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im planning to sell a yearling in a few years but how can i when he wont box??? i have tried almost everything... 1st i put the box in his field to get him used to it then i tried to load him with my dad and we decided to use a little force and shooo him up with a shovel,whip,stick but that didnt work.. then i put apples and oats and everything on the floor of the box so he would go up it but it didnt work.. he didnt touch it... im getting worried... all the other foals i know can box easy.. my foal is also very very calm and placid so i dont know why he wont... im getting really frustrated so please any advice will be g8tly appreciated!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!... xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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put it in his pasture again. instead of feeding him in his stall or on the ground, put his feed on the edge of the box. each week, put it closer and closer to the front. in no time he will climb in and out. in emergencies or you need to transport him quickly for any reason, put a hay bag/ net in there. put him on a lunge line, string it through the window, and out around his butt. when you pull on the rope, it will both pull and push him. another trick is to put one of his best friends in first, then he will want to be in the box to stay with him. you can use any of these tricks together.
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One other option would be to put up panels (like from a round pen) to form a chute and just CALMLY urge him and a pal along the chute from the outside - closing the ends off as they move toward the box.

Put hay & water inside the box and leave them there. He will go in to eat with his brave pal eventually.

Make SURE the pal is NOT a kicker and will share the hay with your foal...

The force idea only tells him that there is something to fear about the box...he will remember that he was hit.
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try natural horsemanship, my horse wouldn't go within 100 feet of a trailer when we got him unless he was sedated(he would still put up a fight) cause he had a bad trailering accident and didn't trust me enough to go in. now i don't even need a lead rope to load him up in a trailer he walks in and stands perfectly, all thanks to natural horsemanship
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Get your other foal, put them both onto headcollars. Tie them with a lead rope and lead your foal into the box. Most horses will follow their mums or other horses.

Never use force to put him into the box, horses are much stronger than you are! And it will put him off it.
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A couple of days ago, I seen Clinton Anderson, and he showed how to get an unwilling or scared horse into a trailer. It's quite simple really, you just need to be confident. OK, well first make your horse work around the trailer, like make him work hard. Let him canter back and forth to each side of the trailer (he is on a lunge line, and you are in the trailer, so he is going back and forth on the lead line to each side of the trailer) After you worked him by doing that, and he seems pretty relaxed and isn't acting up, move infront of the trailer (but not too close to it, because the horse is going to be lunge in a circle, and he will b in between you and the trailer when we lunges on that side.) Keep making him work hard, and eventually he might stop and look at the trailer, or peek in, and let him, reasure him with "Good boy, Thata boy" And eventually, it might not be soon, but he will go into the trailer without you even touching him, he'll think "Man, I'm really tired, maybe if I walk into the trailer, I can rest" And so (when your lunging him) he'll get next to the trailer, and go in instead of keep lunging in that circle. When we does, go up to him in the trailer, and pet him and give him treats. If he decides to get out again, then continue working him, he'll eventually get the point that if he runs into the trailer, he doesn't have to be lunged. He's thinking "Wow, She's so stupid, all I have to do is go into the trailer and she'll stop lunging me" This gives a horse confidence and thiks there outsmarting you. The trailer with be the 'safe spot' all the horses wanna be there ;) Good Luck. I know I didn't explain it that well, so I would buy Clinton Anderson's book or video, which exlpains it better;)
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hey have you tried to only feed him in there
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halter him...take the lead from the halter and poke it through the slates. Pull him as close as you can to the trailer and then have two people with a rope behind him on each side of the trailer and put tension on the rope under his butt and keep doing so...the person holding the lead rope needs to keep pulling too, eventually he should get on.

Or...

Put him in a small panel pen and just keep making the pen smaller and smaller until the horse has no choice but to load.

I'll probably get a ton of thumb downs for this, but these have worked with me on trailer horses from a sale barn...

You should really train the horse to load though...the rope trick works for training...the other one is just if nothing else works. Lots are going to say treats and join up...or what ever that is called...I used the rope thing on my yearling the first time I ever loaded him...never had to do it again.
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try putting him on with another horses... i have a horses that takes 2 hours to load but if theres someone eles on there he just acts like it dosnt bother him.... once u get him in there put the back up... feed them there night or am feed and hay and let thembe in there and then repeat for a few day then he will connect te trailer with food.... good luck
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First you should lunge him next to the box... lunge him and get closer and closer to the box as you go... then try to "drive" him into the box by holding the lunge line out and putting the whip behind him... dont let him hesitate very much. let him sniff, but don't let him stand still... if he even puts ONE foot in the box... reward him... but as soon as he steps that foot out, start lunging him again.. repeat the process... eventually your horse will step right up in the box.

Good Luck!
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If you arent going to sell him in a few years then dont worry about it he will eventually go in
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Try working with him more. There's no need to rush if you're not going to sell him for a few years, so take your time with him. Start leading him around the box, at a distance where he isn't freaked. Then just put him on a lunge line and be patient. Sit by the box holding the luinge line and let him come closer when he's ready (dont force him). It make take a couple of days to build your trust with him, but it's much more affective then trying to force him in. Everyday he will probably make more and more progress. Just be patient with him. He's only a foal, so he's still learning.

Good Luck!
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You used a shovel to try and load him!!!!!!

Poor thing, im not suprised he wouldnt go in. You need to build trust with him, not scare the poor thing.

Start with groundwork, leading him over scary wobbly objects and be patient with him - hes still only young.
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put his food in there (and water) and he will have to go in to eat eventually! If he decides to starve himself instead the you should discontinue the food-in-the-box trick.

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Try giving him treats. Really treat him nice for a while. If you keep giving him treats he might follow you around and you can lead him into the box. Reward him well if he goes in.

OR

try blind folding him,bring him into the box. then caress him after he's in and you take off the blind fold. It is kind of like what I do to ostriches when i wrangle them.

GOOD LUCK!!!!! (try tip 3 first!)
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Try taking an older experienced horse in first. When the older horse goes in there, give him some oats and reward him. Do this a few times with just the older horse, then take the yearling in.

If the yearling doesn't go in, don't use force, take him out and lead the older horse in again and leave him/her in there, then lead the yearling in.

Eventually this will work, keep trying un til he gets some part of his body in, take him out then reward him.

He'll get the concept that if he goes in, he'll get a reward.

Good Luck
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