Horse rug works like a shield to your horse for the entire year. No matter if it’s a day of hot summer or a rainy day of monsoon if your horse is covered by turnout rugs you can get a kind of relief. Such rugs give full protection to your horse. There are a variety of rugs available in the market. Some of them are best fitted for summer. Some have the special feature of waterproofing that keeps your horse safe during heavy rain or monsoon. But getting fitted your horse in a rug is a tough job. Sometimes the size of a rug doesn’t match the size of your horse and from here the dilemma gets started. Your horse can feel an excessive level of irritation if the rug’s size doesn’t match with your horse’s size. Here are some tips that can help you to find the exact size of rug that will be best fitted on your horse.

Assess your horse’s size

Before buying any rug your job would be taking a tape and measuring the exact size of your horse. Measuring your horse size is not so difficult. All you need to do is start measuring from the chest portion of your horse and stop on the portion of leg. When you know the exact size of your horse it would be easier for you to pick turnout  according to your horse’s size.

Check whether the rug fits on shoulders or not

While buying a rug for your horse always make sure it fits the horse’s shoulders unless your horse wouldn’t be able to move freely. If the rug fits all over the shoulder you can take it into consideration. The rug that doesn’t cover the shoulders well should be considered the wrong rug with wrong size.

Pick the rug according to measured size

A shop owner specifies the sizes of every rug. So while buying that one rug try to match it with the measured size of your horse. If you like rugs but that doesn’t fit the measured size leave it, it’s not the right one. If shop owners provide a return policy bring the rug to your home and make your horse wear the rug. If you see its fitting well you got the right size.

All the above three tips are the most easy and recommended ways to have an idea about the right size of your horse’s rug. Also, any one old used rug that fits your horse perfectly can be your saviour while buying a new one.