Yep, sage advice. The only thing I would add to people starting to haul
long distances for the first time, it is not the time to make a change
to the feeding routine for the haul. If you don't regularly feed your
horse soaked beet pulp, on your first long haul is not the time to
start. If your horse has not eaten soaked hay before, the first long
haul is not the time to start. If you haven't seen how fast soaked hay
can go bad in the heat, the first long haul is not the time to find
out.
If you are anticipating your first long haul, introduce the things you
might be doing feeding wise during the haul at home first to see how
the horse acclimates to them and to work out the kinks. Every horse is
different.
Truman
Jonni Jewell wrote:
When you haul your horses use COMMON sense for YOUR situation and YOUR
horses folks. There is no one absolutely hard and fast, works for all horses
and owners method for hauling these animals. The best thing is to know your
horse, and what you feel will work best for it, and your situation and set
up. If you are at ALL uncomfortable about unloading them while in transit,
then you probably shouldn't. If you want to unload, but are not comfortable
with the location, find one you are comfortable with. If you worry about
shavings blowing around in the trailer, find something else, wet them down,
or don't use them. If you are not sure if you should tie them or leave them
untied, then really look at your trailer set up, and decide if it is safer
one way other the other, weigh out the different reasons folks have for what
THEY do, and do what you feel is best for YOUR horses.
-- "It is necessary to be noble, and yet take humility as a basis
"It
is necessary to be noble, and yet
take humility as a basis.
It is necessary
to be exalted, and yet take modesty as a foundation."
