Will She or Won't She

Sage had been trailered successfully many times, but, recently had become a bit balky. Robin said it was because she had been moved to different locations and was not liking it! We decided to load Sage into Robin's stock trailer. This time I was handed the camera while she and Steven loaded Sage.

She walked right up to the trailer.....and stopped. it took several minutes, in which time the memory stick on the camera was filled. I abandoned the camera and went to observe.

It took some inspiration to get her in, but she did it, standing calmly inside once she entered. Some butt smacking, offering treats and company in the form of Steven in the trailer did the trick. Robin then backed her out to repeat the performance: she loaded, with much less anxiety. We closed the door, leaving her loose inside the front section and started the truck. Off to the gas station!

She rode very well over to fuel up. I didn't notice much in the way of horse movement at all. We returned to the barn, and offloaded Sage, walking out this time, one more reload with no effort and the relesson was complete: she trailers great!