Wet Turnout rugs

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If it's been raining in the day while Axel is out in the field, when I bring him in at night I leave his turnout rug on. This dries it off, and my horse is lovely and warm in the morning.
I've done this for years now with no ill effects, everyone at my last yard did it too.

At my new yard however everyone thinks I'm mad, they all take their horses rugs off, leave them dripping wet hanging in the stable and then put a wet smelly rug on their horse in the morning.
Who is right?
 
Quite a lot of people at my yard do this, I don't see what difference it makes? a rug is a rug and the heat from the horse means the rug dries really quickly.

I do it sometimes if it mild overnight cos if it's cold I like to put their cosy's on!!!
 
they are just trying to justify spending loads on stable rugs
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I do the same and yes people on my yard think I'm mad
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however who has a dry rug in the morning and who has to ferret around for another turnout rug as theirs hasn't dried
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i do the same, as long as the rug isn't wet through. just checked my mare (brought in at 4pm in very-wet-on-the-outside fal viking) and she's toasty warm still, and the rug's dry.
i used to do the same as those unenlightened other liveries though...
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i think you can only get away with it with certain rugs, tbh, e.g. fals which are two separate layers, so wet on outside doesn't get through. i'd hate a wet rug to chill a horse through.
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I have two sets of each weight turnout rug
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Because of the shape of my mare, they usually soak through at the front, so I take it off her and leave it hanging up and the next day i put my other one on her, then leave that to dry overnight, and by the next morning the original one is dry
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I wanted to do this but everyone made me feel like an uncaring freak!!!

He is out 24/7 now so he is still in the same rug all day and all night and out in the rain so maybe no chance to dry off anyway, but he is dry inside his rug so no need to take it off.
 
nope I do the leaving on thing if they are soaking, unless wet through of course, they dry off better on their backs. Mine come in each night, unless rugs are dry they stay on!

Never done them any harm, I do take oldies rug off tho as he is pampered and getting on, not as tough as he was!
 
Normally I'm happy to leave them on to dry out, it's definitely the quickest way, except that if they are literally dripping soaking wet (as they were Sunday and today) then I will take them off and replace them. Otherwise all the bedding gets soaking wet. One rug on Sunday was so wet and heavy I could barely carry it, let alone hang it up to dry (hopefully will be dry by tomorrow!)
 
I may be dim here, but I can't see what difference it makes if your rug dries on your horse in the morning or on your horse at night... ?
But I always changed mine as I didn't particularly like the game of 'is it a horse or is it a bale of muddy shavings with legs' I had to play in the morning...
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if you take them off horsey and lay them out generally the wet goes through and possibly makes inside of rug damp, even our rambo;s suffer from this, it seems that being on neddy all night stops water from peeking thro!
 
everyone at my yard does this! i thought it was bit mean at first, but i'd much rather leave a wet, warm rug on at night than have to put a wet, cold rug on in the morning!
 
I tend to leave mine on to dry off on the horse, unless im taking it off to ride etc.
i do think you can only do this with nice well made modern t/o rugs tho, Fals, Rambos and the such like - they must still be dry on the inside.
 
I change my horses rugs at night. I just think about it this way if i was out in the rain all day i wouldn't like to keep a wet coat on.
Some rugs when wet can be heavy.
I have many winter rugs so if the horses has been out for 8 hours in the rain its just nice to put a dry rug on the next day.
 
Agree with all the above except that you really do need to check the horse UNDERNEATH the rug at least once a day. This happens naturally if you change rugs but needs commitment if you don't!
 
If the rugs are really wet I change them into stable rugs and in the morning put on their spare turnouts. I only have 2 horses and lots of spare rugs. The oldie is a 24 year old TB so I like to look after her and aa wet rug can be quite heavy.
 
Think they're confusing old practises with new technology. In the bad old days, there wasn't the amazing fabrics that they now use for rugs. So if you left a wet rug on, horse would have gone mouldy wth cold overnight. But now, with all this wicked wicking material, you don't have to change over rugs. tell them to get with it!
 
As long as the horse is dry and warm underneath then mine wears his Rhino all the time in and out. Have yet to find him wet through in the Rhino rug as with the hign neck he does not even get wet down the front
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I swapped my other horses rug for a dry one on Sunday as it was a Masta with no high neck and she had got very wet over the neck and it is still hanging up damp trying to dry now!
 
Ive started doing this, and find it much better - like you say they are warm and dry - rugs dont dry on their own hung up.
I do use a heater occasionally when the rugs are really dripping like the other day as it just made their bed sopping wet.
 
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