LOADING ISSUES - HELP!!

[AengusOg]

What conflicting messages? We purchased him as a bad loader so I wouldn’t say it’s an issue on my part...

Sorry; someone has probably given the horse conflicting messages.
Good luck with him.

 

[Gloi]

Pick it up and chuck it?

Sorry not helpful in the slightest! That only works with Shetlands

It's also how they once put my young Icelandic in, man at each corner.
Some of my feral Fell ponies were loaded quite efficiently into a wagon using sheepdogs

 

[AengusOg]

Sorry; someone has given your horse conflicting messages.
Good luck with him.

 

[Elf On A Shelf]

It's also how they once put my young Icelandic in, man at each corner.
Some of my feral Fell ponies were loaded quite efficiently into a wagon using sheepdogs

Never thought of using sheep dogs! I used to have a Shetland mare who would go up the ramp, out 2 feet in the body of the trailer but go no further. So we lifted the bottom of the ramp and tipped her in worked a treat every time!

 

[Identityincrisis]

I have been in your situation and it is awful. I had a horse who wouldn’t load for 2.5 years, in the end i bit the bullet and paid for Richard Maxwell to come out, while he was expensive, I’d already paid several other local people who had failed so this was my last ditch attempt. He had him loaded and ramp up in 2 hours. I swore I wouldn’t go through what I had ever again and just call out RM if i needed to again, which i did when my new horse would jump off the ramp when we got anywhere. 2 hours later problem solved and I go everywhere happily on my own now because he is great now

 

[marmalade76]

If it were me I'd probably just give up and accept that that horse isn't going anywhere.

 

[tristar]

the tendency to dislike loading can be hereditary, so may well not be anyone`s fault as such, just that the horse needs the right person to get it over problem.

i would go with R M or similar, to get past the problem and move on quickly.