Questionnaire on travelling!

[fidleyspromise]

1. How old is your horse?
T - 10 yrs. F - 5 yrs

2. Has it travelled lots or rarely?
T - In between. F - Rarely

3. Does your horse travel in a trailer or lorry?
T - Both F - Trailer

4. Does your horse travel well?
T - Y F - Not sure

5. Does your horse travel alone or in company usually?
T - does both happily F - Alone

6. Does your horse travel forwards, backwards or sideways?
T - Forwards F - Forwards

7. If not, what does your horse do to make you think they are a bad traveller?
F - Hasn't travelled as such. she was herded into trailer to be delivered to me

8. Inside your lorry/trailer is it;
a. Dark? N
b. Vented? Y
c. Partitioned? Y
d. Do you tie up hay inside? Y
e. Is your horse loose inside or tied? Tied (F will be taught to be tied in trailer)

9. Does your horse load well?
T - Y F - not sure yet

10. If not;
a. Is if affected by the direction your horse faces? F -not known yet
b. Is it affected by the horse having company or not? F - not known yet
c. Does removing the partition help? F - not known yet

11. Do you load your horse in a head collar or dually head collar?
Head Collar

12. Do you travel in boots or bandages?
Boots

13. How long do you travel your horse for?
both have been up to an hour

14. Does the time you travel for affect behaviour of the horse during and after the journey?
No

15. Does your horse sweat whilst travelling?
No

16. Do you travel in daylight?
Yes

17. Do you travel at night? not had to yet, but would if had to
a. If yes does your horse behave the same as during daylight?
unknown

18. Is your horse always consistent with bad/good loading?
Yes

 

[Rosie Round The Hills]

Hello HHO's,
I am currently doing an investigation into the way horses travel and what affects the way they travel! Pretty please will you help me out by filling in this questionnaire so I can finish completelting the results side of the investigation!

Im sorry its so long! Ben 'n' Jerrys for people who complete it?


1. How old is your horse?13

2. Has it travelled lots or rarely?lots


3. Does your horse travel in a trailer or lorry?trailer

4. Does your horse travel well?yes


5. Does your horse travel alone or in company usually?both

6. Does your horse travel forwards, backwards or sideways? forwards


7. If not, what does your horse do to make you think they are a bad traveller?

8. Inside your lorry/trailer is it;
a. Dark? Light
b. Vented?yes
c. Partitioned?yes
d. Do you tie up hay inside?yes
e. Is your horse loose inside or tied?tied

9. Does your horse load well?yes


10. If not;
a. Is if affected by the direction your horse faces?
b. Is it affected by the horse having company or not?
c. Does removing the partition help?

11. Do you load your horse in a head collar or dually head collar?head collar

12. Do you travel in boots or bandages?no


13. How long do you travel your horse for?as long as it takes.

14. Does the time you travel for affect behaviour of the horse during and after the journey?No

15. Does your horse sweat whilst travelling?yes


16. Do you travel in daylight? yes


17. Do you travel at night?no
a. If yes does your horse behave the same as during daylight?


18. Is your horse always consistent with bad/good loading?yes


If you have any other notes to add to this questionnaire please leave details below.


Thank you!

My pleasure

 

[charlimouse]

1. How old is your horse?
Horse 1 is 11, horse 2 is 7

2. Has it travelled lots or rarely?
Lots

3. Does your horse travel in a trailer or lorry?
Lorry

4. Does your horse travel well?
Yes, both of them

5. Does your horse travel alone or in company usually?
Horse 1 can travel on her own, but normally has company. Horse 2 has to have company and does not travel on his own.

6. Does your horse travel forwards, backwards or sideways?
Sideways

7. If not, what does your horse do to make you think they are a bad traveller?

8. Inside your lorry/trailer is it;
a. Dark? at night it is!
b. Vented? yes
c. Partitioned? yes
d. Do you tie up hay inside? yes
e. Is your horse loose inside or tied? tied

9. Does your horse load well?
yes

10. If not;
a. Is if affected by the direction your horse faces?
b. Is it affected by the horse having company or not?
c. Does removing the partition help?

11. Do you load your horse in a head collar or dually head collar?
normal headcollar

12. Do you travel in boots or bandages?
travel boots

13. How long do you travel your horse for?
Anything from 30 mins up to 6 hours

14. Does the time you travel for affect behaviour of the horse during and after the journey?
No

15. Does your horse sweat whilst travelling?
no

16. Do you travel in daylight?
yes

17. Do you travel at night? yes
a. If yes does your horse behave the same as during daylight?
yes

18. Is your horse always consistent with bad/good loading?
both of them are consistently good

If you have any other notes to add to this questionnaire please leave details below.


Thank you!

Hope that helps!

