how to stop a rug wrecker??

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as in title really,i need to stop my boy shredding my mums boys rug,we have been painting a mix of chilli powder and baby oil on and this stopped him for a while but in two days hes ripped two rugs :( suggestions please ??
 
Tinsel Trouble said:
stock up on derby house rugs while they are buy one get one free! All the parts are replaceable and ask for extra clips when you buy them!

This is what I have done!!

haha they are the derby house ones,but he doesnt rip them at the tail flap he grabs the darting just in front of join for tail flap and rips a b****y great hole in it then pulls all the stuffing out!!!!
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I have one, and honest answer is I don't think you can.

I now supply rugs for my friends pony, it isn't fair for her to have to keep replacing them when its mine doing the damage. Superstrong denier, I go for a minimum 1000 denier, which means not cheap rugs which are usually 600 denier. Rugs have nip holes in, very small ones, rather than great big rips which make the rug useless which is what used to happen. The tail flap is holding up well too, but the neck rug attachments have had it :(. Currently he is wearing an old Rhino rug of my boy's, I am considering a Premier Equine rug for next summer (to replace the rainsheet mine ruined last summer)

Alternative would be individual turnout, but actually these two are very fond of each other and we would rather keep them together than have them miserable apart.

Lucdkily its just the two of them, there is no way I could (or would) pay for rugs for an entire herd.
 
One of my horses is a serial rug killer too.

You could try painting bitter spray and various other horrible tasting substances onto rugs, but I don't think any of it really works, and you may find the owners of the other horses dont want their rugs being plastered in unpleasant substances?

You could also try haying the fields if that is practicle, as they seem to be making their own entertainment at the moment as the grass isn't there, but I'm guessing if you share with others it might not be possible either?

The only other way is to separate your horse, which is what I've had to do. Mine's double fenced in his own paddock, so he's next to the others but can't reach them. He was destroying rugs from across a single fence - and was witnessed doing it :rolleyes:
 
Agree with separating them. My horse was always picked on by any yard bully with rugs ripped to shreds until we moved to this yard where he has his own paddock. He's happier and I'm happier as no big holes in rugs - apart from the one the bloody rats chewed in one - and still none the wiser how he managed to catch and rip the buckles off one rug (but at least I can't blame anyone else!)
 
Hi

My boy recently moved into a field with a rug wrecker. On the first night, I put big blobs of wasabi paste all over his rug (especially round the back seam above the tail flap). The first time said rug wrecker had a nibble at his rug, he got a mouthful of wasabi... pulled a few funny faces, and has never done it since. he is also a b*gger for wrecking his own rugs... tries to take them off before he has a roll. So, we made a weak watery liquid wasabe sauce, put it in a sprayer and sprayed the front of his own rug... that stopped him wrecking his own rugs! Success :)
 
CatStew said:
How about putting the newer, better condition rug on underneath and the one that's been damaged/is pretty much knackered over the top?
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this seems like a good idea,will try that,thankyou,im not seperating them as they are best mates and they are really happy together :)
 
Grannick's Bitter Apple is the best of the nasty taste sprays but if you use this and then liberally dust with ground white pepper the effect is increased.

I second, or third, the notion to put a clapped out rug over a good one.
 
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