Horse limboing under front bar of trailer. :(

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Hutchlou

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Well, what a stressful day! Had appointment at vets at 1.30, so decided to load early & arrive in plenty of time. No such luck! Horse loaded within 2 minutes with persuasion by feed bowl. Unfortunately she got her head under the front bar following the bowl & stepped forward as we closed the bar behind her! Cue panic & her putting her head up, banging her neck on the bar. Suddenly she drops her shoulder, limbos underneath & down the ramp! :( Luckily she didn't hurt herself, I realise this could have ended very badly. Unsurprisingly we then couldn't load her for love nor biscuits! Wondering if I'll ever get her on again?
 
We picked our youngster up from vets once got to stables and he had managed to get all the way round under the bar and wedge himself in the front of the trailer lucky we managed to open front ramp to get him out and it was only a 5 min journey
 
Yes my yearling was popped in a lorry in a bit of a hurry [not me gov] and managed to reverse in to the living, she is pretty cool in all sorts of situations, but did manage to fill the air with a large escape of methane !
 
We used to travel to the races with my boy standing in the centre looking thru the door and out the windscreen, not P.C I suppose, but he loved the extra attention. Don't know what the people coming in the other direction thought, there was a solid barrier so he was quite safe!
 
I've stapled a flap of old carpet over the bar on my trailer, hoping that the illusion of a "wall" will stop all that. However, i don't need to worry, as he's glued to his haynet when we go out for a trip.
 
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