The Rural Voice, 2001-08, Page 19instincts. For instance, to move an
animal forward, we usually think we
meed to be behind them. But pigs
don't like you being where they can't
see you and they will try to turn
around to keep you in view if you're
trying to drive them from behind. If
they're in a narrow passage and they
can't turn, they'll stop.
"A lot of the
intention to
move animals
from behind
was counter-
productive
Pigs also don't
like pressure
that isn't
released, she
said. If a pig
moves and
handlers try to
move them even faster by crowding
them from behind, they'll try to slow
down.
"We often work against our-
selves," Lidster said. For instance,
when trying to move a pig if you put
a cutting board beside its head, it will
be curious and want to turn to see
what the object is.
Through observation and trial and
error Lidster learned more about the
desires of pigs and how to put this to
positive use. Pigs, for instance, like
to feel they have at least two ways to
go. They prefer to go in the direction
they're already following and they
like to follow other pigs. Therefore if
you can get pigs moving, they'll
likely follow each other.
Handlers should think "How can
we give the pigs what they want in a
way to get the outcome we want,"
she said.
Rather than moving behind sows
to move them, she discovered that it
was easier to move them from ahead
with the pig's curiousity being
attracted toward the handler.
Echoing Hemsworth's comments
about attitudes of workers, Lidster
said her staff had turned sorting and
weighing of market hogs from a time
of tremendous frustration into a
positive challenge of trying to step
back, when things went wrong, and
see what's happening in relationship
to pig behaviour and seeing how it
could be used to improve the
situation. "We're blinded by our own
expectations," Lidster said.0
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