The what rug posts...

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Merry Crisis

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they drive me mad. How can anyone advise, it depends on which part of this country we live in, breed etc.................. blimey if a person cant decide for themselves if their horses need a rug or not, what weight, what type or even what colour, perhaps they should take a good look at their ability to even own a horse.
 
I do have to agree with you. If you genuinely don't know whiter to rug / what weight of rug to usebthen seek the advice of an experienced person on the yard.
 
i do have to agree but are you in a bad mood by any chance? this is the secound post this evening i have seen you giving a dig at something... might have missed some if you have posted more :) justt chilllll :o
 
Errr I actually think sometimes asking advice from people is a very good idea on this sort of thing, there will be plenty of people out there who will never have had to buy a rug before if they're new to horse ownership, I've not had to buy rugs for about 3 years and haven't really kept up with what's in the Market, so next time I need one I'll probably come on here just to see what others recommend!! I think most people when offering advice tend to say my horse is x shape, wears the rug for y number of hours and we had z type of weather and bs was toasty warm, I doubt very much the people asking for advice aren't intelligent enough to work out what would be most applicable to them and their horse!
 
Hedwards said:
Errr I actually think sometimes asking advice from people is a very good idea on this sort of thing, there will be plenty of people out there who will never have had to buy a rug before if they're new to horse ownership, I've not had to buy rugs for about 3 years and haven't really kept up with what's in the Market, so next time I need one I'll probably come on here just to see what others recommend!! I think most people when offering advice tend to say my horse is x shape, wears the rug for y number of hours and we had z type of weather and bs was toasty warm, I doubt very much the people asking for advice aren't intelligent enough to work out what would be most applicable to them and their horse!
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OK, but now we have another question about exercise sheets! How many horses need those? Unless you are riding out racehorses at 6am on a winters morning?
 
lionman said:
OK, but now we have another question about exercise sheets! How many horses need those? Unless you are riding out racehorses at 6am on a winters morning?
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Ones that hack on the road and need to be hi vizzed? I'd say that is a good reason to use one.
 
Asking sometimes doesn't mean you don't know, sometimes we are just nosey:D



lionman said:
OK, but now we have another question about exercise sheets! How many horses need those? Unless you are riding out racehorses at 6am on a winters morning?
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Too be honest I think most horses need them

those competing and waiting around.

clipped horses hacking in rain or the cold

Those that are ridden at in the cold, you take turnout rug off its cold so you want to keep them warm while you warm muscles up and same cooling down
 
I haven't even read the thread, I was being factitious (sp?). Naughty me. I don't own one that isn't HV and my HV one is mesh rather than warm. My horse would probably cook if I put one on him as he usually works hard enough to keep warm without.
 
lionman said:
Sorry but all sorts of exercise rugs have been mentioned, not all HV, to people that own cobs! Surely they dont need them!:eek:
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I have to disagree with you here .

If your horse has a full clip or elderly wearing a exercise rug is necessarily if your only going on a walking ride horse will get cold.

As re guarding rugs . Some rugs fit certain horses better than others . So if you have a big chested ID x like mine Fal Pro fit nicely where as Rambo don't. so in that instance its justified.
 
I don't think a fully clipped horse would get cold if it was only walking providing it was walking out actively. I know if I march along in winter I'm soon down to just my jumper.

Equally though, if people want to use one I don't see any harm so why not?
 
Exercise rugs should be used for fully clipped horses on cold days to stop their muscles getting cold prior to and during warm up and then again when cooling down just as athletes will get wrapped in foil at the end of a race. Stops them catching a chill and their muscles cramping. Sadly like most horsey items, people think of them as a fashion accessory rather than a functioning piece of kit!

As for the what rug posts - yep OP I completely agree. you do have to wonder. But then I also think they must have too much choice. Until just recently my boy only had a mediumweight to choose from. I have since bought him a lightweight so we will soon have the 'is it cold enough for a mediumweight?' dilemma. personally I dont think it's cold enough for that until temps dip below 10 degrees during the day. But then I am cruel.
 
I agree that nowadays there probably is too much choice. Plus at one time the majority of leisure horses would more than likely have had a low trace clip at most as that was all they needed work wise. Far more horses are fully/hunter clipped for the owners ease or dare I say it, fashion, when they could probably get away quite easily with much less hair off or even unclipped and save the hassle of worrying over which rugs to use.
 
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