Shipping a horse to Mexico????

[moonlitoaksranch]

@DeLovely

I am also interested in possibly shipping a horse to Mexico. I am in Northern California and would like to move a horse to Nayarit if I end up moving down there myself.

Start with customs, same as shipping to Canada.

I rode very nice, privately owned, horses on gorgeous trails down there when my aunt and uncle lived in Mexico City. The owners and trainers used natural horsemanship techniques and the horses were absolutely lovely. Mexico is a very large and diverse country. It is NOT all like Tijuana any more than Detroit represents all of the US to Canadian tourists.

Remember, it was US companies who made those border towns nasty. Our companies went south, built huge, unsafe factories, with no regard for workers living in shanties, and then closed them without warning.

[clanter]

@Moonlitoaks

Remember, it was US companies who made those border towns nasty. Our companies went south, built huge, unsafe factories, with no regard for workers living in shanties, and then closed them without warning.

well I have to completely disagree with your version of what occurred in the Free Trade Zone

I worked for the Chamberlain Group, at the time we were the largest employer in Nogales MX… about 5,000. (I believe the plant is now down to about 4,000)

The plant is as safe as any in any place in the United States.

We built our own health client on site, provided free health care, we had our own day care center on site, we provided breakfast and lunch on site. Gave away cars as incentives for the workers to come to work, all they needed to do was have perfect attendance then they were put into the twice a year lottery.

We moved production from several acquisitions to the Nogales plant in hopes of cost savings…which did not pan out as our total costs exceeded the cost to have do the the work in the US…the only salvation was the production was centralized

[moonlitoaksranch]

Clanter, it’s nice to know that there are ethical companies doing business down there.

There is a bad history along the border.

[Foxtrot_s]

Friend of mine took a job in Central Mexico - drove her horse down and at the border was held up for days amongst the cattle pens. She had to pay before they would let her through.

[cattywampus]

I’ve done the health certs for an acquaintance moving back to Mexico with his horses-- it’s quite the production to get everything in order. Definitely check with your state vet, as you’ll need the paperwork endorsed after your regular veterinarian completes the forms.

Mexico is very particular about some things, like no abbreviations, and it helps to have a contact with the inspection service on the Mexico side. Your state vet will also have the latest version of the import paperwork Mexico requires.