Braiding horse hair is not a particularly difficult skill to learn but it will take some time for you to get good at it. There are a few useful tips that if you follow you will find they will really help you with the process and make it a lot easier.
The most useful tip for beginners when it comes to braiding horse hair is to make sure that the hair is clean. Clean hair will have a lot fewer tangles in it which will make it a lot easier to braid. That being said you are not going to want to wash the hair on the day that you intend to braid it. The problem with washing the hair right before you braid it is that the hair will be really slippery and it will be hard to get it stay in the braids. Things will go a lot smoother if you wash the hair a couple of days beforehand.
Another useful tip for braiding horse hair is to make sure that you gather all of the necessary tools before you start working. The last thing that you are going to want to do is to have to walk back and forth to get the necessary tools. This will really slow you down and it will make the whole thing more difficult for your horse since he will have to stand still while you are braiding his hair. The faster you can get finished the easier it will be on your horse so you will want to do everything that you can to speed up the process. The best way to make sure that you have all of your tools with you is to get an apron that has lots of pockets; this will make carrying them very easy.
While you there are things that you can do to speed up the process of braiding horse hair like having your tools with you the fact remains that it will probably take a fairly long time to complete the job. This is especially true when you are first starting out. Therefore it is a good idea to take frequent breaks. Expecting your horse to stand still for that long is just no realistic, any longer than half an hour is going to be a problem. The breaks don't have to be long, just long enough to give him a chance to walk around.
Horse hair braiding is a skill that all horse owners should have. Braiding horse hair is not all that hard to learn but there are some things that you will want to know before you get started.
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