What rugs have you got on?

Lw/rainsheets no neck, just cos she.is a wuss!! Considered medium, but will keep lw unless gets soaked, then move.on to 100g. Gelding in as has injured foot. Was I. Cotton sheet but has light fleece on tonight!! I want them to b naked and frolicing in the.sunshine!!!!!
Blooming weather!!!
 
The Fuzzy Furry said:
Nothing on any of them.
Its june.
Its wet

BUT:
its 15/16 degrees out there where we are & not going to be lower than 12 overnight
Also, they have plenty of tree & hedge shelter.
The forecast is for it to stop mid/late evening (its stoped & sun is out at present)
The wind will dry them as its not cold!

The 3 fuzzys are perfectly happy, particularly giant fuzzy - who used to be a bigpoof-bags & has learnt to 'man up' (thanks Hovis for the recollection of your words!)

:)
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Same here, I went down this morning thinking I would put his lightweight on and he's really ok very sheltered where he is and it is 16 degrees and June put the terriers coats on and me in wooly hat and waterproof far too HOT !!! 2 year old didn't want to come out from under the trees with all his mates to have his grub the wind is warm where we are.
 
Rugs??!!

In June??!!

Where do you get your horses from? I feel you have all been shortchanged....
 
Mine have medium weights on during the day and heavy at night and I'm not ashamed to say it either!! Went out there yesterday night and they were both shivering and soaked so I changed to their heavy weights. Both have lost their winter coats, are well into their 20's and yes I know they are "waterproof" and other horses live on the moors etc naked all year round but why should mine have to be cold if they don't need to be.
 
Nothing - because he is a very naughty boy, so has to be stabled until Tuesday when he is no longer in quarantine. He has a smart new LW, which he would be wearing if he was allowed in the field!
 
Mine has a medium weight on with no neck. There is quite a bit of natural shelter but it's still on the side of a mountain and he is quite thin skinned plus it really is evil out there!!
 
mine needs to loose weight and has a field shelter and lots of hudge hedges. she is checked on at least 5 times a day and today iver seen her at least 15 times and so if she need a rug she will tell me xx (i can see her from my bedroom window and walk across the yard to her when i want).
 
TJ&Ozzie said:
Mine have medium weights on during the day and heavy at night and I'm not ashamed to say it either!! Went out there yesterday night and they were both shivering and soaked so I changed to their heavy weights. Both have lost their winter coats, are well into their 20's and yes I know they are "waterproof" and other horses live on the moors etc naked all year round but why should mine have to be cold if they don't need to be.
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Because that's the way they learn to regulate their own body temperature and adapt to the changes in weather. The more they are rugged they lose the ability to do so. The danger with rugging in mediocre temperatures is that if the weather drops even slightly when they are without, then they will feel it more than a horse who hasn't been used to being rugged/derugged/rugged/derugged.

My mare is a warmblood type and she is out 24/7 with just a fly rug. Each time I have checked her she has been soaked through to the skin, but still eating in the middle of the field. She has hedgerows and a couple of trees to shelter under. If she gets a bit cold, she has plenty of grass to munch and space to move about to warm her up. There is a 27 year old horse in the field next to her, out 24/7 in all this rain, with just a rainsheet on. Both are perfectly happy and healthy!

I understand what you are saying - but sometimes I think we should let nature do it's thing and regulate itself.
 
I caved and put the lightweights on them tonight. Therefore I can have a lie in without feeling any guilt :D They weren't shivering mind, but we're seeking shelter under the trees when I got there so I was happy to make them more comfortable.
 
At the risk of sounding indecisive, I think it's down to personal preference and your horse. If your horse is a tender, sensitive little flower and shivers in the rain/wind then rug it up . . . if not, let it be.

FWIW, the GreyDonk is in a lightweight stable rug tonight - it was very, very windy up at the yard today and quite chilly . . . he has lost some weight due to his current feeding regime and has shed all of his winter coat. He is a fine-coated, thin-skinned sporthorse and can feel the cold, and when I felt the base of his ears and his elbows he was not what I would call "warm" . . . finally, being in he can't move around to keep warm, so I chucked a rug on him.

Do what you think is best/right for your horse.

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