PaulnasherryRocky
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I'd been tentatively looking for a nice ready to back 4 or 5 year old, so the obvious choice was to put a deposit down on this 9 month old chap.
Meet Peregrina Chingolo (Falco for short), he is a Criollo X TB by Arrayan Numa and I can't wait to bring him home after he has been geldded (Probably about May will be collection day!)
Naturally, i'm full on questions already with him being my first youngster -
1. What level of vetting does a yearling require? I was planning to just ask vet to check eyes & heart before commencing with the castration, which I thought was essentially all a 2 stage vetting did - would a 2 stage vetting do anything more? (obviously I would pay for the extra checks)
2. When i pick him up, my yard will be on 24/7 turnout - perfect. However from October, we usually have to bring in at night - would bringing a youngster in at night for 6 months of the year be detrimental to their growth? (He would be in from 7pm - 7:30am) I was considering sending him to a friends 24/7 turnout over the winter months, but then worried that moving him from herd to herd might be more stressful then just coming in at night with my other horse and being stabled next to him (They can groom eachother over the stable wall)
Are there any studies (and links to them) that cover horse health & strength comparing youngsters who are in at night, and youngsters who are out all the time? I can be flexible with it, i'm just not sure if i'm already over thinking it and should just see how he gets on nearer the time! To be honest, with my current horse already having arthirtus it might be worth considering moving them both to 24/7 turnout...
I'm looking forward to learning a whole new side of horsemanship with this one, and my current horse Rocky will hopefully teach him how to be a complete dude!
Meet Peregrina Chingolo (Falco for short), he is a Criollo X TB by Arrayan Numa and I can't wait to bring him home after he has been geldded (Probably about May will be collection day!)
Naturally, i'm full on questions already with him being my first youngster -
1. What level of vetting does a yearling require? I was planning to just ask vet to check eyes & heart before commencing with the castration, which I thought was essentially all a 2 stage vetting did - would a 2 stage vetting do anything more? (obviously I would pay for the extra checks)
2. When i pick him up, my yard will be on 24/7 turnout - perfect. However from October, we usually have to bring in at night - would bringing a youngster in at night for 6 months of the year be detrimental to their growth? (He would be in from 7pm - 7:30am) I was considering sending him to a friends 24/7 turnout over the winter months, but then worried that moving him from herd to herd might be more stressful then just coming in at night with my other horse and being stabled next to him (They can groom eachother over the stable wall)
Are there any studies (and links to them) that cover horse health & strength comparing youngsters who are in at night, and youngsters who are out all the time? I can be flexible with it, i'm just not sure if i'm already over thinking it and should just see how he gets on nearer the time! To be honest, with my current horse already having arthirtus it might be worth considering moving them both to 24/7 turnout...
I'm looking forward to learning a whole new side of horsemanship with this one, and my current horse Rocky will hopefully teach him how to be a complete dude!