Does a clipped native need rugging?

What type of clip? Is he an ideal weight, over weight or under weight? Is the clip fresh or growing out?
 
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As above. Also the individual would need to be taken into account. My daughters Connemara x is a wimp and feels the cold more than my TB!
 
McNally said:
As above. Also the individual would need to be taken into account. My daughters Connemara x is a wimp and feels the cold more than my TB!
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I'll second that! We have a flighty welsh D who doesn't grow an overly thick coat- and a heavy cob who does.. and the cobby is certain that he shall die without a rug on in winter!
If my boy was clipped either bib or trace I'd be fine in putting him out in anything rugless. But I'd be sticking a rain sheet on him if he got the full baldy!;)
 
My H/W cob is fully clipped all year round. ordinarily he wouldn't need rugging in current temperatures but because of the constant torrental rain we're having, he's wearing a no fill rain sheet.
Also, when newly clipped he has a summer sheet to protect his pink skin from sunburn. Next clip will be a blanket clip so the summer sheet won't be needed.
He doesn't get cold though, he's quite a hot boy, hence all year round clipping.
 
Yes as above. Mcnally it must be a conniex trait, mines a wuss in the cold too. Last clipped in Feb but still in a mw turnout at night.
I think what's important to remember that if you clip, regardless of temperature they lose the ability to keep dry next to their skin in heavy rain. So whilst it may not matter for a chaser clip a full clip can make them cold in very wet weather without it having to be very cold.
 
Daughters had her last clip, a high chaser, in Feb & has been out rugless since end of march. I'd probably just stick a lw on overnight & if v wet a rainsheet in day, especially if its a fresh clip. Or if its growing out just a rainsheet.
 
impossible to answer really.... you have to look at the horse in front of you. condition, weight, time of year - eg coming into spring, day to day weather and temp, if the horse is actually cold/shivering or not and your location-milder part of the country? exposed hillside? Also you have to consider what shelter is available. natural or otherwise. Sorry lol not much help, its like how long is a peice of string tho. My Sec D was fully clipped in nov and has been living out with a mw in the worst weather and a lw the rest of the time, we are pretty exposed in NE scotland.
 
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Do you mean now or ever?

Yes they will need rugging in the winter especially if is snowing or very cold.

If you mean now then it will depend on when they were clipped and how much was clipped off. My new forest slightly tubby in chaser clip done mid Jan is not rugged at the moment, but he does get hot very easily hence the reason for the clip in the first place!

However when it was snowing and very cold he had a HW rug on.
 
and at the other end of the spectrum, i have a weedy section c gelding who was hunter clipped in january and has a MW full neck turnout on and has just come in to wear a lw full neck and fleece on top
 
I rug my clipped native (New Forest). I wouldn't dream of not doing so. Mine is chaser clipped (but all neck off) and has spent winter out 24/7. He has been in MW or HW on frosty nights. Extra cold then with 100g liner underneath. He has done better than previous winters when he was in overnight. But then this has been a mild winter... He does now go naked during the day if it is warm enough and not due to rain. Generally he is a wimp who feels the cold and makes a fuss if he is too cold.

He is looking the best he ever has.
 
Depends on the horse. I hunter clipped my retired Welsh x Highland a month ago (he has cushings so doesnt loose his winter coat very well anymore and then spends the summer too hot!). He's been rugged since, in a Rambo high neck rug but the weather has been dreadfully wet lately and he's underweight coming out of the winter (he's 25/26). I'll be hunter clipping my old shetland soon too once the weather improves a bit more as I dont like to rug her, she gets hot easily. If you really aren't sure, try chucking a lightweight rug on her - just keeping the rain off can help keep them warm enough without adding too much warmth.
 
My Clydesdale / welsh section D is fully clipped as he is being prepared for driving trails and is working hard and has just a too thick summer coat.
At the moment he is in at night and wearing a thin medium wieght night rug from about nine unless the weather is terrible is in which case it's on earlier I turn him out in nothing a unlined or medium outdoor depending on the weather and that's the worse thing about keeping him clipped all summer you have to constantly monitor the weather the wind to keep him comfy.
 
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