On 6/6/07, susan cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Lorraine, loading is an issue that can be solved > easily within just a couple of hours. I wouldn't turn > him down because of a loading issue, that is > sooooooooo easy to fix!!! > > Susan in NV >
well, its not always that easy to fix, but definitely not a deal breaker. AT best he just hasnt been loaded and is scared. AT worst he's phobic because something happened and that could take a little time. I only know one horse that isnt loadable and the owner gave up after about ten sessions. She is a peruvian paso mare and she just goes berserk. its hard to figure why. my neighbor had a horse that was in a trailer accident so bad they had to use the jaws of life to cut her out of the trailer and her vulva and hips are scarred from it and she hops right in a trailer with no hesitation at all. so she must not connect the trailer with that scarey incident.... but i suspect this peruvian mare, like my jaspar, and maybe this icey, it isnt about trailer loading at all. Its about training and not trusting people trying to teach you to do something. It gets bigger and bigger in their minds til it is HUGE and they just get so leery of everything they just want to avoid being made to do something new at all costs. So you have to teach them other stuff first and along the way they begin to realize, oh, when I do things she asks I dont get hurt, its ok, its way more hassle to fight her on things that to just trust.... it isnt about trailering its about asking them to leave the comfort zone tey have arrived at after what was to them a horrifying training experience. jmo. Janice- yipie tie yie yo
