Tule loaded, and I can prove it! Update from today

DappleGrayMyWay · 03-09-2009, 08:24 PM

Now I am NOT going to be so rash as to assume that I'll get him to do it this easily again, but I did get Tule on the trailer this evening with minimal fuss.

We did work on it for a while this afternoon and then I rode. When I was done, I decided to give it one more try. Then my friend Cindy called me and pointed out that I might try it from a different angle; instead of walking uphill and onto the step of the trailer, maybe Tule would respond to downhill and pretty much even footing. AND HE DID.

Proof!

Now I realize I'm not going to find a small incline like this any time I park my trailer, but I think as long as we keep working on this, maybe Tule will realize everything is okay with his world and stepping onto the darn thing isn't an issue to be debated like this any longer!

Now to get Dillon to unload....yesterday the sweet boy spent an hour on the trailer because he couldn't figure out backing....so now we will work on trust and backing and getting off the silly thing!! *sigh* if it's not one thing it's another.......

Oh and please notice how tense and stressed he isn't...look at that cocked foot and the fact he's not tied

StefanieLeann14 · 03-09-2009, 08:28 PM

Poor Dapple Gray. One wont load and the other wont unload.

I think you are making a lot of progress from the 4 hour incident you were posting about not long ago. Good job! Oh and im sure Dillon will figure out how to get out of that dang contraption eventually lol.

Yara · 03-09-2009, 08:53 PM

Yay! Good job on getting him in there stress free! I think I'm going to try loading Red going slightly downhill as well, I hope that will help my uneasy loaders...

granny2u · 03-09-2009, 09:10 PM

Way to go Dapple!!! I'm kinda shopping for a trailer, maybe I can pm you for some tips!!!

Crookedblaze · 03-09-2009, 09:20 PM

Awesome! I am so glad to hear that he finally loaded. It is definitely a step in the right direction. He looks perfectly happy in there.

gbarmranch · 03-10-2009, 03:55 AM

Woohoo.. he did it.. now if only they would both do it easily...

merleliz · 03-10-2009, 05:31 AM

Congrats! Sometimes it only takes that one time to prove to them there are no "horse eating trolls" laying in wait for them inside the trailer!

redboy · 03-10-2009, 05:48 AM

Congrats

!!
Mission accomplished!
Now all you need to do is practice, practice, practice

.

cascy · 03-10-2009, 05:53 AM

I've so been there with the one not wanting in and the other not wanting out!

Just stick with it girl and it will get easier each time! Job well done

DappleGrayMyWay · 03-10-2009, 04:11 PM

This morning he loaded on the second approach to the trailer. So we achieved success in under five minutes. Quite a turnaround from Friday's over four hour ordeal, isn't it! The biggest part of this is, I did it alone. No one else was even on the property. Of course that meant no witness...oh well.

I went ahead and locked him in, and we went for a little drive down the road to visit a friend at my local TSC just so I'd have a witness

And when we got home I unloaded him without fuss and immediately walked him to his pasture.

So now it's practice, practice, practice and keep changing the externals. So the routine for getting onto the trailer will never change to the best of my ability, but what happens once he's on will change. Always positive!

Appylover · 03-10-2009, 04:33 PM

Yay! Cute pic too!

Yara · 03-11-2009, 05:57 PM

I like your red trailer!

Stormy's Human · 03-11-2009, 06:10 PM

Even when you think you have it down pat with a young one - you'll be surprised when all of a sudden for no reason - he won't load. Mine does it to me all the time. Load perfect 9 times - # 10 - no go

stellamn · 03-11-2009, 07:03 PM

Yay for Tule the Wonder Horse!!! I'm very proud of you both

Jodi

Carri · 03-12-2009, 07:04 AM

Great job! I am so glad he is loading again!

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03-09-2009, 08:24 PM
DappleGrayMyWay Coming two Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: NC (Asheville) Posts: 1,510	Tule loaded, and I can prove it! Update from today Now I am NOT going to be so rash as to assume that I'll get him to do it this easily again, but I did get Tule on the trailer this evening with minimal fuss. We did work on it for a while this afternoon and then I rode. When I was done, I decided to give it one more try. Then my friend Cindy called me and pointed out that I might try it from a different angle; instead of walking uphill and onto the step of the trailer, maybe Tule would respond to downhill and pretty much even footing. AND HE DID. Proof! Now I realize I'm not going to find a small incline like this any time I park my trailer, but I think as long as we keep working on this, maybe Tule will realize everything is okay with his world and stepping onto the darn thing isn't an issue to be debated like this any longer! Now to get Dillon to unload....yesterday the sweet boy spent an hour on the trailer because he couldn't figure out backing....so now we will work on trust and backing and getting off the silly thing!! sigh if it's not one thing it's another....... Oh and please notice how tense and stressed he isn't...look at that cocked foot and the fact he's not tied __________________ My sanity is with my horse, and if you see them, please send them back to the barn. Tule Pepper Dillon Blog : http://tulepepperdillon.blogspot.com/ Last edited by DappleGrayMyWay : 03-10-2009 at 04:12 PM.

