Val Heart https://valheart.com Animal Communicator to the Stars Wed, 01 Apr 2026 20:48:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://valheart.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/favicon.png Val Heart https://valheart.com 32 32 Practices to Deepen Your Animal Bond When Struggling Emotionally https://valheart.com/practices-to-deepen-your-animal-bond-when-struggling-emotionally/ https://valheart.com/practices-to-deepen-your-animal-bond-when-struggling-emotionally/#respond Wed, 01 Apr 2026 20:48:35 +0000 https://valheart.com/?p=118379 When going through a tough emotional state, the time you spend with your pet can make sense in a chaotic world. Research into the human-animal bond continues to reinforce the same basic truth: interacting with pets can reduce stress levels, alleviate feelings of loneliness, and help you cope with hard times.

However, you have to treat the bond between you and your pet as something you actively nurture instead of something that just happens by chance.

Here are a few techniques to help you make that bond stronger and more stable.

Do Intentional Daily Check Ins

Intentional daily check-ins are like brief, holy instants when you and your pet are fully present for each other. No phone calls, no television, no multi-tasking. Just eye contact, a little touch, and being present in the moment.

The practice works because it triggers the release of oxytocin, reduces levels of stress hormones, and makes you feel safe. And over time, your body learns that your pet is a reliable source of comfort when anxiety, grief, or depression seems to take hold of your life.

For some people, this technique becomes more effective, especially when emotional support is clinically significant. If your anxiety or depression seriously interferes with your ability to function, your pet can then turn into an emotional support animal (ESA). 

However, if you have to keep these animals with you, it’s usually important to get an ESA letter from a professional. An ESA letter is from a mental health professional stating you have a mental or emotional disability and your animal helps alleviate one or more of your symptoms. 

In case you’re interested in getting an emotional support animal, you should also consider getting an ESA letter. Remember, getting a letter doesn’t mean you’re seeking a label for its own sake. You’re validating a relationship that’s already helping your mental health and your home life.

Build Supportive Routines Together

Unstructured time can feel even more overwhelming when you’re feeling down or anxious.

When you’re in a negative state of mind, you might want to cut out everything you see as extra from your life, but your pet can help you get out of this situation.

Animals thrive on routine, you have to be there for them as well as yourself.

Feeding, walking, grooming, and playing with your pet can provide you with structure and something to do. This can be very helpful for those dealing with mental health challenges.

To apply this technique effectively, you might consider the following:

  • Select an activity that gets you moving. It could be a daily walk at approximately the same time every day. It could also be stretching while your pet is by your side. Or, it could simply be a game of fetch to feel more present in the moment.
  • Be sure to select a calming routine to feel better. It could be brushing your pet, giving them a massage, or having a snuggle-only time before bed.

No matter what routine or activity you select, you must ensure that you go with something that you can do even when you’re feeling low.

Take your time and decide what works for you. For some people it might be a five-minute walk, but for others, it could be a three-minute grooming session. Pick whatever works for you.

Endnote

When feeling emotionally low, sticking to small, purposeful routines with your pet can quietly help you overcome stress and anxiety.

When done with love and care, these routines can strengthen the bond, build trust, and even help you become aware of when that support begins to constitute clinically significant emotional assistance.

 

]]> https://valheart.com/practices-to-deepen-your-animal-bond-when-struggling-emotionally/feed/ 0 Shelter Pet Healing: How Do I Know Which Technique is Best? https://valheart.com/shelter-pet-healing/ https://valheart.com/shelter-pet-healing/#respond Wed, 09 Jul 2025 19:55:48 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=117955 Shelter Pet Healing: Which Healing Technique is Best?

For a shelter pet, a foster pet, an abused animal that’s been rescued, healing presents extra challenges. Because not just any healing technique is the right one or will be helpful.

The question becomes:

“What is the best way to know which kind of healing techniques should be used for a rescued, abused, shelter or foster pet?”

 

Consider the story of rescued shelter dog, Bojangles.

 

For a shelter dog like Bojangles, life has become an endless cycle inside a kennel.

Every day, he watches other dogs leave. They wag their tails, hop into cars, and drive off to new homes — to new lives.

But not Bojangles.

No one chooses him.
And he doesn’t understand why.

At first, he was hopeful. But over time, that hope has started to fade. Now, when people walk by, he quietly retreats to the corner of his kennel, feeling more rejected and invisible with each passing day.

And he hurts.

His head throbs. His vision in one eye is blurry. His stomach often feels sick.
It stings when he urinates.
His back and left hind leg ache constantly.
His ribs still hurt from when he was kicked and beaten.

He wishes someone could hear him.
Really hear him — in his language.

If they could, maybe he could ask his questions:

“Why does no one pick me?”
“Am I doing something wrong?”
“Where do the other dogs go?”

Some of them say they’re taken away to die.
Is that true?
Will that happen to him too?
How much time does he have left?

All Bojangles wants is someone to love him.
Someone who will listen…
And understand.

shelter pet healing

For an abused animal rescue dog like Bojangles, the power of a simple heart to heart conversation – and the right healing for his battered spirits, body and soul – would make all the difference in the world.

If you have questions about helping shelter animals, how to best help them heal and feel better, and ultimately find their forever homes, then this is what you need.

Because becoming a better, more competent animal communicator and healer is critically important if you are an animal advocate/guardian.

You must know how to speak their language.

 

???????? Let’s circle back to answer the question:

 

“What is the best way to know which kind of healing modality should be used for a rescued, abused, shelter or foster pet?”

This a great question, because there’s a huge difference between doing whatever healing modality you like or prefer or are trained in, versus being certain that the modality you choose is what the animal most needs and wants to get the best results.

It’s a big decision, because there are many healing modalities to choose from, ranging from allopathic (conventional veterinary approaches like drugs, surgeries, tests, and the various “procedures”)…

To holistic alternative modalities like body work, massage, acupuncture, chiropractic, neuromuscular techniques…

What about things like homeopathy, supplements, herbs, diet…

And then there’s energy healing like reiki, pranic healing, soul repair, BodyTalk Healing System, emotional freedom technique (EFT), Ho’oponopono Hawaiian healing prayers and many others to name just a few.

 

The BEST place to start solving any problem with shelter, abused, fostered and rescued animals is…

 

Beyond being trained in many healing modalities and then knowing which healing technique to choose to offer and in what order…

Is your ability to communicate with animals using Heart Wisdom methods, which can be very healing when done the right way.

Why do I say that?

Because the only way to know for sure what the animal most needs is to talk things over with them – listen as they share their heart and experiences, concerns and questions.

As they do, they can begin to unburden themselves of painful things.

Sometimes they don’t even need another healing modality.

When they feel heard, listened to, respected and understood, they don’t need to carry the pain or stress anymore, the symptoms ease up, they feel relaxed, comforted, clear, and at peace.

 

If they do still need more help, then it’s time to move into the next step.

 

ASK them: How can I help you? What do you need? Do you have any questions or concerns?

They will guide you from there.

But only if you are a competent, proficient communicator.

shelter pet healing

To be sure, this level of animal communication is a more advanced skill and requires the right training, opportunities to practice and get feedback, and experience to become competent.

These are the kinds of thought processes and healing I guide and coach my students and clients on that have such a profound impact on improving their ability to communicate and use their intuitive abilities with great results.

Training you to be proficient at the highest level possible makes me a super happy camper, it’s my jam in my donut, the sun in my shine, and why I do what I do.

I never hold back anything that can help you be the BEST you can be, and as you’ll discover, no questions are off limits.

 

???????? These are not simple issues easily solved with superficial, simple solutions.

 

Or by only focusing on developing one intuitive ability, because there are MANY intuitive abilities, and you need ALL your senses working properly to be a better communicator.

These are the complex issues using advanced intuition, education and training, communication practice, and healing skills that I coach and mentor with my best students.

It requires healing your inner wounds so your feelings don’t block or stop you from comprehending their messages accurately.

And THAT is what makes you a better, more competent, proficient communicator in the Heart Wisdom Methods.

There are other mistakes communicators can make too, all of which I teach about how to avoid and fix.

But only if you want to be a better animal communicator and healer so you can help more animals including your own. ????

You’ll find your invitation to train with me one on one HERE.

 

???????? Students and professionals train with me to gain that “extra edge” by developing more than just the ‘average’ communicator skills.

 

You know you can do better. BE better. You want more.

You know you have inner healing to do because you can sense limitations, blocks and blind spots in your communication and in your life.

It’s why I’ve dedicated so much of my life, education and training learning about helping people heal, healing, and teaching so I can guide YOU to be the best you can possibly be.

 

???????? The Heart Wisdom program is a sequence of different trainings, and the further you go, the more competent you will be in my method.

 

My “right fit” qualified students move through four levels of competence: beginner, intermediate, advanced, and proficient.

You won’t find this level of training anywhere else.

Doing this critical self mastery and inner healing work is what makes the Heart Wisdom Methods different and so much more powerful than other animal communication programs.

It’s all about mastering yourself and growing your intuitive abilities at all levels, as well as improving your ability to communicate proficiently with animals.

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!

Which Free Ebook do you want?

Ready to deepen your animal communication and heart-healing journey?

Start with my #1 bestselling book, Advanced Animal Communication with the Heart Wisdom Method. It’s packed with powerful teachings and real stories to help you connect more deeply with animals and yourself.

Just click the image below to get your copy:

 

Did you enjoy this article about shelter pet healing? Dog lovers might find these interesting, as well:

Animal Healing: Helping An Aging Dog Express Her Needs

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]]> https://valheart.com/shelter-pet-healing/feed/ 0 How Do I Know Which Healing Modality to Use? https://valheart.com/how-do-i-know-which-healing-modality-to-use/ https://valheart.com/how-do-i-know-which-healing-modality-to-use/#respond Wed, 09 Jul 2025 19:50:22 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=117876 How to Choose the Right Healing Modality for Animals (and Why Communication Comes First)

With so many healing techniques available today—for both animals and people—it’s easy to feel overwhelmed when trying to decide what to use first.

A common question I get is:

“What’s the best way to choose the right healing modality for animals?”

It’s a fantastic question. The truth is, there’s a big difference between simply choosing the method you know or like best, versus selecting the one that your animal actually needs and wants to feel better.

Healing ModalitiesFrom traditional veterinary care like medications and surgery, to holistic modalities like acupuncture, massage, homeopathy, and supplements, to energy-based methods such as Reiki, BodyTalk, EFT, Ho’oponopono, and chakra healing—there’s a wide spectrum of options.

And here’s the thing: Animal communication itself can be incredibly healing when done properly.

Just talking with your animal, letting them express their pain, experiences, or emotional burdens, can lead to real shifts. Once they feel seen, heard, and acknowledged, their symptoms may ease on their own. If not, then you can begin exploring healing techniques with better clarity.

 

So, How Do You Choose the Right Modality?

The key is to start with communication. Talk with the animal first to get answers to questions like:

  • How are they feeling?
  • Where does it hurt?
  • When did it start?
  • Is it constant or intermittent?
  • What helps or worsens it?

 

Also, ask: Is this really their pain? Sometimes animals mirror their person’s stress or trauma (what I call the Human-Animal BodyMind Connection).

If you’re trying to heal the animal but the root of the issue is actually the human’s, you’ll be spinning your wheels—and wasting time and money.

This is why I always say: Start by listening. Then let the animal guide you.

Tell them what healing techniques you’re trained in or feel called to offer. Let them respond and give input. Do they seem interested? Do they intuitively lean into the idea?

If the energy feels open, aligned, and flowing in that direction, great! If it feels heavy, blocked, or like a “no,” trust that too.

 

A Real-Life Example

I once worked with a pair of dogs—an older one who was correcting the younger with scary, unpredictable aggression. The human didn’t understand why.

I spoke with both dogs and quickly realized they were confused about their roles in the family. Just tweaking their “job descriptions” helped tremendously.

But I also uncovered something deeper: the younger dog was in chronic physical pain and emotional distress, caused by early-life trauma and over-vaccination.

With his permission, I offered advanced energy healing to realign his spine, balance his chakras, ease pain, and strengthen his immune system. After just a few minutes, he relaxed noticeably, and the older dog’s aggression decreased too. They began to work together as a team.

Healing isn’t a one-time event, but that breakthrough changed everything.

 

Everything is Energy, And Energy Can Be Transformed

All true healing happens at the soul level. That’s why I developed the Heart Wisdom Love Connection and Sacred Healing Water Infusion techniques that I guide students through in every Live Q&A Coaching Call.

Want to try it for yourself?

Our Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club holds Live Q&A Calls the second Saturday of every month. Whether you’re just beginning or are already working professionally, you’ll find the tools, support, and guidance to grow quickly and confidently.

And if you’re ready to dive deeper, the Advanced Animal Talk Topics Course and the Healing Toolkit are packed with transformational techniques. Platinum Club Members get immediate access to our entire Masterclass Vault.

 

Final Thoughts

Choosing the right healing method isn’t about guessing. It’s about communicating.

When you let the animal lead, tune into your intuition, and apply the right techniques in the right order, you’ll see amazing results.

Your journey isn’t just about helping animals feel better—it’s about healing, evolving, and becoming your best self too.

Let’s walk that path together.

 

Ready to deepen your animal communication and heart-healing journey?

Start with my #1 bestselling book, Advanced Animal Communication with the Heart Wisdom Method. It’s packed with powerful teachings and real stories to help you connect more deeply with animals and yourself.

Just click the image below to get your copy:

The program is a sequence of different trainings, and the further you go, the more competent you will be in my method, known as the Heart Wisdom Method.

My “right fit” qualified students move through four levels of competence: beginner, intermediate, advanced, and proficient.

 

Your Invitation to Train with Me

In my 6 Months to Animal Communication Mastery (aka FastTrack Program) we work together with the goal of you becoming proficient by the end. In addition to 1-on-1 support, you also get self-study material and group coaching, practice, and training opportunities.

If you would rather work 1-on-1 in a completely customized program, email me at ContactVal@ValHeart.com and we’ll see if it’s a good fit for you.

You can also choose to invest in the individual courses, private coaching sessions, and online membership separately if you don’t prefer to do the whole 6-month program right now.

You can start right away. It’s all spelled out for you HERE

 

Join the BEST online Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club

As a Club member you’ll also have access to over 33 Intuition Development Lessons and Exercises I designed especially for animal communication students.

Plus ongoing monthly trainings to further your education, along a lovely personally created series of great guided Meditations especially designed for animal communicators available for Club members to pick and choose from as you wish.

If you go Platinum you’ll get everything Gold members get, PLUS you’ll have immediate access to the entire Masterclass Treasure Vault.

It’s just one of the many benefits of being a Club member.

If you’re not a member yet, now’s a great time to join us.

You won’t find this level of training anywhere else.

Doing this critical self mastery and inner healing work is what makes the Heart Wisdom Methods different and so much more powerful than other animal communication programs.

It’s all about mastering yourself, growing your intuitive abilities at all levels, healing yourself and others, as well as improving your ability to communicate proficiently with animals.

This link shows you the many benefits of being a Club Member and how to join us:

https://go.learnhowtotalktoanimals.com/animal-talk-coaching-club-main

The Heart Wisdom School classes, self study courses, programs and memberships are outlined at:

https://learnhowtotalktoanimals.com/animal-communication-online-courses-core

Would you prefer private coaching, mentoring, healing for you and/or your pet?

Don’t wait if you want a private problem solving, healing session, because my schedule typically books approximately two months ahead with a wait list.

You don’t need a pet to work with me. At least half my private clients who work with me for their own personal healing, improving relationships, career mentoring, and life coaching..

In fact, one of my CEO clients recently said:

“Working with Val gets better faster results in 1 session than doing 18+ typical therapist sessions. If you want to stop being triggered by old wounds and traumas, Val is the BEST.”

High praise indeed. ????

Get started now at: https://valheart.com

I also offer a Peer Mentoring Program for Professional Communicators Who Want to Improve Your Abilities.

It’s perfect for practitioners who are already good at communicating; you’ve achieved some success in your practice, and you want to be better.

If interested, contact me now and let’s see if it’s the right fit for you.

If you haven’t yet started learning how to communicate with animals, then be sure to get my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!

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Helpful Tips: 8 Ways to Focus Your Mind

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Animal Chakras Are a Key to Unlocking Health & Well-Being

 

]]> https://valheart.com/how-do-i-know-which-healing-modality-to-use/feed/ 0 Communicating With Animals In Spirit – How Far Back Can You Go? https://valheart.com/communicating-with-animals-in-spirit-how-far-back/ https://valheart.com/communicating-with-animals-in-spirit-how-far-back/#respond Wed, 09 Jul 2025 18:53:37 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=117872 Communicating With Animals in Spirit, How Far Back Can You Go?

 

One of my favorite kinds of students are the ones who ask thoughtful questions — the kind that open new doors of understanding and growth.

Because if you don’t ask, how will you learn or improve your abilities? And just as important: Who are you asking?

Asking someone with 30 years of experience in the field will get you much further than asking someone at the local diner who’s just sharing opinions. If you’re heading in the wrong direction, going faster won’t help.

 

So let’s talk about a really great question a student named Margaret asked:

“Is there a timeline for how far back you can go to communicate with animals in spirit?”

Before I answer…

Do you have a question too?

If you’re a member of our Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club (Gold, Advanced, or Professional level), you’re invited to bring your questions to our next Live Q&A Coaching Call, held every second Saturday of the month!

???? Click here for details and to join before the next class

 

Now, back to Margaret’s question…

First, let’s clarify something important: Who are animals, really?

Animals, like humans, are spiritual beings having a physical experience. They’re intelligent, emotional, and deeply connected to their soul’s journey.

When their physical body dies, their soul doesn’t disappear — it simply transitions. Think of animals in spiritit like taking off an old, worn-out coat or stepping out of a car that no longer runs.

And here’s where it gets fascinating: Time doesn’t exist in the spirit realm. It’s just something we use here on Earth to organize our lives. According to quantum physics, time is a linear construct — but when it comes to communicating with souls, it doesn’t apply.

So… how far back can you go?

In my experience, there is no limit to how far back you can communicate with an animal who has crossed over.

I’ve connected with animals who passed just days ago, and others who transitioned more than 50 years ago — some even during the moment of their passing.

 

But is it harder the longer it’s been?

Sometimes. Especially if the animal has already reincarnated or lived multiple lives since your time together. Or if they’re currently living a new life with someone else.

But “harder” doesn’t mean “impossible.”

 

Is grief a barrier to communication?

Yes, it can be.

When you’re grieving, your heart is heavy, your energy scattered. You’re feeling so much pain that it becomes hard to be still enough to sense the connection.

It’s not that your animal doesn’t want to talk to you, it’s just harder for you to receive the

 

Is it Different Communicating with Animals in Spirit?

Yes, it is.

