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My mare can sometimes be more difficult to lead in than to be sent in, if
the rear tack is in place.  I suppose what's frustrating, is that I did
spend a lot of time going slow with her (over a year ago), and getting her
to the point where she'd jump right in, but if I took her any place, she'd
be right back where she started, and refuse to get back in to go home.  That
made me really nervous to take her any place, so I haven't really taken her
anywhere, except to move to the trainer, and back again afterwards.  And
then I took her to that trainer, and we learned a lot of groundwork stuff,
and really bonded, but didn't really get anywhere with the trailering
issue.  A good way to describe me right now is tired (hopefully some people
can relate).

Unfortunately, I agree, in that there is a lot of "undo"ing to do.  I took
her to endurance rides too soon, and after an endurance ride (when your ride
has a long drive ahead of her), is not the time to be able to truly be
patient and take your time with things.  Any suggestions to anyone in the
Richmond (VA) area who could come to my barn and help me try to figure out a
good technique to use with her?  lol.  Like I said, I just feel kind of
burnt out on the situation, and even when I get the energy, I worry about
her testing me sometime when I'm on the side of the road heading home after
a ride, lol.  I love her though, ha ha.

On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 7:38 PM, Kathy Mayeda <klmayeda@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Parelli has helped me immensely with my hard headed quirky horse.

 

I had a problem with my mare (different horse) with trailer loading, yes, a combination of hard-headedness and fear.  I hired a professional trainer.   She was Level 3 Parelli, but not using the Parelli organization as an endorsement, but that made her free to use other techniques.  She used techniques that I have yet to see in any Parelli material, and she successfully was able to get my mare to load into the trailer within an hour, and I have been able to load her into the trailer ever since.

 

However, all my horses load into my slant load by being lead in, including the mare that I had the trainer fix trailer loading for me.  It took more than one Parelli clinic before my quirky gelding would be "sent into" the trailer Parelli fashion.  One  Parelli instructor said it was just plain too much pressure for him to go in by being sent in and to build him up to it slower, and the other trainer tried applying pressure to send him in as if he's a quarter horse and he blew up.    She couldn't believe that I was able to load the horse at all, and I said I just walk him in.

 

To be able to load a horse Parelli style would be ideal, but be prepared to do a lot of ground work first and don't rush it.  Sounds like you already have some stuff to "undo."  I rushed my quirky gelding, and it probably took longer for him to trust the "sending in" process than if I didn't rush it.  Or hire a good professional.

 

K.

 

 

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