 

[depurple1]

1. How old is your horse?
5

2. Has it travelled lots or rarely?
Rarely (just starting to get out and about)

3. Does your horse travel in a trailer or lorry?
Trailer

4. Does your horse travel well?
No

5. Does your horse travel alone or in company usually?
Alone

6. Does your horse travel forwards, backwards or sideways?
Forwards. Have tried backwards as well and he's just as bad.


7. If not, what does your horse do to make you think they are a bad traveller?
Stamps, kicks, scrapes and sweats.

8. Inside your lorry/trailer is it;
a. Dark? - No
b. Vented? - Yes
c. Partitioned? - Yes
d. Do you tie up hay inside? - Yes
e. Is your horse loose inside or tied? - Tied

9. Does your horse load well?
Mostly, depends what mood he's in.

10. If not;
a. Is if affected by the direction your horse faces? - No
b. Is it affected by the horse having company or not? - Not tried this
c. Does removing the partition help? - Not tried this (would make it too easy for him to kick the sides instead of the ramp, which wouldn't be a great idea)

11. Do you load your horse in a head collar or dually head collar?
Normal headcollar

12. Do you travel in boots or bandages?
Brushing boots. He stamps until anything else falls off.

13. How long do you travel your horse for?
Mostly about 20 mins.

14. Does the time you travel for affect behaviour of the horse during and after the journey?
He settles after about 10 mins and stands sensibly.

15. Does your horse sweat whilst travelling?
Yes. So much so that I could rent the trailer out as a sauna.

16. Do you travel in daylight?
Yes

17. Do you travel at night?
a. If yes does your horse behave the same as during daylight? - Haven't travelled at night yet.

18. Is your horse always consistent with bad/good loading?
No, it depends which side of bed he got out of.

 

[Ella19]

1. How old is your horse?
she is 7

2. Has it travelled lots or rarely?
about 4 times a year so not alot I guess compared to some

3. Does your horse travel in a trailer or lorry?
either

4. Does your horse travel well?
yes she is excellent

5. Does your horse travel alone or in company usually?
either but normally company as we scrounge a lift

6. Does your horse travel forwards, backwards or sideways?
forwards or sideways, I have never tried backwards

7. If not, what does your horse do to make you think they are a bad traveller?
N/A

8. Inside your lorry/trailer is it;
a. Dark? not normally
b. Vented? depends on the lorry
c. Partitioned? yes
d. Do you tie up hay inside? not unless it's a long journey (over an hour)
e. Is your horse loose inside or tied? tied

9. Does your horse load well? yes


11. Do you load your horse in a head collar or dually head collar? headcollar for me

12. Do you travel in boots or bandages? neither she has nothing on her legs


13. How long do you travel your horse for? depends on where we are going!

14. Does the time you travel for affect behaviour of the horse during and after the journey? no

15. Does your horse sweat whilst travelling? no


16. Do you travel in daylight? generally yes


17. Do you travel at night? not normally
a. If yes does your horse behave the same as during daylight?


18. Is your horse always consistent with bad/good loading? yes


If you have any other notes to add to this questionnaire please leave details below.

 

[vixiem]

i got quite disheartened reading everybodys answer to number 9 i think ill be the first the put a big fat no to does your horse load well!! lol

1. How old is your horse?
11

2. Has it travelled lots or rarely?
not that much
3. Does your horse travel in a trailer or lorry?
Trailer

4. Does your horse travel well?
yes

5. Does your horse travel alone or in company usually?
Alone

6. Does your horse travel forwards, backwards or sideways?
Forwards

7. If not, what does your horse do to make you think they are a bad traveller?

8. Inside your lorry/trailer is it;
a. Dark? - Not too dark
b. Vented? - Yes
c. Partitioned? - no - took it out to aid loading
d. Do you tie up hay inside? - Yes
e. Is your horse loose inside or tied? - sometimes tied sometimes loose

9. Does your horse load well?
NO shes terrible!!!

10. If not;
a. Is if affected by the direction your horse faces? - No
b. Is it affected by the horse having company or not? - No
c. Does removing the partition help? - Not really

11. Do you load your horse in a head collar or dually head collar?
dually headcollar

12. bandages on front legs, sometimes nothing at all - stresses her out


13. How long do you travel your horse for?
30mins on average

14. Does the time you travel for affect behaviour of the horse during and after the journey?
not really

15. Does your horse sweat whilst travelling?
not really

16. Do you travel in daylight?
Yes

17. Do you travel at night? yes
a. If yes does your horse behave the same as during daylight? - yes

18. Is your horse always consistent with bad/good loading?
yep consistently BAD!!.

 

[Mare Stare]

1. How old is your horse?
12, 3, 4, 2. But I'll concentrate on the first 2 because they have travelled more.

2. Has it travelled lots or rarely?
Rarely. A couple of times a year tops.

3. Does your horse travel in a trailer or lorry?
Trailer

4. Does your horse travel well?
No. The 12 year old, Doris, was fine travelling until she went out on loan. Now she hates it. She shakes the whole time she travels and takes a lot of convincing to load. She also panicked last year whilst unloading and managed to fall down the ramp on her back.

