The Purrfect Nanny & Purrfect Pet Health Blog

In the late 1800s, a German high school mathematics instructor named Wilhelm Von Osten was pushing a few scientific envelopes from his home in Berlin. Among other things, he was a student of phrenology, the now discredited theory that one’s intelligence, character, and personality traits can be derived based of the shape of one’s head. But it was his keen interest in animal intelligence that would ultimately win him fame. Many of us have heard the story of Clever Hans the horse which had ma thematic abilities. But just thinking about it, even if horses can not do math they pick up very well on our thoughts, our body movements and on little hints. Isn’t it amazing. Do you think your horse is smart? I know mine are!