Some things never change .....

[Birker2020]

Received a message from the YO at retirement totally shocked at Lari's rug wrecking.

Nothing new to me sadly as the bottom two photos can confirm Said to leave rugs off till the winter.

 

[Baywonder]

Oh dear

At least Lari is consistent....I'll give him that!

 

[Barton Bounty]

Well hes just trying to tell you, i dont need it

 

[Annagain]

This why mine don't wear anything in summer. Not even fly masks.

 

[Rumtytum]

He does a good job!

 

[Barton Bounty]

Im so sorry @Birker2020 but im still laughing! The fact that hes ripped it that much for the double stitched buckle to come off entirely

 

[Birker2020]

Im so sorry @Birker2020 but im still laughing! The fact that hes ripped it that much for the double stitched buckle to come off entirely

I know. He shakes his head up and down when you go to put a rug on as if to say "NOOO!"

 

[Arzada]

I know. He shakes his head up and down when you go to put a rug on as if to say "NOOO!"

A friend's Welsh D mare used to be naked in the morning with a fully intact, all buckles still done up rug lying abandoned somewhere in the field. In the end my friend and the mare came to an agreement whereby my friend would put the rug on when the mare dragged it off the rail (open fronted shelter) meaning that she wanted the rug on and that it would stay on . I loved that mare, she was worth her weight in gold and looked after all her riders

 

[Birker2020]

A friend's Welsh D mare used to be naked in the morning with a fully intact, all buckles still done up rug lying abandoned somewhere in the field. In the end my friend and the mare came to an agreement whereby my friend would put the rug on when the mare dragged it off the rail (open fronted shelter) meaning that she wanted the rug on and that it would stay on . I loved that mare, she was worth her weight in gold and looked after all her riders

I love this story!

Sometimes I would listen to him when he nodded his head up and down and wouldn't rug him.
But if I knew better than him (and had seen the forecast for that night and he'd missed it ) then I would rug him.

 

[maya2008]

Depending on what coat he grows, he may not need them in the winter either now he’s retired and living out. My TB was rugged to the nines when in work, with a duvet under a heavyweight. Once retired, all she needed was a rain sheet if it was particularly wet. Grew a thicker coat, kept her condition, was a different horse!

 

[AShetlandBitMeOnce]

Unless it's a sweet itch one I have always been of the mantra that 'if horse wrecks rugs, s/he doesn't want to be in it and thus it can remain off - and naked they will remain'