Recent content by Lüsi

She is 18 now. But it's not the age what made her problems. She has had laminitis before but was stable all the last years. The long journey might have contributed to her having it acute again. When she was taken to the equine hospital she went in the small van-type vehicle with a deep...

that is strange... mine had hay all the way (we've given enough small bales of our own hay with the transport to make sure they had the fodder they were used to for the journey). Due to some circumstances (moving house between Germany and UK) there have been some delays in getting the stable...

thanks for all the recommendations... Gillies have transported my horses meanwhile from Germany to Orkney and they have done a brilliant job. Although some of my horses were not really cooperative the drivers were very patient with them.

does anybody know a good livery stable near the equine hospital (vet school) Edinburgh? My pony mare will have some surgery performed next week and according to the vets she will need afterwards 2 - 3 month box rest with deep bedding. We live in Orkney so I am not familiar with the region...

get an old laundry cauldron... two bricks of coal and the water doesn't freeze for 24 hours even in really cold weather. We had -17° last night and the "warmest" at lunchtime was -10.5°. There is only some smoke when you heat it for the first time, later the coal is just smouldering so no...

thanks for all the recommendations! Gillies so far gave the best impression. But now I've got to go outside... checking the rugs etc. was -17° last night deep down in Bavaria and horses and goats need to wear rugs...

does anybody have experiences with very long distance transports? We will move from Germany (near Munich) to Orkney with 8 horses/ponies (+ 2 cows + 2 pygmy goats). I have contacted some transport companies so far and it looks as if either Eric Gillie or Gavin Jamieson will transport my...