04/09/2026
Why is there a picture of a horse butt on a trailer? Why does this image make my eyes well up with happy happy tears?
Let me tell you a little about Evita. She used to be absolutely terrified of loading onto a trailer, to the point that when she had to move barns it unfortunately required *a lot* of sedation and man power to lift her one leg at a time into the trailer.
Fast forward two years to today.... She calmly walked onto my trailer and stood for me to walk around the side to scratch her butt and bang the butt bar around without any worry in her eye. The trust and partnership we have built together amazes me and I feel so honored to be this mare's chosen human. She had grown mentally so much in the time I've been working with her from a mare scared of her own shadow and moving like a llama to now regularly passing for an easy going quarter horse trying to roll a peanut on the ground under saddle!