Help With Mane Please !!!

lovin-my-mare · 06-03-2008, 06:40 PM

Hi...I was wondering if you guys can help me out. I have cut my mare's mane and it is very thick....the problem I have is that the hair that is closest to her neck keeps peeking through and making it look awful and uneven......How do I cut it and have it straight? I ride western. I prefer NOT to pull her mane...does anyone have any suggestions? and what am I doing wrong? Thanks a bunch

MyhorseAnnie · 06-05-2008, 03:58 PM

You'll probobally get more responses if you put this in 'horse grooming'.

-Markayla

Xiphias · 06-05-2008, 04:14 PM

Why not just roach it off? Does she have a nice neck? I showed hunter/dressage with a roached mane, because my gelding did not like his mane pulled, and it was so thick....just a suggestion....

Cathy

Kaitlan · 06-06-2008, 02:42 PM

you could braid it to make it lie flat. and maybe some hairspray before a show?

HUS_WP_lovr · 06-06-2008, 02:49 PM

Pulling is really the best option. Why are you against pulling it?

Haas Horse Farm · 06-07-2008, 06:30 AM

What breed of horse? Do you have photos? Do you have a thinning blade? How long is it? If the hairs are all the same length why are some hairs sticking up and not all hairs doing it? Is the hair from the underside sticking up because it was clipped short and now is doing the Mohawk growing back?

lovin-my-mare · 06-22-2008, 06:45 AM

Hey sorry for the delay....just to let you know...I had the wrong thinning shears...one side had teeth and the other not...so I got proper shears...teeth on both sides...and thinned her mane....what a difference !! Thanks for your help !

06-03-2008, 06:40 PM	#1
lovin-my-mare Full Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 116 Images: 2	Help With Mane Please !!! Hi...I was wondering if you guys can help me out. I have cut my mare's mane and it is very thick....the problem I have is that the hair that is closest to her neck keeps peeking through and making it look awful and uneven......How do I cut it and have it straight? I ride western. I prefer NOT to pull her mane...does anyone have any suggestions? and what am I doing wrong? Thanks a bunch

06-05-2008, 03:58 PM	#2
MyhorseAnnie Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Cheese state.....Wisconsin Posts: 887 Images: 211 Blog Entries: 7	You'll probobally get more responses if you put this in 'horse grooming'. -Markayla __________________ Not only do I trip down the stairs- I trip up them as well. My two loves- Now that takes TALENT! Annie & Stormy

06-05-2008, 04:14 PM	#3
Xiphias Senior Member+ Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Maryland, horse country USA Posts: 16,335 Images: 627 Blog Entries: 29	Why not just roach it off? Does she have a nice neck? I showed hunter/dressage with a roached mane, because my gelding did not like his mane pulled, and it was so thick....just a suggestion.... Cathy __________________ Member COL Club- hand over the Oil of Olay and nobody gets hurt! http://www.freewebs.com/xiphias21034/ I was on HGS the day we made 2 million posts

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Kaitlan Full Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 85 Images: 3	you could braid it to make it lie flat. and maybe some hairspray before a show?

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lovin-my-mare Full Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 116 Images: 2	Hey sorry for the delay....just to let you know...I had the wrong thinning shears...one side had teeth and the other not...so I got proper shears...teeth on both sides...and thinned her mane....what a difference !! Thanks for your help !