Many students wonder if animal communication changes once an animal has crossed over. The answer is absolutely yes, and it’s something I cover in depth in my Advanced Course and in our Masterclasses on soulmates, transition, reincarnation, and soul circles.

When an animal is in spirit, the way we connect with them shifts. The energy is different. The conversation is more subtle. But it can be just as real, and just as healing as communicating with animals in physical form.

Inside the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club, we explore this deeply. Each month we feature a new Animal Teacher, and many of them are in spirit. During our Live Q&A Coaching Calls, I guide students through the process of connecting with these animals so they can feel the difference for themselves.

These sessions are all recorded and available in our members-only Treasure Vault, ready for you to listen, learn, and experience anytime.

 

Want to Get Started or Go Deeper?

If you’re serious about becoming confident and skilled in animal communication, especially with animals in spirit, it takes more than casual practice.

It takes advanced training, refining your intuitive skills, healing emotional wounds, and getting real experience. The Heart Wisdom Methods I teach are designed to help you do exactly that.

???? Explore the Animal Talk Coaching Club here:
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✨ Or start your journey with one of our self-paced core courses:
???? Animal Communication Online Courses

You’ll have immediate and lifetime access, learn at your own pace, and all courses are backed by a guarantee. Flexible payment plans are available too.

As one of my dear students, Nita, shared:

“Extremely privileged to be studying with Val… She is the first teacher to emphasize that animal communication is not just that, but a spiritual journey to make us better people, to heal, evolve, and grow. She gives us the best possible resources and guides us personally every step of the way.”

Aww… thanks, Nita! ????

If you’re ready to help animals on every level — from healing and trauma recovery to preparing for transitions, solving behavior issues, or even finding lost pets — I’d love to support your journey.

Let’s do this together.

 

Ready to deepen your animal communication and heart-healing journey?

Start with my #1 bestselling book, Advanced Animal Communication with the Heart Wisdom Method. It’s packed with powerful teachings and real stories to help you connect more deeply with animals and yourself.

Just click the image below to get your copy:

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals. Click the picture below and get your book now!

Take the next step in your communication journey.

Guiding you from beginner to intermediate to proficient communicator, and even to becoming a professional Heart Wisdom healer and communicator.

Because if you want to make a bigger difference in the world for all beings, then being amazing at speaking their language using Heart Wisdom Methods is a brilliant way to do it.

See you soon on the Heart School campus.

 

Enjoy this article about communication with animals in spirit? Here are three more you may like:

Communicate With Animals Using These 3 Techniques
5 Responsibilities For a Professional Animal Communicator
How Visualizing Can Improve Animal Communication

]]> https://valheart.com/communicating-with-animals-in-spirit-how-far-back/feed/ 0 Open Your Heart for Your Intuition to Develop https://valheart.com/open-your-heart-for-your-intuition-to-develop/ https://valheart.com/open-your-heart-for-your-intuition-to-develop/#respond Wed, 09 Jul 2025 18:10:36 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=117869 Open your heart and amazing communication with animals will follow!

An animal communication student asked, “Can we be intuitive (or develop our clairs) to communicate with animals without an open (activated and healed) heart?”

Before I answer, do you have questions you want answers to?

If so, you’ll be glad to know that our next Live Q&A Coaching Call is coming up on the second Saturday of the month for Gold and Platinum Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club Members!

Now’s your chance to get answers, but you need to sign up before the next live class.

Click HERE for details

 

Open, activated, healed heart vs closed, wounded, shielded heart

This a great question, because there’s a huge difference between communicating and developing your intuitive abilities with an open (activated) heart, and a closed, unhealed, wounded heart.

The answer is a bit complicated, so bear with me while I explain.

 

First, there are many ways to use your intuition.

You are born with intuitive abilities.

As we grow up, for most of us our subtle senses are not encouraged or supported or even acknowledged.

For highly sensitive empaths, the lack of understanding and training in how to manage and use these abilities can make us a bit crazy.

We feel so much, we know things others don’t know, and we can access information others are ignorant about.

These experiences wound our sensitive, big, loving, caring hearts; as a consequence, we shut ourselves down and close off our hearts.

In effect, we de-activate our hearts trying to protect and shield ourselves from being more wounded.

We wind up relying on our “third eye” chakra to intuit information, which is what a lot of unhealed psychics do.

Our intuitive abilities are still there, but we have retreated into our head space and shut off our heart’s intuitive abilities (our “clairs”).

 

What are the “clairs”? These are the basic most commonly known intuitive abilities.

open your heart clairs

The most common 4 clairs are:

Clairvoyance (seeing things in your mind’s eye)

Clairaudience (hearing sounds in your mind that aren’t your own inner voice)

Clairsentience (knowing and feeling how someone else feels and what they know in your own body)

Claircognizance (instantaneous intuitive downloads of information)

There are many more intuitive abilities that are less commonly known (I teach about those in the Heart School, Classes, and Coaching Club).

When you have a wounded, closed heart, you have learned not to trust your intuition, to let your mind and ego and inner parts (inner skeptic, judge, conformist, guardian protectors, and the like) take over.

You’ll use your imagination primarily, not your heart wisdom to get by in life.

 

There are several problems with this issue when it comes to communicating with animals.

The first problem is, your mind, mental energy, and imagination projections are weak energies compared to the power of the heart – the Soul – your heart’s wisdom when it’s properly activated, open, and focused (*reference the HeartMath Institute research).

The second problem is, the unhealed mind and your imagination include your wounds, false teachings, expectations, and beliefs, including old painful experiences and memories – like a computer with “bugged” or glitchy programming that can muck up the operating system, take you offline, and give you faulty answers.

That’s not good.

There are more problems, but today let’s discuss these first.

 

You are not your mind, which functions like a computer.

In the computer analogy, you’re the computer operator, not the computer.

You are a spiritual being – a SOUL – experiencing life through a physical body, just like your animal is.

So when you try to understand telepathic animal messages – or send intuitive messages to animals – you’ll misinterpret or block them through the filter of your own wounds.

Your mind is smart, capable, and means well, but it is not reliable when it comes to using all your “clairs” and developing and activating your intuition.

open your heart mind

Your healed (active and open) heart – your SOUL – has access to the wisdom of the Universe, is connected to Source, to God, and yes, to animals.

That’s why in my Heart Wisdom Methods of communicating (as I teach in the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club and in the Heart School courses) I focus so much on the importance of doing our inner healing.

Yes, it’s an added step to the process of education and becoming proficient that isn’t usually taught in other training programs.

But it is SO important to get your head trash, your mental chatter, out of the way so your intuitive telepathic communications are crystal clear, trustworthy (high accuracy and confidence rates), and easy to interpret correctly.

We do that by connecting first from the heart – the SOUL – with animals, sending and receiving love energy frequency vibrations, and that is where the magic happens.

So…

 

Can you be intuitive and develop your clairs without an open heart?

Yes, but you’ll never improve your competence, accuracy, and proficiency beyond a certain point without an open engaged, healed heart.

You don’t want that.

When you do your inner healing and open your heart, everything changes.

 

That’s why I say that learning animal communication using the Heart Wisdom Methods is a spiritual journey to heal, evolve and grow into your best self.

Becoming balanced, harmonious, in sync, congruent, connected, and in alignment, heart to heart, soul to soul, then mind to mind is the key to great communication.

In fact, this is why I developed the unique and powerful Heart Wisdom Love Connection and Healing Meditation.
(if you’d like to experience it for yourself, I guide students through it in every Live Q&A Coaching Call, and occasionally offer a more advanced version for our Masterclasses.

The Heart Wisdom Love Meditation is about quieting and focusing properly, clearing out mental head trash, transforming energy and emotions into love energy, FEELING (not thinking), so you can align, harmonize, and synchronize all levels of body, mind, spirit and Soul.

Incorporating a few of the basic and many of the advanced Soul Repair healing processes and techniques, I also include group healing for everyone who needs it (pets and people).

That includes a sacred healing water infusion to restore vital lifeforce both in the water molecules inside our bodies AND in our drinking water, and to help eliminate and neutralize toxins.

open your heart water

Focusing on accessing, expanding and guiding love energy frequencies, we then use that energy to connect, Soul to Soul, heart to heart with animals before we begin the communication.

I clear any “nasties” (dark energies) out of the student’s energy field.

Next I clear mind control including upleveling and cleaning your pineal gland so you can enjoy a better, stronger connection with faster access to the Divine for Guidance.

There’s more that I do behind the scenes for everyone on the call with the assistance of the Archangels and other high level love beings who are assisting and helping, like raising intelligence on all facets, balancing all chakras (major, sub chakras, and minor chakras), improving back alignment and dental healing, relieving pain, cool things like that.

All of which only takes a few minutes because I’m working at the 12D levels, that’s the space where miracles are possible.

Imagine that… ????

 

Here’s the thing about healing and activating your heart in order to communicate with animals successfully.

If you don’t activate and open your heart, you will only get so far using and developing your intuitive abilities and senses.

Like when you meditate, focused on the wrong things with a busy mind and mental projections, think it’s a waste of time and end up more stressed than when you started.

Like practicing the wrong golf swing a 1000 times won’t help and only reinforces “body memory and patterns” of how not to get the best results.

Like riding your horse or training your dog the wrong way doesn’t help, and can make things worse.

Like practicing communicating with your own pets where you can’t get any objective validation or confirmation from an outside party to know when you are doing it right, what you missed, and where you got it wrong is not the best way to practice if you want to be a better, more confident communicator.

Which is why we all need expert teachers to show us where we’re messing up, and lovingly guide us to improve so we get better results faster and easier.

“In any given moment we have two options: to step forward into growth or back into safety.” Abraham Maslow

If you have been feeling stuck, walled off, or blocked in any way, or you are looking for new ways to grow your intuitive abilities, or want to heal your inner wounds so you can access and use your heart’s open energy, then let’s sort that out sooner than later.

 

Students and professionals train with me to gain that “extra edge” by going above and beyond the ‘average’.

They know they can do better.

BE better.

And THAT is what I’m all about.

Training you to be proficient at the highest level possible makes me a super happy camper, it’s my jam, the sun in my shine, and why I do what I do.

Working with me you’ll learn advanced and specific strategies, insights, and techniques to get greater results with every communication and healing session you do.

Which is what my Heart Wisdom Methods and Live Coaching are all about.

It’s also why I’ve dedicated so much of my life, education and training learning about helping people heal (45+ years), and translating those experiences so I can guide YOU to be the best you can possibly be.

Learn How to Talk with Animals

Ready to take the next step in your communication and healing journey?

Guiding you from beginner to intermediate to proficient communicator, and even to becoming a professional communicator if that’s your sweet spot.

You’ll find the self study courses to become confident and competent communicating with animals, and membership options for the live Q&A classes at:

https://learnhowtotalktoanimals.com/animal-communication-online-courses-core/

Another way to train with me, develop your intuitive and communication abilities to improve, and get expert coaching, mentoring, and answers to YOUR questions is to join us in the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club.

We have well over 33 Development Lessons and Exercises for communicators, plus ongoing trainings to further your education, and a lovely personally created series of great Meditations especially designed for Animal Communicators available for Club members to pick and choose from.

It’s just one of the many benefits of being a Club member.

 

Join our next Live Q&A Coaching Call held the second Saturday of every month and get answers to your questions!

If you’re not a member yet, now’s a great time.

The information you need including all the other extraordinary benefits of being a Club member:

>> Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club.

You won’t find this level of training anywhere else.

Doing the critical self mastery work is what makes the Heart Wisdom Methods different and so much more powerful than other animal communication programs.

We call this a spiritual journey to healing, evolving and growing into your BEST Self.

It’s all about mastering yourself, growing your intuitive abilities as well as your ability to communicate with animals.

BIG hugs and much love,

Being A Dog Whisperer Comes In Handy!

Val “Guiding You to Communication Mastery is my Happy Place” Heart

P.S. You have 3 main ways to get my expertise for communication, medical intuitive scanning, healing and guidance for yourself and/or your pet:

 

1. Join me and your fellow students in the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club.

You can earn free student coaching sessions with me, access our extensive Intuition Development Lessons, get help with your pets, and practice with other people’s pets so you get proper feedback to improve, which is the best way to grow your abilities and confidence.

Our monthly Live Q&A Coaching Calls are offered the second Saturday each month, 8:30 am Pacific / 10:30 am Central / 11:30 am Eastern.

Platinum Member’s Live Heart Wisdom Masterclasses are offered the third Saturday each month, same time.

Platinum Members also have immediate access to the entire Treasure Vault of recorded Masterclasses on a wide variety of advanced topics.

This link shows you the many benefits of being a Club Member and how to join us:

https://go.learnhowtotalktoanimals.com/animal-talk-coaching-club-main

The Heart Wisdom School classes, self study courses, programs and memberships are outlined at:

https://learnhowtotalktoanimals.com/animal-communication-online-courses-core

 

2. Would you prefer private coaching, mentoring, healing?

Don’t wait if you want a private problem solving, healing session, because my schedule typically books approximately two months ahead with a wait list.

Did you know? At least half my private clients who work with me for their own personal healing, relationships, career, and life coaching don’t have pets.

In fact, one of my clients recently said:

“Working with Val gets better faster results in 1 session than doing 18+ typical therapist sessions. If you want to stop being triggered by old wounds and traumas, Val is the BEST.”

High praise indeed. ????

Get started now at: https://valheart.com

 

3. I also offer a Peer Program for Professional Communicators Who Want to Improve Your Abilities.

It’s perfect for practitioners who are already good at communicating; you’ve achieved some success in your practice, and you want to be better.

If interested, contact me now and let’s see if it’s the right fit for you.

Just beginning your animal communication and heart healing journey? Start by getting your copy of my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals. Just click on the picture below:

Ready to deepen your animal communication and heart-healing journey?
Start with my #1 bestselling book, Advanced Animal Communication with the Heart Wisdom Method. It’s packed with powerful teachings and real stories to help you connect more deeply with animals and yourself.

Just click the image below to get your copy:

Enjoy this article? Here are three more of my most popular articles about animal communication:

Speaking to Animals Changed My Life: The Day a Horse Spoke to Me
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How Visualizing Can Improve Animal Communication

]]> https://valheart.com/open-your-heart-for-your-intuition-to-develop/feed/ 0 Change a Traumatized, Nervous Dog Into a Confident Dog with Communication https://valheart.com/nervous-dog-into-a-confident-dog-with-communication/ https://valheart.com/nervous-dog-into-a-confident-dog-with-communication/#respond Wed, 09 Jul 2025 16:50:08 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=117866 Can you change a traumatized, abused, nervous dog into a confident, happy dog through animal communication?

Picture yourself strolling through a beautiful day, and you catch a glimpse of an animal, a fish, a bird, or even your beloved pet seeking your attention from outside a window.

In that moment, a profound connection is forged as you exchange warm greetings, and before you realize it, you’re engaged in a captivating conversation.

You effortlessly comprehend their wisdom, feel their love, and engage in meaningful dialogues about their unique perspectives on life, relationships, well-being, and so much more.

When you are fully conscious, connected heart to heart, and in tune with your intuitive faculties, you gain the ability to acknowledge, honor, and hold animals in the highest esteem for who they truly are.

You’ll come to understand that they are like angels, guiding lights, sources of healing and wisdom, companions of the soul, and guardians temporarily entrusted to us by a higher power.

All of this becomes attainable once you acquire the knowledge and skills to make it happen.

In essence, this journey is a spiritual endeavor aimed at healing, personal growth, and evolution into your best self.

Together, we contribute to making the world a better place for all living beings.

 

I got 2 great questions from animal communication students.

I answered the one about “can other animals jump into your conversation” here: communicating with more than one animals at a time.

The second question for today was from Kim:

“l have a small 3 yrs old dog who is very nervous of everything, barks at every little sound. She was attacked at 5 months old by another dog which changed her personality from a friendly puppy to a very nervous dog. If I can communicate with her could l help to change her into a confident dog?”

Before I answer, did you know our Live Q&A Coaching Calls are scheduled for the second Saturday of each month?

Because if YOU have questions you’d like me to answer, but you aren’t an Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club member yet, now’s a great time to join us!

See below for details or if you’re in a hurry, go to this page

And now back to the original question:

 

Can I change a nervous traumatized dog into a confident dog through animal communication?

Yes you can, but you have to know what you’re doing as an animal communicator, otherwise you can make things worse.

This requires more advanced communication (and healing) training and competence.

Here’s how to begin changing your pet’s behavior once you’re connected properly, heart to heart, mind to mind, sharing love energy.

 

Invite them to tell you their story and just listen as a compassionate, caring, loving person.

You are a LISTENER only, not a “hey let me tell you what I think and feel” as you tramp all over their tender, vulnerable wounds and override their feelings and thoughts with your own, or translate and misinterpret their story through the filter of your own wounds…

This is harder than you may think if you’ve also been traumatized, abused, or attacked, feel nervous or skittish yourself, and haven’t done your inner healing work yet.

That would mean your pet’s fears and experience(s) will likely trigger your own.

Ultimately that’s a good thing to have happen, because then you can both work on your healing together.

Your job is to create a safe space for them to feel heard, respected and understood.

When they’ve finished telling you what happened and how they feel, and what they want or need, you’ll notice them take a big breath and relax (but only if you’ve done your job as a safe listener and have guided the conversation properly so far).

 

If they’re more agitated and upset, fearful or worried?

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You either haven’t done a good job of it yet, so get your “stuff” out of the way.

Or you’ve missed something that they need to say, so keep listening.

Next, it’s time to shift gears, offer healing, discuss changing their behavior to be more confident, and why that’s important.

One of the things you can do is offer Ho’oponopono Hawaiian healing prayer for traumatized pets (taught in the advanced course and masterclasses in The Heart School and Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club).

You can also try offering tapping, aka Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT for pets, also taught in the masterclasses).

You can gently and lovingly tell them: that was then, this is now, it’s okay to let the pain of what happened when you were just 5 months old go. You’re safe.

 

Even better, use my personal favorite animal talk healing technique I call REM PTSD Healing.

Incredibly powerful, it works in just a few minutes for people and pets, once you know how to do it.

Teaching you how to do that in this post is beyond what we can do today, but if you want to learn how it’s taught in a Heart Wisdom Masterclass. (REM refers to “Rapid Eye Movement”)

Through the art of asking the right questions in the right way and timing, continue to help them find ways to be more confident and sure of themselves, to know what to do to avoid being attacked again, and why not behaving as a fearful, nervous doggie is important.

When I solve problems like this with pets, we also communicate about best and worst case scenarios, why the nervous behavior is a problem, how the dog’s over reactive behavior can attract the very thing they’re most afraid of. (Again, an advanced skill taught in the advanced course and going into much more depth in the Masterclasses). ????

