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him at such times he will think you encourage 

 him in his bad habits, and they will grow upon 

 him. 



Do not allow him to show the slightest sign 

 of jealousy of other horses beside you without 

 checking and chastising him at once; otherwise 

 he may kick and seriously injure his companion's 

 horse. Whenever he lays his ears back you may 

 know he is up to some mischief, " prick and pull" 

 immediately, and let him hear the voice of rebuke. 

 As a general rule I would say that while the 

 horse should uniformly have kind and gentle 

 treatment, he should never for one moment be 

 allowed to forget that you are his master. 



In approaching him never do so timidly, nor 

 put your hand upon him hesitatingly. If you do 

 he will know at once that, if you are not down 



