>>>> To get here, they have a 3 hour flight to Luxembourg, usually a couple of hours minimum faffing around at the airport with vet checks etc, then 3 hours in a truck, a 5 hour boat journey, then another truck journey - at the time I was in Dorset so it was about 3 hours. To come here from Dover would be 6 hours, roughly.
Sina and Melnir took about 8 hours to get here from KY. They were "locals." The ones from British Columbia took about 7-10 days to get here, depending on who else the hauler had on his route. (Except for Skjoni and Falki whose kidnap delayed them by seven WEEKS.) Loftur took about 12 hours from South Florida - about the same as for Svertla from Janice's house, but she'd had a 6-8 hour trip the day before. The ones from California and Arizona took about 4-6 days, depending on the hauler's route. Eitill had about a 12 hour drive back to Michigan, but the hauler had to pick him up a day or two early and keep him at his farm to fit him into the travel route. I think he had about a 2-3 day trip down from Michigan, because the hauler had other horses to pick up and deliver along the way. >>> I don't think it's the actual journey itself that made them tired beyond a couple of days. More like the stress from all the new things, leaving everything they know etc, perhaps causing depression which manifested itself as tiredness. I feel sure mine had several days of actual physical tiredness, in addition to depression/whatever from leaving their old homes and old friends, and learning the new terrain, vegetation, animals, etc., plus learning us humans. Moving horses great distances is bound to have some stress involved - thus I've become quite loyal to the hauler I use who really goes above and beyond to minimize it. But, I'm really not sure why moving horses from Iceland SHOULD be more stressful than what mine went through to come to NC. I've never had one come here who showed anything close to "terror" - not even the ones who came here as rehabs/rescues. Karen Thomas, NC No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.15/1248 - Release Date: 1/28/2008 9:32 PM IceHorses Community for Photos and Videos: http://kickapps.com/icehorses "The greatest enemy of the truth very often is not the lie- deliberate, contrived and dishonest -- but the myth -- persistent, persuasive and unrealistic." "All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." ~ Arthur Schopenhauer [] Lee Ziegler http://leeziegler.com [] Liz Graves http://lizgraves.com [] Lee's Book Easy Gaited Horses http://tinyurl.com/7vyjo [] IceHorses Map http://www.frappr.com/IceHorses Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IceHorses/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IceHorses/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
