Re: trailer trouble

["Susan Garlinghouse" <suendavid@worldnet.att.net>]

This is just my experience and I'm no trainer, but when I taught my kids to
load, I spent alot of time loading them halfway in and then asking them to
step out again...one foot in/out, two feet in/out, three feet in/out, again
and again and again.  My mare did the same thing as your horse when she was
a yearling because she couldn't see behind herself very well to unload and
got scared (and just refused to get out, period).  I spent alot of time
doing the half-in/half-out thing and it worked alot better once they weren't
getting all worried about stepping off into space on the way out.  In her
case, we also backed up to a curb for a session or two, so the step-down
thing wasn't as scary 'til she figured it out.

Good luck!

Susan G
----- Original Message -----
From: <Paulastk@aol.com>
To: <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2000 6:52 PM
Subject: RC: trailer trouble


>
> Well, after working with my nit wit Ayrab on the loading thing (John LYons
> would have been proud).  I have him loading like a dream.   Now, if I
could
> only get him to unload as well.  He will freak out about half way out and
> crack his dadblame head on the roof of the trailer and so far has given
> himself a gash or two ( I always thought those little hats  on the halter
> were so stupid looking...) .
> I was hoping for some ideas on slowing down the backing process a little
bit
> (okay, alot).  I have a step-up now and I used to have a ramp, could this
> have any thing to do with it?
> TIA
> Paula and Roc (or more like rocks in his head.)
> and Cosmo, whats the big deal anyway, you just back up til you fall out!
>
>
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