The National Geographic cable channel has started a series of programs
entitled "Dog Genius." The program presents a lot of recent,
fascinating research from around the world on how dogs think. For
example, we have seen how when our family dogs approach us they wag
their tails as a sign of friendliness (not that all tail wagging
indicates friendliness). Scientists observed that when the dog has an
emotional connection to the person, the tail way is slighly more
concentrated the dog's right side quadrant (our left if we are facing
the dog). If the dog is facing a human or canine stranger, the wag
will be slightly more in the dog's left quadrant. The difference is
very subtle but noticable and is related to left-right brain
processing. I observed my dog doing this. The reason that I have
posted this info is that horses must have equally subtle clues to what
they are thinking. Previous postings have talked about ear set among
horses on trail rides. Does anyone know about any similiar studies on
horse behavior? This would be very interesting to know.
Regards, Pamela and Ollie the dog
