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I had a professional come over to mine on Friday evening and I tell you what best thing I have done from my horse that has been nervious of going in my trailer.

In the end he loaded himself and was going in and out as he pleased. A few more sessions and he will be in and travelling in no time

If anyone has a horse that doesnt load very well I would recommend :D

Anyone else used this way and got brilliant results???
 
Well if anyone hit my horse round its face I wouldnt recommend!

Every trainer is different and that is just of the internet!

The person I have used is brilliant, no violence, very calm and patient and its at my horse's pace!
 
Hmm well the Parelli 'professional' that helped my friend ended up doing more harm than good and even damaged the trailer to an extent that she needs a new front bar. I am sceptical, as I got the horse to load using patience and postive reinforcement within 45 mins - not the 3 hours that it took the parelli person. I also didn't charge her for the priviliedge. I am not anything special just very experienced in handling horses so feel no need to give myself a special name!
 
I must stop getting into Parelli threads. :-)
Op, it might be worth recommending the trainer, rather than the Parelli method, as in practise how kind and gentle it is can vary greatly.
 
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kelly_s1 said:
I had a professional come over to mine on Friday evening and I tell you what best thing I have done from my horse that has been nervious of going in my trailer.

In the end he loaded himself and was going in and out as he pleased. A few more sessions and he will be in and travelling in no time

If anyone has a horse that doesnt load very well I would recommend :D

Anyone else used this way and got brilliant results???
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What did the trainer do to get your horse to load?
 
I have a big strapping 16.3 ISH that just flat refused to trailer load. Every time it was a major trial and it was at the point where we couldn't go anywhere

I got a lesson from Alison Jones - 3* instructor - and it was just amazing. No force, no hitting, no hauling hard on a Dually... (yes MR once loaded my horse)

10 minutes and he was walking in and out - 20 and he was doing it simply with a lift and send....and was happy to show off his new skills

Best thing I ever did - and yes, I was hellish sceptical, but it worked beautifully.

Alison Jones is lovely, and has a marvelous approach to them. Had my big guy showing off what he could do and loving it.
 
Is it hoping too much for him to one day meet his match with a horse and it will end badly...? Fingers crossed eh? You can be sensible, sympathetic and understanding without the brand, animal abuse and lies.

Does that make sense? Sorry, im knackered :( what a lightweight ;)
 
I watched that Ausie guy Clinton Anderson on sky a few months ago retraining a bad loader - then ran intro trouble a couple of weeks ago myself because I had to find a way of loading my mare by myself.

She went in OK but every time I went to put the ramp up she reversed at speed and I did not want to tie her up in case she panicked.

I had to retrain her to "load herself" so I was standing at the back and I could trust her not to reverse at speed as soon as I went for the ramp/bum strap. It took me approx 30 mins of quite a fight but all I can say is it bloody works!

She now loads herself, straight in, no problems, no fuss.

What did it involve - well basically you have to make their life more uncomfortable outside the trailer than in.... that does not mean beating them into submission it means driving them whilst outside the trailer in a figure of 8 across ramp and down sides of trailer and then standing quietly when they are on the ramp. Yes you need a schooling whip - this is not to beat the horse into submission but to anoyingly tap, tap, tap until they stand where you want them to (inside the trailer).

Now if you want to stand for hours on a ramp with a bucket of feed then good luck to you - personally.... when I want my horse to load I want it to load - I do not have the time before a show to be messing around and hoping that this morning she will behave - I WANT to know that she will load without fuss as I have no one to help me.

Result - I have a horse that is very happy to load and I am very happy as I know I will not be wasting any entry fees!
 
I am amazed (in a bad way) at the end of that video. If your trainer worked well for you then I am very pleased for you but if those methods were used they were: 1. not humane, 2. not sensible and 3. did not work.

I have seen much better from people who were much much less famous and much much cheaper!
 
Alison Jones has a fantastic reputation within Parelli, trailer loading is not really an issue for us. It's just another game we play with our horses, point at the trailer and they race to get in it first.
 
kelly_s1 said:
Well if anyone hit my horse round its face I wouldnt recommend!

Every trainer is different and that is just of the internet!

The person I have used is brilliant, no violence, very calm and patient and its at my horse's pace!
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Was it definately parelli? and not another natural horsemanship? (that didn't make perfect sense but you get my gist!!)
 
DipseyDeb said:
Was it definately parelli? and not another natural horsemanship? (that didn't make perfect sense but you get my gist!!)
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Yep it is definitely Pat Parelli, as the Barney vid was 100% Linda Parelli (despite some Parelli-ites trying to claim otherwise).
Every training video Parelli produces demonstrates this kind of treatment in varying degrees. The problem is Parelli remove all their "training" videos and just leave the "result" vids.
People seem unable to spot the depressed and unhappy horses in the "trained" vids, they just can't see past the cantering into trailers (which has got to be one of the stupidest ideas every thought out), standing on random objects and sparkly big glittering production.
 
I've never had any experience of Parelli training methods, but have heard both good and bad reports. I had the same problem with my boy who just didn't want to load, even missed out on a show once cos he wouldn't go in! I have seen both Monty Roberts and Kelly Marks and after that decided to buy a Dually headcollar. I little expensive, but worth every single penny!!! After alot of groundwork, time and patience, he loads every time, as long as I load him in the Dually! Worth a try, I think. Good luck.
 
I load my horse the NH way and he is so much happier, it used to take 2 of us, now I put on the parelli halter and do the pressure and then release as soon as he takes a step forward. Originally it took me a good 15 minutes of "making" him go in the trailer with a lunge line behind him and when he was in he was so tense and not relaxed. Now it takes me a couple of minutes and he goes in because he wants to and not because he has been forced to, I load him on my own now, leave him untied while I put up the back bar, change to normal halter and he is happy eating his hay whereas before he wouldn't eat anything - result - I can now go places on my own without even thinking about it. :D:D Am so glad I chose the NH way. :):)
 
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