The 3 year old will load into anything.

5. Does your horse travel alone or in company usually?
Alone. The 12 year old is too wide to have company. She takes up most of the space.

6. Does your horse travel forwards, backwards or sideways?
forwards

7. If not, what does your horse do to make you think they are a bad traveller?
Doris sweats up and shakes the whole time she is in the trailer.

8. Inside your lorry/trailer is it;
a. Dark? Not really.
b. Vented? yes
c. Partitioned? Not normally as Doris won't load with the partition in.
d. Do you tie up hay inside? Yes
e. Is your horse loose inside or tied? tied up.

9. Does your horse load well?
12 year old - no
3 year old - yes

10. If not;
a. Is if affected by the direction your horse faces?
Have never tried.
b. Is it affected by the horse having company or not?
Don't know. Impossible for Doris to have companion.
c. Does removing the partition help?
Yes. She refuses to load with a partition in at all.

11. Do you load your horse in a head collar or dually head collar?
I load her in a rope halter and then put a normal headcollar on to tie her up.

12. Do you travel in boots or bandages?
No.

13. How long do you travel your horse for?
No more than half hour.

14. Does the time you travel for affect behaviour of the horse during and after the journey?
Not sure. Haven't travelled very far.

15. Does your horse sweat whilst travelling?
The 12 year old sweats up badly. 3 year old is not bothered.

16. Do you travel in daylight?
Almost always

17. Do you travel at night?
Have loaded 12 year old twice ar night.

a. If yes does your horse behave the same as during daylight?
Actually, she behaved better but this may have been because we loaded her in a very dark field and she could see better in the trailer.

18. Is your horse always consistent with bad/good loading?
She used to load well until I let her out on loan. I do not know what happened to her whilst on loan. I think she may have played up and they beat her into loading or something.

If you have any other notes to add to this questionnaire please leave details below.

 

[tikino]

1. How old is your horse?
1,2,3,11 sorry have a few

2. Has it travelled lots or rarely?
travel at least once a week


3. Does your horse travel in a trailer or lorry?
trailer

4. Does your horse travel well?

yes
5. Does your horse travel alone or in company usually?
sometimes alone and sometimes in company
6. Does your horse travel forwards, backwards or sideways?
forward

7. If not, what does your horse do to make you think they are a bad traveller?
there not
8. Inside your lorry/trailer is it;
a. Dark?
no
b. Vented?
yes
c. Partitioned?
yes
d. Do you tie up hay inside?
yes
e. Is your horse loose inside or tied? tied

9. Does your horse load well? yes


10. If not;
a. Is if affected by the direction your horse faces?
b. Is it affected by the horse having company or not?
c. Does removing the partition help?

11. Do you load your horse in a head collar or dually head collar? headcoller

12. Do you travel in boots or bandages? boots


13. How long do you travel your horse for? depends

14. Does the time you travel for affect behaviour of the horse during and after the journey? no

15. Does your horse sweat whilst travelling? no


16. Do you travel in daylight? yes


17. Do you travel at night?yes
a. If yes does your horse behave the same as during daylight? yes


18. Is your horse always consistent with bad/good loading?yes


If you have any other notes to add to this questionnaire please leave details below.


Thank you!

 

[1Lucie]

Hello HHO's,
I am currently doing an investigation into the way horses travel and what affects the way they travel! Pretty please will you help me out by filling in this questionnaire so I can finish completelting the results side of the investigation!

Im sorry its so long! Ben 'n' Jerrys for people who complete it?


1. How old is your horse? 7YEARS

2. Has it travelled lots or rarely? A FAIR BIT, HE WAS IMPORTED FROM IRELAND.


3. Does your horse travel in a trailer or lorry? BOTH

4. Does your horse travel well? YES


5. Does your horse travel alone or in company usually? BOTH

6. Does your horse travel forwards, backwards or sideways? ALL


7. If not, what does your horse do to make you think they are a bad traveller?

8. Inside your lorry/trailer is it;
a. Dark?
b. Vented?
c. Partitioned?
d. Do you tie up hay inside?
e. Is your horse loose inside or tied?

9. Does your horse load well? YES


10. If not;
a. Is if affected by the direction your horse faces?
b. Is it affected by the horse having company or not?
c. Does removing the partition help?

