HOW TO DRENCH A HOSSE.

Tuapeka Times, Volume XXV, Issue 4254, 3 July 1895, Page 4

HOW TO DRENCH A HOSSE.

In a farmer's stable, where drenching bits and such improved appliances are not at hand, the ordinary way of giving a horse medicine is to pour it into his mouth from a long necked bottle. There is in this more or less danger of his breaking off with his teeth and swallowing pieces or glass. Instead of pulling his head up with the halter rope and trying to keep it still with your hand, put on an ordinary bridle with long reius attached to the bit-rings, pass the reins over something firm overhead, such as a fork handle laid across a feedhole or a ring in the floor Bleeper, and bring the horse up so that his head will be directly under it. Stand on a box or chair on his near side, so you will be within easy reach of his mouth when his head is raised ; take the loose end of ihe reins in your hand, and by pulling them gently down the pressure of the bit against his upper jaw will raise his head gradually until high enough to prevent t'ae liquid from running out of the corners of his mouth which be will then open and begin to work his tongue — left free for him to swallow. With the rtght hand' pour the liquid slowly into his mouth at the corner, and you will hear him swallow. Should he absolutely refuse to Bwallow, confine his nostrils for a moment with the hand, and in his effort t j get his breath he will forget to hold on to his mouthful of medicine. If the dose is large, or he takes slowly, do not tire him by keeping his head up too long. Ease up with your left hand and treat him very gently. Carefully managed, not a drop need be lost in drenching the most fractious horse.