Rug Labelling

[supertramp]

Hi all (I hope this hasnt posted twice) have moved to a new livery yard and need to label my rugs with something quickly visible so was thinking of some cow ear tags, but they only seem to come in large amounts, and i only need six, has anyone got any good ideas? many thanks

 

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[seriously festive equine]

We use shearwell data for our cattle tags. You can get any amount you want.https://www.shearwell.co.uk/

 

[MuddyMonster]

I use electrical tape on fastenings.

 

[Britestar]

You can get packs of 20 cattle tags. Go to your local farm store.

 

[seriously festive equine]

You may need to get tag labeling pens too...

 

[FlyingCircus]

You only need 6 so far - rugs multiply, don't you know?

 

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You only need 6 so far - rugs multiply, don't you know?

one of the world's rare species of parthenogenetic inanimate objects - along with hoofpicks, tupperware boxes with mismatched lids , and single black socks.

 

[Annagain]

Why do you need to label them? For the staff to know which one is which or to prevent them going walkies? If the latter, I'd put a big mark on the back of the rug with paint, if the former I'd only leave the ones you wanted the horse to wear in an accessible place and put all the others away.

I recently re-stocked on some rugs as mine were so old they weren't waterproof any more. I bought second hand PE rugs so had to get whichever colours were being offered. I wasn't impressed at having to buy an orange checked one and a bright purple and green one (all my others have been navy) but it's brilliant, I can recognise each rug straight away! From now on, I'm going to colour code all my rugs according to weight as I replace them. 0g is navy, 50g is purple, 100g is orange. I doubt I'll ever need to buy a 200g rug again as Wiggy is a really hot horse but I'll have to find a good colour for that if I do!

 

[P.forpony]

If its just for identification I use cable ties for mine and colour code everything.
Works for most things, rugs, brooms, hoof picks, buckets etc. Just snip the ends off neatly and they're pretty obvious but don't get in the way.

 

[dottylottie]

one of the world's rare species of parthenogenetic inanimate objects - along with hoofpicks, tupperware boxes with mismatched lids , and single black socks.

i think something went wrong with my hoof picks, i’ve only ever had the disappearing kind!

 

[Gloi]

I have white duck tape and a waterproof marker pen.

 

[supertramp]

We use shearwell data for our cattle tags. You can get any amount you want.https://www.shearwell.co.uk/

Ideal! would i need the applicator thingy, or can i just stamp then together?

 

[supertramp]

Why do you need to label them? For the staff to know which one is which or to prevent them going walkies? If the latter, I'd put a big mark on the back of the rug with paint, if the former I'd only leave the ones you wanted the horse to wear in an accessible place and put all the others away.

I recently re-stocked on some rugs as mine were so old they weren't waterproof any more. I bought second hand PE rugs so had to get whichever colours were being offered. I wasn't impressed at having to buy an orange checked one and a bright purple and green one (all my others have been navy) but it's brilliant, I can recognise each rug straight away! From now on, I'm going to colour code all my rugs according to weight as I replace them. 0g is navy, 50g is purple, 100g is orange. I doubt I'll ever need to buy a 200g rug again as Wiggy is a really hot horse but I'll have to find a good colour for that if I do!

bit of both really, all of the horses are roughly the same size, so this should sort it out a bit .

 

[OrangeAndLemon]

Like Gloi, most of my stuff is identified with bright orange duct tape but I have happy tags on my rugs (happytags.co.uk) which have name and rug weights on.

 

[seriously festive equine]

Ideal! would i need the applicator thingy, or can i just stamp then together?

Depends which you get but the applicators are usually no more than 20 pounds at most...

 

[druid]

Cattle ear tags. You can heat up a metal skewer and poke a hole in the female side of the tag then attach with a zip tie. It's how I label kennels as well now! We have lovely lilac tags currently