Animal Communicators...fact or fiction???

So, Brittany, when I'm doing something completely unrelated, and I think of the park, or of a specific dog, and Emma is sitting at the door, vocalizing..... She's telling me that she wants to go play at that place or with that dog?

And when I can pick out exactly what's causing an allergic reaction almost every time, it's probably because she's telling me what makes her feel bad? And when I pinpoint aches and pains in both dogs, or notice something WAY early on.... before the vets can show me what's wrong???

That's a weird thought..... I never thought about it, before, I guess. Just the last couple of weeks, I've been noticing dogs responding to my thoughts.

jennie_c_d, I would say that yes, it's very likely that they're telling you these things. Of course not EVERY animal related thought that you have is something that they're sending you...but the things you mention are very likely things you are picking up from your animals. When I started relearning animal communication after I stopped for about a year and a half, I realized that I had never stopped doing it...that the things I picked up from my animals were still coming in, they had just meshed with the rest of my thoughts and it had become impossible to tell what was theirs and what was mine.
 
If you think you have picked up on something your animals are trying to communicate to you, you probably are. They don't generally think in words like humans do....they think in pictures, memories, and senses. Compared to the way animals think, verbal communication is EXTREMELY limiting. ecause of my autism, I think entirely in pictures....which I then translate into words. Apparently normal people think mostly in words. Perhaps this is why communicating with my animals is a bit easier for me? I don't really know.
 
People, upon first hearing about animal communication, generally think that it must be just like talking to another human...that if communicators really CAN talk to animals like they claim, they should be able to go up to any animal, and immediately find out every detail about its life. That the pets of all animal communicators should be perfectly behaved. Unfortunately, it doesn't work that way. The way animals communicate varies from creature to creature...and what they send you is usually just mental images, physical feelings and senses, and the occasional word. You then have to take what they've given you and try to piece the various feelings and images together and try to decipher it. It's like a puzzle. It gets easier with practice, but it can be confusing and you won't always get things exactly right especially if the animal isn't being perfectly clear.
 
But to answer your question, yes, the things you described do sound to me like you are already communicating with your animals. I have found that to be the case with MANY people...so often the key is just realizing that you're already doing it and aknowledging it, rather than actually physically learning to do it.

So, when I'm at work, and I think, "Emma's cold." or "Oh, her back!!!" is that likely something from Emma, or something I'm just thinking?

I've always understood my dogs very well. I've always talked to them, like they're people, and they understand a LOT. I never really thought about it as anything beyond just talking to them. Emma, though, is VERY sensitive to other beings' feelings. She completely feeds off of everybody else in a room. That's how she's always been. She's far more likely to bite around my mom, because my mom is afraid of her. She cowers and shivers and acts genuinely afraid, when she's around Mom, a lot of the time. She's the same way around kids who are afraid of her. She's fine around kids who are good with dogs, but scared kids scare her.

This is interesting. Is there a book or something you'd reccomend?

So, when I'm at work, and I think, "Emma's cold." or "Oh, her back!!!" is that likely something from Emma, or something I'm just thinking?

 
That to me, definitely sounds like something from your dogs.
 

I've always understood my dogs very well. I've always talked to them, like they're people, and they understand a LOT. I never really thought about it as anything beyond just talking to them. Emma, though, is VERY sensitive to other beings' feelings. She completely feeds off of everybody else in a room. That's how she's always been. She's far more likely to bite around my mom, because my mom is afraid of her. She cowers and shivers and acts genuinely afraid, when she's around Mom, a lot of the time. She's the same way around kids who are afraid of her. She's fine around kids who are good with dogs, but scared kids scare her.

 
Heck, it sounds to me like you're already communicating very clearly with your dogs. Like I said before, it may not require much of a change for you- just a shift from seeing those thoughts, feelings, and intuitions as your own and realizing that they actually are coming from your dog. Seems like a small shift, but it amkes more of a difference than you'd think.
 

This is interesting. Is there a book or something you'd reccomend?

