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
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!
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 😓
"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!
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
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 :)
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 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.
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.
"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😁😂
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.
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 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 :)
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.
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 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 😭
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!!!
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
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.
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
My mother is the one who will blanket no matter what. She has haflinger welsh crosses. Those fuzzy buggars are pretty much set of you give them a belly full of hay. My girl is a high tb content QH, she runs hot. This means she stays warm but uses a lot of calories in the process. It’s much easier to keep weight on her if we blanket. Our fourth horse is a Lipizzaner TB cross. He just plain freezes. Literally almost froze to death once. He had stopped shivering and was down with no sign of getting up. He probably needs a heavier blanket. We usually only blanket if it goes to around 28 for more than two or three hours. There’s a lot of factors for us, how cold has it been, is there a chance of rain, wind speed, amount of hay in the barn, if we need to unblanket the next day how early? All sorts of things. If it rains they get blanketed around 35-40 unless they are shivering at higher temps.
We live in Germany and yes, I do blanket my ponies. Why? Because they live in an open stable and I don't want them to stand there with wet, thick winter coat in the heavy wind. So they get a thin rain-sheet on their backs to keep water and wind out. My islandic crossbreed also has a real winter blaket, because at some point during winter I have to clip him, if I want to keep riding and driving him. He get's such a thick winter coat that he's sweating heavily on the warmer days. This year I already had to clip at the beginning of october since his coat was already too thick for the still very warm weather. But since it's not really cold yet, he's still doing fine with the rainsheet. The weather here is really crazy this year and it's still too warm for already being near the end of the year! In the summer I put flysheets on them, because they get very annoyed with all these insects and I even caught them kicking them away this year. But even though I use only two types of blankets (+ the winter one) I own at least 10 of them. Two for every pony, in case something happens to the blanket that can't be fixed right away. Learned my lesson with that.. And I also needed to buy new blankets every year with a still growing pony. Now my younger one is able to wear them out until he's eighter grown out of them too or they are unusable. So far that system is working great, even though I always have the problem that the blankets are to tight for my older ones neck. He just has to much neck and shoulder that's not fitting into the size we need xD
Our neighbors kidded us about blanketing our horses. Calls it their "jammies". Live in the Pacific Northwest, my horses have more blankets and weights than I do. Wet rain and wind and some stand out in the rain by choice. Also depends of horses age, breed and natural coat. Bless them that they stand quietly getting blanketed as weather changes.
Honestly it depends on the horse, what they are doing, how they cope with their schedule, but mostly it’s up to the rider. A quarter horse that works a ranch I probably wouldn’t blanket if it wasn’t an extreme exigent circumstance, but a show horse who is in extreme work is blanket to hell and back, light, medium, heavy, sheets, coolers, etc. etc. Kensington and back on track for the win.
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!
If your horse grows a good, thick, winter coat - and the snow doesn't melt off their back, but just sits there, in a high drift, in the middle of a blizzard ? You know they are holding their body heat in very well, just with their hair coat.....Yeah, I blanketed my mare regardless !!!! LOL.....
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
I'm all for blanketing, but yes, horses have a thing called winter coats that keep them warm but blankets are especially useful when it's raining or it you can help keep them cleaner or if it's snowing you can blanket to keep the snow off them
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.
My horses stall is covered, but it’s a “mare motel” style so if it’s rainy or super windy in the winter I’ll throw her one blanket on her and call it good, otherwise she’s got her wonderful coat that ends up covering me head to toe when she sheds outs in spring 😂 (plus she lives in a desert so it’s only cold for one month out of the year anyways haha)
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!
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! 🤣🤣😁
Our old gelding (29), who sadly died this january had many blankets (7 or 8) because he had not that much coat. But 3 of these blankets where fly blankets because of his allergic reactions to fly bites (very big edema). Our ardennes mare (13) has so much fur that she doesnt need it. She has 2 fly masks and thats it. Our newest mare (14) is a half blind comtois with just the bare minimum of muscles. So she spent the last year developing muscles but no real coat. But we think next winter she will have a fur like our other mare. She inherited all the blankets of our gelding but just gets one when the temperatures go under the freezing point. And she has also 2 fly masks.
