kandor
Active Member
Hello everyone,
We have a mare who loads into the trailer without any problem, but as soon as we move the trailer, she throws herself against the middle section (she´s always on the right) and practically breaks it.
It all started when she was driven round a roundabout (in France, therefore to the left) and since then she´s afraid of left turns. She throws herself with all her weight to the left, and tramples her own feet, and sometimes falls all the way to the floor, ends up on her back with a bloody hip, bloody feet and sweating (of course).
So my question is: how can we get this out of her?
We´ve tried taking the middle section out - she throws herself on the ground all the same.
We´ve tried putting her on the left side - ditto.
We´ve tried driving slowly to the left - makes no difference.
What we´d really need is a trailer you can ´hang´the horse to so that WHEN it tried to throw itself on the ground, it physically can´t. With a wide girth around the thoracic cage for example.
Any ideas? We can´t take this horse anywhere anymore. It´s a pity- she´s a lovely little QH.
Thank you for any tips.
H
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kandor
We have a mare who loads into the trailer without any problem, but as soon as we move the trailer, she throws herself against the middle section (she´s always on the right) and practically breaks it.
It all started when she was driven round a roundabout (in France, therefore to the left) and since then she´s afraid of left turns. She throws herself with all her weight to the left, and tramples her own feet, and sometimes falls all the way to the floor, ends up on her back with a bloody hip, bloody feet and sweating (of course).
So my question is: how can we get this out of her?
We´ve tried taking the middle section out - she throws herself on the ground all the same.
We´ve tried putting her on the left side - ditto.
We´ve tried driving slowly to the left - makes no difference.
What we´d really need is a trailer you can ´hang´the horse to so that WHEN it tried to throw itself on the ground, it physically can´t. With a wide girth around the thoracic cage for example.
Any ideas? We can´t take this horse anywhere anymore. It´s a pity- she´s a lovely little QH.
Thank you for any tips.
H
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kandor