Trailer Loading Techniques – Help For The Hard-to-load Horse.
Sometimes the hardest part about owning a horse is getting it into a trailer. Horses being the instinctively flighty animals they are, a trailer can appear to be a trap, and one bad experience can ruin a horse for loading in a trailer the rest of its life. Here are some tips for making that first experience the best one, and they may also help teach a problem horse to load correctly. The best scenario is to practice loading when you have enough time to do a thorough job of it. Don't wait until you have to get somewhere in a hurry and expect your horse to jump right in. It's something you have to practice, and you need time so that you can do it patiently and correctly, without losing your cool and damaging your horse's sensitivity. This method really works, and if you always listen to your horse, you can be successful every time you ask him to step into a trailer.