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How to Train Your Horse To Trailer features the tested techniques of John Lyons
Horse Owners: Get your horse up and into that trailer when you ask, the first time you ask! Say good-bye to pleading, cajoling, bribing and force! This easy guide, explains the proven methods of well-known clinician John Lyons. Print from your own computer in two minutes, be out training in five!

- Explains the proven methods of famous trainer John Lyons
- Download the book, print it out from home or work
- Learn the exercises/material at a rate comfortable for you
- Format: Five days, five individual chapters

Here's an excerpt from Day 3 of "Trailer Training Horses" written by John Lyons Certified Trainer Keith Hosman:

"Once your horse will load onto the trailer and stand there quietly, open and close some hatches or windows, rock the trailer lightly, hop up and down, etc. Do this before you've actually closed him in (the rear door is still open, the butt bar is not engaged). He may hop out with the extra excitement – but it's better to deal with it now than when you're on the road the first time. If he decides to back out, you'll just need to continue this process, easing up to where you can simulate 'road noise and conditions' without the horse having an issue. From there you can close the butt bar or chain and the rear door. Go around and tie him if he ties. (Don't tie your horse if he can't be tied. See 'Notes on Tying,' Day Five.)

Finally, start up your truck and slowly drive your horse around. Be careful to make your turns gradual (large, sweeping arcs) and to go easy on the brakes until your horse develops some sense of balance. (Have somebody drive just you, the human, around in the back of the trailer and you'll soon see how difficult it is to keep your balance when you can't see turns and stops coming. It'll give you empathy with your horse, that's for sure.) Give yourself (and your horse) several sessions of 'just driving around' to help him adjust to this new situation. If you've got an event coming up, you will be well-served to invest the time it takes to practice in the days (better, weeks) preceding."

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