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I'm a big believer in "it depends on the horse" - one of mine grows a very fine, very downy winter coat that doesn't hold heat well and the other horse won't let him come into the run in. He gets a sheet at 40F and an actual blanket once it gets below about 34. The other is an absolute woolly mammoth. He gets a sheet if it's raining, and a blanket once it drops below 25 or so (we live in the south, so that's the temps my horses are acclimated to. For them, if it drops down into the teens, that's *really really cold*. They're also both getting up there in age, the wuss is 19 and the fluffy one is 26ish).
The only real answer is that you need to adjust to your individual horse’s needs. You’re totally right. People sometimes forget that animals are just as diverse as humans.
We don’t normally blanket, our younger ones they grow a nice winter coat hold wait nice to the winter and keep their bodies warm but our older ones we blanket they drop way easy don’t get that nice winter coat it really just depends on the horse exactly what you said
When I was a new horse owner, I asked one of my long time horse owner friends if he blanketed his horses. He turned around and said, “ does your horse have a COAT?” 😂 EDIT: Please stop getting so bent out of shape and ugly about this comment. I live in the south, where nobody blankets their horses and I wanted to share something funny my friend told me. This is NOT an attack to you!
Here in Canada we have to have three blankets for each horse 😂 and if we ride them on a -35 day we gotta check if they are sweaty and if they are we gotta blow dry them until their bone dry 😭 or else they will get sick in the cold 🥶 it’s really takes a lot of time after lessons 😓
Only one of my nine has a blanket, lol. She's having a hard year this year with keeping weight on, she's missing some teeth and getting older so for her she needs the extra help, the rest, have their shelter, and are doing fine with their natural coat. love your funny videos!
Wow, this is so true. When my family got our first horse, we were shocked by the strong and conflicting opinions from various communities in the horse world! 😅 Many years later when we had figured things out and both we and the horses were comfortable with our routines, we had a Karen come pounding on the door yelling at us that she would report us for "blindfolding" our horses during a particularly buggy summer. I'm not sure she ever fully grasped the concept of a fly mask... But thankfully she calmed down when we showed her that you can definitely see through them! 🤦♀️
Ugh mine wears one year round because she's had corneal abrasions and an ulcer. We do it to keep her from getting another one (She's great at keeping them on so I stock up around the holidays) I'm sure people think I'm insane but it's fairly windy here and I had a vet advise that basically all horses here should
"Thermal Regulation".... A horses natural , God given ability to regulate their own heating and cooling. Here in Northern Wisconsin,... even at minus 20* I don't blanket my big healthy wooly TW..... I do blanket my old, mini Donk. They both get extra hay during those horrid cold times. Love the video! Thanks again!
Only blanketed for trailering, sometimes when I lived in the cold country. Here in Texas? If I plan to do any serious riding blankets are clipping are a must. Those 90° February days wreak havoc on a training schedule if you don't. The difference in the regions is amazing.
This is fantastic! I've met numerous people in all the camps. LOL! I also find your region's weather patterns have an influence on the blanket debate. Loved it!
I love this!! My show horse gets blanketed any time its under 55, but all my others are totally fine. It all depends on the horse, although when its raining I try to blanket the ones that appreciate it. I don't catch my horses to blanket them, i just go up to them in a pasture with it. If they are cool with it going on them they let me put it on, if not they walk away. It works, they aren't going to die without it :)
This was great! I believe in not blanketing horses if they grow a thick winter coat in time for the cold weather. My mare has a nice winter coat and hay 24/7 so I don’t blanket unless it drops to 10 degrees and below. I try to let her naturally produce heat instead of blanketing all winter but some horses need blankets. when it rains a lot I put a rain sheet on but that’s just what works for me and my horse.
Haha, this was great! I have two extremes going on. My old girl is 29 and grows a winter coat like a mammoth, but she also struggles with bad arthritis and keeping weight on, and definitely rolls her eyes as I check on her and her blanket(s) for the millionth time. I do try and hold off on blanketing until about Christmas when supposedly their coats are "fully grown" but will definitely throw a lighter blanket on if it's a colder night or we had bad weather. Her son on the other hand grows a regular winter coat, but will NOT keep a blanket of any weight on unless it is well into the single digits. Rips it off, uses his overly large brain and dexterous teeth/lip to Houdini himself out of it, won't let you get close to put it on, has NO patience for it. Between being young, destructive, and not struggling, he spends almost all of the winter without a blanket.
