mother_of_poniesx
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Looking for some advice re loading travelling issues. I have a 6yo mare who is a terrible traveller. When I first bought her she travelled fine. She also was fine for the next few times we boxed her. Then out of the blue last summer, we went to take her to a show, and out of nowhere she went ballistic on the box! It was our friends trailer so we got her straight off.
We moved yards this weekend and so had to box her to the new place. She loaded fine enough but once the ramp went up = total hysterics. She basically tries to throw herself on the floor. We calmed her down and decided to try moving off to see what happened. She was ok. Didnt do anything thr whole journey. She was soaking with sweat when we got her off but thankfully she was ok.
So my question is how do you make a bad traveller into a good traveller? Has anyone managed this?
We moved yards this weekend and so had to box her to the new place. She loaded fine enough but once the ramp went up = total hysterics. She basically tries to throw herself on the floor. We calmed her down and decided to try moving off to see what happened. She was ok. Didnt do anything thr whole journey. She was soaking with sweat when we got her off but thankfully she was ok.
So my question is how do you make a bad traveller into a good traveller? Has anyone managed this?