 
My personal favorite is called Animal Voices. Now, that particular book may not be the best thing for YOU...it touches on alot of spiritual stuff, the role of animals in the spiritual world, and that kind of thing. If that's not your bag, don't get it. I identify with and agree with much of what's in that book....but there are a few things in there that are just too far out there even for me. So while *I* really like it for the most part, it may not be your thing. Still, it's one to consider if you're open minded about that kind of thing:
[linkhttp://www.amazon.com/Animal-Voices-Telepathic-Communication-Life/dp/1879181916/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-5103892-6140837?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1174328631&sr=8-1]http://www.amazon.com/Animal-Voices-Telepathic-Communication-Life/dp/1879181916/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-5103892-6140837?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1174328631&sr=8-1[/link]
 
 
If you search on Amazon, you'll find ALOT of animal communication books by Penelope Smith. She's considered kind of the "Grandmother" of animal communication...basically, she's just been the most vocal about it. I can NOT stand her. She's incredibly preachy, more than a little bit crazy....she's just nuts. She uses her "communicating skills" to justify the poor care she gives her animals and her general irresponsibility when it comes to their care. (i.e., letting her dogs run loose and other dangerous things because "they like it.") I just mention her because she has written the majority of books out there, and that's unfortunate, because the woman is a nut. There are many people out there who love her...so this is all just my opinion. I don't reccomend her books at ALL.
 
This book: [linkhttp://www.amazon.com/Animal-Communication-Jacquelin-Smith/dp/1931942242/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/002-5103892-6140837?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1174329198&sr=1-2]http://www.amazon.com/Animal-Communication-Jacquelin-Smith/dp/1931942242/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/002-5103892-6140837?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1174329198&sr=1-2[/link] is not one that I personally have read. It's on my list though, as I've heard very good things about it. From what I hear Jacquelin Smith is very down to earth and leaves all of the "mystical psychic" stuff out of it.
 
Here's a list of some of the animal communication books out there:
[linkhttp://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_b/102-5218438-8420163?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=animal+communication]http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_b/102-5218438-8420163?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=animal+communication[/link]
 
Basically, I reccomend that you avoid anything with with the word "psychic" in the title, or anything that makes animal communication sound like some weird special ability. That, and avoid Penelope Smith books. *most* other things are generally okay, as far as I know.
 
 

 

Oh!  I forgot that part of my story!  Actually, its a different story.  I try to picture what I want my dogs to be doing.  When I give them a command, I picture them doing that action.  When I do it that way, they respond much more quickly.  For example, Colton LOVES to bark a lot.  If I tell him "quiet" and think about how annoying he is barking, he just keeps barking.  If I say "quiet" and picture in my head him being quiet and getting praise from me for that, he stops right away.  Same thing with "come."  If I picture him coming to me, he comes much faster!  I had a Borzoi that I was training and she would freak out in the show ring for everyone.  No one could walk her around the show facility without her throwing a fit around big dogs.  She would rear up and stop.  So, I walked her around and pictured her walking nicely past big dogs like Great Danes and Irish Wolfhounds.  She was almost perfect.  If I thought, oh great, here's a big dog, she would freak out.  During her time in the ring, which she always stopped and wouldn't walk, I pictured her going nicely around and stacking perfectly...that was the first time she had done well in the ring.  No stopping, no rearing.  I think the dogs can see what youre thinking.  I think messages can be sent back and forth.  But, dogs don't know English, so it has to be in pictures.  For me, it has worked, but again, I'm sure people think I am crazy!

Oh, yeah. I'm not into the whole "psychic" thing, anyways. Go figure, I don't really believe in "psychics". I believe in prophets. I believe in people who see things that everybody else doesn't see, and hear things that everybody else doesn't hear, and aren't insane. I don't believe in ANYBODY who charges money to tell the future or past of any being. That's fraud.

And I'm very into the spiritual stuff. I believe that everything is spirit related. I'm a Christian, and I fully believe in the Bible, but I'm a weird Christian. I don't believe things because they're tradition[] I don't call things "wrong" or "evil" because I don't understand them. I blame next to nothing on "the devil". Around here, most "Christians" do. You can't suggest acupuncture without being acused of witchcraft, in a church. It's ridiculous. These are the people who go to "right to life" rallies, and eat factory farmed meat. Come on!!!

Sorry, I'm ranting. 

So, my dog can talk to me from MILES away? That's pretty cool!!! 

I think the dogs can see what youre thinking. I think messages can be sent back and forth. But, dogs don't know English, so it has to be in pictures. For me, it has worked, but again, I'm sure people think I am crazy!

