More trailer-loading

Yes, I know, I'm spending tons of time talking about the trailer.  But he's just doing so fabulously I can't wait to share it!  I got home from work SUPER late tonight, so I thought I wouldnt do anything with the trailer, just spend some undemanding time grazing.  Well then my mom and sister showed up, and I wanted to show them some of his cool stuff.  So.. I went to scratch him, and asked him to back up using just a few strands of tail hair, and he backed up 5 whole steps!  I saw their jaws just drop, which was pretty cool.  The last time they saw him, he was still half-feral, not really "tame" from sitting out at pasture without any human attention.  Then we went to show off with the trailer, because my mom has a friend that works with horses traditionally, so she knows a bit about the traditional method of trailer loading(and has tried to offer me tips!).  I stood at the tire, and sent Pistol into the trailer, and he walked right in.  He stopped before his back feet got in, but I'm ok with that, because he offered a really fabulous try.  Up until this point, he has been a little reluctant to get in right away, its taken some time to get him to decide to go in.  But this time he just marched right in.  My grandpa even went up and opened up the tack storage doors, and the side access door, and he didnt budge.  This is also huge, because he used to go RB very quickly, but has started spending more and more time on the LB side.  As I stood there with him, he looked out the windows, sniffed the roof vent, cocked a leg, and blew a big sigh out, so I got him out and gave him a treat, and got some licking and chewing.  It was getting pretty dark(another big deal!!!) so I ended the session right then and there.  I love my horse!!  He was definitely the right horse for me.