Friday, August 14th, 2009
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.
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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.
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Friday, June 26th, 2009
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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