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Minty Arab
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 Posted - 17 Feb 2009 : 3:08:59 PM
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Hi guys, i am having a bit of a problem with Sunne in the trailer,
she has been mostly travelled in a lorry, loading is not a problem....she goes in fine, she just pours with sweat, and i mean very wet indeed.......why? she doesn't stomp about while we travel. we have been sticking to only short journeys and driving very carefully but even after only a 10 min journey she is completely soaked i just wondered if anyone had any suggestions how to help her feel better about the actual traveling, unfortunately i have to travel to lessons at the moment (10 min journey) so any ideas to make her more comfortable? she wears a thermatex rug to travel in, which works to some extent, but obviously not on her head and neck (we do make sure we arrive in plenty of time so she has a chance to dry of before we tack up,and we have used rescue remedy spray)
Also are thermatex and thermalux rugs exactly the same, or is one better than the other? experiences of either please 
Other than that, things are still great I'm still grinning like an escaped mental patient! in fact my cheeks are really starting to hurt! (i mean the ones on my face!  )
Thanks in advance,
Emma X 
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Edited by - Minty Arab on 18 Feb 2009 09:01:09 AM
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Pauline
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Posted - 17 Feb 2009 : 3:46:42 PM
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I have a mare that sometimes sweats up a lot, I have used in the past a product called "Travel Mix" by Trinity Consultants it seems to have worked.
Speak to Roger Hatch on 01243551766 he maybe able to help you.
Pauline
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zaminda1
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Posted - 17 Feb 2009 : 4:31:55 PM
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I have a similar problem with one of mine. I have stopped using a rug at all on the outward journey, if its very cold I use a light weight thermatex. As to the differences between the two makes, I have both and only use the thermulux for warmth as have found it doesn't wick anywhere near as well. My mare used to do this in the past as well, when I was using the lorry every day to go to the gallops, and to compete on weekends she stopped. It seemed to be an excitement thing! We hadn't taken her anywhere for ages due to a leg problem, and now she is back up to galloping I am back to square one. Keep perservering, does it seem like she is excited or worried? Mine shakes all over. Topspec calmer can take the edge off. Good luck
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Mrs Vlacq
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Posted - 17 Feb 2009 : 5:08:06 PM
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Try her on the other side - this makes a massive difference to some horses
Try also more wedged in - move the breech and breast bars so she's snug. It may be she is used to fuller partitions?
These regular short journeys should have her adjusting well though so just keep at it. Also try loading her and doing some relaxation massage with engine running so she's as soppy as possible up to the point you set off
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Libby Frost
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Posted - 17 Feb 2009 : 5:16:55 PM
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| One of our young stallions was like that ,go in and out quite happily just sweat buckets in the lorry, in the meantime. I couldnt decide if he was either nervous, or travelsick!we stopped showing him as he found the whole thing too traumatic! |
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Nedds71
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Posted - 17 Feb 2009 : 5:37:01 PM
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Also try her if possible with no partition and pillar tie, so she can find her own comfortable place to stand. The short journeys are definately the best way for her to settle, hopefully with practice she will get better.
Another thought is cotton wool in her ears she may be finding the noise of the trailer more traumatic as they can rattle more than a lorry. Good luck! |
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Minty Arab
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England
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Posted - 17 Feb 2009 : 7:15:30 PM
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Thanks guys lots of good advice, as always 
I cant work out if its excitment or anxiety either 
will let you know how i get on with your suggestions
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Sue J
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Posted - 18 Feb 2009 : 09:11:41 AM
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Hi Emma,
Not sure if anyone has already suggested this but I would try doing a longer journey (on good roads of course, preferably motorway), you may find that she will then come to realise that it's not that scary after all. Doing just 10 min journeys each time is not really giving her the chance to overcome her fears. It may also be a little bit of anxiety about going for the lesson rather than the actual travelling?
Also have you considered that you may be keeping her too warm? Unless she's clipped she shouldn't need too warm a rug.
I have a mare who used to sweat up like this and I never took her far, but when we moved house she had to travel for 2hrs or so on a transporter. She was fine when we arrived, having sweated then dried off and actualy seemed to quite enjoy the trip.
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lynette
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Posted - 18 Feb 2009 : 10:49:05 AM
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Hi Emma,
Travel her with no rug on. As a transporter we spend more time removing rugs for horses to travel comfortably than putting them on. She will sweat to begin with but with no rug on she will also have a chance to dry off, with a rug on it traps the heat (even the thermatex ones) and does not allow them to dry off. On a long journey this can cause problems with the horse dehydrating. Do not wedge her in tighter as this could make the problem worse but look to give her more room by either leaving the back of the partition at an angle or leave it out altogether.
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Lynette
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Hazel Cornes
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 18 Feb 2009 : 11:03:28 AM
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Like yours our Anglo arrived dripping and lathered up, he had to be washed off on arrival, until we shut the back top doors. We were worried in hot weather that he wouldn't have enough air but he travelled perfectly as long as the top doors were shut. We think it was the traffic noise behind him. We did travel without a partition and cross tied him so that he couldn't totally stand on the near side and unbalance the trailer.
Shutting the back doors worked the very first time for Freddie not a sweat mark. |
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Songbird
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Posted - 18 Feb 2009 : 6:01:23 PM
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Hi Emma
My belief is that Sunne will get used to the trailer in time but I found that when she was sweating badly at first with me she would dry and travel normally if you did longer journeys .Eventually she got used to my lorry and stopped sweating . In the meantime the easy cure for regular short journeys is clipping her . She is good to clip and if you travel her regularly this is the easy answer . She then dries off so fast . Lots of luck.
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