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Flint12

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Hogging my boy is something i have always wanted to do. . .i have a thing for hogged cobs
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I just dont know when to do it. . .i dont want to do it when his neck isnt quite thick enough and it to look silly.

When do you people think it is a good time to hog. .

This is a picture of him about a month ago

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Or do you think i should leave him with a mane so i can do plaited cob classes. . ?


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Ah now i see the piccy!

Only thing is if mane goes cant have feathers too!!!!
Personally i like cobs hogged
 
I took his feathers of the other day. . .was a bit itchy and i prefer them of. . .

I love him plaited he looks fab but i would love to hog him just to see but it would take ages to grow back. . . hmmmm

shall have to have a think
 
It really is a nuisance trying to grow a mane back - it took 2 years for my mum's horse to get a normal (ish) mane again.
 
well i think i will wait a bit longer then. . .maybe wait untill i have done some plaited classes and he has a bigger chunkier neck. . .i would hate it if i didnt like it
 
I don't regret hogging Patches. In the space of an hour and a half, she went from...

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His neck looks fine to hog now, I'm also a fan of hogged cobs!

Didn't think there are plaited cob classes?

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Neither did I. I thought cob classes were a case of all or nothing. Totally hogged and clipped out or full feathered traditional with long flowing manes?
 
personally like them hogged and clipped out but its only personal preference. Oh, and sooo much easier to keep.
 
There's a piebald cob at my RS with a hogged mane. He looks ace but I'm so used to grabbing a chunk of mane when I get on that I keep forgetting there's nothing to get hold of!
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i do like a hogged cob,we had 1 turn up at the yard with soooo much mane it was horrendous,he looked all out of proportion,lol,he was hogged the next day and looked stunning!!
I am a tb fan through and through,but all the cobs i have seen look so much better for having manes and feathers off
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I just feel the need to point out that if he goes out in the field much his mane is very useful and is there to keep flies off him. If you do a lot of showing and really want to do a lot of hogged cob classes then hog him (but he doesn't look that heavy a cob to be honest compared to a lot).
I'm just not a fan of pointless hogging of horses. Manes keep them fly free in summer and warm in winter. Only time i would hog a horse other than serious showing (and probably not then) is if they get too sweaty in summer, i know a lot of cobs with big manes get very hot in work and hogging seems to help with this.
I know a lot of people on here show but i'm not into doing things to horses just to make them 'fit in' or 'look prettier' if its going to make them less comfortable.
 
I hogged my mare in May this year and I have say the post with the before and after pictures caused quite a stir!
Manes are of very little use in the battle against flies, a horse is more likely to rub and get sore where the mane is if it gets irritated. My mare copes just fine, and was re-hogged yesterday with about 2.5 inches of regrowth.
It really doesnt matter whether a horse is a cob or not, if it is more practical for it to be hogged then its at the owners discretion. I hogged mine because she is a cob, but also because it easier for me.
Polo ponies are often hogged and they are usually TB's and in the 50's and 60's it was common for SJ's to be hogged.
 
I don't think manes do much to protect from flies, largely because most of us pull manes anyway, so they're not exactly long and flowing.

Yes, my mare is completely hogged but she goes out in the field with a fly mask on to protect her eyes from flies. This is something I've always done, even before she hwas hogged, as she has a fleshy muzzle and pink skin around her right eye. It protects her from sunburn. On bright summer days, when she's just re-hogged, she wears a fly rug with a neck attachment to protect the neck from sunburn until the mane starts to grow (usually a couple of weeks).
 
Strange, but I've been thinking about hogging mine, because she has sweetitch and the mane is rubbed out in patches and long in others. She hates having it pulled, so I use a solo comb, but the result isn't great.
Only thing that puts me off is that she looks nice plaited up.

I hogged my old mare because her mane was a mess and didn't grow in the same direction for more than a few centimetres.
She was mostly TB and looked fab hogged.
 
I like the natural look. My horse has a long mane (well as long as it will grow) and his tail only gets trimmed when he is about to stand on it. He has all his full feathers and doesn't have any problems.

He is a Clydesdale x Highland and when somebody behind my back pulled mane, cut tail and removed feathers, he looked ridiculous, its probably because he looks like a giant highland, and I went nuts.

It is a matter of personal choice, there is no right or wrong. A hogged mane will not grow the same as before it was hogged and it will take a few years to grow and get it to lay down.
 
It would be good to see a more side ways photo of your horse to see if he would suit being hogged. My horse came hogged it wasn't a choice of mine but I like him like that and everyone says he looks very smart, also he has gone in a few cob show classes so i have just kept him that way.

I don't think it makes much difference re flies and he wears a fly mask every day. In winter he does wear a neck cover for extra protection and less grooming for me!! I don't think he has suffered any more or any less than other horses with manes.

Agree it's a pain not to have a bit of mane to hang onto when getting on etc, but I have got used to it now and use his breastplate if I have to haul myself on! There used to be a little coloured horse at our yard who was fairly fine, the owner was thinking about hogging him but he had a fine neck and we all thought he looked better with his mane. We also have a polo pony, a very fine TB and she looks fab hogged so suppose it's all down to personal preference, can you get an idea by looking at your horse from the side his mane doesn't fall and imagine him without one?

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