starting travelling a youngster..

[Linz29]

I have been training my 2yo to go on and off the horse trailer i have been keeping the partition out to give him more room, I havent put ramps up yet or anything but today i decided i would put the partition in and kept it tied open but.. he competely freeked when it touched his side, so took it out again and he went on ok after a bit of coaxing. I think he might of got bashed when he was transported up to me on a lorry and he now freeks when things touch his side like that. I am considering buying a full width breast bar for my ifor williams trailer.. does anyone use these? and how secure is it when travelling a horse? I just dont want to ruin his confidence in the trailer. also when would you say it was time to put ramps and travel him a little way to see how he is? he is quite relaxed standing in the trailer with the ramp at the back down

 

[Littlelegs]

Get him used to stuff touching his sides when he isn't in a trailer then I would just take him in with the partition daily for a carrot or feed. I prefer to do it with an older good traveller in with them when I first close the ramp, but only close the ramp when they are chilled enough to just stand & munch hay. If they aren't bothered about being shut in a few times I would just take them round the block with a steady companion first few times.

 

[Linz29]

He is pretty settled while in there having a feed it was just when he felt it there he started jumping about and i think he felt he was trapped.. I had to push his out backwards because he kept bashing against it. it was quite scary because he is 16hh! I dont want to end up with a accident where he gets his foot caught on the wrong side of it or something.. (sometimes im more scared, the amount of silly things that can happen with a horse in 1 second is unreal!) Do you think a full width breast bar and him tied up would be better? I do have a older horse that travels well but i dont want to have him in there then the youngster totally freaking out on me