Horse Crazy
“In truth, horses are not as smart as some pasture rocks. This all came as a big surprise to me. My perception of the horse was based on the Saturday morning television shows "My Friend Flicka" and "Fury" as well as Trigger and Velvet's mighty King; all perfectly capable of going for the sheriff when the ranch began to burn. So what happened?
The horses I knew had some polished tricks, true. They responded to riding commands and were fairly adept at being ridden--something I assumed horses did f...airly naturally from all the Westerns I'd watched as a kid.
When brought in from the pasture, they knew which stalls were theirs.
Not exactly horse calculus.
They knew that a bucket hanging on a hook or even left forlornly on the ground inevitably meant that they were to stick their noses into it in anticipation of food. They will usually not run away from you if you approach them in the pasture waving a carrot. All confirmed skills in The Horse Bag-Of-Tricks.
But desperate news for someone who expected, if not to be saved from a rock slide now and then by her horse, at least that the creature would have equal the intelligence of her pet cockatiel.MoreLess
The horses I knew had some polished tricks, true. They responded to riding commands and were fairly adept at being ridden--something I assumed horses did f...airly naturally from all the Westerns I'd watched as a kid.
When brought in from the pasture, they knew which stalls were theirs.
Not exactly horse calculus.
They knew that a bucket hanging on a hook or even left forlornly on the ground inevitably meant that they were to stick their noses into it in anticipation of food. They will usually not run away from you if you approach them in the pasture waving a carrot. All confirmed skills in The Horse Bag-Of-Tricks.
But desperate news for someone who expected, if not to be saved from a rock slide now and then by her horse, at least that the creature would have equal the intelligence of her pet cockatiel.MoreLess
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