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Well, my mare stayed in. She has been on box rest and her turnout is only a bit bigger than the size of a stable at the moment. As a result, it is rutted in this cold. I don't see the point in making her stand in the cold on difficult ground to eat hay, when she can stand in her stable, out of a draft and on nice smooth mats and eat hay. She is the most vet loving horse I have ever met. I do not need to give her opportunities to hurt herself!

That said my welsh yearling and welsh x arab veteran have been out as usual.
 
I did put some hoof boots on our veteran TB during the day today (he's out 24/7) as he seemed pottery on the rutted ground, and has rubbish (unshod) feet.

Didn't seem to hurt him, so he'll have them on again tomorrow :)
 
I am cruel too.

My chronic laminitic pony has been thrown out without a rug to fend for himself with the rest of the herd. Thick snow means no grass, and they have a full hayring.

He is so traumatised I can't catch him. As soon as I try to get a halter on he buggers off across the field farting and kicking his heels up. Haven't had him in for 3 days.
 
brucea said:
I am cruel too.

My chronic laminitic pony has been thrown out without a rug to fend for himself with the rest of the herd. Thick snow means no grass, and they have a full hayring.

He is so traumatised I can't catch him. As soon as I try to get a halter on he buggers off across the field farting and kicking his heels up. Haven't had him in for 3 days.
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Mine would've been doing the same - but she's managed to injure herself in her stable and isn't allowed out in the field at all now in case she rolls/goes faster than walk and makes it worse. Ponies are fine - rugged, hayed and fed. They were so full of hay and feed tonight that two of them couldn't finish their dinners!
 
Right! Who has been reading this sort of rubbish to Dorey!!

She's always prefered hiding in her stable in bad weather (or really hot weather).

But this morning, imagine my surprise, when despite having more forage than most HHOers can buy for less than a tenner, a nice warm rug and a huge bucket of water, she kicked the door (which is MOST unlike her!) until I put her out in the cold in a frozen rug!

Someone has obviously put across the idea that box rest is cruel :(

Which is kind of annoying, Dorey is our hopes for the 2012 Equine Contortionist team at the Olympics, and she takes training very seriously. I, however, don't fancy risking her practising her equine yoga in ice (as she normally manages it in the dry!) so prefer her stabled for her own good :( :(
 
I'll just fetch my coat now then. Please don't tell them where I live... Clearly my horse hates being out from 8am-4pm all rugged and hayleged up with his mate.
 
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
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Have not actually ever heard anyone say this, where do you hear this kind of rubbish?
 
I have a three/five situation. Three stayed out all day, 2 rugless and one rugged, but the other two wanted in quite insistently after an hour and a half. Practically dragged me to the stables. Marey was standing by the gate doing her crazy tripod thing and got quite silly when I walked up to get them. Boy pony nearly flattened me, such was his hurry to get hid headcollar on. A short 'ski trip' later and they were back inside, apparently happy. Those two always seem to want 'in'. No matter how much I beat them with sticks and fire damsons at them from behind a bush with a catapult.
 
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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Does this apply to cobs too?
 
When I went down to my yard tonight my old boy looked a bit guilty - he had ink on his hooves and later I found a very badly written note which he'd stuck on the gate. It reads:- "plees do not say my mum is crool for leaving me and my missus out in the snow coz i HATE being locked in my cell. I box walk and and get stressed and wont eat or drink, even my carrots get left. My mum spent lots of monee on r rugs and we hav lots and lots to eat and trees to shelter under and she puts funny oily stuff on our legs and white stuff on r heels which make us look like her in her rubber boots but r's are made fromm oil not rubber so r legs stay dry. We are very HAPPY - I am the happiest I've ever been since my mum rescued me from a horrid yard when I was always locked up on my own so plees do not disturb. Lots of love from me." What a clever boy....
 
Oh No.....Id better get my bags and put my guys up for sale then as i obviously dont know how to look after them properly :rolleyes:
My poor little Haflinger is obviously on the brink of hypothermia (maybe i should send her back to her breeder......in Austria where she went out in their snow Naked!!:D)
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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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I know this is true, as a complete stranger parked his car on our private property and came and shouted this at us very recently.

He told us he had driven up to our land just to tell us this fact.

We thanked him kindly for his expertise.
 
patchwork puzzle said:
Oh No.....Id better get my bags and put my guys up for sale then as i obviously dont know how to look after them properly :rolleyes:
My poor little Haflinger is obviously on the brink of hypothermia (maybe i should send her back to her breeder......in Austria where she went out in their snow Naked!!:D)
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Dear Patchwork your haffie would be so much happier if you hogged him coz obviously all that hair just catches the snow and makes his neck even colder......
 
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