Ethics

I can explain my job description as an animal communicator in a very simplistic way: I Talk2theAnimals. If I’m talking with a pet and their person, and if both parties are willing, I help balance and/or renew the relationship between the two species.

Yes, it is a very simplistic explanation of how I practice animal communication, and of course there are a myriad pieces of information and details that make up that simplistic job description.

But here’s what I don’t do. I don’t get involved in the middle of the relationship and take sides, creating a ‘them vs us’ relationship, or an ‘either/or’ situation.

For instance: a person may call at the end of their rope with what they perceive as a discipline or behavior problem on the pet’s part. I understand that, believe me, I totally get that. That’s how I became an animal communicator.

Often times when this occurs, there is usually, consciously or unconsciously an ultimatum attached: either I ‘fix’ the problem or the pet will be taken to the humane society.

And we know, consciously or unconsciously, what happens to pets who are taken to a humane society and not adopted.

Oh, wait, I forgot, that’s another thing I don’t do. I don’t ‘fix’ someone elses problems.

Does that sound cold and calculating? It’s not meant that way. I am practicing ethics and boundaries when I do that.

Let’s look at it this way. The relationship is between the pet and their person. If I were to go in and ‘fix’ the problem, I would be not only interfering, but potentially demolishing any hope that relationship has for renewal. Why’s that? Since I am not a member of the primary relationship between the pet and their person, I would only be able to ‘fix’ the problem from my experience and my perspective. Which is, obviously, not their experience and perspective, and it is what the pet and their person are experiencing which is crucial in my potentially helping to renew the relationship so that it is mutually beneficial to all.

Does that make sense? Maybe. Maybe not. And I know there are people who don’t want to hear that.

But it is when I hold my boundaries as an animal communicator I can give you and your pet the great gift possible: The sense of freedom and wonder for the two of you to co-create and renew your relationship, in whatever way that may be that is mutually beneficial for all involved.

Harmony,

Janet Roper

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