Yard Move 21 days to go - Planning ahead

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Ok 21 days to go so far :

I have my wheelbarrow fork and broom, and have started my first aid kit building.

Moving to the New Yard its all DIY so I am changing my routine to get him used to not being fed to a stopwatch.

I have sourced some hay so I can switch over from haylage in his last week and found out about having shavings delivered to the new yard.

I have rearranged his stable so that he gets his hay and water in roughly the same place as it will be in his new stable.

Now I need to plan how to migrate from no turnout to individual paddocks when he has not been in a field since November 9th.
 
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I have rearranged his stable so that he gets his hay and water in roughly the same place as it will be in his new stable.



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That's brilliant! I am impressed at your attention to detail, would never occur to me to bother to do that - my horse reasonably regularly stays away in temporary stabling so everything is different, and he is completely unbothered by it, so I really wouldn't stress.

As for turning out, I'd work him hard to make him a bit tired, make sure he's hungry, boot him up and let him get on with it. He's bound to be pleased to be out after so long, so don't worry if there are a few high jinks, but the hungrier he is the more likely he is to get out there and eat rather than gallop about.
 
Personally I would arrange to move him first thing in the morning and put him straight out when he arrives at the new place and then spend the rest of the day there getting your stuff sorted out so you can keep your eye on him. That way he gets to be out when everything else there is out - he will probably have a bit of a hoon around and a roll and then he is going to eat!! In 3 weeks time the grass should be starting to grow so there will be plenty to interest him! Also a day out nosing at his new place will be tiring as well as exciting for him but you may as well get him used to be being out asap!
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I assume he isn't going to get any turn out before you move?
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I did wonder how Operation Drifter was going
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Whenever I have moved, I've packed up my major stuff and moved it to the new yard beforehand. Also do your stable ready if you can aswell.
On the day of the move, I then only have the stable to clean out (it always takes longer than I think
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I tend to leave mine as she settles better when I'm not around. I do agree with the others though, turn him out whilst you're sorting out your stuff and you can keep an eye on him.

I guess all that is stating the obvious but I would say if you are bottoming your stable, don't under estimate how long it takes.
 
Happy to be a helping hand if needed? Have you got enough buckets? Also is it automatic waters at new place? I would pop him out in the school or lunge him either at old place or new and get any bucking and messing about out if his system - like others say make sure he is hungry. So excited for you!!
 
New place is not automatic waterers I have a lovely big Lilac Water container for hi and he is now using one in his hotel room instead of the automatic waterer.

In an ideal world I would loose school him at old yard move him tired lunge him at new yard pop his rugs on and say here you are baby your field.

We have a bit of History on turnout. Boxing Day 2008 to be exact lovely sunny day nevergave it a thought popped him into NZ and turned him out in the Warm up arena for a mooch and a roll.

He went into a flat panic galloped round for a full 5 minutes then jumped the 5 bar gate and galloped across the car park to his stable. Never put him out on his own since.

New YO is competing at ours today so I might get to introduce him.
 
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