To hog or not to hog?

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Kelly9512

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Don't know whether to hog or not?

I've been told be a few people that they think he would suit it but I'm unsure whether to go for it.
At the moment his mane is WILD! Constantly looks like he's got a maw-hawk and even when its pulled and thinned it still doesn't behave.

Here is some pics of him:

https://plus.google.com/photos/1038...6076120626025852770&oid=103802103434874905768

https://plus.google.com/photos/1038...6076120657504287762&oid=103802103434874905768

Any opinions would be fab!
Thanks
 
No I would defiantly not hog I would keep it plaited in bunches let it get a small amount longer .
I have never found a mane you can't train if you persevere long enough.
 
Would need to see the whole horse to give an opinion on whether hogging would suit him, from that photo I would say leave it and get the mane under control by thinning, then washing and plaiting it over then keeping on top of it by daily damping down but may be of a different view once I saw more of him, he just doesn't look like a cob in that photo.
 
Okay, maybe not, he hasn't got the bone I was expecting him to have!

ETA: As below, he could pull it off however.. just I wouldn't do it.
 
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He is a tricky one, it would probably suit him but I think I would try taming the mane first as he is a super type and would look very smart plaited when he goes out competing, the problem with hogging is it does grow back if you change your mind but it may grow back thicker and worse than it was before, it does not look that thick that it will be impossible to get to lie down and he has a nice fine forelock not a frizzy wild one that so many cobs have.
 
Well we are doing dressage on Sunday so will see how the plaiting goes.

The end of his mane near his withers and forelock are so fine then in the middle it goes really thick, which is frustrating. We practiced plaiting the other week and it was like golf balls on his neck haha!
 
Kelly9512 said:
Well we are doing dressage on Sunday so will see how the plaiting goes.

The end of his mane near his withers and forelock are so fine then in the middle it goes really thick, which is frustrating. We practiced plaiting the other week and it was like golf balls on his neck haha!
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Do a running plait, there's a couple of ways of doing them but they are failsafe once you learn.... one of mine has a mane that could easily serve six horses and this makes him look reliably neat.
 
Practise pulling and thinning (I have an Afro pony who even when his mane makes cute tiny plaits it stands up and looks silly when loose) and plaiting :) Id try to have him as a HW sports horse sort rather than a LW cob :)
 
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