Communicating? with your pet
February 28th 2008 02:01
I have had a few clients use animal communicators lately, and I just wonder why?
Now this is not to criticise, but for me, our animals understand us and there is often a clear path of communication we have already picked up on and but not always acknowledged or noticed. Then again, we do tend to do that with our family and friends of the human species as well.
I often chat away to the horses and dogs as I massage them. The horses are great as most of them are way bigger than I am so I need their cooperation. I have to explain to them that the pain I am causing when I hit a sore spot is not because I want to hurt them. It can be precarious when massaging a mature stallion in a small yard and having to explain why he should not bite you very hard because of what you are doing to him.
With stallions, I absolutely adore them and I have a favourite warmblood stallion at the moment. When I mentioned it to friends who have horses in the same facility they exclaimed "oh you are going to what?"
Apparently he had a reputation.
Well the afternoon I went to massage him, I had really bad premenstrual tension, well that is my excuse and I'll stick to that for now. I had spat chips at someone who owed me a reasonable amount of money (and equine flu had diminished my income for a few months by then so there was some force behind that spit) ... and I was steaming inside.
As his owner was a new client I was my congenial professional all smiles on the surface admiring this georgous horse. (mind you never met a not georgous horse). He went to play up, the usual stomping the ground and trying to tickle you with his teeth. I mentally I just said "listen mate I reckon you know where I am at today" ... he stopped ... looked at me and didn't play up again the whole session ...
I now see him regularly and his owner is so proud of how well behaved he is with me, and fortunately I haven't had PMT since around him. I think he remembers the thunder ready to explode inside me on our first meeting.
All the friends who feared I would get hurt asked after how he was to attend to ... I smiled and said he was lovely ... it was a smile reserved for when I have a secret .... they know my PMT so we all had a giggle much later.
So what does your animal say to you? or do you need the interpretative skills of an animal communicator?
Now this is not to criticise, but for me, our animals understand us and there is often a clear path of communication we have already picked up on and but not always acknowledged or noticed. Then again, we do tend to do that with our family and friends of the human species as well.
"Oi, listen to what I have to say!"
I often chat away to the horses and dogs as I massage them. The horses are great as most of them are way bigger than I am so I need their cooperation. I have to explain to them that the pain I am causing when I hit a sore spot is not because I want to hurt them. It can be precarious when massaging a mature stallion in a small yard and having to explain why he should not bite you very hard because of what you are doing to him.
With stallions, I absolutely adore them and I have a favourite warmblood stallion at the moment. When I mentioned it to friends who have horses in the same facility they exclaimed "oh you are going to what?"
Apparently he had a reputation.
Well the afternoon I went to massage him, I had really bad premenstrual tension, well that is my excuse and I'll stick to that for now. I had spat chips at someone who owed me a reasonable amount of money (and equine flu had diminished my income for a few months by then so there was some force behind that spit) ... and I was steaming inside.
As his owner was a new client I was my congenial professional all smiles on the surface admiring this georgous horse. (mind you never met a not georgous horse). He went to play up, the usual stomping the ground and trying to tickle you with his teeth. I mentally I just said "listen mate I reckon you know where I am at today" ... he stopped ... looked at me and didn't play up again the whole session ...
I now see him regularly and his owner is so proud of how well behaved he is with me, and fortunately I haven't had PMT since around him. I think he remembers the thunder ready to explode inside me on our first meeting.
All the friends who feared I would get hurt asked after how he was to attend to ... I smiled and said he was lovely ... it was a smile reserved for when I have a secret .... they know my PMT so we all had a giggle much later.
So what does your animal say to you? or do you need the interpretative skills of an animal communicator?
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Comment by Anonymous
Very interesting post (as always)
I have attended a communication workshop with the lovely Trisha McCagh and found, to my amazement, that it really, truly is within us (well, me anyway) to comunicate with our non-verbal friends. Prior to the course I had thought that I could 'only' pick up on their body language.
I do, however, call for help from others more experienced than I am when it comes to dealing with our own animals - particularly in the case of euthanasing Tower, our beautiful gelding. Someone spoke to Tower for us both before and immediately after his death. The post-death conversation began with Guy, our other gelding, but Tower joined in, and it was a huge comfort to Jess, myself and Guy.
One observation, which is purely my opinion and not necessarily correct, is that some people consult a professional communicator, don't get the information/response that they want, so try someone else, and on and on - seeming to me that rather than take respnosibility for their actions or face the situation they are in, they keep pestering in the hope that they will hear what they want to hear, rather than what they surely, in their hearts, know to be the truth.
Best wishes
Caroline
Comment by Chiefbjules
Gotta love that PMT - horses and husbands tend to duck...
I recently got chatting to a lady who decided to read my young stallion, whom I have decided to geld in favour of his little brother, who has not been abused. She came up with some interesting stuff, including he had been kicked and beaten about his hind legs. She's encouraging me to talk more to him as I work.
There was nothing earth shattering other than she did pick up his dejection that I have had enough of being nipped and kicked when working on him and thinks I might sell him. Not so, but I am going to geld him as it is the best thing I think I can do for him body wise. Less testosterone, less stress, less muscle bulk.
I am now curious as to what she did NOT tell me that she picked up and would love to see this work hands on. LOL!
Cheers,
Julia
Nashama Stud.