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| Looking at buying a beautiful granddaughter of Ciclone si107 (by Easy Jet) and her 2014 filly by a grand son of FDD. She's bred back this year. Only issue, they're all the way across the country from me. Just wondering about some of the risks of shipping a 18y/o mare and her filly 1600 miles. Thanks (: |
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Location: Gainesville, TX | Are you shipping or picking her up? |
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| We would have to ship her or see if she can catch a ride home with one of my friends out at NHSRA finals next week
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Location: Kansas | as long as the shipper is trustworthy and you know will take care of the pair, I don't see why it would be a issue.... |
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| What are some things that could go wrong? Hate to be a hypochondriac but I've never had one shipped and this is a riskier venture than just shipping a gelding. Seeing as the foal is so young (born 1st week in June) and the mare is aged |
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Location: Kansas | stopping for exercise, making sure they get water during stops, hay....etc. |
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Location: Gainesville, TX | Is the foal halterbroke, if not I would not unload them, even for that long unless they stopped overnight and stalled them (which I would recommend). Otherwise, they need to stop at least every three or four hours and let the mare and baby rest in the trailer. I would personally want them hauled in something like a stock trailer or one with box stalls, not a regular slant load trailer. This would let the mare and baby move around a bit if they stopped every few hours. Its also easier to put some hay and water in the trailer for them that way too. I really wouldn't want to unload a baby next to a busy highway. Also, make sure the mare has a fly mask. So their feet don't get sore and to help with poop and urine I would make sure the bottom of the trailer had rubber mats and then shavings over that. Every other stop or so, you'd probably want to see if this could be thrown out. This would be most of what I would worry about. Theft is always a concern too so you might want to make sure they have a trailer lock of some kind at least for when they stop and go inside to the bathroom or to eat or something. You want to make sure they both have coggins and health papers. |
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Location: DUMPING CATS AND PIGS IN TEXAS :) | I always keep in the back of my head the differences in climate on a long ship. It is soooo hot down here right now and I would not ship an older mare from a really cool climate here. I would be concerned about pneumonia.
I'd hope that the shipper has a mare and foal compartment. They, also, can't just stop in a parking lot somewhere and let a mare and young foal stretch their legs. 1600 miles is really far. My opinion is that I wouldn't do it. I'd find something closer to my house. |
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Location: Finally horseback again.... | As long as you have a good shipper you will be fine.
18 is not aged in my book.
I shipped a 25 year old stallion from Az to Texas, he did great.
As far as the baby, as long as the trailer is bedded deep and they can lay down and rest and the mare has a double stall, I would not worry. They will need to stop and let the baby nurse and rest though. |
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| What if I was to get her a ride with someone who's not a shipper. What risked are involved with someone who's not insured to do that sort of thing? |
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| The biggest issue I could see would be is to make sure the baby has plenty of room to lay down and sleep with out getting stepped on. Also stopping to let it nurse, feed and water the mare etc. Make sure the don't get too hot since it is summer. I personally wouldn't unload them, I park and let them stand still for at least 30 minutes every 4-5 hours. We hauled tons of babies all over prior to the shipped semen days! I always hauled the pair in a 3 horse with the mare tied up front and the baby had the rest to roam around and stretch out in. Lots of clean shavings too. I wouldn't hesitate to haul one that far myself. |
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| The lady we're thinking of hauling with has a slant and she will have the back two open for them. She says they'll stop often and they have an air conditioned trailer for them. She's experienced with foals as she runs a breeding operation herself. She's charging a reasonable fee. My only concern was that she's not insured in case something were to happen. |
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Location: Oklahoma | You could insure the mare and foal yourself. That would be important, anyways, since anything can happen along the way that may need veterinary attention. |
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | **Cowgirl Up** - 2014-07-08 5:12 PM The lady we're thinking of hauling with has a slant and she will have the back two open for them. She says they'll stop often and they have an air conditioned trailer for them. She's experienced with foals as she runs a breeding operation herself. She's charging a reasonable fee. My only concern was that she's not insured in case something were to happen.
We insure with LCI and their insurance is really reasonable. You might give them a call and just insure before they ship. I bought a mare and her month old filly out of TX to WY in March one year. They arrived in the middle of a blizzard. I insured before they left. It was a company and I doubt they had the rest promised. You will find a huge % don't ever unload. Anyways they made it a fast trip and all went well. |
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| **Cowgirl Up** - 2014-07-08 11:08 AM
What if I was to get her a ride with someone who's not a shipper. What risked are involved with someone who's not insured to do that sort of thing?
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This is the way I would go if at all possible. .. If this person is at an event and lives in your area they will not be looking for other horses to pickup and delay the time of the trip!! ... They will be concentrating on getting home as quickly as possible.
No need to make special stops for mare and foal to rest other than for gas and to provide water and hay. Just make sure mare and foal have a double stall and the panel separating them from other horses is a stud panel or you can use a piece of 4x8 plywood to extend to the floor and tie it in place with ties. Lowes will cut the plywood to exact dimensions for free.
Quicker the trip the better!!
Do not tie the mare.. leave both free to move around. Tied mares are more likely to step on a sleeping foal than a free roaming mare!! .. Especially when the baby plops down under the mare to take a nap... a foal cannot sleep standing up!!
It always helps to know starting point and destination to give a person good advice on hauling or care when shipping horses ..
As you already know .... when you change horses to locations far from their old homes ... you can expect the new horses to catch diseases from your barn within 2 weeks or bring some new virus from their old home to give to your horses. .. Just use common sense and as long as you can keep any of the horses affected eating and drinking their immune//defense systems will handle the virus or sniffles ...
MAY THEY HAVE A HAPPY AND QUICK TRIP!!
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| Thank you! I hadn't thought of it that way. They're coming from WY to south AL |
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