October 16, 2007 @ 7:43 pm
Rug Weather
I was caught out last year when the cold weather arrived and I realised I had not sent my winter rugs away in the summer to be cleaned and repaired. I didn’t forget this year and know they are going to be ready when the weather starts to turn cold and wet.
The range and quality of rugs today is a massive improvement on the basic canvas New Zealand rugs I used with my ponies. They were heavy and once wet, they took days to dry out. If it was a very wet day the ponies would still be wet under the rugs and by the end of the winter, they usually had bare shoulders from where the rugs had rubbed the hair off.
My horse loves rolling in mud and is a bit of a rug escapologist, so often spends the day out in the field with his nice rug laying on the ground in the middle of the field. We usually have to experiment with the various straps each year so they are loose enough that he has sufficient movement but tight enough so he doesn’t escape.
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October 17th, 2007 at 2:09 am
I have an escape artist too. It’s so frustrating trying as hard as you can to keep them clean, dr and warm only to have them slither right out of it.
Oh, yes, here you’d think it was winter already. It’s making me nuts!
October 24th, 2007 at 3:33 pm
The rugs went on my horse this weekend as it is starting to get cold in the evening in the UK. Not sure if he’s managed to escape yet!