220 HOW OBEDIENCE IS TAUGHT 



Things should not be allowed to happen which 

 would 'Ave him occasion to see his strength and 

 his being" able to do as he wishes. The use of weak 

 cords which break gives him the idea that he can 

 break them and he always seeks to do so. His 

 passing near the stable before he is brought to 

 obedience may give him the temptation of going 

 there. If he cannot be prevented he immediately 

 learns that he is the stronger, that he can go to 

 the stable and act as he desires against our will. 



At the beginning many things should be tole- 

 rated and allowed to pass when requiring from him 

 that to which he is not accustomed, and all that 

 we do for the purpose of preventing him should be 

 done passively, and by yielding elastically and 

 intermittently with the weight of our body placed 

 upon the cavesson through the lounges. He should 

 not be given provocation by severe punishment 

 witli the whip, but should be punished only with 

 the cavesson and moderateh^ and solelv when ne- 

 cessary. 



We should not prohibit an action and then 

 allow him to execute it. We must proceed without 



