Rain cover – how long and when?

Huhu,

if you permanently wear an unfeeded rain blanket in winter, the horse will freeze and you will most likely also get sick.

A blanket does not necessarily press long, but always very dense winter fur plated and the air cushion between the individual hair and the skin loses its effect. The plumb is taken from its isolation. Without a ceiling, the plum puts on its fur more or less, depending on the Temepratur and the weather, and can thus react to temperature differences and always keep warm accordingly. With a ceiling you take this function and then have to take over it with different thick fillings. Covering is then necessary defictively!

So you have the choice to cover the horse correctly, with different thick blankets and several times daily cover or you leave it to the ceiling. Uncovered is healthier, simpler and cheaper and works with as good as all horses.

So I advise you to leave the blanket for emergencies or mandatory dry dates in the closet and continue to send the horse out without a blanket. It keeps itself warm and dry with its fur.

The horse does not have to be dry for riding. Also a wet horse gets clean enough that you can saddle on the wet fur. And it doesn’t have to be super clean in winter. The sand and dirt are always getting out with good cleaning, for bad discoloration there are actually good sprays, but you can also just see past the spots, something is not bad. Wet horses are not bad, you just need a little more time to clean and have to accept that it doesn’t get as clean as in summer.

Love