Miniature Guide Horses for the Blind
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- Опубликовано: 9 авг 2017
- Mona Ramouni, a Michigan woman who became blind shortly after birth, wanted to have more independence. Cali, a miniature horse, has been specially trained to assist her.
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An advantage of training mini ponies as guide animals over dogs is their lifespan is twice that of a dog.
The Noble and Mighty Beaver but it’s much easier to tuck a dog under the table in a business than a horse
Eli Until I Can Figure Out My Name can’t imagine trying to do that
@@isabellaoneill3977 guide dogs don't tuck.
@@Morning_Dew15 um yes they do
@@isabellaoneill3977 I know this is late, but you can train them to tuck. I've seen images recently from I think Flirty the mini tucking underneath a table on a towel.
If people don't think that a horse is appropriate, let them talk! Very nice video, thank you.
u all should shut the hell up because it's her choice to either have any type of animal they want to guide them. and it doesn't matter if ut has good eye sight or anything because they feel more comfortable with that animal and it's definitely not ur choice to judje something because that girl had to struggle with stuff all her life you don't need to make it harder on these rude comments
Can you spell possibly?
@@bikerlad3138 irrelevant you snob
@@hismail7867 You would actually require a full stop at the end of that sentence to make it punctual.
@@bikerlad3138 still irrelevant. You still a snob
I am very happy for Mona to have her horse, Cali. 😊
At the moment, I have a guide dog, but she is coming up for retirement age soon, and unless God gives me a miracle and restores my eyesight, I may have to consider options of either another guide dog, or maybe a guide horse?
I don’t think we are into training guide horses here in England yet, so has anyone got any suggestions? I love horses, and used to do a lot of horseriding.Has anyone heard of a guide horse that you can ride?
Now there’s a thought ha ha
Or maybe someone could train a horse to pull a carriage and guide someone to the shops in that way.
There are endless possibilities surely.
Signing off now.
Some of the comments on here are very interesting. LOL
Could there be a better companion for this girl? I say neigh!
Amazing
Thank goodness iam not in that class, I love ponies but Iam highly allergic
Mini horses can perform many tasks, but their close up vision is pretty poor! I would use minis as mobility support animals or something rather than guide animals. Also, horses are super social animals and need to live with at least one other horse/equine in order to maintain their mental heath.
They are actually really good at guide work, despite their vision. They can see a car coming at you much faster than a dog can, and they can move people out of the way because of their large size.
When I saw all of this and knew u can take miniature pony’s to flights and boats for emotional support or being blind I was like nope when I’m big or adult I’m gonna buy an miniature pony :D all thanks to this
Emotional support animals do not have the same rights as service animals, I'm afraid. You can not just get a horse, or any animal for that matter, and claim it a emotional support horse and expect to get it in a store or on a plane.
Miniature ponies I think are great guide animals I have dogs but I know and if next 10 years I'm had to have me a guide animal and I'm choosing a miniature pony to and I think it's a great people that's training these miniature ponies to work with people you know Dr guide cuz even if we get attacked horses can be dangerous to and protect their owner
This is interesting, because Mona has a guide horse named Cali to help her out on behalf of losing her sight. PLEASE thank your lucky stars that I’m not blind like her. In fact, I’m planning to have 2⃣ guide horses that I had a great idea to name after Disney characters who happen to be 1⃣. Bullseye (mini foal) and 2⃣. Rapunzel (mini filly). Are there any thoughts that you’d like to share in the comment boards?
My main issue with this is horse's are grazing animals, it can have serious long term impacts on them of they are restricted from food for too long... for example chronic ulcers.
Sammi Christ
In college there are breaks between classes where the horse is given hay and water
J Carver
You seem nice.
Ta niewiasta jest niewidoma jej przewodnikiem jest koń. Ciekaw jestem z jaką reakcją spotkał by się w,Polsce niewidomy.
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I want my school to have a pony
Grace Embervalley really? It’s almost like saying “I wish I had a disability so my school can have a pony” please stop being disrespectful I have a mental disability and I need a service dog and I take that offensive
Allie’s ASMR & Art calm down ! She only said that she wishes her school had ponies ! I have a service dog and if she had said “oh I wish I was blind , so I could have a dog “ yes I’d be annoyed , I would do anything to not have my anxiety like I do believe me . But calm down
Isabella Joseph do u have ur service dog at school? Just curious
“find the curb”
*pat pat*
It's so cool that the hoof sound shows her where the curb is. What would a guide dog do? Bark? Sit and wait for the blind person to notice they are there? The hoof sound is just perfect.😁
ohh...he need a horse friend :(
I was thinking the same thing, but this is only a two minute video, so they might have a second, untrained horse that simply wasn't mentioned.
GiNa PonyReiter um she’s blind and needs the horse to guide her u disrespectful human being
@@larasims2973 how is it disrespectful? A horse needs other horses.
