CastleMouse
Well-Known Member
Well brought the trailer to the yard this evening to practice loading Ali without a big fit. Luckily no rears today! First few times he only put his two front hooves at the bottom end of the ramp, but he was a lot calmer about it. Let him have a sniff for a while, and ask him to go back as he wasn't going to go any further that time! After about 20 minutes we had progress! All 4 hooves on the ramp, let him have a better sniff about, and at his own will he went in, had a few chews on the hay net, reward him with a few pats, a second later he backs out like mad. Try another few times, get him into the trailer again at his own will, wait a minute or two he was fine. Began tying him up as he seemed contented, just as I finish typing him up a second later he backs out again in a fit. So to quiten him down we asked him to come half way into the trailer (he definitely wasn't going to go any further...), give him a few pats, and ask him to back out quietly. At least he isn't going beserk when he sees the ramp, so a very slight bit of progress has been made!
