outdoor rugs and indoor rugs?

[DaisyDoll]

At my yard the horses who stay in at night stay in their outdoor turnouts, they don't have stable rugs. If you leave a stable rug on at night then the YO just turns your horse out in it :/

Any one else do this??

 

[wiggys_88]

i always take off their turnout rugs and put them their stable rug on, i was always taught that the horse doesnt benefit from the cold when turning them back out if you always keep their turnout rugs on in the stable.

 

[palomino_pony]

I leave the outdoor rug on if its wet as they dry well on the horse but its a rambo so is breathable. I change them usually - uncle who owns the farm puts her out when he sorts the cows - early early!! - has been known to be out in her pj's but only by accident lol

 

[fitzaud2]

I bought stable rugs for all of mine and used to change them every evening, but I got sick of it after a while, and left the outdoor rug on, as everyone else was. It didn't seem to affect them in any way.

 

[Izzwizz]

Turnouts for outside and stable rugs for inside. Dont like to leave heavy rugs on at night.

 

[Kokopelli]

I do, because of quickness in the mornings and because the outdoor rug is already warm so your taking off a warm rug to put on a cold one.

If I'm going to a show though I will put on their snuggy pyjamas and booties and they look very snuggy

 

[criso]

At the moment mine doesn't wear a rug at all at night in the stable as he gets too hot,
He does need something in the field though as it's quite windy and exposed. The same level of rugging wouldn't be appropriate for both so no way would I be happy with that.

 

[foraday]

WE have turnouts for outdoors and pjs for indoors

We have a heated rug room so snuggly rugs all the time whether changing from outdoors to indoors or vice versa!

Can't believe your YO though turning them out in stable rugs-someone certainly isn't aware of the Welfare Act and their liabilities!!!!

 

[millitiger]

mine don't have stable rugs, they are kept in their turnouts all of the time.

they have them off in the evening when they come in to be groomed/ridden and then they go back on.

 

[Jesstickle]

Mine live in their turnouts to save me time. Doesn't hurt em after all and it hurts me getting up half an hour earlier to wrangle with rugs in the dark!

 

[sillygillyhorse]

I am of the old school and was taught that t/o were for outside and stable rugs for inside. For years I have been changing rugs twice a day but not any longer. Last winter decided that with modern breathable fabrics that are not so heavy I would just use turnout rugs 24/7. Worked a treat and my horses seemed much warmer with better coats as they were not having to warm up their different rugs - I do not have and am not able to have a rug warmer unfortunately. Saves a huge amount of time too and I am sure the staff find it much quicker and easier when turning out/bringing in.

 

[bensonthewonderhorse]

I always change mine as that way you can check them over every day to make sure rugs aren't rubbing etc! I think it could be easy to not actually see your horses body for a few days otherwise!!!

 

[only_me]

The horses at my yard only ever wear turnouts.

Turnouts now can be used inside and out

 

[Jane_Lou]

I do have stable rugs and at Friday/Saturday nights we normally change them if they are dry but during the week the turnout rugs go back on after being groomed/ridden. This not only saves time in the morning but you are not putting cold rugs on all the time. My turnouts are breathable and do not leak, the outer will dry much better on a horse than hanging over a rug rack. Even a good quality, fully waterproof rug feels damp inside in the morning if you don't have a heated rug dryer.

 

[jack9]

mine has no stable rugs!.... i dont go up every morning and no-one can change rugs for me....

so no choice unless i want to leave her in until i finish work (which is mean)

i always whip her rug off as soon as she comes in though so she at least feels the benefit at night,... however shes fluffy and has a rain sheet on.. so not much benefit in the rug anyhow - its just wind chill in the day that bothers me!



ets - i always take the rug off everyday as she gets brushed daily and im always checking for any kicks/scraps and rubs... not worth not.... takes 2 minutes to take a rug off and put back on again!

 

[ossy]

I used to have a full set of stable rugs and turnouts but when i moved to my current yard all the horses stayed in the turnouts, it didn't overly bother me and everything about the yard was great so just went with it. Don't think I would ever go back to stable rugs now, my horse wouldn't thank me if she was to have her turnout rug ,which she was nice and tosty in whipped off and put in a cold stable rug at night and vis versa in morning. If its really really heavy rain and the rugs a sodden all the way through they do get changed into a dry turnout. Having said that if we were to put a stable rug on one night say after having being bathed or something the rug would be changed before going out.

The fact your YO just turns them out in the stable rug without telling you horses at the yard stay in turnouts or changing rugs is an optional service, and at making the point to you through your horse she dosen't change rugs would speak volumes to me and I don't think I could stay at a yard like that.

 

[Laura1234]

I tend to change to a stable rug, unless they come in wet (the outer is wet, not underneath), and I will leave the turnout on, as the horse will dry it in a few hours, and will stay snuggly warm too.

 

[nativetyponies]

i keep mine on..unless they have leaked or been damaged.

the material rugs are made from these days enables owners to do this..and the luxury of saved time is a bonus too!!

 

[Meowy Catkin]

I always change mine as that way you can check them over every day to make sure rugs aren't rubbing etc! I think it could be easy to not actually see your horses body for a few days otherwise!!!

When my mare was stabled at night, I put her in a stable rug overnight for the above reason.

As long as people check under the rug every day, I have no problem with turnouts being on all the time. Mine now live out, so they have to have turnouts on day and night in winter. I reposition the rugs and check the horses morning and evening, the rugs are changed for lighter turnout/heavier turnout/no rug as the weather dictates.

Out of interest a girl at my last yard left her pony in her turnout (a Shires highlander, if you're interested in the details ) with out checking under the rug for ages (think weeks, not days) and when she finally tried to take it off, it was stuck to the pony! It was terrible, the pony's fur had actually felted and attached to the cotton lining of the rug. She was lucky that it hadn't rubbed the pony. It took ages to remove the rug and there was a huge pile of matted fur removed from the pony and some was still attached to the rug.

 

[nativetyponies]

When my mare was stabled at night, I put her in a stable rug overnight for the above reason.

As long as people check under the rug every day, I have no problem with turnouts being on all the time. Mine now live out, so they have to have turnouts on day and night in winter. I reposition the rugs and check the horses morning and evening, the rugs are changed for lighter turnout/heavier turnout/no rug as the weather dictates.

Out of interest a girl at my last yard left her pony in her turnout (a Shires highlander, if you're interested in the details ) with out checking under the rug for ages (think weeks, not days) and when she finally tried to take it off, it was stuck to the pony! It was terrible, the pony's fur had actually felted and attached to the cotton lining of the rug. She was lucky that it hadn't rubbed the pony. It took ages to remove the rug and there was a huge pile of matted fur removed from the pony and some was still attached to the rug.

with that amount of fur, why on earth rug it in the first place, stupid girl
poor creature must have been very uncomfortable

 

[Meowy Catkin]

NP, we (the other liveries and the YO) were very concerned about her commitment to the pony and the YO had stepped in many times before this to sort out the pony when the girl (loaner) didn't come to check her.

At the time of the rug incident, the pony had been trace clipped (wasn't being ridden) but the loaner was coming to see it and check it every day. We (everyone else at the yard) had relaxed a bit and weren't checking up on her so closely. We were still making sure that she had water in her stable etc... as the loaner had failed to provide that at one point. The owner had been informed several times by different people that the pony wasn't being looked after properly but she never did anything about it.

The whole thing was terrible.