I am new to horses and the endurance sport and I
have a growing passion for both. My new four-year old Arab was, like
many horses, reluctant to load in the trailer. Thanks to great
advice from others much more experienced in horse training than me, I learned
that patience is a very useful virtue and "tool". This too
has carried over as a positive factor into my daily and family life as
well.
Once we spent about an hour exposing Cutter to the
trailer (at the door), we began "asking" him to just step in, which he
did. At first, he stepped in then quickly off. Then he graduated to
a half load,. with a reward. Finally, he loaded all the way and has had
very little problems since.
First, he realized that I was in charge, the
trailer wasn't going to "eat" him and that getting in wasn't all that bad after
all. Man, we learned quite a bit about each other in those 2.5 hours.
Enjoy