Often the pet’s person must be willing to change their behavior, feeling and thoughts too, otherwise they unwittingly are contributing to the dogs nervousness and fear based reactions.

And that will get you started and will take you a long way in helping your little fur baby feel better, become more confident and balanced, less reactive and so much happier.

And if baby is happy, momma and daddy are happy too, right?

In the process, you’ll become a better, more confident, competent communicator.

 

More questions?

Bring them to the next Live Q&A Coaching Call for Gold & Platinum Club Members.

Use what you know now and investigate, explore, observe and discover how it feels when you communicate with one animal at a time. Then shift to include another animal too and notice what’s different.

Give yourself permission and give it a go, or you’ll never know what you can or cannot do, or how it feels.

If nothing changes or you get confused or off track, then you’re missing something.

 

How can you improve to become a better animal communicator?

Keep practicing with animals you don’t know so you can get the proper feedback to be more confident and accurate. We offer a wide variety of animal teachers and their caretakers to help you with this in the Club.

Get expert guidance and coaching when you need it to fine tune and grow your abilities.

Discover what you’re missing, and avoid making mistakes, learning from your “failures”.

Do your inner healing so you don’t misinterpret their messages through the filter of your own wounds.

Celebrate and get excited when you discover how easy it is to communicate when you stop blocking yourself.

My goal is for my students to be incredibly well trained so you can be AMAZING, proficient, confident, and capable of handling anything that comes your way, using expanded abilities and experiences for the best possible results, for the rest of your life.

The roadmap to successful communication in The Heart School of Animal Communication® through self study courses and programs, live classes, 24/7 community and Club memberships is spelled out for you RIGHT HERE

 

Start by getting your copy of my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!

 

After studying Heart Wisdom Methods of animal communication and healing, you will discover that there is no ceiling to your development as a proficient, competent communicator.

Do you need to be psychic to communicate with animals?

Not at all.

Training using the Heart Wisdom Methods consists of practical, guided step by step, tried and true techniques any animal lover can learn.

It only requires your passion, love and enthusiasm for animals to make a difference, to connect, and (using the right techniques) to get the best results from your practice conversations.

Ultimately, you want to be able to help animals with whatever they need help with, whether it’s healing or easing pain, preparing for transition, solving behavior problems, or working with the paranormal, finding pets if they get lost, or helping them recover from abuse or accidents or trauma, and so much more.

Together we are changing the world for ALL species to live in harmony and enjoy crystal clear communications.

See you soon on the Heart School campus!

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]]> https://valheart.com/nervous-dog-into-a-confident-dog-with-communication/feed/ 0 Energy Field Healing: Detach From Negative Energy https://valheart.com/energy-field-healing/ https://valheart.com/energy-field-healing/#respond Tue, 08 Jul 2025 16:52:56 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=117970 Practice Energy Field Healing every day if you want to be healthy and happy.

Just like brushing your teeth every day, taking time to clean and heal your energy field improves your health and well-being.

And it’s critically important if you are an animal communicator or healer.

That’s especially true if one of your intuitive abilities is clairsentience, because you can easily take other being’s pain, wounds, and dark energy into your own body and energy field.

Learning how to release energies that aren’t yours, to clear them out of your space, will stop them from draining you and your vital life force.

 

It’s easy to attach energetically to things around us that are draining.

Have you ever been scrolling through Facebook and saw something that angered you or upset you or pulled your attention into a sad or frustrated place?

Heard a story of abuse?

Animal abuse gets me every time!

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Or, maybe you got in an argument and felt judged or rejected or betrayed? Like nobody is listening to you?

Oops. You just got triggered and attached to the funky energy shyte which is now dragging you down the rabbit hole into depression, doom and gloom.

There are tons of ways to attach or be triggered!

Here’s a few more examples of how it feels when you’ve been triggered.

You’re listening to a friend moan about their aches and pains, or express their anger or fears or anxiety, and now you’re feeling upset or achy too?

You just attached.

Watching TV, the news, sports, watching a movie or reading a book or even just being in a crowd of people.

Highly sensitive folks know this, it’s why we don’t like being in crowds because it feels so overwhelming and draining.

Now you know why.

Then those nasty funky dark energy leeches starts hanging out in your field like dust bunnies under the bed, and your energy starts draining, your life implodes, your health suffers.

What happened is you’ve been slimed energetically, and are now aligning with a darker, negative energy mode with energy leaks all over the place.

Your Soul essence spirit balloon is weakening and deflating. Soon it’ll just be a sad little lump of limp balloon laying on the ground, and nobody wants that. Including you and your animal.

heal your energy crowd

 

What can you do to clear your energy field?

The short answer is to DETACH and heal your energy field so you can get the funky shyte out of your field AND keep it out.

How do you DETACH, shift and rebalance your energy quickly?

And even more important, how do you stop negative dark energies from messing up your life, ruining your health, relationships, and well-being?

 

It’s important to let go of (detach) from things that don’t serve you anymore.

Things that are not yours, energies that you’ve allowed to drain and weaken you.

Think of these things like bricks that weigh you down, keeping your energy vibrations low and weak, making you feel powerless and even helpless, depressed, even suicidal.

Like a dirty car, you need to do some car cleaning maintenance.

And like a newly washed, clean car, it won’t stay that way forever.

Life happens; things – including you and your own Soul – need ongoing self care.

So when it gets dirty again, clean it up again.

The fresher and cleaner your energy field is, the better everything is.

The faster you do that, the better you feel, the stronger you are.

heal your energy refreshed

 

Let me teach you how to clean and clear your energy field.

The bad news is, there’s more to doing this properly and powerfully than I can teach in this blog post.

The good news is, you can get the training.

In our Heart Wisdom Method Masterclasses (for Platinum Advanced & Professional Communicators Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club Members), I teach many of my favorite healing techniques.

One of them is a wonderful and powerful 12D (Twelfth Dimension) Detachment Technique, and it is life changing.

You’ll learn advanced techniques on how to shield yourself to stop being slimed or triggered in the first place. And if something gets through your shielding, you’ll know exactly how to clean up quickly.

Normally in our Heart Wisdom Masterclasses I focus on teaching important animal, healing, intuition development, and communication topics.

This class is different because not only does it teach you advanced healing techniques you can put to good use right away….

…and 12D Advanced Shielding exercises and techniques…

… this is also your opportunity to experience and receive 12D Soul healing and spirit repair work.

I think you’ll love what you’re going to experience and learn in the Masterclass, and who knows?

It could even save your life and your animal’s life too.

Because if your cup is empty, you won’t have anything to share with anyone else.

If your cup is contaminated, you need to clean and refill it before drinking or offering to someone else.

But if your cup is full of life, love and light sourced from the Universal Field at the highest level (12D energies), then you have more than enough for yourself and those you’re here to serve.

 

You have to be a Platinum Advanced and Professional Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club member to access the training.

Details on how to join are HERE

As a Platinum Member you’ll also have immediate access to ALL our extensive library of Heart Wisdom Masterclasses (you can see a sample of them here) on a wide variety of important topics.

You can earn free private coaching sessions with me, get help with your pets and answers to your questions, and over 300 animals to practice communicating with to improve your abilities.

You’ll also get to join me LIVE in the monthly Q&A Coaching Calls.

You will get immediate access to our extensive, personally designed Intuition Development Lessons and exercises too.

This is for you IF you are serious about being a better, more confident, competent (proficient) communicator and healer.

You’ll learn from my expert tips, things I’ve learned from my mistakes, along with insights and discoveries about what works from over 3 decades of practicing as a professional communicator and certified Healing Genius Master Healer.

The info on how to join us is HERE

 

Animal communication students and professionals train with me to improve their abilities so they can be proficient in the Heart Wisdom Methods.

Teaching you to be proficient at the highest level possible makes me a super happy camper, it’s my jam in my donut, the sun in my shine, and why I do what I do.

It’s also why I’ve dedicated so much of my life, education and training learning about helping people heal (45+ years), and teaching so I can guide YOU to be the best you can possibly be.

You’re invited to train with me in The Heart School of Animal Communication® and in the BEST Online Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club

If you’re just now starting to learn how to talk to animals, start with my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals. Click the picture below!

Which Free Ebook do you want?

Want more? Train with me privately in my even more powerful Heart Wisdom Soul Repair 30 Day Intensive Program.

I simply can’t teach you everything that you would learn in my 30 day intensive program working with me privately one on one about detaching from negative entities, unwanted passengers, clearing curses, spells and hexes, and recalling your power.

How to download straight from Source whatever you want to manifest.

How to heal at the cellular level, access and activate stem cells, and access sacred healing water.

How to remove trauma and clear abuse, and create miracles of healing in your life.

If the Intensive Program interests you, the information about how it works and how to apply is outlined on this page.

Click the link to find out more HERE

 

 

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Speaking to Animals Changed My Life: The Day a Horse Spoke to Me
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How Visualizing Can Improve Animal Communication

]]> https://valheart.com/energy-field-healing/feed/ 0 Do You Have Trouble Using Your Intuitive Abilities? https://valheart.com/do-you-have-trouble-using-your-intuitive-abilities/ https://valheart.com/do-you-have-trouble-using-your-intuitive-abilities/#respond Tue, 08 Jul 2025 16:30:36 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=117953 Do you have trouble accessing, using (or trusting) your intuitive abilities, or feel blocked when you try to communicate with animals?

 

There’s any number of things that could be going wrong for you. I know because I teach students how to develop their intuition, senses, abilities and skills.

It may surprise you to know that I never studied intuition development or animal communication before I first started working professionally as an animal communicator in 1993.

So I didn’t learn from someone else how the intuition works, or even how many intuitive senses there actually are.

It turns out there are a LOT of them, most of them are not commonly known or spoken about, much less taught how to work with.

I discovered how to access, use and trust my intuitive abilities all on my own. I think I was very lucky in that regard too. Let me explain why I say that.

Upon being surprised – and delighted – at the success of my instinctive and highly intuitive approach to communicating with animals, at one point I decided to take a closer look at how I was accomplishing the great results I was getting.

That’s when I realized I was using my intuition in unusual ways, and after much experience with trial and error and learning from the thousands of animals I communicated with, I discovered what it actually took to solve problems with pets, which became one of my specialties known as the Heart System for Solving Problems with Animals.

 

I figured out what worked to develop intuitive abilities, and what didn’t work so well.

And so it began on my journey. Since then I’ve been a bit obsessed with healing, evolving, and growing ALL my intuitive abilities for most of my life.

Growing up I remember reading books about people communicating with animals.

I loved reading books like Dr Dolittle, Black Beauty, The White Dragon, Watership Down, Peter Rabbit stories, and many others.

The stories intuitively resonated with me as right. They felt true, not just fanciful imagination fantasy based stories, but REAL.

I knew it was possible to do those things myself, I just had to figure out HOW.

I guess that was my “10,000 hours experience to become an expert” training, which led me to where I am today, one of the leading expert animal communicators and healers, and teacher/coach and mentor.

If I’d known at the time I was working as I read the books and explored the concepts, I probably would have tried to procrastinate.

 

People say you should never do something you’ve not been professionally trained in doing, and I understand why, but I’m here to tell you, that those people are wrong.

Well, they’re not wrong.

They’re just less right than me. ????

To be sure, if I’d had a worthy trusted mentor to teach me things and guide me properly in developing my intuitive abilities, I might could have avoided making a lot of mistakes along the way.

Or, I could have gone off track, wasted time going in the wrong directions following their teaching, or become limited if the teacher wasn’t so good or didn’t know enough.

Perhaps if I had had a worthy expert coach and mentor, I could have just spent maybe 100 hours instead of 10,000 hours.

On the other hand, going it alone like I did was how I learned some of my most important concepts, best intuition techniques, what worked and what didn’t, and went on to improve my intuitive abilities.

 

One of my gifts is creatively (and intuitively) thinking outside the box.

It’s how I developed my proprietary HEART Wisdom Methods of animal communication, and, the 5 Step HEART System for Solving Problems with Pets.

If you let me have a chat with you about your intuition development, animal communication training, spectacular pet problem solving proficiency, and healing abilities, or bedroom tidying needs, I will take you for coffee, lunch or tequila shots and promise to be somewhat entertaining.

If you’re lucky, I may even wear a top hat, my ballerina costume, or a tiara.

Probably not, but that would be great fun, right?

 

First off, I’d love to provide you with an intuition idea you’re free to steal.

I’ve included a sticker containing a picture of the most adorable little cowboy you’ve ever seen!

I found it online – he’s the rootinest, tootinest fluffiest cowpoke & I’m going to call him Tex (because… why not?)

I trust this will charm you into submission.

intuitive abilities tex

Are you smiling yet? ????

 

One easy way to develop your intuition properly is…

So let’s talk about one of the ways to develop your intuition properly, the easy way. Tanja describes her experience beautifully.

She said, “Val, you write in ‘Developing your intuition the right way’ [from our extensive collection of personally designed just for communicators Intuition Development Lessons & Exercises

[These are included with membership in the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club which is a part of the Heart School of Animal Communication® , and that’s where I teach my Heart Wisdom Methods]:

“Imagine that your heart has a direct connection with the Truth, and trust that this is so.”

When I did this (imagining and meditating on it), I immediately felt the connection and saw with eyes closed, how shining crystals came out of my heart. I had a feeling of liberation and relief.

It was beautiful and miraculous also, because I tried to open my heart for a long time! I knew there was something wrong with my heart chakra. I also developed chronic GERD/heartburn since March this year.
After I had this little meditation on the sentence of yours, I went for a walk with my dog Stella. Whenever it starts raining and it becomes windy, she wants to stop walking and/or hide somewhere.

I always thought, oh poor girl, she is so scared. But today I got a very different information right after the heart opening experience.

I got the information from her, that she was LISTENING to the SONGS OF THE TREES and the WIND.
Stella was lying down beside a huge tree and when I tuned in I felt she was in a loving relationship with this tree. The feeling I got was, that she was not only listening, but also connecting with the Earth and the elements, with where her body touched the ground.

We started our way home and we passed a front garden of some buildings where a huge bush was. I looked at the bush and it SANG! I was completely blown away. It sang OM!

I tuned into some other trees and all of them were singing, in very different ways.

This spontaneous experience or even healing was so miraculous! ???? Plus I don`t feel the heartburn so much anymore, too.”

Way to go, Tanja!!

What an extraordinary and profound experience.

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Improving your ability to communicate and use your intuition can happen just like this.

One seemingly simple adjustment to your intuitive focus that then expands your senses, and connects you to the living, sentient world all around you.

The process can also help you heal your inner wounds so you don’t block yourself from using your intuitive senses and abilities properly when communicating with animals.

 

Ultimately, you may – or may not – need my training in how to do this yourself on your own.

But if you want to improve your communication abilities as quickly as possible and don’t want go it all by yourself or make mistakes like I did, then I highly recommend training with someone who’s been there, done that, and knows how to guide you in the right direction.

Because if you’re going in the wrong direction(s), more speed doesn’t help.

That’s the point of my courses, training, live classes, memberships, and one on one coaching.

It’s also why I personally designed ALL of our 35 Intuition Development Lessons and Exercises to teach you something important about sensing, developing, clarifying, and applying
your intuitive abilities, which will help you communicate successfully and more reliably at will.

So if you’ve ever wondered what makes the Heart School and the Heart Wisdom Method so different from other teachers approaches, workshops, or courses…

There you have it! ????

Learn How to Talk with Animals

To be clear, in order to communicate competently and proficiently requires proper practice with feedback, the right education, training, guidance on fine tuning and developing ALL your intuitive abilities, healing your wounds, and acquiring more practical experience.

 

That’s because these are more advanced skills as I teach with the Heart Wisdom Methods.

There is a world of difference between:

  1. Trying to figure out how to develop and use your intuition by yourself without support or community or expert coaching and mentoring…
  2. Taking a one off course or workshop, or being a member of a practice group that lacks the proper training, coaching and guidance to answer your questions or grow your abilities in the right ways…
  3. Becoming part of a community of like minded students becoming highly skilled in communication and healing, using ALL your intuitive abilities, so you can become confident and competent using your skills to help animals.

I highly recommend the third option: being part of an online 24/7/365 big-hearted, loving community with live classes filled with engaged supportive students eager to practice growing their intuitive abilities, encouraging each other, and who receive additional advanced training to expand their education and practice.

Nita said, “I’m so grateful for the incredible resources / Masterclass Series recordings…. totally spoilt for choice! I enjoyed the 3 classes on the paranormal, and have started on the Advanced Healing Techniques … going through them once before I go back to make notes… then I’m eager to move onto the others!”

 

Students and professionals train with me to gain that “extra edge” by developing more than just the ‘average’ communicator intuitive senses and skills.

 

You know you can do better. BE better. You want more.

You know you have inner healing to do because you can sense limitations, blocks and blind spots in your communication and in your life.

Helping you with that is why I’ve dedicated so much of my life, education and training learning about helping people heal (45+ years), healing, and teaching so I can guide YOU to be the best you can possibly be using intuitive senses to communicate with animals.

You won’t find this level of training anywhere else.

After studying Heart Wisdom Methods of animal communication and healing, you will discover that there is no ceiling to your development as a proficient, competent communicator.

Let me show you how to develop ALL your intuitive senses, build your confidence, and expand your education so you can help animals with whatever they most need help with.

This page has all the Club details.

 

My “right fit” qualified students move through four levels of competence: beginner, intermediate, advanced, and proficient.

In my 6 Months to Animal Communication Mastery Program (aka FastTrack Program) we work together with the goal of you becoming competent, confident and proficient using your intuitive and telepathic abilities by the end.

In addition to one on one support, you also get self-study materials and group coaching, practice, and training opportunities.

You can also choose to invest in the individual courses, private coaching sessions, and Club membership separately if you prefer not to do the whole 6-month program right now.

You can start right away.

The info you need is HERE

Today is a great day to take the next step in your communication journey!

Michelle said “Working with Val gets better faster results in 1 session than doing 18+ typical therapist sessions. If you want to stop being triggered by old wounds and traumas, Val is the BEST.”

If you’d prefer to work together privately you’ll find information about how to get a session with me one on one for coaching and mentoring (and healing) for you and/or your pets at https://valheart.com

Learn more about using your intuition! Start by downloading my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!

Which Free Ebook do you want?

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]]> https://valheart.com/do-you-have-trouble-using-your-intuitive-abilities/feed/ 0 How Long Does It Take to Become a Good Animal Communicator? https://valheart.com/become-a-good-animal-communicator/ https://valheart.com/become-a-good-animal-communicator/#respond Mon, 07 Jul 2025 19:35:32 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=118090 Learning how to communicate with animals as a hobby can be a fun and rewarding experience. However, to become a truly skilled animal communicator—defined as confident, competent, accurate, and proficient in the Heart Wisdom Methods of animal communication—requires a deeper learning process.

