The Horse That Wouldn't Load

We had a mare that wouldn't load on the float. The more you pushed, the worse she got. A stockman visiting from out west watched us fight her for twenty minutes, then asked for the lead rope. He didn't push at all. He just stood at the ramp, dead calm, and waited. Four minutes later she walked on by herself.

'You were making the float the enemy,' he said. 'I just made it boring.'