She's out in this! How cruel!

lol all mine (4) are out with L/W rugs on, happy to stand by the gate looking pitiful while 20 yards away stands a perfectly good field shelter and stable block! :confused:

:D ❤
 
Freddie is out without a rug, and no shelter other than natural ie hedge and a couple trees.. he was stood in the middle of the field as dusk in torrential rain munching away :-)
 
Its a horse! Have to admit mine are in, but its more to do with the fact that clay soil turnout on the side of the hill is flooded, as is the lane to reach said turnout is totally flooded, or mine would be out in their rain sheets as well. One is a warmblood as well, oh how cruel is that!
 
I would have most of mine out but the fields just can't take anymore! One really feels the cold once he gets wet he just stands and shivers and then gets poorly so he does need to come in bless him!
 
Mine are all out but I do sometimes wonder if the bad weather does depress them like it does us...my problem is I cant stable as the herd leader (TB) colics when you fetch him in as he really dosent like it and cribs for England but he also dosent always look best pleased when its p****** it down and blowing a gale...the other two (haffie and welshie) just get on with it, they dont care what the weather is like so long as they have grass/hay in there bellys.
 
Both mine are out 22yr old in a 240g combo unclipped and 5yr old in a 180g combo with a growing in blanket clip nd both were munching in their respective fields when i left each of them this afternoon with it blowing a gale and sideways rain.

Not feeling guilty in the slightest (as she sits with cuppa on latop ;) :D)
 
Mine is out in a rainsheet. Checked him this morning, and he's bone dry under it. The only difference to a normal day is that all the horses are grazing in a line facing the same way (on a normal day, they scatter around a bit more).

Our field has several "zones" and they can choose the least windy, but tbh at the moment they're choosing the bit with the longest grass ;). As a result, they all have nice clean legs and feet, but all have lots of bits of dock twigs in their tails. :D
 
My warmblood girl doesn't seem to bother about the cold but being wet makes her really miserable (I swear she'd be crying if she could), I literally have to drag her out of her stable after her dinner if its even spitting. She did win today though as its vile, much to little cob's disgust who stood there as if to say "I've finished now, time to go back out!"

Can never please them all ;)
 
My lad and his fieldmate are both out and will be for as long as we see fit. They have 100g turnouts on (both with growing back clips) and a shelter each, and there's hay in the shelters if they want to get out of the wind and rain. The field is wet though, and that, more than the actual weather will dictate what we do with them, as it's clay soil. If it becomes too dangerous or boggy, we'll cave in.
They're the only two on our yard that are still out. The YO's 2 and the 4 other liveries are all in. Ho hum. We're evil!
 
I have 4 out naked with natural shelter one is a tbx they are all quite happy in there massive field as it's all thy no. My other 3 that are in and on a different part of the farm would of Jumped out and brought themselves in if I'd left them much after 4.30!
 
Tiny Fuzzy was furious at being lobbed out into her little night paddock this evening - thought she ought to join DF (who is a poof & hates rain despite being in Ireland till August!) and stay in tonight!

Cue one very small pony trying to handbrake turn back inside as fast as I was 'herding' her out, had to pop a headcollar on to escort her the 20 yards :D

GF was last seen snuffing in his hay in the top field, wearing full neck rug & he's doing really well on it considering this is his 1st proper winter out! I have got stable standing by, but his legs are so much better for being able to move about 24/7 :)
 
My Exmoor is entirely unperturbed, he has a beautiful stable left open should he so require but prefers to tuck himself into the hedge. He's naked :D little Shetland is also out but she's rugged as quite elderly and the wet/cold for long periods of time gets to her. Both very happy :D even if the Exmoor has gone a bit feral :rolleyes:
 
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