11. Do you load your horse in a head collar or dually head collar? BASIC HEADCOLLAR

12. Do you travel in boots or bandages? BOOTS


13. How long do you travel your horse for? WHEN I COLLECTED HIM HE TRAVELLED FOR 3 HOURS.

14. Does the time you travel for affect behaviour of the horse during and after the journey? NO

15. Does your horse sweat whilst travelling? NO


16. Do you travel in daylight? YES


17. Do you travel at night? NO
a. If yes does your horse behave the same as during daylight?


18. Is your horse always consistent with bad/good loading? YES ALWAYS GOOD


If you have any other notes to add to this questionnaire please leave details below.


Thank you!

have completed above!

 

[Rosie1989]

1. How old is your horse? S – 15, C – 30 (ish), R – 8 months

2. Has it travelled lots or rarely? S – lots, C – Used to a lot when he was competing but very rarely now, R – Twice


3. Does your horse travel in a trailer or lorry? S + C – Either, R – Only ever been in a trailer

4. Does your horse travel well? Yes to all 3


5. Does your horse travel alone or in company usually? S, usually with company but will travel alone. R – once on her own, one with her friend

6. Does your horse travel forwards, backwards or sideways? Forwards


7. If not, what does your horse do to make you think they are a bad traveller? N/A

8. Inside your lorry/trailer is it;
a. Dark? No
b. Vented? Yes
c. Partitioned? Yes
d. Do you tie up hay inside? Yes
e. Is your horse loose inside or tied? Tied

9. Does your horse load well? Yes, occasionally S decides he will walk down the side of the trailer or stop, but walks on 2nd attempt


10. If not;
a. Is if affected by the direction your horse faces?
b. Is it affected by the horse having company or not?
c. Does removing the partition help?

11. Do you load your horse in a head collar or dually head collar? Headcollar

12. Do you travel in boots or bandages? S – Boots, R - Nothing


13. How long do you travel your horse for? Between 20 mins and 6 hours!

14. Does the time you travel for affect behaviour of the horse during and after the journey? No

15. Does your horse sweat whilst travelling? Very rarely


16. Do you travel in daylight? Yes


17. Do you travel at night? Yes
a. If yes does your horse behave the same as during daylight? Yes


18. Is your horse always consistent with bad/good loading? Yes

 

[PolarSkye]

1. How old is your horse? We are not sure - somewhere between 9 and 12

2. Has it travelled lots or rarely? He has travelled a fair bit


3. Does your horse travel in a trailer or lorry? He will travel in both but much prefers loading onto a lorry.

4. Does your horse travel well? He doesn't fidget or kick, but he does call and sweat up if travelled alone. In company, he is perfectly fine.


5. Does your horse travel alone or in company usually? He has done both - he much prefers company.

6. Does your horse travel forwards, backwards or sideways? He has done all three - no real issue with any of them.


7. If not, what does your horse do to make you think they are a bad traveller?

8. Inside your lorry/trailer is it;
a. Dark? At night, yes!
b. Vented? Yes
c. Partitioned? Yes
d. Do you tie up hay inside? Yes
e. Is your horse loose inside or tied? Tied

9. Does your horse load well? On lorries, yes. On trailers, no.


10. If not;
a. Is if affected by the direction your horse faces? No.
b. Is it affected by the horse having company or not? No.
c. Does removing the partition help? No. I think he just finds trailers unstable and claustrophobic.

11. Do you load your horse in a head collar or dually head collar? He doesn't need a rope headcollar to load - only to unload (is a bit enthusiastic about getting off) so he wears one under his regular headcollar.

12. Do you travel in boots or bandages? Have used both.


13. How long do you travel your horse for? Furthest he has travelled while we've had him is 3 hours, however he was imported from Poland when he was young.

14. Does the time you travel for affect behaviour of the horse during and after the journey? Yes - he travels better over longer distances.

15. Does your horse sweat whilst travelling? Yes, but only if alone.


16. Do you travel in daylight? Have travelled in both daylight and at night.


17. Do you travel at night? Yes.
a. If yes does your horse behave the same as during daylight? No difference.


18. Is your horse always consistent with bad/good loading? Yes. Always loads beautifully on lorries. Always takes a few gos with trailers.

P

 

[Harleygirl]

1. How old is your horse?
13

2. Has it travelled lots or rarely?
Lots

3. Does your horse travel in a trailer or lorry?
Trailer

4. Does your horse travel well?
Yes

5. Does your horse travel alone or in company usually?
Company

6. Does your horse travel forwards, backwards or sideways?
Can travel any way but normally travels forwards

7. If not, what does your horse do to make you think they are a bad traveller?
n/a

8. Inside your lorry/trailer is it;
a. Dark? yes
b. Vented? yes
c. Partitioned? yes
d. Do you tie up hay inside? yes
e. Is your horse loose inside or tied? tied

9. Does your horse load well?
Yes

10. If not;
a. Is if affected by the direction your horse faces?
b. Is it affected by the horse having company or not?
c. Does removing the partition help?

