Rugging overnight at the moment?

[FestiveSpirit]

Otherwise known as 'how to start a healthy debate'

At the moment I am putting a LW rug on my TB overnight (no fill at all) but I am sitting here on my laptop with the kitchen window open and it is actually pretty cold tonight

I am thinking that I might upgrade him to a MW overnight OR start bringing him in at night before too long!

What are you all doing?

 

[toomanyhorses26]

rhino rug on at the mo and generally rugless during the day - tb hasn't realised that he is not living in the warmer climes of Kentucky still

 

[Chestnutmare]

I've been rugging up for a couple of weeks now, my mare is arab x welsh 23yro and feels the cold badly..proper wimp!
She's in at night though, she's had a waffle cooler on on the warmer nights, and l/w stable rug on which has kept her all snuggly so far, although tonight I have to agree is pretty nippy and I've only put her waffle on....sure she'l survive a slight chill for the night....just can never tell with this weather in UK...its all over the place....makes it hard to decide what to put on.

 

[sea_view]

Medium on my old boy and kagool on my yound boy - however it has been mid winter up here for the last two weeks!

 

[FestiveSpirit]

Oh well that makes me feel better already

Seems that the days are nice at the moment and the nights are getting damned chilly

He is the first horse I have ever owned who will stand and shiver when he is cold, bless him, and I really dont want him to lose any condition as winter is coming along

 

[katie_southwest]

My coblet has no rug on, and wont do until she gets clipped..or I may just leave her to become a hairy beast this winter as I wont be riding much - twice at weekends thats it

 

[Eira]

Sol is now in at night with a summer sheet or thermatex on .
If she was out she would be in a LW with fill

 

[reddie]

No rug yet on my TB he's very hardy and gets too hot rather than too cold. not dropping any weight and not shivering when i see him. Will rug him when he gets a clip

 

[monkeybum13]

ponies still naked but tb's at my yard have middle weights on at night, one has a mw combo - he's a ex racer from dubai so feels the cold

 

[chestnut cob]

No rugs! I gave in last week and he had a LW on overnight when it was peeing it down, but mostly because I didn't want a filthy horse the next day. He is a slightly tubby IDx so it won't hurt him to be out overnight, and he's not going to melt if it rains or die of the cold. I'm also hoping it will help the winter coat come through quicker so I can clip it off!

 

[sare_bear]

Two out at night with no rugs and two stabled at night with no rugs. Mine don't get rugged til clipped and the ones living out wont get rugged til Nov. If they have a medium weight rug on when its 10 degrees out what are you going to have on when its -5 degrees. Not starting an argument but just a difference of opinion.

 

[bloominmadpaddie]

I have been rugging my 28 year old tb up for a couple of weeks now he has a light weight stable rug on if he is in, or a middle weight nz on if he stops out

 

[hezza1]

Ishy i just love your horse ,nothing to do with rugging but never mind, mine don't have any on yet by the way.

 

[Puppy]

Both out, no rugs, no hard feed, just balancers and grazing for one, hay for the other.

 

[monkeybum13]

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Both out, no rugs, no hard feed, just balancers and grazing for one, hay for the other.

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this is the same as my tub tub ponies

 

[Cop-Pop]

Pony is in at night with LW rug on, horse is out with LW rug on - sometimes I stick a cooler underneath depending on how windy it is, if its wet she comes in

 

[Donkeymad]

Nah, not even considering rugging at all yet.

 

[charlotteeaton88]

MW on my tb x french trotter at nite at the moment but off in the day at the moment with these few sunny days

not long till he'll b in at nite tho! hes a real whimp!! lol

 

[arwenplusone]

No rugs for my boy.
Definitely no rugs for Mouse .

Might explain why Yogi needs clipping though - but then I would have to rug, so.....

 

[Eira]

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Ishy i just love your horse ,nothing to do with rugging but never mind, mine don't have any on yet by the way.

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Hehe thankyou

I keep trying palm her off on people but I have yet had anyone come and take her

 

[Twizzel]

The horses I look after have been in at night for past couple of weeks, cob has a fleece and wussy tb x is in a stable rug. Both are out in the day in lightweights.

 

[Wigglypigs]

Horse now in at night (yard now on winter regime...summer def over - sob)
Horse naked 24/7. Is a fat lump and could do with burning his weight off keeping warm lol

 

[Cazza525]

can't be bothered with the on,off,on,off thing really........all out nice and tubby, exercised daily and don't even think bout rugging till well into October.
Mine aren't TB's though! Theyre a 25 year old ex show pony, a Welsh Sec B and a warmblood....all treated the same! I am a little bit more wary of the old girl tho, but she's fine and fat at the mo!!

 

[PnO]

My tb hasn't spent a night out without a rug on all summer! He's either had a rain rug (no fill) or his fly rug on. Tonight he has his fly rug on as it was so warm today but it's pretty chilly now so he'll probably be back in his rain rug tomorrow night x

 

[Stinkywellies]

My girlie has been having a light weight or a medium weight on at night, naked during the day unless its been chilly. She does get cold tho - love her.

 

[Puppy]

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Both out, no rugs, no hard feed, just balancers and grazing for one, hay for the other.

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this is the same as my tub tub ponies

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He he!!

My "tub tub ponies" are a 16.2 23 year old, ISH x Han, and a 16hh 8 year old belgium WB

But yes, certainly the latter need dieting like a tubby pony.

The old girl is on some very nice grazing

 

[miss_c]

Still out with no rug. She'll be clipped at the end of the month and then she'll be out at night with a rug for a month before coming in.

 

[Honeypots]

Nope...no rugs yet. Benji(tb type wimp) has had his on a few times in recent weeks when it rained hard but atm its dry so it'll stay off. He doesn't seem to mind cold as long as its dry..
The rest will probably stay naked till January time depending on the weather...

 

[Haflinger]

Blu is in 200g at night
Ricky is in a LW with neck at night.

Both in LW's or MW's in the day.

 

[RSL]

I am the normally the one that rugs waaaaaaaaay before its time but I have left them without rugs for now, Will not be using them untill the end of the month at least, its far too hot to be rugging at the moment.