Hello all!
For the first time ever I’ll be moving my horses (2) for more than a couple hours… From Ohio to Colorado! We don’t have a set date but they definitely won’t be moving until mid spring next year so I have a bit of time to plan.
I’m very comfortable and well versed with my horses hauling for several hours at a time however I have never shipped anything across state lines much less across the country. I plan on hiring a hauler, I at least know I need a coggins/health cert, I probably will be giving a gastric aid for a week before and after, and then there’s the whole discussion of to wrap the legs or not to wrap the legs for long trips.
Anything you guys recommend in finding a hauler, what questions to ask them, other things to take into consideration? Do they require record of vaccinations (I would think so but I am really clueless here).
They will be moving to Durango, CO and I don’t know any horse people out there so I’m open to farrier and vet recommendations, and recommendations for vaccines that we might not use here (Normally they get EEE, WEE, Flu/rhino, Tetnus, WNV, rabies, and potomac horse fever)?
Thanks for answering my silly questions!