Kirk Grau said: (quoted from post at 05:01:52 11/07/08) We had one that would never load up a ramp. A step up was OK. Anyway, if you need to be able to load them for vetting, showing, or whatever, one of the well known horsey gurus (Lyons maybe, I forget) has a method that took us about 20 minutes to make ours into a perfect loader. Set trailer up some place you have a little room. Start lunging the horse away from the trailer and keep moving your lunge circle towards the trailer and tighten up your circle. As soon as the horse hesitates a little as it gets toward the ramp start lunging again. Eventually the horse will take a step onto the ramp and probably hesitate so go back to lunging. Don't have to return to large circles just get it moving again. It won't take long and the horse will take 2 steps on to the ramp and eventually decide he would rather be on the trailer than going around in circles. Does not hurt to have some treats in the trailer, but not necessary. Next time they do not want to load, just start as if going to lunge with the lead line and after about 1 circle ours will load. Don't rush it and try to make it the horse's idea to get into the trailer.
Good Luck,
Kirk
I'll try that myself. I read it and didn't believe it'd work.
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