Tangly Tails? Not a problem!

[ros]

Am I the only sad old person who still lives in the past and hasn't tried mane/tail conditioner before?

I bought some Canter stuff the other day and I've just done Frank's mane & tail with it. Couldn't believe it! It took me about 10 mins. to brush through the tangles and now he looks like a fairy! (If you'd seen Frank you'd understand what I mean - he's got *masses* of coarse hair.) I've never known anything like it. Why didn't someone tell me about this stuff years ago???

[Mossy]

It is brilliant stuff! My two have generous tails and canter keeps them both under control. Just don't use it on manes within 24 hours of riding. Your reins turn into glass.

[ros]

Aha! So that's what it was!!!!!!!!!!
(Only joking. I did realise, but alas too late...)

[elle]

i think im gonna have to get some of that, to do my horses tail properly it takes me an hour.

is it expensive?

[intouch]

I HATE the stuff, gets all over your hands and feels like YUGH!!!

[ros]

Elle - not bad, £5 something, but you don't need much & Heather's Debbie says one application lasts for ages.

Intouch - yes, I know! But I'm willing to suffer.

[floppy]

i knwo what you mean about slippery reins. i had a show the other day and made my horse loo pretty with canter and with show sheen and i always forget to leave it off where the reins lie and the day of the show my reins were so slippery...they stilla re infact..

[Alison+Rio]

i love the canter mane and tail conditioner too! works wonders on Rio and even Cassey (welsh D with a massive tail)! the way i get round the horrible feeling left on your hands is to wear throw away latex cleaning gloves! you can buy a box cheaply and if your carefule they be re used a few times before having to move onto a new pair! i buy boxes of 20 for ease! hope that helps!

[Mossy]

One hour without Canter! It can take me an hour to do Moss properly with Canter!! One Highland with a very generous mane and tail. Connie's tail is her crowning glory, bright red and very thick. Luckily she loves having her hair done! Her mane is pulled which helps immensely.

[skye]

anyone tried dermoline(sp)? detangler?

comes in a white sachet with blue writing costs just over £1 and lasts for ages its excellent! his tail takes me 2 minutes tops! a good 20 mins without!

[galadriel]

Given that I can't manage my own mane wthout lots of help from conditioner (it's only about as long as Kat's tail...) I'd never try the coarser, stronger horsey manes & tails without some help :) I've been using baby oil on their tails to help keep them nice & clean & easy to brush.

Someone mentioned that keeping baby oil on stockings will help them stay whiter, so I groom & clean, then squirt legs and tail with baby oil in a squirt bottle. Working very nicely so far--but my girls are bay. I dunno if the baby oil would grab & hold dirt in lighter colored tails. Doesn't seem to hurt the pony, and she's...um...well, her mane and tail are white. (I'm really not sure what color she is. I thought maybe she was palamino, with a yellowish body, white mane/tail. But she shed out for the summer and her summer coat is dark grey! --and not to mention she's got a dorsal stripe. Very confusing :) )

For the thin TB manes & tails, we don'tneed anything too powerful and about anything will do. But I dread thinking about the thick ones! :) Show Sheen is your friend.

[elle]

alison and rio-

mines a welsh D as well, i spose her tails not that not thick for her breed (1 hour to do it), we use to av welsh D stallion and he was about hand bigger than my horse, it took me about two hours to do his tail!!!!!!!

My horses mane isnt that bad cus i hogged it about a year ago so it still quite short, i've gotta do some serious pulling ova the nextx few weeks though cus its all different lenghhs and shes got a show to go to.:eek: