I've only moved her round the corner and half a mile up the road, but being without a car (see my Lorries thread) and having committed to have lunch at my elderly dad's I was in a proper schmozzle.
However thanks to four of my good friends, she was moved almost without issue, and without any input from me, but blotted her copybook when the rain started, 50 yards from the new place.
One friend rode her while two walked either side of her while another followed in her car to keep any idiots getting too close. She behaved beautifully until a sudden shower happened, and she started swinging her back end away from the rain and sidling across the road, so she dismounted and they led her the rest of the way.
When I got to the new yard she was installed in her new stable, slightly nervous but mainly OK. I got her some hay and water, wormed and fed her and left her all snug and settled.
She'll be turned out in a field of her own tomorrow, where she'll gradually get to know the other mares, then they'll take down the electric fencing on Friday and let her mingle with her new friends.
However thanks to four of my good friends, she was moved almost without issue, and without any input from me, but blotted her copybook when the rain started, 50 yards from the new place.
One friend rode her while two walked either side of her while another followed in her car to keep any idiots getting too close. She behaved beautifully until a sudden shower happened, and she started swinging her back end away from the rain and sidling across the road, so she dismounted and they led her the rest of the way.
When I got to the new yard she was installed in her new stable, slightly nervous but mainly OK. I got her some hay and water, wormed and fed her and left her all snug and settled.
She'll be turned out in a field of her own tomorrow, where she'll gradually get to know the other mares, then they'll take down the electric fencing on Friday and let her mingle with her new friends.