what rugs do your nags all have on tonight?

Why do people keep asking this??? It just causes arguments! :/ Shouldn't we all just rug based on our location, temp, clip, horse's age, health etc...?

Not having a go OP, it's just there's a massive ding dong raging on the other very similar thread!
 
casinosolo said:
Why do people keep asking this??? It just causes arguments! :/ Shouldn't we all just rug based on our location, temp, clip, horse's age, health etc...?

Not having a go OP, it's just there's a massive ding dong raging on the other very similar thread!
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i never even looked what others had posted before posting this, then looked and was like oops so many other have posted haha..

i rug fox in what i feel is right, i was just curious as to what others where doing :)
 
Mine are in for the first time tonight. They have been in their mediumweight turnouts and i was going to take them off and leave them with no rug with coming in bt they were only just warm so left them rugged up and hey are all not clipped yet.
 
My mare is hunter clipped and in a 70g rug - I usually take the neck off in the stable but it's going to be v cold tonight so left it on. Not really sure how well she copes in the cold yet so introducing layers slowly as I think she may need wrapping quite heavily when the weather gets worse. One gelding is in medium weight without neck (clipped) and little oldie is super fluffy so only has a LW to stop the draughts from his door.
 
Our clipped hunters have their combo stable rugs with a cotton sheet over the top. We have lightweight turnouts on some which are turned out, though we have a fat hairy cob turned out naked
 
It's gone down to 1 degree so I put on medium weights for the cobs and a medium weight with neck for the Arab x. It's also really windy which makes it feel worse but they can walk in and out of their stables if they like.
 
My lad has a medium weight with neck he has moved stables which is warmer so won't be having anything else on for a while. He is fully clipped.
 
casinosolo said:
Why do people keep asking this??? It just causes arguments! :/ Shouldn't we all just rug based on our location, temp, clip, horse's age, health etc...?

Not having a go OP, it's just there's a massive ding dong raging on the other very similar thread!
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Not having ago....??? I don't think so - why don't you get stuck into the barefoot argument - far more controversial - what does it matter what blooming rug someone puts on their horse - in our household alone - my partner and I have our bedroom window open - the daughter having come back from Uni - where she is used to central heating, has three duvets on her bed.......horses for duvets, clearly!
Freely admit that this is a bit of a yawn fest post - but why attack them???
 
dressedkez said:
Not having ago....??? I don't think so - why don't you get stuck into the barefoot argument - far more controversial - what does it matter what blooming rug someone puts on their horse - in our household alone - my partner and I have our bedroom window open - the daughter having come back from Uni - where she is used to central heating, has three duvets on her bed.......horses for duvets, clearly!
Freely admit that this is a bit of a yawn fest post - but why attack them???
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confused as to wither youre having a go at me or not..
 
If she does this again it will be no rug :mad::mad::mad::rolleyes:

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Ours are all naked and hairy. But one we think we might have to rug with a lightweight as he was shivering the other morning when it was wet and doesn't seem to have grown much coat this year.
 
3 year old New Forest filly.....naked.
Luckily, she is in good condition for going into winter, BUT.....having just found out that she is in foal (mid to late term), I'll have to be very careful if I do put a rug on her if the weather turns extremely wet and cold. I don't have a due date, just an estimate from my vet (foal due by March at the very latest), so couldn't use anything with leg straps and would have to take it off her if she starts going into labour. (NO judgemental remarks please, this was the result of my ex yard owner's negligence :mad:).
I'm in South East Scotland, not far from the East coast. Winters here can be very harsh but tend to be more driving rain and icy winds than too much snow.
 
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Both mine are in at night to save grass. One is fully clipped out and in a med weight with a neck and a fleece with a hood underneath. The other isn't clipped but we're struggling with weight so he's in a med weight with a neck.
 
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