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That it is apparently cruel to turn your horses out in the snow (even with megarugs and plenty of hay/water) when they would 'rather be tucked up in a nice warm cosy stable'?

In fact, if it is snowy or icy, it is better to keep them 'tucked up' in their 11 x 11ft cage, sorry I mean stable, for days on end rather than risk them slipping outdoors?

Thought I'd share these revelations with you all (some of you may already know this). :p
S :D
 
Another one that is destined to be locked up as mine is out nekkid too ;) :D

She had a nice coating of snow on her back this afternoon and icicles in her mane. I think she was trying for the sympathy vote :D
 
I've read that archaeologists have found evidence of rudimentary shelters and traces of linen that could only be rugs in prehistoric sites where horses originated. Apparently, in the wild they developed the ability to manufacture these things to keep them safe but domestication has sadly muted the instinct. :(
 
baymareb said:
I've read that archaeologists have found evidence of rudimentary shelters and traces of linen that could only be rugs in prehistoric sites where horses originated. Apparently, in the wild they developed the ability to manufacture these things to keep them safe but domestication has sadly muted the instinct. :(
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No chance that people built the shelters then?
 
Well I would be worried about the RSPCA coming to get me, but our lane is unpassable :D It would be very entertaining watching them come try to get me instead of dealing with a real welfare case :p
 
Well... I have just trudged 3 miles in a snowy blizzard to post letters to World Horse Welfare from my 3 Welshies who are out with no rugs. I did explain that due to the snow....holidays....the fact that postie hasn't arrived today...that the letters may not get there....but they insisted......sigh:) All I can do now is wait....:(
Do I still give them their Christmas presents?:)
Bryndu
 
That reminds me of the time when sis walked for nearly an hour in the snow where car couldn't get (steep hill) to put ours out when they were at livery. She did all the necessary and then trudged back home, only to repeat the performance to get them back in hours later. YO told us that she had only just set off home when a passer-by, who was out for a walk in the 'lovely countryside' had sympathised with 'those poor little horses out in the snow'.
As one was a Shirex and 2 others were over 15.2hh, we laughed our socks off, after making the predictable grrrrrr noises.
One of my favourite memories of 2 who have long passed to the big pasture in the sky, is of them chasing each other over a jump that had been left out in the snow. They were having a whale of a time.
We only ever rug vulnerable horses. Our 28yr old has been out every day this week with no rug and has come in with ice on her back. She's absolutely fine.
I doubt if the RSPCA will get to us anyway as the stud nearby leave theirs out 24/7 and the walkers can see them more easily than ours, so they are the ones who are reported regularly.
 
my horses are out during the day in at night with two rugs on, hay in the field during the day and a bucket of warm water, i do not see how this is cruelty.
they also get hay at night and and hi-fi lite

the RSPCA should be responding to real issues such as abandoned animals and the horses that havent had an owner visit or feed them for weeks!
 
Oh dear, our 8 natives without rugs and 5 with, including TB and WB, all of whom live out 24/7, can be expecting a visit then! Whilst I do know that some of ours like to be in for about 5 or 10 minutes (usually as long as their feed lasts) I'm afraid after that they are ready to go back out again!
 
O dear. I'm cruel too.

Although they might well be in tomorrow because the track has frozen so hard that the Nitty pony is really struggling to walk on it. She is all footy now and came hopping back in this evening. Stupid TB!
 
PapaFrita said:
That's me going straight to hell then. I'd be banned if I said what I thought of people who say stuff like that....
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I'll join you in hell! At least we'll be nice and warm there! :D

A few years ago, a friend of mine whose family run a racing/hunting yard called my horse "poor girl" because she'd been out at night in the snow. Said horse hates being in (gets stiff and colicky) and thrives on being out :rolleyes:
 
im cruel on both counts!
1. my mare is out there in the cold :eek: with 2 rugs on and haylage, and feed- but still :eek: poor poor thing- how can i live with myself!
2. my gelding is in :eek: he has arthritus, and hates the cold and wet :eek: i cant even get him down the lane to turn him out :eek: clearly i should be flying him down there on my threstral :rolleyes:
i should be ashamed of myself. thank you for opening up my eyes :)
 
Whaaaaattt????

Well, that is absurd. Why aren't all yours sitting by the fire with you watching Wipeout???
 
Damn it I'm obviously going to that fiery pit down below then as Pidge has been out every day in the snow and ice for ooooh at least 11 hours a day :eek: Just to confirm how bad an owner I am he's an ISH (sorry for swearing Shils :p) fully clipped and only in a 100g rug though I took pity on him today and put him in a 200g rug :eek:
Goes off to beat herself round the head with a stick for being such a cruel owner............................. :rolleyes:
 
Mine neighed at me when I left tonight after putting him in his stable, he was either saying 'hey, more food please' or 'why can't I stay out with the other who get to play in the field all night'

Or maybe he just couldn't shut himself up :D
 
Well i'll have to go to jail then, but the other girl on my yard will be fine, her's have been "tucked up" !!!!! in their lovely cages for the last four weeks, still they have plentiful of hay and water (occasionally) but they are nice and warm cause they have 2 rugs on each and their stables are full of the proverbial brown stuff .............
 
Well there is no way my old boy is going out until the ground has softened again - I have had the vet to him twice in two weeks for two separate injuries he has obtained in the field - yes the snow looks nice and soft on top, but underneath, the ground is rock hard and rutted - break-a-leg weather. No it isn't cruel to leave them out in the slightest, but some people on here really do have a superiority complex about keeping their horses out - it's like a competition to see who can have their horses out in the deepest snow and ice at the coldest temperatures!
 
Shilasdair said:
That it is apparently cruel to turn your horses out in the snow (even with megarugs and plenty of hay/water) when they would 'rather be tucked up in a nice warm cosy stable'?

In fact, if it is snowy or icy, it is better to keep them 'tucked up' in their 11 x 11ft cage, sorry I mean stable, for days on end rather than risk them slipping outdoors?

Thought I'd share these revelations with you all (some of you may already know this). :p
S :D
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He he. My husband calls stables cells 'are they going in their cells tonight?'. They are snowed out of their cells with rugs water and haylage and will be staying out.
 
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