Travelling shetlands

[cpendle]

How do you travel a Shetland in a normal lorry? Do you leave them untied, like a foal? What about haynets?

Thanks : )

 

[itsme123]

You'd tie them up like a pony and give them a haynet like a pony.

 

[jelibean]

I think i depends on how many your planning on travelling.
When weve moved shetlands before its only been from field to field (10min journeys) and when theres more than one we tend to leave them loose without nets or headcollers. Shetlands have a nasty habit of being able to get into allkindsof scrapes!!!!
However just one or two traveling for any longer than 15-20mins really ought to be travelled properly.
Not sure about the foal though, i personally dont believe in tying foals up to travel but then i wouldnt leave it loose withany other than its mother on board unless seperated properly.

 

[gracemacrae]

When I travel my shetland in my lorry which is herringbone he travels facing the opposite direction! ie his head faces the wall where the horses bums normally are and I tie him to the partition with a bit of twine

If he travels normally he sneeks in front of the partition and scares his big friend! He travels dead happy like this.

 

[laura05]

i just travel mine as normal in the lorry he is only a pain when in a trailer rears up over the bar!!

 

[Patches]

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How do you travel a Shetland in a normal lorry? Do you leave them untied, like a foal? What about haynets?

Thanks : )

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Forget the lorry, just pop him in the boot of your car!

 

[Vicki1986]

it is tempting just to shuv the little one in the living. im sure he'd be more than happy there.

 

[Nudibranch]

I used to work on a shetland stud for a while and they always travelled them loose in their partitions. I travel mine loose as well, they are too small/tricky/good at undoing knots to tie safely. So long as they can find a corner to brace themselves, are facing backwards, and you drive carefully (obviously!) they should be fine. Two per stall is good, they can comfort one another and brace as well, otherwise its like a pea in a bucket.

 

[Fransurrey]

I've done it in a trailer and a lorry (travelled shetlands, that is...). In the lorry he travelled as a horse would, as it was herringbone, but he did struggle a bit, as he was too small to lean on the partitions. Last time he travelled, it was in the trailer, where I wedged him in with a 'partition' made of hay bales in front. If he'd been alone, I would have also put hay bales to the side of him. It helped enormously, as he had something to wedge his hooves against.

 

[wizzi901]

Day to day we travel them in converted transit. (but they are minis!), he made a partition and wooden sectioning that can be taken out if we need it to be a van again! we use rubber matting and tie ups/haynets as normal.

If doing a big show and staying away we hire a huge box and travel them both in one partition, they are tied tho. Having watched them on a 4 hour journey they were fine, such a big box they travelled really well!

 

[SpruceRI]

In my little transit I used to tie my Shetland facing in the opposite direction (herringbone) to the other pony, otherwise he used to reverse up and end up in the same stall as she!

Now in my trailer I've had the breast bar fittings moved down and cross tie him.