I came across a video on facebook this morning about a guide horse called Panda. I can't paste that link here -- seems you need to be in facebook to see it. But you can Google "Panda guide horse" and it should come up. What I loved is that the person speaking said "we train using positive only" and that makes the horse "continue to work enthusiastically". Also interesting is that these horses can live for 40-50 years, keeping them in service for a very long time! http://www.guidehorse.com/ This one shows Panda being trained: In this video I loved learning about "intelligent disobedience". I think the clippity-clop hooves must be useful feedback for the blind person.
This pony is entirely clicker trained The trainer was Alexandra Kurland (the lady describing the training in the vid) who is a pioneer of clicker training in horses.
I loved watching this video. I thought the part where the horse makes the decision to go around the chain was especially clever.
First thought.......Shetland pony in supermarket Second thought.......Emily? Would it fit under an airplane seat? Third thought..........Who the heck would put a sign at that height? Fascinating though! Really interesting.
My thought was that horses hooves are solid! I was once stepped on by a small pony and the bruises lasted for weeks!
I heard about this quite a few years ago. One of the main considerations being length of life of a horse as opposed to a dog. Fascinating idea!
Short answer... no! But having watched the video, she looks smaller than a dog to me. Clearly I've been seeing too many Spanish mastiffs lately and now think of giant dogs as just "normal sized".
I just love the sound of her little feet tapping along the pavement. I saw a magazine article years, decades even, ago on a miniature horse trained for a BIG man who was blind. It too mentionned the advantage of a much longer life for the owner. It's so nice to see the action in the video.
