Mane

Cara · 08-03-2005, 12:59 PM

Hi everybody, K - I'll cut to the chase... Quervo's mane has been bothering me, no real reason, it just is. So, I've been thinking *deep breath* of just taking some clippers and clipping it off. It'll grow back, and we don't show... So... What do you think?

cassidy · 08-03-2005, 01:01 PM

i have to ask firstly what breed is he??

i hogged bluebell but she is a cob so i knew she would suit it well

Appylvr · 08-03-2005, 01:01 PM

Do you have pics of it? What's wrong with it? Just short or thin or does it not stay on the same side?

JamieH_7 · 08-03-2005, 01:24 PM

My opion i wouldnt clip it off. its not right. it will take for every for it to grow back....just my opion.......

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Originally Posted by Cara

Hi everybody, K - I'll cut to the chase... Quervo's mane has been bothering me, no real reason, it just is. So, I've been thinking *deep breath* of just taking some clippers and clipping it off. It'll grow back, and we don't show... So... What do you think?

Cara · 08-03-2005, 01:47 PM

He's a QH, so no, it's not "normal" for him. I don't know, just, I've wanted to... What else could I do with it? right now it's about 3 inches long. It stays on one side, but it lays lots of different directions (it's hard to explain), so it doesn't look even, but if it's lying flat (w/ gel or water) then it's even... so. I don't know. I can think about it.

TagandKiss · 08-03-2005, 02:00 PM

we had a appy and when we got her she only had a inch n half tall mane had her for 7yrs i think it only grew 2 inches in that time -_-'

Cara · 08-03-2005, 03:55 PM

I shave quervo's bridal path, and it takes about 7 or 8 months for it to grow an inch... So I'm not worried about it growing back...

I don't know...I guess you guys are against it. I'll let you know what I decide.

Debbie Kelly · 08-03-2005, 06:12 PM

The barn I work for has a Shire mare. Her rider wanted her mane roached so she would look more "butch"(she's a police horse). At the end of the year, he decided to let it grow out---I told him it would taker upwards of a year to do so and look horrible for a while. Of course, I was an ignorant groom and knew nothing so my warning was brushed aside, Long story short,Knightmare is going on her 2nd year of having a roached mane after her rider saw that the foolish groom was right. Good side, she may not look horribly imposing roached but she does look very tidy. Quarterhorses can have roached manes, when I was growing up all the Quarterhorses at the base stables were roached

08-03-2005, 12:59 PM	#1
Cara Senior Member+ Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: California Posts: 3,721 Images: 27	Mane Hi everybody, K - I'll cut to the chase... Quervo's mane has been bothering me, no real reason, it just is. So, I've been thinking deep breath of just taking some clippers and clipping it off. It'll grow back, and we don't show... So... What do you think? __________________ ~It Depends~ Cara ~ http://dressagecowgrl.blogspot.com ~

08-03-2005, 01:01 PM	#2
cassidy Senior Member+ Join Date: May 2004 Location: england - its sunny sometimes honest! Posts: 21,498 Images: 816	i have to ask firstly what breed is he?? i hogged bluebell but she is a cob so i knew she would suit it well __________________ May your life be like toilet paper - Long and useful A horse doesn't care how much you know until he knows how much you care. - Pat Parelli http://www.freewebs.com/linz88055/myprofile.htm

08-03-2005, 01:47 PM	#5
Cara Senior Member+ Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: California Posts: 3,721 Images: 27	He's a QH, so no, it's not "normal" for him. I don't know, just, I've wanted to... What else could I do with it? right now it's about 3 inches long. It stays on one side, but it lays lots of different directions (it's hard to explain), so it doesn't look even, but if it's lying flat (w/ gel or water) then it's even... so. I don't know. I can think about it. __________________ ~It Depends~ Cara ~ http://dressagecowgrl.blogspot.com ~

08-03-2005, 02:00 PM	#6
TagandKiss Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Washington State Posts: 1,077 Images: 68	we had a appy and when we got her she only had a inch n half tall mane had her for 7yrs i think it only grew 2 inches in that time -_-' __________________ http://webpages.charter.net/gier00/fallanhope Proud Member of the Paint Club!!

08-03-2005, 03:55 PM	#7
Cara Senior Member+ Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: California Posts: 3,721 Images: 27	I shave quervo's bridal path, and it takes about 7 or 8 months for it to grow an inch... So I'm not worried about it growing back... I don't know...I guess you guys are against it. I'll let you know what I decide. __________________ ~It Depends~ Cara ~ http://dressagecowgrl.blogspot.com ~

08-03-2005, 01:01 PM	#3
Appylvr Senior Member+ Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: California Posts: 6,984 Images: 307	Do you have pics of it? What's wrong with it? Just short or thin or does it not stay on the same side?

08-03-2005, 06:12 PM	#8
Debbie Kelly Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Chesapeake Virginia Posts: 263	The barn I work for has a Shire mare. Her rider wanted her mane roached so she would look more "butch"(she's a police horse). At the end of the year, he decided to let it grow out---I told him it would taker upwards of a year to do so and look horrible for a while. Of course, I was an ignorant groom and knew nothing so my warning was brushed aside, Long story short,Knightmare is going on her 2nd year of having a roached mane after her rider saw that the foolish groom was right. Good side, she may not look horribly imposing roached but she does look very tidy. Quarterhorses can have roached manes, when I was growing up all the Quarterhorses at the base stables were roached

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