Pulling Back in Trailer and Iffy About Loading--NEW QUESTION

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Southtxponygirl Reg. Nov 2006	Posted 2016-10-14 9:49 PM Subject: RE: Pulling Back in Trailer and Iffy About Loading--NEW QUESTION
A Somebody to Everybody Posts: 41354 Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas	I have seen a few horses that went over the manger in a 2 horse trailer trying to get out threw the little windows, one horse got his front legs and head threw, so yes they will try to climb out of trailers if they think they can..
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mtcanchazer Reg. Apr 2012	Posted 2016-10-14 10:13 PM Subject: RE: Pulling Back in Trailer and Iffy About Loading
Total Germophobe Posts: 6443 Location: Montana	SmokinBandits - 2016-10-14 7:22 PM Question. We've now been loading her in the big trailer. The slant load. We had previously been working on the stock. So we progressed to the slant and she's been jumping on willingly. But same thing--gets nervous and wants to back out if my daughter tries to exit. Sometimes we let her self load. But haven't been able to close the divider. Trying to keep it calm and nice. Taking our time. Anyway, my question is about the stud stall with the exit door. I've never had a trailer like this before. We've been making her go all the way up in front to the stud stall. We have the exit door up there opened with the chest bar across the door. My daughter led her up, exited out the door, held a bucket of grain for her to munch, and I was behind and closed the divider. She was VERY nervous. Lost interest in the grain. I was nervous that she would try to exit out the door in front even though the chest bar was up. Could that happen? Should we have closed the exit door in the stud stall immediately? We ended it on a good note as soon as we could. Tomorrow we have to go somewhere. Should we do it like this again? Yes, absolutely, I had one do this when I was teaching him to load (he was a 3 year old).He actually went under it and I was thankful he didn't get hung up on anything. Scared the crap out of me, though, and broke a lung rope (I was using a lunge rope to train him with as it is longer). After that, I never loaded him with the exit door open, and he learned to load just fine without any issues or anxiety.
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BARRELHORSE USA Reg. Sep 2011	Posted 2016-10-15 7:13 AM Subject: RE: Pulling Back in Trailer and Iffy About Loading--NEW QUESTION
	If you are only taking the one horse .... lead it on the trailer and slip out the emergency door up front and leave her loose in the trailer to go to and from the show ... For years I made 15 and 25 ft lead lines to work my horses with until I was shown the Clinton Anderson tack by a high school barrel racer that was boarding at my barn. The high quality of this tack and the feel it gave me vs my home made tack was fabulous .. My training methods for years ended up being very similar to Clinton's but he has a certain order and more detail in his methods which anyone can learn quickly. I just checked there is a youtube setup of 32 partial quickie videos that may help you or confuse you .. lol ... Here is the simple equipment every barn should have from his tack list .... a regular size rope halter and learn how to tie it... the nose knots do keep the horse from pulling back against their poll ... a 14 ft lead rope .. long enough for a butt rope or other training a 23? ft longe line to also be used if loading a risky horse by your self by running it thru the tie ring or tie loop on the trailer to load horse or keep horse in trailer while closing divider or leaving trailer .. and the metal tie ring .. and know how to increase the tie pressure on it .. use it outside trailer and act crazy so horse will learn they are not getting away .. most will take a few steps back and stop ... you can use the lead or longe line on this depending on how rowdy the horse gets when tied .... you can pull the slack out of your line to bring horse back to the tie ring .. until they figure out how to relax and not pull back .. Here is a simple ad for the tie ring .. you can see how it works ... horse panics .. stops and slack is taken up to bring them back to the tie ring ... you can increase the amount of pull they have to use to pull back .. https://youtu.be/evul8o7AHyE I did not buy the stick thingy ... I always used the end of a lead to twirl or swat with ... to move the horse where and how I wanted ... The 4 items above could run over $150 ... but you can use it on every horse in the barn and only need one set .... if you know someone that is a Clinton member give them the money to order it at a discount ... Once you use his stuff you will never buy these junky short leads and halters at tack shops ever again ... GOOD LUCK ... PS ... I agree with you NOT TO GET TRAPPED IN THE TRAILER WITH THIS HORSE BY RIDING IN IT ... after horse learns to tie on a pipe pole over their headline ... then use the tie ring in the trailer ..... Here is one of my yearlings that was taught to tie with the tie ring ... very happy and never a problem ............. you will see I have an 18inch chain wrapped around the overhead pipe with the tie ring attached ... tying over their head does not allow them to use their body weight when they panic and go into a frenzy ... and with the longer lead lines you can keep a safe distance away and out of trouble ... this is the 14 ft one I checked my post and remembered BHW photos will not allow you to copy or increase the size ... here is a closer head shot to see how I have the chain and tie ring mounted on the pipe fence ... Edited by BARRELHORSE USA 2016-10-15 7:23 AM (GYST KICK N ASK 2016 SEPT (6) 25.jpg) (GYST KICK N ASK 2016 SEPT (2) - 25.jpg) Attachments ---------------- GYST KICK N ASK 2016 SEPT (6) 25.jpg (87KB - 216 downloads) GYST KICK N ASK 2016 SEPT (2) - 25.jpg (77KB - 223 downloads)
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SmokinBandits Reg. Dec 2003	Posted 2016-10-17 5:13 PM Subject: RE: Pulling Back in Trailer and Iffy About Loading--NEW QUESTION
Having Smokin Bandits Posts: 4572 Location: Woodstown, NJ	Okay, very good guys. Do NOT count on that chest bar to keep her in! Barrel Horse USA, thanks, as usual, for taking the time to share a lot of good info. I will reread what you said and study. I have a hard time watching YouTube videos because of my internet but I will as soon as I can. Thanks again everyone! We are going to solve this!
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