horse transport

You guys may have a good ole time trying to load those horses if they haven't been loaded since they were young. Take your time, it could be hours before they feel comfortable enough to load-even with grain enticing them in. You just never know tho they may walk right on.

Stacy

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ok, i talked to mrs. s and my driver and we are on for friday. i expect to be in waverly sometime after noon, and will call from there.

i plan on taking it slow, at least the first couple of days in the barn to let them get used to the place. after that,they will be in with 4 goats and a pyr, and at first will be confined to a small area fenced with woven wire and electric. it's pretty quiet here, as far as traffic and such. it is a gravel spur road off a gravel road, and about the ony traffic we get is from the ten or so families that live on this 10 mile road. i'm willing to let the foot go, if it is only a matter of appearance. i'll call my vet today and see what he has to say. it sounds as if they have been minimally kept, probably have not had a good worming either. between my vet and this board, i'm sure i can learn about everything i need.:-)

i hear you, kincora. mrs. s thinks it might be easy, says they are good horses, but you never can tell, sounds like if we can get the lame one in the blind one will be more apt to follow.

can't help it, y'all. i have got a big ol' soft spot for old and lame critters. thanks for all the support!!

Your first stop when arriving back may be to the vet's clinic for a thorough examination. Ask if the vet would be willing to meet you after hours there.

ken s- this phrase has been haunting me all day. do you think their condition is bad enough that they need immediate vet care? i planned on getting them here on friday, then getting the vet out on monday or tuesday. they may be in worse shape than i thought.

No, but the horses likely haven't been seen by a vet or farrier is some time. My thinking is most vets today want the animals to be brought into their clinic whenever possible. Locally you pay extra for farm visits. I was thinking along the lines of you would know right away what their status was in an environment to where they can be handled properly. I know of no problems with them other than the blindness and clubfoot. They have been Mrs. S's pets. They can wait for the on-farm visit.

Marvella:

If you are coming to their West Blue Creek Road house first I am just down the road. If you come in from Highway 13 you will pass me. Look for a tan singlewide with chainlink fence on south side of road. I will be around if you need help - 296-3793. Wouldn't take me long to hook up my cattle trailer for a possible trailer-to-trailer transfer as mentioned earlier.

Before you can access that paddock her husband has to move a car to two. Try to make sure he does it a couple of days in advance just to make sure it is out of the way.

Ken Scharabok

ken s- your help is invaluable, i cannot thank you enough.

i'm not sure yet which way we are coming in. she gave me directions from SR 70 and the address on henpecked road, their old house? we finally decided that when i get to waverly i will call her, and we will take it from there. she doesn't want to be there, but we would like to meet.

that's a relief about the horses. farm call here is $25-$35 on top of the usual charges. i need to get him out here to cut a buck goat anyway, so it looks like we will make a half day out of it. lots easier to have him come here than to load them and haul them in.

UPDATE: Received a call from my neighbor last evening all went well. A neighbor near their own house (where the horses were) trains Tennessee Walkers. He came by and loaded the one with the club foot. The blind horse was then lead up to the back of the trailer, sniffed around a bit and walked right in. I suspect it sensed the presence of the other horse in the trailer so was comfortable going into it.

Should be at their new home in East TN by now.

Ken

hi ken s- yep, they loaded without a problem. it was a long, long trip, but we made it in safe and sound (if tired) about 7 am. had a flat in cookeville and had to wait hours for AAA to get there. they unloaded even easier than they went in, and are now in a stall in the barn, getting hay and water carried to them. it's frustrating to see that some vet care a couple of years ago could have saved amy's sight. they are pretty thin. very sweet and docile natured it seems, and just love attention. i'm hoping still that a load of antibiotics, a good worming and getting fed on a regular basis will make all the difference. missed the vet today, so won't be able to get him out here until next week, unless it's an emergency. at this time i don't see anything that qualifies as that. i'm taking all the good advice about making changes real slow. so far, so good. amy has some kind of foul smelling stools, but formed and green, and she has that eye drainage.

for sure, i'll be hollering back on here if anyting comes up that concerns me before the vet gets here. i figured this might be a good time to post a few pictures on here too, as soon as i figure out how.:-)

thanks mr. scharabok!!!:-)

ps- i'm sorry we didn't get to meet you while we were there. you are kind of one of the *stars* of HT, and real celebrity who has been here from the earliest days. :haha: :worship:

I'm so glad the move went well and these poor horses will live comfortably in their old age. Can't wait to see the pictures!

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it's going to be a few days before i get it together enough to post pictures, but i'm going to try!!

molly is a roan and the daughter of amy, the blind one. molly has a malformed foot from a rope incident when she was young and isn't exactly what i would call clubbed. i think with some half way decent care, molly might make a fine looking horse. not sure yet what the prognosis on amy is going to be. it's a nasty looking, long term eye infection. and she is really, really thin.

also just finished adding up my costs. i probably should have just gone ahead and paid for transport and saved myself all the aggravation. oh well, live and learn.

Marvella:

I suspect Barbara was crying a bit as you pulled out. These were her babies and it is so comforting to her to know they have gone to a good final home. She is experience health problems and having to go over to the old house each day to feed was becoming a problem. Plus, I know Jesse doesn't particularly like her on one of the roads which they use as it is narrow and has a very bad blind curve around a rock outcropping.

I greatly appreciate, also, your being willing to take them on. With proper treatment Amy's eyes might clear up enough to where they at least don't weap on her.

Please do keep us informed on their progress.

Ken