Well, that'll teach me for complaining about how hairy he was and saying that I wished he would hurry up and moult.
He moulted, all right. He dropped his coat pretty much overnight, and during a period of heavy rain. The end result: dreadlocks all over. Not such a good look.
Here's some rather embarrassing pictures of Tama before and after an initial grooming session:
After several more grooming sessions he now has only a few of the tighter mats left on his more sensitive areas (tummy and flanks). I don't want to pull those out because they'll hurt him. I'll wait until he finishes his moult and then they should just fall out.
He currently looks a little like a very well-loved teddy bear, with some patches of long hair and some that are very short. (I think the teddy bear simile is kinder than "moth eaten" which is also a good description and no less accurate!).
Even though I've been focusing a lot of attention on the new foal, we've had some good training sessions lately and Tama now backs up on a hand signal.
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