Country moving!! :D

[TuscanBunnyGirl]

Hello wise HHO-ers!!

Hope all are well!

Right, so my grey mare is coming to le England!

I have a livery space at my college for her so she'll be travelling to the UK beginning of October from Italy. Very excited indeed.

So..any advice on helping her settle in etc?

 

[Princess Jess]

Brilliant news, I'm sure she'll love it her!
I've never moved a horse to a different country before so no real advice other than to try to keep her routine as similar as possible and give her plenty of time to settle in

 

[texenstar]

Hi, I flew my horse over from Dubai. Because it was such a long trip he lost quite a lot of weight and I got up in the middle of the night the first night he arrived to check he was ok but after that I let him go into the field and just monitered his behaviour. Luckily there were no problems Though he did end up getting mud fever and he was very cold for the first month (a bit of a temperature and climate difference!)

He was fine, however, just me being very cautious

I'm sure your horse will do well

 

[Nicnac]

Who is travelling your horse over? I may just contact them and change delivery address to me

Seriously, I moved 2 horses over from Belgium from livery yard to home in England and just tried to keep their routine as similar as possible in terms of feeding/turnout/work as much as I could and changed slowly to what suited my life. It was late September/early October when they arrived here, but similar weather patterns as I am in South East.

Your girl may be a bit chilly when she gets here so look out for loss of condition so you can adjust feeding/rugging before she loses too much.

Enjoy!

 

[TuscanBunnyGirl]

Brilliant news, I'm sure she'll love it her!
I've never moved a horse to a different country before so no real advice other than to try to keep her routine as similar as possible and give her plenty of time to settle in

Thanks i really hope so, she's used to being out 24/7 and at uni they only do from 8-3 turnout..hope she settles down x

Hi, I flew my horse over from Dubai. Because it was such a long trip he lost quite a lot of weight and I got up in the middle of the night the first night he arrived to check he was ok but after that I let him go into the field and just monitered his behaviour. Luckily there were no problems Though he did end up getting mud fever and he was very cold for the first month (a bit of a temperature and climate difference!)

He was fine, however, just me being very cautious

I'm sure your horse will do well

Wow Dubai! how lovely!
yes I think I will be a bit paranoid to start with
It'll only do her good to drop some weight..the fat moose
the temprature has already started to drop here quite a bit which I think might be a blessing in disguise. she's lived out in the mountains of north tuscany all year without a rug so hoping the drop won't be so bad.
Thanks for your advice

Who is travelling your horse over? I may just contact them and change delivery address to me

Seriously, I moved 2 horses over from Belgium from livery yard to home in England and just tried to keep their routine as similar as possible in terms of feeding/turnout/work as much as I could and changed slowly to what suited my life. It was late September/early October when they arrived here, but similar weather patterns as I am in South East.

Your girl may be a bit chilly when she gets here so look out for loss of condition so you can adjust feeding/rugging before she loses too much.

Enjoy!

Haha after today, you are welcome to her!!

It's going to be such a change for her, I'm really worried that she's going to hate it
At the moment, she's on adlib hay and 24/7 turnout. but at uni she'll be haynetted and only get turnout from 8-3.. and her whole world is going to be turned upside down bless her

I'm hoping that weather won't be so bad for her as she lives out all year without a rug in the mountains. I think I might leave her coat on this winter and see how she copes
Thanks for your advice! x

 

[Honey08]

From what I remember, North Tuscan winters were cold but a lot dryer than UK wet windy ones - even our summer has been worse this year! Just have a good waterproof rug ready. Play it by ear and just see how she goes on. I bet she will be fine. A girl on our italian yard brought her eventer out from England and it was fine, no adjusting at all - it was just at hacking up terraced mountains after Surrey!!

 

[Nicnac]

As it's currently 25 deg c in South East and expected to remain at 25+ for next few days; you'll probably have to clip her if mountains are cold already in Tuscany - bloody typical!