How to Choose & Use Horse Blankets : Tips for Purchasing a Winter Horse Blanket

[hrsngarnd]

It is true that it's better for them to grow a healthy long furry coat and fight off the effects of weather by themselves.

The difference is animals that may (for various reasons) have a compromised immune system. Age, illness, quality of feed all are factors that can affect a horses' ability to fight off the cold (and endure summer heat). I blanket my old paint mare, her pink skin under her white coat is very sensitive, the rest of them handle winter just fine on their own.

[devildogtigress]

sk8erdevil5 - but after domestication, and selective and inbreeding, not all breeds can handle the winter. Many breeds are still hardy enough to survive, but we've taken them out of the wild, we've been selectivly breeding them for traits other than hardiness, In the wild, horses who genetically don't grow a good coat will die and their genetic line will end. This isn't the case w/ domestic horses, so we have horses who wouldn't make it in the wild.

[sk8erdevil5]

all im saying is that horses really don't need blankets they survived for years without them the could handle 35 below zero and they are fine im not judging anyone its just my opinion

[delkolver2]

lol i have that one!

[TheLonelyDarkRose]

wow what a shiny well behaved horse LOL

[sk8erdevil5]

let them have natural winter coats dont use blankets

[delkolver2]

I dont believe in that