The new system of educating horses, including instructions on feeding, watering, stabling, shoeing, etc with practical treatment for diseases . of a wildish mustang disposition are the most obsti-nate; there is once in a while one of this class that will callfor pretty thorough and patient treatment to make are not only so plucky, but so strong and enduringthat they are disposed to resist control of the feet at allhazards. It is of great importance that colts are treatedwith great kindness; giving apples, a little oats, etc., aftersubmitting the feet or being otherwise ha
The new system of educating horses, including instructions on feeding, watering, stabling, shoeing, etc with practical treatment for diseases . of a wildish mustang disposition are the most obsti-nate; there is once in a while one of this class that will callfor pretty thorough and patient treatment to make are not only so plucky, but so strong and enduringthat they are disposed to resist control of the feet at allhazards. It is of great importance that colts are treatedwith great kindness; giving apples, a little oats, etc., aftersubmitting the feet or being otherwise handled, as the realcause of trouble is fear, and winning the confidence by alittle flattery in this way has a powerful effect in disconcerting the attention and winning the confidence, and thus ofteaching obedience. All this is now so easily done whennecessary by the ordinary subjective course, that it seemsneedless to dwell on minor conditions and details; youmust bear in mind that bad cases call for a little work andpatience, and that you must be not only thorough, but pru-dent, to be successful. EXCESSIVE TEAR-CAUSES AND TREAT-MENT ^^^?W^^ ...^^-^^^(i^^ Fear requires raore than a passing notice. It is the cause,or principle one, of the most dangerous and difficult habitsto break up, showing a disease of the mind, or mania, andas such its consideration is at the foundation of the princi-pal bad habits to which horses are subject. Fear causes thecolt to resist control, to kick, run away, resist an umbrella,robe, cars, and all unusual objects and sounds. Thesemarked derangements are often the result of causes inthemselves of a trifling character. Thus, a colt is suddenly excited by the appearance of anumbrella, and it is afterwards an object of terror to him. Ahorse may be driven for months, or even years, but at someunlooked-for moment the breeching perhaps breaks, allowingthe shafts or cross-pieces to strike the heels, perhaps causingthe unsuspecting animal to spring, kic
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