noodle_
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no rug.... not clipped!!
till sat then she will be in a 140 !
till sat then she will be in a 140 !
Just put the thicker rug on...
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BlairandAzria
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my boys out in a medium weight with a full neck, its snowing! not much but its still snow which means its freezing wish i had made the decision earlier to have him in his stable, unfortunately cant go down to bring him in now
SNOW.....SNOW......did you really just say SNOW!!!
I feel really mean now, my tb boy is in his waffle cooler over night in his stable and a no-fill during the day out......and its blowing a gale here.....but he was toasty warm when i left him half an hour ago!
Louby
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No rugs yet but he is in at night. I did feel mean today though. Hopefully clipping in the next week so will be in LW then unless it gets colder as he does get hot easily.
Mike007
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My old boy is still out naked, but he has the coat of a polar bear!
Oi tell him to give it back! Polar bears are an endangered species!
MissSBird
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My fully clipped boy is in a 100gm combo. My not at all clipped fluffball is just in a rain sheet!
D66
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lol
My 3yr TB/WB old is naked growing a nice thick rug of her own, our field is very sheltered with huge mature trees and I did give her some hay to munch.
What do you people who are using heavy weights now do when it gets really cold?
HBII
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I feel bad ... not clipped and no rug in at night.
OneInAMillion
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My tb is uclipped and he had been wearing just a no fill but I did feel sorry for him, though connie is wearing nothing (also unclipped atm)
kerryflower
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I crumbled and brought my unclipped ginge in last night. He hates "slimming" it out all the time. I've managed to hang longer than I usually do lol. He will be in mw though
Kat
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Mine was out last night in a no fill rug with a neck cover. Felt a bit mean but she isn't clipped yet and there are mature trees and high stone walls for shelter. She can't have a warmer rug on because they are away being cleaned and repaired.
TallyHo123
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My boy is Tb x and still living out 24/7 just upped to a thicker rug. about 150ish. Will be in overnight and clipped in 3 weeks!
Firewell
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It's insane that this time last week it was 29degrees and boiling and now its blimin freezing!!
Mine is in at night now, he isn't clipped but he has no hair still. He's in a 300g MW with no neck today as he was cold and naughty when I got him in last night in his no fill rug.
Last night he wore a 200g stable rug with no neck but I may put a slightly warmer MW stable no neck on tonight as although he was warm this morning he wasn't toasty.
He's got a lovely brand new HW stable rug with neck waiting in it's bag in the tack room but that is being saved until he's had his full clip .
Mine is in at night now, he isn't clipped but he has no hair still. He's in a 300g MW with no neck today as he was cold and naughty when I got him in last night in his no fill rug.
Last night he wore a 200g stable rug with no neck but I may put a slightly warmer MW stable no neck on tonight as although he was warm this morning he wasn't toasty.
He's got a lovely brand new HW stable rug with neck waiting in it's bag in the tack room but that is being saved until he's had his full clip
.Prince33Sp4rkle
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SNOW?!
ours are all in overnight, bruce is fully clipped and wearing:
magnetic rug, full neck 120gm,300gm stable rug, leg wraps
CS is not clipped but still in summer coat:
magnet rug, full neck 120gm, 200gm stable rug,leg wraps
Toby-unclipped shetty (but has been well rugged all year so not a huge coat)
full neck 200gm
Lucie Bog po-full neck 220gm, 200gm stable rug,leg wraps
all are out in the day in 350gm full neck rugs,and two big boys have snuggy hoods on.
ours are all in overnight, bruce is fully clipped and wearing:
magnetic rug, full neck 120gm,300gm stable rug, leg wraps
CS is not clipped but still in summer coat:
magnet rug, full neck 120gm, 200gm stable rug,leg wraps
Toby-unclipped shetty (but has been well rugged all year so not a huge coat)
full neck 200gm
Lucie Bog po-full neck 220gm, 200gm stable rug,leg wraps
all are out in the day in 350gm full neck rugs,and two big boys have snuggy hoods on.
stencilface
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Depending on how mine is in his rain sheet today to keep the wind off, he might get a warmer rug tomorrow. If he's frisky and has the wind up his tail when I get him in from his restricted paddock - definitely needs a warmer rug, although he is not clipped
Feel a bit mean after reading PS's post
Feel a bit mean after reading PS's post
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Firewell
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PS I love how pampered your po's are, I can imagine them all in immaculate stables with their jammies on.
Poor J has to slum it in comparison but I do think in going to put a warmer rug on tonight, it's deceptive how cold it's suddenly got! I've put the heating right up for the first time in my house today brrrrrr.
Poor J has to slum it in comparison but I do think in going to put a warmer rug on tonight, it's deceptive how cold it's suddenly got! I've put the heating right up for the first time in my house today brrrrrr.
Winklepoker
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I will start bringing in next week once I have clipped and he will have a full neck MW t/o and hood with 200g stable on top. Only doing a neck/belly. maybe chaser at the most so will be plenty warm First Show next weekend so need him looking smartish
First Show next weekend so need him looking smartish 
soulfull
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Unclupped (till later today) First night in. Cotton sheet in stable mostly as he lies in the poo.
Out in 220g combo as it's raining and I want to clip later. Will keep to this after clip
Out in 220g combo as it's raining and I want to clip later. Will keep to this after clip
FigJam
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JenTaz- can't believe you had snow the other night?! I thought it was only higher up that snow was falling.
Hopalong has already had her second clip , blanket, and the other day I upgraded from no-fill rainsheet to 100g Rambo. She is still out 24/7 and will be as long as possible, hopefully until towards the end of the month.
