Apologies in advance this is long.....
My mare Angel has been a nightmare to load ever since i got her. Last Feb she did a demo with Kelly Marks and Monty Roberts at Keysoe, it took me 2.5hours & 2 other people to load her onto the trailer and 10 mins for Kelly Marks to load her onto there EnOrMoUs horsebox infront of 1200 people (rather embaressing ) Baring in mind that during that afternoon Angel would not even walk past the horsebox without a struggle, I'd also like to point out that Kelly Marks did not handle Angel at all before the demo. Kelly Marks then loaded her onto r trailer which took no time at all. We left Keysoe at 1 in the morning, when we got back to the yard (20 min journey) we found she had fallen in the trailer she had cut all her legs up and had got herself in a right panic. Not pointing any fingers or any blame but the trailer was a few months old and it was clear that the chest bar had not been clipped in properly by the person who loaded her. (i know i should have checked and i am still full of guilt) Luckily she wasn't badly hurt but i felt I had gone 2 steps forward and 100 steps back!
Anyway... (sorry this is so long) I have been loading Angel onto a horsebox at the yard (a renault side loading rear facing box) she walks on after 15 mins - i am not sure if she knows it moves as i havn't started the engine yet with her in it.
Any how Angel has been accepted onto this 2 day loading course by Kelly Marks at the end of the month in Oxford, it is about a 2 hr journey and i am dreading it. Any advice as to how to keep her calm she won't eat hay while she is travelling and i am really not looking forward to it as afterall she is my baby! I am dreading that she may even remember her last experience of travelling!
Welldone if u got to the end, ANY help or advice would be great.
Lucy
My mare Angel has been a nightmare to load ever since i got her. Last Feb she did a demo with Kelly Marks and Monty Roberts at Keysoe, it took me 2.5hours & 2 other people to load her onto the trailer and 10 mins for Kelly Marks to load her onto there EnOrMoUs horsebox infront of 1200 people (rather embaressing ) Baring in mind that during that afternoon Angel would not even walk past the horsebox without a struggle, I'd also like to point out that Kelly Marks did not handle Angel at all before the demo. Kelly Marks then loaded her onto r trailer which took no time at all. We left Keysoe at 1 in the morning, when we got back to the yard (20 min journey) we found she had fallen in the trailer she had cut all her legs up and had got herself in a right panic. Not pointing any fingers or any blame but the trailer was a few months old and it was clear that the chest bar had not been clipped in properly by the person who loaded her. (i know i should have checked and i am still full of guilt) Luckily she wasn't badly hurt but i felt I had gone 2 steps forward and 100 steps back!
Anyway... (sorry this is so long) I have been loading Angel onto a horsebox at the yard (a renault side loading rear facing box) she walks on after 15 mins - i am not sure if she knows it moves as i havn't started the engine yet with her in it.
Any how Angel has been accepted onto this 2 day loading course by Kelly Marks at the end of the month in Oxford, it is about a 2 hr journey and i am dreading it. Any advice as to how to keep her calm she won't eat hay while she is travelling and i am really not looking forward to it as afterall she is my baby! I am dreading that she may even remember her last experience of travelling!
Welldone if u got to the end, ANY help or advice would be great.
Lucy