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This isnt meant to start a debate or bitch fest, but saw this and thought of my yard. My pony naked and hairy, laughing at the equally, if not more hairy cobs in their medium weight rugs with necks on a cool but dry sunny day, sweating and looking miserable...

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That is going on my facebook as a less than subtle hint to those in full neck rugs despite the horses sweating when the sun comes out at 10 and its 15 degrees :mad:
 
TigerTail said:
That is going on my facebook as a less than subtle hint to those in full neck rugs despite the horses sweating when the sun comes out at 10 and its 15 degrees :mad:
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Does annoy me when I see overweight cobs in full necks on these lovely sunny autumn days when my tbs naked and happy as larry! Just unnessecary in my opinion
 
I hate seeing over rugged horses too... Makes me angry. Horses can naturally heat themselves up but cannot cool themselves down.
 
Glad im not the only one! On Sunday I arrived to ride at 8.30am and it was a beautiful day.I didnt recognise any of the horses! All in shiny new medium weights with necks. This includes 2 heavy weight cobs with manes down their legs and feather galore, a furry welsh pony and a couple of other native types. My haffy was happy as larry naked with the sun on his back. I turned down all their neck covers and when I got back from hacking, unrugged them all as it was glorious when the sun came out. Needless to say come today they were all "toastie" in their rugs again.

Its one of my biggest bug bears grrrrrrr. Rant over :D
 
I couldn't agree more.....our appy cob is still out naked in all weathers even though she is 90% less hairy than when she arrived in April. If she gets wet, she gets her waffle on when she comes in of an evening. If she gets chilly out she moves around as nature intended to keep warm thus using more calories and keeping her weight under control.....

It's babies that are supposed to wear 1 layer more than us...NOT HORSES! !!¡
 
Haha, it is ridiculous although to be honest all the horses I see or drive past day to day are in rented fields and generally private setups where people do as they please, rarely have rugs on and if anything a rainsheet or maybe a mw. Thankfully haven't seen much crazy rugging here!

I have recently learnt that people put actual duvets under heavyweight rugs... Seems like utter madness to me!
 
dreamchaser said:
I couldn't agree more.....our appy cob is still out naked in all weathers even though she is 90% less hairy than when she arrived in April. If she gets wet, she gets her waffle on when she comes in of an evening. If she gets chilly out she moves around as nature intended to keep warm thus using more calories and keeping her weight under control.....

It's babies that are supposed to wear 1 layer more than us...NOT HORSES! !!¡
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Its so nice to speak to like minded people! My pony has a big field with a mini woodland in the middle. This provides complete shelter from wind and rain. And guess what, when it rains he stands out in it and rolls in the mud, so he cant be that bothered being naked. xx
 
My grey has a l/w on because she's not keeping her weight very well and my mums fat pony is naked still!! :)
M/Ws wont go on until it's almost 0 or -1 and I don't own h/Ws ...

Stable rugs are judged by the temperature, mums pony only has a fleece and l/w and my grey has a fleece, l/w, m/w and h/w but h/w very rarely comes out!
 
I guess though unless you know the horse properly or see them sweating you cant really know whether they are unhappy?

My TBX is very thin skinned and we had major weight issues last year- she is a perfect weight now and is in a 180-200g (not sure which it is!) rug with a neck and is toasty warm. Maybe its colder down here in Wales? Last weekend she went out naked for a few hours as it was quite warm but she would be rugged again as the temp dropped in the same rug.

If someone was to pass comment on the thought i was over-rugging my horse i would have to correct them that it is MY horse and i know MY horse better than anyone who stands looking at her from the field gate making an assumption of my care.

As an extra i have 3 hairy cobs who are not rugged and will not be until winter really kicks in- even then they only have LW's on to keep the frost and rain off there backs.
 
Haha

WB in a lightweight no fluff really yet and can't see me clipping him before Nov.

Sec A (very fluffy) also in lightweight keeping her clean in prep for clipping tomorrow as she is getting very sweating when ridden but also an itchy pony who needs regular bathing so just easier in her circumstances. She'll go up to a low fill tomorrow (no neck) but dependant on temps- meant to be mild for rest of week though
 
MrVelvet said:
Ps - that sounded a bit sarcy! Sorry :-) just meant to say that you don't always know the full story so its not right to assume that just because your horse is unrugged that your right!
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You can assume pretty much anything you like here... its HHO :)
 
Well my youngster came in from the field on Saturday absolutely soaked to the scan and fairly upset about it and shivering all over. This was a day that was pretty much guaranteed to be sunny but cool hence no rug. Unfortunately the weather forecasters are not doing a great job at the moment so he is now turned out a light to medium weight rug. Have to say we will be lucky here if we reach temps of 15 degrees though this side of Christmas.
 
My boy who is 26 and an overweight cob and fully retired has to be rugged on the vets advice due to a back and hind leg problems. He also has cushing so has an extremelly thick coat so I fully clip him to make him comfortable. Today he is out in a no fill turnout due to it being lovely and sunny and 15. Other wise he only has his 100g no neck on. At night he wears his 100g quilt because he is stood still in his stable.

If it wasnt for his injuries and the vet tellimg me to rug then he would remain naked all winter.

Just thought I would point out that not everyone who owns an overweight cob has a choice about rugging but I do not over rug him and come spring he is always his ideal weight.
 
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