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Animal Communication – Striking Up A Conversation

Joyce Leake — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:22:07 +0000

A First Level student in Animal University’s Interspecies Communication Certificate Program was recently completing an assignment required to move on to the next Level. She was having difficulty ’striking up a conversation’ with a reticent therapeutic riding horse. She felt that her questions were not compelling enough for the horse to answer and her frustration ended in thinking that her skills were not improving. She asked for some suggestions from me and here’s what I wrote to her…

Hi Terri: Wow! Those are excellent questions. I think that my suggestions would be along the same lines that you have already asked, however, here are a few to consider:

Would you mind sharing a few things about your favorite rider
How does he feel on your back
Do you have suggestions to help him ride you better
What do you feel is his most pressing issue that he wants to share with his people (I realize we are asking about the person but it does stir interest in that the horse feels he is more of an assistant than being for a passenger only)
What’s your favorite time of day
Do you listen to the birds
Does the tractor bother you
How do you feel about the folks who tend to you
Does this responsibility meet your expectations of what you had thought your life would be
Do you feel satisfied with your life/frustrated/stifled
Do you spend your time in the now or do you ponder wishing you were ‘doing what you used to be doing’

I have learned that animals are like people…some prefer surface conversation while others want to get to a meatier discussion. Tailoring your questions to meet their needs and interests sometimes means being a little nosier/digging deeper to figure out what their style and interests are. It’s a little tricky, I know, but leaning on our own experience, talking with people, can give you confidence to ‘talk with animals’.

So if you find your communication with animals a little lacking, expand your communication repertoire and ‘just talk’! You’ll be surprised how that closed dog, cat or horse will open up to your inquisitive invitation.

Stop Barking! Who Me?

Joyce Leake — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:52:55 +0000

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 Communicator’s Magic Formula 101

Joyce Leake — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:24:00 +0000

Animal Communicator’s Magic Formula! Is there such a thing? Well, I sat down and wrote out the 30 most practical ways that I use magic in my own Animal Communication practice. Okay, so there isn’t a magic formula per se, but, ever since I have been applying my own kind of magic from tried and true tips and techniques, I almost feel like it is magic. Now I am on a quest to share these handy and helpful magic tips with you.

I’ve already posted a tip in this blog about the Power of Ask, now here comes another one:
An Animal’s Point of View… read on for more -

Do animals have a Point of View? Well, yes. Their view points can mean from their visual perspective; i.e., line of sight, or as, from their life experience and influence.
In my line of work, Communicating with Animals, I remind my clients that animals’ view points influence their reactions and decisions, just as with people. I advise when working with any animal, especially in difficult situations and problem solving, to use the ViewPointFormula:
Take the animal out of an ‘animal’ suit and put him in a ‘people’ suit.

It’s easier to imagine our animals having a point of view especially if we can see them as if they were people. We’re reminded of friends or similar circumstances that relate.

Oh, and here’s a Bonus Tip: Connect an appropriate age to your imaginary animal/people suited being; a teen, adult, child?

This Animal Communicator’s Magic Formula works every time. It gets you out of your own head and into the one you are communicating with; the dog, horse, cat or more!

First steps in Communicating with your Pet

Joyce Leake — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 19:06:00 +0000

When learning How to Communicate with Animals, the first thing to remember is that how much you practice will determine how quickly you progress to success. It really is the number ONE component in building your self confidence so you can communicate with animals any where, any time and under any circumstances.

In last week’s Animal University’s Animal Communication Level I certificate class held in Lakewood, Colorado, we discussed the Art of Intention. and how it related to talking with our dogs, cats, horses and more. We used the following link to give us more clues as to just what is intention anyway: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intention

Once we determined a satisfactory explanation for each, our next question was: What Do I Need to Do to Make My Intention Work when communicating with an animal? The answer may surprise you…it relates to your desires in life. What is it that you wish for, desire, want? And what does this have to do with talking with your dog, anyway? in our class we discovered that the answers we receive from any communication – animal or human – are dependent upon how we pose the questions. If we decide to ask an important question meekly and weakly, the chances are heightened that what we get will be half or less of what we were seeking in the first place. If we posed that same question with authority and conviction using our intention, chances were improved that we’d receive an equal response. People recognize the difference and so do animals. Our animals know that if we pretend to be full of starch and not mean it, we may be discovered as really a limp noodle.

Here’s a tip that will help you visualize Intention and get it to work for you quicker and with more clarity to improve your animal communications. We have things to do and places to go…who has time to wait for a result? When we Ask we expect Now or at least, Sooner than Later.

Ask – with a focus on what it is you want to receive from an animal communication.
The next, take action. Use your mind to expect an answer.
Thankfulness is the most important next step. When you receive, and you will, say with clarity, I am Grateful, and mean it.

There is some kind of resonance that happens inside. It is the connection cord to our real higher selves or to our dogs, cats, horses and more who are waiting for us to look for their receptors. It is the plug in, the connection, that we yearn for and now we have more clues as to how to get it.