. The horse and his diseases;. their health, strength,and condition, although they were never known to lie down,At the same time, it is undeniable, that an animal that willquickly lie down and take his rest, as a general rule, preserveshis condition, and is better fitted for exertion. SHYING. This most dangerous habit is sometimes the effect of fear, andsometimes is a downright vicious propensity; and there are many horses which commence thepractice through fear and end bybecoming viciously disposed toindulge in it, in consequence ofsheer mismanage-ment. The youngcolt is almost al-ways more or
. The horse and his diseases;. their health, strength,and condition, although they were never known to lie down,At the same time, it is undeniable, that an animal that willquickly lie down and take his rest, as a general rule, preserveshis condition, and is better fitted for exertion. SHYING. This most dangerous habit is sometimes the effect of fear, andsometimes is a downright vicious propensity; and there are many horses which commence thepractice through fear and end bybecoming viciously disposed toindulge in it, in consequence ofsheer mismanage-ment. The youngcolt is almost al-ways more or lessshy, especially ifhe is brought atonce from the re-tired fields in whichhe was reared to the streets of a busy town. There are, however, numberless varieties of shyers, somebeing dreadfully alarmed by one kind of object, which to anotheris not at all formidable. When a horse finds that he gains hisobject by turning around, he will often repeat the turning with-out cause,* pretending to be alarmed, and looking out for ex-. DISAGREEABLE AND DANGEROUS. SHYING. 215 cuses for it. This is not at all uncommon, and with timidriders leads to a discontinuance of the ride, by which the horsegains his end for the time, and repeats the trick upon the firstoccasion. In genuine shying from fear, the eyes are generallymore or less defective; but sometimes this is not the cause,which is founded upon a general irritability of the nervoussystem. Thus, there are many that never shy at meeting wagons,or other similar objects, but which almost drop with fear on asmall bird flying out of a hedge, or any other startling are also worse, because they give no notice, whereas theordinary shyer almost always shows by his ears that he is pre-pared to turn. For shyers the only remedy is, to take as little notice aspossible, to make light of the occurrence, speak encouragingly,yet rather severely, and to get them by the object in one way oranother. If needful, the aid of the spur and whip may
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