Find me a pony please HHOers...

Patterdale said:
Don’t stress, a few days in a stable isn’t ideal but won’t kill him. I wouldn’t go yourself, the ferry is expensive and it’s a long tiring drive, he’ll travel better in a massive lorry and he’d probably be on his way before you were sorted and there.

Annoying, but nowt you can do.
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It might well be a week though!

V annoying.
 
I’m sure it will be fine but if i was able to pick him up myself sharpish, I’d do that myself! Means you can care for him on the journey and the uk leg. Road trip?!
 
Bernster said:
I’m sure it will be fine but if i was able to pick him up myself sharpish, I’d do that myself! Means you can care for him on the journey and the uk leg. Road trip?!
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It would certainly make his journey a lot shorter anyway, not ruling it out but I love a road trip ;;)

Edited am ruling it out- 500 quid!
 
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just make sure he is being fed and watered otherwise you might get a sick pony delivered , one that came to my yard from ireland arrived very ill and dehydrated and cost quite a bit in vets fees before he was right as he ended up with ulcers. and he didnt have them when he went there 2 months before...
 
splashgirl45 said:
just make sure he is being fed and watered otherwise you might get a sick pony delivered , one that came to my yard from ireland arrived very ill and dehydrated and cost quite a bit in vets fees before he was right as he ended up with ulcers. and he didnt have them when he went there 2 months before...
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Common practice not to give them water :(
 
Feeling much better now, lovely chap is on his way to pick Bear up from the other transporters (who in total fairness have been very good in many ways despite not actually managing to ship the pony, even ringing the seller to check whether he'd been on a horse walker before etc and refusing to take any money for 2 nights stabling- they are more than happy for him to be taken off their hands as it's going to be so long now until they have another load).

I am meeting him at Chobham services early Sunday morning, not ideal but my only option to get him on that lorry. I picked Boggle up from Chievely services!!

I do feel very bad for poor Bear who will be spending another night somewhere else, given he's never left the place he was born before now. I hope he doesn't arrive too traumatized :(

Photos when I have them..
 
SpringArising said:
He won't be traumatised. I've shipped a few to/from distances far lengthier than Ireland and they've all come off the lorry in one piece. Exciting times!
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Yes, it’s not the journey length of the journey, it’s the fact he will have gone to two different yards within the space of days and multiple different trips. Not exactly ideal for any young horse, and you do often see them come off quite shell shocked.
I’m sure he will be absolutely fine but it’s not ideal for him to have had four nights mucking around.
 
AShetlandBitMeOnce said:
Wow!! The shine on his coat is amazing. Is he just that way as you feed him well or do you enlist the help of any products?

Good luck on the arrival of Bear, not long now!
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He was fed equerry conditioning mash at max rates when hunting/working hard as he does drop off. Now he’s just on a bit of high fibre mash. This was him at his shiniest- totally ungroomed.
Never use any products on his coat, just mane and tail.


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Try not to worry about Bear. DP was 3 when he came over from Germany, he was separated from his sister who he had been with from birth, put on a transporter and then carted through Europe and Southern England staying in three different overnight places before being delivered to me and he took it all in his stride. Walked off the lorry full of curiosity and needing to learn a new language because my German is pretty rubbish ?
 
Lindylouanne said:
Try not to worry about Bear. DP was 3 when he came over from Germany, he was separated from his sister who he had been with from birth, put on a transporter and then carted through Europe and Southern England staying in three different overnight places before being delivered to me and he took it all in his stride. Walked off the lorry full of curiosity and needing to learn a new language because my German is pretty rubbish ?
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That makes me feel much better! ? xx
 
I get a few from Ireland and I find the younger ones tend to come off the box less shell shocked than the older ones! I’ve had 2 4 year olds and they just accepted it. Hacked lightly with a friend the next day and that’s it, into a routine quite happily. They are generally quite mouldable if that’s even a word!
 
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