A bit of a rant on bad horsemanship!

[pocket]

I really do not understand peoples logic? Today albeit it being sunny, its been a chilly winters day. Two horses owned by the same person were schooled, forced into an outline......for quite some time, neither horse is fit and both quite green. Both horses were sweating and puffing by the end of the session. Instead of being cooled off, they were turned out into the field without rugs, when normally rugged to the hilt

I dont think the riders have heard of azoturia, but then its this sort of person that gets away with it and luckily for them, the horses do not suffer from it

Sorry....just needed to get it off my chest

 

[mickey]

I'm not sure I see the issue with working a horse in an outline on a cold day as long as there is sufficicent warm-up/cool down???
I can agree with you on the turning out with no rug on after exercise bit - totally strange and stupid!

 

[pocket]

Horses are very green and new to the country, poor and need to gain weight, not used to working in an outline, thats my issue and then put out into a field wet with sweat.

 

[arwenplusone]

If it is a sunny day and I have worked my horses, I sometimes turn them out without a rug for a good roll and some sun on their backs. I don't think this is so bad?

 

[pocket]

I dont think anyone is getting my point, the horses are not fit and were dripping a little different to a fit horse that is ridden daily and fit.....

 

[mickey]

I understood that they were put out when sweaty and without rugs - which I think is not good.

But you didn't mention in OP that they had just entered the country, were thin and not used to working properly! You said they were green and unfit.

 

[RLF]

to be honest, horses can gallop around a field, get a sweat up and then stand around of their own accord, at least they could walk about in field and loosen up after work!

 

[arwenplusone]

ah - well I wouldn't put a dripping wet horse out like that - asking for trouble IMO.
But, each to their own - as you say, she'll probably get away with it whereas lots of people do all the right things and seem to have the worst luck!

 

[Janah]

I know someone who teaches kids on a 11.2hh pony. She would teach late on a winter evening, dusk. Poor pony was put out in the field dripping with sweat. No time to cool off before real cold hit. Not brought in later. Always thought this was cruel.

 

[Donkeymad]

Were the horses re-rugged later, in say, half an hour or an hour? This is when they would start to feel cold - very cold. If they were rugged thus, no problem, if they were left for too long, not good.
I don't understand why they needed to be worked so hard in an outline, maybe they should have been worked a little more 'gently' until they start getting fitter, but some people like to dive in at the deep end!