My veteran mare that was a great loader, one day decided she wasn't going to load. I don't have a clue why, but what I did was lead her as close to the trailer as she would willingly go then ask her to move forward. If she did she got a goodie (I use alfalfa cubes) and walked her away. If not, I firmly, but gently, continued to ask until she moved forward. It didn't matter how much she moved, she just had to move. After walking a bit, I brought her back to the trailer and repeated the process. I gradually got closer and closer to the trailer and long story short, eventually she loaded. I immediately unloaded her, walked her and loaded her again. Loaded and unloaded her four or five times. I've never had another problem with her and never figured out what made her balk.
Pat Parelli said in his book Natural Horsemanship, "if you take the time it takes, it takes less time."
Worst case I ever heard, was a woman (foolish) ran her rig through a automatic car wash with her horse in the trailer. Not even a pro trainer could get that horse in a trailer again.
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