About a month ago we had an appointment to take Cody and Lady to the vet. We try to put Cody in first as he is nervous about his space. Walked him to the gate and he refused to get on stood there and stared into the trailer. We worked him and tried again to no avail. so we put him back and loaded Lady and just took her. We ended up having the vet come to us for Cody. While she was here we had blood pulled on lady to check for Metabolic disease which came back negative.
The other day Jim took Cody out and worked him around the trailer still the same reaction so we decided to treat him like a kid....bribery.... Jim led him to the trailer and showed him a bucket with feed in it....get at least your front feet in and you get a treat.......it worked.
We stopped at that. The next day Jim knowing he hated to step up made him a ramp. He worked on it for an hour. Led Cody to it and he avoided it and tried to step up. So Jim took the ramp away got a bucket of feed walked straight to the trailer and in Cody followed without a hitch..
he gave him a treat told him how good he was then let him back off.
He did this about four times without a hitch till Cody realized he wasn't going to get hurt by the trailer. Each time was a success.
What a good boy.
The other day Jim took Cody out and worked him around the trailer still the same reaction so we decided to treat him like a kid....bribery.... Jim led him to the trailer and showed him a bucket with feed in it....get at least your front feet in and you get a treat.......it worked.
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