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Comment by Connie foaling-lady (Groton) on January 25, 2012 at 7:40pm

Hi ashers99, hope you're not the one having to  drive the horse trailer cross-country! That would qualify you for combat pay in my book! Let me know if you need a commercial hauler; we use several that I can recommend. Since your husband will be ultimately going to Charleston, does that mean he's a nuke? Yay! Double-welcome to you, and please join the Nuke Moms (it's also for wives and gr's) group too.

Comment by ashers99 (A School Class 1238A) on January 25, 2012 at 6:07pm

Hi, just wanted to introduce myself. My husband is heading to BC in April then we are moving from California to Charleston, SC in June (oh the joys of long distance horse transportation!). Excited to begin this new phase of our lives!

Chris, I absolutely love having young horses. I find the journey to be very fulfilling and rewarding. It's nice to have a horse trained your way.  I still have the first horse I started as a 3 year old (she's 17 now) and I use to work for a trainer as a catch rider for her 2 year olds in training. I currently have an almost 3 year old Appendix QH filly that I started last summer. It's certainly an adventure though!

Comment by Connie foaling-lady (Groton) on January 5, 2012 at 1:40pm

Hi back at you, Chris! Love your barrel racing photo. My niece in Florida runs barrels (I did poles and keyhole when I was a kid). My son's also a Nuke MM, waiting for orders to prototype. We're from Pennsylvania.

Comment by Connie foaling-lady (Groton) on August 7, 2011 at 7:51pm

Barb, I love a paste or pellet product called Succeed. Once daily. $90 to $99 for the 1st month, but then you can cut back to every other day to save money. It's a digestive aid and I  use it on the broodmares who struggle to maintain weight. Also, good old corn oil, fat calories, 1/2 cup a day, start with less to get her used to taste. Beet pulp is a pain to soak but if you have time, maybe try it. Also feed-thru Strongid C, it's the daily dewormer, alfalfa pellet base, really puts a bloom on a horse.

Comment by Connie foaling-lady (Groton) on May 15, 2011 at 3:54pm

Hi kk, good to "hear" from you again! Your gang looks spring-feverish, unlike the remaining big ol' fat broodmares I am still night-watching (3 more to go! yay!!). Our horse news: put down one of my mares Monday night, 5-day old orphan filly. She's now 10 days and loving her new mom, a creaky 22-y-o TB mare that came out of retirement courtesy of a friend. Still have to bucket-feed around the clock, but at least she has somebody to comfort her. As my husband says, "we're having a Disney movie moment here!"

Comment by Connie foaling-lady (Groton) on April 11, 2011 at 11:04pm

kk, love it! Especially the ones with the kids on the ponies with no halters or anything. The photo with the pinto pony rearing up on the man is very cool. What a treasure to have these pictures.

Comment by Connie foaling-lady (Groton) on February 23, 2011 at 8:06pm

Hi Janice, anybody who loves cats AND horses is my new best friend! The kitty is Puddy Tat, my son's girlfriend gave him to me last foaling season when he was just a puffball baby,now he's my constant companion in the barn, he even goes stall to stall when I'm mucking. RE: price from NJ to Calif., it would be minimum $1500, prob. more like $1800 or more door to door ... BUT that being said, if shipper needs to fill a load and you can go "carrier's convenience" instead of a specific date, sometimes you can get much cheaper. I have sent mares as cheaply as $800 but unfortunately, they arrive a little bedraggled when they go on a trailer instead of a tractor trailer (they feel every bump and pothole on a regular trailer instead of an air-ride rig). Best to call Hubbard's dispatch office for a quote and info. Good luck ... and sorry about your dog.

Comment by Connie foaling-lady (Groton) on February 22, 2011 at 10:59pm

Hi Janice, we ship pregnant mares coast to coast and my favorite shipper is Bob Hubbard Horse Transportation with offices in Calif, Washington, Florida, Kentucky. You would contact the Lexington KY office for quote. 800- 888 5914. Air-ride tractor trailers, roomy stalls. They would pick up in NJ, probably travel to Lexington and lay over while the van fills. They start across, with layovers in 2 or 3 places until they get to Calif. at its Colton center. Then the horse would go in a smaller van to its destination within California (it's a big state!!). There are cheaper shippers that use gooseneck trailers and pickup trucks, but I don't recommend them ... I've used pretty much every commercial service out there over the years and have learned that if the horse is worth shipping that far, it's worth using a service that off-loads them periodically, waters regularly, etc. You can also fly (that's how the racehorses ship to Calif.) but it's pretty pricey. Your daughter's horse would leave from Newark airport.

Comment by Connie foaling-lady (Groton) on February 13, 2011 at 3:06pm

Hi KK, hope you don't have ice like we do ... what a nightmare getting the yearling colts out ... they're all over you, they don't "get it" like the broodmares do (the old gals walk over the ice with their heads down, watching every footstep). As the snow melts, it refreezes into ice by morning, yuck! Last year by now we had 6 foals on the ground and no problem turning out every day ... this year, ain't happening. Walk up and down the aisles and down the driveway, that's it. Wish I lived in Ocala!!

Comment by CCR on January 5, 2011 at 9:50pm

KK, you never cease to post the most beautiful pictures....  Just gorgeous.

And to Monica!  I saw the Equestrian Olympics in Atlanta when we lived in Chattanooga and fell in love with dressage then.  Its like horse ballet.

What a dream.

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