Where I live we needed to concentrate on blankets in summer to protect the horses from sunburn and being bitten by bloodsucking flies. The blankets are either light canvas or shade cloth material (mesh). They also need mesh fly masks to protect their eyes. It varies in winter. I had two horses at the same time, one of which sweated up so quickly under even a light blanket that he would start to smell mouldy, while the other one shivered, grew furry and lost weight even while wearing his sheepskin-lined blanket
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 😆
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
We’ve never blanketed. The only exception is on older horses who don’t put on a winter coat and are very thin. We went to a barrel show once and our horse was the only one without a blanket. We also keep our horses on pasture year round. They get to hang out in their herd and be horses.
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🤍🤍
@@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.
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
My horse has a sheet and a blanket. There have been days when it's in the 50s and raining when she's shivering, so I'll throw the sheet on her just to keep her dry. Blanket goes on when it starts to get really cold. But, if it warms up, I take it off of her. When I needed a new washer, I got a front loader so I could wash my own blankets. I also do my own repairs. And I use the spray cans of water proofer that's sold in the camping section of Walmart to waterproof it.
A friend of mine has a horse who has to be blanketed, simply because he doesn’t grow a winter coat- at most it will get a tiny bit fuzzy. They think it was due to the fact he was spoiled before they got him, and was blanketed most of the time, so he never really needed to grow a winter coat. Now his hair just lays flat, lol.
Our young and healthy horses just get more hay, no blankets. Their coats are designed better than a blanket to protect them. Our 26 year old has a pretty good winter coat, but we put a winter blanket on him when the windchill gets below 10 degrees. He definitely is happy to get it off when it warms up or the wind dies down.
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.
My TB gelding has to wear heavy coats in winter because he is a big baby haha my mare on the other hand turns into the abominable snowman and shreds any coats I try to put on her lolol
I live in England and most of the time you’ll see most horses on the side of the road with rugs on but, the majority of the rugs are lightweight rain sheets.
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.
I don’t even think my horse knows what a blanket is lol he doesn’t even use his barn even in freezing rain. He has hay 24/7 and gets a good amount of Grain every morning and I’ve never seen him shiver.
When I rode 5-6 days a week all year round I blanketed so they didn't grow a winter coat. Now that I ride on weekends I start to blanket once it's below 50 and rain. Once it's around freezing they will be blanketed until its always above 50 during the day. Rule of thumb I always have 2 of every weight so if one gets torn or whatever there's a back up.
Honestly, I only need to blanket my cob when it goes below 10 degrees. He gets such a thick coat, and where I'm at, it really doesn't get that cold anyway.
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!
Which one are you? 👇🏻
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I blanket.. but only when it gets under 30F 🤣 each of my horses has a winter blanket, and a fly sheet and that’s it lol
The blanket-less one with the wooly mammoth horse lol
HAHAHHAHA
Honestly I’m probably the one with 105 blankets
"She grew disgusting scruffy stuff so I shaved it off." - Literal gold
It’s a winter coat🤣🤣🤣
@@London.Lynn. please don’t explain the jokes, it makes them less funny.
@@London.Lynn. ok, I'm dyanovaheah🤭🤭
@@London.Lynn. Oh, thank you! I thought that might be what it was, but I wasn't sure.
@@liolikesgrass She was just saying... And it helps some people like @catbatrat1760 when they don't get the joke
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
I love when horses grow winter coats and they become fluffs ♥
Oh, me too… hugging them becomes a seriously soothing, warming and fuzzy experience. Specially minis.
Cows do the same thing.