11. Do you load your horse in a head collar or dually head collar?
Head collar, throw the rope over his neck and he loads himself

12. Do you travel in boots or bandages?
Travel boots

13. How long do you travel your horse for?
Generally an hour or less, have travelled longer

14. Does the time you travel for affect behaviour of the horse during and after the journey?
Nope

15. Does your horse sweat whilst travelling?
Nope

16. Do you travel in daylight?
Yes

17. Do you travel at night? Not usually
a. If yes does your horse behave the same as during daylight?


18. Is your horse always consistent with bad/good loading?
Always a good loader

 

[Annagain]

1. How old is your horse?
Both 16

2. Has it travelled lots or rarely?
Fairly regularly - one more than the other

3. Does your horse travel in a trailer or lorry?
Trailer
4. Does your horse travel well?
one travels with no problems, the other is ok but can haev off days

5. Does your horse travel alone or in company usually?
both

6. Does your horse travel forwards, backwards or sideways?
both - I have a forward facing trailer, my friend has an equitrek and we tend to take it in turns to drive.

7. If not, what does your horse do to make you think they are a bad traveller?
can fall / stumble going around left hand bends - only if on right hand side and only forward facing.

8. Inside your lorry/trailer is it;
a. Dark? no
b. Vented? yes
c. Partitioned? yes
d. Do you tie up hay inside? yes
e. Is your horse loose inside or tied? One tied very short if he has company or he beats his friend up, otherwise tied long. The other is always tied long as he needs to move his head to balance.

9. Does your horse load well?
One very well, the other about 90%

10. If not;
a. Is if affected by the direction your horse faces?
yes - goes much better on the rear facing trailer
b. Is it affected by the horse having company or not?
Yes - will load himself if there's another horse on the trailer
c. Does removing the partition help?
No

11. Do you load your horse in a head collar or dually head collar?
Headcollar if with company, bridle if alone.

12. Do you travel in boots or bandages?
boots

13. How long do you travel your horse for?
2hrs max
14. Does the time you travel for affect behaviour of the horse during and after the journey?
No to both

15. Does your horse sweat whilst travelling?
one (the not so good traveller) occasionally , the other only if it's a very hot day.

16. Do you travel in daylight?
yes

17. Do you travel at night?
yes
a. If yes does your horse behave the same as during daylight?
yes

18. Is your horse always consistent with bad/good loading?
one consistently good, the other unpredicable. No apparent causes for being difficult to load (although consistently good on backwards facing trailer and / or with company) on forward facing trailer alone, will load fine sometimes and not others. Always goes on ok but sometimes shoots off backwards before I can get breaching bar done up if I'm on my own, if I have help he's fine.

 

[Doncella]

1. How old is your horse? 8 years

2. Has it travelled lots or rarely? Lots


3. Does your horse travel in a trailer or lorry? Small LDV Ifor Williams lorry

4. Does your horse travel well? Yes


5. Does your horse travel alone or in company usually? Both

6. Does your horse travel forwards, backwards or sideways? Forward


7. If not, what does your horse do to make you think they are a bad traveller?

8. Inside your lorry/trailer is it;
a. Dark? Light
b. Vented? Yes
c. Partitioned? Yes
d. Do you tie up hay inside? Yes
e. Is your horse loose inside or tied? Tied if I remember

9. Does your horse load well? Yes


10. If not;
a. Is if affected by the direction your horse faces?
b. Is it affected by the horse having company or not?
c. Does removing the partition help?

11. Do you load your horse in a head collar or dually head collar? Headcollar

12. Do you travel in boots or bandages? Either


13. How long do you travel your horse for? Average 2/3 hours

14. Does the time you travel for affect behaviour of the horse during and after the journey? No

15. Does your horse sweat whilst travelling? No


16. Do you travel in daylight? Yes


17. Do you travel at night? Yes
a. If yes does your horse behave the same as during daylight? Yes


18. Is your horse always consistent with bad/good loading? Yes


If you have any other notes to add to this questionnaire please leave details below.

I am very lucky in that all my horses both home bred and bought in travel very well. The two I bought were appalling loaders to begin with then they became automatic self-loaders.

