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May 1 08 10:05 PM
There are no physical issues that would turn me off an animal or human. We all make do and muddle through as best we can with what God gives us to work with physically. I also believe behavior that has no physical or genetic roots can be changed given enough time and training with the proper tools. That being said, I have very little patience with disrespect be it from a horse, dog or human. And disrespecting personal space is probably my biggest pet peeve. If an animal will not move out of my personal space when I ask them to and/or if they persist in pushing into my personal space without being invited it just really ticks me off. All the dogs and horses on our place have learned to respect my space and move when I ask them to do so, no matter what their level of training, with the exception of Belle. She just cannot seem to respect personal space. She is like the little boy in school who just cannot keep his hands to himself even though he knows he is going to get into trouble for touching. She just does not get it. It just drives me insane.She has issues with all the other mares on our place for the same reason. She got beat on so bad by the other mares we have had to separate her from the rest of the herd. I had to sympathize with the mares. I hated that they hurt her. We made them stop and moved her out of harms way but, boy I sure did understand their desire to hurt her. I have felt it on many occasions I have made some small progress with her. She no longer tries to stand on top of me, she will move if I insist strongly and she no longer sneaks up on me from behind. But our Belle requires much more intensive training so she is going to the trainer. Yea!
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