My Great Great Grand father is where we all learned to do black smith work. He was an apprentice at the age of 13. Worked at the forge until just a few weeks before he died at the age of 93. He was a short fellow, maybe 5 ft four or five when he was young.
There was this stallion we always did the farrier work on. Big Percheron stud that was real pretty and smart. The horse would mess with you while you worked on him. It was kind of a game with the horse. He was not mean or rough. A few of his tricks: He would slowly lift his front foot up when you had it held so you could not step away from him. He would lay his head over your back and hold you down. Things like this. He was a real big "pet".
The one thing he would do is lean on you when you had his feet picked up. Not put the weight on his leg/foot. No I mean he would lean his body on you. Making you carry his weight. He was using you as a leaning post. LOL
When he would do it to me I would elbow him in the ribs hard and he would quit for a while. I noticed him doing that to Grand Dad while he was trimming the horse's hooves. Grand Dad was a real patient man. So he put up with it until he was fitting the new shoes. He usually did the front shoe first but I saw he was fitting the back shoes first. The stud started the leaning trick again. Grand Dad just reached over with the red hot shoe and warmed the stud's manhood just a little. He did not burn the horse just let him feel the heat. LMAO That sure stopped the leaning. That horse was standing real straight after that. LOL
I have done a similar thing like that many times over years. When one starts to lean on you just hold the hot shoe a few inches aways from their belly and they will straighten up. Makes me remember Great Great Grand Dad doing it to that stud everytime. Brings a smile to my face everytime too.
There was this stallion we always did the farrier work on. Big Percheron stud that was real pretty and smart. The horse would mess with you while you worked on him. It was kind of a game with the horse. He was not mean or rough. A few of his tricks: He would slowly lift his front foot up when you had it held so you could not step away from him. He would lay his head over your back and hold you down. Things like this. He was a real big "pet".
The one thing he would do is lean on you when you had his feet picked up. Not put the weight on his leg/foot. No I mean he would lean his body on you. Making you carry his weight. He was using you as a leaning post. LOL
When he would do it to me I would elbow him in the ribs hard and he would quit for a while. I noticed him doing that to Grand Dad while he was trimming the horse's hooves. Grand Dad was a real patient man. So he put up with it until he was fitting the new shoes. He usually did the front shoe first but I saw he was fitting the back shoes first. The stud started the leaning trick again. Grand Dad just reached over with the red hot shoe and warmed the stud's manhood just a little. He did not burn the horse just let him feel the heat. LMAO That sure stopped the leaning. That horse was standing real straight after that. LOL
I have done a similar thing like that many times over years. When one starts to lean on you just hold the hot shoe a few inches aways from their belly and they will straighten up. Makes me remember Great Great Grand Dad doing it to that stud everytime. Brings a smile to my face everytime too.