Yet another horse travelling thread from me!

[Identityincrisis]

So, my 7yr old Arab and i are going from strength to strength now with our travelling, yay!!! He was very nervous, would dance like Michael Flattery, pin ball side to side and sweat rivers. Now he is standing calmly when loaded, travels well with no dancing etc BUT a while ago, he got into the habit of jumping off the horsebox (3.5T) he never used to while i was practicing loading and unloading, the ramp isn't steep, how do i solve this ??

 

[Spotherisk]

Perhaps work with one foot at a time training on the ground, I mean slowing everything down so much you are literally asking for one foot to be moved and placed somewhere different.
I found that when I had someone video me I was way too busy and quick for the horse, and had to slow me down first.

 

[TheMule]

I find a scoop of nuts quite helpful, keep it fairly low so they have to put the head down and look and, as above, just one step at a time with a stop, nuts and praise with every step