rug ripping

[Adrian]

i have a 8 yr old warmblood stallion that i show jump (1.45m) . he gets through 1 rug a week . does anyone know of a really ripproof rug?... please!!!

 

[tapeworm]

I used to have ajumper....probably a little different than yours though.LOL
Mine jumped ever time he came to water...didnt matter how deep or how wide. Thats fine as long as its something he needed to jump across...but if it was someting he could slip through and never get over his fetlocks he still jumped. Wading deep? still jumped!!! How about 15 feet across? still jumped....10 feet deep? he could swim like hell -but only after he jumped off in it.LOL That sucker would jump into a rain puddle if you had on good boots or new spur leathers.LOL


Did I say he could swim??? He could swim forever...but at some point when he got back on his feet in shallow water he was gonna lay down with you....especially if you had stood up in the saddle and your chinks were still dry!!!!! 110 degrees? lay down. 25 degrees? lay down!!! He'd usually stay like that until you shinnied up his neck and got a mouthful of right ear...then he'd get up shake off and go on forever. Sure do miss him

 

[Adrian]

think some of that water must have been contaminated!!! :roll:

 

[farmermike]

what do you mean by rug?

something on the floor or something on the horse (my english is not that good)

 

[CattleAnnie]

Hi FarmerMike,
Also known as horseblanket. Most cover the horse from the withers to the tail head and are fastened with a strap under the girth and two more straps crossed between hind legs buckling under the flank.

Too many makes and models too list.

Take care.

 

[Adrian]

i get the basics but this horse rips rugs/blankets for fun. so far this winter he has shreeded 25!!! at 100 pounds each :shock: . if he was no good as a jumper id leave him naked !!! :shock:

 

[fellersbarnoneranch]

Could you put some kind of muzzle on him to keep him from ripping them up?

 

[farmermike]

nothing u can do, it's common for stalions to do that. What we do is use the old and worn out blankets on the stallions, and we haven't had a destructive one in years, so we're lucky there.

the only way to make him stop is by rubbing the blanket with something with a foul taste, like Campher spiritus. but only rub it on the outside, otherwise the horse will warm up too much

 

[Adrian]

have tried all sorts of bad taste type remodies but he seemsto have no sense of whats bad and whats not but i will try the stuff you recommended . thanks

 

[Adrian]

would be a good idea with most but this horse can take muzzles off !!! i have tried .thanks anyway .

 

[TR]

Place I worked at one time had a stud that would rip holes in his sides......sort of like the blanket ripping, only he did it to himself. Sad story really. Apparently they got him from somewhere that had kept him in a stall for about 5 yrs of his life. The only time he was taken out was to breed a few mares a year, and then he went right back in his stall. So, he was a bit neurotic, to put it mildly. In any event, they put a neck cradle on him to stop him from reaching his head around to bite himself. I've seen them listed in the catalogues....jeffers, Valley Vet, and I think American Livestock too.

Maybe you can enlighten me, as I'm also not quite sure what his jumping ability has to do with him wearing a blanket or not. I don't know very much about jumpers, but I wouldn't think that wearing a blanket or not would affect his performance. If its the length of his coat you're concerned about, maybe try lights and a heat lamp in his stall to help keep it shorter? Best of luck with him, he sounds like a handful!

 

[Adrian]

that is the best idea so far as i dont want to put him in a craddle will look into lights today . thanks

 

[Gale Seddon]

There's a product called "Whoa" -- it's a horrible tasting spray that we put on our donkeys' tails to keep the other donkeys from nibbling at them. You say you've tried some foul-tasting things and they don't work, but you might give this a try. (It's so bad that even after washing your hands several times, you can't eat a sandwich without tasting it! Yuck!) It's available from:

http://www.exodusbreeders.com

 

[tapeworm]

think some of that water must have been contaminated!!! :roll:

Why???

 

[tmboracles]

I'm new to this so I didn't realize this went worldwide!
My wife used to live in a small town in Maine, where we met. :heart:
She had the that same problem. She would buy a new blanket for her horse, only to have him and the other horses play tug of war with it. :x
In that same town was a woolen mill Know Woolen Mill. She went to the mill foreman and inquired about the quality and strength of thier product. Satisfied enought to try, she purchased some wool felt and made a blanket herself. 8)
To her great delite the horses tried, but they could not rip that blanket! :lol:
I don't know how industrious you are or even if you can get any wool felt, it may be worth your while.

 

[Alan]

You may also try something to keep him from being bored. If I know warmbloods well enough 8 is still makes your stallion a youngster, let alone being a stallion. We put a couple of toys in the stalls with our horses, never had the problem with blankets, but it sure saved the walls. Many different toys out there but some simple ones you can make/get yourself, ie; a plastic milk jug with rocks in it, a plastic or hard rubber traffic cones. Ours like a "Jolly ball" a hard rubber ball with a handle the horses can grab. My 2 yr. old stallion (2 on Jan 1) will throw his ball out the stall window or over the stall wall into the geldings stall. I have to pick it up a couple times a day but I know he's using it. This with a good "no chew" spray on the blanket may help.

More turn out time may help also.

Good luck

Alan