pippixox
Well-Known Member
sorry im sure there are many posts on this, but more advice would be great please 
i have a 10 year old mare, although she is very green as only been ridden consistently for 2 years. she has travelled in a trailer as a 5 year old, with previous owner, but then no regular travelling untill the past year with me. when she has been in my friends 3.5 t, forward facing like a trailer....
so last weekend went out in a trailer with a friend, she hasnt been out since october, i was in a separate car and her husband who drove said he could hear lots of thumping around during the 15 minute journey to nearby school. she loaded straight away, perfectly calm, and with another mare who she in turned out with....
arrived at the yard and opened up, she was standing clamly eating hay,,,, but could see blood and a shoe. she had managed to wrip one of her back shoes off (only on for just over a week so not lose!) and scrape a load of flesh off her leg as well. she walked off calmly and had to find a hose.
on the way back she loaded straight away, calm as if nothing had happened, travelled ok and back with no more injuries...
so my question after all that background: how can i help her travel better? i think she just forgets to balence, as when we left i drove behind and she at times she just leans and loses footing. she is obviously out of practise, but was only a short journey and we drove in front on the way so he couldnt drive too fast!
also boots wise- she wont wear those massive chunky travel boots as she doesnt want to walk with them, and when she did once she tried to lie down in a box and was distressed, so she just had brushing and over reach boots. but would bandages offer better protection?
i have a 10 year old mare, although she is very green as only been ridden consistently for 2 years. she has travelled in a trailer as a 5 year old, with previous owner, but then no regular travelling untill the past year with me. when she has been in my friends 3.5 t, forward facing like a trailer....
so last weekend went out in a trailer with a friend, she hasnt been out since october, i was in a separate car and her husband who drove said he could hear lots of thumping around during the 15 minute journey to nearby school. she loaded straight away, perfectly calm, and with another mare who she in turned out with....
arrived at the yard and opened up, she was standing clamly eating hay,,,, but could see blood and a shoe. she had managed to wrip one of her back shoes off (only on for just over a week so not lose!) and scrape a load of flesh off her leg as well. she walked off calmly and had to find a hose.
on the way back she loaded straight away, calm as if nothing had happened, travelled ok and back with no more injuries...
so my question after all that background: how can i help her travel better? i think she just forgets to balence, as when we left i drove behind and she at times she just leans and loses footing. she is obviously out of practise, but was only a short journey and we drove in front on the way so he couldnt drive too fast!
also boots wise- she wont wear those massive chunky travel boots as she doesnt want to walk with them, and when she did once she tried to lie down in a box and was distressed, so she just had brushing and over reach boots. but would bandages offer better protection?
