Those of you who turn out for summer....

All out...including the precious eventer 😳
He is out in a medium weight with a full neck in a field with lots of natural shelter.
Other 3 don't have much shelter. The 'potential to drop weight' TB is in a medium weight without a neck. Old fat man in a lightweight without a neck. Welsh mountain is nekkid...but she hates wearing rugs with a passion.

I will check them again before bed & their stables are ready....you know....just in case 😂
 
Mine are out, in medium weight combo rugs as it's really not that warm and the rain would go through their lightweight ones! Just been moved into a field with a bit more grass today though so they will be happy enough. :)
 
Well these posts are making me somewhat guilty :(
My big beastie is out and naked. Although he's ISH he currently looks pregnant (clearly he was competing with me, but I'm only 8 weeks post baby and only just bringing him back into work)

Kind of wishing I'd slung his rain sheet on, but I know he's got natural shelter and grass. And not forgetting lots and lots of extra fat...although he won't be grey in the morning.
 
Mine stayed out with rainsheets on. They have a sheltered field and a field shelter should they choose to use it... which they didn't. Brought them in this morning for a groom, exercise and a bit of hay - all happy here!
 
Well update mine was out in that awful wind and rain last night naked as the day he was born and hey he's happy as Larry grazing away this morning!
 
If horses needed rugs in the summer to survive, then they would have been born with them!
Sure I rug mine in winter because they are clipped out (except legs) but from April to September, they are out 24/7 without a rug in sight. I have a mixture of native ponies, IDx and full TBs. All of them thriving!
People fuss WAY too much and how I laugh at these native hardy types who have ridiculous little rugs on. Laugh even harder when I see how fat they are too. Take the rugs off them and get them down to a healthy weight. Horses don't even need a full field shelter. Just some hedges/trees to back into. It's how Mother Nature made them to cope.
 
They may not have been born with rugs, but one of mine has sweet itch, so has to be rugged. I think its unfair to chuck out with just a SI rug so that he gets soaked and can't dry, thus getting very cold. Alternatively I could chuck him out in a turnout where he will get too hot and again, itchy.

Mother nature intended him to be itchy and uncomfortable... But I refuse to keep him like that for the sake of a night in from the rain! He is a native but he is not fat, never holds his weight well even through spring.
 
Well it's a point of view and I'm pleased that people give you a reason to have a laugh (I'm always very sad to see a fat horse), life can get so serious these days. I'm very happy for people to keep their horses as they want however, it's never made me laugh trying to get a wringing wet horse dry so I can tack up and ride it, nor have I found it particularly funny scraping mud off my horse so I can put the saddle on. I ride every morning and will continue to manage my horses according to my needs and their comfort. I've never had a fat horse despite having had several native ponies together with TBs, WBs ISHs etc, never had one that was too thin either, so I guess I must be doing something right. With regards to them being born with rugs, i guess if they were meant to be ridden, they'd be born with a saddle but that's getting into a completely different territory
Tea Drinker said:
If horses needed rugs in the summer to survive, then they would have been born with them!
Sure I rug mine in winter because they are clipped out (except legs) but from April to September, they are out 24/7 without a rug in sight. I have a mixture of native ponies, IDx and full TBs. All of them thriving!
People fuss WAY too much and how I laugh at these native hardy types who have ridiculous little rugs on. Laugh even harder when I see how fat they are too. Take the rugs off them and get them down to a healthy weight. Horses don't even need a full field shelter. Just some hedges/trees to back into. It's how Mother Nature made them to cope.
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Mine also survived the night out and naked, and doesn't appear to have shrunk either, lol. Made me think tho, I was talking to a livery at a friend's yard recently (never met her before and was just passing the time of day) and she said she has never put her horse out in the rain and if it starts to rain while he is out she comes to the yard as soon as she can to bring him in, and he never goes out at night partly for this reason. Each to their own but I've never met anyone this extreme before
 
All of mine are out and naked including the donkeys who do not have waterproof coats, but they do have shelter, even if only a hedge. Nasty me
 
Goldenstar said:
All mine are out unrugged except the new boy who won't have lived out since he started work he's got a no fill rug on .
It's going to be nasty but it's good for them to be horses for a sort while and learn how to shelter .
I can rug them tomorrow if they look miserable .
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I agree with this. I do feel mean but actually I quite like them out sometimes in rain and particularly wind because they have to learn to cope with it - what happens if you are at a show or lesson or just hacking and the weather turns hideous?
 
I think it depends on the horses personality. I have a saddlebred who is happy out 24/7. Whereas my wimpy nutty TB despises wind and rain and has a meltdown. He has no field shelter and panics if the weather turns. So, I am one of those owners who rushes down to the yard to pull him in. Otherwise he's a quivering mess. The field is full of skid marks and he's screaming at the gate. Whereas my saddlebred is still grazing, oblivious to the rain and wind.
 
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