How To Hang A Tail Extension
This is my 2yr.old Charlie, and this is his tail before the tail extension.
This is Charlie with a tail extension in.
Here's step by step directions on how
to hang a tail extension.
First you want to take a portion of the top hairs, so it will
be out of the way for you to hang your tail.
Next you will need to twist that hair up so that
we can clip it to the top of the tail.
I will use hair clips and use the clips to keep the hair up
while I work on putting my tail extension in.
Next I will make to small braids on each side of the tail bone. The braids will be about 1 inch in length and the braids will be loose. I would make sure the rubber bands are very snug & tight, because you do not want the rubber bands sliding down causing the tail extension to drop lower, closer to the ground, which could result in the hore stepping on the tail extension
and could possibly break the tail extension and pull the horses natural
hair out. You will want to make sure that the braids are 3 - 4 inches
above the bottom of the tail bone, so its high enought when it holds
the tail extension that it won't be dragging the ground!
Next you want to bring the braided tail extension threw the first loose braid.
Then you will bring the braided part of the tail extension around
the back side of the tail bone, around to the right side of the
loose braid and put it threw the loose braid. And then
hook it together with the tail extension hook.
Next you will want to part the tail the tail extension in half. Once you
have it parted in the middle. Bring your hand threw the tail extension and take some natural horse hair from the back and bring it threw to the front. Then you will want to get a little of the tail extension hair and the natural hair and rubber band them together. This will keep the tail extension from moving around and will keep the tail extension looking more "natural".
This shows the tail extension hair and the natural horse
hair rubber banded together. You want to also be sure that the tail extension (where the tail extension is held together). That that is a sitting at least a inch above the bottom of the tail bone, so it will be high enough off the ground.
This is what the with the rubber band pulled tight, so the rubber band
is as far up in the tail extension as it can go, so it's out of sight and won't work itself down. The rubber band can be wrapped around just twice.
The tail extension should be around 3 - 4 inches above the ground. About equal to the fetlocks. If you get it any lower than you run a risk of the horse backing up and pulling the tail extension our or breaking the tail extension.
This is to show you how much hair that I have on top of the tail
extension where I have it braided and holding the tail extension.
You want enough hair over the top of it so it won't show threw.
This is the final look with the tail extension in. I usually do not have a wavey look to the tail and tail extension. But when I do not use my tail extension,
I keep it braided. I like to use a "deep cleansing" shampoo, like Tresemee. I do not like to use a conditionar on my horse's real tail or tail extension.
For me it gunks it up to quickly. I like to use Silverado detangler
and conditionar.
