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I’m really struggling with one of my oldies this week. He persists on lying down in the muddiest part of the field each morning . He...

I am a "rainsheet is plenty" girly and I am right 99.9% of the time but the village idiot (refuses to use her shelter, only stands in...

I would invest in a good 50g rug and get a liner that you can up it with if necessary. This year and rain has been relentless - I have...

There are several people on my yard who are very anti-rug and will tell you on daily basis how great horses coat are, look 'how thick...

Horses reach an age where they don't cope so well with the cold and will appreciate a rug. And our weather is reaching a point where...

If you are feeling concerned I would absolutely rug - just make sure it is a good quality rug as what is even worse is if they get damp...

Errr, he isn’t getting any younger, and it isn’t going to get much drier any time soon, and you know he feels cold…. Maybe the old boy...

Our field is mostly ok, it's the shelter I have trouble with. It has a bare earth floor and the roof is leaking like you wouldn't...

Regardless of any legalities and whilst commend wearing some hi viz I deplore the use of the phrase about a horse.

Looking at weather25 dot com it's wet in differing forms until mid April - YAY!!!!

The 4 horses up the yard you can't catch in the summer when out 24/7 at the moment give us puppy eyes after 30 minutes out to come back...

It’s wet & miserable and cold and I want to hibernate & the unsurfaced bits of track are mainly sludge aside from one stretch that...

I could have written this! A perfect summary !

Mine normally live out and the land is very well draining. I nearly got flattered tonight when i tried to bring one in before the...

Yep, I am too. Some nights once I've finally managed to heave the wheelbarrow through the deep mud to get it where it needs to be, I...