Too bad to fetch the welshie today :(

[Gingerwitch]

Due to the heavy fall of snow, and the ice at the yard, we decided it was best to leave the little welshie where he is.

a) its a non essential journey and having a novice 7.5 tonner driver drive the box, although I would be in with them, is not ideal to ask them to drive a horse box with a horse on for the first time in the snow - and anyway the gamekeeper has said he would have to walk him to the main road for us to load him - and thats about a mile and a half.
b) its too much of a risk to the horses he would be going out with, and to him whilst being introduced to a new herd - and i would never fogive myself if one of the oldies slipped over in the snow.

so it will probably be another week or two before he comes home

 

[Meowy Catkin]

You are right to be cautious in this weather though. Hopefully you'll be able to collect him soon.

 

[MrsMozart]

Better to be safe hunny.

We'll be putting off a vet visit on Wednesday. Grey Mare has been shod (as she'd pulled her two shoes off), so it's just a monitoring visit and it's not worth the risk.

 

[Dottyfordylan]

I feel your pain! I was meant to be picking up my new boy on Saturday but will also have to wait a week for the weather to improve