What rugs are yours in today......

[Supertrooper]

Specifically unclipped ones?

 

[Teeni]

Blanket clip, 100g turnout out with 100g neck cover.
Welsh D good doer carrying a little extra weight

No rug, unclipped, new forest pony

 

[dunkley]

The ones they have grown!

 

[Tonty Tont]

My unclipped little cob, who.os at his ideal weight, is in a 100g turnout

He could cope unrugged, but he's happy and I'm happy with him rugged

 

[monkeybum13]

Both on box rest:
Blanket clip type - naked
Fully clipped -waffle cooler.

There's only one unclipped horse on the yard and he won't see a rug for a long time yet I imagine, he is very fluffy!

 

[scribble]

heavyweight as she is warmblood and it is 4oC here with a windchill on top plus colder at night. she has a bib clip and is in work 4 -5 times week.

 

[sakura]

fully clipped mare is in today in an x lite combo

 

[jackessex]

tbxcon first yr unclipped and hes naked and very happy!!
little cob very hairy and also naked.im only going to rug if its really windy and raining as they dont have much shelter in field.

 

[Cluck]

The ones they have grown!

This.

 

[indie999]

The ones they have grown!

SNAP

 

[Jesstickle]

The ones they have grown!

Yep, me too!

Nitty is as naked as the day she was born. She is a TB too It's not cold here today. It's about 7 degrees and not raining so she is out with nothing on!

 

[Slinkyunicorn]

Specifically unclipped ones?

Unclipped horse/ponies don't need a rug - they have grown the best one they can get!

 

[Horses24-7]

Unclipped horse/ponies don't need a rug - they have grown the best one they can get!

I believe in keeping horses as natural as possible but we do have to remember that alot of horses today (ie warmbloods, tbs, wimpy ones ) have been selectively bred and are therefore not adapted to keep themselves warm like the more native types.

Just didn't want people with thin skinned tbs reading and thinking 'ok no rug for him all winter' I'm sure people on here have more sense but you never know!

 

[Slinkyunicorn]

I believe in keeping horses as natural as possible but we do have to remember that alot of horses today (ie warmbloods, tbs, wimpy ones ) have been selectively bred and are therefore not adapted to keep themselves warm like the more native types.

Just didn't want people with thin skinned tbs reading and thinking 'ok no rug for him all winter' I'm sure people on here have more sense but you never know!

There are plenty of TB's and WB's that are quite capable of surviving the hardest winter with no rugs if they have their natural coats and plenty of forage actually

If you read the other replies above you will see that others have NAKED TB's

The OP has a Shire X so I am sure it will have a more then adequate coat to deal with the weather

Horses of all types are capable of survivng in our weather - they are designed to do so.

 

[Mince Pie]

Fully clipped TB is in a fleece under a full neck MW, cob who is growing out a chaser is naked.

 

[BlairandAzria]

My unclipped tbx is out in 100 gm no neck. It's 5 degrees here and feels colder in the wind. He's not grown much of a winter coat at all- its very very fine but I'm trying to keep him in the lowest rug possible- something is telling me it's going to get a lot colder and I want to have options when the time comes !

 

[Daytona]

my 4 year old WB who was clipped 2 months ago but now has most of it grown back in had a HW turnout on today in field, and tonight has a 100g under rug with a HW stable on top, he needs to put weight on though and oh yes its snowing here ;-( and boltic....!

(NE Scotland)

;-(

 

[Supertrooper]

He is normally naked but I did put his turnout on tonight as forecast to chuck it down and it did, still raining now. Don't mind him being out naked at all except when it's going to be raining heavily xx

 

[TigerTail]

nothingness

 

[Paint Me Proud]

yesterday Chico was in a LW no neck but when he came in for the night i shoved my hand down his rug and he felt cold

So today he went out in a MW combo (would have preferred a MW no neck but i dont have one!!) and came back in nice and cosy.

 

[mulledwhine]

Unclipped, nothing today ( wish I had it rained whilst we were out and he was frozen ) and stable rug at night.

Wish I did not have to, but he is always soo cold, to the point if shivering, and he is a sec A !!!!! Me thinks he needs to man up

 

[Phoebe+Sophie]

My 20 year old Welsh sec C x Exmoor is in a no fill lined with fleece and fat hairy cob in no fill as it's rain on and off and it's windy.

 

[Pearlsasinger]

The weather here has been horrible all day, wet & windy with some sleet. There is some natural shelter but no field shelter in our field.
They were all out with just their own coats, including the 30 yr old cob. They came back in at 4.00pm and were all absolutely fine, not a shiver to be seen! The Westphalian did glare at me as she stood under the wall after about 10 mins outside but I ignored her.
The Shires that I have had in the past were all absolutely fine out in wet & wind, so long as they came in overnight for a break.

 

[MrsElle]

Naked.

Lives half way up a big hill overlooking the sea, so not the most sheltered of positions. The weather forecast give a windchill of -7 tonight, but he will be fine in his lovely thick and toasty natural fur coat

 

[Tiaan]

unclipped 3yr old cob mw combo turnout - surrey

 

[Alphamare]

They all have lightweights on. Some are clipped some are not but it's been very wet and windy and the field is very exposed. They are happier with their portable shelters (rugs) on. If I didn't rug I would never get to ride