05-30-2018, 01:26 AM
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7 hours ago, caikgoch said:
I believe that I have an advantage on you 30-30. I have known both dogs and horses and there is a difference. Dogs are much more contact oriented than horses. Where a horse needs a buddy alert and on watch to sleep, dogs need physical contact with family members to feel secure. Dogs sleep all at the same time for up to twenty hours a day (cats are worse, they usually sleep twenty three hours per day). It's the difference between a predator that gets concentrated food and is efficient about not wasting energy between meals and an herbivore that needs to eat nearly constantly to support a large body.
I wish I had ten cents for every time that I have been awakened during the night because a thunderstorm was approaching and a dog needed my touch to feel secure (I'd buy two more farms). Horses tell me about a problem then look at me to see what I am going to do about it.
I don´t know if you can rightfully call this an advantage. Others may call it "not knowing what you want". I´ll frankly admit that I have no experience with dogs, they don´t interest me in the slightest and being with a herbivore is perfectly fine with me as I´m a veggie myself for decades now. By the way, herbivores seem to take notice of that...not smelling of digested meat out of every pore seems to have a huge effect on how they behave towards you. Somehow understandable...not smelling like one of their natural foes makes things easier with them.
About that cuddling stuff: you don´t seem to have seen the pictures of my mare and me I uploaded, have you? I wish I had ten cents for every time that I laid down with her, her head resting on my chest...and contrary to your statement about horses, she was indeed a very active lady when it comes to giving hugs. I´d say that I haven´t missed one single thing despite being interested in mares only...all that your dog does, my mare did it twice. [img]<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/wink.png[/img]/emoticons/[email protected] 2x" title=";)" width="20" />
In case you want to see the pictures I spoke of, just let me know and I´ll PM you the link to my reddit eulogy with the pictures included.