Eloisee
Well-Known Member
I had a dressage comp today, which ended in disaster since my usually good loading pony decided he was not going on the trailer no matter what!
He's always abit on edge and knows when he's off somewhere ( a lot of nervous poos/snorting/being bargy) but its manageable and he ALWAYS walks straight on with no fuss whether it's a lorry or trailer.
Unfortunately, the trailers have been moved to the opposite end of the yard to make more room in the car park and he just freaked. I managed to get him on and then he reared up on the ramp and ran off backwards giving me nasty rope burn and cutting his leg. After this he had a 30 tizz jogging in circles trying to go up again untill he broke free galloping across the yard back to his stable! We did try to put lunge line behind him but that did panic him. We got him attached to a lunge line and spent another hour trying to load calming just to get him on with no intention of attending the show now with some pony nuts, which he came round too! But he would not get on at all! He wasn't panicking, not sweaty but being an arse! Got front feet on and that's it, off he went again.
Abit unsure what approach to take with him? The trailer isn't mine but lady on yard said every time she's up with her truck we can hitch it up and try and get him confident/stop taking the p*ss
He's always abit on edge and knows when he's off somewhere ( a lot of nervous poos/snorting/being bargy) but its manageable and he ALWAYS walks straight on with no fuss whether it's a lorry or trailer.
Unfortunately, the trailers have been moved to the opposite end of the yard to make more room in the car park and he just freaked. I managed to get him on and then he reared up on the ramp and ran off backwards giving me nasty rope burn and cutting his leg. After this he had a 30 tizz jogging in circles trying to go up again untill he broke free galloping across the yard back to his stable! We did try to put lunge line behind him but that did panic him. We got him attached to a lunge line and spent another hour trying to load calming just to get him on with no intention of attending the show now with some pony nuts, which he came round too! But he would not get on at all! He wasn't panicking, not sweaty but being an arse! Got front feet on and that's it, off he went again.
Abit unsure what approach to take with him? The trailer isn't mine but lady on yard said every time she's up with her truck we can hitch it up and try and get him confident/stop taking the p*ss