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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Animal Communication Helping a Dog in Pain
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009Animal Communication – What’s in a name?
Thursday, July 2nd, 2009Can 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.
How to Communicate with Animals – on Your Terms
Friday, June 26th, 2009An 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.
Stop Barking! Who Me?
Friday, June 19th, 2009
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 Communication = RESPECT
Tuesday, June 16th, 2009
photographer Sherry Slade
Animal Communication is a tool to gain R-E-S-P-E-C-T with our dogs, cats, horses and more. Isn’t it interesting when we stop to ’see’ what our animals tell us?
Last night while riding my horse, Hank, I noticed that every time I stopped him he would bend to the left and put his nose on his cinch. Now, if I wasn’t paying attention to his messages, I would have probably passed that off as being pushy, avoiding or something else. However, I do understand his methods to share with me at which I bent down and felt where the cinch was curled under just enough to make it uncomfortable for him. He was heard, it was fixed and problem solved.
That’s what my message is to you. Take each ‘out of the ordinary’ as an opportunity to tune into your horse, dog and cat. It doesn’t have to be a big thing, just a ’something’ that we’re supposed to ‘do something about’.
I promise that when you take that step, your relationship catapults to a level that no one can take away from you and your partner. It is basic respect – adding value to the recipient and ultimately to ourselves and what we want from it.
Happy Animal Communicating.