After my last post about slant vs. straight load trailers and the preferences I’ve noticed from horses, I’ve been sitting with a few deeper questions, number one being: What might a horse gain from not loading… or not hauling well? First, let’s acknowledge the obvious possibilities. There are very real, practical reasons horses resist trailering: - Pain - Fear - Previous bad experiences - Lack of clarity in communication All of those matter. But let’s also explore this from a more spiritually...

PART 1: Trailering preferences, straight from the horse's mouth? mind? energy? ...From conversations with horses   - Horses prefer straight loads (forward or backward riding) or box stalls over slant loads. I honestly can’t even remember the last time a horse “requested” a slant load. This preference seems more important than a step up or ramp. (They also seem to have less of a break from road noise and wind in a slant load) - A lot of loading anxiety actually has to do with unloading,...

I notice sometimes when I’m randomly scrolling and come across a popular video, that it finds people out of the normal realm of the person’s following. For example; A horse running around with a fly mask on gets comments about being blindfolded, or blinded and can’t see, because the commenters don’t understand what a fly mask is.  Sometimes animal communication posts or videos end up in those spaces as well.  These are some things that have changed after a session with me:  The dog is no...