I love my horses and I take good care of them. This includes seeing that they are properly fed and housed, and that they get good veterinary care. However, some people might accuse me of spending an inordinate amount of my time attending to their manes, and especially in assisting them to grow long and luxuriously. Well, I admit to this "vice." And I also admit that I do it mostly for the pleasure that it gives me to see a horse with a gorgeous mane -- and tail, for that matter. Now, I will also go farther, perhaps too far for some people, and say that I also think the horses themselves appreciate the care I lavish on their manes. When I see one of my horses prancing along, its long, carefully groomed mane bouncing briskly this way and that, I have to believe that at some level it knows how fine it looks! If that's crazy, then call me crazy. I don't care. It's been said before, but a horse's mane is this animal's crowning glory. It is worth all the time that I (or you, with your horse) spend on it.
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