Below is an overview of all the articles about trailerloading and related topics.
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1. How to be patient (2)
2. Backing up the trailer (0)
3. Tips: How to hold the stick and leadrope when trailer loading (0)
4. Trailer Loading Video Coaching (0)
5. Mini-Course in Natural Horsemanship (0)
6. Horses that fall down in the trailer (1)
7. Free lesson in trailerloading with your horse (1)
8. Focus on the positive (3)
9. (Re)connecting with the Power of Now (2)
10. Horsemanship with the Power of Now (2)
11. Does your horse ‘Tolerate’ or ‘Accept’ the trailer (or anything else) (1)
12. Closing the butt bar – How and When. (3)
13. Eddy loads an introvert horse on the trailer (3)
14. The last thing your horse did, is what he remembers (1)
15. The whip or the stick? Why and how! (0)
16. Trailer Load well and everything else gets better too (0)
17. Straight vs Slant Load Trailers (1)
18. Trailer Loading Foals (2)
19. Work on snappy departures (0)
20. Teaching your horse to be tied – preparation for trailer loading (8)
21. Tie your horse on the trailer or not – what halter to use. (0)
22. Dividers – do they provide support? – or not? (1)
23. Driving the horsetrailer. (0)
24. E-book on Effortless Trailer Loading (0)
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Hi Eddy,
Well it has been some time since I purchased the E-book but a recent booking on to a clinic with Mattie Cowherd-Evans necessitated that I practice loading. I re-read the book and watched the videos and incorporated loading with our play sessions.
Initially, I decided to remove the partition to give my Warmblood horse plenty of room. I also have a small ramp and doors. I used the ramp to start with as he wasn’t too keen on stepping up in to the trailer and I also used simulations outside of the trailer like the pedestal to get him used to stepping up. He is fine with his front feet but had difficulty with hind ones.
With each session, our trailer loading was progressing to the point where he would stand in the trailer for longer periods of time but I wasn’t confident to put the butt bar up or shut the doors. I enlisted the help of Sharon Crabbe, 3* Parelli professional and together we worked through everything. I was still using the trailer unpartitioned but during the session with Sharon, Shadow managed to turn himself around when I wasn’t quick enough. Later on when we tried tying him, he panicked and tried backing out through the butt bar which needless to say is now banana shaped!! I had no choice but to put the partition in as I could no longer use the butt bar. Having this in place meant that I was safer and to be honest it didn’t make any noticeable difference to him. By the end of the session, we were able to secure both the butt bar and the doors without him panicking.
After this session, I worked through everything that Sharon and I had done but I still didn’t have the confidence to close the doors.
Each time he loaded, it was quicker and pretty soon, he would be happy for me to move about inside the trailer and give him some feed.
We haven’t yet reached the point where I can move around outside the trailer and have him not try to come out as he seems to take comfort in someone being close to his head or within his line of vision. This is something we need to get better at.
We did manage, however, to calmly load and travel to the clinic and back and now I know that I can do it, it won’t be such a big deal for me in future. I just need to trust in the process and be patient.
The tying up is also something I am going to work on as I have found somewhere that I can tie him high.
All in all, the value of the E-book and the professionalism of the Parelli Instructors has been insurmountable and I thank you for giving us that little bit extra to help us along.
I also forgot to say that I now no longer use the ramp as he is happy to step up into the trailer.
Hi Eddy, I would like to share a success story. I haven´t done anything for a couple of days, but today we had a session and after some minutes when I moved him from one side to the other, I was standing at the ramp trying not to move my feet, he went on to the trailer. He stood very calm and I made some noise with the butt-bar. I saw that he reacted but he didn´t move. So after some more noise I closed the butt-bar. I waited for a while and then I opened and as he stood calmly I waited some more and then I asked him out. I have never seen him go so slowly out, one step at a time as if he rather would stay in the trailer. This is what happened today and I am a very happy person!!!
I have two other horses 20 and 22 years old, now I will try to trailer load them too in the way you teach.
So you may hear from me again.
Thank you very much, Eddy!! Eva
Hello Eddy! I read your ebook and I saw the videos on how to load the horse into the trailer. Congratulations for the quality of both materials. I have 2 horses and applied your advice to load the trailer. The result is remarkable, now the horses are loaded one at a time with ease. In the coming days I will try to load the trailer with two horses. Thanks for the help.