One of the most frequent questions I’m asked ~ well, after people exclaim, “You mean you really talk to animals?” ~ is “What happens during an animal communication?”
The short answer is anything and everything. Just like when you’re talking to humans, sometimes the conversations are run of the mill and unsurprising. There are times, however, when the unexpected occurs.
I’d like to share with you an experience I had the other night when my crew was talking with their animal communicator, Nicole Roberts. You might think it odd that I will sometimes use an animal communicator instead of connecting directly with my crew. The reason is because when it comes to my own four footed family, I am too involved, too close and too attached to trust that the information I receive from them is untainted from my own feelings, wants and desires. I am looking for an unbiased, unattached view, so I call upon Nicole.
My crew consists of horse Shiloh, dogs Emmie and Teddy, cats Billy, Mitzie and Raven. All of the animals know Nicole, like her and are quite comfortable talking with her.
This conversation was scheduled for Raven. His allergies had been acting up, and I wanted to check in with him to see how he was doing and what more I could do for him.
Sounds simple, right? Hang on – this was one of those conversations where the unexpected occurred.
Nicole linked in with Raven, and the first thing he said was he likes to be called ‘Rave’. Ok, fine. He went on to talk about his system, how sensitive his body is to the allergens. He thought the prednisone he’s been on has been helping, but the food he was currently eating was not. He went on to say he’s allergic to food with birds, beef or seafood in it, but that venison and rabbit were OK. He also asked I remove my shoes when I enter the house. He’s allergic to a tree in the front yard and when I come in I’m carrying the pollen on my shoes, which has been spread throughout the house.
So far, so good. Things were going along as I had more or less expected.
Then he started tattling on his sister Mitzie. “Mitzie said she would beat me up if I don’t leave Janet alone. Mitzie thinks Janet belongs to her and nobody else. That’s why I sneak beside Janet on the couch or under the covers, so Mitzie won’t see me.”
Raven, excuse me, Rave, went on to say he eavesdrops on my phone conversations. That’s why he sits on the bookcase on my desk. To hear what’s going on. “All she does is talk about animals, when she’s on the phone with people she’s always talking about animals. Sometimes she talks about music, but mostly it’s animals.”
Billy entered the conversation and said the house feels different since I stopped teaching music. He said the animals were glad I stopped teaching, it was time for me to move onto something else. But the house feels different and sometimes he’s scared. That why he sits at the top of the stairs and looks down into the studio. Rave agreed. He said sometimes he just watches.
Emmie interrupted and wanted to know when we were going on a car ride. She likes car rides. I told her we would be doing errands the next day. That’s not what she meant. She meant a long car ride on the highway. When are we going on a long ride on the highway? She likes the windows down and smelling the different smells. I told her nothing was planned, but she would be doing errands the next day. Her response: “That’s not good enough, but I guess it’s better than nothing. Did you know that Teddy is lazy? All he does is sleep. I want him to run and play with me – he’s lazy!”
Right on cue Teddy answered. He’s not lazy, he just likes to sleep and he likes his soft bed. What’s wrong with that? He did tell me the Metacam has been helping his hips and he’s feeling much better.
Shiloh was not to be left out of the conversation. Why did I bring that drum out to show him? That’s not music and it smells funny. Why didn’t I bring out that other instrument (my violin) to play for him or sing to him? Now that’s music!
In case I should forget the upcoming holidays, Shiloh reminded me he’s a special horse and he deserves a special gift. Like a new blanket, that would be very nice. I reminded him of the yellow-starred blanked I made for him two years ago. Yes, that’s nice, but because he’s special, he wants a new blanket. I asked about a halter. Nothing doing. A halter is not special. He then asked, “What about special treats for a special horse? I like treats, that would be very nice gift, if it was special enough.” Carrots, apples? Not special enough, even though he dearly loves both. Peppermint? Yes, that’s a special treat for a special horse at the holidays.
He loves it when I groom him and he wanted me to know how smart he is. He also said he likes thinking, and he’s very good at it. He really likes one of the women at the barn “because she always makes over me, tells me how handsome I am, how much she loves me and she gives me treats.” (Special treats, no doubt, for a special horse – my cynicism was not appreciated!)
That was a synopsis of Raven’s animal communication. Like I said earlier, anything can happen during a communication – be prepared for the unexpected!
Harmony,
Janet Roper
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