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Trailer Training Horses: Simple Steps to Loading Your Horse (Horse Training How-To)

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Unillustrated (no pictures), 67 pages Teach any horse to trailer load willingly when you ask! "Trailer Training Horses: Simple Steps to Loading Your Horse" is a simple, how-to guide that gets your horse trailer-trained for good. Begging your horse to enter the trailer is aggravating. Forcing your horse into the trailer is dangerous. Unfortunately, you can't just leave the little bugger there at the fairgrounds, so you are stuck. Who needs the aggravation? The next time you're running late for a show and the kids are driving you nuts and you need to get your horse boxed up and you're running really late... wouldn't you love to have a pro horse trainer show up and show you what to do? Well, the bad news is, I'll be twenty states away that day. The good news is... you can bring my book! Trailer training is actually very easy - it's just a matter of knowing what steps to take, how long to do each, and what to emphasize. To that end, I've compiled a simple set of instructions, a guidebook to getting your horse loading smoothly using the proven methods of John Lyons. Train your horse to: Load immediately and willingly Unload easily and in a controlled manner Lead politely You'll find the book broken down into five "Days" or segments: - Day 1: Easy trailer loading begins by solidifying great ground manners - Day 2: Refine your control over specific body parts, gaining respect along the way, setting yourself up for success - Day 3: Two different ways to get your horse into the trailer - Day 4: Exercises for "hard-luck" cases, training tips for everybody - Day 5: Do's, Don'ts and What-To-Do-Ifs, plus notes on tying, horses that won't unload, horses who "thrash" and more And... learn to use a round pen to teach your horse to actually look for open trailers! You point, and your horse runs over and hops in! I call them "days" but you should take this work at your own speed. Each chapter gives you a plan, a goal, theory and homework. Some segments, or "days," will be easier than others. And, while you can breeze through everything in hours, you might want to split it up over days or weeks. It's completely up to you. Whatcha waiting for? Don't wait till the morning you're leaving to find out if your horse loads! Read more

Publisher ‏ : ‎ CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (July 20, 2012)


Language ‏ : ‎ English


Paperback ‏ : ‎ 65 pages


ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 147827607X


ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 74


Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.72 ounces


Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.25 x 0.15 x 8 inches


Best Sellers Rank: #875,168 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #85 in Horse Showing & Training (Books) #694 in Equestrian Sports (Books) #711 in Horse Riding (Books)


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Top Amazon Reviews


  • This works!
I started and stopped this training 3 different times. It was definitely difficult to follow written instructions without pictures. But each time I went back to it, I was able to visualize and figure out more of what was being asked. (Once it finally “clicks” what the author is saying, you just get it, and it all makes sense and comes together, but it took a while for it to “click” with me.) This third time it is all coming together. An upcoming procedure at a vet hospital has made it imperative that we work through the trailering issue. A week ago the horse and I were in a battle of wills, and as stubborn as I can be, I was not gonna win. So I picked up this book (like I said, for the third time, and it thankfully “clicked.”). I am following the instructions to the letter, and with a combination of Methods A and B (see “Day 3”) I was able … after 5 days of pretty intense work… to get him to put all 4 feet CALMLY on the trailer!!! We aren’t quite finished. Still need to ask him to stand there for a bit, get the truck running, engage the butt bar, etc. But at this point I am confident we will make it! ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on February 5, 2024 by AR

  • Not as big as I thought
Small thin book
Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2024 by lisa or jim montoya

  • This book works.
I bought this book because I have a giant, stubborn draft who has a strong mistrust of trailers and no amount of bribery, pleading or prying would get him to load. If I had a buck for every person who told me "just put a lunge line behind his butt..." - not an option with a 2000lb beast who would rather pick a fight then be bullied to load. This book is not a magic potion. It does not require you to be a horse whisperer. It does require patience and practice - and if you give both you will, in return, get a horse that will RELIABLY and CALMLY self load onto a trailer. Best decision and fist full of bucks I've ever spent. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on June 27, 2020 by casey

  • Five Stars
love it
Reviewed in the United States on April 20, 2016 by Sam D.

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