Mounted search and rescue

[Una Smith <una.smith@att.net>]

Terry Terry Nowacki wrote:
>As long as it is open minded skepticism /criticism, I will except,
>appreciate and answer it.

Good for you!  For what it's worth, I am in the "I want to see it
for myself" camp.  That is the natural attitude of a scientist
and is not a reflection on you or the idea of airscenting horses.

My comment re your latest test is not my own criticism so much as
one I know you will get, so you will need to be ready to answer 
it.  Your horse test was modeled after the NASAR dog test, except
for blindfolding the horse.  You intended the blindfold to make 
the test harder but the blindfold might actually make it easier!

Doing the test both ways, with and without blindfold, helps a lot.
As does your searching for a thing when only one person watching
(and that person not you) knows where the thing is.  You need to
avoid any Clever Hans situation.

        Una Smith
        New Mexico