My 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.

This question came from a student after the Accredited Animal Communication class I teach at Colorado’s Front Range Community College. Lisa asked, “I’m wondering if this is my imagination or not, but once animals realize that they can communicate with me, will pets belonging to people I know try to communicate with me to tell their people stuff?” My answer: Yes! Animals, once they understand that you can and do hear them will spread the word with their animal connections. Hey, we do the same. don’t we like spreading a good word? Great Question! And keep up your good work learning how to communicate with animals.