Horses Selective in Who They Copy

By |2017-04-12T00:21:06+00:00March 31st, 2017|Training|

Whether a horse learns new behavior by copying another horse depends upon their social status, researchers in Germany have discovered.�Horses can learn how to do something simply by observing another horse. But they'll only readily pick up the new behavior if they have a certain relationship with the horse they're watching. The study at the