Endurance.Net Ridecamp Archives

> I would highly recomend anybody with horses finicky about backing out 
> check into Double D Trailers. Their tack closet in the back has a unique 
> design. The whole thing is enclosed and swings completely out so all 
> horses can turn around and walk out.

The problem with arranging your situation to suit the horse's perceived
needs or fears is that just when you really need the horse to cooperate, 
the props he is used to may not be available.

If your horse gets in and out of a trailer because you've asked him to, 
regardless of the type of trailer, the fact that the ambulance at a ride is 
one of those the horse has to jump up 2 feet to get into won't be a 
problem.  You ask; he gets in.

Jim Holland said, "teach your horse to load", don't just "put him on the 
trailer".  This is an important distinction, the same one as the difference 
between teaching your horse to tie and tying him.  In both situations, one 
case involves the horse learning a skill while the other involves him being 
in the mood to do what is asked.  When things are going south fast, you may 
well need your horse to respond to his training and not think he has the 
freedom to decide that the stars aren't right so it won't do what you ask.


=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net.
Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp
Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp

Ride Long and Ride Safe!!

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=