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If you have chosen the right trailer model from a cornucopia of horse trailers, you have won half the battle. The next objective is to get the horse to walk into the trailer. That should be a piece of cake, right? Well, sometimes it is. But in other cases, a horse may dread entering the trailer, due to rough rides in the past, the fear of being in an enclosed area, etc. Here are some tips to get the horse to feel at home, in the trailer. 1. The power of positive thinking Winston Churchill, England’s prime minister during World War II, once wrote, “Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.” While leading your horse up the trailer ramp, be confident! The horse will sense this emotion, and become confident itself. In all honesty, a trailer is not the most comfortable place in the world. It is dark. It is narrow. And it is confined. But when you must transport your horse, a horse trailer is more practical than a teardrop trailer or utility trailers. 2. Give your horse one option and one option alone If you are able, back up the trailer to the door of the stable. That will limit the ability of the horse to dart off, and give it one viable option: the trailer’s entrance. By limiting the number of options that the horse has, it will probably become more cooperative about entering the trailer. 3. Introduce the horse to the trailer, one step at a time One approach is to feed a meal to your horse, while it is on the trailer’s ramp. Every day, move the food a Read More This Post ...

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