Tell me if I’m silly, too, for turning down the idea of Bob coming to get me with his trailer...
He’d have Barney in the front, who Bay’s never seen before. As ‘studly’ as Bay pretends he is, wouldn’t it be an issue, the first time a horse sees another horse he’s stuck in a trailer with him? I pictured them striking at each other. Their legs are awfully vulnerable, even if Bay would be wrapped, Barney wouldn’t be.
And Barney scrambled bad in the trailer when I hauled him home to Bob’s... he was walking the whole time. A warned Bob about it, that he needed to corner and break real carefully, Bob just kindof “goes”.
I have had to trailer my horses with a strange horse from time to time and after the first minute or two they are fine and seem to develope an alliance during the trip. My old girl Queen had to ride next to a strange gelding one time, she squealed at him at first with her ears pinned, I could tell she was not happy but they both behaved. When we got on the trail she did not want him out of her sight. Hard to say how Bay will act. I think if they have good trailer manners to begin with they will be fine.