This is especially true for those who aim to pursue animal communication as a professional career. Many beginners wonder: What does it take to become really good? After all, this unique skill set relies on intuitive abilities, which demand effort and commitment to master.

 

The Importance of Quality Training and Animal Communicator Practice

As one of our Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club members, Nita, puts it:

“It is not the length of time but the quality of training and practice that matters. I’ve taken courses before but lacked practice opportunities and feedback. Finally, in the Heart School, I’ve found the support, wisdom, and tools to deeply understand animal communication and life itself.”

The Heart School of Animal Communication provides a comprehensive learning environment with self-study courses, live training, expert coaching, and a supportive community. It’s designed to help students advance their communication skills, master their intuition, and effectively help animals when they need it most.

 

Activating Your Intuitive Senses

To become a skilled animal communicator, you must activate and develop your intuitive senses. This begins with the basics, such as understanding how animal communication works, as taught in the Beginning Foundations Course. Students are introduced to the four primary intuitive senses:

  1. Clairvoyance: Seeing images or visions intuitively.
  2. Clairaudience: Hearing messages intuitively.
  3. Clairsentience: Feeling emotions and sensations intuitively.
  4. Claircognizance: Knowing information intuitively without physical evidence.

Through practice and guided exercises, students discover their primary intuitive gifts and learn to strengthen their other intuitive senses for a well-rounded skill set.

 

Practice Makes Perfect

One popular exercise, “What’s in the Box,” challenges students to intuitively sense the contents of a wrapped box. This activity helps develop intuitive accuracy and builds confidence. As Rosemary, one of our students, discovered:

“By shifting my energy into the box, I could sense its contents. This breakthrough improved my skills and made the practice enjoyable for both me and my husband.”

This ability to sense accurately translates directly to animal communication. By connecting with an animal’s energy, you can:

  • Understand their emotions and physical sensations.
  • Detect health issues or pain points.
  • Learn their thoughts, experiences, and needs.

 

Advanced Intuitive Skills for Healing and Communication

Beyond the basics, the Heart School offers advanced training to help students:

  • Track energy flows within an animal’s body.
  • Detect blockages, inflammation, or health imbalances.
  • Use intuitive abilities for medical scanning and problem-solving.

For example, Val Heart shares a case study about a racehorse with an undiagnosed hip fracture. Through intuitive communication and medical scanning, she identified the issue, guiding the vet to the right diagnosis and ultimately saving the horse from further harm.

 

The Heart Wisdom Method Difference

What sets the Heart Wisdom Method apart is the emphasis on:

  • Comprehensive training: Self-study courses, live coaching, and advanced masterclasses.
  • Intuitive development: Exercises to activate and refine all intuitive senses.
  • Inner healing: Addressing personal blocks that may interfere with accurate communication.
  • Community support: A 24/7 online community of like-minded students.

Tricia, another student, shares:

“I needed an ongoing community to hone my skills. The School and Club provide so much depth and breadth of information. It’s amazing!”

 

How Long Does It Take?

The time it takes to become proficient depends on your dedication to practice, education, and personal growth. The Heart School offers multiple pathways:

 

Take the First Step

Start your journey today with our free eworkbook, Become a Better Animal Communicator. Ready for private coaching or advanced training? Visit ValHeart.com or explore our courses at Learn How to Talk to Animals.

 

 

Are you looking for the perfect read for every animal lover with a big heart and a deep longing to really understand the animals in their life…

When you know in your bones that animals have thoughts, feelings, and wisdom to share, but you’re not always sure how to hear them clearly, this book is for you.

Inside Advanced Animal Communication with the Heart Wisdom Method®, you’ll find gentle, powerful tools to help you connect soul to soul, no special psychic gifts required. Just click on the book below!

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]]> https://valheart.com/become-a-good-animal-communicator/feed/ 0 Forgiveness Helps You Be a Better Animal Communicator https://valheart.com/forgiveness-step-to-healing/ https://valheart.com/forgiveness-step-to-healing/#respond Mon, 07 Jul 2025 18:56:50 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=117964 When “Forgive and Forget” seems easier said than done.

If you’ve been working on forgiveness, trying to find a way to release and forget betrayals so you can heal from mental, physical, emotional wounds, abuse, attacks, accidents, or injuries…

But no amount of meditating, journaling, praying, EFT tapping, Ho’oponopono, or therapeutic guidance has succeeded in freeing you from the pain.

No matter what you try, you are still suffering, unable to forgive or forget what happened.

That pain tiger has you by the tail and just won’t let go.

I know how you feel – been there, done that.

There are a lot of different forgiveness techniques out there, including journaling, writing and/or burning letters in a ritual of release, or tearing them up and flushing them down the toilet.

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Some techniques work better than others, and some, meh, not so helpful.

Some even make things worse.

I’ve worked with clients who have been in therapy for years but still haven’t made much progress in moving forward and healing at all.

I even read a technique recently that uses microcurrents to stimulate areas of the brain (that’s right, shock therapy! OMG. Please don’t do that, it’s barbaric and totally unnecessary… I promise there’s a much easier, faster, more effective way). ????

There’s a better, easier, faster way to forgive and forget.

What I’ve discovered – and what I teach and guide students and clients in doing – is a highly effective 12D energy detachment exercise that literally releases this kind of life energy draining trauma so the pain simply goes away and lets go.

It only takes about a minute, maybe two once you know how to do it properly.

I’ve used it to heal from the injuries suffered in a 17 year abusive marriage.

To recover from the grief of losing a child.

I’ve used this extraordinary technique to heal from the sadness and trauma in losing loved ones, including my heart horses, dogs, and cats, friends and family members.

And I’ve definitely used it to release betrayals and attacks by authority figures, family, and trusted friends.

Another area that needs forgiveness is for releasing trauma from social injustices, abuse and crimes against humanity as well as against animals.

 

Here’s the thing:

The best, fastest, and surest way to be able to forgive what you’ve been unable to forget is to learn and experience what I call:

12D High Energy Hygiene Practice for Animal Communicators and Healers, Forgiving What You Can’t Forget.

This training is part 2 in our 12D Energy Hygiene Practices Masterclass series.

We started by learning how to Get Funky Energy Out of Your Field (Part 1).

Now it’s time to take those exercises and carry it forward to discover how to release and forgive the old pain and trauma drama from your life.

Why is it important to know how to forgive and forget using 12D techniques?

What can happen for highly sensitive, caring, and empathic animal lovers is that we feel deeply.

We can literally experience what others feel, and if they are in pain or suffering, then we feel that in our own body or mind.

We can be triggered into upset, anger, fear and depression, and feel wounded from seeing social media posts or disturbing pictures or stories.

And of course, we have our own inner wounds to heal too.

Until we’ve healed, we can be triggered into a dark place of despair or anxiety or fear, and wind up shutting down.

Then when you work with people and animals, and they are in pain or suffering or have experience bad things, you’ll take that into yourself.

You can literally sponge their pain into your own field.

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Until you know how to:

1) Shield yourself properly from being triggered or affected by the world around you, and

2) Release and clear injuries, attacks, abuse, painful experiences and events so you can forgive and move on…

You simply won’t be able to let things go completely, keep your energy field clean and clear, balance your chakras and meridians (and keep them balanced), repair your Wei Qi, and recharge your vital life force batteries (the mitochondria in your cells among other things).

You won’t be able to clear old karma or complete negative soul contracts.

And you won’t be able to heal your heart so you can be a better communicator.

You have 2 ways to work with me to heal, forgive and forget so you can live your best life:

1. Your first option is to join the Heart School Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club® as a Platinum member so you can access the Masterclasses on this topic.

A BIG foundational component in the Heart Wisdom Methods of communication include doing your inner healing work so you can be crystal clear, fully present, and use all your intuitive abilities.

And know how to do THIS – forgiving what you can’t forget – is part of your healing.

This is a critical skill that very few communicators or healers know anything about, but it’s crucial to your success, health, and well being as well as those you serve.

This level of Masterclass training isn’t available anywhere else.

The only way to get this Masterclass or access Part 1 in our series is by being a Platinum Advanced and Professional Club Member.

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!

Which Free Ebook do you want?

What is the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club®?

The Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club® provides a live school environment accessible through an online portal.

This paid membership offers access to courses, supportive big hearted community, practice opportunities, ongoing expert guidance, and advanced training in the Heart Wisdom Methods.

It’s designed to guide you in growing your intuitive skills and improving your communication and healing abilities with animals.

That’s why this club emphasizes practice, training in the Heart Wisdom Methods, and community support.

The club encourages you to communicate with other people’s animals to receive proper feedback from those who know the animals best, and currently has well over 300 animals for you to practice with.

That’s important because proper feedback is the only way to become confident and accurate, and avoid making mistakes.

Additionally, you’ll benefit from the guided meditations and intuition development lessons I created especially for animal communicators to teach you how to evolve ALL your intuitive abilities which are invaluable for your growth.

Remember, as a member you’re part of a community that believes in your ability to communicate with animals.

There are no long term commitments, so feel free to explore and learn!

You’ll learn how to shift and release the old experiences so they don’t continue to drain and trigger you, and rewound you every time you think about them.

You will also learn an advanced shielding technique too that I love and use on a daily basis.

No long term commitments required.

For all the details, click HERE.

 

2. Your second option is my private Heart Wisdom Soul Repair, Body & Spirit Healing 30 Day Intensive Program.

In 4 private training sessions, you’ll learn how to get the funky energy out and keep it out of your field for the rest of your life. You’ll discover how to forgive what you can’t forget too.

You’ll also learn how to clear curses, witchcraft, entities, demons, negative soul contracts, release old karma, remove unwanted passengers, seal up energy leaks causing fatigue, illness, and memory fog, repair your genetic code (RNA/DNA), tap directly into prosperity using the power of pure manifestation, and in the process you’ll recover your health too.

You’ll even discover how to create miracles of healing on your own. For instance you’ll also learn how to heal water like I do in our Heart Wisdom Love Meditations and Sacred Healing Water downloads (and for my clients too).

I only have room for 2 clients in this Program a month. Information including how to apply for the Program is >>  HERE!

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]]> https://valheart.com/forgiveness-step-to-healing/feed/ 0 Communicating With Animals: The 3 Biggest Mistakes https://valheart.com/communicating-with-animals-the-3-biggest-mistakes/ https://valheart.com/communicating-with-animals-the-3-biggest-mistakes/#respond Fri, 28 Feb 2025 18:19:57 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=117961 What are the 3 biggest mistakes students make when they practice communicating with animals?

How do you know if you’re making mistakes communicating with animals? Hint: If your pet looks at you like this, you’re definitely making mistakes. 😉

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The First, and Biggest Mistake Animal Communicators Make is…

The single biggest ‘mistake’ is being too hesitant and quitting before you’ve developed competence in your intuitive abilities.

Acting as if you only have limited shots: “I’ll practice communicating with 1 animal and see how it goes.”

If you don’t “get” anything right off the bat, immediately, then you quit.

If you DO get something, you are afraid to share what you’ve got.

Why? Because you might have gotten it wrong.

Or you didn’t get as much as someone else who’s farther along in their training developing their abilities, so you feel discouraged.

Your not so helpful ego mind distracts you with thoughts like, “I can’t do this, I suck, I should give up and quit.”

Even worse, you listen to that nonsense instead of busting through it.

Or you don’t get prompt validation and confirming feedback from the pet’s person and without immediate gratification in the form of approval, you discourage yourself and abandon your efforts.

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Or worse still is when you share and have lots of positive responses but having received just one negative response where you weren’t entirely accurate or didn’t have your message validated or confirmed 100%?

You freak out and cease sharing further messages, insights or impressions.

 

Newsflash: You are not going to run out of animals to practice communicating with, and hesitancy or quitting won’t help.

Each experience will teach you something to improve your abilities, but not if you quit.

You’ll do better with some practice communication sessions than others, for various reasons that may have absolutely nothing to do with you.

You’ll learn something important from every practice communication you do. Even if it’s a mistake which will teach you what not to do.

That’s why we have well over 300 animal teachers in our Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club community to choose from to practice with, including our Featured Animal Teacher of the Month.

Sometimes, you won’t get it right.

And sometimes, you will get it right!

Just because someone else got what you got or something different that what you intuited, is no reason not to share what you got too.

And just because you may not get immediate gratification in the form of validation or confirmation that you got it right doesn’t mean you should give up, or that you got it wrong either.

Set your intention to learn from your mistakes because they are your best teachers.

So, here’s the thing.

Unless you continue practicing with a wide variety of animals not your own so you can get proper feedback, you’ll never know when you did it right or went off track or made a mistake, and if you don’t do that?

You won’t grow your confidence or abilities to be a better communicator.

 

The Second Mistake Animal Communicators Make is…

The second mistake I see animal communicators make is the flaw of perfectionism.

I’m not suggesting you don’t do your best.

You absolutely should.

However, delaying sharing what you get from your communication practice because you’re not happy with what you think you did or are worried you didn’t do it perfectly or might have made a mistake is not acceptable.

Your perfectionist mind isn’t all it thinks it is.

Even if you fix all the mistakes (imaginary or otherwise), you may be making a whole lot of other errors you aren’t aware of.

Don’t be sloppy, but don’t be the reverse of it either.

When I first started communicating with animals in 1993 I missed things all the time. Gasp! ????

Occasionally I NAILED it!

Knocked it out of the park! WOW!!!

I astonished even myself at how awesome the communication and teaching was.

But I’d never have known that if I was afraid to practice, speak up and share what I got from communicating with animals.

I wouldn’t be where I am today if I’d quit or didn’t heal my fears or tendency to be a perfectionist.

 

Finally, the Third Mistake Animal Communicators Make.

The third mistake I see is beginners trying to communicate with your own pet before practicing with other people’s pets so you can get proper feedback.

Without proper feedback to become competent with your intuitive communication skills, with animals you don’t know or have history with?

You won’t be able to communicate with animals you have history with and cannot gain clarity or be objective.

That’s like a surgeon practicing on their family members and loved ones before making it through their first semester in training to be a doctor.

Not a great idea.

Why? Because you’re too close to your own pet.

They often mirror and reflect you. (I call that the Human Animal BodyMind Connection, and it’s a powerful thing few understand or know how to work with…) 

You aren’t objective because you have a shared history together, and you have expectations and thoughts that get in your way.

Your emotions aren’t neutral so you cannot be a witness observer, especially if you have an agenda or checklist of problems you want to sort out or issues to resolve.

 

Let’s face it, if your goal is to solve or fix a problem with your pet, you need more advanced experience, practice, and training.

When you practice with other people’s pets in a safe loving community, you don’t know them.

You have a clean intuitive canvas to explore so you can discover what works, and how to get out of your own way.

When you know how to connect to communicate using a quiet still mind, the way I teach using Heart Wisdom Methods.

When you know how to access and use all your intuitive abilities, then yes, now is the time to refocus to communicating with your own pets.

Because then you’ll know exactly what to do, the steps of how it works, and will be able to facilitate a great conversation.

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My Advice: Take imperfect action and practice communicating every day if you want to be a better animal communicator.

Be comfortable with a degree of unfinished conversations because often the best conversations go on for days, weeks and months. Even years as you go deeper into exploring and sharing life with each other.

With your communication practice, remember that there’s always the redo button, a chance to reboot and reconnect to try again, and the option to continue the conversation later to discover what you missed.

Including the option to take a time out to consider what you’re discovering, to connect with your inner Guidance and ask to be shown what you don’t know yet, and to process what’s been triggered for you that needs healing.

We have an entire Heart Wisdom Masterclass essential training series dedicated to avoiding mistakes, improving accuracy, and interpreting animal messages properly.

We have 2 entire courses on how to continue the conversation and go deeper by asking the right question in the right way to get the best results. (Those include Advanced Animal Talk Mastery and the Heart of the Conversation 7 Step Blueprint courses.)

We have an entire awesome series of intuition lessons and exercises that I personally created for my animal communication and healing students in the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club.

Club members have access to me for expert coaching, mentoring, and guidance to improve your skills and correct mistakes in our Live Q&A and Masterclasses.

 

Ask yourself, did I make a mistake OR am I making a discovery?

Because it’s about discovering what works for you, what didn’t work, and when you make mistakes how to fix them so you can avoid making them in the future.

Do you wish you had access to an expert coach to guide you in improving your intuitive abilities faster?

What a great idea! Did you think of that all by yourself?? Because that is brilliant and the super smart way to go!

That’s exactly what I most love to do with my animal communication students in the Heart School of Animal Communication® , in the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club, and in private 1 on 1 mentoring too.

Don’t be afraid to make mistakes.

They are your biggest teachers.

Get the expert help and guidance you need to grow and improve your abilities.

 

The Heart Wisdom Method of Animal Communication takes you on an all encompassing, spiritual journey to heal, evolve and grow into your best Self.​

The program is a sequence of different trainings, and the further you go, the more competent you will be in my method. My “right fit” qualified students move through four levels of competence: beginner, intermediate, advanced, and proficient.

In fact, the Heart School and Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club® are endorsed by Penelope Smith, so you can be sure you’re in the right place if you’re looking for mentoring and ways to improve your skills.

“I’m delighted to endorse the Heart School of Animal Communication®. Val Heart, who began training with me in 1993, has created a comprehensive program of teaching, coaching, and mentoring. The extensive offerings of the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club® for Advanced & Professional Communicators and Professional Practitioner Training/Mentoring enable aspiring professionals to get continued practice with live one-on-one guidance and master classes. What a cornucopia of training from a very experienced teacher!”
~ Penelope Smith, Grandmother of Interspecies Telepathic Communication, Author of Animal Talk, When Animals Speak, and Animals in Spirit https://animaltalk.net 

 

For Beginner to Intermediate level students who want to do this as your career:

The best program for you is my 6 Months to Mastery (aka FastTrack Program) where we work together with the goal of you becoming proficient by the end. In addition to 1-on-1 coaching, you also get self-study material and group coaching, practice, and training opportunities.

You can also choose to invest in the individual courses, private coaching sessions, and online membership separately if you don’t want to do the whole 6-month program right now.

You can start right away. It’s all spelled out for you at:

https://learnhowtotalktoanimals.com/animal-communication-online-courses-core/


If you prefer private coaching/mentoring here’s what to do.

Don’t wait if you want a private problem solving, healing session because my schedule is currently booking into May and beyond with a wait list.

You don’t need an animal to work with me, and it’s okay if you do! At least half my private clients want my guidance for their own personal healing, relationships, career, and life coaching. One of my wonderful clients said:

“Working with Val gets better faster results in 1 session than doing 18+ typical therapist sessions. If you want to stop being triggered by old wounds and traumas, Val is the BEST.”

Info about how to work with me 1:1 is at:

https://valheart.com

 

Want a head start?

