What experiences have you had with pets or animals in nature in which they showed you that you and the animal had communicated?
Communicating with Animals
How many times have you wished you could communicate with your pet or an animal in nature? It's a universal wish of animal lovers to exchange thoughts with a creature who means so much to you.
Trained and skillful animal communicators often say that they're only doing what we all have the capacity to do. Ours is just undeveloped. The average person doesn't trust or recognize what she or he sees and hears from animals.
Animal communication has always intrigued us. But living with our especially talented communicators -- our cocker spaniel Leaf and our wise black-and-white tabby Cuddles -- has provided us with a deeper level of understanding this process.
This morning, Leaf made his customary trip to the acres of off-leash dog park near the river where he loves to explore. Allen has many experiences with him there, because Leaf seems to be more of who he truly is in that expansive freedom.
Today, a little boy was teetering like a tightrope walker across a fallen log that hovered above the forested ground below. Leaf typically enjoys performing a balancing act on this type of log -- the higher off the ground the better.
Allen said to our daredevil dog, "Why don't you go and show that little boy how it's done?"
With his amber eyes Leaf looked up at Allen as if to say, Great idea! He trotted off to the log, leapt on it, and soon was strutting his expertise for the little boy. The child's parents clapped for Leaf, and the boy giggled.
No one had taught Leaf to obey a command: Show the little boy how it's done. We don't think you'd find it in any dog training manuals. But Leaf understands this everyday kind of communication and proved it with his actions, much to everyone's amazement.
What experiences have you had with pets or animals in nature in which they showed you irrefutably that you and the animal had communicated?
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Communication with our companions is not difficult if we are open to it. It requires little effort once we recognize it for what it is-communication without human words. In my opinion it's more of using our senses and natural reflexes first, then letting our brains sort out what is being conveyed to us. One quick example, one time I was in the den, which connects to the kitchen. One of my dogs sat in the doorway to the kitchen staring at me. It was after dinner so food wasn't the issue. I asked him "what's wrong?" and walked into the kitchen and looked around. Nothing looked out of place. I then walked into their safe room-where I put the boys (3 male dogs) when I go to work. There was the answer, the water level in their bowl was low. This particular dog did not like to drink out of the bowl when the liquid fell below a certain point. It was his out of the ordinary behavior that tipped me off that something was out of sorts. His quite stare said something is wrong but not drastically wrong. There are other examples, more detailed, but this one hits on my point, let your body's ancient, invisible senses send the signal something is different right now and then let your brain figure it out. I also think the more we open ourselves up and become receptive to our companions' communication, the more they will try to tell us. Their body language, stares, grunts, nasal noises, posturing, different barks-whether noise level, duration, or tones, even when one of my dogs blows air out of his nose in several different ways, I've learned he (or they) is talking with me. The same works on from the other side, my dogs pick up on things I convey to them by various methods I found to be effective. The more you and your companions successfully communicate, the more they will try and communicate. Listen to your instincts. I might not always be successful in figuring out what they are trying to say to me, but that doesn't stop me from listening. They pick up on this and seem grateful, I'm convinced of it. Also, some of my dogs are more prone to communicate more frequently than others. I'm not sure why this is, perhaps one is the designated talker of the group...
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