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I don't remember if the original poster said whether she had a step-up  
or a ramp.  However, what helped with Caisson was starting out small  
-- finding a place where I could put the trailer so that the ramp had  
a very slight (or no) angle to it, and loading / unloading a few  
times, then moving to a spot that had a little more angle, etc.  You  
could do something similar with the stepup.

The advantage I had with the ramp is that I bought some Lynx Levelors,  
and I use them each time.  It raises the ramp 3 - 4 inches, and gives  
him less of an angle to deal with, then a 4-inch step down.

On Sep 9, 2008, at 10:03 AM, apachepetra@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> I have a mare that does this also.  I have also done the thing where  
> you
> close the door with the person and horse inside so that the horse  
> backs
> into the door.  I will caution you that although it makes the horse  
> think
> the next few time when they start to back out and temporarily helped  
> my
> mare, it can be hard on your trailer.  My trailer door has a bow in it
> from my 14 hand mare running into it.  This mare panics bad and  
> really hit
> the door hard.
>
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