Then the Great Shed Out has you eating that coat in late Spring. 😄
I had an Icelandic. Didn’t own a blanket, because she grew one that was beyond necessary for winter below the artic circle. 😅
Icelandic horses get the fluffiest nicest coats^^ I never blanketed the ones I used to loan either.
In Iceland large groups literally huddle together for insulation in the coldest hours
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!
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!
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haha..i- i dont get it :((
@@yeettherat69420 it is like the lady saying “my horse does’nt need a blanket, he has a winter coat, ever heard of that?” Haha
@@secretsheik346 oh haha! thanks for clearing it up! 😅
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Surprisingly my southern horses do not care about the freezing snow, and their coats are so dang long if you put on a blanket they sweat 🥶
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 😓
@@mya_eq I'm in Canada and I know people who don't blanket. It depends on the horse's breed and how much they are exercised.
How do they feel about 80 degree heat in those coats? We blanket to even out the temperature difference
I would have to say clip your horse because you can't leave their coats on it's not good for them especially because they are athletes
"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!
Just Hay ? Give them some steaks on the side atleast.
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
Somebody walks on your property, you aim a barrel right between their eyes. Does the trick for me. They seem to get the hint.
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 :)
“The extra medium, the medium medium…”
I absolutely love that lol 😂
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 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.
“In fact I use the same blanket for all of my horses,”
The gray horse in the background with a blanket on:
We've all known the "one size fits all" blanket lady. 😂
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.
"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😁😂
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.
I usually do that same thing!! It worked great for me and my horse!
We always have to blanket the usual temperature in winter is -45 -55 with the windchill 👍
We didn't use a rug until we clipped my made, she was sweating every time we rode so everyone agreed it was best
I do the same thing for 3 of my horses but my 4th doesn’t grow a winter coat so she gets blanketed
I do the exact same regimen!
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 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 :)
"The tripledy dipledy heavy heavy" that really cracked me up! 😂
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.
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.
The Triplety diplty heavy and then the doubly doubly heavy 😂😂😂 lol
This is amazing. So true.🤣🤣🤣
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 😭
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!!!
my pampered little King Connectika couldn't possibly make it without blankets... turnouts... coolers... quartersheets... 😆😆😆 that OTTB LYFE lolol
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
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.
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
I have a Chonky draft halflinger and I only blanket him when it is going to reach below 25 overnight
I don't have horse, but I use blankets very often for myself. 😂
My mother is the one who will blanket no matter what. She has haflinger welsh crosses. Those fuzzy buggars are pretty much set of you give them a belly full of hay.
My girl is a high tb content QH, she runs hot. This means she stays warm but uses a lot of calories in the process. It’s much easier to keep weight on her if we blanket.
Our fourth horse is a Lipizzaner TB cross. He just plain freezes. Literally almost froze to death once. He had stopped shivering and was down with no sign of getting up. He probably needs a heavier blanket.
We usually only blanket if it goes to around 28 for more than two or three hours. There’s a lot of factors for us, how cold has it been, is there a chance of rain, wind speed, amount of hay in the barn, if we need to unblanket the next day how early? All sorts of things. If it rains they get blanketed around 35-40 unless they are shivering at higher temps.
We live in Germany and yes, I do blanket my ponies. Why? Because they live in an open stable and I don't want them to stand there with wet, thick winter coat in the heavy wind. So they get a thin rain-sheet on their backs to keep water and wind out. My islandic crossbreed also has a real winter blaket, because at some point during winter I have to clip him, if I want to keep riding and driving him. He get's such a thick winter coat that he's sweating heavily on the warmer days. This year I already had to clip at the beginning of october since his coat was already too thick for the still very warm weather. But since it's not really cold yet, he's still doing fine with the rainsheet. The weather here is really crazy this year and it's still too warm for already being near the end of the year! In the summer I put flysheets on them, because they get very annoyed with all these insects and I even caught them kicking them away this year. But even though I use only two types of blankets (+ the winter one) I own at least 10 of them. Two for every pony, in case something happens to the blanket that can't be fixed right away. Learned my lesson with that.. And I also needed to buy new blankets every year with a still growing pony. Now my younger one is able to wear them out until he's eighter grown out of them too or they are unusable. So far that system is working great, even though I always have the problem that the blankets are to tight for my older ones neck. He just has to much neck and shoulder that's not fitting into the size we need xD
This was hilarious!!! Could you do an update on Kazí?
