Trailering Don'ts

Here are some things you need to keep in mind when transporting horses

• don't haul your horse on the bed of a truck

1. Your horse may spook and jump off the truck, if they survive that, they may get hit
2. Your horse will have rocks and diffrent things, bugs, dust, birds, or even people throwing things at your horses, and other things they can not be protected from in the back of a truck
3. If you stop or suddenly your horse can come flying off the trailer

Don't leave your horses windows down unattended  
as you can see in the video down below your horse may spook and get stuck, sometimes its not preventable, if you really wanted to benifit the horse you would take your horse out and walk it these people are lucky, if their trailer had had a sharper edge, the horse could have easily been sliced many times strugling to get through, it could have stuggled while they were gone and fallen out and gotten hurt even worse, just don't leave your horse unattended in a trailer with all the windows down. Make sure your safety bars are up at all times if must have your windows open.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeGyHx6tGMg  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aRTGrkSTt8-Part 1
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aRTGrkSTt8-Part 2

Don't put your bars/windows down while driving on the road
Horses can stick their heads out the window while driving, good way to get your horses head hit by other vehicles or flying debris.

Don't drive without letting your horse out and walking at least every 4 hours. You get sore and stiff from sitting in a truck for more than a few hours, you horse will too, and they arn't used to riding in a trailer every day, plan your trip acordingly.

Don't have your mini ride in the car, however cute it may be this is dangerous not only for your horse but you too, if you got in an accident having a panicked minature horse in your car is not going to help anything, your horse may spook, and could easily come up into the front of your car, and obviously distract you causing an accident.

Always use a safe trailer with working lights and a secure hitch and use two trailer chains when hauling. Give yourself extra space and time for speeding up and slowing down. Always use caution!