Ali27
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No, of course I wouldn't.
So that was my original question! I have seen horses today in rugs, late afternoon when 19/20 degrees, dry and owners in t-shirts! I just dont get it and temp outside still 16 degree and dry!
No, of course I wouldn't.
Sounds like my old sharer.
Different areas of the country experience different temperatures..and different horse ages and conditions..we are high up. Its dipped to 10 degrees here, high winds, rain and fog, my horse is 20 and has cushings..hes shivering, a 50g lightweight is needed..dont judge other peoples ideas for rugging as the situation may not be the same as yours
Very true.Rugging is the new Bare foot .
Theres a section of people who will never be happy unless everybody does as they think is best .
Oh well, personally I prefer not to expect a horse to work hard in the unusual heat weve had, if its struggling with a full coat than to not clip because you arent prepared to rug as required. Each to their own.
I hate these judgemental, competitive, “I don’t rug my arthritic 24 year old even in a blizzard” type posts.
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And yet owners are in t-shirts! I just dont get it! Horses have hair and dont feel the cold like we do! Its still Summer and still mild!
Most horses have thin summer coats. I wouldn't dream of clipping in summer. There is simply no need.
Most horses have thin summer coats. I wouldn't dream of clipping in summer. There is simply no need.
Oh pipe down. I havent yet rugged my horse but wish I had when it was 7 degrees in the morning the other day when I fetched him in and he is fully clipped.
You dont know every horse/circumstance.
Most horses have thin summer coats. I wouldn't dream of clipping in summer. There is simply no need.
What a stupid comment. My perfectly healthy Section A has a very dense summer coat, works hard, and gets hot and miserable in an average Scottish summer unless clipped.
There can be every need, i had a very hot IDx who would grow a lovely summer coat and then stand in the field sweating so if i wanted to ride at all when the temps were over 15oC he had to be clippedMost horses have thin summer coats. I wouldn't dream of clipping in summer. There is simply no need.
There's 58 million horses on the planet and you cannot know all of them well enough to know how each of them need to be managed, maybe for health reasons.
Step away from the rugs?
No, step away from the judgement, and leave the animal's owners to their rugs if they feel it necessary.
For reference: the RSPCA can - and has in the past - been called out to over rugged horses.
Also I don't understand how the owner's clothes have any bearing at all tbh. I used to wear shorts and a T shirt in 5 C and not be cold but the thoroughbred would be. Now I'm in a fleece and thermals and freezing and my horses are naked and quite happy. (I'm still cold.) The point being, both horses and humans can be more susceptible to extremes of temperature so what one is feeling isn't much guide as to what the other may be feeling.
Because in today's owners opinion horses are not waterproof, their hair does not keep them warm/insulate them and they (horror of horrors) get muddy.
Sadly what they fail to realise is that by rugging and flattening the coat it actually makes the natural insulation less effective so the horse is colder.