Rug i recommended has failed me, Weatherbeeta freestyle

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On another forum thread i have said how pleased i am with my weatherbeeta freestyle.

Came home at lunchtime to find Buddy stood looking destraught with his rug pulled up around his neck. he has this hound dog expression that says "dad somethings wrong help me!!!!!!" i cant be mad with him but i was so mad i could have cried.

The whole rug had shifted up his body probably due to rolling and he must have got his legs in the leg straps and kicked them off. this has ripped off the back section of the liner but kept the out relatively unscathed.

i am sure you will all just say well thats horses for you. which i would agree. but these guys promised me "my houdini" would be constrained by this coat. at £250 i hoped it would do the trick. worst thing is they dont have a telephone number on their website and they havent responded yet to ny email, which frustrates me:mad:
i actually got an email from quoted below:
buddy is a Houdini
It seems like buddy is a houdini horse, so our recommendation is:
· A WeatherBeeta Freestyle Rug
· In the 1200D Fabric
Because WeatherBeeta Freestyle rugs provide the ultimate in comfort and freedom of movement for a rug him will want to keep on, and a secure fit that will provide a challenge to even the smartest Houdini�s to escape from.
 
kerrieberry2 said:
Oh dear, I thought it was bad when my boy got out og his £90 amigo.
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With the Amigos, they get blown off in the wind as they only have fillet strings. I've seen it happen with other Horseware rugs and you have the rug on the ground with all it's buckles done up.

RE the Weatherbeeta, I hope your horse was Ok and hadn't got any cuts.
 
My rugs only have fillet strings and we live on top of a windy hill - have yet to see a rug 'blown' off?!

Op, will be interested to see what Weatherbeeta say!
 
Sidney said:
My rugs only have fillet strings and we live on top of a windy hill - have yet to see a rug 'blown' off?!

Op, will be interested to see what Weatherbeeta say!
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You're lucky. It's happened more than once, so now I never use fillet string only rugs when it's very windy. I'm on a Welsh hillside.
 
Amigos are Buddys party trick. he puts his back to the wind and woooofff its off in a pile on the floor. happened many times! then i thought i was being clever and sewed some leg straps on. he got tangled in them and kicked them off, thats when i got in touch with weatherbeeta.

he appears un injured but at some point i can see he wont be so lucky.
 
I have a rug removing criminal and once he's removed his own he removes his friends but sshhh he's not done it yet this year .
 
Sidney said:
My rugs only have fillet strings and we live on top of a windy hill - have yet to see a rug 'blown' off?!

Op, will be interested to see what Weatherbeeta say!
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Your windy hill is obviously significantly less windy than round here. Rugs with fillet strings when it really blows round here are pointless
 
I had a horse do similar, now I just make the leg straps really short, not so they rub or anything but no chance of getting tangled or caught ! My horse also escaped an amigo, a no fill with a neck on. All straps done up on belly, front and neck and he somehow got it off and turned it inside out. I am baffled and had to give up figuring out how the hell he did it !
 
My young horse went through a nightmare time with rugs last winter. Always getting them off and ripping them. I had 3 identical rugs so that at least I always had a spare (and 1 of yard owners used to be a seamstress and repairs as we go along!). It was not him though that was the problem. His 3 partners in crime are now on different yards and so far rug has survived. As for leg straps won't entertain them now just in case we have a mishap. More potential for serious injury. To stop them blowing off just sew some thick elastic on the bottom inside of the tail flap with a big gap in the middle. Thread the tail through the elastic and hey ho windproof. Got idea off a Rambo Duo that come made like that.
 
This is why I spend very little on rugs. My horse is a disaster and will cause problems where ever he can so I stick to cheap Derby House rugs which fit him great and aren't expensive to replace. Some rugs are ridiculously priced!!
 
I'm another one who only uses filet strings (because I just find leg straps very fiddly, irritating and easy to break) and I keep my horse in a very open field in the North East of Scotland at the edge of the Grampians - it gets VERY windy, with very little shelter, and have never had a rug blow off! If the surcingles fit right, and the filet string isn't too loose, then even in the worst wind the worst that happens is it flaps. And I don't have necks on my rugs either to stop them blowing off.

My horse isn't a rug Houdini so can't comment on that. However his field mate is, and gets out of leg straps as easily as a filet string.
 
I've seen a rug blown off a few times too but I tend to think thats more likely to happen when the rug is a little big and the straps are a little loose.
I hate leg straps so its worth the risk anyway.
 
I'd rather the rug ripped than my horse break its leg if it got through a strap. Mine did same as yours when I hadn't adjusted belly straps tight enough. I'm very happy the rug ripped.
 
Well weatherbeeta finally, after another email and a facebook prompt, got back to me. they are amazed at what i told them! i got the impression i am a first to get back to them about their Houdini campaign.

The lady was very sympathetic and obviously stressed the straps are better breaking than the horse. of course she is right but they have to be careful what they promise their customers.

anyway they are sending replacement straps and a new liner. they dont have spare liners but she said they had a demo one that i could have.

this has calmed me down, but i am worried that this coat now wont last the distance and will be an expensive 1 season bit of horseware.

thankyou weatherbeeta but you must do better. they incidentally dont have a public telephone number. customer contact is by email only which i find odd.

not a bad outcome.
 
Sidney said:
My rugs only have fillet strings and we live on top of a windy hill - have yet to see a rug 'blown' off?!
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I have. Three Amigos ruined in the same day on our hilly windy area. Not mine, a friend's. I would never use a rug without leg straps.
 
I'm wondering if horse gets too hot too?
Have you tried just using the outer?
I have only ever had one rug shredder but solved it by clipping him out & putting him in a lightweight!
I put him in a duvet rug once & his bed resembled a hamster cage in the morning :O Never again!
 
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