Can 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.