Even into his 30s, my grade gelding flat refused to wear a blanket. As a teen I thought not blanketing was horrible, and tried everything short of actual staples to keep one on him. He could take the blasted things off faster than I could get them on. 🙄 He stomped and pooped on them, and when I didn't get the hint, he started stuffing them in his water bucket 😒 Apparently rolling in the snow isn't nearly as fun when you have a blanket on 🤷😆 (I eventually learned to listen to him, especially on the trail!)
I'm a "it depends on the horse and where they live" kind of person. I put sheets on my horses when it rains and then goes below freezing. I put winter blankets on them when it gets into the -20's. They're sturdy northern horses so they can take the cold with their thick fluffy coats, but I've seen them shiver before and I'm not letting that happen again if I can help it.
This made me laugh so much I love how this is hilarious and also so cool to see all his crazy different perspectives this was such a creative idea and just made my day even better when I read the title I was so interested to see what this was going to be like and now I know absolutely hilarious and the highlight of my day lol love your channel gypsy it’s heart warming and hilarious all in one I just cannot get over this video thank you so much gypsy equestrian/ Marina! 🤣🤣😁
Love it so much. Next you need to show how different people care for their horse in general! The pampered horse, the outdoor 24/7 horse, etc. 😂 just an idea :)
I love the approach on discussing blanketing. My personal opinion is that it depends on the horse’s age, breed, and of course the temperature outside. It also depends on whether or not your horse is out to pasture or kept in a stall most of the time. My AQH mare grows a long coat and looks like a big teddy bear right now. Our 32 year old Saddlebred gelding does not get as much of a coat, so we will blanket him if the temperature goes into single digits. The horses have access to the indoor arena for shelter, so that is another factor for us.
love the crazy lady voice, Gypsy Equestrian is now on my sub list, not sure why it wasn't B4...? Anyway, well done, keep it up! looking forward to more smothered giggles from watching your channel!
"The tripledy dipeldy heavy heavy heavy, and the doubledy doupledy heavy heavy" I definately think that all horses need both of these blankets. Love the video as always😁😂
Love your videos! My horse will not go out in rain at all, but when it snows he insists on standing out in it. Snowstorms are the only time I blanket him and it comes off as soon as it's over.
Where I live it rains quite a bit. So I only blanket my horse for that. But he mostly stays without one! He does have a pretty nice winter coat though! Great video as always. I was laughing through the whole thing 😆
I'm usually the "don't blanket, they don't need it" (for most healthy horses that have access to some sort of shelter). I also don't like blankets from a safety aspect. I'll never leave a halter on a horse turned out no matter how hard to catch they are, and while a blanket is safer than a halter, its still something for things to get caught on. I do blanket horses that I plan to take to a winter sale so they look sleek for that, and sometimes ill blanket a harder keeper if I'm struggling to get them to maintain weight during the winter if they're still in full work.
I did lots of research and have a winter 150g blanket for my mare. She grows more guard hairs than an actual coat so a blanket was a good option. Since it isn't too heavy its on when its below -10 or -10 with snow or hail. On super cold -40 nights she has extra hay and a warm grain. Especially when we have lots of blowing snow or a blizzard.
Love this!!! I live in south Texas so we only blanket when we get a hard norther in that puts us under 30 and that’s only for the horses that are stalled. Most of ours can’t grow enough of a coat for freezing temps thanks to our typical temp being 60-80 degrees 😂😂 it’s the science plus vibes for me lmao
Haha sometimes I get this, I don’t blanket anymore since our horses are so thick with fur! But I used to because my first pony had legit no winter coat- it just depends on the horse! 😂 (I do use a show blanket tho) great video!!!
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It is freezing cold here in New Jersey today. And I was just thinking if I owned a horse or a couple of horses if I would be blanketing them today. And your video pops up! I love this! Very creative, funny and interesting. I was actually thinking that if I put a blanket on the horse he would be saying to himself what in the heck are you doing? LOL. But the horse would just think to himself, oh I better let her do what she’s doing, she’s always hugging and kissing me anyway.
I can relate so much with the rich girl especially the «my horse is a showhorse” like what is this supposed to mean lol . Btw love your videos so much u reached 50k and u deserve another 50!xxx🤍🤍
I love this video. I love all your videos. You should do a groom tack and ride with me video, I know your channel is more comedy but you could add it in i'm everyone would love it. Also congrats on your 51K subsribers.
We have a Norwegian horse/Fjord horse, earlier she had the wildest winter coat, 100% waterproof. But she is 30+ years today and needs a good blanket now. We have a standartbreed who normally doesnt need a blanket, but when we hit -18 degrees Celsius she gets a blanket too. My trakhener stallion cant grow a decent winter coat, so heavy blankets for him. Different horses, different needs
love this video. As a person who blankets their OLD ARABIAN that starts to shiver when it's 10°C I get so much flag for blanketing him but I don't care. He gets very pissy and annoyed if cold and he also loses so much weight, so yeah. I see more horses that maybe could use a blanket someday than "overblanketed" horses around in my area.
