{"id":770,"date":"2014-07-03T23:13:06","date_gmt":"2014-07-03T23:13:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.luckypony.com\/blog\/index.php\/2014\/whitening-yellow-horse-tails\/"},"modified":"2014-07-03T23:13:06","modified_gmt":"2014-07-03T23:13:06","slug":"whitening-yellow-horse-tails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.luckypony.com\/blog\/whitening-yellow-horse-tails\/","title":{"rendered":"Whitening Yellow Horse Tails"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>It&#8217;s inevitable if you have a light colored horse you&#8217;ve dealt with the problem of dingy, yellowed tails. Unfortunately, ALL white tails will yellow, it&#8217;s their natural color. A Lipizzaner breeder once told me that once the hair is a certain length it&#8217;s actually dead at the ends and will turn yellow no matter what you do. <\/p>\n<p> The cells of a white tail are are &#8220;clear&#8221; and since hair over a few inches is actually dead, the dead cells when they show light through them have a yellowish tinge. <\/p>\n<p> The good bluing shampoos work because the bluing is actually a kind of dye that counteracts the yellow (doesn&#8217;t remove the yellow, but tints it bluish, which the human eye sees as white) I always use Fiebing&#8217;s Blue Frost Whitening Shampoo &#038; Conditioner on my grey and white horses. In between baths I try to use a blueing spray, which helps with day to day control of yellowing tails. <\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately there&#8217;s no bluing spray on the market currently but I recommend 2 tablespoons <strong>Mrs Stewarts Bluing<\/strong> added to a bottle of<strong> Infusium 23 leave in conditioner.<\/strong> This conditions manes and tails while gently whitening. <\/p>\n<p> Braiding your horses tail into a Tail Bag can help prevent staining from environmental factors. Please carefully consider when to braid tails- we only leave tails braided in the winter months when tails aren&#8217;t needed for fly swatting. If you use a tail bag, unbraid the tail, wash it with whitening shampoo, and rebraid it every 2 weeks or so, and do a<strong> hot oil treatment<\/strong> every 6-8 weeks.<\/p>\n<p> These pictures show the results of my tail yellowing remedies on one of my horses: <\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.luckypony.com\/regal\/gallery\/images\/butt1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.luckypony.com\/regal\/texas\/images\/IMG_4140.jpg\"><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>It&#8217;s inevitable if you have a light colored horse you&#8217;ve dealt with the problem of dingy, yellowed tails. 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