thedunthing
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i havent stopped
Are you rugging yet ?
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alsxx
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Mine are having their fleeeces on overnight as they are in - but before i started putting them on they were fluffing themselves up so obviously were a bit chilly!
Spyda
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My yearling actually shivers without at least a light weight turn out on these days. She wears a cotton summer sheet when she's in. Suppose I should hardener her off but she looks so pathetic quaking away with the cold. I just cannot bring myself to put her through it.
JustKickOn
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Sugar's been out in a rug for the past week or two as the weather has been cold and wet here.
We're predicted rain for tonight so I stuck her out with her rug on. It's only a LW one though, so she shouldn't get too hot in it.
If it's predicted to be heavy rain she'll probably be in with a light stable rug on.
We're predicted rain for tonight so I stuck her out with her rug on. It's only a LW one though, so she shouldn't get too hot in it.
If it's predicted to be heavy rain she'll probably be in with a light stable rug on.
SouthWestWhippet
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Our pointers have lightweight summer sheets or fleeces on at night.
It has done nothing but rain for weeks now and a couple of the RS horses are just beginning to drop a bit of weight. They're now wearing lightweight turnout rugs just to keep the rain off their backs.
It has done nothing but rain for weeks now and a couple of the RS horses are just beginning to drop a bit of weight. They're now wearing lightweight turnout rugs just to keep the rain off their backs.
sallyellis
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Yes my yearling arab colt is rugged up if its wet but he has always been used to being rugged before I had him, I have actually roughed him off as he was in the stable in a summer sheet in the summer...
but my mare is rugged if it rains but purely to keep her clean as she is a mud loving grey! she lives out 24/7 so needs to grow a wooly coat.
scotsmare
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Mine have been rugged at night for the last couple of weeks and have had a rug on out during the day if they need it too
Ashkadog
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I dont think my boy has been without a rug this year apart from a couple of days. It has been his fly rug in the day with a summer sheet at night and now he is in his lite weight in the day and a middle weight (although not that middle weight any more) at night. He is grey and crossed with a hippo i'm sure ao I try to keep him clean and his coats coming through and I hate getting covered in white hair and he hates being clipped!
BBs
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Mine all have rugs on at night.
28 year old TB and IDxTB both wearing Medium NZ day and night (in at night)
KWPN fatty just a light stable rug on at night, summer sheet on during the day (on box rest)
28 year old TB and IDxTB both wearing Medium NZ day and night (in at night)
KWPN fatty just a light stable rug on at night, summer sheet on during the day (on box rest)
nikki_07766
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My two, IDXTB and MW Cob are naked in the day unless raining and have light weight NZ's on at night ( stabled).
checkmate1
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I've been rugging all summer!!! But then my horse is injured and has had to be kept warm and dry. At the moment she just started coming in at night as I've moved yards and shes in a waffle rug, and a fly rug in the day-there aren't many flys but it keeps her clean!! A lightweigh T/O if wet.
Moggy in Manolos
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my 18yr old mare has been in a lightweight recently due to all that heavy rain as she feels the cold at bit more nowadays
at 27 your horsey may well fancy a few more creature comforts, if he is happy then sod the YO frankly, do whats best for your horse i say, try not to pay attention to others, if they want to over rug or under rug their own horse than thats their problem
i don't think you are being over protective, for an older animal it is starting to get chilly at night, let her huff and puff
at 27 your horsey may well fancy a few more creature comforts, if he is happy then sod the YO frankly, do whats best for your horse i say, try not to pay attention to others, if they want to over rug or under rug their own horse than thats their problem
i don't think you are being over protective, for an older animal it is starting to get chilly at night, let her huff and puff
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Donkeymad
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Absolutely not, and won't be for ages yet. They all live out 24/7 and two are rather elderly.
DBrasnett
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Nope, my TB x Trakehner is out naked. If heavy rain is forecast I stick her in a rain sheet, as she does get rain scald, but that it it!!
When it starts dropping to 3oC at night I might rug her at nights if she is out or stick a very light weight stable rug on her, but other then that she is just fine and dandy.
When it starts dropping to 3oC at night I might rug her at nights if she is out or stick a very light weight stable rug on her, but other then that she is just fine and dandy.
Tiarella
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nope, little douglas doesnt really need a rug, unless its freezing freezing
ISHmad
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No, ours are all still naked and will be that way for a while longer yet hopefully.
It's up to you whether your horse is rugged or not surely? I hate to see horses over rugged as they can always warm themselves up by shivering but cannot reduce their temperature. But you know your horse and whether he needs a rug or not, your YO should do what he or she is being paid to do IMHO.
It's up to you whether your horse is rugged or not surely? I hate to see horses over rugged as they can always warm themselves up by shivering but cannot reduce their temperature. But you know your horse and whether he needs a rug or not, your YO should do what he or she is being paid to do IMHO.