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Location: North Dakota | snoopy - 2017-03-30 8:08 AM I gave him a day off of the trailer yesterday. The day before, however, I started out slow, opened up ALL dividers so it was WIDE open in there as he is claustrophobic, and had someone just tap his butt. He did go in and I praised him up and down, rubbed him etc. Then I had someone take the lunge line and put it on his lead rope and run it through the tie stocking stuffer outside of trailer. I myself took the lead back him up once, petted him praised him, another step, petted him praised him, then hes getting nervous looking behind him, I let him look, but took back his head and tried to back up again, he stormed back, the person on outside of trailer pulled, but, he went up, hit his head on top of trailer, broke lunge line, and stormed out!!!! WTF!!! I got him back in, but let him turn around, ill have to until I can figure this out, he will hurt himself, or me. I think I will test him for EPM
You're not preparing him. You are setting him up for failure.
You are trying to force him on the trailer, he feels trapped, and he's acting out accordingly because he does not know how else to act when he is in a panic..... except to panic.
TRAIN YOUR HORSE. Then you'll stop having a trailer loading problem. Re-read my post above. |
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