Our neighbors kidded us about blanketing our horses. Calls it their "jammies". Live in the Pacific Northwest, my horses have more blankets and weights than I do. Wet rain and wind and some stand out in the rain by choice. Also depends of horses age, breed and natural coat. Bless them that they stand quietly getting blanketed as weather changes.
Honestly it depends on the horse, what they are doing, how they cope with their schedule, but mostly it’s up to the rider. A quarter horse that works a ranch I probably wouldn’t blanket if it wasn’t an extreme exigent circumstance, but a show horse who is in extreme work is blanket to hell and back, light, medium, heavy, sheets, coolers, etc. etc. Kensington and back on track for the win.
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!
"These horses are filthy animals" omigod I'm dying! 😅🤣😂
If your horse grows a good, thick, winter coat - and the snow doesn't melt off their back, but just sits there, in a high drift, in the middle of a blizzard ? You know they are holding their body heat in very well, just with their hair coat.....Yeah, I blanketed my mare regardless !!!! LOL.....
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
A rains sheet, a jacket and a cooler for after workouts 😂
I'm all for blanketing, but yes, horses have a thing called winter coats that keep them warm but blankets are especially useful when it's raining or it you can help keep them cleaner or if it's snowing you can blanket to keep the snow off them
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.
My horses stall is covered, but it’s a “mare motel” style so if it’s rainy or super windy in the winter I’ll throw her one blanket on her and call it good, otherwise she’s got her wonderful coat that ends up covering me head to toe when she sheds outs in spring 😂 (plus she lives in a desert so it’s only cold for one month out of the year anyways haha)
OMG I love this video you’re such a good actor do more like this please😂.
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!
THE WAY THE CRAZY LADY TALKS REMINDS ME OF MY OLD INSTRUCTOR TALKS SM IT MAKES ME LAUGH EVERY TIME 🥰
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! 🤣🤣😁
Our old gelding (29), who sadly died this january had many blankets (7 or 8) because he had not that much coat. But 3 of these blankets where fly blankets because of his allergic reactions to fly bites (very big edema). Our ardennes mare (13) has so much fur that she doesnt need it. She has 2 fly masks and thats it. Our newest mare (14) is a half blind comtois with just the bare minimum of muscles. So she spent the last year developing muscles but no real coat. But we think next winter she will have a fur like our other mare. She inherited all the blankets of our gelding but just gets one when the temperatures go under the freezing point. And she has also 2 fly masks.
🤣😂🤣😂 your so good at acting! I would not keep a straight face!
Where I live we needed to concentrate on blankets in summer to protect the horses from sunburn and being bitten by bloodsucking flies. The blankets are either light canvas or shade cloth material (mesh). They also need mesh fly masks to protect their eyes. It varies in winter. I had two horses at the same time, one of which sweated up so quickly under even a light blanket that he would start to smell mouldy, while the other one shivered, grew furry and lost weight even while wearing his sheepskin-lined blanket
The struggle/fight is real 🤣
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 😆
Some of these were pretty funny, good job and keep it up!
I love your videos they make me smile every time I watch them 🤣🐎🐴
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
I never blanket my mare. Live in Florida. Hello! No need to blanket! Soooo, I'm definetly "No Blanket Lady" 😅🤣
We’ve never blanketed. The only exception is on older horses who don’t put on a winter coat and are very thin. We went to a barrel show once and our horse was the only one without a blanket. We also keep our horses on pasture year round. They get to hang out in their herd and be horses.
