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Trailer training...
Topic Started: Jan 21 2009, 03:15 PM (199 Views)
jillincolorado
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I thought I'd better do a little trailer training with Miss Luna(tic) after our last fiasco, so I pulled the old trailer out yesterday, took it home and cleaned it then backed it up to the round pen, removed two panels and grabbed the Luna(tic). I tossed a flake of alfalfa wayyyyyy up at the front...and she stopped, looked at me, then walked in and stood there eating her hay. I waited a bit, then backed her out slowly, then walked her in again...FOUR MORE TIMES...and there was nothing but crickets a whole lotta munching going on.

I will rinse/repeat tomorrow, then load her up Friday for the move back. Maybe that last battle got it out of her system?? Maybe the Princess didn't approve of the other trailer?? Maybe she liked the fact that I cleaned it inside and out and made it worthy or her royal highnessness?? :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: Who knows, but I was happy to have a NON event for a change!
Edited by jillincolorado, Jan 21 2009, 03:17 PM.
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DON'T you love it when they PROVE US WRONG....every time.. :brickwall: :brickwall:

WAY TO GO BOONA THE TUNA.. :clap: :clap:

HH :)
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What a nice surprise, Ms. Jilli! When you do it for real (Friday), do it exactly the same way you did it to practice and don't "think" about it. I swear, some of them are mindreaders. They can tell when you're up to something. :teehee:
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Very possible she doesnt like the divider. Coco will NOT go in my nice new two horse with the divider in it. When I tried putting her in the front of my 4 horse with a divider she climbed in the feed manger with both front legs. She will only travel in the back section of my trailer with no divider so she can take up two spots.
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That's nice to hear! Maybe my mare will be similarly nonchalant about her trailer experience next month. :luck: :luck: :luck: I really wish I had one to practice with ... if I did, she'd see the inside of it every d**n day until she decided it wasn't such a big deal after all. :sigh: :tongue:
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Jan 21 2009, 03:15 PM
I thought I'd better do a little trailer training with Miss Luna(tic) after our last fiasco, so I pulled the old trailer out yesterday, took it home and cleaned it then backed it up to the round pen, removed two panels and grabbed the Luna(tic). I tossed a flake of alfalfa wayyyyyy up at the front...and she stopped, looked at me, then walked in and stood there eating her hay. I waited a bit, then backed her out slowly, then walked her in again...FOUR MORE TIMES...and there was nothing but crickets a whole lotta munching going on.

I will rinse/repeat tomorrow, then load her up Friday for the move back. Maybe that last battle got it out of her system?? Maybe the Princess didn't approve of the other trailer?? Maybe she liked the fact that I cleaned it inside and out and made it worthy or her royal highnessness?? :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: Who knows, but I was happy to have a NON event for a change!
Where did I miss the going back part?? :o ;)
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I think she just misses the gunfire and wild turkeys. :tomato: :tomato: Her bags are packed and she's ready to go!
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Awww, Luna's all growed up and matured :clap:

Or just hungry at the time. :innocent:

I agree about the divider. She may have felt it was infringing on her personal space dontcha know :teehee:
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Delia
Jan 21 2009, 05:30 PM
I think she just misses the gunfire and wild turkeys. :tomato: :tomato: Her bags are packed and she's ready to go!
*snort*

I actually said [as we approached the trailer], "if you want to go back to Diamond B; you'd better get your ass in there" ;)

Steph..*sigh* yup, we're heading back to the other place. There are some serious care issues at the other barn that only seem to get temporarily rectified. Too bad because I LOVE the other boarders and the barn overall, and the BO is pretty cool too. Bummer.
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Yay! We move next Friday; Mlle is an old pro at shipping, but it will be her first time in a slant load with a divider. She's decided that trainer is trustworthy, so guess who gets to load her? :teehee:
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