{"id":7549,"date":"2017-09-19T15:30:49","date_gmt":"2017-09-19T15:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendywolfe.com\/?p=2855"},"modified":"2020-02-04T23:37:52","modified_gmt":"2020-02-04T23:37:52","slug":"i-dont-talk-to-animals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wendywolfe.com\/?p=7549","title":{"rendered":"I don’t talk to Animals"},"content":{"rendered":"

For years I\u2019ve described my work as \u201canimal communication\u201d and when people ask what that means I often, for the sake of brevity say, \u201cI talk to animals\u201d.\u00a0 I even use the clever phrase \u201cCan We Talk?\u201d with a cute photo of Hanna on the cover of a brochure.\u00a0 The truth is, I don\u2019t \u201ctalk\u201d to animals.\u00a0 None of us do in the way you and I talk to each other.\u00a0\"\"<\/p>\n

What I can say is, I connect energetically with animals and in doing so, information about how the animal feels physically and emotionally comes to me.\u00a0 Their attitudes towards people, food, medicines, other animals and tasks in their lives come through in feelings\u2026not words.\u00a0 Where they hurt, the level of pain or strong emotions is felt in my own body as I connect because I\u2019m a highly sensitive empath<\/a>.<\/strong>\u00a0 My human brain translates the feelings into words.\u00a0 The words \u201csaid\u201d by the animal, are really my translation of the feelings and images I receive when energetically connected to an animal.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a good example of the \u201ctranslating\u201d that happens.\u00a0 Many years ago when I was just starting to communicate, I was confused by conflicting advice on what to do for my horse Smokey\u2019s hooves.\u00a0 His early years on the show circuit in Tennessee had created serious hoof problems for him.\u00a0 One day after advice from the farrier, I said to Smokey, \u201cI don\u2019t know what you need.\u00a0 Please tell me what you need.\u201d\u00a0 Clear as day I heard \u201cGet the f**king shoes off and lower the heels\u201d.\u00a0 Now, really, did Smokey know the \u201cf\u201d word?\u00a0 I don\u2019t think so.\u00a0 BUT, the emotion and the intention of what he felt was best for him came through loud and clear.\u00a0 I followed his advice and he has done well for 20+ years.\u00a0 And knowing Smokey as well as I do, he would definitely use the \u201cf\u201d word if he knew it.\u00a0 He would use it often.<\/p>\n

Animal Communication is a two-way<\/em> connection and I can transmit information as well as receive it.\u00a0 Frequently, I use images (sent through energy from me to the animal) to help them understand behavior we humans need from them. \u00a0I receive images back, apparently from the animal.\u00a0 What happens between the animal and me (or others) is not clearly understood by anyone.\u00a0 Rupert Sheldrake has conducted studies which tell us animals seem to be connected to us energetically or telepathically as there is no other explanation for how they know when their owners are returning home.\u00a0 He wrote about it in his book: Dogs that know when Their Owners are Coming Home.\u00a0 My best explanation is that we have access to all information in the \u201ccollective consciousness\u201d and by tapping into it, we can \u201cknow\u201d anything.\u00a0 Even though I may believe I understand how communication works, no one knows for absolute certain (at least until they go poof).\u00a0 The more we stay open to what we don\u2019t know and remain curious, the more we allow truth to enter our experience.<\/p>\n

There have been many times when my exchange with an animal feels like a conversation with another human. \u00a0This makes the \u201canimals don\u2019t actually talk\u201d piece challenging. \u00a0Why this happens sometimes and not always is beyond me\u2026and anyone else.\u00a0 I don\u2019t feel compelled to know \u201cwhy\u201d.\u00a0 I am content with the understanding that occurs between the animal and me.\u00a0 The results speak the only truth I need.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a recent example of \u201cresults\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0 Following is a note I received from a client after working with her dog about chasing cars in the driveway, grief at the loss of his \u201cdad\u201d and counter surfing.<\/p>\n

\u201cThank you SO MUCH for connecting with my kids. OH WHAT A DIFFERENCE \u00a0it has made. Cruiser seems less depressed, and a little more comfortable with the recent changes. Cruiser has not taken ANYTHING off any flat surface since your conversation! More importantly, my boy has not chased ANY car. UPS came yesterday & the disposal truck came today (to empty the dumpster). Both are large vehicles. \u00a0In the past, that was breath takingly frightening to me. Cruiser sat by the garage, & barked at them. He is also sleeping in the bedroom with me. \u00a0HUGE SUCCESS \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0HUGE RELIEF \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0HUGE THANK YOU\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

