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TO BEND THE NECK TO RIGHT AND LEFT.
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soon he will take the idea, and you will bring his head around until it faces backward, being careful to keep it always exactly perpendicular, and not to allow the horse to move it of his own accord in any direction.
Now try to obtain this flexion with the right-hand rein alone, only using the left hand to assist it if he fails
PULLING THE HANDS STEADILY APART.
to understand or to obey, and also to bring back the head to its original position.
To bend the neck to the left requires simply a reversal of the process just described, and will give you probably no trouble. Do not be satisfied with anything else than an easy, graceful, and patient obedience on the part
