season starts again we won't look horrendous!

TIA x
 
I've grown out two hogged manes. There is a period where it all sticks up, but bear with it, and as marmalade76 says, don't be tempted to fiddle. Once it was long enough I plaited it to help it stay over one side - a few weeks was enough to train it. In my experience, best to avoid all hoods if you can to prevent rubbing. Good luck.
 
McFluff said:
I've grown out two hogged manes. There is a period where it all sticks up, but bear with it, and as marmalade76 says, don't be tempted to fiddle. Once it was long enough I plaited it to help it stay over one side - a few weeks was enough to train it. In my experience, best to avoid all hoods if you can to prevent rubbing. Good luck.
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Roughly how long did it take before they were able to plait?
 
She was hogged in the January/February (before I got her), and long enough to plait in May. Took the gelding about 6 months - his mane is Very thick - about an inch across. Three years later and his is at his elbow - and lies very nicely.
 
I tried to grow out a hogged mane on a cob. It got to eight inches long and I swear it still stood bolt upright from his neck. It looked like an equine mohican. I tried wetting it, brushing it, plaiting it, wetting and plaiting it, and finally wetting, plaiting and putting on a hood over the plaits to hold them down. No effect. Every time you left the mane alone for an hour it would find its way back to sticking up straight as a die. I even considered dyeing it bright blue and trying to pretend that it was supposed to look that way. I never found a way round the problem, he was hogged again and then trimmed with scissors forever after.
 
The Arabian in my avatar was hogged, it took a good eight months for it start looking like a mane again (as opposed to a bog brush) and a couple of years later it looks like an Arabian mane.
 
I echo the sentiment about not pulling/trimming until it is laying flat. My cob had had this done to her having been hogged previously and it was an absolute mess when she came to me. Cue me hogging her again - although it suits her so much, I can't see me ever growing it back!
 
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