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To: HairOfTheDog
The amazing part about it to me is that a prey animal like the horse can learn to think and stalk like a predator.

Well then, I guess you won't believe that Okie likes to chase dogs then:')

3,288 posted on 07/26/2004 10:19:53 AM PDT by CindyDawg
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To: CindyDawg

So does my pony.... she'll go after a dog, but that is really defensive and territorial... like the cow or deer who will run a predator off a calf. They chase them because deep in their instinct they percieve it as a threat, even though in their experience it is more like a game.

Rather than being 'reactive' like running off a dog or a lower horse in the pecking order, a cutting horse's behavior is distinctly proactive and stalking, very cat-like in the way they look at the cow.


3,291 posted on 07/26/2004 10:27:06 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog (~*-,._.,-*~Loves her hubbit~*-,._.,-*~)
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