Pony shivering - advice needed

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Went down to the horses this morning, they live out 24/7 and didn't have rugs on overnight. Bought them in, squeegeed them off and rugged them. Welsh section A was shivering this morning went I bought him in but was better when rugged and turned back out. Went down tonight to feed and the welsh section A was shivering again, but felt warm under his rug. I have changed his rug to his winter weight and left him plenty of haylage. Should I have done anything else, will he be OK?
 
My insulated-by-fat Welsh Cob was shivering this evening - I let her dry off in the stable with a haynet to munch on and then put her back out with a rain sheet on. He'll be fine! I bet he's toasty warm under his rug and not many Sec A's will be treated to haylage tonight.
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Unless you bring him in there isn't much more to do than you already have. You put a coat on yourself when you start to shiver, not a lot of difference to a horse in my opinion.
 
Shivering is the body's way of generating warmth keep a rug on him..and make sure he has plenty to munch on
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I think like us its been a huge shock from going to gorgeos hot dry weather to bloomin cold wet weather
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Agree with everyone else, its just this awful weather. I have a pony with Cushings who never sheds her coat, last week she was standing in the field sweated up so a friend came and clipped her out. She seemed really happy to be cooler, until this morning when she was shivering violently and felt really cold (and she was in the field shelter
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). So this afternoon I have spent half my wages on a rug for her
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Thank you everyone, I feel much happier. Interestingly it looks like Shropshire has been worse affected by the weather - thats where I am too.
 
My 'hardy' Shetlands were shivering yesterday too so bought them in for a couple of hours to dry off, roll in shavings and have a munch on some hay and looked much better. I think you did the right thing with yours.

They are running around now, play fighting, certainly not bothered by the rain today.

We are in Shropshire too
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Where about in Shropshire are you?

My horses are in Shropshire but I live in Hereford, it's dry with me today so didn't go up to put rugs on like I planned to, just wondering if it might actually be chucking it down where my neds are?!
 
I think it has actually stopped raining here though technically I'm in Worcestershire - about 30 second drive to Shropshire border - it will probably start raining when I cross the county line
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Sounds about right!
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I'm in Much Wenlock, unbelievably it's just this second stopped raining but until now it's been chucking it down. Sky still looks full of it.
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Our two who were out in rainsheets were shivering yesterday morning after a night of rain. The third had had a middlewight on all night and she was fine. We brought them in, put middleweight rugs on and left them in to dry off and eat hay for a while and then put them back out when the retired cob pushed her door open and started eating grass in the yard. We decided if she wanted to go out the other, younger ones would be fine.
 
my t/b was shivering with no rug the change of weather must of shocked her system but she will not go in a stable so i put her leece on to draw the wet from her body anda light weight on to stop the rest of the rain put that on for a couple of hours thn took both rugs of and put her spare l/w on and she was fine!
 
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