Click and grab any of my charming and delightful ebooks, starter and advanced courses and programs for teeny tiny investments.

There is a great selection to choose from of my most effective Heart Wisdom Methods teaching you how to get the attention of animals, avoid these and other mistakes, and develop your intuitive communication – and healing – abilities.

You’ll find everything you need at https://learnhowtotalktoanimals.com/animal-communication-online-courses-core/

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!

Which Free Ebook do you want?

Students and professionals train with me to gain that “extra edge” by developing more than just the ‘average’ communicator skills.

You know you can do better.

BE better.

You want more.

You know you have inner healing to do because you can sense limitations, blocks and blind spots in your communication and in your life.

It’s why I’ve dedicated so much of my life (45+ years) to coaching, educating, healing, and teaching so I can guide YOU to be the best you can possibly be.

What my students are saying

  • Lee said, “What I discovered as a Platinum Club Member was a whole new world of info that was more exciting than I could even imagine. That first week I listened to 7 Masterclasses! I cannot recommend it highly enough. Trust me, Val’s Library is amazing. For me there was no turning back. Try the one month thing and evaluate it for yourself.”
  • Krys said, “Thank you for all of your teachings. Your knowledge is breathtaking and I love having this opportunity to expand as a direct result of it!”
  • Nita said, “I’m so grateful for the incredible resources / Masterclass Series recordings…. totally spoilt for choice! I enjoyed the 3 classes on the paranormal, and have started on the Advanced Healing Techniques … going through them once before I go back to make notes… then I’m eager to move onto the others!”
  • Tricia said, “I stumbled on your site through a list of animal communicators. Some held occasional live classes, others had recorded classes but no one else offered a live school. After taking two short term classes, I knew I needed an ongoing community to hone my skills. Your School provides that and so much more. I continue to be amazed at the depth and breadth of the information provided.”
  • Penny said, “Wow. So much to be grateful for. I am celebrating this amazing community that I have recently joined. So encouraging and uplifting to be with others who are on the same page when it comes to this skill, and gifts we are developing.”

You won’t find this level of training anywhere else.

Learn How to Talk with Animals

 

Ready to become a better – more competent, proficient – animal communicator?

You can start right away. The info you need is to train with me is at https://learnhowtotalktoanimals.com/animal-communication-online-courses-core/

Today is a great day to take the next step in your communication journey.

Experience the most comprehensive, LIVE online animal communication and intuition development training available. The ONLY Program endorsed by Penelope Smith! This is Next Level “beyond the basics” to mastery.

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Enjoy this article? Here are three more of my most popular articles about becoming a better animal communicator:

Animal Talk Messages: If You Could Hear Your Pet’s Voice, What Would Your Animal Communicate To You?
How Cat Communication Prepared TuffyTiger To Go Outside Safely
Is My Dog Happy? Here’s How to Know For Sure

 

 

]]> https://valheart.com/communicating-with-animals-the-3-biggest-mistakes/feed/ 0 Improve Your Animal Communication Results: Shift The Energy https://valheart.com/improve-your-animal-communication-results/ https://valheart.com/improve-your-animal-communication-results/#respond Mon, 10 Feb 2025 20:28:54 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=117967

Animal communication works by using your intuitive telepathic abilities to understand your pet thoughts and feelings.

That’s important because when you can communicate with animals, they will tell you how they feel, why they do what they do, and what they think.

But you have to learn how to speak their language first, which is what I teach in the Heart School of Animal Communication® .

Something I’ve noticed over the years teaching and coaching animal communication students is that some do very well with the Heart Wisdom Methods and my training process.

Some don’t do so good.

And it has nothing whatsoever to do with my training methods.

It has to do with shifting your energy and approach – and avoiding mistakes – to get better results from your animal communication practice.

 

One of the biggest problems I’ve discovered with beginning animal communication students is…

Let’s begin by considering how different the energies of “trying” and “deciding” are.

Whenever someone says to me, “I’m going to try your training” (or words along those lines) that’s a flashing neon red sign that they’re probably going to make a halfhearted effort and then later be upset that it (supposedly) didn’t work.

They start out with the thought, “it won’t work for me” and sure enough, they make sure that it won’t. ????

What’s interesting is that it’s almost always people who haven’t worked with me directly who say and do this.

So, by definition, their effort is halfhearted because they haven’t even gotten my eyes on what they’re doing to make sure they’re *actually* doing the Heart Wisdom communication techniques properly.

I’ve coached students who’ve said these sorts of things, and of course I can always spot lots of reasons why they aren’t succeeding including simply not following my directions which is a pet peeve of mine.

For these students it often feels like herding cats with them going off in all sorts of bizarre directions…

They go every whichaway except the path I’m doing my best to guide them on, including often doing the exact opposite of what I told them to do! ????

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“Trying” won’t help your experience your breakthrough!

Half hearted “try” energy completely blocked them from letting me teach them why their approach isn’t working, and how to shift the energy to get better results.

It’s true, I sometimes catch myself slipping into “try” energy too. We probably all do.

For instance, with different fitness goals that I’ve worked on, and how nothing seems to happen when I’m in “try” energy.

Then when I shift into “decide” energy, results happen so quickly they make my head spin.

Because our effort and focus and results tends to follow our energy and our intention.

When I’m in “try” energy I say things in my head like, “I’m really trying to stick to my food plan but I’m seeing such slow results!”

Then when I look at the records I kept, there isn’t anything written down for 3 straight days, or I ate a lot of untrackable foods and wrote multiple question marks, or I know that I (completely on purpose) didn’t write down the treat I snuck in the other day because hey, I deserve a treat occasionally and that shouldn’t be counted, or the classic, cookie crumbles don’t have calories those are broken cookies after all, or… oh boy.

But then in the “decide” energy I’m suddenly clear, focused, and consistent.

As if by magic, I suddenly know exactly what I need to do to get results – having a set food plan and always following it no matter what, no excuses.

“There is no try, only do or don’t do.” ~ Yoda

And Voila! There are the results! Things change the instant I shift my intent.

It’s amazing how we’ll tell ourselves that we don’t know why something’s not working or what to do to get results.

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Yet when we shift the focus, commitment, and our energy, suddenly that old “can’t” story just evaporates.

I think that no matter how successful we become, there will always be times when we slip into this silly little trick that we play on ourselves.

It’s just a different (or more advanced) form of it each time.

But if we can recognize it happening, we can more easily catch ourselves and get back on track faster.

Have you observed these two different energies in yourself and the results (or lack thereof) that follow each?

 

To get the best results from your communication practice…

From your training to become a better more proficient communicator or healer…

You need to DECIDE to do so.

Take the steps necessary to make it happen. Whatever it takes.

Take advantage of the opportunities for support and expert guidance.

Do the work.

The magic you want is in the work you’ve been avoiding.

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The Heart Wisdom Methods of Animal Communication Training Program is a sequence of different trainings, and the further you go, the more competent you will be in my method.

My “right fit” students move through four levels of competence: beginner, intermediate, advanced, and proficient practitioners.

In fact, the Heart School and Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club® are endorsed by Penelope Smith, so you can be sure you’re in the right place if you’re looking for mentoring and ways to improve your intuitive telepathic skills.

“I’m delighted to endorse the Heart School of Animal Communication®. Val Heart, who began training with me in 1993, has created a comprehensive program of teaching, coaching, and mentoring. The extensive offerings of the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club® for Advanced & Professional Communicators and Professional Practitioner Training/Mentoring enable aspiring professionals to get continued practice with live one-on-one guidance and master classes. What a cornucopia of training from a very experienced teacher!”
~ Penelope Smith, Grandmother of Interspecies Telepathic Communication, Author of Animal Talk, When Animals Speak, and Animals in Spirit https://animaltalk.net 

 

Click and grab any of my charming and delightful ebooks, self study courses, memberships, classes and programs for beginners to intermediate to advanced and professional communicator business building courses and memberships, and 1:1 private student coaching/mentoring.

You can start training right away with immediate access.

The Heart School training program roadmap is spelled out for you at: https://learnhowtotalktoanimals.com/animal-communication-online-courses-core/

Start by downloading my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!

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Lee said, “Regarding Platinum Club Membership, I felt as though I was not ready for that commitment from a time or financial standpoint either. However, I once heard Val say to someone that you can upgrade for a month or two, without obligation to continue.
So after my cat Sal was the Featured Animal Teacher (which was a wonderful experience for us both), I decided to “bite the bullet “ so to speak, and give it a go.
What I discovered was a whole new world of info that was more exciting than I could even imagine. That first week I listened to 7 Masterclasses!
I cannot recommend it highly enough. Trust me, Val’s Library is amazing. For me there was no turning back. Try the one-month thing and evaluate it for yourself.”

Krys said, “I just listened to your ‘Communicating with Pests’ masterclass and realized how much spiritual growth I still need to do. Ha! Ha! Thank you for all of your teachings. Your knowledge is breathtaking, and I love having this opportunity to expand as a direct result of it!”

Tricia said, “I stumbled on your site through a list of animal communicators. Some held occasional live classes, others had recorded classes but no one else offered a live school. After taking two short term classes, I knew I needed an ongoing community to hone my skills. Your School provides that and so much more. I continue to be amazed at the depth and breadth of the information provided.”

Cheryl said, “When I participated in the Live Q&A Coaching Calls you would include little-known techniques and practices NOWHERE else available, I LOVED LOVED LOVED it! I am so grateful. I was able to learn what I did and now I use it to help the animals I work with. Thank you for all that you do!”

 

For Beginner to Intermediate level animal communicator students who want to do this work as your career:

The best program for you is my 6 Months to Mastery (aka FastTrack Program) where we work together with the goal of you becoming proficient by the end. In addition to 1-on-1 private coaching with me, you also get self-study material and group coaching, practice, and training opportunities.

You can also invest in the individual courses, private coaching sessions, and online membership separately if you don’t want to do the whole 6-month program right now.

You can start right away. You’ll find it in our Heart School syllabus all spelled out for you at:

https://learnhowtotalktoanimals.com/animal-communication-online-courses-core/

 

If you’d prefer to work with me privately…

I specialize in coaching/mentoring for animal communication, problem solving, medical intuitive scanning, life coaching, 12D healing sessions.

 

Don’t wait if you want a private problem solving, healing session because my schedule usually books out a month and beyond with a wait list.

You don’t need an animal to work with me, and it’s okay if you do! At least half my private clients want my guidance for their own personal healing, relationships, career, and life coaching.

One of my wonderful clients said:

“Working with Val gets better faster results in 1 session than doing 18+ typical therapist sessions. If you want to stop being triggered by old wounds and traumas, Val is the BEST.”

Info about how to work with me one on one is at: https://valheart.com

 

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]]> https://valheart.com/improve-your-animal-communication-results/feed/ 0 Exploring Past Lives: 1 Way to Discover Deep Connections with Animals https://valheart.com/exploring-past-lives-animals/ https://valheart.com/exploring-past-lives-animals/#respond Tue, 10 Dec 2024 22:27:09 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=118044 Discover How Exploring Past Lives Impact You and Your Animal Companions

Have you ever wondered about the deep, spiritual ties you share with animals? Exploring past lives can unlock profound insights into these connections. By understanding past life experiences, you can heal emotional wounds, strengthen your bond with your pets, and deepen your self-awareness.

Animals, just like us, are spiritual beings on their own Soul’s Journey. Together, we share lifetimes, lessons, and deep karmic ties that shape our current relationships. By exploring past lives, we can unlock profound insights into our connections, heal old wounds, and strengthen the bond we share with the animals we love.

Let’s dive into how exploring past lives can transform your relationship with animals—and yourself.

Explore past lives with animal communication and the heart wisdom methods

 

What Are Past Lives, and Why Do They Matter?

By exploring past lives, you can uncover karmic ties and enhance your relationship with your animal companions.

From a Soul’s perspective, life doesn’t end—it transforms. Energy never dies, as quantum physics tells us, and our Souls carry lessons, memories, and relationships from lifetime to lifetime.

Animals are part of this journey too. They reincarnate for various reasons, often returning to us as friends, protectors, healers, or guides.

But why do these past lives matter in our present?

Because unresolved trauma, karma, or Soul contracts from previous lifetimes often influence our current experiences. By understanding these connections, we can find peace, healing, and clarity.

 

A Deeper Dive into Past Lives with Animals

Exploring past lives isn’t just an intellectual exercise—it’s a powerful tool for healing and growth. Let me share two stories that illustrate this beautifully.

Trudy’s Healing Journey

Trudy came to me suffering from severe monthly pain that no doctor could fix. Through intuitive work, I uncovered a past life where she had died tragically from hemorrhaging after a miscarriage. The trauma and grief from that lifetime had carried into her current one, manifesting as physical pain and emotional fear.

When Trudy understood and healed this experience, her pain disappeared, and she found peace for the first time.

Max the Cat’s Transformation

Max was a skittish, unhealthy cat who seemed fearful of everything, despite living in a loving and supportive home. Through past life exploration, Max revealed memories of a short, tragic lifetime during a war. The trauma of losing his human companion and struggling to survive had left him unable to trust or feel safe.

By addressing and healing this past life, Max became a confident, healthy companion, deepening his bond with his current person.

 

What Do Past Lives Have to Do with Animal Communication?

Heart Wisdom Soul Journey When an animal shares a memory of a past life, it’s always for a reason. These memories often illuminate the root cause of current fears, behaviors, or physical challenges.

For example:

  • A dog afraid of water may have drowned in a previous life.
  • A horse who dislikes certain people may carry unresolved karma with them.
  • A cat who startles easily may be recalling traumatic events from a past lifetime.

By exploring these connections, we can bring understanding, healing, and transformation to our relationships.

 

Techniques to Explore Past Lives

There are many ways to access past lives, but one of my favorites is the Heart Wisdom Soul Journey Rainbow Staircase Meditation. This technique allows you to gently lift the “veil of forgetfulness” and explore your Soul’s memories.

You can also use intuitive techniques like telepathic communication to ask your animals about their past experiences so you can explore them together.

Other methods include:

  • Hypnotherapy, as pioneered by Dolores Cannon, who discovered incredible wisdom by exploring past lives with her clients.
  • Observing talents or gifts that feel natural—these often stem from lifetimes of practice in previous incarnations.

 

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Exploring past lives isn’t just fascinating—it’s transformative. By uncovering the root causes of behaviors, fears, or challenges, we can release old patterns and create space for growth and joy.

For example:

  • Physical issues like recurring pain or birthmarks may stem from past injuries.
  • Emotional struggles, such as fear, grief, or self-doubt, may have roots in unresolved past life trauma.

When you work with animals, understanding their past lives can help you:

  • Solve behavior challenges.
  • Address unexplained fears or anxieties.
  • Strengthen your bond by uncovering shared Soul journeys.

 

Your Journey to Mastery

Mastering animal communication means going beyond the basics to explore deeper connections like past lives.

The Heart Wisdom Masterclasses offer advanced training in topics like:

  • Time travel and Soul healing.
  • Reincarnation, karma, and Soul contracts.
  • Accessing the Akashic Records.

These classes aren’t just about learning—they’re about transforming your relationships with animals and yourself.

 

Begin Explorating Your and Your Animal’s Past Lives Today

Animals come into our lives for a reason. By understanding their past lives—and your own—you unlock a deeper connection, create healing, and grow into your Best Self.

If you’re ready to explore this fascinating journey, the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club® is the perfect place to start.

Unlock the Full Potential of Animal Communication: A Transformational Journey to Mastery

Are you ready to take your animal communication skills to the next level? The Heart School of Animal Communication® and the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club® are the most comprehensive LIVE online training program. It’s the only training program  personally endorsed by Penelope Smith, Grandmother of Interspecies Telepathic Communication.

This isn’t just a course—it’s a complete transformation, designed to help you grow beyond the basics into mastery.

With acClick Here to find out more about exploring past lives in the Heart School and Animal Talk Coaching Clubcess to advanced classes, a supportive community, and practice opportunities with over 300 animals, you’ll develop the skills and confidence to thrive.

???? Join the Platinum Animal Talk Coaching Club for Advanced Past Life Healing Techniques.

You and your pet’s Soul journey are waiting for you to discover. Let’s explore it together.

 

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]]> https://valheart.com/exploring-past-lives-animals/feed/ 0 Combating Negative Energy: Essential 12D Energy Hygiene Practices for Empaths, Healers & Animal Communicators https://valheart.com/combat-neg-energy-12d-energy-hygiene-empaths-healers/ https://valheart.com/combat-neg-energy-12d-energy-hygiene-empaths-healers/#respond Sun, 24 Nov 2024 00:50:58 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=118025 Protect Your Energy as an Empath, Animal Communicator and Healer

In our Heart Wisdom Masterclasses, I usually focus on topics like animal communication, healing, and intuition development. But this particular class was unique—not only did students learn advanced healing techniques they could start using right away, but they also received a powerful 12D energy hygiene healing, aka “soul, spirit and body healing”.

If you often feel tired, drained, or stuck, read on because you might be dealing with more than just a rough day.

Why Empaths and Animal Communicators Need to Practice Energy Hygiene

As empaths, healers, communicators, and highly sensitive beings, we naturally open ourselves to others’ energy. This can bring in beautiful connections, but it also can expose us to lower vibrations or even negative energy attacks that drain our vitality.

Here’s a question for you: have you ever thought that maybe not all spirit guides are looking out for your highest good? Just like with people, some guides might steer you away from your path or feel indifferent to your needs. This is where discernment comes in—learning to sense when a guide is truly aligned with love and light, helping you for your greatest good.

Unfortunately, this isn’t something your doctor can help you with, and it can leave you feeling weighed down, weak, or even ill.

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Signs of Negative Energy Attacks and How to Protect Your Vitality with 12D Practices

Sometimes, we can unknowingly pick up negative energies, or worse, be the target of dark energy attacks, which can feel like a curse hanging over you. These can show up as constant misfortune, financial struggles, or health problems that just don’t go away, despite your best efforts.

Think of it this way: if you’re an open-hearted, loving person working for the good of animals and others, you’re likely more of a target for these dark energies. Without learning how to clear and protect your energy, you can end up depleted and vulnerable.

That’s why animal communication energy healing is so important, and 12D energy hygiene practices include advanced shielding techniques too.

Types of Dark “Negative” Energy Attacks

Now, before I go further, I don’t say this to scare you—I want to empower you. Curses, hexes, and spells might sound like something out of a movie, but these energies do exist. They can come in various forms and from unexpected sources.

Some signs you might have a curse or negative energy attached to you or your space include:

  • Endless obstacles and setbacks despite doing everything “right.”
  • Constant malfunctions in your home or vehicle.
  • Persistent financial issues—like money slipping through your fingers.
  • Frequent health issues affecting you or your animals.

If this resonates with you, don’t ignore it. It may be time to clear those energies and reclaim your vitality.

