It is hard to get it that animals really do understand us. It does not mean they will always respond accordingly but if you do the experiments you will get the results that prove to you this is real. Here is one example from a reader:

 I love reading your blog and was so happy to read that an animal responding to what you actually say is a form of animal communication. Last fall I had new gutter covers installed on my house and they were wonderful. Stopped all the leaks into the basement. However, they also had little openings in the corners just big enough for grackles to enter and nest. One morning I walked out of the house and heard a terrible racket. A bird had entered and couldn’t get out. I told him/her I was going to get the ladder and make the hole bigger. He/she needed to go back in and remain calm while I did this. I would tell him/her when I was done so he/she could come out. The bird complied. I was amazed. He/she emerged unhurt and obviously grateful for my help. I love the awarenes that animals do understand us more than we think they might.

Lorie

Do you have a great example of an instance when an animal completely understood what you said and you could tell that was the case? If so please send it in. Every example helps break down the resistance that has been culturally instilled in us, which all of us have to undo.

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Horse Yoga

I found a wonderful horse bodyworker who has put up a FREE guide on YouTube for how to get your horse limber and fit, the way you would for yourself doing yoga everyday. These five simple exercises are so easy, fun, and powerful, and the horses love them. Try them on your horses. If you notice things your horse can’t do well it indicates where your horse has a problem.

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I just took a two day tutoring course with April to learn how to correct the many problems my horse Rio has. A previous bodyworker told me he was fine… now I know what is wrong with him and I can set about using energy work and massage to correct it. I am impressed with what April does as it is a synergistic combination of a whole array of modalities, blended into about an hour and a half session that addresses all the issues your horse has, and does so effectively. In other words … it really works and you really see a difference right away. Using the horse yoga stretches daily after a corrective session, you can often keep your horse sound and happy all on your own. Check out her endurance horse in the video and how fit he is … WOW! He didnt start out that way; April was told he could not do endurance but he’s now done over 2000 miles staying comfortable and sound. Go to her website for more info about what she does: holistichorseworks.com

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Secretary Salazar and the Wolves

It doesnt seem like we won much with this new administration. Certainly when it comes to wildlife and wilderness we are losing not gaining ground. Please follow the links below to pressure the current US administration to stop harrassing and killing wolves.

Natural Resources Defence Council Action Page -Â scroll down for wolves (and take action on any others or all of them…. oy vey)

http://www.savebiogems.org/takeaction/

This Post Has 6 Comments

  1. Gonny - NL

    Our last dog was put up for adoption because of a divorse. The lady asked me at an organised walk wether I wanted him. My husband was not there so I did not take him home. We allready had 5 dogs and you cannot decide such things in a split second.

    A few months later we talked about it, and he was positive about taking him. I talked with Pancho, as his name was at that moment, and we agreed he would show us if he wanted to go home and live with us. He also told me he wanted to change his name into Chico.

    When we went for him, it was more than 2 hour drive, and in the household/shelter there where about 20 dogs. The lady told us he did not like to be in a car and we probably would have to carry him into it. I also saw that after the organised walk.

    My husband had taken him for a walk, he did not look back and walked along with him. They went to the car and when the hatchback was opened he jumped in as quickly as he could, lied dowd and fell asleep. Did not once look up on the way home.

    At home he did not respond to the original name Pancho, and when I called him Chico he immediately began to wag his tail, and a year later, the tail has not stopped wagging. He was at home right away, and the others welcomed him, and there never was any disharmony

    I later found out that as a puppy his name was Fido, same sound.

