Many of the animals that I have communicated with came to me because their human family was concerned by a behaviour that the animal was exhibiting, perhaps over a long period of time, or perhaps a new behaviour that they wanted to understand.
When animals cannot tell us in words what they are feeling, they often communicate through behaviour. Anxiety, aggression, withdrawal, clinginess, changes in sleeping patterns, toileting issues and many other behaviours can all be messages that something is troubling them.
Animal communication can help us to understand the why behind the behaviour and that changes everything!
Often, once we understand what an animal is trying to communicate, their behaviour suddenly makes much more sense.
I worked with Minty, a gorgeous little dog who, with her human, had just moved into a bungalow after the end of a relationship. Minty had lived with the couple all of her 13 years. She had started barking to be let into a neighbour’s house and when inside would wee on their floors. She had never had toileting issues before then. She was also refusing to sleep in her bed.
The communication showed her grief at the loss of her other parent who she rarely saw any more because that person had an injury. She was very worried about her and did not understand why they were living apart. Armed with a better understanding of her woes, I tapped on her using Emotional Freedom Technique and the next day she was completely back to her old self.
Communication with another dog whose behaviour had changed completely – from being loving and affectionate to pacing night and day, rarely sleeping and running away if anyone tried to touch her showed that she was grieving the loss of the other dog in the household who had sadly died a few weeks earlier. Further communication to explain the absence of her friend and several Reiki sessions later and she was again her loving and affectionate self.
A Chihuahua who was aggressive to anyone who came near her human including the rest of the household pets and people who visited regularly showed me an image of her human clinging to the dog’s leg in fear. In the image her human was tiny a fraction of the Chihuahua’s size and she felt strongly that it was her job to protect her.
Animals are rarely “being difficult” for no reason. More often, they are doing the best they can to communicate something important. When we take the time to listen and understand what is behind a behaviour, we create the opportunity for healing, greater trust and a deeper relationship with our animal companions.
Sometimes a deeper understanding changes the relationship completely. Get in touch if you would like to know more.
