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Post by stybba on Dec 29, 2006 20:45:30 GMT 1
This may sound bizarre but...
A girl I know has an Arab mare with a tail so long that it touched the ground and she regularly trod on it when she stepped back (the mare not the girl)
So she trimmed it, not a straight bang, she was quite good with the scissors and made it look like a switch.
Her instructor then gave her merry hell saying that you should never cut or pull and Arabs tail.
I thought she did the right thing by trimming it.
What do you think?
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Post by Oranges on Dec 29, 2006 21:34:00 GMT 1
Well i'm not to sure if your supposed to cut them or not...but surely cutting it is better then the horse standing on it?
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Post by kofihorse on Dec 29, 2006 23:52:56 GMT 1
Err............is there some Big Nazi out there telling us all what to do!?!? It's HER horse, she can cut/trim it's tail if she wants to!!
Lots of people with Arabs "tidy up" their manes and tails. Long flowing tails are beautiful to look at but I agree that it should not be so long that the poor horse stands on it, very dangerous.
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Post by azura on Dec 30, 2006 0:12:55 GMT 1
ok the rule book states that manes and tail should be left natural, but what lenght of tail would a wild horse have after it had dragged it through a few bushes. I worked on a top show yard and we did tidy up there tails, it should be trimmedat about fetlock level. If we wanted a really long tail left it would be baby oil and taped up with a few strands of twine(false tail for flys) hanging down but this needs redoing every couple of days to prevent the hair from been damaged.
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Post by ☼ WIZARD ☼ on Dec 30, 2006 0:56:21 GMT 1
if the horse keeps treading on it eventually it will become sparse as it will get pulled out as the horse moves about.
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Post by misty on Dec 30, 2006 20:12:07 GMT 1
I've got to trim my girls as it is dragging on the floor and is just a mess.
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Post by joto on Dec 31, 2006 16:02:04 GMT 1
if the horse is shown in hand or undersaddle then the correct thing is to remove bits of the bottom so it still looks natural ;-) otherwise , if the mare is not shown do what ever you like. my arab has a very short mane and forelock cos otherwise she headtosses when riding as it annoys her and my other aRAB MARE HAS A VERY SHORT BOBED TAIL SO IT DOESNT FLICK ROUND HER HINDLEGS MAKING THEM WET ALL THE TIME AND SO CAUSING MUD FEVER. THEY LOOK A TAD UNARABY BUT ARE VERY HAPPY AND SO AM i AND THATS ALL THAT MATTERS. oops caps lock on sorry.
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Post by danielle on Dec 31, 2006 18:18:38 GMT 1
In the summer I leave both my Arabs tails longer for the flies I just tidy them gently at the ends and feather them aswell.
In the winter I don't want them dragging in the mud so I have just cut about 8 inches off Storms tail and feathered it alot as well it looks good it also had a wash!!!! I leave their manes long and just tidy them as and when.
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Post by misty on Dec 31, 2006 18:28:48 GMT 1
I've also been told to give mine a longer bridlepath as her long mane goes over her head and annoys her when working!
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