Am I the only cruel mummy making my horse live out rugless 24/7 (he's a very hairy fell ) or is anyone elses horse still living out?

Yea , My little 8month old colt is out still, He comes in once a week , to get used to being shut in his stable, apart from that he tends to stay out.

When the frost and ice hits he will be in more than hes out!

Yer all mine apart from the just weaned foal are all out still. They are coming in this weekend though! getting nippy here now

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my 33 year old mare will be staying out this year,i did consider having her pts as she suffers in the winter being stabled,but have decided to let her winter out and see how it goes.she wears loads of rugs though,my other 2 haffys are out during the day and in at night,if i had my way they would stay out to! but the farmer doesnt like horses out in the winter

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I am the same I have a 23 year old who gets stiff from being stabled, we tried having her in the open shed with the other 5 but she just gets annoyed them all! She does well living out x

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My hairy Irish cob is out....although I admit last night he did stay in because everyone else's were bought in and it hadn't stopped raining for over 24hours so he just needed a break. He is rugged only because he's clipped, previously when I've not had him on a livery yard he's been au-natural all year and been perfectly happy. It's me who feels bad about him being out and believe me he's 100 time happier out than in.

There are 5 at my yard, all still out 24/7. Elderly mare and TB have medium weight rugs on, highland, sec a and connemara x still unrugged. It poured last night and I felt a bit guilty but they were all happy this morning, nice and warm. I think they will have to come in soon just to save the fields a bit as it is sooo wet.

There's only 2 horses in my village, and they are out 24/7, but they are tough cookies

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Years ago I had a welsh cob who just wouldn't stay in (he jumped the bottom door from a standstill and kicked his way into the next door stable when he was shut in completely!). It was the year in the 80's when we had really deep snow. My dad felt sorry for him and eventually bought him a new zealand rug when there was icycles hanging from his hairy coat!!! He was lovely and warm under his hairy coat tho. It's surprising how tough ponies can be. I think a lot depends on what conditions they're used to.

Oh, I forgot to add that I used to live near a competition yard in Ireland and their sports horses were turned out onto the mountains for december and january, without shoes and rugs!