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<blockquote data-quote="GoingNorth" data-source="post: 330385" data-attributes="member: 1963"><p>Marg, absolutely. I have spent hours and hours observing horses in herd environments at places where I kept mine. I have observed and had dogs all my life, and I learned an awful lot about me and others from running a cattery for many years.</p><p></p><p>I also am fascinated by primates since so much of their behaviors and motivations so closely mimic ours--we're just "nicer" about it, LoL.</p><p></p><p>I've trained dogs and horses and even some of my cats. I'd love to be able to observe birds and rodents in natural colony environments but my allergies prevent that.</p><p></p><p>I was also a stallion groom for several years both here and in Germany (where they thought it was highly inappropriate for a female to handle entire male horses) and worked with "my boys" in hand-breeding, herd breeding, and even artifial insemination environments.</p><p></p><p>I really pity most stallions as the poor things are kept in such an artificial environment, and even "natural cover" doesn't allow for the days long courtship rituals that are natural to the species. The boys beome terribly neurotic and interestingly, many of them develop steriotypical behaviours such as circling or weaving in their stalls, or chewing things, or even mutlilating themselves.</p><p></p><p>There's an uncanny similarity between these stereotypies and stimming behaviours in humans with ASDs</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoingNorth, post: 330385, member: 1963"] Marg, absolutely. I have spent hours and hours observing horses in herd environments at places where I kept mine. I have observed and had dogs all my life, and I learned an awful lot about me and others from running a cattery for many years. I also am fascinated by primates since so much of their behaviors and motivations so closely mimic ours--we're just "nicer" about it, LoL. I've trained dogs and horses and even some of my cats. I'd love to be able to observe birds and rodents in natural colony environments but my allergies prevent that. I was also a stallion groom for several years both here and in Germany (where they thought it was highly inappropriate for a female to handle entire male horses) and worked with "my boys" in hand-breeding, herd breeding, and even artifial insemination environments. I really pity most stallions as the poor things are kept in such an artificial environment, and even "natural cover" doesn't allow for the days long courtship rituals that are natural to the species. The boys beome terribly neurotic and interestingly, many of them develop steriotypical behaviours such as circling or weaving in their stalls, or chewing things, or even mutlilating themselves. There's an uncanny similarity between these stereotypies and stimming behaviours in humans with ASDs [/QUOTE]
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