lialls
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Can someone please tell me the correct meaning of the phrase 'Day Bed' I guess it would be somthing like a thin bed in the day just to soak up any wee?
Thanks in advance =]
Thanks in advance =]
Day Beds?
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saddlesore
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It's from when clipped hunting horses were kept in all day and after being mucked out a smaller 'day' bed was pulled down before being skipped back out and bedded back down properly in their jute rugs and straight feeds lol.
milliepops
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That's how I would interpret it... I worked on a yard that used what they called 'day beds' for a while - we put most of the bedding up on the banks during the day, then pulled it down after skipping out during evening stables.
No use for my horse - she will sleep at any time of the day so has a full bed available at all times
No use for my horse - she will sleep at any time of the day so has a full bed available at all times
saddlesore
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No use for my horse - she will sleep at any time of the day so has a full bed available at all times
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Never understood the logic of it either! When they're tired they're tired!
No use for my horse - she will sleep at any time of the day so has a full bed available at all times
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Never understood the logic of it either! When they're tired they're tired!
milliepops
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Absolutely - and mine is ALWAYS tired!! It's a race against time to get her tacked up before she drops some days
saddlesore
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Lol, it was roasting up here yesterday and I caught horse initially lying flat out in the field, then a bit more upright (but still lying down if that makes sense) EATING!! What a lazy moo!
milliepops
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Bless
. Mine couldn't eat lying down because she rests her head on her teeth when she is sleeping. Can't even be bothered to hold her own head up.
saddlesore
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Ha ha ha, you win!
lialls
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Thank you both. Thats wat i though =]
Lol yes mine too milliepops
Lol yes mine too milliepops
LoobyLoosome
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Unless you've got good mats I don't like idea of a day bed - i'd not like to have to stand on thinly covered concrete all day, can't be good for the joints imo.
3Beasties
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My horses have to stay in 3/4 days a week during the winter so I always use a 'day bed'.
They have rubber matting anyway so during the day I just put all the straw up onto the banks and then at night I bring it all back down. Neither of mine ever lie down during the day so it doesn't affect them at all.
They have rubber matting anyway so during the day I just put all the straw up onto the banks and then at night I bring it all back down. Neither of mine ever lie down during the day so it doesn't affect them at all.