Trailer Loading a Reluctant Horse

Lead him up to the trailer slowly allowing him to see and become used to the idea of being near a trailer. If you have other horses, load one or two of them first, while allowing your trainee to watch and see how they take to it. If this is possible you may not have much trouble at all with your first loading. Lead your horse up to the trailer gate and spend some time with him just standing there while feeding him a handful of grain. Slowly but surely back into the used horse trailers yourself making sure you aren’t in a position to get stepped on or mashed if he lunges. If this is a two horse trailer, keep the partition between the two of you.