People with cobs, A question about rugs

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I just wanted to know if you have started to rug yet? I went down the yard tonight and I'm the last to rug. Should I start putting a light weight on at night now? I feel a little bit bad :(
 
My cobs are pretty hardy so no rugs yet. I'm holding out for full coats on the oldies, then it's clip n rug all at once. The youngsters won't get rugged until it's COLDCOLD.
 
jennifer83 said:
I just wanted to know if you have started to rug yet? I went down the yard tonight and I'm the last to rug. Should I start putting a light weight on at night now? I feel a little bit bad :(
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It all depends on your cob. I have a Welsh D and he is rugged at night. Some cobs are rugged and some arn't it all depends whether he feels the cold, loses weight etc x
 
Thanks, He doesn't seam cold at the base of the ears. I want to clip him in about a months time. He has just moved in to winter grazing about a weeks ago and has put a bit of weight on. Which I'm a little sad about I've tried so hard to keep him at a good weight this summer.
 
I've rain sheets on mine when the weather is wet and windy, I think just keeping them from getting soaked through is enough this time of year.
Lots at my yard have medium weights on already with full necks, although they are the warmerblooded breeds.
I try to avoid anything heavier until it gets consistently cold as there is a risk of over heating if Mr sunshine suddenly decides to appear.
Was 3 degrees last night here, and 18 degrees this afternoon........to much fluctuation for winter rugs yet I think x
 
No, 'cos I'm a mean Mummy! None of the 3 horses is yet rugged but I'm watching day by day, night by night now, as one is an old TB cross. I want them to grow reasonable winter coats, as we don't clip, and there's nothing nicer for them on a freak bright sunshine winter day than to go without their rugs for an hour or two, have a really good roll, niblle etc. Having seen the forecasts for the week, I think Tues night's going to be when they first have a rain rug on, at least at night, and all day if it's raining.

A vet who looked after one of our livery horses used to go mad when he saw this particular cob swaddled to the eyeballs in a heavy duty rug, and tell me to tell the owners to get it off him - an instruction which didn't always go down well!
 
I am unlikely to rug my cob untill well into november and when I do it will be to keep him clean enough to ride. He gets very hot under rugs and it is not at all cold in the southeast where I live. I am comfortable in a sweatshirt and he has his natural coat.
 
No not yet though I might when Little Miss Guilt comes over and has a stern word with me....

Little Miss Common-Sense goes on holiday in the winter so I go a bit bananas with everything.

Generally, in harsh weather I'll rug at night.
 
Genie is now rugged at night, but she had a hunter clip on Saturday. She is however still out at night, just with a mediumweight turnout on. A few people where I am are already using mediumweight turnouts on their unclipped horses, so not sure what they'll do when their horses are clipped and it's really cold!
 
Mine are out at night and unrugged. When it gets wet they will come in at night, but we no longer 'do' rugs as I honestly believe it interferes too much with their natural ability to control their temperature by burning off some of the summer fat deposits. If they are working and getting too hot then they get a small clip and a rainsheet, but I am a harsh and cruel mummy.

Saying that, my persistent laminitic has been lammi free for three years doing it this way and he is able to eat more grass than he could before, when he was very restricted.
 
Nope, out all day & night and naked and will be until he grows a winter coat (November time). He will then either be clipped and have his 100g and 200g depending on weather if being worked, or he will be left naked all winter ;)

Welsh Cob.
 
Mine is fully clipped out year round and hogged. Yes he is rugged 24/7 now. I do feel a bit guilty because I tend to be the first to rug on the yard. But he is the only fully clipped one. I've taken away his own defence against the weather so I owe it to him to be vigilant about rugging - both over and under!

We started to rug at night a couple of weeks ago. Lightweight rain sheet last week. The on saturday - which was very cold and rotten here - I put his medium weight on. You could see him relax almost immediately. Finally - he was warm. And he's been a much happier boy since. Mean mummy didn't rug soon enough!

Rugging so early certainly isn't for everyone. Over rugging is downright cruel. You need to look at how your horse is, what clip he's got, what your fields are like wind wise etc.
 
