Horse Tails

Boo has a gorgeous tail. It pooled on the ground when I first got him, and I kept it that way for quite some time. The young girls at the barn were horrified if they even thought I was going to cut it. I finally decided that it was dangerous to keep it that way. I didn’t want him backing up on it in shows and pulling it out. So I started banging it and quite frankly I like it better. It looks even thicker banged than it really is. Besides, that is how it’s done in dressage.

Since I’ve moved to the new barn I’ve gotten a bit lazy about braiding and bagging the tail. I worried that it would get wet through the tail bag when he was out to pasture and it would mold. So I’ve been leaving it down. I noticed recently that it is getting thinner. Not shorter, but thinner.

I’ve used Cowboy Magic on it for years, but now I find that his tail gets dirtier in general just from being out to pasture and the Cowboy Magic isn’t working as well as it has in the past. I think I need to wash his tail way more often. I think the conditioner would work better in a clean tail. So my new thing is I need to wash the tail at least once a month and keep it braided and bagged, even if that means I need to take the tail down every few days and check on the condition.