Re: Trailer Loading

[Chris Paus <paus@micoks.net>]

I've learned this too, after a fiasco at Cougar Prowl when Star wouldn't
trot onthe lead event hough he trotted perfectly fine with me on his back.
Now every time I ride him, I trot him out before we untack. He moves on the
command "trot". Let's hope it works at the next ride...

chris

>It really helps to practice the things that must be done at a vet check. 
>Nowadays, my horses and I do a trot-out after every training ride - and
>often after we have just tacked up before we go.  That makes a snappy
>trot-out at the vet checks a sure thing.  The horse looks much better
>than he does if he has to be pulled or hazed to get him trotting.
>
>Dave Bennett
>Chickamauga, Georgia
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