I had a similar experience, on Friday. There was a VERY jumpy dog, at work. A Lab. He was scratching, pushing people into walls, etc. I'm not a very big girl, and I knew it was going to hurt, if he jumped on me. I started picturing him, standing flat on the ground, before I opened his kennel. I handled him several times, throughout the day, and he never jumped on me.

Oh!  I forgot that part of my story!  Actually, its a different story.  I try to picture what I want my dogs to be doing.  When I give them a command, I picture them doing that action.  When I do it that way, they respond much more quickly.  For example, Colton LOVES to bark a lot.  If I tell him "quiet" and think about how annoying he is barking, he just keeps barking.  If I say "quiet" and picture in my head him being quiet and getting praise from me for that, he stops right away.  Same thing with "come."  If I picture him coming to me, he comes much faster!  I had a Borzoi that I was training and she would freak out in the show ring for everyone.  No one could walk her around the show facility without her throwing a fit around big dogs.  She would rear up and stop.  So, I walked her around and pictured her walking nicely past big dogs like Great Danes and Irish Wolfhounds.  She was almost perfect.  If I thought, oh great, here's a big dog, she would freak out.  During her time in the ring, which she always stopped and wouldn't walk, I pictured her going nicely around and stacking perfectly...that was the first time she had done well in the ring.  No stopping, no rearing.  I think the dogs can see what youre thinking.  I think messages can be sent back and forth.  But, dogs don't know English, so it has to be in pictures.  For me, it has worked, but again, I'm sure people think I am crazy!

 
See, you're communicating with your dogs too! What you described isn't crazy at all...that's animal communication! Like you said, it DOES need to be in pictures, since that's how animals think. That's how animal communication works- you show them pictures, or a feeling, and they send pictures and feeling back. And vice versa.
 

Oh, yeah. I'm not into the whole "psychic" thing, anyways. Go figure, I don't really believe in "psychics". I believe in prophets. I believe in people who see things that everybody else doesn't see, and hear things that everybody else doesn't hear, and aren't insane.

 
That's another thing that I have done my entire life- seen, and interacted with, spirits and beings that other people can't see. I see an entire world of different being that go on around us, and interact with them. I always have, and I'm less inclined to talk about that than I am the animal communication, because it really DOES sound crazy. It's difficult to say to people "I see and interact with (insert "imaginary" being here)" without sounding like a nut job? It's something I learned to only mention to a few very close friends...when I brought it up to my family, I was told that I was "evil and demonic" at worst, and lying at best. [&o]
 

And I'm very into the spiritual stuff. I believe that everything is spirit related. I'm a Christian, and I fully believe in the Bible, but I'm a weird Christian. I don't believe things because they're tradition[] I don't call things "wrong" or "evil" because I don't understand them. I blame next to nothing on "the devil". Around here, most "Christians" do.

 
I was born and raised a southern baptist, (I only live a couple of hours away from you) but it never felt right for me. I have my own set of religious beliefs based on the beings and worlds that I see, and things I've learned from them and animals...but I have respect for anyone with strong belief in anything. I've never judged people based on their religious beliefs. But based on what you just said, the "Animal Voices" book may be something you'd be interested in.
 

So, my dog can talk to me from MILES away? That's pretty cool!!! 

 
Yep. [] Distance is no object when it comes to communicating. I've spoken with animals across the country that I've never met before. That to me is one of the coolest things about it.

I forgot that you only live a couple of hours away from me. I may end up meeting you, next month, if I make it to the dog show in Perry[]

Fortunately for me, my immediate family is pretty accepting of my weirdness. My mom decided, last year, that I must have Asperger's Syndrome, and that's why I think like I do, LOL. She's not at all disbelieving of me, though. I've seen all sorts of spirits and things, and told her a lot of it. The first time, when I was older, her dog saw it, too, so.... She couldn't very well not believe me. When I was young, I think she thought I was imagining things. As I got older, and didn't stop, she decided there was something to it. Of course, as a child, I couldn't  describe things like I can, now. I'd tell her there were "bears" in the bathroom, or "monsters" in my bedroom, or "aliens" by the window.

