HOW TO MAKE A HORSE FOLLOW YOU.

Turn him into a large stable or shed, where there is no chance to get

out, with a halter or bridle on. Go to him and gentle him a little,

take hold of his halter and turn him towards you, at the same time

touching him lightly over the hips with a long whip. Lead him the length

of the stable, rubbing him on the neck, saying in a steady tone of voice

as you lead him, “Come along boy?” or use his name instead of “boy” if

you choose. Every time you turn touch him slightly with the whip, to

make him step up close to you, and then caress him with your hand. He

will soon learn to hurry up to escape the whip and be caressed, and you

can make him follow you around without taking hold of the halter. If he

should stop and turn from you, give him a few sharp cuts about the hind

legs, and he will soon turn his head towards you, when you must always

caress him. A few lessons of this kind will make him run after you, when

he sees the motion of the whip--in twenty or thirty minutes he will

follow you about the stable. After you have given him two or three

lessons in the stable, take him out into a small field and train him;

and from thence you can take him into the road and make him follow you

anywhere, and run after you.

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