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Bagging A Tail- Help please

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Right now winter is pretty much in full force here.. Michigan weather:-| It kinda sucks lol..

Today we had a trimming app. for all the horses to get there shoes taken off so they don't go skating! :wink: But i went out to get sully my mare.. and i looked... and i almost started crying... Her tail was just.. coming out like breaking off.. Looks like her tail got went and then froze and basically is breaking right off.. Sully has a GORGEOUS tail.. LONG and FULL, so it was quite horrible to see this happening...
My worst nightmare is happening. :-(

I wanna bag it so that way it will grow more.. and i wont have to worry about it all that much.. but Im not sure how to go about doing it... one time my 4_h leader had a hole thing about this.. demonstration.. now i wish i would have paid a lot more attention then i did.. :oops:

If someone could tell me how you do yours so i can have an idea.. that would be GREAT... Thanks :wink:
 
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What I do is get the tail as clean as possible, and then braid it from the tail bone down as tightly as you can. Then I take a long tube sock and put the braided part of the tail in it. Then I use a shoe lace to tie it on. I start on the back side of the tail just below the tail bone and push it through the sock, tail, and back out the front side of the sock. I do it again going to the back, maybe a couple of times depending on the horse. Then with both ends of the shoe lace coming out the back, I cross them over each other and take them around each side of the tail bag to the front where I tie the shoe lace ends together. Then you can fold the top of the tube sock over it, and presto - your tail is bagged.

I recommend taking it out and redoing it every 1-2 weeks if it stays up nicely, more frequently if the tail is coming down.
 
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