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Our horses get tangles in their tails and manes...the hair just seems to 
twist around itself in loops.  Big mess!  I spray Show Sheen or a similarly 
slippery hair shine product on the manes and tails and wait about 5 minutes. 
I soak the hair, literally, with the product.  Then, the hair being quite 
slippery, it is much easier to de-tangle the knots.  I would think this 
would work with cockle burrs, as well.  I like one of those plastic tooth 
brushes, and my favorite is the Oster mane brush because it is more sturdy 
than others I have tried.  Warning...do not use these products if you are 
planning on using the mane for something to hold onto while climbing steep 
hills.  It's too slippery, for at least a day, to hang onto.

Barbara

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jennifer Adam" <jatatahoe1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2006 6:02 AM
Subject: [RC] question about cockle burrs


> Hi ridecamp -
> I've been too busy for email for a while, but I had to get back on and ask 
> a really silly question. Three of my horses have somehow wrestled with 
> some cockle burr monsters and now their forelocks are *completely* tangled 
> with burrs! I tried to untangle them yesterday and had to give up after an 
> hour - the poor things were so tired of me messing with their forelocks 
> and I didn't make much progress. Does anyone have any suggestions for 
> getting rid of the darn burrs - short of cutting all their hair off??
>
> Thanks in advance -
> Jen Adam
>
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