How to Teach Your Horse to Walk Into the Trailer on its own

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Robyn Spector trains out of Lone Willow Ranch in Petaluma. She specializes in starting young horses and finding solutions for troubled horses. Robyn likes to help horses and riders refine their communication for an improved relationship based on trust and understanding. She focuses on a sound foundation to prepare a light, balanced, happy horse. She has experience in many disciplines, from dressage and jumping to reining, working cowhorses, and endurance. Contact Robyn at http://www.RobynsHorsePlay.com

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• horse
• trailer
• loading
• problems
• equestrian
• training
• balking
• ramp
• safety
• issues
• horses
• riding
• tips

[gcoxalaska]

Teach that horse to Stop and then load one step at a time and back him out with each step. So one step in, wait, back out. Go do something, come back, one step in, wait, back out. o do something else. Come back, TWO steps in, wait, back out. Build on that so he is looking and waiting for YOU to tell him to back out. THREE steps in, wait, now wait a little longer, back out, re-load, wait back out, go away, come back reload FOUR steps, wait back, reload, wait, wait longer, back out,blah,blah...

[Enkira1]

I have a single horse trailer. If my horse walks in it on her own, she wants to turn around (and she once did)... Do you have a solution for this problem?

[Dawnpaw]

@rockandroll345 If theres no butt bar you should put the ramp up and/or close the doors to the back before clipping the horse into the trailer. The eason is because if the horse's head is tied while the back is open, if he trys to back out he will be able to get almost halfway out before running out of slack in the rope, causing him to become nervous while half in/out of the trailer, and if you know anything about horses that is just a dangerous situation!

[barrelracing771]

My trailer has no BUTT bar.

[rockandroll345]

do any trailers have no butt bar if so what do i do then?

[comanchecobe]

i like you r gray horse i would tell i have a six year old gray mare who wont load and i thot her to im 9 year s old

[jett888]

so true "if you aren't a good leader you'll have a hard time convincing your horse to follow" I tell others, the horse just needs a decisive leader. all great points. Can't imagine having a horses that doesn't load- you read their body language so nicely too- very fair.

[elnapiz81]

Hello, I have a 8 year old pinto/friesian and I have trouble loading him in to 2horse straight trailer, everytime I try to load him, he gets nervous when getting close to the trailer. Also he starts pulling back and if he feel pressure he gets angry. Any suggestions please? I would appreciate that. Thanks.

[robynshorseplay]

warn her with your voice that the ground will change. say 'back' to back, and 'step' when she gets to the ramp or down to the ground, so she knows she can trust you to take care of her, she doesn't feel she's walking off into a hole. hope that helps.

[robynshorseplay]

1st work on getting her to back up easily somewhere else. You want to be able to easily back her up and walk her forward repeatedly. Then take her to the trailer and do the same thing in front of the trailer, up and down the ramp, etc. one step forward, one step back. two steps forward, two steps back.