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post or anything solid, just short enough so that 

 when the animal backs as far as this rope will 

 let him he will still lack about a foot of taking 

 up the slack in the halter rope and then leave 

 him to his own salvation, or if he should refuse 

 to pull, after a reasonable time, induce him to do 

 so by "shooing" him or slapping him over the 

 head with a sack or something of that kind. It 

 is best, however, to let him get caught at his old 

 trick of his own initiation. The tightening of the 

 rope about the chest will frighten the animal very 

 much and he will at once spring forward and will 

 not repeat the process until he forgets about it. 

 Three or four experiences of this kind are usually 

 sufficient to break the habit in the worst puller. 



