Tail... what to do.

[SonnysHumanSlave]

My cob has a very thick, bushy, manky tail that i really need to sort out.

He's hogged and trimmed everywhere, so it needs to be smartened up, and lessened so that i can brush it!!

I have been having a go at pulling it, but teddi will let me for so long then he says hes had enough.

So im wondering can i just take some scissors to the top of it (also using a comb)

Then just go from left to right at the top of the tail to thin it out, and then down the sides to shape???

TBH any way i do it its going to look a mess first time round.

what do you think?

 

[tinkandlily]

try a solo comb or an ordinary razor blade, my welsh mare hated being pulled but like yours it had to be done, and this worked very well for me.

 

[Sparkles]

Get a tail rake and razor and do the edges v.v.carefully with clippers/trimmers

 

[SonnysHumanSlave]

ohhhh never thought about using my clippers lol.

and razor..... pony is going to lose his tail tomorrow lol.

Thanks.

 

[Kiribati_uk]

NO don't use scissors!!! Scissors wont thin it it will just grow back like a bog brush!! just pull a bit everyday, i never pull a tail completely in a day. If he is a complete toad twitch him and back him up to a door and pull him over that>

 

[BobbyMondeo]

tail.mane thinners are great! I "pull" my horses tail by really quickly picking the longer hairs out and finishing with scissors..looks no different to a pulled tail

 

[Sparkles]

http://shop.salceysaddlery.co.uk/smart-tail-rake-standard-814-p.asp

Brilliant things

We've got the yellow/black coloured ones....can't remember the make sorry!


here's how I do my boys with it...

 

[SonnysHumanSlave]

well i wont use scissors now, as i dont want it to grow back like a bigger bog brush.