>>>> a few "quirks" ...... but so do I -- we're learning each other's ways
 >>>> very quickly!!
 >>> Good to hear Jean. :)
 >> We're just taking it slow and easy together .... took her down to the
 >> rodeo grounds in LaBelle last Thursday -- she got into the trailer like a
 >> trouper!!  She really was very good to be someplace she was totally
 >> foreign to .....
 > Sounds like a good solid mare Jean.
    That she is ........ took her to a charity horse about 100 miles away 
from home -- took her and X ........ she was calm and nice (of course she's 
done the horse show circuit all her life)
 >>> Tush got re-intoduced to a trailer this weekend.. took some
 >>> time since it's been two years since I've had her in one.
 >> And did she finally settle down and accept the situation??
 > Oh ya.. shouldn't have really done it straight from the
 > stall.. but I had no options..  took longer then I expected
 > and at the same time it re-enforced that fact that she
 > shouldn't have to worry about things when I'm handling her.
 > Besides.. there was some nice oat hay there when she got
 > past the
 > fright pf the hay bag. Chuckle.
    Hehehehehe ...... bribery -- works everytime 
 >> The gal I
 >> bought SEDONA from told me that SEDONA wasn't very good getting into a
 >> trailer -- guess what??  She did fine for me - stepped right into my
 >> trailer when I asked to to "HUP" (that's what I tell mine as we step into
 >> the trailer) ...... of course she had watched X do it ...... I suppose
 >> she wasn't going to be "outdone" by him 
 > Yes and no.. horses learn from watching each other.. and
 > take their cues
 > from same. Anytime Sedona gets nervous going someplace..
 > take X with you. It might also help them to bond a bit
 > better.
    I kinda' thought that might help -- they were thick as thieves at the 
last show -- soon as we got home they were at odds with each other again.  
JEALOUSY -- that's what's wrong 
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