FAQs — Animal Communication

Is it real? Yes, it is real. Ani­mals have told me phys­i­cal things that were con­firmed by X-​​rays, ultra­sounds, blood tests, and man­ual pal­pa­tion by vets, chi­ro­prac­tors, acu­puncturists, and oth­ers. Anatom­i­cal charts help me name phys­i­cal things the ani­mals show me, so the client can ask the vet about it. Things ani­mals have told me about life events, phys­i­cal objects in their envi­ron­ment, lay­out of house and land­scape, etc., have been con­firmed by clients.

What about proof? The best proof is for me to work directly with you and your ani­mal. It helps to be open-​​minded. Being focused on proof is putting the cart before the horse. If you wanted to know if some­one could drive a car, no amount of talk­ing about it would prove it to you. You would want to see them do it. Lis­ten to what I hear from your ani­mal first, then decide if it is true. Won­der­ing whether I’m for real or not is tak­ing focus off of the ani­mal. If you can lis­ten to what is com­ing from them first, and assess that for authen­tic­ity, it won’t mat­ter so much what I do. I am not the point here, this is about the con­nec­tion between you and your animal.

How do you do it? I do it by a prac­ticed form of aware­ness of phys­i­cal and energy sen­sa­tions. This is very much high­lighted by using Reiki, a form of energy work. Mod­ern physi­cists say, and I believe, that there is an under­ly­ing holo­graphic field that con­nects every­thing. Through the Reiki, I become more sen­si­tive to that field. Because the field is every­where, I can work over the phone and the ani­mal need not be present with me or you. Then I can share the feel­ings, thoughts, and sen­sa­tions the ani­mal wishes to commu­ni­cate. The ani­mal will show me sen­sa­tions they are feel­ing, either in my hands or some­times an ‘echo’ in a spe­cific area in my own body. Because my sen­sa­tions are so strong, I often start with describ­ing their phys­i­cal feel­ings. This gives them a lit­tle chance to get used to talk­ing with me, and from there I can work into other areas.

Why should a vet try work­ing with an ani­mal com­mu­ni­ca­tor? Most often I work directly with the client and the ani­mal. But there are def­i­nite advan­tages for the vet, even if the report is third hand from the client’s notes of our ses­sion with the ani­mal. Is it pos­si­ble that a vet’s reliance on only what he or she can per­son­ally observe could be a lim­ited pic­ture? After all, that’s why they use stan­dard med­ical tests, like X-​​rays and blood tests. The ani­mal com­mu­ni­cates to me what they feel (symp­toms). If a report of the symp­toms is avail­able, shouldn’t the vet get that report? Even a sec­ond hand report from me, which could be inac­cu­rate or incom­plete, would be for the vet to assess, just as an MD does with a human patient. It is not nec­es­sary for you or the vet to believe in ani­mal com­mu­ni­ca­tion, telepa­thy, or clairvoy­ance in order to assess the results. You have all your time with the ani­mal, and the vet has all their train­ing, skills, and expe­ri­ence, to decide if ani­mal communica­tion is help­ful. Why not try it, rather than assum­ing (with­out proof) that it is not possible?

Will my ani­mal tell you embar­rass­ing things about me? Usu­ally not. They have a sense of what you are com­fort­able shar­ing, because they notice when you get tense. If you do, they tend to avoid that area. Also some things that are embar­rass­ing to you don’t even show up on their radar, so they would never even think to bring it up. They are too busy talk­ing about what mat­ters to them.

How many ses­sions does it take? Most often we do one ses­sion. Within that time, we dis­cuss what might help the phys­i­cal or behav­ioral sit­u­a­tion. I often give refer­rals to other prac­ti­tion­ers (tra­di­tional, alter­na­tive, and holis­tic). If you fol­low through, it is much more likely to help. I offer a free 10-​​minute check-​​in after an hour ses­sion (same ani­mal, same issue), in case a brief follow-​​up will help work things out. Some­times clients check back with me sev­eral times a year, for ongo­ing sup­port or when new issues arise. In a few cases, usu­ally with very ill or dying ani­mals, I pro­vide more fre­quent sup­port. At those stress­ful times, it may be harder than usual for you to hear what they are say­ing. I work both to sup­port the ani­mal di­rectly, and to let you know where your insight and com­mu­ni­ca­tion is accu­rate, so you can trust your own aware­ness as much as possible.

None of us is small or sim­ple ― we are all enor­mous and fas­ci­nat­ing. ~DS

We are ALL communicators.

Com­mu­ni­ca­tion is too impor­tant to be left to spe­cial­ists. I want to help you be bet­ter able to com­mu­ni­cate with your ani­mal fam­ily: you are there every day. We can learn to cal­i­brate our­selves to rec­og­nize who is say­ing what. It is good for all of us to get more prac­tice and expe­ri­ence with it, for the enrich­ment of all our rela­tion­ships. In mat­ters of seri­ous ill­ness or other prob­lems, it can be good to have a neu­tral party help with the listening.

How can you even find out one thing? Many peo­ple believe that there is a sort of blank noth­ing­ness out of which we strug­gle to get even one piece of infor­ma­tion. It is actu­ally the oppo­site: every­thing is there, all the infor­ma­tion about every­thing! It is more like try­ing to pick out one con­ver­sa­tion in a crowded, noisy train sta­tion. So focus is important.

Why try ani­mal com­mu­ni­ca­tion? Peo­ple often con­sult me about their ani­mals because of:

v mys­te­ri­ous phys­i­cal issues,

v ani­mals with behav­ioral dif­fi­cul­ties, and

v no-​​one else has been able to help.

The miss­ing piece is often what the ani­mal knows, believes, or has to say, to you, your vet, other ani­mals in the fam­ily, etc. When peo­ple find it dif­fi­cult to com­mu­ni­cate with their ani­mals, two rea­sons stand out: it has served our cul­ture well not to lis­ten to ani­mals; we are trained to block out that direct con­nec­tion at least part of the time. Also, when you are a stake­holder in an issue, many feel­ings can get in the way of your under­stand­ing what’s being said. As an ani­mal com­mu­ni­ca­tor I help you to hear each other.

© Denise Schultz 2009

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