B.F.G
Active Member
I have a pony that is a first class pain in the rear end when it comes to loading! He will sometimes happily walk in, other times he locks his neck and tanks off. I've tried loading him with treats, patience (a couple of hours of me sat at the front of the trailer waiting for him to walk in!), Lunge lines round his bum, bridles, different types of head collars, different people loading, ramps down, bars/partitions open etc. He travels well, never rushes out when we get to destination. He will happily walk in through the front and out the back. If we put any kind of pressure on him he tanks off, literally can't be stopped by anyone but just goes far enough away to make us move away from trailer. We've tried different trailers. When he is in the "right mood" he trots in to the trailer. Tried a lorry and although he goes in he doesn't like the herringbone style, we turn him to stand side on and he starts to panic.
One time he refused point blank to get on the ramp so I took the front bar down and he stepped in and just stood where the bar would be placed. Like I said he happily goes in sometimes and refuses other times, there is no sense or pattern to him loading (or not!).
I don't know what else to try with him apart from travel him backwards in an ordinary iw trailer (510/511). Has anyone done it? We "walk" him through the trailer as much as we can and even shut it all up when he is loaded as if we are going somwhere. Also if anyone on the yard has a trailer around (just got back/leaving) then we always take the opportunity. We also park it in different places to see if it helps.
Sorry for long post, hope someone has had a similar experience and has overcome it. ?
One time he refused point blank to get on the ramp so I took the front bar down and he stepped in and just stood where the bar would be placed. Like I said he happily goes in sometimes and refuses other times, there is no sense or pattern to him loading (or not!).
I don't know what else to try with him apart from travel him backwards in an ordinary iw trailer (510/511). Has anyone done it? We "walk" him through the trailer as much as we can and even shut it all up when he is loaded as if we are going somwhere. Also if anyone on the yard has a trailer around (just got back/leaving) then we always take the opportunity. We also park it in different places to see if it helps.
Sorry for long post, hope someone has had a similar experience and has overcome it. ?