Kimberly,
Your horse will become accustomed to traveling just like you. Take short trips at first and slowly work you way up. It is good if you can stop about every 4 hours for about 30 minutes to give the horse a rest (they will need to spread their legs apart to urinate) and try not to have them on the trailer for more than 8-10 hours at a time. I would suggest staying overnight at barns along the way. Get your horses use to drinking water from various barns around you (so they will not refuse to drink at other places). You might also try putting a Coke in a bucket of water (it will alter the taste and smell, which is what most horses seem to dislike about strange water) at home and get him used to drinking out of it; then you can use that trick on the road. Have a good time.

Dr. Lowder

Your health expert is: Michael Q. Lowder, DVM, MS
University of Georgia
College of Veterinary Medicine
Department of Large Animal Medicine
Athens, Georgia 30602-7385
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