Hi folks,
Jason did spake in a voice of thunder - but nicely........ Thu, 25 Jul 2002
23:35:56 -0700
The placebo effect with pets works differently than with people, because the
actual effect is directly related with emotional intelligence. Animals do
not recieve the idea that a substances given to them can cure, because there
is no language to communicate this idea. However, animals are very astute,
and they can easily pick up positive attitudes from their human partners...
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Arrgghhh!
There goes another pet hypothesis of mine, I think.
I have often used the idea that if it works on horses, ducks, that other
bloke that it must be real.
BTW: Have we got any real live Vets here?
I used to have to treat children in a clinical situation a century ago and
spent a lot of time trying to convince parents not to signal their fears to
them.
Of COURSE it would work with lower animals!
My pet Macaque Monkey *was* smarter than many professionals, but he
certainly knew when things were dangerous. He also was proved (IMHO) to
have a sense of humour!
Horses seem to know when a rider is like me................. and worry.
Dogs can be downright spooky...........
Cheers,
Himagain
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