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Trailering your horse can be a challenge. Does your horse like to play games with you? Drag the human away from the trailer. Do a backwards somersault upon exiting the trailer at high speed. Break all the human's halters and trailer ties. Dent the top of the trailer roof with my head! Load in the trailer at home, and suddenly forget how to load on the return trip. Act like I've never seen the trailer before in my life. There MUST be a MONSTER in there! My human is in a hurry and is late for a show, I'll dance around the trailer entrance for a while. If you put me in that trailer, I'll never come back out!! Does that sound familiar? For a lot of people, it is very common and it can get so bad as to keep us and our horses home. But we shouldn't be home! We should be out there in the wild blue yonder... okay, well at least be a rider amongst the purple sage. Get out there and ride with your horse. Trailering issues should not stop you. You shouldn't have to spend 2-3 hours trying to load your horse. Or even more than 2 and a half minutes loading your horse. And you should be able to get your horse to calmly back out of the trailer, not turn into a reverse rocket engine and create burn marks all the way out into the parking area where your horse emerges from a backflip after breaking another nylon halter. That's why we're here to help. Here are some tips and exercises that will help your furry friend become a trailer loading expert, load himself, and relax when he is in the trailer.


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OLYMPIA — Washington horse owners can begin to breathe a little easier, as it appears the recent outbreak of the neurological form of Equine Herpes Virus 1 (nEHV-1) has been contained. Concern about this potentially fatal disease of horses spread like wildfire throughout the state in May, causing many organizers to cancel long-planned horseshows, rodeos, trail rides and parades. The state veterinarian believes that sufficient time has elapsed for signs of nEHV-1 to appear in horses exposed at the National Cutting Horse Association Western National Championships in Ogden, Utah, as well as their stable and pasture mates. Dr. Leonard Eldridge is recommending that any horse that has not tested positive, exhibited symptoms or been exposed to a confirmed positive horse be cleared for travel.


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What is the trick to successful trailer loading? How do we get our horses to crave the trailer and love hauling. How do we get our horses to load from 65 yards away? This post talks about the tricks and techniques that we use to load our horses and how you can use them as well. Today we have two trailer loading questions from Facebook This question is from Julie:


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