stopping rug rippers

[muffy32]

My horses entire rug collection has been ripped to shreds by one of the other horses in the field and I have been trying to think of something I could put on the rugs ( either bad tasting or smelling) to deter the horse from doing it?
any ideas?

 

[AmyMay]

You can get some spray for exactly this type of thing. Try one of the on-line saddlers.

 

[cazza]

Duck tape the other horses mouths shut! sorry I'm sup to mischeif today

 

[claire1976]

You could try spraying rugs with 'bitter bite', its used to stop dogs chewing stuff but reckon it would do the same thing for horses. It might be costly long term though as you'd need to re-apply regularly. If it was me I'd be asking the owner of the other horse to subsidise cost of new rugs!! I paid for a new rug for my friends horse when my mare decided to shred it. Its only fair!

 

[ladylisa]

There is a horsie product called no bite for this type of thing.

 

[charlie76]

Oil of euccalyptus works- you can get it from the chemist.

 

[cal2007]

No bite stuff didn't work for me!! Luckily my new horse won't tolerate being dragged round by the rug ripper

 

[Blizzard]

My new boy is apparantly ripping rugs! He has only been in the field with the other horses a week and I think it will calm down when the pecking order sorts itself out but 'apparantly' and I say apparantly as Im with him most of the day and have never seen him do it, he has trashed 3 horses rugs, just from chasing them away from the hay.

Still there is nothing I can do about it, cant seperate them but it does make you feel bad!