Horse with a thin tail. This horse needs a makeover!

Envy the horses with lush, thick tails that practically drag on the ground? Want to tranform your backyard pony's hind view? Read on.

[edit] Steps

[edit]Method One: The Quick Fix-Up

With your fingers, gently remove any snarls and snags.
Once you can finger through the tail, carefully brush through it to remove the small knots. Be careful not to break any hairs.
Wet the tail, staring at the tailbone, and then shampoo the tail with a color-enhancing shampoo to remove all the stains. It's surprizing how bad dirt looks in a tail!
Rinse very well. Otherwise, your horse will itch, and then it will rub its tail off.
Apply a genrous amount of tail conditioner to the tail, working in sections all the way up the tail. Be careful not to tangle or break the hairs.
Let the tail air-dry.
Once the tail is dry, brush through it again, being careful not to snap any hairs.
Using a color spray, like Shapley's Show Touch-Up, lightly spray the tail, concentrating on the central hairs. Try not to spray the outside hairs too heavily.
Once the color spray has dried, Thoroughly spray the tail with a shining spray, like Showsheen, working in sections.
When the Showsheen has dried, gently brush the tail through one more time.
Your horse's tail should look much thicker. The solid coloring of the color spray visually makes the tail seem thicker, and a well-conditioned tail automatically looks more lush and soft.

Apply a growth product, like Shapley's MTG, to the tail bone. Massage into the skin with your fingers.
Carefully finger through the tail, and then brush it. Make sure not to break the hairs.
Loosely braid the tail and bag it to keep it clean and tangle-free. Leave the tailbone out of the bag so that air can circulate.
Once a week, remove the tail bag, re-apply the growth product, and then brush the tail and re-bag.
After a few months (winter is the best time to do this) your horse's tail should have grown a few inches, and should also be thicker.
If you keep up the work, your horse will have a thick tail for his lifetime!