Blanket Question

[lbanimals]

Foxy is not impressed by all this blanket nonsense.



The mid weight (210-220 g fill) seems to fit her much better than the thinner sheets. Plus its a pretty color ;D



I will look into getting a different light weight sheet but I think this mid weight sheet will be okay. That helps if I only have to buy a single blanket.....I'm pretty sure the light weight sheet will get the most use of all so I will have to shop around good for a better one. And I can always layer either over this jersey blanket I have for her as well, if needed.

I retaped her tonight and came up with a 78" measurement. I will try again tomorrow. I could not find a tape and so used a weight tape....sort of



So, here is my next question

What temperatures do you use to know which blanket to use? I swear I saw a list somewhere but not sure where.

Like, right now it is supposed to be 39 tonight.......I have the lined but no fill turnout on her. I assume when it goes down in the 20-30 at night (or less) she should be in the mid weight?

She was very warm under that blanket tonight when I tried it on her.....I don't think she is COLD under the thin one, but probably not toasty in these temps.

My neighbor blankets during winter and does not have their horse blanketed yet....Ms Foxy was not blanketed at all last winter and was turned out (for a couple hours) in 20 degree weather, snow, etc.....I have blanketed her before but more for convenience than necessity.

[hooti4me]

That looks like a pretty nice blanket, what is that?

I'll blanket my ponies if its under 30 degrees, pending on they're winter coat, health of the animal...etc. That being said, I am really not sure if i'll blanket my horses this year. My arab usually has enough hair for 4 horses, and my new WB hair is getting thicker by the day. Believe it or now, horses are ideal at 40 degrees. I would be too, if I had all that hair.
I think people tend to over due blanketing, if the horse is healthy, good winter coat, let them be a horse... just my opinion of course. I did blanket my arab last year, as he was all alone, and would prefer to stand out in the wind, rain, snow..etc. just to be next to the neighbor's fence/horses. Alot of people also blanket for the convience of having a clean horse, I can't say I blame them there.

[lbanimals]

Ms Foxy refuses to use her shelter. She wants to stay at the front of the yard where she can see the neighbor's horse and donkey, and so is out in the weather all the time. She was not blanketed at all last winter.....as she was stalled over half the time (at night and in any serious weather) as of a few weeks ago.....so she is behind on the hair growth! When it was raining and windy she was shivering.....and the other night when I pulled her blanket off for a few minutes to look underneath she was shivering......and it still dropped another 10 degrees-ish after that.

Today is warm so she is out enjoying the nice weather....blanketwise I don't really care if she is clean as she is not rideable and just stands around eating me out of house and home and destroying my yard. Although it sure is convenient to have her all nice and sparkling underneath.

That blanket is a McAlister...I bought it on Ebay a couple years ago. It seems to fit her well so I am considering buying the lightweight version of that same as well. Not too expensive but seems pretty nice. And at least I know it fits her.....