brightmount
Well-Known Member
I’m going to go against the consensus here and say I would go for the stable. I had two living out last year. Granted the conditions were exceptionally bad, and this year is nothing like as bad yet, and granted their fields were effectively underwater, but I spent the whole winter dealing daily with abscesses. They had mud fever too but this was no problem compared to the abscesses. Eventually it turned to laminitis in my older mare and she was PTS. The other horse is still dealing with the after effects of all the abscess blowholes one year later, although she is now stabled overnight, and my life seems so much easier in comparison. So I’m going to take your vet’s position, although I’m sorry if it makes the decision more complicated.