Course curriculum

  • 1

    Welcome to the course!

    • A message from us

    • Why we self-load

    • The approach we will follow

    • How to use the material

    • Before you start - share your goals with us?
  • 2

    Some essential ground work

    • Overview

    • Checking Apollo out

    • The basic yields

    • Understanding steady pressure

    • Following a feel - Leading day 1

    • Following a feel - leading day 2

    • Confidence with a feel behind

    • Send on a circle

    • Send past

    • Checklist
  • 3

    Creative use of obstacles

    • Overview

    • Send between barrels

    • Send over a bridge

    • Send over barrels

    • The tarp - session 1

    • The Tarp - session 1 cont

    • The Tarp - session 2

    • The Tarp - session 3

    • Checklist
  • 4

    The trailer - session 1

    • Overview

    • Introducing the trailer

    • Preparing the position - session 1

    • Sending the nose - session 1

    • Thinking forwards - session 1

    • Checklist
  • 5

    The trailer - session 2

    • Overview

    • Confidence with the trailer - session 2

    • Confidence in the position - session 2

    • Checklist
  • 6

    The trailer - session 3

    • Overview

    • Just another obstacle - session 3

    • Moving the sweetspot - session 3

    • Confidence in the new sweetspot - session 3

    • Checklist
  • 7

    The trailer - Session 4

    • Overview

    • Reinforcing the new sweetspot - session 4

    • Find the gap - session 4

    • Creating incentive to stay in - session 4

    • Getting busy - session 4

    • Getting busier - session 4

    • Checklist
  • 8

    The trailer - session 5

    • Overview

    • Find the spot - session 5

    • Creating the contrast - session 5

    • Ending with less - session 5

    • Checklist
  • 9

    Changing location - generalising the behaviour

    • Overview

    • Changing locations - sessions 6,7 & 8

    • Jack - changing position example

    • Checklist
  • 10

    Preparing for the bar

    • Overview

    • Preparing for the bar

    • Setting up the string

    • Simulation with the string

    • Securing the bar

    • Checklist
  • 11

    Preparing for the ramp

    • Overview

    • Preparing for the ramp

    • Preparing for the ramp pt 2

    • closing the ramp

    • Next steps for Apollo

    • Checklist
  • 12

    Denis's story - the unconfident loader

    • Overview

    • Denis's story

    • Denis's story pt 2

    • Denis's solo journey

    • Denis's solo journey pt 2

    • Denis wrap up
  • 13

    Tying

    • Preparation for tying up

    • The John Wayne/Bankrobbers knot

    • Tying "dos" and "don'ts"
  • 14

    Loading & travelling two horses

    • Loading two horses

    • Unloading two horses
  • 15

    Angle-loaders and trucks

    • Loading onto angle-loaders and trucks

    • Tying in the angle-loader/truck
  • 16

    Bonus - Q&A

    • Trailer Tips

    • Q&A -how do I know when to close the bar?

    • Q&A - My horse loads ok but is worried about travelling

    • Q&A - what do you do about horses pawing ?

    • Q&A - how do you prepare for long trips?

    • Q&A - what do you do on long trips?

    • Q&A - what about sideloaders?

    • Q&A - what are the pre-requisites for travelling two horses?

    • Q&A - what would you do with a horse that scrambles?
  • 17

    Next steps

    • Wrap up

    • More resources for you

    • Before you go...

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