AlanFeely
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I will have to load on my own and I wonder if anyone knows or has designed a device that can lower a rear breech bar at the back of the horse in the trailer while I hold the horse against the breech bar at the front?
One man loading
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clipertyplop
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lunge rein, :grin:
SSM
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There was a devise at Your Horse Live - but can't remember what it was called - I was very impressed by it!
Forget_Me_Not
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Oh crist there is one cant think name though!! :S
Tia
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Teach the horse to walk in on it's own whilst you stay outside and pop in the breech bar at the back. Honestly it is really easy to teach them to do this. All my guys in the UK had to do this as I nearly always trailered alone.
Guessing you have a double trailer? So what you do is practice at home. You walk up one side of the partition and the horse attached to the lead rope walks in the other side. Do this only a handful of times and then when he is going in well and is comfortable with not being allowed to follow you, then you lay the lead rope over his neck and send him in alone. Put bar down and then quickly make your way up front to give him a nice scratch. It works!! And it is soooo worth training this.
Guessing you have a double trailer? So what you do is practice at home. You walk up one side of the partition and the horse attached to the lead rope walks in the other side. Do this only a handful of times and then when he is going in well and is comfortable with not being allowed to follow you, then you lay the lead rope over his neck and send him in alone. Put bar down and then quickly make your way up front to give him a nice scratch. It works!! And it is soooo worth training this.
Ereiam_jh
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I'm confused. Duck under the front bar, tie him up then pop round the back and put the back bar up.
Works for me, except getting him in in the first place can be trricky!
Works for me, except getting him in in the first place can be trricky!
Clodagh
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Have seen a device...it was very useful, but can't remember what it was called either, will think about it...
beh
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OMG what was that thing called *thinks very lon and hard* nope cant remember what its called
jess_asterix
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*I THINK* its the Tui loading bar!
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Clodagh
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Daa naa!!
SpruceRI
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Yes, TUI loading bar. Effective but expensive. Much easier to teach your horse to stand while you walk back through the trailer to do the back bar up - or vice versa.
I load all mine on my own - including teaching my then foals to load and stand still. All fine. If you do everything in slow motion it calms them and they just stand and watch!!
I load all mine on my own - including teaching my then foals to load and stand still. All fine. If you do everything in slow motion it calms them and they just stand and watch!!