Real & Raw with Mindy and Boots
Oct 11, 2026 · 18 min · 11 segments
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You know, though, there is something and I have seen different movies on animal therapy.
And if it's a child who's autistic or someone who has gone through some type of trauma, not able to really connect with a human, what animals can do? You know, we rescue animals, as you say, at Buckeye Ridge, but these animals can really rescue people, too.
Isn't that what that animal therapy is all about?
That is.
So we're basically people rescuing animals, animals rescuing people.
So they kind of go together.
Do you truly believe, I believe that animals know when somebody's suffering or they just know.
Yeah.
I mean, you've got some animals that are pretty simple minded and they don't really know what's going on.
But most animals.
But horses are pretty
brilliant animals, aren't they?
Yes.
Horses, pigs, dogs.
Oh, pigs are very intelligent?
I think the pig's probably the most intelligent animal in our barn.
Really? Like you call it and it comes to you and stuff? Yeah.
No way.
I just never have been
around pigs.
I've
also heard that if you're a bad human, animals can sense that.
Yes.
Do you think
so, too? I've seen it, yes.
You know, though, there is something and I have seen different movies on animal therapy.
And if it's a child who's autistic or someone who has gone through some type of trauma, not able to really connect with a human, what animals can do? You know, we rescue animals, as you say, at Buckeye Ridge, but these animals can really rescue people, too.
Isn't that what that animal therapy is all about?
That is.
So we're basically people rescuing animals, animals rescuing people.
So they kind of go together.
Do you truly believe, I believe that animals know when somebody's suffering or they just know.
Yeah.
I mean, you've got some animals that are pretty simple minded and they don't really know what's going on.
But most animals.
But horses are pretty
brilliant animals, aren't they?
Yes.
Horses, pigs, dogs.
Oh, pigs are very intelligent?
I think the pig's probably the most intelligent animal in our barn.
Really? Like you call it and it comes to you and stuff? Yeah.
No way.
I just never have been
around pigs.
I've
also heard that if you're a bad human, animals can sense that.
Yes.
Do you think
so, too? I've seen it, yes.
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