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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.

Is my horse ready to ride again after an injury or would it be better to wait

Joyce Leake — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 03:12:09 +0000

You don’t have to be a horse whisperer to know whether your horse’s injury is healed up and he’s ready to get riding again, but if you are, it sure helps. The tests are in, your vet has cleared him and he’s good to go. But you on the other hand, have this funny feeling that he’s just not right – yet. Are you correct? Do you trust what you are feeling? Or are they just your fears, this has been a long road to recovery and you don’t want to make a mistake starting too soon. Animal communication has secrets. Once you choose to study it, you quickly learn that its benefit is that you learn how to feel or intuit when and where an animal feels discomfort and pain. The other secret is to learn how to read body language with more clarity and insight than you ever did before. You are taught how to leave your own perceptions behind and really ‘see’ and ‘feel’ differently. Watch and observe your horse. Start out slowly and don’t be coerced by other good-intentioned riders to get going. If your ‘feelings’ are saying yes, okay, but if they are no, then holding off is a good thing. Maybe animal communication should really be called intuitive communication.

Animal Communication – Key To Trust

Joyce Leake — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:16:00 +0000

These financial times are hitting everyone pretty darn hard. At least that is what we hear, read and water-cooler. Once, the sky was the limit, now, inches ever more downward toward vulnerable workers and entrepreneurs.

Losses, credibility cracks, crooks, shysters, cut-backs, layoffs, bailouts – doom, doom and gloom. Is there anyone ‘out there’ who has integrity, honesty, loyalty and just plain old goodness? Of course, take a look at who is wagging tails, planting jump marks on your neat and tidy clothes, barks incessantly and runs rings around your welcomed return. And don’t forget those who whinny, meow and chirp in not-so-perfect pitch.

Take a look, a hard look, deep into the eyes of real loyalty, real truth and total honesty. Your dogs, cats, horses and more, those special souls will never let you down or lie, cheat and steal their way to the top.

They are always honest, truthful and trustworthy, okay, maybe they don’t always come when called. You can depend on them honoring, loving and giving to you.

Take them seriously, share your world with them, feel confident that your ‘confidence’ will always be revered. These truly are your trusted partners waiting to support, help and share their thoughts with you. They can talk with you and you CAN hear them. All you have to do is consider conversing differently and learn how to un-block a few patterns.

Seriously, you are missing a ‘world’ of information out there. It’s walking around, licking your toes, purring you to sleep or carrying you through hill and dale. Just ‘do it.’

Welcome to our NEW Animal Communication Blog

Joyce Leake — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:39:00 +0000

To share my ever-growing abilities and experiences with you, I have created this blog to keep you updated and therefore help you continue your learning and improve your animal communication skills.

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