I’m definitely the one with to many blankets 😂 I have a youngster who doesn’t grow a coat and will be cold backed if he gets cold at all. I wish I could just leave him naked like my older horse can be. Great video as always!
@@GypsyEquestrian I love them all but maybe the one that’s the clickbait barn vlog or the sponsored barn vlog but I can’t really choose a top favorite because they are all super funny and entertaining.
Kinda scary I`ve got both books she`s holding, cant make out the bottom too, but yeah.. 'bare nescesseties" them books LoL This video is so well put together. Thank you!
I blanketed my Gypsy cross gelding last winter (he was not a fan of the freezing cold weather) my pony was totally fine with it all, and she has a very thick & fluffy coat. 😊 We just had a cold front come in two nights ago and we had some ice & snow and I actually had to blanket my pony for the night! In my opinion It really depends on the horse and the weather conditions.
My horse has always been a good doer so he's had a few winters without any rugs at all because we didn't want him to be too fat going into spring. Now he's getting older he doesn't hold his weight so well and he has his rugs. You have to adapt to the circumstances. Anyway, we have lightweight and medium rugs, two of each in case of rips and one extra thick one that he doesn't wear much as it's rarely that cold. Oh and he has a waffle rug for if he's sweaty after a ride and a quilt for the rare occasions he's stabled but that belonged to my mum's old horse and is thirty years old so I don't think we come under the heading of 'rug collectors'! It's all very well saying they don't 'need' rugs but I know from experience you can save yourself a lot on the feed bill if all their feed isn't going into keeping them warm. The price of hay has almost doubled in the last two years so it's worth considering.
Ya, I'm definitely the one with the ton of blankets lol. Though to be fair that's very normal at my barn and in my area. My horse gets clipped in the winter because she stays in regular work. So we have all kinds of blankets. I think I have: One flysheet, one heavy-weight, one waterproof medium-weight, one light-weight, one waterproof sheet, one Irish knit cooler, and two normal coolers.
I'm 27 and never been around horses let alone owned one. . . Why was this recommended??? Oh well I still watched the entire video and enjoyed every second of it!!!
Mine is still growing. When he already has to deal with growing pains he's more sensitive to the cold. So then I usually put on a medium blanket during the night (he's outside 24/7) if temperatures drop below -5°C. If he's in good conditions and it's not a sudden drop he's fine without one even when it has -15°C. If it gets any colder than that I would put the blanket on again over the night
i use just 3 different types, a thin waterproof one ( my horses doesn’t like to stay into a stall he’s a rescue he feels like he’ll get left), a think winter waterproof, and a fly sheet!
Exactly what I do! my mare was an auction rescue and she HATES being stalled with a strong passion. Only thing is i also have a heavy blanket for when it gets below 5° F
I have pretty much the same, fly mesh for when it's hot but heaps of mozzies at night. Cotton for when it's not too hot but not cold, waterproof for rain, 100g polyfil for the start and end of winter and a 300g polyfil for when it's below 10degree Celcius. I also have fleece I can put underneath any blanket to add warmth but I prefered not to double rug, I think it would be uncomfortable.
Same here! But all of mine are combos with removable necks because they're cheaper and they allow for a bit more flexibility. But a warm water proof since neither of my horses grow decent winter coats, a light water proof since I live in the wettest part of Australia, and a fly sheet for the same reason because bugs are horrendous year round.
@@emmamclean5510 I also live in Australia, it rains a lot so they all have shelters because it can be so humid but rain too. I found the detachable necks to be amazing but once I took it off once I could never get it back on the same 😭
I am absolutely the no blanket people haha. We have an open barn and multiple horses to huddle together and on days it gets in the negative temps we give full feed as well, so even though we live in the northern states with lots of snow and ice a blanket is never needed
Learnt that they had in some country done a test over some months were they taught different horse races to tell when they wanted a rug, wanted it off or just wanted to keep it as they had, and they would every 2 hours ask the horses what they wanted. And almost every horse every time didnt want a blanket unless it was raining and blowing at the same time and it was -10C°. Ofc like i said there were some horses that wanted the rug more often or less than the others but most of them didnt want a rug most of the time and was happy with not having one on. Ofc you know your horse the best, but look for signs that tells you what your horse wants. Just because y oh are cold doesnt mean your horse is. They are really good at controlling ans changing their temperature and their coats are mostly waterproof as long as you dont clip them
