Did I do it right I would hate to leave it in for a mo if its wrong so first I washed his tail and condishioned then let it dry then I put cowboy magic in it and brushed it out then braided it folded it up put vet wrap on I didnt do those bailing twine fly swatter cuz his tail feathers are pretty long so did I do it right i just dont want to unwrap it in a mo and not have a tail left then I did it to two ther horses judging by the pictures how do you think it looks does it sound like I did it right?
hmm ive never seen it done that way before. How I did mine was braid down, then bring the braid up through the beginning of the braid and loop it through right before the end of the tail bone, then wrapped in vet wrap. Don't need the ends here, flies are almost gone. Pretty tail though!
so all thats hanging out the bottom of yours is the end of the braid ??? I was trying to do one I saw online ( I think on this forum) do you think it will work
One thing I'd be careful about is tying things around the bone of the tail. (It looks like you took that off but I just wanted to mention it in case) It can cut off circulation and that is bad news! Otherwise I don't have much advice...I don't bag my tails. lol
no I don't have anything hanging out the end of it...just brought it looped up from behind and through the top so it looks like a sling of some sort, then wrapped in vet wrap around the whole thing. Don't know if I did it right or not either lol, but that's how someone told me to do it and it worked well
I took a video of me putting my mare's tail up. I just need to edit it and get it online. It's a step by step on how to do it.
I've never seen anyone do it that way either. I wrap up the entire tail. Any bits that come out where too short to make it into the braid to begin with.
There's a chance that the tail hairs that aren't wrapped up will get damaged.
When Vega's tail is up, only a few strands come out (either because they were too short to fit into the braid or after a few weeks of it being on and her being a horse she broke a few strands.
This is what her tail looks like. In the winter she doesn't have the strings, but in the spring/summer/fall she does
There's a chance that the tail hairs that aren't wrapped up will get damaged.
When Vega's tail is up, only a few strands come out (either because they were too short to fit into the braid or after a few weeks of it being on and her being a horse she broke a few strands.
This is what her tail looks like. In the winter she doesn't have the strings, but in the spring/summer/fall she does
so the bundle parts good its just the loose tail hair? because I think the tail hair loose will be fine the blondies hair is so thick that the loose hair is just the hair around the top of the dock that I read that part shouldn't be in the wrap
I have never seen it done quite that way before. I will get my camera back from my friend later today and take pics of each step as I do it and show you how I do it. Mine will not have the fly swatter things as it is *SNOWING*(yay) outside and there are no bugs.
If you don't think that they'll break, then I guess it's fine. Though no matter if part of my horses' tails are thick, it all gets vet wrapped.
I stop the vet wrap like an inch or so from the tail bone.
I'm almost done with the video. when it's complete I'll post it.
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