Hormonal Filly
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I've noticed how much this differentiates in peoples personal opinions. Everyone rugs differently depending on the horse, breed, weight, age and I've never got involved or judged.. but everyone also has a completely different view on how 'warm' a horse should feel.
A friend has 2 heavy weights on her clipped mare (between 1-5 degrees currently out here) non of my business her choice etc but she recently felt my gelding and said he didn't feel warm enough, to my surprise. My gelding is in the equivalent of a heavy weight now as hes fully clipped welshy. Hes a good weight, nice and shiny. I think he feels 'warm' and the temperature I like mine to be, not to hot but not cold. I've had him years so always kept them to this temperature. I felt her mare after out of interest, she was absolutely boiling, baking in fact. To me she felt to hot, but to her owner she felt just right.
Another friend has a half clipped gelding, its out in a thin light weight (no fill) and not carrying enough weight so being fed up bucket fulls a day. To her, the horse feels warm but to me he feels cold, barely any warmth under the rug specially for a ribby type.
I know both of these girls incredibility well, we have a good laugh and its entirely their choice what they rug their horses and i'd never suggest otherwise but it did really interest me on how everyone has completely different opinions of how warm a horse should be.
How warm is warm? Does being to hot have negative affects, same as to cold.. mmmm..
A friend has 2 heavy weights on her clipped mare (between 1-5 degrees currently out here) non of my business her choice etc but she recently felt my gelding and said he didn't feel warm enough, to my surprise. My gelding is in the equivalent of a heavy weight now as hes fully clipped welshy. Hes a good weight, nice and shiny. I think he feels 'warm' and the temperature I like mine to be, not to hot but not cold. I've had him years so always kept them to this temperature. I felt her mare after out of interest, she was absolutely boiling, baking in fact. To me she felt to hot, but to her owner she felt just right.
Another friend has a half clipped gelding, its out in a thin light weight (no fill) and not carrying enough weight so being fed up bucket fulls a day. To her, the horse feels warm but to me he feels cold, barely any warmth under the rug specially for a ribby type.
I know both of these girls incredibility well, we have a good laugh and its entirely their choice what they rug their horses and i'd never suggest otherwise but it did really interest me on how everyone has completely different opinions of how warm a horse should be.
How warm is warm? Does being to hot have negative affects, same as to cold.. mmmm..
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