1st Horse - Joker a Percheron stallion was having a little trouble loading. On a scale 1 to 10 - 10 being high - difficulty wise Joker was a 2. After 45 minutes Joker was loading up great. Since the DVD shooting Joker has been sold & relocated to southern USA. Reports have come in that Joker loaded up just great & hauled just beautiful. He is enjoying his new home in the sun!!! 

2nd horse - Carrots is a gorgeous looking gray gelding.  Before the DVD shooting Carrots was in a trailer once before and that trailer had a ramp. Carrots was great student. This horse has great energy & potential. 

3rd horse - 2 1/2 year old Buckskin Gelding this is an outstanding looking youngster. He was hauled once before the DVD shoot and the loading wasn't pretty. So, I took my time so he would have a great experience. After 1 hour this horse was jumping in & out of the trailer with no problem's, he was enjoying himself. Horsemen & horsewomen can reach the same results, with patience & good solid horsemanship skills. 

Better Horsemanship;   Horse Trailer Loading
The most dangerous places to be with a horse is; a starting gate, a horse trailer, a round pen, a set of crosses ties, a tie stall, and a box stall. Trailer loading horses can be a very dangerous job & situation. A lot of issues come up for the horse at this point. Mostly fear.  Horses do not like tight, dark, small places. Properly preparing your trailer and the horse to load into a trailer is very important .This will make and create a win, win situation for everyone involved.

Insuring your trailer needs to look right, smell right, feel right, sound right is very important to the horse!

• How much does horse tooth and mouth care (dentistry) play a part in trailer loading?
• What color is the inside of the horse trailer painted?
• What is the inside of your trailer lined with, or is it?
• Do you have enough lights inside the horse part of the trailer?
• Does the inside of the horse part of your trailer smell of disinfectant, oil, and grease, etc ?
• Is your ramp firm, weak, noisy, slippery, etc?
• Does the trailer sound tinny, noisy, hollow sounding, does it rattle when moving, etc?
• Are your horse shoed, sliders shoes, bare foot?
• Does your trailer have rubber mats?
• Do you use any bedding when hauling and what kind?
• Is your trailer a step up or a ramp?
• How many exit doors, ramps does the trailer have?
• What type on tie ropes / leads are in the trailer? cotton , nylon, chain,
• When loading and unloading are you parked on a hill?
• When loading is your trailer facing up the hill or down the hill or on a flat surface?
• Are you loading from dirt, grass, cement, asphalt, snow, ice?
• Are you unloading on to dirt, grass, cement, asphalt, snow, etc?
• Has the horse had trouble loading in the past? What was it?
• Who’s been driving the rig/ truck. Has the driver hauled livestock before?
• How wide, big, long are the stalls that horses are going to be in?
• Do the horses have chest bars in front of them?
• Are the lights in the horse part – above, behind or in front of the horse?
• Is the trailer a stock combo, a commercial unit, straight haul, angle haul, reverse angle haul?
• What are the weather conditions at time of loading –sunny, raining, snowing, blowing?
• Are you in a hurry, how’s your attitude, how are feeling – weak, strong, mad, sad, upset?
• What breeding is your horse?
• What sex is your horse? mare, gelding, stallion

Educating one’s self is very important in being successful when trailer loading. You can do this by purchasing my 2 in one DVD package on trailer loading 101. You will see 3 very different horses being handled and loaded in a respectful, effective manner. These horses are helped in different ways to get the same effect. Good safe trailer loading and handling. You will see all the tools and techniques that I use and a lot more.

To empower yourself and to gain knowledge.  Book your next clinic with me.

Benefits

• Knowledge, use of your  intuition, working on one’s self is –“powerful”
• Enlighten  horseman and horsewoman  are  more successful
• Embracing  new ideas  is a sign of “strength “-not weakness
• When one knows, one knows
• You will to able to see the big picture and make effective decision   

For more information on my clinics and my video collection e-mail me or call me at 403.993.0269 for more information.