My horse is strange - is yours?

GaryB

GaryB

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Harvey has a number of quirks but this is the one that really amuses me - he won't come out of the horsebox until he has had a good check where he is. He even does this when returning home. And then if there is grass at the bottom of the ramp......

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Jess has to put 2 feet on the ramp (loading) and pause to asses it, if you try rushing her she can get really horrible to load, but if you give her 10-20 seconds she’ll load on anything ? she walks right off though. Bo used to jump off, top of the ramp to the floor, you just had to stand back ? he did get better as he got older.
 
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Oh Lord I love Harvey. He is such a hunk.

I remember seeing a lovely video many years ago of a super-famous eventer loading himself to go home after a competition. He JUMPED the ramp and landed square in the box!
 
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When Raf was young he went through a difficult loading phase - he would do the trick of swinging out to the side instead of walking up the ramp. To start with we encouraged him out of it by attaching a lunge line on each side of the ramp and a person holding each one up. Of course I couldn't manage that on my own so I just laid the two lines on the ground. It worked just as well and for a long time that's how I loaded him. I'd prepare by laying my lunge lines down on each side of the ramp to mark out a 'corridor' on the floor and then walk him between them and up the ramp. He never tried to step over them, I don't know if that makes him clever or very stupid ? ?
 
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Ramsey was shocking loading. No running out or backing up. He would get to the ramp, gaze fixedly to the left or right, and say "Trailer? What trailer? I don't see any trailer."
 
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Trewsers said:
He looks such a good steady boy. Much like I'm going to look for next time!
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Now we've got past the barging, bucking and mini rears, yes - he is quite a steady little Eddie! I'm very pleased with what a sweet fun boy hes turned into. Wouldn't swap him for the world.
 
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