Do you find yourself feeling fatigued, weak, depressed, lethargic?

Here’s the thing:

When you connect with other beings, especially as an empath, healer, communicator, or a highly sensitive person, then you can open yourself to negative energy attacks that will then drain your soul and vitality.

Just like some guides won’t take you where you want to go, not all spirit guides have your best interests at heart either.

Some are quite nasty and will take you down a bad dark path, and some are mostly indifferent to your needs because they are just doing their own thing. ????

You have to learn how to discern if your spirit guides are good, high level love and light beings that are in alignment with you, and they are helping you for the highest best good, or not.

This is one of the hidden subtle reasons why that can happen, but your doctor won’t be able to help you.

As big hearted, loving people who care about animals and want to do good in the world, we are often attacked by the dark side.

If you don’t clear the dark energies out of your field, and learn how to shield and empower yourself properly, then you can wind up sick and broken, weak and depressed.

Examples of dark energy attacks can include curses, hexes, spells from witchcraft, voodoo, sorcery, black magic, and the like.

These practices are prevalent in many areas of the world, and can literally come from anywhere when you least expect them.

Empower and Protect Your Vitality with 12D Energy Hygiene Practices

Imagine your energy field as a cup: if it’s empty, you have nothing to give.

If it’s filled with negativity, it needs cleaning before it’s safe to drink from or share with others.

But if your cup is brimming with life, love, and high-level energy from the Universal Field, it’s an unending source of strength.

You won’t be drained because you’re connected to a higher, replenishing source.

Ready to Learn How to Clear and Protect Your Energy?

In our Heart Wisdom Masterclass series, we dive into these practices, starting with “Get the Funky Energy Out of Your Field: 12D High-Level Energy Hygiene Practices for Communicators and Healers.” This class is designed to teach you how to cleanse, protect, and empower yourself with 12D-level energy.

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As a Platinum Advanced and Professional Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club® member, you can access this class and much more.

If you’re serious about improving your communication skills and want to learn high-level energy practices, this might be the next step for you.

Details on membership are here: Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club® Platinum membership

This is just a preview of the Heart Wisdom Soul Repair 30-Day Intensive Program, where we go even deeper into these practices. If you’re curious about what’s possible in that program, check it out here: Heart Wisdom Soul Repair Program

Let’s Empower Your Gifts and Keep You Safe

Helping communicators and healers like you tap into their full potential while staying safe and balanced is what lights me up. With over 45 years in this field, I’m here to guide you to greater confidence, protection, and clarity in your work.

If you’re just getting started learning how to communicate with animals, grab my free eBook, Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals (scroll down for the link), and begin your journey to a brighter, more connected life.

Let’s keep your energy field clear, your spirit strong, and your connection to the animal world vibrant and full of love. ????

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If you want to know how to do this, to repair your Soul, heal your body and spirit, then you’ll be glad to know this is in one of our Heart Wisdom Masterclasses. It is the first in our series on this topic, and is called

Get the Funky Energy Out of Your Field (aka, 12D High Level Energy Hygiene Practices for Communicators and Healers)

You have to be a Platinum Advanced and Professional Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club® member to access it.

The details about the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club® Platinum membership options and benefits are HERE

If you want to be a better, more confident, competent (proficient) communicator, then you need this.

You’ll get expert tips, things I’ve learned from my mistakes, along with insights and discoveries about what works (and what doesn’t) in my over 30+ years of practicing as a professional communicator.

You’ll also enjoy the on the spot coaching with students as we discussed this important topic.

Now’s a great time to join us.

The info you want is at

https://go.learnhowtotalktoanimals.com/animal-talk-coaching-club-details-platinum

To be clear, what you’ll be learning is a small part of my much bigger, deeper Heart Wisdom Soul Repair 30 Day Intensive Program.

I simply can’t teach you everything that you would learn in my 30 day intensive program in just one class.

If the bigger Program interests you, the information about how it works and how to apply is outlined on this page:

https://valheart.com/consultation/soul-repair-body-spirit-healing-for-people/

Here’s How to Get More Animal Communication Training, Coaching and Healing

Students and professionals train with me to improve their abilities to become proficient in the Heart Wisdom Methods.

Teaching you to be proficient at the highest level possible makes me a super happy camper, it’s my jam, the sun in my shine, and why I do what I do.

It’s also why I’ve dedicated so much of my life, education and training learning about helping people heal (45+ years), and teaching so I can guide YOU to be the best you can possibly be.

Beginners: Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!

Which Free Ebook do you want?

Did you enjoy this article about how to clear negative energy: advanced soul repair and protection techniques for empaths, communicators and spiritual healers? Many readers enjoy these posts that go deeper into animal communication:

5 Steps to Communicate With Animals Using a Picture
11 of the 27 Brilliant Reasons to Learn Animal Communication
Every Animal Lover Needs to Know How to Talk to Animals

]]> https://valheart.com/combat-neg-energy-12d-energy-hygiene-empaths-healers/feed/ 0 Solve Your Pet’s Behavior Problems Using Animal Communication https://valheart.com/solve-your-pets-behavior-problems-using-animal-talk/ https://valheart.com/solve-your-pets-behavior-problems-using-animal-talk/#respond Mon, 28 Oct 2024 08:40:08 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=117909 Can you use animal communication to solve your pet’s behavior problems?

A student asked “How do you change a pet’s behavior problems using animal communication?”

Before I answer, if you have questions about animal communication, developing your intuitive abilities, solving bad (or puzzling) behavior issues, improving health, and understanding what they’ve been trying to tell you, then do this.

Our next Live Q&A Coaching Call is offered the second Saturday of the month for Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club® Members.

THIS is your chance to get answers to your questions, expert coaching and guidance with your pet, and training on solving pet behavior problems using animal communication.

All of which is critical to helping you be a better communicator, AND, to teach you how to solve behavior problems with animals using animal talk.

It’s only $10 for your first 4 weeks as a trial Gold Member, which is ridiculously inexpensive for everything you get.

Click HERE for details

Back to the question about how to solve pet behavior problems using animal communication.

First, is it even possible to change a pet’s behavior by communicating with them?

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Yes it is, but you have to know HOW to do that, the right way to approach these kinds of situations, the right questions to ask in the right time and way to get the best results.

I call animal communication the secret behind successful training, well behaved animals.

When you do it right, it results in happy pets and people every time.

It all starts with the conversation.

LOTS of pet problems stem from misunderstandings, opposing viewpoints, and not knowing why your pet is doing what they do.

If their behavior doesn’t change after communicating with them, then you’re doing something wrong, you’re making mistakes.

Because behavior that persists is being rewarded in some way.

From a human centered viewpoint, until you understand how they think, what they feel, and what they need, they won’t feel recognized or respected. And until that happens, they won’t likely choose to change their behavior.

Because if you’re struggling with your animal’s behavior, and they’ve been resistant to changing in spite of training and encouragement to do so, then you’re missing the KEY to better behavior which is… drum roll please…

A Heart to Heart TALK with them.

That’s where high level competence in animal communication is so critically important.

In The HEART System for Solving Problems with Pets® , the first step is having a heart to heart, mind to mind conversation.

Because without knowing WHY they’re doing what they do, anything you do to try and change their behavior is what I call chasing your tail on expensive guesswork.

But everything changes when they can tell you what is on their heart and mind. You need to know that in order to solve the behavior problems.

The first step in solving any problem is understanding it. That comes with communication.

Often YOU are their biggest problem.

Humans can be so confusing, our messages aren’t clear, we get stuck in our heads, we override their needs and don’t listen to what they are trying to tell us.

And if you haven’t learned how to speak their language?

It’s REALLY annoying and frustrating for your pet(s).

They act out their frustrations.

They mirror your stress and imbalances, and often carry your illness in their own body’s trying to figure out how to help you.

Animals often tell me how dense their human is, and how much they worry about you.

They don’t understand why their person cannot hear or understand them, so they try everything they can think of to break through your limitations, blocks, and barriers.

That’s why people come to me with their animal problems, and then I help the animals with their people problems.

Consider this true case study working with an aggressive dog behavior problem.

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For example, one client I worked with had a very aggressive dog. The dog was attacking other people and dogs. So she hired a professional trainer who used an ecollar with the dog.

Bad idea. Why? Because they didn’t TALK to the dog first to discover the reason for the bad behavior, they just tried to stop and suppress the behavior.

The dog, feeling disrespected, unheard and angry, started attacking her person too.

Yikes! Talk about making things worse in a hurry!

And that’s where I entered the picture to communicate with the dog. They wanted me to tell the dog to stop doing that.

When I communicated with the dog, it turns out that the neighbors were crazy, like psychopath crazy and malevolent, violent, dark and demonic.

Their son was terrorizing them, and had poisoned the dog and other animals, making them very ill. They’d also cursed them using bad juju energy attacks (i.e., witchcraft and black magic sorcery).

The dog was trying desperately to protect her home and her person.

But because nobody was listening to her so she could tell them what she knew, she was forced to escalate her aggression.

Once we heard and understood what was really going on, we could refocus on solving the REAL problem, and work together in sync and harmony.

And yes of course, I also had to clear the curses, hexes, nasty energies so they could all heal and be safe energetically.

Afterward, for the first time in a long time, my client and her dog felt an inner peace and calm, lighter and more relaxed, stronger and clear.

NOW the dog’s behavior changed because we communicated with her. We understood her viewpoint, she told us what we didn’t know or understand.

Now we’re working together in partnership.

If you need help clearing funky energies out of your field too, I offer this service for my clients, and I teach people how to do it too in my Soul Repair, Body and Spirit 30 Day Intensive Program which you can find out about >> HERE! 

 

The BEST place to start solving any problem with pets is by understanding them, which is why we always start with the conversation.

Your pet needs to know what you’re thinking, and why you think that.

They need clarity on why what you want and are asking them to change is important, to YOU, when it’s often not important to THEM to change.

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Through the art of the conversation, we come together as a team working to solve this problem.

From there, everything gets much easier.

Often their behavior changes just from the heart to heart chat.

And often they need you to change your behavior too, which is much easier to do once you know how what you’re doing affects them and what they want you to change on your end.

To be clear, solving behavior issues through animal communication is a more advanced intuitive skill and requires a bit more training than I can give you in this one article.

You can learn animal talk too.

You first need the basics of how to communicate and start using your intuitive abilities, including how to send and receive messages (taught in the Beginning Core Foundations Course)

Next you want a great place to practice communicating with other people’s pets so you can get the proper feedback to grow your confidence and answers to your questions (offered in our Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club® where we provide you with over 300 wonderful animals to practice with, plus LIVE monthly classes for expert guidance and help with your pets, opportunities to broaden your education, to improve your confidence and accuracy so you can become competent)

Then, you need to learn how to apply what you’re discovering so you can guide the conversation properly, help them feel better and heal, and yes, how to improve and change behavior (taught in the Advanced Animal Talk Mastery Course, and the 7 Step Blueprint for Successful Conversation with Animals, and in our Heart Wisdom Masterclasses for the students who want to master their abilities).

Gold Club Membership is only $10 for your first 4 weeks as a trial Gold Member, which is ridiculously inexpensive for everything you get.

This page explains everything.

https://go.learnhowtotalktoanimals.com/animal-talk-coaching-club-main

There’s a huge difference between just imagining a chat in your head and KNOWING what the animal is communicating accurately, clearly, confidently, and competently.

Beginners typically start by activating and using their imagination. Doing so activates your creative intuitive abilities, and helps you begin a conversation.

At some point, when you do it correctly and are connected properly, your mind and imagination go still and silent, and real time communication takes over.

When you sensitize yourself and activate your “clairs”, you’ll see, hear, feel and know things you wouldn’t have imagined.

How do you know if you’re on the right track?

The impressions may surprise you, you may find yourself laughing or smiling, the energy behind the information feels right and in alignment, and you realize that THESE sensations, feelings and thoughts are not your imagination.

Get your intuitive senses – The “Clairs” – in order.

behavior issues clairs

The voice you “hear” in your head is not your own (clairaudience)

The images they share with you aren’t yours either (clairvoyance)

The sensations you feel or sense in your body just pop in and they aren’t yours (clairsentience)

And the knowing you just downloaded about something you didn’t know much about before?

Yep, not yours either (claircognizance)

You may smell or taste something different that you weren’t expecting.

Like smelling or tasting coffee or berry yogurt or grass or kitty kibble or flowers, and when you check with the pet’s person they confirm, why yes!

They’ll say things like, I was just drinking my coffee, or they just ate their breakfast, or we are in our garden and there are flowers blooming…

That’s awesome cool when it happens, and is easy to validate and confirm.

You may be aware of a strong or weak life force energy…

You may feel strong emotions that aren’t yours…

You may feel hungry or hangry, but YOU just ate and were fine a minute ago so you know that’s not your feelings or sensations.

This is also where your experience and training with a wide range of intuitive abilities come in very handy and why I teach so many ways to develop your senses in the Heart School of Animal Communication®.

The Beginning Course gets you started with the basics.

The Advanced Animal Talk Topics Course teaches more of my favorite ways to apply using your telepathic abilities to do things like resolve behavior issues.

The Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club®, Live Q&A monthly calls, and Heart Wisdom Masterclasses show you many more ways to develop and use your senses way beyond the basic “clairs” into the more uncommon, lesser known ones.

Students and professionals train with me to gain that “extra edge” by developing more than just the ‘average’ communicator skills.

They know they can do better. BE better.

They want it all.

Training you to be proficient at the highest level possible makes me a super happy camper, it’s my jam, the sun in my shine, and why I do what I do.

It’s also why I’ve dedicated so much of my life, education and training learning about helping people heal (45+ years), and teaching so I can guide YOU to be the best you can possibly be.

It’s all aimed at guiding you to become a proficient, competent animal communicator as quickly as possible using my method (known as the Heart Wisdom Method).

Learn How to Talk with Animals By developing your “heart wisdom” and healing your inner wounds, you’ll know when you’re just imagining things and when your self doubt is tripping you up, and when you are accurate, confident, and proficient.

This is an all encompassing, spiritual journey to heal, evolve and grow into your best Self using ALL your intuitive abilities..

The Heart School of Animal Communication® program is a sequence of different trainings, and the further you go, the more competent and confident you will be in my method known as The Heart Wisdom Method.

My “right fit” qualified students move through four levels of competence: beginner, intermediate, advanced, and proficient.

In my 6 Months to Animal Communication Mastery Program (aka FastTrack Program) we work together with the goal of you becoming proficient by the end.

In addition to 1-on-1 support, you also get self-study material and group coaching, practice, and training opportunities.

If you would rather work 1-on-1 in a completely customized program, contact me and we’ll see if it’s a good fit for you.

You can also choose to invest in the individual courses, private coaching sessions, and online membership separately if you don’t prefer to do the whole 6-month program right now.

You can start right away. It’s all spelled out for you at:
https://learnhowtotalktoanimals.com/animal-communication-online-courses-core/

 

Start by getting your copy of my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!

You won’t find this level of training anywhere else.

Doing this critical self mastery and inner healing work is what makes the Heart Wisdom Methods different and so much more powerful than other animal communication programs.

It’s all about mastering yourself, growing your intuitive abilities at all levels, as well as improving your ability to communicate proficiently with animals.

Enjoyed this article? Here are 3 of my most popular articles to help you better communicate with and solve problems with animals:

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]]> https://valheart.com/solve-your-pets-behavior-problems-using-animal-talk/feed/ 0 Ditch the Self Doubt and Communicate Confidently with Animals https://valheart.com/ditch-the-self-doubt-and-communicate-with-animals/ https://valheart.com/ditch-the-self-doubt-and-communicate-with-animals/#respond Fri, 18 Oct 2024 07:44:48 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=117880 Do you experience self doubt when you practice communicating with animals?

A student asked, “How do I get rid of my self doubt and gain the confidence that what I’m getting is genuinely from the animal rather than my wishful thinking and imagination?”

Before I answer, if you have questions about animal communication, developing your intuitive abilities, or about your pet’s behavior, or health, or hearing what they’ve been trying to tell you, then you’ll be glad to know that answers are available.

Our next Live Q&A Coaching Call is offered the second Saturday of the month for Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club Members!

Now’s your chance to get the answers you need, but you must sign up before the next class.

It’s only $10 for your first 4 weeks as a trial Gold Member, which is ridiculously inexpensive for everything you get.

Click HERE for details

Now, back to the original question, which is:

“How do I get rid of my self doubt and gain the confidence that what I’m getting is genuinely from the animal rather than my wishful thinking and imagination?”

This a great question.

Because there’s a huge difference between just imagining words in your head and actually KNOWING what the animal is communicating accurately, clearly, confidently, and competently.

Beginners typically start learning how to communicate with animals by using their imagination. And that’s a good place to begin activating and exploring your intuitive senses.

Your imagination stimulates your creative intuitive abilities, and can help you begin a conversation.

But at some point, when you do it correctly and are connected properly, your mind and imagination go still and silent, and real time communication takes over.

When you sensitize yourself and activate your “clairs”, you’ll see, hear, feel and know things you wouldn’t have imagined.

self doubt eye

How do you know when it’s not just your wishful thinking or imagination so you can eliminate your self doubt?

The impressions may surprise you, you may find yourself laughing or smiling, the energy behind the information feels right and in alignment, and you realize that THESE sensations, feelings, impressions, and thoughts are NOT your imagination.

The voice you “hear” in your head is not your own. (clairaudience)

The images they share with you aren’t yours. (clairvoyance)

The sensations you feel or sense in your body just pop in and they aren’t yours. (clairsentience)

And the knowing you just downloaded about something you didn’t know much about before?

Yep, not yours either. (claircognizance)

You may smell or taste something different that you weren’t expecting, like smelling or tasting coffee or yogurt or grass or pet food or flowers, and when you check with the pet’s person they confirm, why yes!

I was just drinking my coffee, or they just ate their breakfast, or we are in our garden and there are flowers blooming…

That’s awesome cool when it happens, and is easy to validate and confirm. ????

You may be aware of a strong or weak life force energy…

You may feel strong emotions that aren’t yours…

You may feel hungry or hangry, but YOU just ate and were fine a minute ago so you know that’s not your feelings or sensations.

Practice, practice, practice where you can get proper feedback to get rid of self doubt and improve your intuitive abilities and skills!

The best and surest way to get rid of self doubt and gain confidence with animal communication is by practicing with OTHER PEOPLE’S PETS so you can get the proper feedback, validation and confirmation.

It’s the ONLY way to know for sure:

  1. When you got the animal messages and interpreted them correctly,
  2. When you didn’t get it right meaning you made mistakes, you got stuck in your imagination, or were disconnected or lost your focus
  3. A combination of these.

The biggest mistake animal communication students make that undermines your self confidence is this one.

When you’re beginning to learn and develop your communication skills, it’s a mistake to practice with your own animal.

