Clipping The Tail

MoonlightPrincess · 06-11-2004, 08:18 PM

Anyone have advise on clipping horses tails? I want to do my horses tail and I'd like to have some advise, like what do I need, and things like that. Thanks!

Sandra-A1 · 06-12-2004, 04:58 AM

Clip it?
Why?
What does it look like and how do you want it to look?

madvoice · 06-13-2004, 04:17 AM

are you talking about clipping the edges of your horses tail for showing so you don't have to braid it?

babs · 06-13-2004, 05:31 AM

or do you mean the bottom of it to make it straight?

QTRgirl · 06-13-2004, 11:51 AM

On the subject of clipping, why do some people cut their horses manes? It looks kind of funny to me, but maybe there's a reason, and I just don't know it.

monica-n-shiloh · 06-13-2004, 06:40 PM

By saying you want to clip his tail are you clipping it because it is too long?

Thats the only reason why I trim my horses tails. They're outside and they drag in the mud and become horribly tangled if they are too long.

SyntheticTrust · 06-13-2004, 07:16 PM

but youd be taking away his fly protection

monica-n-shiloh · 06-14-2004, 10:13 PM

If you trim the end of your horse's tail you arent affecting his or her fly protection. They still have their full tail...it just isnt long enough to drag anymore.

MoonlightPrincess · 06-15-2004, 01:54 AM

I wanted to cut it around the edges for showing. Well, not exactly for showing, but right now her tail is a mess and i'd like to clean it up a bit. Like, it's all over the place at the top, messy. I don't want to make it shorter, but her tail gets tangled any way, it's not too long.

Sandra-A1 · 06-15-2004, 05:18 AM

If your horse has a fuzzy top section I would advise regular grooming of the tail and applying a good conditioner regularly. Once you start cutting on a tail, especially the top part you can quickly end up with all sorts of problems.
You can pull the hair from the top of the tail to help improve it's appearance, but unless you know what you are doing of have access to someone who does I would advise against it.
What I would do is pay extra attention to my tail grooming habits and make sure my horse's tail is kept clean. When I washed it I would make sure I shampoo and clean all the way to the skin and all of the soap is rinsed off of the tail. I would apply a good moisturizer/conditioner to the tail and work it in well, all the way to the skin.
I would also take a polo wrap and wrap the top part of the wet tail occasionally. I would not wrap it too tightly, and let the tail dry with it on to help to tame the hair to lay straighter and get rid of that wiry appearance. I would not turn the horse out with the wrap on the tail and would just leave it on while I finished drying and grooming my horse. I would remove it as soon as I was finished or the tail was dry, which ever was first.
I would also make sure my horse was not rubbing it's tail on anything and if so I would check to see the last time it was wormed as well as if the skin was dry.
A beautiful tail on your horse does not take as much work as one might think if you practice good grooming habits regularly on not just the horse but it's tail as well.

06-11-2004, 08:18 PM	#1
MoonlightPrincess Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Australia Posts: 26	Clipping The Tail Anyone have advise on clipping horses tails? I want to do my horses tail and I'd like to have some advise, like what do I need, and things like that. Thanks!

06-12-2004, 04:58 AM	#2
Sandra-A1 Senior Member+ Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Alabama Posts: 8,160 Images: 208	Clip it? Why? What does it look like and how do you want it to look? __________________ "It is our choices Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities." ~Dumbledore

06-13-2004, 04:17 AM	#3
madvoice Senior Member+ Join Date: May 2004 Location: Humpty Doo, Northern Territory, Australia Posts: 8,448 Images: 277	are you talking about clipping the edges of your horses tail for showing so you don't have to braid it? __________________ Sep 1997 - 15 Jan 2006 ~Fry Baby I'll Miss You~ I'm not a complete idiot.. Some parts are missing

06-15-2004, 05:18 AM	#10
Sandra-A1 Senior Member+ Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Alabama Posts: 8,160 Images: 208	If your horse has a fuzzy top section I would advise regular grooming of the tail and applying a good conditioner regularly. Once you start cutting on a tail, especially the top part you can quickly end up with all sorts of problems. You can pull the hair from the top of the tail to help improve it's appearance, but unless you know what you are doing of have access to someone who does I would advise against it. What I would do is pay extra attention to my tail grooming habits and make sure my horse's tail is kept clean. When I washed it I would make sure I shampoo and clean all the way to the skin and all of the soap is rinsed off of the tail. I would apply a good moisturizer/conditioner to the tail and work it in well, all the way to the skin. I would also take a polo wrap and wrap the top part of the wet tail occasionally. I would not wrap it too tightly, and let the tail dry with it on to help to tame the hair to lay straighter and get rid of that wiry appearance. I would not turn the horse out with the wrap on the tail and would just leave it on while I finished drying and grooming my horse. I would remove it as soon as I was finished or the tail was dry, which ever was first. I would also make sure my horse was not rubbing it's tail on anything and if so I would check to see the last time it was wormed as well as if the skin was dry. A beautiful tail on your horse does not take as much work as one might think if you practice good grooming habits regularly on not just the horse but it's tail as well. __________________ "It is our choices Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities." ~Dumbledore

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06-13-2004, 05:31 AM	#4
babs Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 960	or do you mean the bottom of it to make it straight?

06-13-2004, 11:51 AM	#5
QTRgirl Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 1,055	On the subject of clipping, why do some people cut their horses manes? It looks kind of funny to me, but maybe there's a reason, and I just don't know it.

06-13-2004, 07:16 PM	#7
SyntheticTrust Banned Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 4,528	but youd be taking away his fly protection

06-15-2004, 01:54 AM	#9
MoonlightPrincess Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Australia Posts: 26	I wanted to cut it around the edges for showing. Well, not exactly for showing, but right now her tail is a mess and i'd like to clean it up a bit. Like, it's all over the place at the top, messy. I don't want to make it shorter, but her tail gets tangled any way, it's not too long.