hgamble92
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I have had my mare (10 year old Cleveland bay x thoroughbred) for nearly 6 years now and she has always been perfectly fine about travelling in our trailer (bateson, 2 horse). However on our last two trips out she was scrambling about in there, yet she had loaded fine both of these times. The day after the second time she had done this we got the trailer out to load her in, just to gain her confidence, and she refused to go in, something she has never done before! We eventually did get her in and took everything slowly; halting her in there and feeding, taking her out, putting her in breast and hind bar up, taking her out, putting her in, ramps up, taking her out. Once she was fine with all of this we left it for the day and tried again the following day, same process again, starting with her refusing to go in. But this time when we got her in after all the attempts, we closed up and drove very VERY slowly down our lane. She seemed fine until we got to the corners and then she would scramble. So I got on the back of the ramp (very naughty I know but I had to see what was happening) and what she was doing was not planting her rear right foot, it was just resting as if she was chilled (but she clearly wasn't) so then when it came to a corner she lost her balance.
Two factors which have recently changed are that she has moved yards to one with a few more horses, however she had loaded at least 5 times and been out from here without an issue. The second change is that we had the trailer serviced and this is when the issues began. He checked the floor which was fine however he did pump the tyres up very hard, more so than normal as they were a different type, and he said this could have affected her ride. Last year a different person had serviced the box and had not fixed the floor, so we had had a similar issue of her with travelling but not with her loading, and once the floor was fixed she was fine again but this time I cannot work out what her problem is!
Does anyone have any advice or similar experiences and solutions?
Two factors which have recently changed are that she has moved yards to one with a few more horses, however she had loaded at least 5 times and been out from here without an issue. The second change is that we had the trailer serviced and this is when the issues began. He checked the floor which was fine however he did pump the tyres up very hard, more so than normal as they were a different type, and he said this could have affected her ride. Last year a different person had serviced the box and had not fixed the floor, so we had had a similar issue of her with travelling but not with her loading, and once the floor was fixed she was fine again but this time I cannot work out what her problem is!
Does anyone have any advice or similar experiences and solutions?