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<blockquote data-quote="TR" data-source="post: 134232" data-attributes="member: 22"><p>Great points being made here. With the most important one being common sense. For example, if its a hundred degrees in the shade, as it inevitably gets down here in Texas, I will haul a horse when sweaty (not blowing) just to give them a little relief from the heat. Its blinking hot in the horse trailer in the summer, so I think the breeze when hauling is sort of a relief for them. Keep in mind that in the summer here, that breeze is like a blow dryer....hot, hot, hot, and humid, so even if they were dry when loaded, they'll surely come off that trailer sweaty. With that being said, its a whole 'nother story when hauling in the winter or in cooler weather, or even in a dryer climate. I kinda use the mantra, "Would I be comfortable say riding in the back of a pickup truck going down the road if I were wet?"</p><p></p><p>Boy Alan, I gotta say that I'm a huge believer in feeding horses in a trailer to get them to associate it with good things, however, again, COMMON SENSE. It costs a pretty penny to fix that trailer jack when it inevitably rolls off its stand due to the movement of a horse in there and it not being affixed to anything. Hook up before you do that! Plus, you're trying to associate a good thing (feed) with a scary thing, and if that trailer moves a whole lot before you've established that association, you've ruined the whole process. I'll also put an older more established horse in the trailer first. Babies aren't too brave, and when they see another horse in there being calm and cool, eating his supper, it tends to make them wonder if the trailer is really as scary as they think it is. I also don't just throw feed in there and leave it up to them to go in and eat. They get the whole process introduced to them, being tied up while the other horse loads, watching me put the feed in, then being let up to the trailer while the other horse is in there eating. Only time it backfired on me was with this one horse who figured that I had to put the feed in first before he would get in. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite10" alt=":oops:" title="Oops! :oops:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":oops:" /> Only took once for him to go in then get his snack before he figured that he could do it both ways though, and that incident taught me a bit about timing.....there's a point where you load the horse first and then pour feed. After they're over their fear, but before they've established it as a habit.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TR, post: 134232, member: 22"] Great points being made here. With the most important one being common sense. For example, if its a hundred degrees in the shade, as it inevitably gets down here in Texas, I will haul a horse when sweaty (not blowing) just to give them a little relief from the heat. Its blinking hot in the horse trailer in the summer, so I think the breeze when hauling is sort of a relief for them. Keep in mind that in the summer here, that breeze is like a blow dryer....hot, hot, hot, and humid, so even if they were dry when loaded, they'll surely come off that trailer sweaty. With that being said, its a whole 'nother story when hauling in the winter or in cooler weather, or even in a dryer climate. I kinda use the mantra, "Would I be comfortable say riding in the back of a pickup truck going down the road if I were wet?" Boy Alan, I gotta say that I'm a huge believer in feeding horses in a trailer to get them to associate it with good things, however, again, COMMON SENSE. It costs a pretty penny to fix that trailer jack when it inevitably rolls off its stand due to the movement of a horse in there and it not being affixed to anything. Hook up before you do that! Plus, you're trying to associate a good thing (feed) with a scary thing, and if that trailer moves a whole lot before you've established that association, you've ruined the whole process. I'll also put an older more established horse in the trailer first. Babies aren't too brave, and when they see another horse in there being calm and cool, eating his supper, it tends to make them wonder if the trailer is really as scary as they think it is. I also don't just throw feed in there and leave it up to them to go in and eat. They get the whole process introduced to them, being tied up while the other horse loads, watching me put the feed in, then being let up to the trailer while the other horse is in there eating. Only time it backfired on me was with this one horse who figured that I had to put the feed in first before he would get in. :oops: Only took once for him to go in then get his snack before he figured that he could do it both ways though, and that incident taught me a bit about timing.....there's a point where you load the horse first and then pour feed. After they're over their fear, but before they've established it as a habit. [/QUOTE]
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