Blackcatter, this is the first time I've heard these kinds of stories from anyone besides Temple Grandin (I've only read her articles, never met her), and I'm grateful to you for sharing them. I'm curious...you said it "never occurred to you" to ask what they did. But it obviously occurs to you now. Does that mean that the next time you're in a similar situation, you might ask? Or is that too difficult to do in the "middle of things"? (I know every person and situation is different, but I'm interested, in a general sense, in how tough it is for you to learn these things, and to put them into practice in a "live" situation.)

Aloha,
Mark