 

[Cuffey]

Slightly historical as Cuffey is retired

1. How old is your horse?
22

2. Has it travelled lots or rarely?
Lots


3. Does your horse travel in a trailer or lorry?
Trailer usually, travelled from Scotland to Hickstead in lorry would not go in back compartment

4. Does your horse travel well?
Yes loves Motorway, hates traffic jams


5. Does your horse travel alone or in company usually?
Both

6. Does your horse travel forwards, backwards or sideways?
Forwards


7. If not, what does your horse do to make you think they are a bad traveller?
.........

8. Inside your lorry/trailer is it;
a. Dark? No
b. Vented? Yes
c. Partitioned? Yes
d. Do you tie up hay inside? Yes
e. Is your horse loose inside or tied? Tied

9. Does your horse load well? Usually


10. If not;
a. Is if affected by the direction your horse faces?
b. Is it affected by the horse having company or not?
c. Does removing the partition help?
.............

11. Do you load your horse in a head collar or dually head collar?
Head collar

12. Do you travel in boots or bandages?
Boots


13. How long do you travel your horse for?
Various has travel 8 hours with stops

14. Does the time you travel for affect behaviour of the horse during and after the journey?
Only once--travelled to Ireland, rough crossing, affected appetite and performance at venue

15. Does your horse sweat whilst travelling?
Sometimes


16. Do you travel in daylight?
Mostly


17. Do you travel at night?
a. If yes does your horse behave the same as during daylight?
Same


18. Is your horse always consistent with bad/good loading?
Usually good, occasionally difficult coming home if no time/weather prevented time to relax before asking him to load.

 

[foraday]

1. How old is your horse?
23 and 12
2. Has it travelled lots or rarely?

both lots
3. Does your horse travel in a trailer or lorry?

hgv lorry

4. Does your horse travel well?

yes both
5. Does your horse travel alone or in company usually?

sometimes alone sometimes together

6. Does your horse travel forwards, backwards or sideways?

forwards but travels loose so can actually turn around and travel in any direction they want but remain forwards by choice

7. If not, what does your horse do to make you think they are a bad traveller?
n/A

8. Inside your lorry/trailer is it;
a. Dark? very light and put lights on when necessary
b. Vented? got large windows 4 and a huge air vent and fans which are temperature activated
c. Partitioned? yes if they need them
d. Do you tie up hay inside? haylage on offer all the time
e. Is your horse loose inside or tied? loose

9. Does your horse load well?both load by themselves without lead ropes

10. If not;
a. Is if affected by the direction your horse faces?
b. Is it affected by the horse having company or not?
c. Does removing the partition help?

11. Do you load your horse in a head collar or dually head collar? both horses walk on by themselves in just their headcollars

12. Do you travel in boots or bandages?
they both travel in their premier equine sports medicine boots only


13. How long do you travel your horse for? internationally longest on lorry including ferry 18 hours

14. Does the time you travel for affect behaviour of the horse during and after the journey? time does not effect the horses at all - they both love travelling

15. Does your horse sweat whilst travelling?

no never
16. Do you travel in daylight?
yes

17. Do you travel at night?
a. If yes does your horse behave the same as during daylight?
both the same

18. Is your horse always consistent with bad/good loading?

yes never have a problem! Only problem I have is at shows both can be cheeky and try to go in other horse lorries even just to have a nose!

 

[spotty_pony]

1. How old is your horse? 12

2. Has it travelled lots or rarely? Rarely as I don't have my own transport


3. Does your horse travel in a trailer or lorry? Lorry only - he will not load into a trailer

4. Does your horse travel well? Yes if he has company, not so well on his own.


5. Does your horse travel alone or in company usually? Usually in company

6. Does your horse travel forwards, backwards or sideways? Usually sideways, although he has travelled backwards before.


7. If not, what does your horse do to make you think they are a bad traveller? When on his own he kept kicking the wall and was generally not settled.

8. Inside your lorry/trailer is it;
a. Dark? No
b. Vented? Yes
c. Partitioned? Yes
d. Do you tie up hay inside? Yes
e. Is your horse loose inside or tied? Tied

9. Does your horse load well? As already said, he will not go into a trailer at all, most of the time loads well into a lorry, sometimes takes a bit of persuasion.


10. If not;
a. Is if affected by the direction your horse faces? He prefers to be facing sideways
b. Is it affected by the horse having company or not? Yes, he's better in company
c. Does removing the partition help? Never actually tried this but probably would help although I wouldn't feel safe to travel him without the partition.