Why? Because you haven’t yet learned how to be objective.

There’s nobody to give you proper validation and confirmation, or guidance to discover and correct the mistakes you’re making.

And without that, it’s much harder to grow your intuitive skills, gain confidence, and eliminate self doubt.

It’s why I highly recommend practicing with animals with caretakers who can give you that critically important feedback.

self doubt dog

Where is the best place to practice communicating with animals and receive feedback and expert guidance to eliminate self doubt and improve confidence?

There are animal communication practice groups online, but they are often not the best place to improve your confidence.

That’s because the majority are full of people wanting others to give them free “psychic readings” for their pet but who are not actively working to learn how to communicate with animals themselves.

They don’t understand how to offer proper feedback for you to grow your abilities.

And the questions, education and training is very limited.

You need the BEST online animal communication coaching and training LIVE school and club!

This is why we have well over 300 animal teachers in the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club available for students to practice communicating with, AND, why we feature an animal teacher every month.

Once you know how it FEELS to be accurate, confident, and crystal clear in your communications with an animal you do not know, you can expand out to focus on other animals, wild or domesticated, and your own pet with much better results.

You’ll know how it feels when your imagination hijacks your communication practice.

AND, you’ll discover how it feels when you are accurate.

When you make mistakes, you can get expert guidance to improve your skills and intuitive abilities too.

THAT is how to eliminate self doubt, gain confidence, and become a better communicator.

TIP: Your ego mind will be glad to jump in and distract you, telling you you’re making that up, and trying to guess the “right” answers.

Don’t let your thoughts or imagination hijack your intuitive abilities.

You’ll learn how to notice when self doubt creeps in, undermining and sabotaging your efforts.

Thoughts about your self worth, your abilities, why you suck at this, and that you should quit before you embarrass yourself, and the like?

NOT very helpful, is it?

That’s because these are old wounds and triggers that need healing.

This is normal, it happens to all of us.

Whether you feed the distractions and let them take you off track – or not – is up to you.

I highly recommend telling your ego or other “inner parts” thanks for trying to help, you are not helping, be quiet now and let me feel and focus.

Then let your mind go still and silent like wiping words off a whiteboard and stay focused on FEELING, sensing, and sharing impressions.

Choose your thoughts wisely, and get healing and expert coaching when you need it.

This is also where your experience and training with a wide range of intuitive abilities come in very handy and why I teach so many ways to develop your senses.

The Beginning Course gets you started with the basics.

The Advanced Animal Talk Topics Course teaches more of my favorites and ways to apply using your telepathic abilities.

The Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club, Live Q&A monthly calls, and Heart Wisdom Masterclasses show you many more ways to develop and use your senses way beyond the basic “clairs”.

Students and professionals train with me to gain that “extra edge” by developing more than just the ‘average’ communicator skills.

They know they can do better. BE better. They want it all.

Training you to be proficient at the highest level possible makes me a super happy camper, it’s my jam, the sun in my shine, and why I do what I do.

It’s also why I’ve dedicated so much of my life, education and training learning about helping people heal (45+ years), and teaching so I can guide YOU to be the best you can possibly be.

Ready to improve your confidence and eliminate your self doubt?

self doubt confidence

Here’s how to take the next step in your communication and healing journey:

Teaching you how to communicate proficiently with animals and use powerful alternative healing modalities is a big part of what I do in the Heart School and Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club.

I also teach you how to develop your intuitive abilities, build your confidence, and expand your education so you can help animals with whatever they most need help with.

For instance…

  • Helping them feel better when they get sick or hurt or are in pain
  • Improving their behavior when they are reactive, out of balance, resistant and obstinate, or even dangerous to themselves or others
  • Knowing when they are getting ready to make their transition, and helping them prepare for a peaceful passing, and finding them when they reincarnate

It’s all aimed at guiding you to become a proficient, competent animal communicator as quickly as possible using my method (known as the Heart Wisdom Method).

Learn How to Talk with Animals By developing your “heart wisdom” and healing your inner wounds, you’ll know when you’re just imagining things and when your self doubt is tripping you up, and when you are accurate, confident, and proficient.

This is an all encompassing, spiritual journey to heal, evolve, and grow into your best self using ALL your intuitive abilities.

The Heart School training program is a sequence of different trainings, and the further you go, the more competent and confident you will be in my method known as The Heart Wisdom Method.

My “right fit” qualified students move through four levels of competence: beginner, intermediate, advanced, and proficient.

In my 6 Months to Animal Communication Mastery Program (aka FastTrack Program) we work together with the goal of you becoming proficient by the end. In addition to 1-on-1 support, you also get self-study material and group coaching, practice, and training opportunities.

If you would rather work 1-on-1 in a completely customized program, contact me and we’ll see if it’s a good fit for you.

You can also choose to invest in the individual courses, private coaching sessions, and online membership separately if you don’t prefer to do the whole 6-month program right now.

You can start right away. It’s all spelled out for you at:
https://learnhowtotalktoanimals.com/animal-communication-online-courses-core/

Another way to train with me, develop your intuitive and communication abilities to improve, and get expert coaching, mentoring, and answers to YOUR questions is to join us in the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club.

You’ll have access to expertly designed Intuition Development Lessons and Exercises for animal communicators.

You’ll get ongoing new trainings to further your education, improve your confidence.

And you’ll enjoy a lovely personally created series of great Meditations designed for animal communicators ALL available for Club members to pick and choose from.

If you upgrade to the Advanced and Professionals Platinum Club you’ll get everything Gold members get, PLUS you’ll have immediate access to the entire Masterclass Treasure Vault.

It’s just one of the many benefits of being a Club member.

If you’re not a member yet, now’s a great time to step up.

You won’t find this level of training anywhere else.

Doing this critical self mastery and inner healing work is what makes the Heart Wisdom Methods different and so much more powerful than other animal communication programs.

It’s all about mastering yourself, growing your intuitive abilities at all levels, as well as improving your ability to communicate proficiently with animals

And when you do that, your confidence with soar as you eliminate self doubt.

Beginner communication students: Start your journey by getting my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!

How else can you train with me?

You have 3 main ways to get my expertise for communication, medical intuitive scanning, healing and guidance for yourself and/or your pet:

1. Join me and your fellow students in the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club.

You can earn free student coaching sessions with me, access our extensive Intuition Development Lessons, get help with your pets, and practice with other people’s pets so you get proper feedback to improve, which is the best way to grow your abilities and confidence.

Our monthly Live Q&A Coaching Calls are offered the second Saturday each month, 8:30 am Pacific / 10:30 am Central / 11:30 am Eastern.

Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Advanced and Professional Platinum Club Member’s Live Heart Wisdom Masterclasses are offered the third Saturday each month, same time.

Platinum Members also have immediate access to the entire Treasure Vault of recorded Masterclasses (well over 6 years worth now).

This link shows you the many extraordinary benefits of being a Club Member and how to join:

https://go.learnhowtotalktoanimals.com/animal-talk-coaching-club-main

The Heart Wisdom School classes, self study courses, programs and memberships are outlined at:

https://learnhowtotalktoanimals.com/animal-communication-online-courses-core

2. Would you prefer private coaching, mentoring, healing?

Don’t wait if you want a private problem solving, healing session because my schedule normally books approximately 2 months ahead with a wait list.

You don’t need an animal to work with me. At least half my private clients want healing and guidance for their personal health, relationships, career, and life coaching. In fact, one of my clients recently said:

“Working with Val gets better faster results in 1 session than doing 18+ typical therapist sessions. If you want to stop being triggered by old wounds and traumas, Val is the BEST.”

High praise indeed. ????

Want to work with me one on one?  Visit to get started now at: https://valheart.com

3. I also offer a Peer Mentoring Program for Professional Communicators Who Want to Improve Your Abilities.

It’s perfect for practitioners who are already good at communicating, you’ve achieved some success in your practice, and you want to be better.

If interested, contact me now and let’s see if it’s the right fit for you.

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]]> https://valheart.com/ditch-the-self-doubt-and-communicate-with-animals/feed/ 0 Animal Communicator Coaching Sessions: Do I Need Them? https://valheart.com/animal-communicator-coaching-sessions-do-i-need-them/ https://valheart.com/animal-communicator-coaching-sessions-do-i-need-them/#respond Wed, 16 Oct 2024 21:00:51 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=117915 When should you get private animal communication coaching sessions?

If you want to improve your animal communication abilities, to get better results from your practice, and are feeling stuck or know you’re missing something, then it’s time to work with an expert coach.

Because with the right animal communicator coach, teacher, and expert mentor, even a single session can make all the difference in the world.

I get this question a lot, “how can I get a coaching or animal communication or healing session with you?”

The reasons range from “please make my pet behave better”, to “I’m worried about my pet’s health, can you help my pet feel better”, to “tell my pet something or ask them something”, to “find out what my pet has been trying to tell me”, to “are they getting ready to transition”, and so on.

Sometimes people want my help choosing the best new pet, so they don’t make mistakes by getting the wrong pet who can make their lives miserable.

And when you do adopt or buy a new animal, you want to bond faster, warn your current animal household, discuss what that means and why you’re bringing them into your life, know what their job descriptions are and ensure a good fit for everyone…

Or you may need help working through the problems that are coming up with your animals.

Some folks want me to communicate with their animal in spirit now, to find out when (if) they will come back, and how to find them when they do.

Yes of course, I can do all of that and much more.

All you need to do is get a session with me – click HERE for details

animal communicator session dog

Can you get just 1 session or do you have to invest in a multiple session series or a program?

You can get just 1 session, although there are many good reasons to consider investing in a multi session program too, depending on your needs.

And no, you don’t have to have an animal to work with me.

Just scroll to the bottom of this page and click Book a Consultation.

But here’s the thing to remember…

Communication, like healing, is not a once and done kind of thing.

It’s a journey, a conversation, an exploration of life itself.

Like your soul’s journey, it never ends.

Not even when we leave our body.

All of us are spiritual beings having physical experiences.

We have life lessons and purposes in each lifetime – animals included.

There is always more to learn, more to discuss, more to discover as we learn, heal, evolve and grow every day.

That’s why there are 5 steps in my HEART System for solving problems with pets.

Because after working professionally with animals since 1993, I developed a system and a method for communicating and healing to get great results, and it goes far beyond the typical “average” communicator’s sessions.

By “great results” I define the term to mean better than 95% of my clients’ pet problems are sorted out and improved when we do all 5 steps in my System.

And yes, it takes longer than 1 session.

Here’s how the HEART System for Solving Problems with Pets works and what’s required to get the best results:

First, we start by listening to them so we understand their viewpoint, and discuss things so we understand each other, and can agree to work together. (HEAR them).

Second, we focus on discovering what else is going on that contributes to the problems (EVALUATE their environment, other factors that affect them, intuitive scanning so we know how they feel, if they’re in pain, and checking their food to be sure it’s right for them, improving training, and so on).

Third, we take the right action to address what’s been going wrong, making necessary changes (ADJUSTMENTS and assignments, that are focused and targeted to help them feel and behave better, and so you don’t keep chasing your tail on expensive guesswork).

Fourth, we have to clear the obstacles to change, both with the pet’s person and with the pet, is crucial and often requires healing at multiple levels – soul, spirit, body, mind (I call this step healing the RESISTANCE).

Fifth, finally we arrive at true partnership, where you are in sync and harmony (TEAM is where you’re aligned, you understand each other, and are going in the same direction together).

As they say, if you’re going in the wrong direction, more speed doesn’t help. ????

 

You have 2 main ways to get my expertise for communication, medical intuitive scanning, high level 12D “soul, spirit, and body repair” healing, including intuitive guidance for yourself and/or your pet.

One way is to work with me individually in a private session.

The other way is to train with me so you can communicate with animals yourself every day for the rest of your life.

If you have animals or work with them, I recommend doing both because I can’t be there to communicate for you every time your pet needs to tell you something or feels bad and needs your help.

animal communicator coaching

#1: Here’s how to work with me privately, one on one, for animal communication training, mentoring, and healing.

Don’t wait if you want a private problem solving, healing and/or coaching session because my schedule is usually booked 1 – 3 months in advance with a wait list.

At least half my private clients work with me for their own personal healing, relationships, career, and life coaching.

In fact, one of my CEO clients who loves dogs and also drives race cars in her spare time said: “Working with Val gets better faster results in 1 session than doing 18+ typical therapist sessions. If you want to stop being triggered by old wounds and traumas, Val is the BEST.”

High praise indeed. ????

Want to work with me one on one? Click HERE and get started.

Be aware that I charge more than most communicators, here’s why.

There’s a very good reason for that, starting with the fact that I don’t work like most communicators.

I started working as a professional communicator in 1993. I’ve been a teacher, mentor, and healer for a very long time now, and I have acquired many certifications and degrees, in many different areas of study.

My specialties include Soul Repair, Body & Spirit Healing (accessing 12D healing), solving behavior and health problems with pets and people, intuitive life coaching, medical intuitive scanning, and even career guidance and relationship healing.

Interesting tidbit you may not know about me…

My educational background is in business (I graduated magna cum laude with an MBA from UTSA).

I’ve personally launched and managed several businesses, including working privately with 2 of my professors, and of course, this one.

That makes me uniquely qualified to mentor many of my VIP clients, including business owners, entrepreneurs, chairmen (and women????), folks running philanthropic foundations, attorneys, medical doctors, celebrities, performers, world class competitors and athletes, animal trainers, and of course, communicators and healers who want to improve their abilities.

They work with me 1 on 1 because…

“You don’t pay the plumber a lot of money for banging on pipes. 

You pay him/her the big bucks for knowing precisely why, when, how, and where to bang – or not to bang at all but look elsewhere for the root of the issue.

You pay for the expert to know how to fix the problem as quickly as possible.

Otherwise you risk making a bigger mess of things and it winds up costing you a lot more in the long run.”

That’s a high level of expertise worth paying more for, and what the HEART 5 Step system is all about for people and pets too.

#2: Your second option is the least expensive way to work with me.

I have a wonderful program for animal lovers who want to learn communication using my method (known as the Heart Wisdom Love Method).

Some folks just want to be able to communicate with their own pets, and maybe your friends animals too.

This program will help you do that and so much more.

It’s ALSO designed for folks wanting to be a professional communicator as your chosen career path.

The program is a sequence of different trainings, and the further you go, the better you will be in my method.

My “right fit” qualified students move through four levels of competence: beginner, intermediate, advanced, and proficient.

We work together with the goal of you becoming proficient by the end.

(If you would rather work solely one on one in a completely customized program, contact me now and we’ll see if it’s a good fit for you.)

All the Heart Wisdom School classes, self study courses, programs and memberships are at https://learnhowtotalktoanimals.com/animal-communication-online-courses-core/

animal communicator session cat

An integral component of my training is for students to join me in the BEST online Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club ®.

If you’ve already taken a beginning course, then it’s time to take the next step in your training.

As an Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club member, you can earn free coaching sessions with me (regularly $125 each), access our exclusive Intuition Development Lessons and Meditation exercises designed for communicators.

You’ll get help with your pets, with immediate access to the class recordings, along with ongoing advanced training to improve your skills.

You’ll enjoy practicing communicating with a wide variety of animals in a safe community with other people’s pets so you can get proper validating feedback to improve your confidence, and learn from your mistakes, which is the best way to grow your intuitive abilities and confidence.

The monthly Q&A Calls are a great place to experience how it works for yourself, and get “readings” for your pets too, so I can help you with your pet’s behavior, health, reincarnation questions, and much more.

As you become more competent and confident in my methods with proper practice, expert support, and ongoing training, you’ll be able to communicate with your own pets and enjoy a high level of accuracy.

Our monthly Live Q&A Coaching Calls are offered the second Saturday each month; classes start at 8:30 am Pacific / 10:30 am Central / 11:30 am Eastern.

If you have questions, now’s a great time to get answers including readings with your pet, coaching to improve your communication skills, guidance to avoid making mistakes, new perspectives and training on developing your intuition, and so much more.

Go to this page and sign up so we can save you a seat:

I’ll be answering student questions about animal communication, developing all your intuitive abilities, solving bad or puzzling behavior problems, improving health, and understanding what they’ve been trying to tell you.

Do this today.

Learn How to Talk with Animals

Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Advanced and Professional (Platinum) members get everything Gold members get PLUS you have immediate access to the entire Treasure Vault of recorded Masterclasses.

Our Live Heart Wisdom Masterclasses are offered the third Saturday each month on a wide variety of important advanced intuition and skills development, problem solving with pets, healing techniques and more.

This page has the details:

Nita said,

“Extremely privileged to be studying with Val. Since I started the journey (rather sporadically and unsuccessfully I may add) 5 years ago, she is the first teacher to emphasize that animal communication is not just that, but a spiritual journey to make us better people, to heal, evolve and grow… so she gives us the best possible resources and guides us personally every step of the way. It’s not just about communicating, but comprehending, not just talking but understanding. If we can’t communicate with those in spirit, it could be our grief blocking us, or because they are busy!

Some important reminders were that the questions on the accountability post are linked to our intention to learn, the importance of the intuition exercises, getting into the right space with meditation, the importance of feelings, and that the heart/soul is connected to everything. The answers to the questions are always major learning points.”

Now’s the time to experience the most comprehensive animal communication and intuition development program available.

This is an awesome time to take the next step in your education, whether you’re a beginner, are more advanced, or are working as a professional communicator wanting to uplevel your skills for better results.

Just getting started learning animal communication? Grab your copy of my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below and let’s begin your training.

Which Free Ebook do you want?

 

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]]> https://valheart.com/animal-communicator-coaching-sessions-do-i-need-them/feed/ 0 The Cat’s Reincarnation Author, Dr. Laurie Moore on The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™ https://valheart.com/cats-reincarnation/ https://valheart.com/cats-reincarnation/#respond Sun, 06 Oct 2024 19:19:19 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=14918 ct-2Personal Note from Val: Cat Reincarnation, reconnecting with loved ones in the afterlife, and the mysteries of Spirit are all fascinating topics near and dear to my heart.   When I found my colleague and author, Dr Laurie Moore’s work on this subject, I knew I wanted to talk to her.   Her story will inspire you and touch your heart. Enjoy!

Author, teacher and celebrity Dr. Laurie Moore returned to merged oneness with all life in 2002 when her cat Jessie Justin Joy reincarnated.  Dr. Moore has taught grad psychology at San Francisco State University and Johnson State College, and has appeared on In the Company of Angels, Intuitive Soul, NBC, CNN.com and Seeing Beyond.  She is author of  The Cat’s Reincarnation.  

Among cat reincarnation we also discussed:

  • How does learning about our animal’s perspective help our own life?
  • How is an animal’s perspective about their emotional health different than a humans?
  • What is a soul switch?
  • Do our animals choose us so that we end up with particular animals?
  • Do you believe in reincarnation?

