shooting out of trailer?

[ruth1]

hi,can any one advise on how to stop my horse from shooting out of the trailer,
i get him in but he doesnt want to stay in,ive tried being patient and when he goes back ive just put him back in again,ive tried growling at him on his way off the trailer,ive put apples ect for him.
i use a richard maxwell halter which is good but does not stop him coming off but helps to get him back on,any ideas or should i just be patint .thanks ruth.

 

[ForeverBroke_]

My horse stands quietly to travel etc but as soon as I lead him off he jumps the whole flamin' ramp. He'll wait until he's told but its so annoying!

Does he catch his bum as he turns to make the ramp? I've a feeling this is what my horse does and I'm going to try to 'invent,' some sort of padded thing that'll stop it. Or lead him in/ out with all the partitioning out so he has room.

 

[LittleBlackMule]

My horse used to do this - he still would if I got careless..

I always like to load my horses as quietly and fuss-free as possible, with a treat waiting when they're in, but after a bad experience with an idiot who thought he'd use my horse in a trailer loading demo and then made a balls-up of it, Merlin gets really anxious

He'll go in okay, but then fly back out at extreme speed. Tying him up quickly is no use as he'll just break the rope.

So I now send him ahead of me, while I remain stood to the side of the trailer, then quickly put the breach strap up before he starts to back up. Because the cycle of loading, then flying back out, is broken, he is now much calmer in general about the loading process.

 

[Louby]

My horse is the same in a trailer, he loads first time but wants out as soon as hes in. I tried practicing walking him through, feeding him in there, making him stop, wait before unloading etc etc but as soon as the ramp was down, he made a dash for it, at speed, regardless of who or what was in his way, including making a dash for the jockey door.
So someone suggested leaving the front done up and to unload him backwards, worked great at first, then he would load and whiz out backwards straight away, whacking his head on the way. He bent the ramp in one of his panics, so I gave up . Non horsey hubby walked away one day when we were practicing loading, saying he couldnt watch anymore as I was going to get killed.
My horse was a fantastic traveller in a wagon, I ruined his confidence with the trailer and its taken a long tiime to get him 'almost' happy in a wagon again.
It drove me mad at the time as I couldnt afford a wagon but he was dangerous.
I hope you find a solution.