14 The Horse and his Master 



effective. In fact, without intensity, repetition has 

 but little effect in fixing an impression on the mind. 



In order to insure permanency of effect in training 

 a horse, one must first establish the habit of obedi- 

 ence. Many fail because they do not understand 

 how to enforce obedience, while many others fail 

 because they do not repeat the act until it becomes 

 fixed in the horse's mind. First make the horse 

 obey, then repeat the process as may be needed. 

 Do not rely upon fixing an event in the horse's mind 

 by having him do the act but once or twice. No 

 matter how strong the act was impressed, in the ma- 

 jority of cases it will soon wear off unless repeated. 

 Therefore continue the act until the habit is formed ; 

 then it is likely to remain permanently. 



It is important to note that no matter how well 

 a horse may have been cured of a bad habit, he is 

 likely to acquire it again if subjected to the same 

 treatment or management that caused it in the first 

 place. The owner of such a horse, therefore, will 

 do well to change him about after training to over- 

 come the bad habit, which in connection with judi- 

 cious management is very likely to prove permanent 

 in its effect. 



SAFETY IN HORSE TRAINING 



In training horses, the methods adopted should be 

 free from physical danger to the horse as well as 



