Ain't Ranchin' Fun

[kerr]

Re: Ain\'t Ranchin\' Fun

Its hard to beat an ol jenny.She aint too bad with the lab. we have but the j russel she tries to mow down evertime it dares ta go into the pasture.Your rite about the jacks fer sure!It coast 50 dollars ta get one cut the aint worht 50cents far as protection goes,i have givin 2 away.They will take pleasure in mowing down a goat and causing trouble at every chance.A jinny is a lot smarter than a horse also.

 

[cowboydoc]

Re: Ain\'t Ranchin\' Fun

Kerr,
Just curious as to where you get the info. that a horse is smarter than a jenny is alot smarter than a horse? Is this personal observation or fact? If you're talking scientific fact I would suggest that you look at reserch from Colorado State University and Iowa State University Veterinary divisions. Both have done extensive testing on animal intelligence. Horses are very high and mules and donkeys are way below. Pigs and dogs are above them and cows are below.

 

[kerr]

Re: Ain\'t Ranchin\' Fun

Well i have been told thats all.A donkey if ever tangled even slightly in fence,rope wont move till ya go and get her,Seen this myself.Wont walk on ice that wont support em.Wont eat nothing thats gonna make em sick.I dont know,heard it my whole life,our jinny is just a big ol pet.

 

[cowboydoc]

Re: Ain\'t Ranchin\' Fun

Kerr,
Horses will do the same thing. Every try and train a horse and then try and train a mule or a donkey? That will surely change your mind about who's the smarter of the bunch or the dumber for letting themselves be trained so easily. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

 

[glennmac]

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I've always been curious about these supposed studies of animal intelligence. It all sort of depends, doesnt it, on what you define as intelligence. There's a never-ending controversy about how to define and measure human intelligence, with some people arguing that intelligence is such a large suite of different behaviors that the measurements are meaningless.

I would think it is even harder and more arbitrary to define intelligence for animals. I suppose you could find some behaviors that donkeys pick up quicker than horses, and vice versa. What is it that makes a pig so smart.

All I know is my daddy is smarter than your daddy.

 

[Bird]

Re: Ain\'t Ranchin\' Fun

glennmac, I agree that I don't know just how they measure "intelligence", and I know hog pens stink, but did you ever notice that pigs don't crap all over the pen like most other animals. Whether you have one or a bunch in a pen, they'll pick one corner and that's the bathroom. Seems to me to show a little more intelligence than cows, horses, mules, etc./w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif And pigs really are quite easy to train. The first one I raised as a kid was also trained to ride. I got a lot of attention riding him around the fair grounds.

Bird