03-09-2009, 08:28 PM
StefanieLeann14 Coming two Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Missouri Posts: 1,589	Poor Dapple Gray. One wont load and the other wont unload. I think you are making a lot of progress from the 4 hour incident you were posting about not long ago. Good job! Oh and im sure Dillon will figure out how to get out of that dang contraption eventually lol. __________________ God created few perfect horses...then he colored them golden. RIP Memphis Live to ride, Learn to fall.

03-09-2009, 08:53 PM
Yara Halter broke Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Hüttenberg, Germany (originally from California) Posts: 113	Yay! Good job on getting him in there stress free! I think I'm going to try loading Red going slightly downhill as well, I hope that will help my uneasy loaders... __________________ "Peace in the world begins in the home"

03-09-2009, 09:10 PM
granny2u Long Yearling Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: SW Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,379	Way to go Dapple!!! I'm kinda shopping for a trailer, maybe I can pm you for some tips!!! __________________ Life without Horses!! I DON'T THINK SO ! ! !

03-09-2009, 09:20 PM
Crookedblaze Greenbroke Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 3,326	Awesome! I am so glad to hear that he finally loaded. It is definitely a step in the right direction. He looks perfectly happy in there. __________________ Missing Rocket, who now lives in Orange County with his 2 little girls. Four things greater than all things are...Women and Horses and Power and War -Rudyard Kipling

03-10-2009, 03:55 AM
gbarmranch Pasture Pet Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mayberry Posts: 32,634	Woohoo.. he did it.. now if only they would both do it easily... __________________ http://home.earthlink.net/~vpgann Quality Foundation Quarter Horses If you believe what you like in the Gospel, and reject what you don't like, it is not the Gospel you believe, but yourself." Augustine of Hippo

03-10-2009, 05:31 AM
merleliz Seasoned Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Fairburn, Georgia Posts: 4,985	Congrats! Sometimes it only takes that one time to prove to them there are no "horse eating trolls" laying in wait for them inside the trailer! __________________ Vote for Dusty Trails Horse Rescue! Please vote for DTHR daily at: http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/clickToGive/shelterchallenge.faces?siteId=3

03-10-2009, 05:48 AM
redboy Greenbroke Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Eastern Shore of Maryland Posts: 3,566	Congrats!! Mission accomplished! Now all you need to do is practice, practice, practice.

03-10-2009, 05:53 AM
cascy Bombproof Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: arkansas Posts: 7,989	I've so been there with the one not wanting in and the other not wanting out! Just stick with it girl and it will get easier each time! Job well done __________________ "How smooth must be the language of the whites, when they can make right look like wrong, and wrong like right."~Black Hawk

03-10-2009, 04:11 PM
DappleGrayMyWay Coming two Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: NC (Asheville) Posts: 1,510	Even better today! This morning he loaded on the second approach to the trailer. So we achieved success in under five minutes. Quite a turnaround from Friday's over four hour ordeal, isn't it! The biggest part of this is, I did it alone. No one else was even on the property. Of course that meant no witness...oh well. I went ahead and locked him in, and we went for a little drive down the road to visit a friend at my local TSC just so I'd have a witness And when we got home I unloaded him without fuss and immediately walked him to his pasture. So now it's practice, practice, practice and keep changing the externals. So the routine for getting onto the trailer will never change to the best of my ability, but what happens once he's on will change. Always positive! __________________ My sanity is with my horse, and if you see them, please send them back to the barn. Tule Pepper Dillon Blog : http://tulepepperdillon.blogspot.com/

03-10-2009, 04:33 PM
Appylover Long Yearling Join Date: May 2007 Location: Ohio Posts: 1,375	Yay! Cute pic too! __________________ *I work hard so my horse can have a* better life....

03-11-2009, 05:57 PM
Yara Halter broke Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Hüttenberg, Germany (originally from California) Posts: 113	I like your red trailer! __________________ "Peace in the world begins in the home"

03-11-2009, 06:10 PM
Stormy's Human Started Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Seville, Florida Posts: 2,050	Even when you think you have it down pat with a young one - you'll be surprised when all of a sudden for no reason - he won't load. Mine does it to me all the time. Load perfect 9 times - # 10 - no go

03-11-2009, 07:03 PM
stellamn Halter broke Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Rochester, MN Posts: 194	Yay for Tule the Wonder Horse!!! I'm very proud of you both Jodi __________________ I'm living my dream...and blogging about it: http://www.ollivergrows.blogspot.com/

03-12-2009, 07:04 AM
Carri Pasture Pet Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Alpharetta, Georgia Posts: 14,063	Great job! I am so glad he is loading again!