Hopalong has already had her second clip
, blanket, and the other day I upgraded from no-fill rainsheet to 100g Rambo. She is still out 24/7 and will be as long as possible, hopefully until towards the end of the month.wench
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I would think unless you are in a howling gale, or snow, is a HW is a not bit extreme atm - what do you put them in when it gets really cold?
My tb is out 24/7 with 100g rug on. This will be changed to a 200g rug when I next go to the stables on Sundat
My tb is out 24/7 with 100g rug on. This will be changed to a 200g rug when I next go to the stables on Sundat
madeleine1
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am i the only one not even got a rug out. its 9degrees at night she has field shelter and 20ft hedges. she is not hving a rug on til 5 degrees at night
SpottedCat
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Madeleine, my fully clipped TB is still out 24/7 in just a lightweight no fill rainsheet - our temps are the same as yours.
vam
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Just upped to a 100g at night and he will have his no fill on during the day if it warms upor i will leave the 100g on, he was in a summer sheet for the last few nights as he is a bit of a hot boy. Oh and he is fully clipped
Prince33Sp4rkle
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mine have been rugged virtually all summer though, i bet yours have been naked? so its all relative, to them, this is flipping freezing even with a rug on!
they are rugged to cut down on coat growth, to cut down on clipping. and to keep them clean. time is money, the less time i have to spend clipping, the more time i have to teach (£), ride, and god forbid-have some me time, or see OH.
Both the boys are training hard (adv med-PSG work), so need to be able to work without sweating, for bruce that is a full clip and for CS being well rugged means he grows no coat and thus may not need clipping at all.
as for when its really cold, 2 HW and some under rugs.simples.
ETA-i can promise that if mine were only in a sheet or fleece at night, they would all be shivering(even toby) and CS would look like a hat rack after a week.
they are rugged to cut down on coat growth, to cut down on clipping. and to keep them clean. time is money, the less time i have to spend clipping, the more time i have to teach (£), ride, and god forbid-have some me time, or see OH.
Both the boys are training hard (adv med-PSG work), so need to be able to work without sweating, for bruce that is a full clip and for CS being well rugged means he grows no coat and thus may not need clipping at all.
as for when its really cold, 2 HW and some under rugs.simples.
ETA-i can promise that if mine were only in a sheet or fleece at night, they would all be shivering(even toby) and CS would look like a hat rack after a week.
ilvpippa
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It was really cold at mineast night around 2degrees. Was in a 200g med weight out in the field. Lightweight on during the day. She will come in at night if the weather continues to be rubbish! & when i clip
Firewell
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I love mid winter wrapping them all up cosy , luckily my TB allows me to indulge this.
My sister was wanting to put a m/w on her unclipped cob last night, I was like 'he's a cobby!!! He'll be fine in a l/w!!!' as I was wrapping up my precious in his 300g lol.
, luckily my TB allows me to indulge this.My sister was wanting to put a m/w on her unclipped cob last night, I was like 'he's a cobby!!! He'll be fine in a l/w!!!' as I was wrapping up my precious in his 300g lol.
BeckyCandy
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None of mine are rugged what a cruel women I am! haha
They are all natives loads of natural shelter and a feild shelter(altough they choose to stand in the rain ) I want them to get alot more coat before I rug and then the boys still wont be as never been rugged although first winter with me so if they need anything it'll be a no fill rainsheet each. Oldie gets rugs on slowly and in snow has h/w fullneck and fleece underneath if still cold we have various options
They are all natives loads of natural shelter and a feild shelter(altough they choose to stand in the rain
) I want them to get alot more coat before I rug and then the boys still wont be as never been rugged although first winter with me so if they need anything it'll be a no fill rainsheet each. Oldie gets rugs on slowly and in snow has h/w fullneck and fleece underneath if still cold we have various options madeleine1
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i dont think theres anything wrong with rugging up a horse if it needs it or you have a reason for it. i just wondered if there was anyone who had a horse that didnt have a reason to rug yet as i was worrying that maybe i was being to harsh on my horse but i only needed one person to help me not think im being silly.
SpottedCat
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PS I am sure you know this, but coat growth bears no relation to temperature and is in fact controlled by daylight - you'd be as well to invest in some of the daylight bulbs they use on mares as rugging may flatten the coat giving the appearance of less growth, but it doesn't change the amount of coat they grow. Not saying you shouldn't rug, just thinking of a more effective way of saving you clipping time.
foxy1
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Those of us that keep our horses very well-rugged know this not to be true SC!!
I have an un-clippable (native) horse that came to me with the coat of a bear. 3 years and many rugs later, he has the winter coat of a TB and works without needing to be clipped.
SpottedCat
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Ok, do you want to tell the professors that taught my biology degree that they are completely wrong and all those research papers are bunkum, or should I?!
It's a very basic biological principle that winter coat growth in mammals is controlled by melatonin levels. Melatonin is produced by the pineal gland, and production is inhibited by light - so as the days get shorter, more melatonin is produced and this triggers a number of biological responses, one of which is to change coats to the winter coat. This happens to coincide with it getting colder, but coincidence is not causality, and making the horse warmer does nothing to change this. It does, as I said, flatten the coat, giving the appearance of a thinner coat, but it has no effect on when a horse grows the winter coat.
It's a very basic biological principle that winter coat growth in mammals is controlled by melatonin levels. Melatonin is produced by the pineal gland, and production is inhibited by light - so as the days get shorter, more melatonin is produced and this triggers a number of biological responses, one of which is to change coats to the winter coat. This happens to coincide with it getting colder, but coincidence is not causality, and making the horse warmer does nothing to change this. It does, as I said, flatten the coat, giving the appearance of a thinner coat, but it has no effect on when a horse grows the winter coat.