Keeping Horses Happy and Healthy While Travelling Long Distances
Keeping Horses Happy and Healthy While Travelling Long Distances
About Barbara
– Barbara is an equine vet and and has also completed a PhD Study about behavioural clinical and respiratory responses to 8 hour transportation in horses.
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Barbara’s Favourite Inspirational Quote
– ‘In riding a horse we borrow freedom” by Winston Churchhill
Who Has Inspired Barbara
– Barbara’s Father
– The supervising vet that treated her first horse
Recommended Books
– Book available in September
– Practical Guidelines to Assess Fitness for Transport of Equidae
(If you would like a free copy of this book please email Editor@HorseChats.com)
About This Episode
– Barbara discusses why it is important to train your horse to travel and monitor your horse during and after the trip.
Time Stamps
01:08 – In riding a horse we borrow freedom
01:35 – When Barbara started riding at the age of 12 years old and the riding school where she rode at age 13 years old
03:14 – How Barbara became an equine vet because her horse was suffering from colic
03:59 – Hard worker, like studying and to receive good marks
04:48 – Enjoying your relationship with horses, correct therapy to improve the horse
05:37 – How a supervising vet advised ‘Don’t do anything your are not sure about’.
07:35 – Getting a difficult case back to being a winning horse and her PhD.
09:50 – Different types of travel sicknesses
11:37 – Why preparation weeks before travel should become part of the horses training – load and travel, fitness for transport
15:30 – The morning before give plenty of water and hay.
16:50 – During the trip to feed or not to feed. keep the horses head down so it is less stressful , monitor the horse (camera) rest, water and graze
22:00 – After the trip unload on the road, give at least 24 rest preferably pasture, monitor temperature.
22:57 – Practical guidelines for assess fitness transport of a horse booklet
23:41 – About the book Barbara is writing.
24:26 – Conference 21 to 24 September 2018 in Rome, Italy
25:29 – Be passionate, love and understand horses and communicate with horses better
27:42 – Contact: see details below
Barbara’s Contact Details
Phone: +39 347 939 4132 (Mobile) or +39 0881 776 270 (Landline)
Email: barbara.padalino@uniba.it
Skype: Barbara.padalino
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/barbarapad
Music
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