She's far more likely to bite around my mom, because my mom is afraid of her. She cowers and shivers and acts genuinely afraid, when she's around Mom, a lot of the time. She's the same way around kids who are afraid of her. She's fine around kids who are good with dogs, but scared kids scare her.

 
Jennie,  this sounds like Emma is picking up on the fear, but doesn't understand what your Mom or the kids are afraid of.  All she knows is that there is "something" to be afraid of, so she becomes afraid of everything.

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I believe some people can speak with the dogs, etc, I know one lady that I used. and she was right on and did say things that were never bought up at all. not everyone can do that. some people think because they take her workshops are able to be as good as her which is not true,  Like I have said she has spoken to me a few times and few issues though the years with my springers and even those that I might have gotten back for one reason or another.
 
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I believe some people can speak with the dogs, etc, I know one lady that I used. and she was right on and did say things that were never bought up at all. not everyone can do that. some people think because they take her workshops are able to be as good as her which is not true, 

And that is the reason animal communicators are able to charge the money that they do...by perpetuating the idea that it is some special gift or ability that only a few people have. I have seen communicators offer workshops for $300-$600 dollars PER workshop. That to me is insane....it is disgusting to charge money to teach people to do something they were born able to do. Anyone who places any kind of shroud of mysticism over animal communication should be ashamed of themselves.

And of COURSE some people are better at it than others. It's good to think of it like a muscle that we are all born with, which becomes atrophied from lack of use. If you injure your leg and have it in a cast for months, you're not going to be able to run an olympic marathon the day you're out of the cast. Animal communication works the same way...people who have to relearn to do it are not going to immediately be as good at it as someone who has been doing it for years or for their whole life. It doesn't mean that some people are more "gifted" or "special" than others, just that they have had more practice than some.

I forgot that you only live a couple of hours away from me. I may end up meeting you, next month, if I make it to the dog show in Perry[]

 
I'm definitely going to be at the show, so I do hope to see you there! []

Fortunately for me, my immediate family is pretty accepting of my weirdness. My mom decided, last year, that I must have Asperger's Syndrome, and that's why I think like I do, LOL.

 
I have asperger's, but a tad more extreme than most people have it. []  It's actually a lot more common than people realize.
 
 

 She's not at all disbelieving of me, though. I've seen all sorts of spirits and things, and told her a lot of it. The first time, when I was older, her dog saw it, too, so.... She couldn't very well not believe me. When I was young, I think she thought I was imagining things. As I got older, and didn't stop, she decided there was something to it. Of course, as a child, I couldn't  describe things like I can, now. I'd tell her there were "bears" in the bathroom, or "monsters" in my bedroom, or "aliens" by the window.

 
I wish my parents had been so understanding...I mentioned things a few times when I was very young, but they completely dismissed them and I stopped mentioning them. When I finally told them the whole story of everything that I saw, my religious beliefs based off of my interactions with them, and everything...they thought I was making it up for attention. [&o] So, I stopped talking about it, and now only really describe it to a few close friends, and my husband. So far, my awesome group of friends, and my husband, have completely believed and supported me....so I'm finally able to be honest with myself and the people around me about the things that I see. []
 

Wow, this animal communication stuff is fascinating. I've always been kind of skeptical, but it's interesting nevertheless.
 
How do you know if your dog is really communicating with you or if the thoughts that enter your head really are random thoughts about your dogs? Also, are there certain types of dogs (or animals, in general) who are easier to communicate with?

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I wouldn't have been as brave as you RobDar in keeping my mouth shut at the end of the reading....I would have exposed this fake bullshit artist for what she is!  It takes quite a hide to do what individuals like herself are doing and I would have made it clear that everything that she said couldn't have been more WRONG. [:@] 

 
Normally this is my reaction as well...and if I had been average Joe at the show and not representing my rescue organization I may have said something...but I kind of think of it like this...
I am not a religious person...my family is ( and I mean bible thumping midwestern cannot say a single sentence without the lord or jesus being involved somehow)...and while I am not personally a believer, the faith of family members is how they cope. It makes them through their day. I was worried that if the lady there with the little yorkie placed the same importance on this ladies "skills"...it would not serve the dog if her owner suddenly found herself without her "faith" to fall back on for motivation.
I could care less if the lady suddenly found herself lost....but the dog, that I worry about...