traveling protection

[carmenlucy123]

what do you use when traveling...

 

[pathelschoice]

All but the poll guard as my lorry has padded Ceiling.

 

[carmenlucy123]

just a rug, and brushing boots.

thinking of buying some t.boots, and definatly a tail guard as it keeps rubbing.

 

[JM07]

nothing at all

 

[sloulou]

sometimes rug - sometimes not.. depends on the weather

boots and a tail bandage normally

 

[carmenlucy123]

yeah!

i only put a rug on in winter because she's clipped.
(and i only put brushing boots on because i only go out for some xc.)

i feel like i should conform and have t.boots on then i think nah... lol

i do need a tail bandage though as she stands right far back and it rubs.

just thought id see what every one else does

 

[Honeypots]

Nothing...

 

[catherine22]

travel boots, tail guard abd rug if necessary. i will never travel my horse with out travel boots even tho he travels really well i once unloaded him and he had destroyed (straight through padding and everything) one of his hind boots. luckily he only had a few grazes on his leg but its keeps coming to me how bad it could have been

 

[HeatherAda]

not a thing!

 

[SecretSquirrell379]

Travel boots and tail bandage, no rug if its in the summer

 

[carmenlucy123]

hmmm i should have added nothing as a final tick shouldn't i!

to be honest i didnt expect anyone to say nothing! not on H&H forum, i expected a telling off for not having a pair already lol you have proved me wrong!

 

[zoesophie]

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Travel boots and tail bandage, no rug if its in the summer

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Ditto, only rug him when hes clipped. Also, I would use a poll guard but haven't got one yet (hes 17.1 and I worry he may clonk his head!)

 

[pottamus]

Nothing at all!

 

[happyhack]

rug, boots and tail bandage. I dont really like the guards

 

[miller]

Travel boots, over reach boots, rug (dependant on weather what I use), tail bandage, tail guard, roller (just in case). No poll guard as never hada problem with height

 

[happihorse]

When travelling my horse, he wears:
- fleece rug on cooler summer days but if very hot then no rug (unless just been washed down) and thermatex on winter days
- travel boots (I have heard of / seen many incidents where horses have been in horrific accidents and the travel boots that they have been wearing have been ripped to shreds but their legs are not / only very slightly injured, and I hate to take any risks with my boy.)
- poll guard (because he used to rush out of the trailer and whack his head of the roof)
- tail bandage with tail guard over the top (tail bandage stops guard slipping and guard stops him rubbing his tail)
Yes, I know I am way OTT!

 

[ihatework]

The young horse wears nothing.
My older horse wears boots and if it's cold will wear a rug. Never wears a poll guard and only wears a tail bandage if I am doing a dressage test.

 

[Stella]

A tail guard and a rug if needed. I stopped using travel boots 3 years ago when my mare became afflicted with severe, chronic, recurrant lymphangitis. My vet said that I should avoid boots and bandages due to the risk of the effected leg becoming warm. Touch wood, I have never had a problem.

Since I stopped using boots, there has been an incident on my yard of a horse somehow getting a travel boot caught on the panel in the lorry. It panicked and the result was it lost most a hoof

Given that, and that 'they' say that horses have better balance without travel boots, I may not go back to using them whether the horse in question has a 'gammy' leg or not!

 

[Baggybreeches]

Usually nothing, but on a long journey, I might use travel bandages after an event, rugwise depends on the weather, I always mean to put a tail bandage on but havent for so long I just forget!

 

[chestnut cob]

I ticked the first three but I don't always use a rug unless it's really cold or the horse is sweaty/it's cold on the way home. In summer I wouldn't ever use a rug for travelling.