Irishbabygirl
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Looks lovely and some good advice on this thread - sounds like a great place for your oldie to retire tbh! If you can take them all with you then great! Best of luck in your new adventure!
Moving to Hawaii ... would you take your horses?
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mightymammoth
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Forget your horse's can we come? 
Caol Ila
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I brought my horse from the US to the UK. Some companies let you travel with your horse so worth asking about.
The only real issue have had is that she thinks the Scottish weather is totally pants.
The only real issue have had is that she thinks the Scottish weather is totally pants.
Roasted Chestnuts
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My 22 yr old No I wouldnt move him. If it was to Europe then yes but that long a plain journey with a heart murmur even though its never bothered him no I couldnt do it to him. Hed have a good last year then he would go over the bridge unless my friend wanted him as company for hers.
MerrySherryRider
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I'd take them all. Many elderly horses adapt and even take on a new lease of life in a new environment. She would be travelling with her companions and the transporters are very professional.
Let her enjoy her final years with the sun on her back and the chilled out life in such a beautiful place.
I feel more sorry for the oldies in the UK battling with our grey horrible climate.
Let her enjoy her final years with the sun on her back and the chilled out life in such a beautiful place.
I feel more sorry for the oldies in the UK battling with our grey horrible climate.
SNORKEY
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it looks different from what i expected, and what a lovely place to live. Id definitely take them, and id ask the vet for advice about the older horse. I sold my friends 20yr old horse for her and he was fitter and more active than mine, it depends on the horse its self, not just its age.
It is a long flight so id get advise whether its better just to get a long flight over and done with or break it up by landing some where half way for a day or two to rest, it may be more stressful having to get on and off the plane again though.
It is a long flight so id get advise whether its better just to get a long flight over and done with or break it up by landing some where half way for a day or two to rest, it may be more stressful having to get on and off the plane again though.
mandwhy
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Yes yes yes, the journey will be hard but you are moving forever, its a drop in the ocean. As long as the vet says it will be ok for the oldie then what a wonderful retirement they will have.
Horses can cope in hot countries, the really hot places like dubai have air conditioned barns they could come into when the sun is blazing. I should imagine Texas gets pretty darn hot and horses cope fine there.
Horses can cope in hot countries, the really hot places like dubai have air conditioned barns they could come into when the sun is blazing. I should imagine Texas gets pretty darn hot and horses cope fine there.
rema
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Wow the place looks amazing and i would take my horses with me if they were fit to travel..
Slightly off topic but looking at that link for riding their weight restriction was 270 lb's or 19+ stone in old money....
Slightly off topic but looking at that link for riding their weight restriction was 270 lb's or 19+ stone in old money....
RutlandH2O
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What part of Maui? You must remember, the western and southern areas of the islands are very dry and arid. The north and eastern regions are lush and green, but wetter. There is countryside on the Big Island that looks, for all the world, like parts of the landscape of Britain.
I lived in Hawaii, on Oahu, for 20 years before I moved with my husband and 15 dogs to the UK almost 18 years ago. I did not own horses until I lived in Rutland.
I would take the horses, as long as you have transporters you trust implicitly and excellent veterinary support. I know moving 15 dogs (6 Golden Retrievers and 9 Norwich Terriers) may not seem as daunting as moving horses, but the logistics were critical. I worked on the move for months and had excellent cooperation and communication from the airlines. The dogs had to fly from Hawaii to LA on a stripped down 747. We hired 2 ten foot square steel pallets and had the crates facing each other so that the dogs could see their friends. At the last minute we had to book 3 bitches on the commercial flight on which me and my OH left for LA, because they were on their 10th and 11th days of season (very breedable, which would have been very unfair on my male dogs). Once in LA, they flew out to London on 4 separate flights within 2 days. It really would have helped if I had been sedated for the journey. Everyone made it safely, but then the dogs had to go into 6 months' quarantine.
Have you been told where your horses will be quarantined for those initial days? In the old days (I haven't been back to Hawaii since I left), incoming large animals (horses, cattle) would be quarantined for about 3 or 4 days at the quarantine station on Oahu. I remember a small herd of Fjord ponies in pens at the entrance of the dog quarantine. They were due to be shipped over to the Big Island when all blood work and examinations were complete.
As well you know, there are very horsey aspects to life in the islands. The paniolos (Hawaiian cowboys) still work cattle on Maui and the Big Island. Several old acquaintances were very active in dressage and show jumping. Trail riding, especially on the out islands, was and is very popular.
One of the nicest aspects of life in Hawaii (and the UK, for that matter) is that there are no venomous snakes in the islands and no large predators. My husband and I had toyed with the idea of moving to the SF area of the US. But, having spent almost 40 years of our lives in geographic locations without the threat of snakes (I know England has asps, but we've never seen one), mountain lions, bears, coyotes, you get the picture, to threaten our animals, we're staying put.
Go for it...if done correctly and carefully, your horses will be fine. Good luck in your new life in the islands. Aloha!!
I lived in Hawaii, on Oahu, for 20 years before I moved with my husband and 15 dogs to the UK almost 18 years ago. I did not own horses until I lived in Rutland.
I would take the horses, as long as you have transporters you trust implicitly and excellent veterinary support. I know moving 15 dogs (6 Golden Retrievers and 9 Norwich Terriers) may not seem as daunting as moving horses, but the logistics were critical. I worked on the move for months and had excellent cooperation and communication from the airlines. The dogs had to fly from Hawaii to LA on a stripped down 747. We hired 2 ten foot square steel pallets and had the crates facing each other so that the dogs could see their friends. At the last minute we had to book 3 bitches on the commercial flight on which me and my OH left for LA, because they were on their 10th and 11th days of season (very breedable, which would have been very unfair on my male dogs). Once in LA, they flew out to London on 4 separate flights within 2 days. It really would have helped if I had been sedated for the journey. Everyone made it safely, but then the dogs had to go into 6 months' quarantine.
Have you been told where your horses will be quarantined for those initial days? In the old days (I haven't been back to Hawaii since I left), incoming large animals (horses, cattle) would be quarantined for about 3 or 4 days at the quarantine station on Oahu. I remember a small herd of Fjord ponies in pens at the entrance of the dog quarantine. They were due to be shipped over to the Big Island when all blood work and examinations were complete.
As well you know, there are very horsey aspects to life in the islands. The paniolos (Hawaiian cowboys) still work cattle on Maui and the Big Island. Several old acquaintances were very active in dressage and show jumping. Trail riding, especially on the out islands, was and is very popular.
One of the nicest aspects of life in Hawaii (and the UK, for that matter) is that there are no venomous snakes in the islands and no large predators. My husband and I had toyed with the idea of moving to the SF area of the US. But, having spent almost 40 years of our lives in geographic locations without the threat of snakes (I know England has asps, but we've never seen one), mountain lions, bears, coyotes, you get the picture, to threaten our animals, we're staying put.
Go for it...if done correctly and carefully, your horses will be fine. Good luck in your new life in the islands. Aloha!!
Orls
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That's what my mum said about her dog when people were asking why she was taking her when she moved to Canada. She said its only one days travel for the dog to have a better lifestyle with people she knows and loves. She was absolutely right - the dog has never looked better!