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I would never be rugging in this weather and I know my horses are ok, all slightly fat so it wont hurt them to be a bit cold actually anyway.
I do wonder though- as a bad back sufferer myself I know if I get cold and wet my back really starts to ache and play up so I wonder if I should really be going against my better judgement and rugging my tb who has a bad back?
Opinions? am I being soft!
 
If it continues to rain I'll be leaving H out in a LW turnout tomorrow as _GG_ is coming to bully me...ahem, I mean help with my confidence in the school and I won't be able to ride if he's drenched through.
 
If I owned a TB with a bad back, then providing it wasn't obese they would certainly be wearing a rain sheet in this type of weather. My fit and thin skinned dressage horse gets turned out overnight in her waterproofs, the less sensitive mongrel doesn't get a rug. Horses for courses.
 
GG2B said:
If it continues to rain I'll be leaving H out in a LW turnout tomorrow as _GG_ is coming to bully me...ahem, I mean help with my confidence in the school and I won't be able to ride if he's drenched through.
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Hahaha, that made me giggle!

I have to be honest, for the first time in about 3 months, I have rugged the girls.

But...they are an ideal weight so wouldn't want them to lose anything and they were COOOOOLD last night. Weren't even wet but bums tucked under and properly shivering. They don't have much shelter though and while undercover here it is mild, in the open there's a good cool wind and we've had flash flooding so I'd rather leave them out in a rug than bring them in. Luckily, there are always people on the yard so if the sun comes out and it gets too warm, they can always have them whipped off.
 
My Arab is rugged if its wet he has no coat and very thin skinned and will get rain scald if not, if it drops down to about 12 degrees he will have a light weight rug on he is not fat and he will drop weight if his cold, my warmblood is left naked as she is over weight and not working at present, she also has a much thicker coat and copes with the cold and wet much better than he does, I think you have to just know what your horse needs and adjust your routine as they are all different.

Its chucking it down here at the moment.
 
It's chucking it down here, and I am delighted - willl soften rock hard ground a bit, and Fatty has much flab to keep him warm. He has a field shelter, which is obviously more of a novelty to me than him, as I just drove past, and they were both grazing in the middle of the field.
 
SatansLittleHelper said:
Im a mean mummy...mine are wet..right through..!! Not cold though ;)
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Not mean. Mine have been left to get soaked until last night. I just can't bear to rug them when it is so mild...but it is really awful here at the moment and it's the first time I have seen them so visibly uncomfortable.
 
Ours are all out without rugs. I have been keeping a close eye on the young Appaloosa though, as she has the finest coat. They have all been fine, we are exposed and there isn't much natural shelter but it's mild and the rain has been showery/drizzle rather than a persistent downpour. The older ones are shouting for us to go out and feed them now though! Fat pair!
 
Mine has a sheet on tonight :o I don't think he is especially cold but he seems to loath and detest the rain, so this morning he was decidedly grumpy - just wanted to curl up in the corner of his stable, the poor darling.
 
The part bred arabs are out un rugged and fine, they don't seem to be getting cold in it. But the Sec A has a light weight on as he is showing signs of another lung infection, so I want to keep him warm because last time he had the infection he had uncontrollable shivering in 20C. usually he'd be naked though.
 
My pansy baby wb was crying to come in this afternoon apparently, but if I rugged him he would sweat, he really is warm blooded!
 
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