Lyla CansfieldFor a lot of horses, once they've accepted going into the trailer they are quite happy to travel but for others, they really get scared once they are on the move and then it comes to the next time and they don't want to load again and cycle continues. So once our horse is on the box, we now need to take a good look and see if they are actually ready to travel...
Lyla CansfieldIn part 1 we looked at the basics of loading and in part 2 we looked at how to build your horses confidence on the lorry or trailer. But what about the horse that just doesn’t fancy going on? He’d just much rather stay where he is thanks. 🤔
Lyla CansfieldIf you’re an animal that needs to be able to run away from danger, it makes sense that you wouldn’t want to be restricted to somewhere that made this impossible....
Lyla CansfieldThere are two main reasons a horse doesn't go into the trailer / lorry 1. He's scared 2. He just doesn't want to! There is a third reason...