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| Just food for thought. I've got a three month old filly and I would like to start taking my mare out again. Not to shows of course, but there is barrel practice every Thursday at a local arena and its a very controlled situation that I would feel safe with. My mare doesn't care to much about leaving the filly for a while, the filly whines a little and then hangs out with her baby setters. I'm not talking long hours, just a little at a time. She stands tied while I ride mom around. I'm not afraid of taking my mare out because I think she'll be fine and I think my filly will be too. Just wondering other peoples thoughts.
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  Whack and Roll
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Location: NE Texas | About 15 years ago there was a couple in AR that had a palamino mare they hauled. He roped on her and she occasionally ran barrels on her when her other horse was hurt. THe mare had a baby on her side when they hauled her. They just tied the baby up and it was fine. Hauled three horses in a 2 horse side by side at times. Now these two were good hands, they jsut didn't have any other choice than to haul the mare. I'd love to know what that colt turned out to be. Bet it's a good one! |
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| I had planned to once she was weaned to just haul her with my other mare and let her get out and about. I want her to get the out and about now, kinda feel it'll help in rounding her out as she grows older. But I wanna get my mare ready to start back hauling now.
Edited by BaylenJaxs 2015-07-02 5:10 PM
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The Advice Guru
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| The more reading I do, the more I won't haul my young ones.
The vibration in the aluminum horse trailer floors are causing permanent issues in horses.
One well known vet in my area says he sees more bursitis then anything else in the week and it is all due to trailering.
So if you are hauling your foal at three months before growth plates are fused and the bones are still soft be aware there may be long term negative effects.
Years ago I had one mare who wasn't supposed to be pregnant and didn't look pregnant foaled 2 months before barrel racing finals, she was already qualified so I haul the baby a few times then took both to the finals and ran the mare. Baby stayed tied up with my geldings never made a peep.
Would I do it again, nope toouch stress on the mare and baby |
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Tried and True
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Location: Where I am happiest | I wouldnt do it personally. No way no how. Way to much time and money invested in that foal to risk it all to go play. To much stress on mare and foal with the hauling, and not to mention exposing that foal to way to many pathogens and possably every virus known to man that their immature immune system is just not equiped to handle yet. Let the mom be a mom and that baby be a baby. THEN go play after that baby is weaned. |
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Good Ole Boys just Fine with Me
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Location: SE Missouri | When my sisters and I were young our mares(2) were bred every couple of years. We hauled and took the babies. It was comical at times bc these babies were not tied to the trailer. We ponied them off the mares until it was time to run (barrel, poles, goattying) and they would either get put in the trailer or one of my sisters would lead them around.
One mare is now 23 sound and semi retired, she's doesn't realize she's retired, lol. The other we started running when she was 3 and she ran until she was 21 and passed away at 26. Neither have been injected either.. We rode the snot out of our horses and they were really in shape and tough. We did well with these mares and frankly we enjoyed it. We were just horse crazy kids with no option but to use what we had. They got touched by everyone at those horseshoes and jr rodeos too. Nothing bothered those colts, lol.
I will say the farthest we hauled babies was probably only 1.5 hours away. |
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