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Within a minute or less she was using the light beam. It was interesting to beable to clearly see what she was looking at. Witch all to often was my a**. but mostly she looked at the edges of things. she also quickly learned to pan the light across a larger area.
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Dunno what it'll do for the horse outside (besides bait) but in the stables I could see them using it to see well if they learned to turn them on/off as they wanted.
As for what they may think of it, that's hard to say as they have no "self awareness" like we have. Most domestic animals are trained to use tools to gain some sort of reward or pleasure from doing so. (as we are also animals take humans out of the equation please.)
If this will help keep the animal content then I say go for it! But pay close attention to how the tool affects the overall behaviour the animal so as not to set it up for disappointment. They have no concept of battery life or maintenance, etc. so it would just be a wise and good thing to ensure minimal stress. It's like the old adage "Don't make any promises you can't keep."
Animals react poorly to changes and some more so than others getting it used to something like meal times for example (Zelda you can relate here); if you start feeding your animal at a certain time they'll expect to get that meal around the same time all the time and will get very bummed or pushy to get it at that time. Changing the meal time is not as easy as a day or two and they'll leave you alone. It could take considerably longer to adjust.
If this device is a hit with this horse that person is going to have to make sure the animal always has it or their going to have one upset horsie there.
Dunno what it'll do for the horse outside (besides bait) but in the stables I could see them using it to see well if they learned to turn them on/off as they wanted.
As for what they may think of it, that's hard to say as they have no "self awareness" like we have. Most domestic animals are trained to use tools to gain some sort of reward or pleasure from doing so. (as we are also animals take humans out of the equation please.)
If this will help keep the animal content then I say go for it! But pay close attention to how the tool affects the overall behaviour the animal so as not to set it up for disappointment. They have no concept of battery life or maintenance, etc. so it would just be a wise and good thing to ensure minimal stress. It's like the old adage "Don't make any promises you can't keep."
Animals react poorly to changes and some more so than others getting it used to something like meal times for example (Zelda you can relate here); if you start feeding your animal at a certain time they'll expect to get that meal around the same time all the time and will get very bummed or pushy to get it at that time. Changing the meal time is not as easy as a day or two and they'll leave you alone. It could take considerably longer to adjust.
If this device is a hit with this horse that person is going to have to make sure the animal always has it or their going to have one upset horsie there.
The horse used it. Beyond that i cannot say. We used it one night while out for a walk in an unfamiliar place. I wanted to see what the horse would do with it. I have seen horses stay in the headlights of a car or truck when walking at night as the truck followed the horses stayed in the light beam. My guess was that it made walking easer because they could see better.
As for horses not being self aware. I don't know about that. Without a mutual language it is probably imposable to test. They will problem solve and do express grief.
As for horses not being self aware. I don't know about that. Without a mutual language it is probably imposable to test. They will problem solve and do express grief.
That's cool mutual tools. I don't know how good a horses night vision is but I'll bet you're right about the truck, made it a whole lot easier.
Have you tried the mirror test on a horse? It's one of the tests used to determine, "is the animal is consious of..." many animals have a sense of “body-ness” or “mine-ness” and probably even "other-ness" but not a sense of “I-ness” with an absence of "Ego." I haven't but would like to try and see for my self about the awareness thing but from the science so far they unfortunately say, "not".
I haven't done much research on the subject online but I've got a few horse psychology books among my other horsie books <hehe> so I'm sorry if these links seem a little on the weak side but the stuff they say is still consistent with my other findings. too.
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/conte.....00002/art00003
http://www.animalintelligence.org/2.....ls-self-aware/
I talk horsie talk but I don't know what I'm saying and they speak nacb to me and I have do clue what they are saying. It's like knowing a few words of another language but not enough to have a conversation.
btw. Seeing or being around a horse grieving makes me cry. I've only been in that situation a few times, each one was like having my heart forcefully ripped out of my chest.
Proves that at least some animals have feelings. *side bar we personally know a lot of "animals" that don't. (remember humans=animals too)*
Have you tried the mirror test on a horse? It's one of the tests used to determine, "is the animal is consious of..." many animals have a sense of “body-ness” or “mine-ness” and probably even "other-ness" but not a sense of “I-ness” with an absence of "Ego." I haven't but would like to try and see for my self about the awareness thing but from the science so far they unfortunately say, "not".
I haven't done much research on the subject online but I've got a few horse psychology books among my other horsie books <hehe> so I'm sorry if these links seem a little on the weak side but the stuff they say is still consistent with my other findings. too.
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/conte.....00002/art00003
http://www.animalintelligence.org/2.....ls-self-aware/
I talk horsie talk but I don't know what I'm saying and they speak nacb to me and I have do clue what they are saying. It's like knowing a few words of another language but not enough to have a conversation.
btw. Seeing or being around a horse grieving makes me cry. I've only been in that situation a few times, each one was like having my heart forcefully ripped out of my chest.
Proves that at least some animals have feelings. *side bar we personally know a lot of "animals" that don't. (remember humans=animals too)*
The horse used it. Beyond that i cannot say. We used it one night while out for a walk in an unfamiliar place. I wanted to see what the horse would do with it. I have seen horses stay in the headlights of a car or truck when walking at night as the truck followed the horses stayed in the light beam. My guess was that it made walking easer because they could see better.
As for horses not being self aware. I don't know about that. Without a mutual language it is probably imposable to test. They will problem solve and do express grief.
As for horses not being self aware. I don't know about that. Without a mutual language it is probably imposable to test. They will problem solve and do express grief.
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