03-31-2022, 04:53 PM
I love all the stories everyone has posted, and I thank you for sharing.
I love animals. Domesticated, wild, ugly, or cute. I don't like rats or mice, but I am pretty tolerant of almost anything else.
I live in the woods and I am surrounded by a large variety of animals, and I found a large number of them are aware of boundaries and many will ask for help from humans, and they seem to be able to tell, by magic or my psychic powers, which us are safe to ask, and which one of us to run from. I found out the Anhinga I watched walk across my neighbor's yard, and across my yard, to make a home at my pond, for three months while her wing healed, had actually walked through at least five of my neighbor's yards before she chose mine.
I thought it was a he and called him Snake, until she came back about a month later, made a nest and hatched two baby Anhingas, which hung around for a while.
I believe that our animals do have some kind of binding connection with us which makes them a bit intuitive of our emotions and actions.
My cats and dogs grew up with each other from their early years, so they really don't know anything else. I think the reason my cats picked up the dog characteristics, instead of the other way around, is because of the reward factor. When I say "Line up", they all come running lickety split, because they know they are going to receive a premium treat. The cats found by following the dogs' lead, they get something special. They are smart critters, so they follow the dogs and do what the dogs do. So far, that has gained them a huge pay off.
Sylvester, one of my Huskicats has imprinted on my Mother. He follows her like a love sick puppy. Sometimes when you watch them together it looks almost like he is a puppet on a string. He seems to know what she is thinking, and he seems to know what direction to go in before she does. I hear her saying to him sometimes, "How did you know that is where I was going?"
I think Ninurta has it right. The connection between animals and humans go a bit deeper than we realize, and they are a lot smarter than we give them credit for.
I love animals. Domesticated, wild, ugly, or cute. I don't like rats or mice, but I am pretty tolerant of almost anything else.
I live in the woods and I am surrounded by a large variety of animals, and I found a large number of them are aware of boundaries and many will ask for help from humans, and they seem to be able to tell, by magic or my psychic powers, which us are safe to ask, and which one of us to run from. I found out the Anhinga I watched walk across my neighbor's yard, and across my yard, to make a home at my pond, for three months while her wing healed, had actually walked through at least five of my neighbor's yards before she chose mine.
I thought it was a he and called him Snake, until she came back about a month later, made a nest and hatched two baby Anhingas, which hung around for a while.
I believe that our animals do have some kind of binding connection with us which makes them a bit intuitive of our emotions and actions.
My cats and dogs grew up with each other from their early years, so they really don't know anything else. I think the reason my cats picked up the dog characteristics, instead of the other way around, is because of the reward factor. When I say "Line up", they all come running lickety split, because they know they are going to receive a premium treat. The cats found by following the dogs' lead, they get something special. They are smart critters, so they follow the dogs and do what the dogs do. So far, that has gained them a huge pay off.
Sylvester, one of my Huskicats has imprinted on my Mother. He follows her like a love sick puppy. Sometimes when you watch them together it looks almost like he is a puppet on a string. He seems to know what she is thinking, and he seems to know what direction to go in before she does. I hear her saying to him sometimes, "How did you know that is where I was going?"
I think Ninurta has it right. The connection between animals and humans go a bit deeper than we realize, and they are a lot smarter than we give them credit for.
For every one person that read this post. About 7.99 billion have not.
Yet I still post.
