Thread: Trailering challenge - mare won't load

Update - The mare loaded in the trailer! Trailer hasn't moved yet, but she's been in the parked trailer several times now.

She has eaten though right - just not outside of the trailer?

Yeah! Good for her.

Stock trailers are always best for this, but not everyone has one...so.... Put the feed in the very end (the open end) of the trailer. If she won't eat it there, put it right outside the trailer. And gradually move it inch by inch further into the trailer. This is one of those things that takes time. Another trick is to load another horse into the trailer first, then see if she'll load.

If the mare truly is not eating and hasn't for six days, then she needs to be reintroduced to food NOW. There's no excuse for six days without food. Sometimes that trick works and sometimes it doesn't. Some horses just will NOT load into a straight load trailer. If friend has gotten said horse into a stock trailer with minimal issues, then I suggest they realize that the mare really has an insane fear of said trailer. Also, if...

There are also a lot of things you can do outside of the trailer to help prepare a horse for entering a trailer. When I have had problems loading horses, I make sure they have some basic concepts on the ground. FORWARD is a big one. If my big mare doesn't want to get in the trailer and starts to fight me, if I take her away from the trailer, she nearly always needs a reminder of forward. That means walking forward with me, walking and...

She needs food NOW! Introduce it slowly-- only a handful at a time for the next day or two. Water, of course, should always be available. She's not had food in six days and they think this is OK??? Has she had water? Sorry, but if this filly hasn't had food because of this in six days, these owners are idiots and shouldn't have a horse... Were they putting it in the front of the trailer or simply on the ramp/back so the mare...

It all start with manners on the ground. This girl needs someone to help her with ground work and some basic respect issues first before she goes near the trailer. And while grain is a great bribe/reward sometimes, she is starving her horse by leaving food only in the trailer. Are you in a position to help this girl? Will she take your advice?

It sounds like they have successfully convinced the mare that the trailer is a VERY BAD PLACE to be avoided at all costs and now they are going to have to back off, feed the mare, and think about their plan to change that perception.

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