Gusbear
Well-Known Member
So the OH and I have made the big move from London back to Oz. It's our second time doing so but this time is different as we've bought my lovely UK bred horse back with us. Our dearly cherished 'new family member' has made it to Oz after a mamouth 30 hour odyssey flight via all points on the globe trek and has cleared quarantine to now make Australia home. All is good except poor northern bred horsey (Danish warmblood X Clevaland Bay X with some thoroughbred) is struggling with the flies, heat and the summer humidity (as I am after so many years away). We have snakes in the fields, 35 degree+ temperatures and loads of new things to get used to).
I'm slowly becoming aclimitised however after 3 months poor dear horse is struggling to get used to the warm weather and the flies.
He's being a real pain to lunge or school as he simply is not used to he crazy weather here.
Has anyone out here relocated their horse from the Northern Hemisphere to the South? How long did it take for your horse to settle in?
My poor boy is really struggling and I'm fighting a losing battle to get him to relax and be the same lovely quiet and docile boy he was when I had hm in the U.k.
Any ideas anyone?
I'm slowly becoming aclimitised however after 3 months poor dear horse is struggling to get used to the warm weather and the flies.
He's being a real pain to lunge or school as he simply is not used to he crazy weather here.
Has anyone out here relocated their horse from the Northern Hemisphere to the South? How long did it take for your horse to settle in?
My poor boy is really struggling and I'm fighting a losing battle to get him to relax and be the same lovely quiet and docile boy he was when I had hm in the U.k.
Any ideas anyone?