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Jan 26 09 6:56 AM
HNR83 wrote: I would explore clicker training if your open to that. Let me know if your interested in more information about it. There are a few published papers out there on how ct'ing actually inhibits a horse's fear response. It's great for building confidence.
Enigma wrote: If you can make the ground poles, logs, the bridge, etc, part of his daily routine. Put the ground poles where he has to walk over them to get to his paddock or to his grain bucket or in and out of the barn, same with a log and the bridge. Make walking past a trailer a "normal" thing too, then eventually open the ramp and walk past it, eventaully try to get him on it. Best to have it hooked to a truck the entire time or at least park a truck so it looks like it is and hook it when you try to load.
pdj47 wrote: Stuff around his feet, try this in a stall. Later more jugs were added. For some things a shadow roll for a while might help to use on him. My platform in my loading video might help for the hollow sound on the ramps but I don't like ramps at all. Most all horses don't like them at first & are useless as far as I'm concerned. They spoil many horses for loading & can hurt them by getting a leg caught in under them when they blow back.
KG349 wrote: I'd put white poles, etc. in his pen and stall where he has no choice but to be around them. I would also get a piece of plywood and set it near his water so he gets used to the sound of his feet on wood (bridges). Hang plastic and/or sleeping bags on his fences.
lisa71421 wrote: Does your facility have a roundpen?
HorseHawk wrote: And I agree about the ramps, as they're just an accident waiting to happen IMO. But you might try giving him his head more when leading him in so he can put his head down & look good as he's walking in. Too many people pull on a horse when loading & get the horse's head out of position where they can's see where their feet are going or where they're stepping.
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