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Re: [RC] Getting in the trailer - Ed & Wendy Hauser"...The best thing I could do, was to ask/pay someone who know what they were doing to help me & to help my horse!...." Back in the bad old days, horses were routinely forced to load. It was a nightmare. There are many ways to teach loading using "go forward cues", and patience. The consistently worst mistakes I have seen are: 1. Using force If you use a whip or a butt rope as a "go forward" cue, you are trying to annoy the horse into moving, even a little bit. You are not trying to hurt, scare, or force movement. Lots of "natural horsemanship" books videos show how to do this. Clicker training should also work, but I don't do that stuff. 2. Trying to load when you "have to leave ...now". It is amazing how much easier training to load goes if it is a nice summer evening, you have nothing else to do for the next two hours, and will be happy if the horse just makes a bit of progress. 3. Not allowing the horse to back out right after loading. Many horses get into a trailer, panic and want to leave. It is a human reaction to resist, or slam the door. An old cowboy once told me "He needs to know how to get out also". Let him back out, calm down and reload. Do this as many times as required. He eventually will stand quietly. Then back him out. Repeat as required. Ed & Wendy Hauser 2994 Mittower Road Victor, MT 59875 ranch@xxxxxxxxxxx 406.642.6490 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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