Do you think moving George again so soon will be ok?

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There is now a definate vacancy on the yard that I really like that rarely has vacancies
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I am going for one more look round on Thurs but I am 95% sure I am going to go for it. BUT I am really worried about moving George again
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we lasted at our first yard for 5 mths, oh and guess what we've been at the current one for 5mths - is George going to get really stressed and unsettled with me moving him again so soon
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He is quite laid back, but he does get a bit anxious about new routines.

I wouldn't be going but our yard is under offer as our YO has cancer
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and we've no idea what the new people will be like. Boy I am I going to hate telling my lovely YO that I'm going
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I guess I just want reassurance that I'm not doing something dreadful.

Thanks
 
Did he cope well with the last couple of moves?

If it makes you feel better, my girl has had 4 homes in the space of 13months!
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She has settled well at each place and our latest move was just this weekend! She moved there on Saturday afternoon, was a bit shouty on Sunday, but happy to go to field to munch all day and since then, you'd never know she hadn't been on the yard years.
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I think it helps that I am a constant, and we have a good bond, so she can trust me and that I wouldn't ask her to do something horrible. I'm sure George will be the same- as long as you're there showing him it's ok, he'll settle in and be fine.

It sounds like you really want to go to the new yard, so go for it.
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I remember your previous post about the new yard, and it sounded really good, with more turnout etc.
By now, you will have a much stronger bond with George, so as long as you are there for him everyday with your normal routine, and with you being calm and relaxed, I am sure he wont get too stressed.
Also, I am sure your present YO will want you to be settled somewhere you are both happy.
You will both be fine.
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Good luck.
 
the first move was when I bought him and he settled in just like that, even with me not really knowing what I was doing, but the routine at that yard was very set.

When we moved to my current yard it took him a month to settle, but the routine is very flexible and he was on individual turnout.

At the new yard he will be back on small group (3) turnout and a consistent routine.
 
I would take the opportunity to move. If you really like the new place, but don't move, and then find that the new regime at your existing place doesn't suit you, you'll kick yourself! The most important thing in Georges life sounds like it's you - and providing you are relaxed with him he should be fine!
 
As you say this yard rarely has vacancies so go for it before it's too late!! I'm sure George will be fine, especially as you've had him a while now. Good luck
 
When you say it took him a month to settle at your current yard, what exactly do you mean? Was he literally climbing the walls and very distressed, or was he just a bit tense/anxious/excited?

Unless he is seriously distressed by moving, I would say move to this yard while you have the chance - sounds as though you might have to move anyway if current yard is taken over, so best to do it now when you have a really good place to move to.
 
oh no he wasn't climbing the walls or anything, he was just a bit tense/anxious/fidgety - just not the usual laid back George! He just seemed to be confused by the new routine and got flustered every time a horse was turned out and he wasn't. He was also fine to ride within 3-4 days, I'm getting myself worked up about nothing aren't I?
 
GG If it is any consolation to you think of all the competition horses that move around constantly, mostly involving long journeys on a box to & from each new venue. Some are even having to fly to comps. The point of me mentioning this is simply horses do cope, especially if you keep them in a routine. Our horses dont even bother whinnying when they arrive at a new venue, it's just a way of life. With practice they do adapt. I think he will be fine.
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I absolutely agree!! In an ideal world I would love Fred to stay with his friends in his lovely field forever but I feel like the most horrific owner of all time!! I took him to North West Scotland from Cornwall thinking the grass was greener and now i'm taking him back to Cornwall because I really know the grass is greener
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I do feel dreadful but he arrived fine and i'm hoping he will arrive fine once again
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I do worry because now I feel like a total cow bag but atleast he will be with his mum
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Do you think it would help him if I took his buddy with him??? Not that it's an option yet but I can always ask
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I made mine undergo a 26 hour journey to scandinavia during which time he refused point blank to eat or drink and had to go on a rather choppy sea crossing ;p

He then went from daily turnout to absolutly zero and hes coped.

Hes soon moving again.. much shorter journey but again, the routine change will be quite huge.

Moving is stressful for many horses, mine certainly took a while to settle but sadly its life. While the ideal would be not to move them around to much, the reality is rather different. He'll be fine and you'll be kicking yourself if you dont take this decision now when the chances are you'll need to move anyway somewhere down the line. Your YO will understand.
 
