An Animal University student shared a common issue when communicating with animals. Her experience is when she is in the vicinity of dogs, cats, horses and other animals. She feels bombarded with their input. It’s like they know I’m a receptical for all their pent up emotions and issues and they see me as an easy target to let it all out. Her question is, “How do I protect myself from all the emotions that they want to spew out on me? I’m willing to listen but gosh, I have a hard time saying ‘no’ when I really want to.” My question in answering her question is, “Who’s in control here, you or them?” As an animal communicator, you are allowed to ’say no’ when you want to. No different from when you are in a room filled with people. You don’t have to talk to everyone. When and if you are in that similar situation and you are feeling pressed to listen or talk to all, consider a tip from another AU student, Paticia, and take a Conscious Pause. A Conscious Pause gives you back your control of the situation. It provides you a time, a ‘pause’ to relax, breathe and consider if this invitation to enter into a conversation or just be a listener is what is right for you in that moment? It gives you the chance to consider and then react accordingly. Great tip from Patricia and terrific question from our AU student. It happens to all of us who are sending out signals that we are a clear channel, well, almost. Talk with animals when it is right for you. You’ll be a sharper and more accurate participant. All will appreciate it, especially the animals who really do want their voice heard, again, accurately. Communicating with animals doesn’t follow one set pattern or have a certain set of rules. You make what is right for you, right for you.
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Archive for June, 2009
How to Communicate with Animals – on Your Terms
Friday, June 26th, 2009Stop Barking! Who Me?
Friday, June 19th, 2009
I said, “Stop Barking!”. Whew, the pitch of the lady’s voice shrilled those words as she was describing how much her dog barked, and according to her, over nothing. I almost agreed with her because I didn’t see anything that would prompt the dog’s high-pitched sounds and intuitively, while communicating with him, it was hard to locate a ‘reason why’ until I caught that ’shrill sound’ in my ear canal. I got it. Further questioning of the dog confirmed that the noise volumn in the house was enough to make anyone shout. Once answered, I started to notice that the rest of the noise in this house was in the ’shrill’ range. The TV was blarring, the kids were screaming, the back door slammed and the phone kept ringing, ignored, of course, but the answering machine message chimed in loudly so as not to be missed. This was exhausting to say the least. I started to smile, what else could I do in the midst of all this chaos, and caught the attention of the little dog. He ‘knew’ that I got ‘his reason why’ and quietly sat down right in front of me and said, “See what I have to put up with here? How else can I compete?” Boy, he was right. Now not all barking problems are for this reason, but it was a wake up call to remind me that sometimes we people are just too noisy. No wonder we have the need to get back to nature. The next best thing to nature should be our dog and a little R&R in the back yard. But with noise competition, no wonder this little guy felt he had to make a big statement, maybe just to keep up with the rest of his family. Communicating with animals doesn’t have to be this loud.
Animal Communication = RESPECT
Tuesday, June 16th, 2009
photographer Sherry Slade
Animal Communication is a tool to gain R-E-S-P-E-C-T with our dogs, cats, horses and more. Isn’t it interesting when we stop to ’see’ what our animals tell us?
Last night while riding my horse, Hank, I noticed that every time I stopped him he would bend to the left and put his nose on his cinch. Now, if I wasn’t paying attention to his messages, I would have probably passed that off as being pushy, avoiding or something else. However, I do understand his methods to share with me at which I bent down and felt where the cinch was curled under just enough to make it uncomfortable for him. He was heard, it was fixed and problem solved.
That’s what my message is to you. Take each ‘out of the ordinary’ as an opportunity to tune into your horse, dog and cat. It doesn’t have to be a big thing, just a ’something’ that we’re supposed to ‘do something about’.
I promise that when you take that step, your relationship catapults to a level that no one can take away from you and your partner. It is basic respect – adding value to the recipient and ultimately to ourselves and what we want from it.
Happy Animal Communicating.
Health Intuition when Communicating with Animals
Thursday, June 11th, 2009My friend Carly wrote me a followup from her last revelation about how she intuitively ‘knew’ what her dog, Tootsie, was needing for her pain issues. Yesteday, I received an email sharing even more of Tootsie’s hints to work with in figuring out how to help her. When Carly applied TTouch to Tootsie’s shoulders, instead of her being receptive to the touch, she quickly gave Carly a funny look, got up and moved away from her side. Carly, a little perplexed, ‘thought’ for just a moment and without hesitation, realized that Tootsie was telling her, ‘no, that’s not what I want you do to in that spot.’ Carly got it. She then went to Toostsie and started her TTouch procedure in another spot, one she never would have selected to begin with. Tootsie drew in a deep breath, sighed relief and went to sleep, almost purring! So, the next time your pet, despite your good intentions to help them, gives you a look or just moves away, don’t be offended. Take that as a hint that what you may be doing to help them may not be ‘just exactly what they need or want’. Adjust to their actions and you may be surprised, just as Carly. It’s all part of being open and using your intuition for their health and well being. Just another benefit of learning how to communicate with animals.
The Tail Says Help Me
Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009Carly called sharing her animal communication experience with me about her Jack Russell terrier, Dolly. She’s a sweet dog Carly rescued just a year ago. And lucky for Dolly, too, since this was home #4. Her history reasoned her surrender because ‘out of the blue’ she would scream a shrill scream that sent folks running from the room. The shelter shared , “She’s always a bit standoffish. Maybe this is her way of keeping people at a distance.” An odd description only intensifying Carly’s determination to change this habit and replace it with a loving bond. All seemed to be going as planned until one day, it happened. It clearly was as they described. The high pitch scream sent shivers down Carly’s spine and her first reaction was to exit the room, just like all the others before her. But for some reason she stood her ground and observed Dolly’s tail. Her wag was way off. Carly knew Dolly’s tail gestures from joy to fear but this quivering action was different. It held a sense of anxiety, fear and…pain! She hadn’t noticed it before. Her tail action was definately different, alarming and shouting ‘help me.’ One of the lessons communicating with animals is to be observant. Carly learned that lesson well as she observed the differences between all her emotions yet including one more – a wag for help! People often ask, how do you communicate with animals. The answer may be as simple as taking the time to be observant. Once noticed, adding other pieces to the intricate puzzle of a living being, in this case, a dog calling for help, being rejected by several families before but finally finding a person who was willing to take the time to really observe, take notice and follow through with that found. And, oh, by the way, Dolly is now enjoying fewer screams as her little body is being tended to by professionals to ease the pain she was trying to explain for way too long. Keep talking, wagging, Dolly. Your voice is being heard.