staying in the box

[shadsy]

My horse after a lot of struggles has decided that he will go onto the trailer most of the time BUT
he won't stay there and he sticks head up and charges out the back when we try to put the ramp up. Any advice on keeping him there?

thanks

[marianne]

Dec 31, 2008 12:46:28 GMT 1 shadsy said:

Any advice on keeping him there?

Hi Shadsy, don't know you or your horses/ponies (sorry, not on here regularly enough!) but the best advice I can give is for your peace of mind and your WELLBEING please get an RA out to evaluate what's going on real-time and deal with the problem that way.
xxx

[shadsy]

i have had an ra out who helped me get him this far but can't (at the moment) afford to get an ra out again.

[horsey123]

i had this prob with some of the tbs

i used clicker training click and treat for every 10 secs they stay still them 30 sec ,1 min, 2 min ect. they will now stay put for about 10 mins untied with both ramps open

[steve]

Dont know where you are Shadsy, but they are looking for dificult/non loading horses for an IH course in Oxford - maybe an idea?

My youngster is a "difficult" but not impossible horse to load - needs some work and time but I'd have to box him from Surrey and dont want him stressing all the way!! He nearly turned a trailer on it's side when he was a yearling - had to call vet to sedate him to get him to the vet hospital hence reason we were travelling!! - he's 3 now so goodness knows what he'd do to a trailer!!