Balking Halter Pulling 85 



himself, and refuses to get up, is hard to deal with. 

 In most cases, turning a hose into his mouth, nose and 

 face will make him get up. In the absence of a hose, 

 water can be dashed on him from a pail. 



In bad cases of balking, throwing the horse and 

 holding him down until he is ready to go is often an 

 effective way of treating him. Every case has to be 

 dealt with according to the particular circumstances. 

 As a general rule, balky horses can be coaxed better 

 than they can be forced. 



REARING, OR "RARING" 



When a horse has a tendency to rear on his hind 

 legs, fasten a small rope to one or both forward fetlocks, 

 so that you can pull his feet from under him as he 

 comes down. This will usually cause him to stop this 

 vice after a few trials. 



HALTER PULLING 



This is another annoying vice, caused by the horse 

 throwing himself backward on the halter with all the 

 force that he can; unless he is securely tied he is likely 

 to break loose, and he often does other damage. All 

 horses that have this habit should be securely tied by 

 a stout neck strap or rope. They can sometimes be 

 broken by tying a small (about one -fourth inch) rope 

 around the body just back of the fore legs; the rope 

 is then passed between the f ron t legs, through the ring 

 of the halter, and tied to a post. When a horse 



