| Horse blankets are pretty handy to have around | | | | not have to run out at the first drop of rain to |
| a stable, but not essential for every horse owner. | | | | change blankets. |
| A standard horse blanket is used to keep a horse | | | | If your horse is stabled, a single warm blanket will |
| warm and or protected from wind and other | | | | suffice. If you buy a light blanket, he may get too |
| elements. | | | | cold and his natural response is to grow thick |
| A horse blanket fits around the horse's body | | | | fluffy hair and look like a teddy bear. Most horse |
| from chest to rump, straps cross underneath the | | | | owners prefer to deter this response and blanket |
| belly and fasten the blanket securely. Most | | | | their horse. If you buy a thick warm blanket you |
| blankets have buckles in the front, today there | | | | need to monitor its use. |
| are blankets that can be slipped over the horses | | | | Temperatures drop at night; if you blanket your |
| head. Some blankets also have small straps that | | | | horse with a horse blanket for severe cold |
| loop around the horse's hind legs which. This helps | | | | temperatures in the early evening, you are going |
| the blanket from slipping sideways. | | | | to have an uncomfortable horse. Your horse |
| Horse blankets are designed according to there | | | | most likely will be too hot and start to sweat. |
| use. You can buy a single horse blanket and be | | | | When the temperatures drop, he stops sweating, |
| content with that, or you could have several and | | | | but has cold sweat to deal with and a wet |
| use all of them in a single day. Before buying a | | | | blanket. If anything the blanket in this case is |
| horse blanket consider its purpose. I strongly | | | | useless. |
| suggest you take into consideration who exactly | | | | However if your horse has been clipped, in cold or |
| is going to be responsible for putting on and taking | | | | even cool weather he is going to need more than |
| off the blanket. | | | | a simple warm blanket to provide insulation that |
| I can not recount how many dollars and pounds I | | | | his hair coat would have done. |
| have seen wasted in a stable yard on horse | | | | Besides protecting your horse from weather |
| blankets. I have worked in the USA and UK with | | | | elements, there are blankets to protect from flies |
| horses and I still shake my head in disbelief at the | | | | and gnats which are useful. A cooler or a sweat |
| countless times a day I would have to change a | | | | sheet is another blanket that is highly |
| blanket on a single horse - to suit the owner. | | | | recommended for a horse owner. This blanket |
| Have you ever stopped to consider how your | | | | allows your horse to cool down and dry after |
| horse feels? | | | | being washed or exercised, but protects from |
| A horse blanket should be versatile enough that it | | | | draughts or chills. |
| keeps your horse protected in cold weather. If | | | | Horse blankets have various designs and uses. |
| your horse lives out in a pasture and is not | | | | You can buy several or you can buy one, only |
| stabled, you ought to buy a blanket that is well | | | | make sure that the blanket best suits your |
| insulated to keep him warm. The blanket should | | | | horses needs. You can then choose any color to |
| also be waterproof, that way you or grooms do | | | | your liking, provided they are made in that color. |