Out naked 24/7 trying to loose some weight! Will put a sheet on when he is clipped next month. The yard is full of cobs and no one has rugged other than the warmblood/ TB owners. I have a rain sheet on my old pony to try and keep her weight on going into winter.
 
Mine is just in a very light rain sheet type thing. Just to really keep him clean as we have a lot on atm. Its really wet here and he is still out so it is just a convenience. If he comes in overnight, rug comes off.
 
No rug on my rather stout Welsh D. He needs to lose some weight so he can jolly well run round if he gets cold - I don't usually start to rug him until the temperature falls below 5 degrees or is exceptionally wet.

It does depend on the horse in question and the location, of course. Our other Welsh D tends to feel the wet so he does already get a turnout on for the rain and will be rugged sooner than his friend. He loses weight a lot quicker too.
 
I didn't rug my youngster til Janurary last year.
This year he's had a full neck rainsheet on for a couple of weeks already, but only because it keeps him clean.
I'll be rugging him this year as I want to start some decent work with him in Spring, and he grows a seriously thick coat when unrugged :)
 
I only just rugged by cob up lastnite but thats only because i clipped him y'day, otherwise he would still be naked. The other cob on our yard is still naked and will be till its gets alot colder. My TB on the other hand is in a medium rug at nite and lightweight of a day unless it really sunny then he will go naked.:)
 
Mines got a lightweight rug on to stop him getting soaked but I think it depends on the amount of shelter you have - either man made or natural. If there is plenty of shelter and they can stay out of the rain a bit you may find they are still ok. I don't do the base of the ear thing I tend to go with their weight. If there is still grazing or if your putting out hay and they are losing weight then they may be feeling the cold - that is, their bodies are using more energy to keep warm.
 
Nope, Shy is naked and proud ;). i used to be so bad for rugging at the first drop of rain or gust of wind, but it was so stressy, and at the end of the day, he's a tough native. He'll have his jacket on when the weather really gets nasty - at the moment I'm minimum grooming but keeping a very close eye on his feathers :rolleyes: sm x

Oh and god forbid would I put a saddle on a wet horse ! Now realise that's just s***e.
 
mine sometimes has a rainsheet on and sometimes doesnt, but he's not getting a rug with filling for a while! he doesn't need it even though he's somewhat of a wimp! He'll be clipped in a month or so, and then I'll start rugging him up accordingly
 
Mine is the only naked horse on the yard! He is still warm and has just been put onto some more grass, so it'll stop him getting too fat as well - I am sure everyone else thinks I am being mean, but his coat is quite thick already.
 
Mine has had a rainsheet on at night for about the last week. He is in naked in daytime but that will change next week when comes in at night (and will be naked) and out in the daytime, prob with a rainsheet depending on the weather.

He's a 'precious' Sec D who loves his creature comforts. He won't get anything heavier than a rainsheet though until he's clipped at the end of October when his coat is through.

I am in a bit of a catch 22 as he is a bit podgy from the summer so could do with being naked to get some weight off - however, chiro has advised me not to let his back get cold as he can get tight in his back so have compromised with the rainsheet.
 
I am hardening my heart and not rugging my welsh at the mo. He lives out and has natural shelter round two sides of the field. He did look miserable yesterday in the rain but then I think he would have done if he had been rugged too. He wasn;t cold or shivery.

I don't like rugs without necks when its raining as they just seem to let water in round the neck, and I wouldn't be putting a full neck rug on him so its nothing for now but I can feel myself caving.......this is first year living out - last year was full work, full clip and full rugs!!!

And stabled overnight.
 
G is having a LW rug on in the evenings and during the day at the moment- but he was fully clipped last weekend! If not, then I would say no not yet, it's not that cold.
 
Neither of mine rugged at the mo, baby will maybe get a rainsheet if it gets really rainy and windy but he's quite a chubber so will be fine for a while yet.
If the old girl is sweating up hacking out come november time I'll give her a little clip and then she can have a lightweight rug on.
My mum will get worried and be texting me everytime it starts to drizzle, I'll be like, she's a fat hairy carthorse she'll be fine! lol.
 
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