-->The pet hotbar will automatically be assigned to hotbar 1 when interacting with objects or mounts that make use of the pet hotbar.
Use the arrows to the left of the hotbar or press Shift+↑ and Shift+↓ to cycle through hotbars.
this is an aggrivation and I really do not understand why it isn't an option as opposed to just being there. my pet hotbar pops up whenever I get on a mount that has actions so I assume that the same goes for objects that I interact with. I should be able to disable this.

I don't understand this thinking. if the pet hotbar is enabled and does infact pop up for these things which is does it makes no sense that the pet hotbar takes the place of hotbar 1 with no ability to opt out.