During our \u201cconversation\u201d, I sent Cruiser a picture of him sitting next to the garage when a vehicle came in the driveway.\u00a0 I also sent him the feeling of people (especially his human mommy) being pleased with him.\u00a0 Clearly, Cruiser got the message.<\/p>\n

Having done this work professionally since 2000, I wouldn\u2019t still be making a living at it if people weren\u2019t getting results.\u00a0 Of course, it doesn\u2019t always turn out this successful, and yet it often does.\u00a0 (And sometimes they change their behavior for 6 months to a year and then revert back, typically because a new stressor has been added to their lives).\u00a0 While I don\u2019t have a definitive answer (scientifically) of how this works, I do understand what is necessary to \u201ccommunicate\u201d successfully.<\/p>\n

My cat Red, provided me some insight.\u00a0 You see, Red is one of those animals who is exceptional at understanding my intention and meaning.\u00a0 So much so I can literally \u201ctalk to him\u201d, out loud as if I were talking to a human and he seems to understand.\u00a0 Several years ago, a large family of moles had taken up residence at the farm.\u00a0 They were digging long trenches in the portion of yard near the house.\u00a0 Out loud, as if speaking to a person, I said to him, \u201cRed, you need to help out here.\u00a0 These moles are ruining the yard, please do something about it.\u201d\u00a0 Within 20 minutes, a mole was lying dead on the deck where I had just recently \u201ctalked\u201d to Red. \u00a0Fast forward a few months.\u00a0 The mole issue which improved after I spoke to Red was once again getting out of hand.\u00a0 Now they were attacking the garden.\u00a0 I \u201cspoke\u201d to Red, and said \u201cThe moles are a problem again.\u00a0 You need to do your job and take care of them.\u00a0 We depend on you.\u201d\u00a0 About 30 minutes later, several of us were sitting near the horse paddock.\u00a0 I could see something in the lane out to the pasture.\u00a0 It was Red, but what was he doing?\u00a0 As Red got closer, it became evident he was \u201cherding\u201d a mole towards us.\u00a0 When he got right in front of us, the mole jumped at Red\u2019s face, attacking him.\u00a0 Red looked right at me as if to say \u201cThis is not easy work\u201d.\u00a0 These moles FIGHT BACK.\u00a0 And so, Red was able to \u201ctell me\u201d why his job was challenging.\u00a0\"\"<\/p>\n

As I said, Red is an exceptional communicator.\u00a0 What was working here was my intention to convey my thoughts to him and his receptivity.\u00a0 As I teach in my classes, intention is very powerful \u00a0<\/strong>especially when done in a state of heart coherence, something I\u2019ve practiced for 15 years.\u00a0 Other important aspects to communicating effectively include, setting aside assumptions, allowing images and feelings to come through, staying out of your left analytical brain, and trusting what you get.\u00a0 Meditating on a regular basis is key to all the above.\u00a0 Exercising the right side of your brain through creative activities such as art, writing, music, etc, also helps.<\/p>\n

Whatever you decide to call what I do with animals, I am sure the relationship between the animal and person benefits.\u00a0 Most who take my classes don\u2019t intend to be professional animal communicators (I never did), they just want to understand their furry and feathered friends more clearly.\u00a0 In the end, whether we are talking, communicating, or whatever, doesn\u2019t matter.\u00a0 It only matters that we work to understand their needs so we can provide a safe, healthy and interesting life for our companions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For years I\u2019ve described my work as \u201canimal communication\u201d and when people ask what that means I often, for the sake of brevity say, \u201cI talk to animals\u201d.\u00a0 I even use the clever phrase \u201cCan We Talk?\u201d with a cute photo of Hanna on the cover of a brochure.\u00a0 The truth is, I don\u2019t \u201ctalk\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-uncategorized","entry","has-post-thumbnail","gs-1","gs-odd","gs-even","gs-featured-content-entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wendywolfe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wendywolfe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wendywolfe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wendywolfe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wendywolfe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7549"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wendywolfe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7795,"href":"https:\/\/wendywolfe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7549\/revisions\/7795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wendywolfe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wendywolfe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wendywolfe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}