Re: RC: Trailer loading

[Dbeverly4@aol.com]

In a message dated 10/8/99 12:09:51 AM Pacific Daylight Time, cberto@juno.com 
writes:

<< I trained my horses to load with the feeder door shut.  Reason is, if the
  wind is blowing or gusting,  that door flapping back and forth is scary
 to a horse walking in toward it (as well as bad for the hinges and
 welding).   >>

Good point. Another good reason to teach them to load with the feed doors 
closed, is the fact that every once in a while horses go nuts.  I watched a 
friend's horse try to use the open feed door as an emergency exit.  The 
mare's entire front end wound up in the feed manger, her head and neck were 
out the feed door.  She pretty much peeled hide off most of her front end and 
we were totally perplexed as to how to get her the heck out of there.  She 
absolutely refused to budge from that awkward position and went into 'dead 
horse' mode.  We ended up giving her an injection of Ace and waiting it out, 
she finally disentangled herself from the feed door/manger and got down.  It 
sounds funny now (and we actually laugh hysterically whenever the subject 
comes up), but it was UGLY at the time.  So, in my experience, teaching them 
to load with the feed doors closed is a reallllllly good idea!

Sylvia


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