To hog or not to hog...

[lizness]

Hi,
As the title really.
She has a sticky up apaloosa mane, that always looks a bit of a mess!
Have tried to use paint (the computer programme) to see what it would look like any opinions?
Is hogging any worse than pulling short fly wise?
Cheers Mo

 

[welsh-by-name..]

Thats a great way to experiment, shame you cant get that cosmo virtual make=over for horses! tee hee hee. I think if she's rubbing or uncomfortable, you should hog, to make her more comfy and easier to treat, but otherwise leave it, it'll flop when its long enough!

Oh and it depends if your wanting to do showing, and which kind of classes.

 

[mikh]

I like it punk style, but to tidy her up id hog her

 

[lizness]

hi,
had her a year and a half and it hasn't flopped over yet! It just seems to grow up and up.

 

[NoviceNic]

She has an amazing thick mane for an appaloosa. Id stick with the growing. I think that hogging can look so harsh on some horses.

 

[lizness]

Hello,
She is an appaloosa x cob, which might explain that. She has a lovely thick tail too.
Any more ideas?
Wouldn't mind showing her in cob classes just for fun though. At 15.3 is she too big?

 

[Tarka]

I would hog her I think she'd look really smart!

 

[iloveshearer]

I kinda like sticky-up manes I would leave it tbh, and if you do hog definately take the whole lot off, i always think it looks odd when they have a forelock and no mane.....

 

[chaospony]

She is thick enough in her body to look good hogged, I would do it, worse thing that can happen is you have to wait for it to grow back out. And with the appy in her that length is most likely all you well ever get.

 

[Hero]

well ... if you do it and you don't like it, at the end of the day it will always grow back

hehe xx


good luck if you do it

 

[rianne21]

yeah i agree.. least it will always grow back

but if it were up to me... i'd grow it out

 

[tikino]

i had the same problem with my horse toby and took the plunge last year and hoggwd him best thing i ever done

 

[lizness]

Think Big Mo is going to get the chop. She nearly got done last night but i couldn't find the clippers.
Thanks for the help.
Will update with pics.
and mo looking angry that i am going to steal her crazy mohikan

 

[Flash Harry]

I would hog her I think she'd look really smart!

Ditto (lovely mare)

 

[JustJas]

Gorgeous horse- I would hog as she has a lovely top line!

 

[horsey1992devon]

I like it punk style

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