Loading and Traveling
Preparing to load; exercises to do without a vehicle
Not everyone has their own horsebox or trailer to practise loading with. This video goes through the principles of loading, the equipment that I use and some exercises you can do with your horse without a vehicle.Understanding BehaviourGroundworkHandlingProblemsCompetitionPreparing to load; exercises to do without a vehicle
Not everyone has their own horsebox or trailer to practise loading with. This video goes through the principles of loading, the equipment that I use and some exercises you can do with your horse without a vehicle.
Trailer loading step 1; Preparing the environment
It is important to make loading as easy as possible for you and your horse. This video gives some tips about how to set up for success.
Trailer loading step 2; Loading on to a trailer
Putting the loading groundwork into practice when loading on to a trailer
Trailer loading step 3; unloading off the front ramp
Before you introduce partitions, chest or tail bars, you need to teach your horse how to unload safely off the front ramp.
Trailer loading step 4; loading with the partition in
Using the process to load on to a trailer with the partition in
Trailer loading step 5; introducing the chest and tail bars
As you horse becomes more confident and settled on the trailer, you can introduce the chest and tail bars.
Trailer loading step 6; Putting the ramp up
Desensitising your horse to the ramp is an important past process to go through in order for your horse to remain calm and confident on the trailer.
Horsebox loading step 1; confidence up the ramp
After you have prepared the environment, you can use the same loading process to load your horse onto a horsebox. Horseboxes have different configurations. The horses in this box travel facing backwards, so in this step, the horse is also learning to load and turn right.
Horsebox loading step 2; settling your horse on the box
Now your horse is loading into the box, the next step is to increase their desire to stay on the box
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