Archive for July, 2009

Animal Communication Helping a Dog in Pain

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

My friend, Carly, called me asking for help with her Jack Russell terrier.  As she described her dog’s actions, I could ‘feel’ a rush of heat course up the back of my neck. What an odd sensation. Within a few seconds I ‘knew’ that there was something  wrong with this little dog.   What I was feeling was significant pain. According to Carly, her dog would scream at odd times and without apparent reason. In my years communicating with animals, I have discovered that rarely do animals show emotion, especially a scream, without exhibiting a clue leading up to it. We  just have to ramp up our observation skills and tune into their signals of distress. After a few more minutes of conversation with Carly, she shared that she had observed her tail wags and could distinguish between a happy wag and a disturbed wag. And furthermore, she could even recall when ‘just prior to a scream’ her dog’s tail wouldn’t wag but shiver. Ah ha! Good job, Carly. Your skills are tuning to a ninth degree of accuracy. With that word of support, Carly can now ‘take her evidence’ to the veterinarian to help diagnose the problem. Our dogs, cats, horses and more are always finding ways to communicate with us. It’s just that their method to do so is obviously – different from ours. The language barrier doesn’t have to be if we will just take the time to tune in and watch for the communication signs. Isn’t it neat? We really do have skills to communicate with our dogs, cats, horses and more. All we have to do is use them.

Missing Persons – Ah, Horses

Wednesday, July 15th, 2009

Last night after my riding lesson on Hank, it was Tanner’s turn. He’s a 4 year old, line-back, red dun, quarter horse with a sweet personality and plenty of want to. Our plan was to leave Tanner with my instructor, JG, for a while to catch up to Hank’s expertise. Those who are not in the know regarding Animal Communication would probably pooh-pooh what I’m going to write next but for those of us who are in that inner circle, we get it. Instead of just handing over my horse and walking away, I took a few moments and reiterated to Tanner that he was going to stay with JG to learn and progress so he could be a good cow horse too. He needed to be reassured that he wouldn’t be left forever, just for a while, sorta like talking to a little kid who is going to camp for the first time. And besides, I reassured him, we’ll be back every few days to visit, watch and ride him as he progresses. I could tell after those comforting words that Tanner relaxed. He breathed a sigh of relief and quietly lead along JG’s side to his paddock where he munched on hay seemingly oblivious that we were actually going away. When I loaded up Hank to return home and drove past Tanner’s paddock, he looked up at us, had a brief look of panic on his face, whinnied twice and then paused. It was as if I could actually ’see’ him recalling our conversation and coming to the conclusion that it was going to be all right and he wouldn’t miss us – too much. Since then, I’ve ‘checked in’ with him from a distance, and he’s doing okay. I’ll see him tomorrow night, as promised. So, if you wish to or have to leave your guys behind or elsewhere, tell them. Leaving them in the dark would be a very worriesome experience. Just think how’d you feel if someone did that to you. Communicate with your animals, dogs-horses-cats, always! It really means a lot to them.

Animal Communication – What’s in a name?

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

Can talking with animals fix a name mix-match? Julie shared that her male cat is named Gloria and her female dog is Larry. She ended up naming them these reverse gender names because her granddaughter intervened when she brought home the new family members. The little girl said in no uncertain terms that she had always dreamed of her cat and dog having those precise names. Apparently she didn’t check the genders in her dream first. Well, the doting grandma that Julie admits she is couldn’t resist her little granddaughter’s pleas to ‘keep the names as is’, hence the opposite – yet permanent – names! Do cats and dogs mind if we tamper with their gender with a name mix-match? In asking them, intuitively, of course, their answer was a definitive ‘yes’ – change the names – please! The granddaughter, set in stone, her definitive answer, ‘no!’ So, regardless of gender, the names stick. Maybe that can help people who have interchangeable names, too, such as Charlie, Shaun, Robbie, Stevie, Alex. For these two pets, it makes a difference. Maybe before choosing a name taking the time to really get to know your dog, cat or horse FIRST will help you define just what to call him/her. Another application for the very versatile Animal Communication.