Talk:Fluttershy/@comment-5618372-20121018180200

I'm just gonna throw this up here. My family and I don't care much for using intimidation and pressuring stares to get animals to behave. We owned a menagerie out in the countryside once: we had pigs, rabbits, hamsters, dogs, cats, chickens, a cockatoo, and even a couple of pet monkeys. We were all raised to love animals and not mistreat them in any way. My cousin's a gentle soul who wasn't afraid to approach her family's rabid dog, and she treats all animals fairly and loves them to death.

Now I know the animals on the show have a slightly more different mentality compared to ours in the real world, since they seem more cognizant(lol) and cute with the way they behave and not just being overly clueless or run by their animal instincts. But there's still a line to draw with the way ponies treat them.

So in deference to making my silly point clear: I'm not completely okay with everything Flutters does with her animals. I've seen people on Animal Planet deal with them better than she does, and they're darn awesomely nice at it.