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How that is expressed is gonna have individual varia- uh, variability.

Um, but similarly, if an animal can't escape, so if you're looking at, excuse me, [clears throat] if we're looking at avoidance type behaviors, I want to move away from something, so distance increasing, which will again have different, um, body language associated with it.

So you, you know, tucked tail, cowering, those things.

And I can't escape, then I may well also become frustrated because I can't achieve my goal of escape.

I guess if we're saying that actually that might not be the, uh, sort of motivation that's at play for that dog, if we have a situation where perhaps there are different outcomes that that dog's looking to achieve, th- I suppose, would that give us an example of something where kind of if we were looking at something from a more pangcepian perspective, we were saying, "Yeah, this dog's looking-- this dog's experiencing fear in this situation.

They want us to increase distance." But where we're kind of getting perhaps a m- a misalignment of motivations.

I know it's, it's, it's a tough one because generally we would associate that kind of body language with some kind of discomfort for a dog.

That's a pretty well-established, um, association in a way.

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You, you mention people often practice what they're going to say, but they don't think about how they're going to appear.

So what is it that horses pick up on? Like, how does it all work?

It's body language.

Again, horses are herd animals, so their whole essence of being is about being grounded, centred and present.

And they also all have a role within the herd.

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So really, scientifically, what it is, is that the horses are so tuned into your body language.

And if you think about it, 7% of our body language is verbal.