How long did it take your hot bloods to settle into new home?

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Just interested as OH has bought himself a TB which is unsurprisingly stressed - wondering typically how long to wait before working it? He is handle able but calling frantically and looks wired. We thought a week or is that too soon or is it a 'how long is a piece of string question?'
 
Completely depends on the individual. One of my is absolutely at home anywhere so long as he has food and company if out. The other is stressy and takes a long time to settle, both geldings age 6, both out of racing backgrounds.
 
How long is a piece of string? Al's new TB has arrived and settled straight into the important jobs of eating and ignoring the donkey... He's on a very quiet yard though, only us on it and is with some very relaxed horses. None of our TBs have been stressy, although Reg can get quite worked up- he just needs a solid routine and a very quiet and calm atmosphere...
 
How long is a piece of string is about right.:D

I have had QH's (seriously placid) that have taken ages to settle, and at the other end of the scale Tb's and arabs that have gone "Uh, OK then, where's my grub?" and that's it.

I think it depends a lot on the horse itself and what it has been used to. Busy yard, quiet yard, set routine, no routine, group turnout, single sex turnout, individual turnout, 24 hour turnout, in at night, cats, dogs, other creatures, machinery, children etc, etc, etc, the list could be endless.

Most horses coming here have a moment or two of "WTF?" when a goat followed by 6 babies bimbles past, or a duck flies into the stable to lay an egg, or a cat leaps on its' back ... but settle they do.
 
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