Re: How much memory?
This message is from: Jean Ernest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Well, it may not be a book on animal Memory exactly but read 'KINDRED SPIRITS' by Allen M.Schoen, DVM: "How the remarkable bond between humans and animals can change the way we live" You will love this book! Jean in Fairbanks, Alaska, clear and moderately cold, temperature inversion : +10 at my house, -12 downtown. >If there's not been a book done on the memory of animals Jean, there >certainly should be! > >Ruthie, nw mt >http://www.libby.org/~bushnell > > Jean Ernest Fairbanks, Alaska mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How much memory?
This message is from: "ruth bushnell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> . I wonder if anyone has ever done a study of > the memory of the horse? Certainly being mistreated leaves a memory. Jean I believe animals have much more in the way of a memory than we even begin to give them credit for, call it anthropomorphizing if you will, but there are countless stories of their grieving the loss of a master, or a pet mate. There's a classic case right here in Montana, a favorite story of mine, a dog story that really happened in the 1930's which portrays a devotion (and a memory) that defies all rational explanation. A sheepdog's master died and his body was shipped away. As the coffin was loaded at the train station an onlooking dog was seen pitifully whining. Every day thereafter for 5-1/2 years until his death, the dog faithfully met each incoming train, searching for his beloved master. Old Shep, as he was known, has a bronze sculpted likeness as a tribute to his faithfulness on a hill overlooking the abandoned tracks in Fort Benton, MT. Just one of thousands of illustrations of an animal's ability to love, and to remember because of that love. Which of course includes Fjords as well! = If there's not been a book done on the memory of animals Jean, there certainly should be! Ruthie, nw mt http://www.libby.org/~bushnell
Re: How much memory?
This message is from: "Jean Gayle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Whoa, that is really long term memory Steve. I think we really sell our animals short on many things because they do not speak our language. Jean Jean Walters Gayle Aberdeen, WA Author:The Colonel's Daughter $20 PO Box 104 Montesano, WA 98563
Re: How much memory?
This message is from: Steve McIlree <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Jean-- Thursday, January 23, 2003, you wrote: > I wonder if anyone has ever done a study of the memory of the horse? Several years ago we move our horses back to a boarding facility where they had been boarded a number of years earlier. The first time we went out for a ride on the trails through the forest, the horses seemed to be more comfortable than they usually are on unfamiliar trails. After a bit we came to a side trail which was actually a shortcut back to the barn. Even though this new trail lay in a direction entirely away from the barn, the horses tried to take it as if they remembered it was the way home even though had not been on it in thirteen years. -- Steve McIlree -- Pferd & Skipper -- Omaha, NE/Las Cruces, NM, USA How silent the woods would be if only the best birds sang. --Oliver Wendel Holmes
How much memory?
This message is from: "Jean Gayle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Last week a lady and her husband came to look at my Holsteiner mare that is for sale. We walked into the field where Gunnar and the mare were feeding at the far side. Gunnar is very easy to catch, just stands wherever he is and waits for you to halter him. This time as we started into the field he threw up his head, ears stretching up, and let out a squeal and came thundering toward us. I told the couple to stand still as he would not hurt them and it appeared he thought he knew them. As he drew near he circled still squealing and the mare decided it was her turn so she joined him in a great rush which set me back a bit. The visitors must have thought it was always like this. Gunnar circled several times and then stopped and went to grazing and I caught him easily. He paid little attention to the couple and I think he realized they were not who he thought. It was rather sad. I have had him three years now and he had gone through quite a few owners being spoiled and mistreated. I am sure he is waiting for someone, or simply thought he knew someone he obviously cared a great deal for. I wonder if anyone has ever done a study of the memory of the horse? Certainly being mistreated leaves a memory. Jean Jean Walters Gayle Aberdeen, WA Author:The Colonel's Daughter $20 PO Box 104 Montesano, WA 98563
