People usually love Bear, my Black Lab mix, but one woman who visited my home for a meeting was clearly not interested. Finding this unbelievable, Bear jumped up next to her on the couch and then leaned far backwards in an apparent attempt to look appealing. In the process he started to fall, and as the woman reached out to rescue him, her feelings changed.
For the rest of the visit, she alternately patted Bear and repeated to me that she usually didn’t like dogs. Bear was ecstatic. After the woman left I told him, “Well Bear, now that you know how to win someone’s heart, you might want to try that again!”
Following my suggestion, he did just that with every new visitor, repeatedly causing me to rush over and keep him from falling if the latest target of his affections failed to do so. “Bear,” I finally said, “That’s it. Please stop falling off the couch!” With that he quit this behavior as quickly as he had started.
Like all animal lovers, I’ve always talked to my animals out loud, but when I discovered Animal Communication (AC). I came to realize that they could intuitively understand me, and I them. Some consider AC completely incredible, while others think only gifted people can do it. As a trained biologist, I found it hard to believe at first, but I experimented with it and discovered that it is real.
The Talking Experiment
If you want to try AC with your dog, here is how to begin: For two weeks, act as if you believe she can actually understand everything you say, all the thoughts and images in your mind, and all your feelings. Explain your point-of-view on various issues. Keep your dog informed about what’s going on in your life. When you leave the house, tell her where you are going and when you’ll be back. Explain what you would like her to do for you, and ask for a sign that she is hearing you. By the end of two weeks, I am sure you will have ample evidence that your canine friend actually can comprehend you intuitively.
This technique is helpful for training and in addressing bad behaviors. A student tried it with her dog Buster, who normally barked nonstop at visitors. She invited guests for dinner and didn’t want to shut Buster away, so she told him how she wanted him to act and sent him visualizations of how fun it would be. Then she projected a feeling of the pride and love she would feel for Buster for being a good boy. Her skeptical husband just laughed.
When the guests arrived, Buster jumped up, greeted them, gave a casual sniff, and went to lay down in the living room. He didn’t bark once. The husband said that if he hadn’t seen it for himself, he would never have believed it.
I now work as an animal communicator and regularly instruct clients in “talking” intuitively to their dogs to solve behavior problems or enhance training, by explaining what is needed and then visualizing the desired behaviors. Their results are quite convincing.
Hearing Back
Animals are experts at receiving intuitive thoughts, feelings, and images. Many people have experienced an otherwise friendly dog suddenly take a dislike to a stranger, probably because the animal “received” some negative information from the person that the humans could not perceive.
“Hearing” our animals communicate with us is trickier. Though animals are constantly sending us messages, we don’t perceive them. Consider this: When you suddenly “feel” that the outdoor water bowl might be empty, your dog probably sent you that message An intuitive message can come as an idea, an emotion, a physical feeling, a picture, a word, a phrase, a scenario (like a movie), a smell, or a taste. The trick to receiving is to become hyperaware of your intuitive impressions and accept them without question. This sounds easier than it is, but with practice you can master it.
In my books, I encourage people to do verifiable receiving experiments with other people’s animals. One student tried this with a Rottweiler named Amanda, whom she regularly encountered outside her gym. She greeted the dog and mentally asked how things were going. Then she turned inward and scanned for impressions. She got the idea that Amanda was worried about her person, and mentally “heard” Amanda say that her mom was so tired that she’d fallen asleep on the dog bed. Then she received an image of a green plaid material.
Just at that moment, Amanda’s mom appeared. The women were casual friends and exchanged greetings. My student asked how things were going and the woman told her she had been so exhausted lately that she had fallen asleep on one of Amanda’s beds. “One of her beds?” asked my student. “Yes,” the woman answered. “Amanda has three beds; I fell asleep on the green plaid one.”
More Practice
Here are two more communication experiments you can try with your dog:
Mentally send a compliment, then ask your dog if she has a message for you. Be aware of your first impressions and accept them as information coming from your animal.
Ask out loud if your animal has a question for you. Assume that the first question you sense is coming from your animal and answer it as best you can.
If you sincerely take up the practice of Animal Communication, you are likely to have many remarkable experiences, which will go a long way toward proving to you that AC is real. Happy communicating!
Marta Williams has a master’s degree in biology and worked for many years as a wildlife biologist and environmental scientist before becoming an animal communicator. Her most recent book Ask Your Animal: Resolving Behavioral Issues Through Intuitive Communication is available at local bookstores and online. The author of two other books, Beyond Words and Learning Their Language, Marta provides intuitive consultations for all types of animals and works with clients throughout the world by phone and email. She lives in Northern California.
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