11. Do you load your horse in a head collar or dually head collar? Headcollar

12. Do you travel in boots or bandages? Boots


13. How long do you travel your horse for? No longer than an hour

14. Does the time you travel for affect behaviour of the horse during and after the journey?
Doesn't appear to.

15. Does your horse sweat whilst travelling? Sometimes


16. Do you travel in daylight? Yes


17. Do you travel at night? Have done before
a. If yes does your horse behave the same as during daylight? Yes


18. Is your horse always consistent with bad/good loading? No

 

[MeganLindsx]

How old is your horse?
10
2. Has it travelled lots or rarely?
Lots

3. Does your horse travel in a trailer or lorry?
Either
4. Does your horse travel well?
Travel-yes Load-no

5. Does your horse travel alone or in company usually?
alone
6. Does your horse travel forwards, backwards or sideways?
Normally sideways

7. If not, what does your horse do to make you think they are a bad traveller?

8. Inside your lorry/trailer is it;
a. Dark?
b. Vented?
c. Partitioned?
d. Do you tie up hay inside?
e. Is your horse loose inside or tied?
No, Yes, Yes, Yes Tied

9. Does your horse load well?
No!

10. If not;
a. Is if affected by the direction your horse faces? Better in a big lorry or trailer with no partition
b. Is it affected by the horse having company or not? Not really
c. Does removing the partition help?Yes in a trailer

11. Do you load your horse in a head collar or dually head collar?
Normally dually
12. Do you travel in boots or bandages?
Bandages

13. How long do you travel your horse for?
max 1hr
14. Does the time you travel for affect behaviour of the horse during and after the journey?
Not really

15. Does your horse sweat whilst travelling?
Slightly

16. Do you travel in daylight?
Yes

17. Do you travel at night?
Rarely
a. If yes does your horse behave the same as during daylight?
Harder to load

18. Is your horse always consistent with bad/good loading?
Consistently bad

 

[AFlapjack]

1. 10
2. Lots
3. Small lorry
4. Yes
5. Either - depends on destination
6. Backwards
7. N/A
8. Inside your lorry/trailer is it;
a. Dark? No
b. Vented? Yes
c. Partitioned? Yes
d. Do you tie up hay inside? Yes
e. Is your horse loose inside or tied? Tied
9. Yes
10. N/A
11. Headcollar
12. Travel boots
13. Depends on destination - half an hour to about 2 hours
14. Not that I have noticed no
15. No
16. Yes
17. No
18. Yes

 

[SuperCoblet]

1. How old is your horse?
10/11

2. Has it travelled lots or rarely?
Lots


3. Does your horse travel in a trailer or lorry?
Trailer- wont go in a lorry

4. Does your horse travel well? Yes


5. Does your horse travel alone or in company usually? Alone

6. Does your horse travel forwards, backwards or sideways?
Forewards


7. If not, what does your horse do to make you think they are a bad traveller?
Nothing

8. Inside your lorry/trailer is it;
a. Dark? No
b. Vented? Yes
c. Partitioned? Yes
d. Do you tie up hay inside? Yes
e. Is your horse loose inside or tied? Tied

9. Does your horse load well? Sometimes he will stop dead and refuse to move, but will go in after a few minutes with food, other times he will go straight in with food, and rarely will take about half an hour


10. If not;
a. Is if affected by the direction your horse faces? No
b. Is it affected by the horse having company or not? No
c. Does removing the partition help? Yes to load, but we replace once he's in.

11. Do you load your horse in a head collar or dually head collar? Normal headcollar, sometimes a Be Nice if I know he's not going to behave

12. Do you travel in boots or bandages? Depends how far were going, will always put a tail guard on though


13. How long do you travel your horse for? From 5 mins down the road up to 1 hour away.

14. Does the time you travel for affect behaviour of the horse during and after the journey? He wont load if he's recently been to the beach (2.5 hours away)

15. Does your horse sweat whilst travelling?
Only on very long jorneys


16. Do you travel in daylight?
Yes


17. Do you travel at night? Only if I can't help it
a. If yes does your horse behave the same as during daylight? Yes


18. Is your horse always consistent with bad/good loading? No, we never know how he will react

Well, he's special

 

[lozz]

I'm so so so sorry I haven't replied sooner! Had no internet for till this evening as have been at work and in the car!
This is perfect and all of the replies i've had will be of use! Will post the report in a month or so of what my findings to do with loading are. Its a massive part of my course at college so im really grateful that I can find some genuine results!
Thank you again
Laura!

