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Horse Goals or Bust Part 6: Your Trailer FAQs Answered
It’s been a lot of fun to hear about the goals, skill assessments, and training plans that we’ve all been working on this year in our Horse Goals or Bust! endeavors. Hopefully your plans are coming together,
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Trailering Checklist Part 2: Is Your Horse Ready to Hit the Road?
Your horse didn’t exactly volunteer to join you on your next road trip, and isn’t pining for a big adventure or “revenge travel” to make up for lost time over the last couple years of
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Trailering Checklist Part 1: What to Know Before You Hit the Road
There’s a lot to consider when it comes to traveling with horses, and I’ve learned a lot of things to do (and not to do) over the years. Whether you are hauling 10 minutes or
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Top 5 Trailering Tips
Loading a thousand-pound flight animal into a small container on wheels and driving that live-weight down a busy highway to a horse show or up a 4WD forest road to a trail head, is no
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Episode 923 “Back on Board” Behind the Scenes
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Episode 923 “Back on Board”
Julie Goodnight reminds a trained horse that he is capable of stepping onto the trailer without a fight.
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When To Use A Flag
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Expert Trailer-Loading Fix
Expert Trailer-Loading Fix Learn how to avoid common trailer-loading mistakes, and load your horse every time you ask, with these steps from top trainer/clinician Julie Goodnight. Have you ever had trouble loading your horse into
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The Long Haul
Q: Dear Julie: Your trailer loading advice has helped me so much in the past. Now, I’m ready to take my horse on my first long road trip— we’re heading from Central Texas to a
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Horses Pawing In The Trailer
Q: I have a 19-year-old Quarter Horse gelding that paws in the trailer. I travel with him quite and bit and have no problems loading him in the trailer, but he paws when we come
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Tips For Saving Fuel While Transporting Your Horse
During the summertime life gets busy. Many of us haul our horses to various shows, clinics, and competitions during this season, and the rising temperatures and gas prices don’t make horse hauling any easier. Find
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Horse Tip Daily #34 – Julie Goodnight On Trailer Safety
Horse Tip Daily #34 – Julie Goodnight on Trailer Safety: https://www.horseradionetwork.com/2009/08/horse-tip-daily-34-julie-goodnight-on-trailer-safety
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Hauling Hints
7-Step Program Here’s the proper trailer-loading and -unloading order for optimum safety and results. Step 1. Prepare the trailer. Hook up your trailer to your vehicle. Drive your trailer to a flat, open area. Securely
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Trailering Issues
During the episode of Horse Master that we nicknamed, “Loaded Up,” I helped Laura Barnhart of Tuscon, Arizona teach her horse to walk onto the trailer instead of throwing a fit, rearing and bolting when
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Quick Tip: Julie Goodnight Talks About Digestive Health, Proviable
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Issues From The Ground: Horse Flies Backwards Out Of Trailer
Question Category: Issues from the Ground Question: Greetings! I need your help! When unloading my horse (ramp style), my horse backs out way too fast! What can I do to get her to slow down??
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Talk About Tack: Rope Halter — Do’s And Dont’s
Question: Dear Julie: I have a silly question…My mare is 15yo and I have NEVER used a rope halter. Do you have a basic do’s and don’ts for me….things I need to know to help
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Trailer Loading Training Techniques, Finding A Trainer
Question: I am an intermediate rider and have had my very first horse for the last year now.  She is 18 years young and a great trail horse. I don’t know much about her past,
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Episode 703 – Over The Edge
Over the Edge: Julie Goodnight helps a determined horse learn to back out of a trailer
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Episode 701 – Driving Miss Goodnight
Driving Miss Goodnight: Julie Goodnight teaches a horse owner how to drive and back a truck and trailer
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Horse Behavior: Trailering problems
Question Category: Horse Behavior Question: I am writing this letter to you from Natal, South Africa. We’ve got a horse that has a new problem, which just suddenly occurred. He never had traveling problems, and
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Episode 520 — Road Trip
“Road Trip” Learn safe trailering practices and tips.
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Episode 406 – Trailering Trouble
Trailering Trouble: Julie Goodnight teaches a young horse to trailer load
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Trailering Safety With Leg Wraps
  Trailering Safety with Leg Wraps Protecting your horse’s leg during trailering or shipping is cheap insurance. As a hose rides in a trailer, there are constant challenges to his balance and on occasion he
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