  2. Jeanne

    Marta, this is a (long) story of animal communication that happened in the early 70’s, but is still precious to me. I was married and had two young children and lived in the San Gabriel foothills in LA. One day I walked out to the front of my house and was standing in the driveway when a horned toad came out of the bushes and stopped and looked at me. I was stunned…he ran into the garage and I followed. He stopped and didn’t move as I leaned down and reached for him. Very much to my surprise he let me pick him up. I found my daughter who was an expert at small animal habitats at the age of six. She made the perfect landscape for him in an empty terrarium. We went to the pet store for meal worms to feed him. He wouldn’t eat…we tried everything we could think of, but he wouldn’t eat. After over a week, on a Sunday, my husband took the children hiking and the horned toad was in the back yard in the sun. I went back to talk to him…got down on the ground and looked in the terrarium and asked him why he wouldn’t eat. I told him I was very upset and wanted to know what I could do. I heard almost as clearly as if he had spoken out loud: he wanted me to let him out of the cage and take him back to the place I had first seen him. He didn’t want to be in the cage because he had things to do and if I let him out, he would come back and visit me. I thought that this was crazy, but dismissed my doubts right away; it was too real to be crazy. So, I immediately said yes and took him out. I put him back in the driveway and he ran off. Weeks later, I was doing something in the back of the house and “heard” him call me. I went to the side door, which we never used and opened it. There on the stoop was my little horned toad. I said hello and that I was so happy to see him. He said that he had promised to come, so he did. I asked if there was something I could do for him and he told me he wanted a drink of water. I put my hand down in front of him and he crawled on. I took him in the kitchen and put a little water in my palm; he drank from it. He told me he had to go and please put him outside. Then, he told me he would be back again. He did come back…three more times. Same scenario. It just seemed normal to me. One day, I was out in front again and the horned toad came running out of the bushes again, right up to my feet. He told me that he had to leave and wouldn’t be coming back, so he had come to say good bye and to thank me. I was blown away. I told him I loved knowing him and that I would miss him. He said he did too and now he had to leave. He ran off into the bushes and I never saw him again. I had tremendous respect for him; he was a very serious little fellow with an incredible spirit. This is the experience against which I measure all animal communication. I have had lots of experiences with communication by now, but even though that is so, I can still have trouble talking to a pet that I know well. I think the closeness can sometimes be a block. I really enjoy your blog.

  3. girl georje

    I was having a problem with raccoons coming in my house and making lots of noise and keeping me awake, or waking me up in the middle of the night. They were driving me absolutely nuts eating tons of cat food and messing up my kitchen. I shut the cat door but then the cats were driving me nuts wanting in and out. I talked to the raccoons and asked them to not come in and to my surprise they complied. In fact I didn’t see any signs of raccoons for so long I was beginning to worry maybe something happened to the population. So I went out side one night and told the “great raccoon” I was worried about them. The next night a raccoon paid my house a visit, the first in months. I told it i was relieved, and glad to know they were ok, but please don’t make a habit of coming in the house. Since then i really haven’t had a raccoon problem.

  4. Dianne

    I had an experience like that just this morning. I keep my horse next door at the neighbor’s. They are out of town for a few weeks so I am taking care of the horses. I get there this morning to find the 4 mares and the stud colt from next door, who’d broken down the fence. My gelding was nowhere to be found but I knew from experience he was probably in his safe zone back in the woods, and he was.

    I had to take the colt home and fix the fence. I had never handled a stallion before and I was nervous about that and rattled about the whole thing. He was acting up and I was afraid of him trying to kick me, which he’d thought about when I went to catch him. I was having trouble keeping him on a short lead while fiddling with the fence. Finally I said to him “Look, I’m nervous. Haven’t I been nice to you before?* Please be nice to me and just be calm.” And he was, immediately. I got him on his side of the fence without incident.

    *I’ve brought him some hay and stopped to pet him (he’s lonely over there by himself.)

    Love the raccoon story!

  5. carla menting

    hello Martha
    I love the stories about the animals! I hope my english is good .
    I talk a lot with my 2 dogs 2 horses and 5 cats.Now there was something happening so that i could see that it realy works:One of my cats found a new place to sleep,but we diddend like that (my husband didnt …..)It was on a cabinet with all kind of things.One evening my husband was a little angry about it and lateron I dicided to talk to my cat when he was sitting on my lap .He was looking into my eyes all the time and i asked him a several times to look for another place becouse this was not a good one.I cuddled him a lot after this.The next morning i found him on another place in the same room.I praised him a lot .He didnt jump on that cabinet since!Isn t that wonderfull!!!!
    I look for more experiances!

    I thank you for the nice articles etc on your blog

    greatings Carla

  6. Vanderveen

    I love reading this blog along with all the replies. Animals can really understand us especially if they know how do they love them. Just like in horses, they know if we love them or not. Quarter horse mare is smart enough to understand what we say and command them.

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