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Re: [RC] re: trailer loading/unloading - Barbara McCrary

Our one horse that refuses to load into a 2-horse straight load will cheerfully hop into a big livestock trailer and tie to the side rail.  So, for him, it's not the stepping up, but the claustrophobia.
 
Barbara
----- Original Message -----
From: Chris Paus
Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 2:14 PM
Subject: [RC] re: trailer loading/unloading

I've been using my front porch to teach youngsters to load and unload. I've found the hardest thing for them to get over is not the dark box they are going in, but the stepping up and stepping down.
 
So we work on stepping up on my front porch which has two steps and a deck and then we back down it. They end up thinking this is quite fun cause the humans in the house come out and make a big fuss over them and give them carrots, LOL.
 
When I ask them to step up into the trailer or back out and step down, it's not a big deal.
 
"The world is what you make of it, friend. If it doesn't fit, you make alterations." Stella, Silverado
 
Chris 

 
"The world is what you make of it, friend. If it doesn't fit, you make alterations." Stella, Silverado
 
Chris 


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[RC] re: trailer loading/unloading, Chris Paus