Thick tail problems

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Jade and Dolly

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My horse has a really thick tail thats always knotted and branches stuck in it, I don't mind it being a bit tangled because that's natrual but it's like always glued together with twigs and leafs sticking out.
And also because she has a mainly white tail it always looks yellow is there anything I can do to make her look less like she's just been dragged through a hedge haha
 
Try spraying it after washing and conditioning it with cheap non beeswax silicone furniture Polish. Mine has a very thick white porous tail which only has to look at our clay soil to turn pink plus he is a hippo in disguise who loves nothing more than trailing half the county's hedgerows around behind him. This work for us!
 
I spray baby oil once a week on the lad's flaxen tail and brush it through. It doesn't totally stop the mud dreadlocks, but they brush out v. easily (probably wouldn't even form if I brushed it more often) and tangles don't really happen. The white stripes in his tail stay pretty white too.
 
I brush my mares very thick white tail through with mane/tail spray conditioner every couple of days, helps keep it tangle free or at least any tangles are easier to brush out.

Not much help with the dirt mind, that one takes a bucket and some shampoo lmao!
 
I am a big fan of the EQYSS range of products and use both the conditioner and Mega-tek rebuilder with the detangler. I get these through tailgator http://www.tailgator.co.uk/ who also do a great tail bag. My QH now has a lovely thick soft tail that smells gorgeous, tail washing day smells like a spa day on my yard! Someone I know swore by a blue rinse (think little old ladies) for getting yellow tails bright white again.
 
Once you have had a big 'session' of tidying - plait it loosely from the end of the dock down (sometimes into two or three 'big' plaits) - using a hair band to keep it tied at the end.

Should keep the worst of the rubbish off! - I do this in winter, saves a huge 'tidy up' job every weekend!
Come summer time its left loose for the flies.
 
Plait it and either put it in a tail bag to keep it clean or fold it up and tape in place so its not dangling. Its the only real way to keep long tails clean in winter.
 
wash it and scrub with a brush using washing up liquid. Purple shampoo left on for a few minutes is also good for yellowness ! and plait it, fold in hand and duct tape around to keep it out the way. I will admit to folding and taping the entire of my grey connie's tail last winter (below the dock) as it was pure white and he loved to have a good bum rub in the mud :D he had a rug with a big tail flap to prevent the top bit getting muddy
 
Just remember to do a quick skin test before you use something new: a friend found out that her cob was allergic to baby shampoo - but only after he'd lost half his coat. Literally, huge bald spots. Not a good look! Grew back quickly, though, thank goodness, and he only ripped two rugs to shreds in the meantime!
 
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