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<blockquote data-quote="Alan" data-source="post: 129104" data-attributes="member: 378"><p>Hillary,</p><p></p><p>2 more things I thought about; I walk a hot horse out until it starts the breath normal, watch it's sides to determine if it's still breathing hard. The horse may still be wet but if it is breathing normal it's cool enough. Now, like J said, we as horse owners need to use common sense, if the horse is not breathing hard but is still wet and you load him into an open trailer he'll get cold on the way home, blanket him or wait until he is dry.</p><p></p><p>Second, I have seen some post about parking a trailer in with the horse and feeding out of the trailer to teach it to load, I don't like this for many reasons. But mostly because if you start to train your horse to load in a trailer that is not hitched to a truck or tractor you're asking for trouble. If your horse starts to freak and bounce around it may cause to trailer to come off the ground on the front end or start to roll or fall off the stand, ect. very dangerous and you'll have a real tough time getting your horse in the trailer again if he dosent believe he is on stable ground. It's not that hard to drop a trailer in the area you want to use for training leave it, mark the ground where you need to put the back tire to line it up well with the hitch. It then just takes a second for you to drive the truck down back up to your stake in the ground, used as a marker for lining up the ball, and drop the trailer on the ball and lock it in. All is safe and secure.</p><p></p><p>JMO</p><p>Alan</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alan, post: 129104, member: 378"] Hillary, 2 more things I thought about; I walk a hot horse out until it starts the breath normal, watch it's sides to determine if it's still breathing hard. The horse may still be wet but if it is breathing normal it's cool enough. Now, like J said, we as horse owners need to use common sense, if the horse is not breathing hard but is still wet and you load him into an open trailer he'll get cold on the way home, blanket him or wait until he is dry. Second, I have seen some post about parking a trailer in with the horse and feeding out of the trailer to teach it to load, I don't like this for many reasons. But mostly because if you start to train your horse to load in a trailer that is not hitched to a truck or tractor you're asking for trouble. If your horse starts to freak and bounce around it may cause to trailer to come off the ground on the front end or start to roll or fall off the stand, ect. very dangerous and you'll have a real tough time getting your horse in the trailer again if he dosent believe he is on stable ground. It's not that hard to drop a trailer in the area you want to use for training leave it, mark the ground where you need to put the back tire to line it up well with the hitch. It then just takes a second for you to drive the truck down back up to your stake in the ground, used as a marker for lining up the ball, and drop the trailer on the ball and lock it in. All is safe and secure. JMO Alan [/QUOTE]
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