Who leaves turnout rugs on in stable?

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I always change rugs when they come in at night but really struggle to dry wet turnout rugs as very limited space at yard to hang them and if damp atmosphere they don't dry anyway. With the bad weather forecast over the next days, I was thinking about leaving the damp NZ on overnight (unless it was really wet) on the basis that it will probably dry better on the horse and I won't be putting a damp rug on in the morning. OH's comment was does that make him (horse) a clothes horse then ha ha ha. Does anyone else do this? Know horse won't be bothered provided he has his usual several tonnes of hay!
 
I always leave mine with NZ rugs on as they dry if they are wet and i get down the yard at 5am and the last thing i want to do is fiddle with rugs!! Obviously if it has been really wet and cold i would put something under it if they needed it.
 
I have done in the past for the same reasons you mention of putting the wet rug back on

I now have a drying room (sounds posh but it's just the utitility room that has the boiler in it lol)
 
I don't even possess a stable rug!
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My horse lives in her outdoor rugs, day and night, as do most of the other liveries at the yard. It's quite common practise these days.
 
My horse wears his turnout rug overnight. So long as it's waterproof and breathable, I don't see any problem at all. I do take it off when he comes in from the field, but then once he's ready for 'bed' I put it back on. It dries much better on him, it gets far less dirty and smelly than a stable rug would, and there's no cold rug to mess about with in the morning.
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If the rug is soaked and muddy i generally leave it on over night to dry off then change him into his other TO in the morning. But if it is dry then i just change him into his stable rug
 
Not me. If I didn't take his rugs off during the week, I'd never see what colour he was. For me it works to change rugs as only have to do 1 or 2 as it doesn't take lots of time.

I wonder if as the wet rug dries on the horse it makes them colder? I would rather put a wet rug back on before he's turned out, as at least then he has the option of walking around, rather than being cooped up in a stable
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I leave turnout out rug on overnight in stable.

I can't see why i would take off a rug that horsey is alll warm and snuggly under, to swap it for a cold stable rug and then repeat the following morning!
 
I change my rugs for reasons of hygiene and also I want to see my horses body to check everything is OK. Turnout rugs are called turnout rugs, not "wear all the time indoors and outdoors rugs".

Your horse uses his body temperature to dry a wet rug, making himself cold in the process. Changing a wet rug for a dry - even cold rug - is far better than making a horse stand in a heavy wet rug for a few hours before it eventually dries.

I have 3 turnout rugs, if one gets really saturated I use one of the dry one's.
 
I tried with Beacon but he just pulled the stable rug off the rail and lay on it, Something he had never ever done before so I got the hint that he wanted his PJ's on lol He never pulled another rug off the rail again either so ???????????????/
 
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I change my rugs for reasons of hygiene and also I want to see my horses body to check everything is OK. Turnout rugs are called turnout rugs, not "wear all the time indoors and outdoors rugs".
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Rambo actually advertise their rugs as being for both indoor and outdoor use - see their advertising . Most modern rugs are breathable and quite suitable for wearing in the stable.
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they definitely dry better on the horse. if the TO rug was wet through, then i'd take it off and hang it in heated tackroom. don't want chilled horse, obviously. but a rug hung up in a damp yard seems to absorb the damp, which it doesn't if it's on the horse.
 
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I tried with Beacon but he just pulled the stable rug off the rail and lay on it, Something he had never ever done before so I got the hint that he wanted his PJ's on lol He never pulled another rug off the rail again either so ???????????????/

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LOL, "PUT MY PJ's ON", straight from the horses mouth
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I think that sums it up for me.

I always put PJ's on for bed time. I think it's a good opportunity to check the horse all over (and groom) and the damp doesn't get into their aging bones. (3 geriatric ‘have beens’ !!
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I personally put a stable rug on my horses but my mentor used to leave them on to dry as nothin ever dried at her yard!! As long as they fit well and are removed to check horse over etc to stop any rubs , it should be fine.
 
As long as they're not soaked through I leave it on overnight. I feel awful putting a cold stable rug on at night, then a cold turnout on in the morning as she shivers and flinches when I do it! If it's wet through I change it for another turnout.

At weekends I put a stable rug on as I'm not rushing before work and I'll be riding before she goes out so she doesn't need the turnout on straight away in the morning
 
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As long as they're not soaked through I leave it on overnight. I feel awful putting a cold stable rug on at night, then a cold turnout on in the morning as she shivers and flinches when I do it! If it's wet through I change it for another turnout.

At weekends I put a stable rug on as I'm not rushing before work and I'll be riding before she goes out so she doesn't need the turnout on straight away in the morning

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Pretty much what Josie said!
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I use the stable rug over the weekend just to vary the pressure points a little (different makes/designs of rug) but it's much easier through the week with her turnout already on in the mornings. She's always checked in the evenings with her rug off (even if not ridden).

As for the horse having to use energy to dry the rug- I'm not sure it's having to expend any additional energy compared to normal? The horse would be warmer than the air overnight anyway, so heat will go from horse-->rug-->air whether the rug is dry or wet. Only difference is that if the outside of the rug is wet, the dampness will be steamed off as the heat transfers through. When it's dry, you can't "see" this, but it will still be happening! Only my theory and I think as long as they have the correct weight of warmth in their rug they'll be fine.
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I change to a stable rug for no other reason than it makes me feel better.

If the yard are turning her out in the morning however she wears her t/o rug as I'm too mean to pay them to change rugs.
 
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I don't even possess a stable rug!
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My horse lives in her outdoor rugs, day and night, as do most of the other liveries at the yard. It's quite common practise these days.

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As above^^^^
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I don't own any stable rugs either.

I make sure though that every T/O rug fit's perfectly & is removed at least once per day. Ive done this now for around 16 years or more & never had a problem with pressure points or leaking rugs. I started leaving T/O's on when i had my first ever Rambo rug. I recently sold one of the origanal rugs as well & it looked as good as the day i bought it despite it being well over 10 years old.
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I change my rugs for reasons of hygiene and also I want to see my horses body to check everything is OK. Turnout rugs are called turnout rugs, not "wear all the time indoors and outdoors rugs".

Your horse uses his body temperature to dry a wet rug, making himself cold in the process. Changing a wet rug for a dry - even cold rug - is far better than making a horse stand in a heavy wet rug for a few hours before it eventually dries.

I have 3 turnout rugs, if one gets really saturated I use one of the dry one's.

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Sorry but this is nonsense! Eever heard of the term "clothes horse"???? the older style canvas rugs then yes you have a point, but there is very very little difference in style between a rambo turnout and a rambo stable....

The only time I would change a rug was if somehow the inside had become wet... which with todays rugs is a rareity indeed..... of course I take the rug off, and check nag over.... (its really hard to tackup/ride in a MW rug)...... or if I thought they needed a different weight of rug for indoor/outdoor, night/day.........
 
I do as well, I always take them off in the evening to brush and ride George and also to check for any rubs and to give his coat an air!! Then they go back on before he goes to bed! The only time I use a stable rug is if the the rain has got inside or come through a rug (very unusual) or if George is sweaty after I've ridden and then the thermatex goes on.
 
I'd never leave a turnout rug on overnight - it's one of my pet hates
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In the winter, Ellie is snuggled up in a Witney blanket and quilt in the stable, and her Snuggy hood with either her Rambo or her Mark Todd for the field. I always change them - nothing would make me do otherwise.
 
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