Anabelle Roscoe Ohhhh I thought the comment meant that the girl needs a horse friend like I thought the comment said like she didn’t need one and that she just wanted one
It's actually a requirement in most guide horse facilities that the owner have another companion horse and a specific amount of space for the horse to be a horse when it's at home not working.
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can horses be toilet trained to go on command in the way service dogs are? I have no idea the answer, suspect it's probably no & if so, that's an obvious problem/disadvantage of a horse over a dog
horses can be toilet/house trained and go toilet on command as well. Even race horses are asked to go on command before a race to lighten the load, and so the horse doesn't feel the need to go later on.
@@andreabyrne6527 oh awesome, I never knew that, thanks :)
@@lilaclizard4504 no problem ;)
Reportedly horses have a natural aversion to "doing their business" in indoor spaces, so house training is pretty easy.
I mean, they also make bags you can just simply attach to said horse and the bag catches it
Mayson and Lacey
1:26 ahh I see what u did there 😏
I'm not Muslim and didn't know they were not allowed to have dogs, even service dogs, in the homes. What is the difference between having a horse in the house and a dog in the house?
Service horses live outside
@@jumalauta1942 Dog can live outside
@@Mad-wv6ol Service dogs dont reslly do that
They believe the dog, especially it’s drool will make you unclean. Not sure why. My sister married a Muslim man and he wouldn’t touch our dogs. One time my mom brought the dog with her to visit their house and my sister gave it some water from one of their plastic bowls, when he found out later he threw the bowl away. Apparently it’s really a big deal depending how religious the person is.
What about their poop? A guide dog you pick up the poop in a bag and toss it. Horses. Even small ones produce enough poop in one load to fertilize a small garden.
Ffs dogs shouldn't be in the house but an animal that travels miles a day is OK. How fucked up! Use a stick if you don't like dogs! How fucking cruel!
Horses don't have excellent vision. it's actually not very good!
dog's vision is even worse
Horses have great vision, especially at night.
Tori Green, it’s not, horses can’t see I front of her, and the can not see behind them, that’s why you shouldn’t touch a horses nose right away, always go for the neck 😌
+I write Comments That's the worst argument I've ever heard, I don't think there is a single animal on earth that can see 360´, there will always be a blind spot. Humans can't see behind them, do we have horrible vision? Neither can dogs yet they somehow have better vision than a horse? Horses have one of the largest fields of view of all animals on earth, and there is also this thing known as turning your head, maybe you should try it
cheeseballfreak Alright G, calm yourself!!
Poorly kept pony. No freind to play with, not enough room to canter,trot and to play. Very sad how she keeps the pony really, it just might be me though
If God doesn't understand that a person needs a dog because they're blind, he's not a god worth following.
Horses vision is awful. They have awful depth perception.
sydneigh.equestrian spam than how can they judge jumps?
Bet Freddy for example, on a cross country course, they don’t know if the ditch is tall, low, or just a shadow, the rider must act as their guide at times. Human eyes are closer together, so we see depth relatively well. Horse eyes are wider apart, so they don’t have good depth perception. To answer your question, horses can improve their depth perception by raising their heads up high, which is how a lot of horses approach jumps. All in all, horses depth perception is pretty crap normally. So I wouldn’t use one as my guide! Unless they have their nose up in the air!
sydneigh.equestrian spam I think you are overreacting. A guide pony is not going to go faster than a walk, horses are smart animals and can know where a step or something is. I understand what you are saying, they don't have binocular vision like us or guide, but they do have a really good field of view. I think they can be just as good
I get what your saying, but it would be much more convenient, (and cheaper!) to have a guide dog.
sydneigh.equestrian spam Yeah that's true. But honestly I would love to have the opportunity to do that with a horse ☺
Who picks up all the Horse shit?
citacitasejati she picks up the dog shit, horse shit is not like dog shit.
They make bags you simply attach to them
Everyone talking about the horses diet and how that could be impacted. Take a look at the absolute SHIT you feed your dog. DRIED PEBBLES THAT ARE PACKED WITH CORN AND CHEMICALS. And you’re worried about the horse? That’s sad. Kibble has been normalized and that doesn’t make it a good food. 🙄🙄
Belief that should not keep a dog in the house?
But a horse isn't an over grown dog?
Okay
Not the perfect school tho it's a tech school
It's the University of Michigan, a top 20 college.
Universities create more idiots then smart people now days
@@GretchentheAlligator like Trump
You can have a mini horse but not a dog, what kind of stupid crap is that?!
Oh yeah, it makes so much more sense to keep a huge horse inside your house instead of a small dog 😹😹😹 how much stupider can we get.
You seem like one of those people who think any religion that is not yours stupid or barbaric selfish son of a gun
Miniature horses actually tend to be smaller than Great Danes, which are frequently used as service dogs. But go off I guess
Nathalie A. Because dude what if you were scared of dogs or allergic to dogs and you wanted a guide animal, then I would choose a mini horse. So your an idiot and selfish. So have a good day
Bullshit This is