is your's a mud monster or a avoider

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I know all horseys are getting rather muddy in this weather but my little man every winter seems to have a competition with himself to see if he can get any muddier then the day before! he has a technique that allows no part of his rug, legs and body, including his head left without a cape-full of mud on it. delightful for me when changing rugs!

so just for fun do you have a mud monster or a mud avoider that wouldn't be caught rolling in the dirt?
 
Of my friends, the horse isn't too bad as he is tall enough to avoid most of it and he doesn't tend to roll in the muddiest bits. The sec d youngster makes out that he avoids it but as he plays a lot he doesn't really and the 11hh pony is a mud hopper in disguise but as he's low to the ground and also plays a lot it's inevitable he's plastered in it xx
 
Mud avoider ! Thank God. A largely white skewbald on heavy clay, rolls about once a week when muddy, much more when dry and currently mostly declining to leave his hard standing. As for me taking him out in hand down a muddy neuropathy at the weekend - he was horrified and kept trying to tow me home ! Not bad for a Welsh/trad x !!
 
My Irish cob absolutely detests mud lol! I literally have to shove him into the field where he will pussy foot across the mud with his nose wrinkled up ( imagine A 16HH cob trying to balance on his toes and tiptoe on the dry bits!! its quite amusing ;) lol)
He wont roll if its wet and is always spotless apart from his feet!

He does get me back by refusing to come back through the mud unless i fetch him so i end up looking like a mud monster!!!
 
I'm starting to get jealous of all you that have avoiders!

He does get me back by refusing to come back through the mud unless i fetch him so i end up looking like a mud monster!!!
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lol know the feeling after taking the rugs off i feel i have more mud on me then the field
 
Mine is both! Always her face, neck, mane and hocks / knees shoulders caked in thick mud.. Brush it off and she rolls again, leave her filthy and she won't roll again! Mad animals ha ha!
 
Full house of mud monsters here...

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bit of both!

was always a complete avoider - had the same rug on for three winters and looked bearely worn but slightly faded. was saying to new yard how clean she was and that she didnt tend to roll in mud! well she proved me wrong and this year has started to ROLL IN THE MUD! :o

not quite a monster but her rug will need a wash and re-proof for the first time this year!
 
Avoider. Despite being mostly white and naked his only dirt is stable stains. No time to roll or play as he never looks up from stuffing his face
 
Worst of both worlds. 2 tbs that hate getting their tootsies muddy and make a fuss about walking through it but love it everywhere else and make trying to get mud in obscure places a competitive sport. I find trying to demud eyelashes particularly trying
 
I thought my gelding was pretty good in the mud game, but Auslander's horse makes him look like an amateur. I love combos, but how he manages to get the mud up underneath and that must take a special effort.

My mares on the other hand are far less enthusiastic about it, and it seems to be must, needs only.
 
Smokey is an avoider and Reg is a wallower!! Everyone always asks why the bay is the one with a hood and wellies!
 
NZJenny said:
I thought my gelding was pretty good in the mud game, but Auslander's horse makes him look like an amateur. I love combos, but how he manages to get the mud up underneath and that must take a special effort.

My mares on the other hand are far less enthusiastic about it, and it seems to be must, needs only.
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I had an IDxTB who, we deided, thought mud was jewellery - we came to the conclusion that he got his mates to stuff mud up inside his combo. And into his ears. And anywhere else he couldn't reach!!!!
 
An avoider thankfully his rug is as clean as it was when we bought it havent ever seen him roll in his field once saves it for when hes in his stable
 
It's a sort of bronzey colour. He usually looks after it, but he decided that it would be fun to chuck himself on the ground in the muddy gateway that day! He's a complete amateur compared to the chestnut mare though - she's unbelievably vile. Luckily she's retired so doesn't have to be clean!
The bay mare in the purple rug manages to get herself coated in bobbles of mud that are impossible to get off - she's TB, so a bit precious. Grooming can be interesting!
 
Thankfully a mud avoider - even after a good roll he rarely has more than a small patch on his thigh and a smear over his eyelid. He is having a little more trouble avoiding it recently though as it has been so wet.
 
Love the piccies - wish I had some to share! Imagine my horror yesterday afternoon when it was time to come in for my boys....I hadn't quite finished the jobs from the morning and needed another 10 minutes. My Welsh X was pacing the gateway with impatience and I swear I saw him grin as he marched to the sloppiest part and rolled not once, but 3 separate times - grrrr. The sensible pony even felt inclined to join in just as the heavens opened. Welsh boys' rug looked just like Auslanders and so did my jacket by the time I had done. Good job I'm not precious - DIY livery kinda makes you that way!!
 
Not a mud monster but ISH enjoys running around in the mud so that it splatters all over his legs (he has mud fever :( ) so his mud fever has spread all up to his belly and the top of his legs! I look after a grey pony that is a complete mud monster, he find the muddiest patch and wallows, absolutely cakes himself in it ! My other grey pony isn't too bad, stays fairly clean to be honest , my buckskin can't be bothered to roll, that would waste eating time.
 
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