 

[Puzzles]

1. How old is your horse?
11, 16 and 13

2. Has it travelled lots or rarely?

Fairly often

3. Does your horse travel in a trailer or lorry?

Trailer

4. Does your horse travel well?

Yes they do generally

5. Does your horse travel alone or in company usually?

Usually in company

6. Does your horse travel forwards, backwards or sideways?

Forwards


7. If not, what does your horse do to make you think they are a bad traveller?

2 are fine, 1 sometimes loses her balance and falls round corners, even when towing extremely slowly and carefully

8. Inside your lorry/trailer is it;
a. Dark? yes
b. Vented? Yes
c. Partitioned? yES
d. Do you tie up hay inside? Only for long journeys
e. Is your horse loose inside or tied? Tied

9. Does your horse load well?

Not really. 1 is difficult to load initially, 1 is always fine and 1 is a bit hesitant but usually ok

10. If not;
a. Is if affected by the direction your horse faces? Unknown
b. Is it affected by the horse having company or not? Yes - all are worse without company
c. Does removing the partition help? Unknown

11. Do you load your horse in a head collar or dually head collar?

headcollar

12. Do you travel in boots or bandages?

Boots

13. How long do you travel your horse for?

10 mins-3 hours

14. Does the time you travel for affect behaviour of the horse during and after the journey?

no

15. Does your horse sweat whilst travelling?

Sometimes, if excited or stressed

16. Do you travel in daylight?

Yes


17. Do you travel at night?

No
a. If yes does your horse behave the same as during daylight?

N/A


18. Is your horse always consistent with bad/good loading?

No


If you have any other notes to add to this questionnaire please leave details below.


Thank you!

Done!

 

[badgerdog]

1. How old is your horse? 12

2. Has it travelled lots or rarely? Twice a week


3. Does your horse travel in a trailer or lorry? Trailer

4. Does your horse travel well? Yes


5. Does your horse travel alone or in company usually? Alone

6. Does your horse travel forwards, backwards or sideways? Forward


7. If not, what does your horse do to make you think they are a bad traveller?

8. Inside your lorry/trailer is it;
a. Dark?
b. Vented?
c. Partitioned?
d. Do you tie up hay inside?
e. Is your horse loose inside or tied?

9. Does your horse load well? Yes


10. If not;
a. Is if affected by the direction your horse faces?
b. Is it affected by the horse having company or not?
c. Does removing the partition help?

11. Do you load your horse in a head collar or dually head collar? Headcollar

12. Do you travel in boots or bandages? No


13. How long do you travel your horse for? Around 45 minutes

14. Does the time you travel for affect behaviour of the horse during and after the journey?

No

15. Does your horse sweat whilst travelling? No


16. Do you travel in daylight? Yes


17. Do you travel at night? Rarely

a. If yes does your horse behave the same as during daylight? Yes


18. Is your horse always consistent with bad/good loading? Yes

My horse travels without a partition because he's a long horse and he'd be a bit squashed if I left it in. He's very relaxed travelling, he barely moves and he nibbles on a hay net. He's an ex-race horse and ex-Masters hunt horse so he will have travelled a lot before I got him.

 

[Dizzle]

Hello HHO's,
I am currently doing an investigation into the way horses travel and what affects the way they travel! Pretty please will you help me out by filling in this questionnaire so I can finish completelting the results side of the investigation!

Im sorry its so long! Ben 'n' Jerrys for people who complete it?


1. How old is your horse?
8
2. Has it travelled lots or rarely?
Used to travel a lot, now travels rarely

3. Does your horse travel in a trailer or lorry?
Lorry, he's never been in a trailer
4. Does your horse travel well?
He can panic on his own, gets very excited when he knows he's home, never tried him in a trailer.

5. Does your horse travel alone or in company usually?
Always in company, last time he was alone he sat on a partition although has travelled alone before that
6. Does your horse travel forwards, backwards or sideways?

Sideways
7. If not, what does your horse do to make you think they are a bad traveller?
Gets far too over exited
8. Inside your lorry/trailer is it;
a. Dark?No
b. Vented?Yes
c. Partitioned?Yes
d. Do you tie up hay inside? Yes
e. Is your horse loose inside or tied? tied

9. Does your horse load well?

Yes
10. If not;
a. Is if affected by the direction your horse faces?
b. Is it affected by the horse having company or not?
c. Does removing the partition help?

11. Do you load your horse in a head collar or dually head collar?
Headcollar
12. Do you travel in boots or bandages?
Overreach boots in front

13. How long do you travel your horse for?
20 mins or so
14. Does the time you travel for affect behaviour of the horse during and after the journey?
Have never travelled him longer than that although seems to be better on longer journeys
15. Does your horse sweat whilst travelling?
Yes, although last time he travelled this was lessened as he was given a calmer beforehand

16. Do you travel in daylight?
yes

17. Do you travel at night? not tried
a. If yes does your horse behave the same as during daylight?


18. Is your horse always consistent with bad/good loading?
Yes

If you have any other notes to add to this questionnaire please leave details below.


Thank you!

I travelled him a lot in 2009 and he was always far too over excited, didn't travel at all in 2010 and when we tried him in 2011 he was like a different horse, travelled calmly in company, unloaded well and was relaxed when he arrived. He used to be a racehorse so has done a lot of travelling to exciting places, it's taken him a while to realise dressage doesn't involved quite the same levels of adrenaline!