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SarahEsen
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OK guys - I need your help on this....
My colt lives out 24/7 at the moment with a warm, waterproof turnout blanket every night.
He has bigs trees in the land and a shelter if he wishes to use them.
Anyway, we are having torrential rain at the moment and the land is getting quite muddy. Anyway he is warm and happy and prefers to stay in the rain with his blanket although he has muddy feet.
Anyway, the measures I am taking for this is washing off the mud daily and then greasing his hooves and legs daily to prevent any mud fever or hoof problems. He is happy and free to roam.
We are planning on building a stable once the weather ceases, but in the meantime my in-laws are making a fuss about the mud. They want to tie him up and make him stand 24/7 on a 2 x 1.5 metre patch of bare, uneven concrete patch of floor with a goat until the rain stops! They are saying that the mud is really bad for the animals and that horses shouldnt be in the rain.
I personally would rather turn him out in a bit of mud and rain than make him stand on the small concrete area my in-laws want.
Please help me on this and give me your opinions because I need my husband to read this and see that Im not being a fussy British woman.
I live in Turkey where the standards for looking after the animals are so
low. I would rather let my colt be free in some mud than make him stand on bare concrete until the rain stops.
To give you an example of how the animals are looked after here, the neighbour here ties up his 22 year old mare in a windy, bare concrete floor 'barn'. She has no water, she is tied up on half a metre of rope, she cannot lie down. She is standing in her own manure and urine next to cows.
Plus she has this 'headcollar' type thing which is wrapped around her neck at the throat. It really is appalling.
My colt lives out 24/7 at the moment with a warm, waterproof turnout blanket every night.
He has bigs trees in the land and a shelter if he wishes to use them.
Anyway, we are having torrential rain at the moment and the land is getting quite muddy. Anyway he is warm and happy and prefers to stay in the rain with his blanket although he has muddy feet.
Anyway, the measures I am taking for this is washing off the mud daily and then greasing his hooves and legs daily to prevent any mud fever or hoof problems. He is happy and free to roam.
We are planning on building a stable once the weather ceases, but in the meantime my in-laws are making a fuss about the mud. They want to tie him up and make him stand 24/7 on a 2 x 1.5 metre patch of bare, uneven concrete patch of floor with a goat until the rain stops! They are saying that the mud is really bad for the animals and that horses shouldnt be in the rain.
I personally would rather turn him out in a bit of mud and rain than make him stand on the small concrete area my in-laws want.
Please help me on this and give me your opinions because I need my husband to read this and see that Im not being a fussy British woman.
I live in Turkey where the standards for looking after the animals are so
low. I would rather let my colt be free in some mud than make him stand on bare concrete until the rain stops.
To give you an example of how the animals are looked after here, the neighbour here ties up his 22 year old mare in a windy, bare concrete floor 'barn'. She has no water, she is tied up on half a metre of rope, she cannot lie down. She is standing in her own manure and urine next to cows.
Plus she has this 'headcollar' type thing which is wrapped around her neck at the throat. It really is appalling.