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Horse Behavior and Training

Loading into a horsebox

By:

Smithers

Date:

2011-Jan-19 at 10:17AM

I have an unbroken chestnut filly throughbred, she is easy to handle, join up, backup, pick up her legs, groom, put rug on and off, will even tolerate saddle and girth and a mouthing bit. But she will not load, she was mistreated in the past but we dont know her full history. Until this point she was a fast learner with everything. But loading is a catorgorical NO. We have tried letting her explore the box, putting some of her bedding in the box, coaxing her with some feed, backing her up and trying again, walking her around then trying again. We have a dually halter with has proved invaluable but even with this on she won't load. Anybody have any idea where we are going wrong? Or what we can try next? As this is an important lesson that she has to learn.

Miriam (Holland&Germany) 2011-Jan-19 at 05:27PM

Hi Smithers,
In "From my Hands to Yours" Monty describes how to prepare a horse for loading and if necessary put panels on both sides of the horsebox and close them behind your filly. Responding to the Dually is essential for this kind of work, so start away from the trailer with your groundwork. You could even make a little playground with obstacles like a matress, tarpolin, other things to step on, to let your horse understand the game of following the halter, getting release every time she responds to it.
Sometimes it helps forgetting the "importance" of lessons and just do other things and let it rest for a while. When you come back to it later, it turns out your horse had time to think it over and accepts what seemed impossible before.
Good luck,
Miriam

Smithers 2011-Jan-19 at 05:38PM

Hi Miriam thanks for your reponse, i'll keep you posted on our progress.