The journey started with being born to horse people. A Jockey father and horsewoman Mother. Always animals around. By age 8 till 14 mother became abusive to me. It colored my journey. I had to change the course of violence to real communication. Fortunately the rip between my mother and myself was healed at about age 40+ and my journey speeded up from there.
I wish I had learned more, sooner, but at least I learned and my children did not know violence from their mother and my animals did not either.
Now my job is to teach others how to use non-violent communication to train their pets. To teach how reward can color the relationship between all living creatures and humans.
A society is judged by how it treats it's animals is what I've heard.
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