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 Ms. Poutability
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Location: In my own world | cheryl makofka - 2014-09-14 11:00 AM
BS Hauler - 2014-09-14 8:48 AM
Isn't it amazing that horses survived for 1,000 of years without humans to put blankets on them. Somebody better not tell all the mustangs that they are going to die this winter because nobody is going to put blankets on them. Let nature put their natural hair coat on them. You only need to blanket them if there is a special need for it.
Rule of thumb is weak, old, and sick die every year from the elements and prey.
The wild horses also are not locked up and can move around to warmer areas, to better sheltered areas, etc.
Movement creates warmth the mustangs moving to find food, pawing all creates warmth.
Yup, they don't call it survival of the fittest for fun. There are wild animals that die due to the weather!! They don't all survive and live forever!! |
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  More bootie than waist!
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | rodeomom3 - 2014-09-14 12:14 PM CYA Ranch - 2014-09-14 8:25 AM 3rdtimesacharm - 2014-09-14 12:00 AM Many animals survive cold winter without blankets. God put hair on them for that reason and forage to keep them burning calories to keep them warm. Let em be horses Spoken by a person from the southern states.
asking horses to run and perform under those conditions with a thick winter coat is brutal.
Edited to add that my vet said the ideal temperature for a horse is 17 degrees and that no horses would be in the southern states if not for man kind bringing them here.
They are saying our winter up here is going to be especially harsh this coming winter. If its worse than last winter I can't imagine how bad this is going to be. I'm debating who I'm going to move in with if it does get that bad.....you're on the list my friend. A crazy blond with a load of horses and a dog might be pulling in your yard.  |
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 Bulls Eye
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Location: Oklahoma | CYA Ranch - 2014-09-15 9:55 AM rodeomom3 - 2014-09-14 12:14 PM CYA Ranch - 2014-09-14 8:25 AM 3rdtimesacharm - 2014-09-14 12:00 AM Many animals survive cold winter without blankets. God put hair on them for that reason and forage to keep them burning calories to keep them warm. Let em be horses Spoken by a person from the southern states.
asking horses to run and perform under those conditions with a thick winter coat is brutal.
Edited to add that my vet said the ideal temperature for a horse is 17 degrees and that no horses would be in the southern states if not for man kind bringing them here.
If you bring me Lefse.... I'll let you stay the winter! |
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More bootie than waist!
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | TwistedK - 2014-09-15 10:00 AM CYA Ranch - 2014-09-15 9:55 AM rodeomom3 - 2014-09-14 12:14 PM CYA Ranch - 2014-09-14 8:25 AM 3rdtimesacharm - 2014-09-14 12:00 AM Many animals survive cold winter without blankets. God put hair on them for that reason and forage to keep them burning calories to keep them warm. Let em be horses Spoken by a person from the southern states.
asking horses to run and perform under those conditions with a thick winter coat is brutal.
Edited to add that my vet said the ideal temperature for a horse is 17 degrees and that no horses would be in the southern states if not for man kind bringing them here.
LOL...I've never made lefsa! |
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Bulls Eye
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Location: Oklahoma | CYA Ranch - 2014-09-15 11:23 AM TwistedK - 2014-09-15 10:00 AM CYA Ranch - 2014-09-15 9:55 AM rodeomom3 - 2014-09-14 12:14 PM CYA Ranch - 2014-09-14 8:25 AM 3rdtimesacharm - 2014-09-14 12:00 AM Many animals survive cold winter without blankets. God put hair on them for that reason and forage to keep them burning calories to keep them warm. Let em be horses Spoken by a person from the southern states.
asking horses to run and perform under those conditions with a thick winter coat is brutal.
Edited to add that my vet said the ideal temperature for a horse is 17 degrees and that no horses would be in the southern states if not for man kind bringing them here.
dang it! I have family in Aberdeen and Webster that send it every year and send some home with my dad and brother when they go to Mobridge to go phesant hunting |
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| livexlovexrodeo - 2014-09-14 2:51 PM
I live in western WA. I blanket because I don't like dealing with soaking wet, mud-caked horses for 9 months straight.
This is what we did when living in SW WA as well. I also would switch my blankets out every week to let the used one dry and sweep it clean too. |
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 Shelter Dog Lover
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| CYA Ranch - 2014-09-15 9:55 AM rodeomom3 - 2014-09-14 12:14 PM CYA Ranch - 2014-09-14 8:25 AM 3rdtimesacharm - 2014-09-14 12:00 AM Many animals survive cold winter without blankets. God put hair on them for that reason and forage to keep them burning calories to keep them warm. Let em be horses Spoken by a person from the southern states.
asking horses to run and perform under those conditions with a thick winter coat is brutal.
Edited to add that my vet said the ideal temperature for a horse is 17 degrees and that no horses would be in the southern states if not for man kind bringing them here.
Come on down! I could not live though your winters, I don't know how ya'll do it. |
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 Good Grief!
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Location: Cap'n Joan Rotgut.....alberta | i keep the ones im hauling and riding with blankets..but everybody else is on their own.........lots of space and trees for them........
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 Am I really the Weirdo?
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Location: Kansas | I will be blanketing my barrel horses when it gets down below 20 or is exceptionally windy & wet. Southeast Kansas isn't the frozen tundra but we spend a couple months below freezing every winter. My sister in law will be blanketing her new gelding I'm sure. He's in his 20s and was a rescue/rehab project we stumbled onto last month so he will need all the help he can get staying warm & gaining weight. Our other two 20+ year olds don't really care for blankets, in fact the mare is scared of blankets LOL. My Joker will get blanketed if he's going to be stuck out in the wind overnight but otherwise he'd rather turn into a mammoth so I just let it happen and I keep a cooler handy for anytime I want to run him in the winter. |
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 Banjo and Baby
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Location: South of Canada and North of Mexico | CYA Ranch - 2014-09-14 8:25 AM 3rdtimesacharm - 2014-09-14 12:00 AM Many animals survive cold winter without blankets. God put hair on them for that reason and forage to keep them burning calories to keep them warm. Let em be horses Spoken by a person from the southern states.
If we had mild winters I wouldnt blanket either... |
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 Miss Laundry Misshap
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| We only have ever blanketed 1 horse and she was old, didn't have much of a winter coat, and didn't hold weight in the winter time.
My other ones grow good coats and if it's really nasty outside, they get put in the barn to dry out (feet and/or coats.)
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