Who needs a rug when there is snow

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You reckon this horse is cold? ;)
 
Love it!

We have a few tethered horses near where I work. One I the girls at work reported one of the ponies to the authorities because he had icicles on top of his thick wooly coat. Me and my mate couldn't get it through to her that it meant his insulation was working.
 
maxine1985 said:
Fantastic pic, definitely not loosing heat anywhere!!
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Ditto. The hairy coat is so efficient.

My lot were covered in hoar frost yesterday morning. We haven't had snow this time round. :cool: They were also leaving hoof prints in the frost after standing for a few minutes.
 
I was trying to explain to someone last week that horses in that state are warm and happy. A guy teaching a course I was on was worried about his cob living out. I told him it would be fine. The next day he came in saying he had given it a huge feed and put a rug on it - it was already fat and prone to lami...
 
Brilliant! A bit like my section A who wears a blanket of mud. She's well rounded and put your fingers through her coat and she's as warm as toast! :D
 
Numpty asking question here! There are some horses near me, out 24/7 unrugged, I believe they are dutch warmbloods (could be completely wrong), seem happy etc. They aren't checked on, apart from hay in the mornings, as far as I can tell; I felt their ears and wasn't sure at first but decided I did indeed feel some warmth, not a lot though - I know ears are a tell-tale sign. Also I know horses are great handwarmers in winter :D and they are furry but I could barely feel any heat on their coats/under their manes. Is this quite common, and only the big hairy types are heat machines?? Just trying to learn more, so I know what I'm looking for :)
 
I find as Dubsie said putting your hand under the mane and keeping it there for a minute or two is always toasty. Blood will be drawn from places such as ears in cold weather as they stick out and would lose heat quickly. Also the coat insulates them so well it's hard to feel warmth through it.
 
E13 said:
Numpty asking question here! There are some horses near me, out 24/7 unrugged, I believe they are dutch warmbloods (could be completely wrong), seem happy etc. They aren't checked on, apart from hay in the mornings, as far as I can tell; I felt their ears and wasn't sure at first but decided I did indeed feel some warmth, not a lot though - I know ears are a tell-tale sign. Also I know horses are great handwarmers in winter :D and they are furry but I could barely feel any heat on their coats/under their manes. Is this quite common, and only the big hairy types are heat machines?? Just trying to learn more, so I know what I'm looking for :)
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If its shivering its cold - if not theyre fine. Keep it simple as all horses feel differently. If theyve got hay and water they'l be fine.

Also if I caught someone in my field feeling up my horses Id be less than amused unless they had my permission.......


PS loving the OP yeti horse :D
 
what a marvellous picture!!

and makes me feel so much better for leaving my traditional naked and hairy all winter and he is the happiest horse on the yard (all the rest are rugged up to the eyeballs!)

Thanks!!! love it .... !!!!:D
 
Noo! They are right by my house, they hang their heads over the fence into our garden :D They've been here since early summer! (Though tbh about the water thing, I don't think there's any by the gate (far side) but there's a trough this side, by my house, but I've never seen anyone check it though it's been snowy and icy...They seem fine though :) )
 
I am ignorant here, knowledgeable in other areas, i would have thought he was cold that was why the snow was sticking to him, if he was warm it would melt off, please explain.
 
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