putting rugs on wet horses

Hay replacers - feed damp or dry?

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I put a fleece on.. It drys them.. then I turn them out.

I also ride when they are wet.

and in the winter, If i bring them in and they are a bit wet ill rug em.

Lou x
 
Yes and no, will put a fleece or wicker rug on to dry them off, but I wouldn't put a tunrout rug on a wet horse to leave it on, a receipe for rain scold.
 
yes. all mine live out now, so if they need a rug because its pelting down and theyre freezing itd have to go on a wet horse, cant bring in to dry off

i ride when wet too
 
um yes and no, i have for example just put medium weights with necks on my two that live out and they are wet on their necks and shoulders from being in the rain for hours with lightweights on. And if for any reason they got soaked with no rugs and were cold i would have no choice but to put rugs on over the top as I have no where to bring them in and dry off with thermatex or fleeces first. But I do only use good quality breathable rugs turnouts and wouldnt just whack any old thing on them.
 
Yes to fleeces and thermatexs, try to dry off as much as possible before I put even a cotton sheet on otherwise, mare is extremely itchy and would result in trashed sheet and dirty horse!
 
im the same if they need them and they're already wet they have to have them on! trying to catch between the showers to go and rug them now but keep timing it wrong! might just have to bit the bullet in a min and do it!they're both in rambos so they should be ok!
 
I bit the bullet and got soaked myself! ho hum! I just love the look on their shivering little faces as I take the lightweight off! 'you gotta be kidding mum, its f*****g cold'! and then they realise I have biggerer betterer rugs and cheer up again! lol!
 
It's difficult to say yes or no because I'll always put a thermatex or something on a wet horse (until they are dry) and then re-rug them with something else.
I wouldn't put a turn out on a wet horse and then throw them out or equally, put them to bed when they are wet with a rug on without changing it later on.

My old boss always used to say "well, you wouldn't put your pyjama's on when you're wet would you?"
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Most rugs these days are breathable.
I have a TB that lives out 24/7 but is a bit of a wuss when it comes to rain so I will rug him if he's really shivering even if he's wet. I put a waffle cooler on underneath his turnout and whip it off later when he has dried...never any probs this way.
 
i said no meaning i wouldn't put a turnout or stable rug on a wet horse. but i can bring mine in, put a cooler on till they dry and then put rugs on. if i couldn't bring them in i think i'd rather put a rug on than leave them to get even wetter and colder although i don't imagine it feels very nice for the horse
 
I rug mine when they are wet but thatch the rug with straw so they dry out. Never ride when they are wet as dont want to cause rubbing !
 
I took it to mean turnout rugs or night rugs and no i wouldnt. But like everyone else i will but wicking rugs or fleeces on to dry them.
 
yes, i will put any rug (including turnout rugs) on wet horses.

rugs nowaday are very breathable so the issue of rainscald really isn't there anymore and i have never had a problem.
 
I also took it mean a NZ or stable rug, pt straight onto a wet horse, so answered no.

If Vogue gets wet and needs rugging-which being the more *cough* mature lady she often does, I'll bring her in, scraper/towel her legs, depending on whether he got soaked or mildly moist, then put her full neck wickaway on until she's dry. When I was younger mum and I used to thatch them-do people still do that?

I also dry Vogues legs with the hairdryer before bandaging her but ssssssshhhhh....it seems to help stop her getting stiff.

I'm afraid if the ponies get wet I tend to wave to them from the window and leave them to it. They're not rugged anyway and it doesn't seem to affect them.
 
Wet horses!? Mine think they melt when they get wet.

They are in their stables with fleeces on, and will go back out tonight with rugs on.

I tend to bring in when they are wet, dry off then rug up.
 
I don't have stables so I do put them on wet horses. Monty has had rainscald in the past from being left unrugged in persistent summer rain but he has never had rainscald from being rugged.

Just out of interest, a few people have mentioned not riding on a wet back to prevent rubbing. Has anyone ever actually had this happen? In the summer the horses get pretty damn wet under the saddle anyway so surely this is the same.
 
I put turnout rugs on wet horses, but only if the horse is clean...if she has rolled nude in the mud, I wash her down (with cold water) before putting the rug on.
Mine live out, and although I have stables, thermatex rugs, coolers, blah blah, they hate being in so I go with the flow.
I do have endless rugs though - and visit them twice a day - so always have something else dry to put on them if a rug leaks etc.
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Mine too live out - and because of this I don't actually have stable rugs etc for them, just a variety of turnout rugs of different weights. And yes, I do rug the horses if they're already wet (but only if they happen to need a rug) - all of my turnout rugs are good quality, breathable ones, and I've never had problems doing so.
 
i would put a fleece on to dry them then put the turn out rug on but i would never put a turn out rug on a wet horse it will rub a nd get cold and damp!
 
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