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zapphire1
Bronze Member
England
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 Posted - 24 May 2010 : 9:24:17 PM
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thank you everyone for your very kind post,yes its very hard tostill talk about(without breaking into tears) and the sadest thing he was such a kind and gentle stallion.
cmj yes your allow to travel your own horses by yourself driving just
phone defra and tell them what your plans are i think they will also
give you the number for your local import/export dept who deal with most of it,you can even hire a lorry but long drive back again,i do know if you have anything under 14.2hh it has to have a vets cert which is done
by the exports this is cos ponies are meat or pets ie min value!!!
i took 4 ponies to france its just a quick eye limbs etc
i`D advise anyone take them yourself or travel with them no company can stop you doing this as long as they know when you book them that your travel iswell ie in there lorry if you cant get a friend too if poss
zebo
and as for word of mouth this is only good if its the same driver as these big companies tend to have quite a few drivers so you may get two or three poeple saying this company is good and yet you can find poeple out there who would say dont use use them its not only companies itsthe bL---LY DRIVERS then you got other people saying really good transporters then futher down the line you find out that the owners traveled with there horses what driver would not look after a horse !!
i can see why gerri gets cross with some comments made as dont you think we ask every question possible! as we are handing over our babies for them to care for and trusting them to care for we are not asking them to turn a 13.2hh pony into a 15.2 horse,
WAKE UP ALL TRANSPORTERS YOU GOT OUR BABIES ON BOARD
theres lots of horror stories on forums in france from uk owners who too have had things happen to there horses |
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kastell
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France
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Posted - 25 May 2010 : 1:21:01 PM
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Sorry to hear about your bad experience's Gerri & Zapphire, a horse owners worse nightmare!!
It's awful that this transporter is still operating!! However there are some good UK based transporters that do regular trips to & from the UK, the company I use is a small firm, I use them as I know they treat the horses well & I've never had a problem with them. If they weren't in my area when I wanted them I'd wait for them, I wouldn't want to risk my horses well-being with a company I didn't know! Plus I always pay on the safe delivery of my horses!!
Sorry to hear that your move to France didn't work out either Zapphire, IMO I think the French system for breeding horses is very good, I know of several ex UK Studs which are now set up in France, who continue to breed. |
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Edited by - kastell on 25 May 2010 1:21:38 PM |
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Trusted Transporter HaH!!!!!! UPDATED
