. The standard horse book, comprising the taming, controlling and education of unbroken and vicious horses. seriously injured. I kept the horse in my possession, until the In-flammation subsided, when I subjected him to the Second Method, 170 KICKING. not requiring in all more than fifteen minutes, and made him per-fectly gentle. Could I have used this Method in the first place, Icould have controlled him without the least injury or excitementin about thirty minutes. I refer to this case to show how nice apoint it is to use the treatment adapted to the case, and the temper-ament must determine
. The standard horse book, comprising the taming, controlling and education of unbroken and vicious horses. seriously injured. I kept the horse in my possession, until the In-flammation subsided, when I subjected him to the Second Method, 170 KICKING. not requiring in all more than fifteen minutes, and made him per-fectly gentle. Could I have used this Method in the first place, Icould have controlled him without the least injury or excitementin about thirty minutes. I refer to this case to show how nice apoint it is to use the treatment adapted to the case, and the temper-ament must determine this. SwiTCHixG Kickers. When a horse is greatly excited and irritated by fear or abuse,his nervous system is liable to become so sensitive that he willsqueal and switch. This is more common to mares, which are moreimpressible than horses ; consequentl), when badly spoiled, they aremore difficult to break. In this form it becomes involuntar\- resist-. FiG. 228.—The Hettrick Horse as Driven in the Street next Day. ance, or a species of insanity, and in extreme cases very difficult toovercome. The point is, if possible, to make a sufficiently strong,counteracting impression to overcome this. Very much will dependupon how much the nervous system has been shaken, and the pecul-iarity of disposition. Some of the worst kickers I have ever handledwere colts which had been greatly frightened and abused in break-ing. The course I pursue with such is about as follows :— If the case is one that will bear impressing sufficiently to over-come the kicking, I subject to regular treatment as advised for ordi-nary cases, directing my attention particularly to accustoming thequarters to being touched. Failing in this, I use direct means of re-straint, such as the kicking-straps or overdraw checks. The kick-ing will now punish so severely that there will soon be fear to repeatit. The straps should be used in driving for some little time afterthe
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