Show him the way and im sure you will be fine, and will be thinking of you in sunday.. Wish i was going to be there
 
George will be fine, move to the new yard and enjoy yourself. You will probably find that when you move you will be so pleased and relaxed that you have done it that it will communication to G .
 
If it's any consolation, it looks like I'm moving mine after only two months at my current place. My shettie keeps breaking out, despite all the eleccy fencing and he could wander out onto the bridleway if he goes through one more electric fence, so I will probably take up the offer of a little field nearer home. Like you, I've been agonising over it, but I think horses that move a lot cope better with changes of scenery, as do competition horses and those that go away for schooling.
 
I think George will be fine, and the fact he's got friends to go out with at the new yard will hopefully mean he'll find it preferable. Also, you'll be less anxious about getting turfed off your current yard by the new owners, which might rub off on him.

Twiglet is a far more stressy type than George and he's been moved around the country dozens of times, and seems no worse for it. I coudn't believe how quickly he settled into our current yard - within a couple of days it was like he'd been there all his life.
They're more adaptable than we give them credit for I think.

I'm going to try and pop in and see some of the IBRC dressage on Sunday - let me know when you've got your times
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You know what I think.
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There is a very good routine & both mine settled in straight away. We'll make you & George feel very welcome & he may end up out with Q, who'll be delighted to have a nice, new & friendly field mate
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Twiglet - I may see you Sunday to, if you come to writtle. I'm taking spider out for his first party since his op. I'll be the tall girl, on the tall piebald who'll be coughing (although hopefully not too much
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I'm on at 9.15 & 10am (Yes i know time aren't given out till tomorrow, but i'm on the committee!!
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YOu will love it and george will settle in really well if you are going where Q and spider is. The yard is very organised so he will be a happy boy,

good luck

Ship settled really well to his new move and loves the new yard and I get to ride him loads more unfortunitally not gonig on sunday as i m at a car show with other half (much prefer dressage but have to keep him happy)
 
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Twiglet - I may see you Sunday to, if you come to writtle. I'm taking spider out for his first party since his op. I'll be the tall girl, on the tall piebald who'll be coughing (although hopefully not too much
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I'm on at 9.15 & 10am (Yes i know time aren't given out till tomorrow, but i'm on the committee!!
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Well best of luck - don't think I'll be there that early unfortunately as need to get my jobs done and try and brave hacking Twiglet for the first time in about 6 weeks - eeeek!! He's been off work since early Jan and am just bringing him back now, so am going to force myself over the park this weekend
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Hope it goes well for you and Spider
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I would move if this is the yard for you and as you say the current yard is looking uncertain for the future.

Maybe I am lucky but all mine just get on with it and they all have. Delia was a little stressy when I got her for the first two months but she had been at the same home for 16 years since the age of 6 months. I just gave her some steady up and she soon settled. After that every time she moved she was fine as she knew me by then and was used to having changes.

Stinky is great - I take him to shows and he just goes into his stable at the venue and eats his grub and settles. Only thing he does is to give me a big neigh when I come to the stable.

Hopefully this will be the last move for a while and you both will soon settled in and be fine.
 
He will be fine. If you really like the yard, and the future on yours is uncertain, I would move him.

I moved my Welshy loads of times while I had him - at first yard about 7 months, second about a year, then I moved to the SE and had him there a year. Put him on loan and he was only there a couple of weeks (long story!), came back to me and was still chilled out, and then a month later went to another home where he is 6 months down the line. He's never bothered about moving TBH.

If you're worried then put him on a calmer to chill him out a bit.
 
I would move, it is not as if you are a serial Yard hopper., and if things are looking uncertain at the current yard and you have been on a waiting list for the new Yard ( does any of that make sense??)then what are you waiting for.... just try and keep things constant for george and you will be fine
 
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oh no he wasn't climbing the walls or anything, he was just a bit tense/anxious/fidgety - just not the usual laid back George! He just seemed to be confused by the new routine and got flustered every time a horse was turned out and he wasn't. He was also fine to ride within 3-4 days, I'm getting myself worked up about nothing aren't I?

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Omigod - by those standards my horse has still not settled in his new yard and he's been there over a year! (I'm kidding - he's just a natural-born-fidget and generally excitable sort of chap, but is v happy in his 'new' home. It was a while before he stopped cartwheeling round his box, wall-climbing, shouting, and generally being a drama-queen, though - and he still does this at the slightest provocation LOL!)

Seriously, though, I think you are worrying unnecessarily, and George will be fine in the nice new yard you've chosen for him.
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