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 just go from one to two as it gets colder-
This is just perfection, thank you!
I got here 2 mins after it was posted! Love your comedy videos! Yesterday I watched every single comedy video in like 3 hours maybe! Lol
Hahaha that’s awesome thank you! Which one is your favorite?
@@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.
@@GypsyEquestrian I almost forgot one of my favorites! The one upper equestrian! It’s very funny!
I LOVE your videos! They always make me happy!
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
My horse has a sheet and a blanket.
There have been days when it's in the 50s and raining when she's shivering, so I'll throw the sheet on her just to keep her dry.
Blanket goes on when it starts to get really cold. But, if it warms up, I take it off of her.
When I needed a new washer, I got a front loader so I could wash my own blankets. I also do my own repairs. And I use the spray cans of water proofer that's sold in the camping section of Walmart to waterproof it.
the doublety tripity heavy heavy
A friend of mine has a horse who has to be blanketed, simply because he doesn’t grow a winter coat- at most it will get a tiny bit fuzzy. They think it was due to the fact he was spoiled before they got him, and was blanketed most of the time, so he never really needed to grow a winter coat. Now his hair just lays flat, lol.
i only put my horses blanket on when it gets down into the single digits and below 0, i just make sure she has a ton of hay. very relatable!
This is so good. What do you not understand that horse have a winter coat.
When I was a kid, my pony was a real fur ball in the winter so I rode bareback to stay warm.
I love the new Zurreal shirts!
Our young and healthy horses just get more hay, no blankets. Their coats are designed better than a blanket to protect them. Our 26 year old has a pretty good winter coat, but we put a winter blanket on him when the windchill gets below 10 degrees. He definitely is happy to get it off when it warms up or the wind dies down.
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.
My TB gelding has to wear heavy coats in winter because he is a big baby haha my mare on the other hand turns into the abominable snowman and shreds any coats I try to put on her lolol
This video is so perfect, I think that my friend (who has the horses, 16) would be like the lady who believes in just the horse's coat.
They’re filthy animals...c’mon! 😂😂 love it!
Absolutely love the piss take hahah
I love it! You can be a comedian.
This is amazing!!!😂
I live in England and most of the time you’ll see most horses on the side of the road with rugs on but, the majority of the rugs are lightweight rain sheets.
hahaha! 🤣lol I love your Videos!! ❤
This was hilarious! Well done!
“Doubley doopity heavy” 😂
Omgosh...LAUGHING!! So funny! The characters are so like girls I knew!! Those silly barn withces!!
My horse looks like a woolly mammoth in the winter 🤣
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.
I don’t even think my horse knows what a blanket is lol he doesn’t even use his barn even in freezing rain. He has hay 24/7 and gets a good amount of Grain every morning and I’ve never seen him shiver.
When I rode 5-6 days a week all year round I blanketed so they didn't grow a winter coat. Now that I ride on weekends I start to blanket once it's below 50 and rain. Once it's around freezing they will be blanketed until its always above 50 during the day. Rule of thumb I always have 2 of every weight so if one gets torn or whatever there's a back up.
Is there an insta reel ?? Hahahhaa gold!
Your are so funny!!! You are my favorite UA-camr!!
"Doubledy Doupedy Heavy Heavy"
Ah yes. I have that one 😂
🤦♀️ I'm that person with tons of blankets, making sure my girl is warm enough lol
I love how she was trying to be sciencey through the whole video. 🤣🤣🤣
Lol my horse only has a rain sheet and a turnout rug we live in the south so that's all they really need😂
Honestly, I only need to blanket my cob when it goes below 10 degrees. He gets such a thick coat, and where I'm at, it really doesn't get that cold anyway.
In my opinion it depends on the horse/breed. A tb, for example, doesn't grow a good winter coat, so they usually need to be wearing blankets.
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!