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Long-Haul Strategies
Most trailer trips are uneventful. But when you’re traveling long distances, you need to think and plan ahead. Here are 11 expert long-haul strategies.
Use these 11 expert strategies to help enhance your horse’s health and comfort on the road. By Amy DeGeer Oberdorf Photos by Betsy Lynch USRider® Equestrian Traveler’s Companion
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ou probably think nothing of loading your horse in your trailer, shutting the doors, and taking off down the road. For most trips, the haul is uneventful. But when you’re traveling long distances, you need to think and plan ahead. The stress and anxiety that your horse experiences simply by stepping onto your trailer can be greater than you think. When that stress occurs for an unusually long period of time, he becomes susceptible to health complications, such as dehydration, colic, physical injury, and pleuropneumonia (shipping fever). But with proper preparation and forethought, and a solid travel plan, you can reduce the inherent risks of hauling your horse long distances. Here, Todd E. Shaarda, DVM, an equine practitioner in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Curt Lange of Brook Ledge Horse Transportation in Oley, Pennsylvania, will offer their expert long>>
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