Turn out/bring in? - sick of this weather

unicorndreams said:
Ours are out 24/7, inc 2 TB's but my TB who's a bit 'nesh' when it rains heavily has a rain sheet on. However I have noticed that the top of her heels look sore now - I have never seen anything like it before. The 'sores' are roundish in shape about the size of a 5p piece, on the top of the heel bulbs, soft to touch with harder skin surrounding the area - its like the heels have rubbed on something (she's shod not booted). There's no evidence of thrush which was my farrier's first thought. I can only presume its cos her feet and legs are continually wet that its caused the skin to slough off in these areas.
So whilst she is coping with the weather from a general condition point of view, keep an eye on your horses legs and feet as the longer grass coupled with being permanently wet may cause problems. I might have to start bringing mine in to let these areas dry up and heal :-(
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Thats a good point actually I did bring mine in for a few hours yesterday to 'dry' out and they were fine they are quite hardy but I dont think from a grass overload point of view its a bad idea to get them off it anyway
 
I'm coming back to horses after a 10 year break and the thing that has amazed me the most is how many people rug/bring in when it rains. When I had ponies they were only ever rugged november - march, any only then if it was truly grim. I always thought horses coats were dynamic and if they were cold it would grow; How are they supposed to do that if they have rugs being put on/taken off at the slightest change in the weather?
 
Jewkes said:
I'm coming back to horses after a 10 year break and the thing that has amazed me the most is how many people rug/bring in when it rains. When I had ponies they were only ever rugged november - march, any only then if it was truly grim. I always thought horses coats were dynamic and if they were cold it would grow; How are they supposed to do that if they have rugs being put on/taken off at the slightest change in the weather?
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I think to be fair a lot of people put light rain sheets on so that they can still be ridden if it has been raining, mine dont have them on all the time but if i have been competing and they have had to have a bath then they have no natural protection in their coats either so it is in their benefit to put one on. I dont want my horse to be coating up at this time of year and if a rug slows that down then so be it otheriwse we will all be clipping by august! :D
 
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