Hanging about.......

.....waiting for our barefoot trimmer person who was due to come at 12.00 today. Thinking that the horses would be in all afternoon, we put them out early. Brought them in at 11.45 and at 12.15 got a call saying that he couldn't make it as he was ill and had to go home, but he could rearrange for the same time Friday. Ok, no problem, we'll put them back out again - no, can't do that, our friend Pascal has just arrived to spread the muckheap!
I decided to have another trailer training session with Remy and Bonbon. Having given it some thought, I opened the front ramp also. When they feel happy to walk into the trailer I want to be able to just walk them through nice and easy.
I started with Bonbon and again she was calm, straight away walked to the top of the ramp, peered in but wouldn't walk any further. She kept her back legs firmly on the ground though. I backed her off quietly and took her around to investigate the front ramp, then came back and asked her to walk up the ramp again. No problem, backed her off and called it a day. She's not the slightest bit worried, just needs to get her head round it. Knowing Bonbon I can't see a problem if we give her time to work it out for herself.
Remy next and he needed a little encouragement. He stood at the bottom of the ramp looking in, but didn't want to step on it so jim lifted his leg and placed it on the ramp. No problem so I asked him to walk towards me and he stepped up and placed his other leg on. He then took another step forward and placed one hind foot on the ramp. We stood for a few seconds while he investigated the inside of the trailer, then I asked him to back off which he did nice and calmly. We repeated the procedure, let him investigate the front ramp and then called it a day. Goodo , I love my babies!