How to keep your horse's tail looking great!
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- čas přidán 9. 07. 2024
- A tutorial on how to braid your horses tail so that it stays looking great and allows them to keep full function of it after using Equifuse Shampoo, Conditioner & Gleem products. Warwick has hundreds of full length training videos filmed with REAL horses, REAL people, REAL problems in REAL time. videos.warwickschiller.com
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I have done a lot of reading on this for my Andalusian, it is so important the hair is completely dry, otherwise the non breathable bandages can cause the hair to rot underneath. I use spandex wraps which do a similar thing, they just breathe ☺️
I don't think you used enough vet wrap lol
I might use this on my gelding. His tail gets a horrid tangle in it if I go a few days without brushing it. Thanks for all your advice! I've been using your methods to train him, too, and he's improved so much.
The issue I've had with this technique is that the top of the tail can bleach out in the sun - black hair in particular. Consider protecting the top of the tail as well if you live somewhere very sunny. Vet wrap works (take care that you don't put it on too tight!), and so do nylon covers, or even bedsheets cut to fit. These are cheap and easy to change out when they get ratty.
That's a GOOD idea with the "string" for Summer weather. In Ireland we call your hay string 'baler twine'. Have a Good 2017.
Don't put the knot in the string. Had a horse get it caught between the bars of a pasture and pulled out large hunk of tail. Just pull the string though and wrap then if it gets caught it will pull loose.
I have just this this morning for my horse as his tail is short and I'm trying to grow it out
I just keep it how it is and it looks gorgeous. (Naturally sort of)
The thing l learned to get a nice thick tail is
Take the horses tail split it in half and slowly shake it and let go piece by piece towards each other.
Brilliant idea!
This is great! Thank you.
Thanks for the product suggestion. I'm not satisfied with anything I've used recently.
Like, McKenzie Eidem, I have an appaloosa mare. I know the appys are bred to basically not have much for a mane and tail. My girl has a mohawk mane (I like it a lot) and her tail has a little thickness but not length. She does tend to rub it but mostly during the summer months. I have used a listerine & baby oil solution that I spray on it and it helps her tail a lot during those summer months, also during the winter too. I'm thinking that I'd like to try this out on her for the winter months. Curious to see what her tail would look like come the spring/summer when I would take it off. I am at a point where I will try just about anything. The appys with no manes and tails are in the breeding (from what I've read) and I understand that. But there's got to be a way to help their manes and tails along. Thanks for the tip!!
How long do you leave it b4 changing it/rewrapping it?
Clever!
Would love to see you do the mane.
Great idea! Would you have any suggestions for a Appy that has no hair on tail? I rescued her last year and she had rubbed all her hair tail off from the flies and had big patches of bald skin on both sides of her hind quarters from trying to swat flies. I got her tail hair to start growing again but during the summer the back of her tail rubs bald again despite being sheeted and sprayed. I wish she had enough hair to braid and use twine like this to help her with the flies. Great video as always though!! 😊
McKenzie Eidem I would say just keep it washed weakly and healthy. Soon enough more hair will grow and just keep an eye on it. It's quite difficult to do much since their isn't much hair, but I would get some swat cream or fly resistant cream to use on her bald area so flies don't aggravate the arena and hair grows again! I also put MTG in my reining mares tail and now it's so thick that I can't use rubber bands on it anymore.
Piper Morrison wow sounds like her tail is THICK! Thanks for the advice! I have been washing it weekly, conditioning and putting mtg on it, seems to be helping! Just have to be patient 😄
McKenzie Eidem check out the Tail Boot. They make one for horses without tails.
Hi there, for how long at a time can you leave the tail plaited like this?
I have left it for months with no adverse effects
What about the baby hairs at the top of the tail? Of course not to wrap the dock part. Trying to grow out my horse’s top part of his tail out to be like a thick hunter tail. Again, not wrap the dock, I know, I’m not an idiot. Just trying to figure out how to get his top hairs protected. Unless I can wrap the dock with a loose fabric, or a bag, then do the bottom vet wrap part that you show.
What about the top of the tail? We have a thoroughbred who rubs constantly on trees, fences etc and has rubbed off a lot of her tail at the base of it! Still seems to do it even when rugged
RunLikeSheeka deworm him
Fly spray under the tail
Use mane effects. Most amazing product ever!!
Wash regularly and rinse daily. Tail bags won't stop them rubbing the top out
I've done this twice with my horses and each time quite a bit of hair comes out, it washes perfectly and comes out dead straight but I am wondering if I am doing something wrong.
It could just be natural, the same way we shed our own hair daily. If its a considerable amount, say, the diameter of a pencil- you may be doing it too tightly, and it will pull hairs out. This can also happen if you leave it on for too long, 3 weeks or more. You may be better off using a tail bag, one like a little sack, or the kind that you braid in with the hair.
Warwick has personally said that he doesn't fancy them, but I do. I'm no Mr. Schiller, but I do have an Andalusian with hair to her fetlocks, and it's thicker than my forearm. It all comes down to personal prefrence, and what works best for your horse!
I hope this helps, a little!
Warwick you should try Cindy’s tail bags tshe has a tutorial on you tube and she is on Facebook Cindy kingston
Tail bags dont really work near as well, I used tail bags for years
Have a look at a channel called Cindy Kingston she makes a great braided tailbag
Why are you using so much tape?
Because otherwise it will come out
What about the top of the tail? We have a thoroughbred who rubs constantly on trees, fences etc and has rubbed off a lot of her tail at the base of it! Still seems to do it even when rugged
I dont do anything to the top, I imagine your horse is itchy or possibly wormy ?
WarwickSchiller You'd think it was cause she's itchy but I think it's become a bit of a habit now
Her udder might be dirty? Or possibly even u der her tail itself. My gelding likes to carry his tail when he moves about, so he's prone to getting pretty dirty and dry under there is the summer. Anytime he starts rubbing, I clean him with some baby wipes + diaper cream to keep it moisturized, and the rubbing stops.
I have wrestled with "what is more important - pretty tail or natural ability swish. Of course his comfort won out but you have now solved this for me so Thankyou - I love this idea!
I have researched this a lot. So you need to wash the tail and especially the dock. Basically it's dandruff, on the dock, so it's itchy. Wash with a Neem oil shampoo, that you can make yourself, and then condition well, with a leave-in conditioner. Neem oil is fabulous, as it doesn't burn your horses' hair, while in the sun. it also promotes hair growth. I make an 'anti-itch' ointment, which, applied to the top of the dock, massaged in daily, stops them rubbing their tails. Must be done daily. After two months, no longer rubbing and hair has regrown.