Why You Should Listen When Your Animals Don't

Introduction

Everyone is a mirror image of yourself;
your own thinking coming back to you.
Byron Katie,
Loving What Is
There it was again. Sticky, walnut-brown residue streaked down my ex-boyfriend’s twenty-inch face, as well as across the rest of my fine art photography and canvases leaning against the wall in my art studio. I had found this dribble down all the walls, audio speakers, and chair legs; now my metal art flat files were rusting and corroding from whatever this was.
I was clueless, until I caught my cat Bubby in the act—rather, until Bubby chose to make his demands clear as he raised his tail before my eyes. The look on his face was deliberate and direct as he struck the wall with a jet stream of urine.
Horror struck my face. Bubby meant business. No doubt about it. I wondered if he was being spiteful, or trying to ruin my career? It had never occurred to me that Bubby might have something to say.
Urination is communication. The location and consistency of the strike reveals the reason for this terrorist act, and also to whom in the household this message is aimed. Are we talking once a week? Every day? On the kitchen floor or on your bed? Pay attention. When you find piddle, from either your cat or dog, the point is always clear. Your animals are talking. Are you listening?
No?
Well then, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? This is when the tails rise.
Unfortunately, we often do not hear them or do not realize they are trying to communicate. We separate our animals from each other, tie them up, trade them in for others, isolate them from the family, ban them to the outdoors, give them away, dump them at the pound—or worst of all, we have them euthanized.
Our animals risk their lives for us. They beg to be heard. Getting rid of them is never a solution; it’s just a Band-Aid on our wounds. Our unresolved emotions—those that our animals so sincerely and desperately want us to come to terms with—will continue to fester under our fortresses. Animals simply want us to look at ourselves ... and perhaps give them a look, too.
This is why I became a translator for the animal kingdom—an animal communicator or “pet psychic,” if you will to bridge the wide gap between the human and animal species and to assist those who are already attuned and bonded with their animals and have a thirst and intention to understand their companions more. And I did it for those of you who are ready to understand yourselves in the process. Some people are not ready to take that step—and their animals’ unacceptable behavior continues.
Animals often mirror our emotions and thoughts back to us through their behavior. We don’t always acknowledge that an animal’s behavior may be a reflection of us. Or maybe we do know, but we are not willing, or are too lazy, to gaze into the looking glass that they graciously hold for us. We have an opportunity to look at ourselves and a mission to change, if we choose to do so. We have the chance to learn about ourselves through our generous, kindhearted companions.
This is why animals come into our lives: to help us step up and see ourselves as the perfect beings that we are. They want us to be balanced and happy. They are here to teach us how to love ourselves and how to love unconditionally. Animals show by example through their unremitting kindness, forgiveness, and patience. They wait for humans to come around, to evolve into more loving and compassionate creatures. Animals are our spiritual companions. They are truly healers of the soul.
Animals are also empaths and naturally feel our true emotions. How do our animals feel when we are not honest with ourselves? When we argue? Each chapter in this book addresses a different aspect of when an animal’s behavior, and sometimes their health, mirrors who we are. How do our animals tell us to pay attention to our surroundings or to our thoughts? How happy are our animals when we have not resolved our own issues or when we repress our emotions? How do they react to our thoughts about their death, and why do they sometimes leave home?
Most of the people who contact me to help them with their animals are already quite enlightened. No surprise. They are people who want to understand their animals in a deeper way. They know there is a soulful being under all that fur yearning to be heard and to express itself. And they want to know what their animals have to say.
It may surprise you to find how simple and natural the language of animals is, and to realize that telepathy is not a gift possessed by some, but it is our birthright and a natural ability possessed by all.
For those who doubt that telepathic communication is even possible, I have written this book especially for you. I cannot prove that I can hear an animal’s thoughts, but I can share personal experiences that I have had “talking” to animals, and illustrate how an animal’s behavior changes after engaging in a telepathic communication with them. You will see how and why this process is possible through the discoveries and progressive theories of modern science. All life is connected and communicating. Communicating with animals is the groundwork that makes communication with all life possible.
The case studies in this book demonstrate the wisdom, depth, and concerns of animals—both wild and domestic. The animals in these stories encourage us to follow our hearts. They have been profound catalysts for their humans’ spiritual growth. There is Tiny, the Yorkie who alerted his human to her serious depression. Garfield, the cat who wouldn’t stop scratching until his person learned to relax. Clea, the elderly Rottweiler who needed to reminisce before she could let go of life. Yudi, the cat who remembered an incarnation when he was a human. Gus, the cat who left home to finally return after his person faced what she had been avoiding in her life. Dali, a dog who tore the house apart until his person learned to cope with her own anxious, addictive behaviors.