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Re: [RC] [RC] Run-in Sheds - rides2farGee, Ange... didn't you know I was referring to the subjective interpretation of shivering in equine vs humanoid species? Yeah, probably sounded abrupt since I'm wanting to kill my 20 year old daughter at the present moment and I checked mail to keep myself from physical violence. >g< I've had horses 36 years, kept them unblanketed in temps below zero at times, but have only seen my horses shiver a handful of times *ever*. I have never gone out to feed on a cold winter evening to see the crowd standing around shivering. The very few times I saw them shiver they were definately uncomfortable and I did something about it. A horse's hair does a good job of protecting them so long as it's dry or the wind isn't blowing *extremely* hard with no wind block. No, horses didn't evolve with dens to get into, but the did have herds to huddle with and the ability to move to protected ground during storms...and of course nature used that survival of the fittest thing to weed them out and I don't think that's something we want going on in our field. :-) Incidentally, one of the times I had a horse shiver was at the Biltmore ride this May. This was a horse who had been outside all winter with no blankets, no problems, but it rained hard all night with him tied unblanketed (because he'd never had one on and wouldn't allow us to put it on) and he got chilled. I doubt it was below 55 degrees but he was thoroughly soaked and tied so he couldn't move around. He was definately uncomfortable (shaking like a leaf) and unlike the night before he decided a blanket wasn't the worst thing that could happen to him. :-) I very seldom blanket horses at home, but I do provide wind block & shelter which they voluntarily get into. Angie =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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