Remember your new understanding of the world is similar to an animal’s.  Enjoy a world based on love, intention, soul purpose, peace with temporary forms, and find your peace with eternity.   To learn more about Dr. Laurie Moore go to www.animiracles.com .

Be sure to listen all the way to the end of the interview to find out how you can get a free mini session with Dr Laurie.   www.animiracles.com

You can buy Dr. Moore’s book “The Cat’s Reincarnation” here:

The Cat's Reincarnation book cover

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!

Which Free Ebook do you want?

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]]> https://valheart.com/cats-reincarnation/feed/ 0 The Cat’s Reincarnation Author, Dr. Laurie Moore | The Real Dr. Doolittle Show | Podcast #107 nonadult Is Your Dog a Paranormal Pooch? Interview with Olga Horvat https://valheart.com/is-your-dog-a-paranormal-pooch-interview-olga-horvat/ https://valheart.com/is-your-dog-a-paranormal-pooch-interview-olga-horvat/#respond Thu, 03 Oct 2024 15:36:12 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=14510 Is there a Real Dr. Doolittle and does the Doctor know anything about the paranormal? Welcome to The Real Dr. Doolittle Show with Val Heart!

Olga HorvatToday I am talking to Olga Horvat, MA.  Olga is the founder of Royal Dogs Gallery. They provide spiritual and holistic products and services solely for dogs and their owners.

 

She is also a Paranormal Pet Expert and a certified Lumia Science Color Therapist.  Her extraordinary work is about clearing behavior and health problems in pets. She uses unusual methods such as colored light, crystals, elixirs and essential oils.

Olga Horvat wrote a wonderful true story she experienced into a book. It’s called “Paranormal Pooch: A True Story of The Dog who Healed One Family”

Listen and learn:

  • What are the four ways to identify whether your pet has a soul?
  • Why would people deny the existence of soul in animals?
  • What is the paranormal, and can a spirit take possession of an animal?
  • Can animals come back after death?
  • What are the five warning signs your pet may be possessed?
  • What are negative energies and the secrets to avoiding harmful energies in your home?
  • How can negative energy be eliminated from people and animals, if accidentally affected?

Enjoy!

Visit Olga’s website to find out more about her book, services, and her protective pendants for you and your pets: www.RoyalDogsGallery.com.

 

Olga Horvat paranormal pooch

ABOUT ANIMAL COMMUNICATION:

Learning animal communication is an exciting journey into the Self, the nature and reality of our world. It’s a behind-the-scenes look at the many complex interconnections between us all, and the real truth about relationships. It’s also about discovering how to connect at deeper levels with other beings.  Every animal lover can learn how to talk with animals, if they’re willing to discover how easy it is. You can too!

Ready to learn how to talk to animals yourself?  Check out all of my wonderful online courses and the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club at The Heart School of Animal Communication®  

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!

Which Free Ebook do you want?

SHARING IS GOOD!Problem Solving with Pets

My mission and passion is to improve the lives of animals the world over. I do this by helping humans learn how to speak their language, understand their viewpoints, and heal. After all, our love of animals helps us learn how to be better humans. The more balanced and healthy we are, the more balanced and healthy they can be too. Would you help me reach more animal lovers? Please share now!

 

Enjoyed this article? Here are three more to help you:

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]]> https://valheart.com/is-your-dog-a-paranormal-pooch-interview-olga-horvat/feed/ 0 Paranormal Pooches with Olga Horvat | The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™ | Animal Talk | Podcast #63 nonadult Self Sabotage Trap: Conquer Your Fears to Be a Better Animal Communicator https://valheart.com/self-sabotage-trap-how-to-conquer-fears/ https://valheart.com/self-sabotage-trap-how-to-conquer-fears/#respond Sun, 29 Sep 2024 02:58:18 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=117858 Do you have a pattern of self sabotage?

You may not even be aware you are doing it… but what exactly does self sabotaging mean?

According to the dictionary, it is to behave, especially habitually or compulsively, in a way that interferes directly with one’s own goals, well-being, relationships, etc.

If often has to do with a person’s fears (anxiety, worries, inner tension), which you must conquer to be successful in animal communication

Consider the meaning behind this wonderful Zen parable:

Once upon a time there was an old farmer who had worked his crops for many years.

One day his horse ran away.

Upon hearing the news, his neighbors came to visit. “Such bad luck,” they said sympathetically.

“Maybe,” the farmer replied.

The next morning the horse returned, bringing with it three other wild horses.

“How wonderful,” the neighbors exclaimed.

“Maybe,” replied the old man.

The following day, his son tried to ride one of the untamed horses, was thrown, and broke his leg.

The neighbors again came to offer their sympathy on his misfortune.

“Maybe,” answered the farmer.

The day after, military officials came to the village to draft young men into the army.

Seeing that the son’s leg was broken, they passed him by.

The neighbors congratulated the farmer on how well things had turned out.

“Maybe,” said the farmer.

~Zen Parable

conquer your fears farmer

What does this parable have to do with you, your pets, healing, and animal communication, and, conquering your fears?

Everything!

There is truth to the saying that how you do one thing is how you do everything.

Because here’s the thing: “Your level of success will seldom exceed your level of personal development.” ~ Jim Rohn

These days it’s hard to find folks who aren’t experiencing some level of fear or anxiety, tension or worry.

I hope that isn’t you today, but if it is, and you’re struggling in any area of your life (or know someone who is), then keep reading.

Because the stories you may be telling yourself can make your fear worse, your energy more unstable, and can cause pain and illness (dis-ease) as well as misfortune…

That happens when you feed your fears.

What you focus on expands.

When fear is your master, you’re out of flow, incongruent with your true self, and out of alignment.

You are feeding your fears.

And your pets hate that.

Fear does have a purpose

Fear’s job is to alert you to imminent danger so you can take appropriate action.

If a real live grizzly bear is chasing you, then this is important!

Run, Forest, Run! (Actually, don’t run unless it’s the right thing to do,.. here’s how you should really react if a bear is chasing you).

self sabotage bear

But I digress. ????

What if you are fearful, but there is no real physical bear, no imminent danger, no visible threat to your life, just a general sense of paranoia, dread, worry?

It’s no fun to feel triggered by fear all the time. And in fact, living with fear 24/7 is very detrimental to your health and well being. It also negatively affects your pet.

For instance…

A client told me that she wanted my help healing her past lives because she has a theme of feeling triggered by poverty, war, fear, and suffering.

“I hate that I’m so triggered by the war in Ukraine. Even my dad keeps up with it and he was in a war once. I hate war. I wish I could stop reading about it. And the news. I don’t want to focus on it but it’s so triggering for some reason. I don’t like it at all. It makes me feel so sad and helpless.”

Can you relate?

war

When fear is in control of your life, you must learn to master your mind and shift into your heart.

Fear will block, sabotage, and stop your efforts to communicate with animals because nothing is safe.

Fear is mind talk, not heart talk.

Fears purpose is to keep you alive, but it cannot help you heal, evolve or thrive.

Fear based thinking and emotions negatively affect your pets and block your ability to communicate properly with them

Even worse, fear makes your pets afraid too but they don’t understand what it is you’re fearful about…

“Hmm… no bears here that I can see/smell/hear/sense. Why is mom/dad afraid? What am I missing? It must be really terrible with all that fear, my human is holding their breath and isn’t present with me. What could the problem be? Maybe it’s that person/other animal/object?? I’ll tell them to go away, leave my mom/dad alone, maybe that will help? sigh…. wish I knew how to help my person feel better…”

Fear and fearful emotions are unstable, degenerative energies causing your body/mind to react negatively, looking for and expecting the worst.

Fear becomes a self fulfilling prophesy – you ultimately magnetize and attract the very things you are most afraid of.

Albert Einstein said that fear, overthinking, obsessive compulsive negativity, and worry are a terrible waste of the imagination (paraphrased slightly… ????).

You can even become addicted to fear and worry and anxiety.

So when fear addicts start trying to heal and change their anxious ways, it can be very hard to do.

Fear junkies live on adrenaline, love feeling hyper stimulated, over sensitized to negativity, trauma drama, and overthinking.

self sabotage adrenaline

And that takes you into the past, to times in your life where you were afraid, go hurt, or…

It can make you project into the future dreading what’s to come, and painting a negative, doom and gloom picture which the law of attraction will manifest for you…

And will trick you into ignoring the present, the only moment you actually have any control over, which is right now.

The gift is in the present.

Thoughts and beliefs generate feelings and emotions which you then manifest

Emotions literally change the biology in your body mind, and attract (make real) whatever you’re focusing on and “feeding” with your energy.

Choose your thoughts and beliefs wisely.

To be clear, many of these kinds of fear and self sabotage based patterns come from soul wounds, hurtful life experiences, negative soul contracts, and old “bad” karma.

And yes, they can come from past lives.

Hauntings, ghosts, spirits and the like can make things worse.

They can also come from curses, witchcraft, hexes, sorcery, and attacks from the dark side.

They must be cleared and healed for you to master yourself, regain your life, wellness, balance and recall your power, prosperity and abundance.

In fact, this critically important life healing work is the focus of the Soul Repair and Spirit Healing Program, which is all about empowering you in extraordinary ways to heal, clear fear, and detach quickly from anything that’s triggering you.

Find out how to apply for the Heart Wisdom Soul Repair, Body and Spirit Healing Program for pets and people HERE

It’s a brilliant experience, designed to completely and quickly up level your entire life in 30 days or less.

All healing is Soul healing, everything is energy, and all energy can be transformed.

For instance, my “triggered” client, after her session and a bit of past life regression healing work where we found multiple lifetimes in various war zones and fighting conflicts, she said,

“Thank you Val. I really needed that. No wonder I am sensitive to stories like the bombing of the crimea bridge and things like ‘interrupt supply routes’. The empath in me feels terrible but you’re right, disconnecting and doing something more worthwhile and positive is much more empowering. I like that feeling way better.”

If you have tried but can’t seem to do this on your own, then I highly recommend working with me privately.

Another way to work with me and get help…

Join me and your fellow animal lovers and animal communication students in the Heart School of Animal Communication® , and be a member of our communication practice group in the BEST online Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club®.

Start by downloading your copy of my FREE Ebook: Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!

 

Doing this critical self mastery “shadow self” inner healing work is what makes the Heart Wisdom Methods different and so much more powerful than other animal communication programs.

Working privately with me is a great way to get healing and guidance to clear and conquer the fears, as well as improving your animal communication intuitive abilities.

Whatever you do, do it now.

Don’t spend another moment letting fear hijack your life, undermine your health, or sabotage your communication with your pets.

We call this a spiritual journey to healing, evolving and growing into your BEST Self.

It’s all about mastering yourself, as well as your ability to communicate with animals.

And THAT is the point!

Michelle said “Working with Val gets better faster results in 1 session than doing 18+ typical therapist sessions. If you want to stop being triggered by old wounds, fears, and traumas, Val is the BEST.”

Amber said “I got so much more than just answers to my questions. Val taught me what I need to connect and communicate (and help heal) my dog. I went from feeling fearful, struggling, and worried to feeling peaceful, clear, and fully present, and my dog feels better too.” 

Here’s how to work with me one on one –> HERE! 

Dedicated to guiding you in living your best life,

Val

Val “Soul Repair, Healing and Animal Communication Mastery” Heart

If you want to be of service to understand the animals that you live with and that come into your life, then now’s the time and here’s what to do.

Join me on The Heart School of Animal Communication® online campus and continue your journey to mastery with animal communication and healing in the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club®!

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]]> https://valheart.com/self-sabotage-trap-how-to-conquer-fears/feed/ 0 Animal Conversations: Can a 1-On-1 Communication Become a Group Chat? https://valheart.com/animal-conversations-can-a-1-on-1-become-a-group-chat/ https://valheart.com/animal-conversations-can-a-1-on-1-become-a-group-chat/#respond Sun, 29 Sep 2024 02:54:07 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=117862 “When I connect with an animal to communicate, and my cat is lying next to me, can she jump into the conversation?”

Great question! Before I answer this, consider for a moment what’s possible when you can enjoy animal conversations using the Heart Wisdom Methods.

Imagine you are walking along enjoying the day, or glance out a window and see an animal (or fish or bird or…), or your own pet comes up to you asking for attention.

You connect instantly, fire off a greeting, and next thing you know you’re in a fascinating conversation with them, easily understanding their wisdom, feeling their love, receiving and discussing their unique viewpoints about life, relationships, health and so much more.

When you are consciously aware, connected heart to heart, with all your intuitive senses working properly, you can recognize, respect and revere animals for who they truly are.

You’ll discover that they are angels, guides, healers and teachers, soulmates and guardians.

They are God’s gifts on loan to us.

That’s what is possible once you know how to talk with animals, and are competent and well trained.

Ultimately, the Heart Wisdom Method of animal communication is a spiritual journey to heal, evolve and grow into your best self. Together we make the world a better place for all species.

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Today I’ll answer an animal talk question from a student.

“When I connect with an animal to communicate with them, and my cat is lying next to me, can she jump into the conversation?”

Before I answer, did you know our Live Q&A Coaching Club Calls are scheduled for the second Saturday of each month?

Because you may have questions about animal communication and developing your intuitive abilities too.

The best way to get answers (and help with your own pet) is as an Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club® member.

And now’s a great time to join us!

See below for details or if you’re in a hurry, go HERE

Now back to answering the question: Can other pets jump into your animal conversation?

Short answer is, YES!

If your cat is paying attention to what you’re doing and wants to jump in and turn your conversation into a group chat, then yes, she can add her commentary, input, suggestions, offer her guidance or advice and unique viewpoint.

She may want to discuss what you’re talking about.

It doesn’t matter if the original animal you are focusing on talking with is physically present with you, or if it’s a long distance conversation with a “picture animal“.

Can they do that? Yes, but only if your pet finds the topic interesting and worthy of her time and effort. Otherwise they may well tune you out and ignore the conversation. ????

animal conversation

That’s true of any animal in the vicinity too, whether they are with you physically in person, or with a picture of the animal you’re focusing on intuitively and telepathically, wherever they are.

Sometimes for you as the animal communicator it can feel confusing to hear different voices or receive impressions that aren’t coming from the animal you’re focusing on.

Like being in a crowded room with a bunch of people talking, you have to discern who is who, who wants to talk, who isn’t interested, or who’s just listening.

To do this well (aka, “competently and proficiently”) requires advanced training, fine tuning and developing ALL your intuitive abilities, and acquiring more practical experience because it’s a bit complicated for a newbie or beginner to sort out at first.

Facilitating a multiple “group chat” with more than one animal all at once is a more advanced animal communication skill.

I teach about communicating with groups of animals in the Advanced Animal Talk Topics Mastery Course™ because it’s different than just talking with an individual animal.

You need to first seek out the matriarch (leader of the pack) or patriarch, or the “spokesperson” for the group. You can also with their permission communicate with the individual animals if needed, but there is a hierarchy in the group so be conscious about that before you start.

To get really good at communicating with individuals and groups, so you can become competent and proficient with this special telepathic intuitive ability, we go much deeper in the Heart Wisdom Masterclasses offered in the BEST online Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club® for Platinum Advanced and Professional members.

More questions?

Bring them to the next Live Q&A Coaching Call for Gold Members (Beginning to Intermediate to Advanced students) & Platinum Advanced & Professional Club Members.

Live Q&A Coaching Calls for members are the second Saturday of each month, starting at 8:30 am Pacific / 10:30 am Central / 11:30 am Eastern.

How can you improve to become a better animal communicator?

animal conversation practicing

Use what you know now and investigate, explore, observe and discover how it feels when you communicate with one animal at a time. Then shift to include another animal too and notice what’s different.

Give yourself permission and give it a go, or you’ll never know what you can or cannot do, or how it feels.

If nothing changes or you get confused or off track, then you’re missing something.

Keep practicing with animals you don’t know so you can get the proper feedback to be more confident and accurate.

In the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club® you’ll have offer a wide variety of animal teachers and their caretakers to help you with this.

Get expert guidance and coaching when you need it to fine tune and grow your abilities.

Discover what you’re missing, and avoid making mistakes, learning from your “failures”.

Do your inner healing so you don’t misinterpret their messages through the filter of your own wounds.

Celebrate and get excited when you discover how easy it is to communicate when you stop blocking yourself.

My goal is for my students to be incredibly well trained so you can be AMAZING, proficient, confident, and capable of handling anything that comes your way, using expanded abilities and experiences for the best possible results, for the rest of your life.

The roadmap to successful communication in The Heart School of Animal Communication® through self study courses and programs, live classes, 24/7 community and Club memberships is spelled out for you RIGHT HERE

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!

Which Free Ebook do you want?

After studying Heart Wisdom Methods of animal communication and healing, you will discover that there is no ceiling to your development as a proficient, competent communicator.

Wait… Do I need to be psychic to communicate with animals?

Not at all.

Training using the Heart Wisdom Methods consists of practical, guided step by step, tried and true techniques any animal lover can learn.

You’ll be learning how to access and develop many intuitive abilities, gifts you were born with.

It only requires your passion, love and enthusiasm for animals to make a difference, to connect, and (using the right techniques) to get the best results from your practice conversations.

Ultimately, you want to be able to help animals with whatever they need help with, whether it’s healing or easing pain, preparing for transition, solving behavior problems, or working with the paranormal, finding pets if they get lost, or helping them recover from abuse or accidents or trauma, and so much more.

Together we are changing the world for ALL species to live in harmony and enjoy crystal clear communications.

See you soon on the Heart School campus!

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]]> https://valheart.com/animal-conversations-can-a-1-on-1-become-a-group-chat/feed/ 0 #1 Predictor of Your Success as an Animal Communicator https://valheart.com/1-predictor-of-your-success-as-an-animal-communicator/ https://valheart.com/1-predictor-of-your-success-as-an-animal-communicator/#respond Wed, 18 Sep 2024 19:44:26 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=117850 What is the best predictor of your success as an animal communicator?

I’ve been teaching animal communication classes since 1996 and I’ve noticed something interesting.

The students that succeed in developing their ability to communicate with competence and proficiency beyond their wildest dreams…

…versus the ones that don’t get very far and wind up quitting before they experience their breakthrough.

It all boils down to this.

And it’s one of the most important intuitive traits that all of the best animal communicators have in common.

All the best animal communicators have this intuitive ability.

What is it?

Your ability to shift out of your human perspective so you can experience life from someone else’s perspective.

animal communicator perspective

What does that mean, and do you have this ability too?

  • If you can imagine how it feels to be the dog in the kennel hoping to be adopted at the shelter…
  • If you can feel how it feels to be the horse feeling the pain of being whipped or spurred to go faster by their impatient rider or trainer…
  • If you can sense what the cat sees through their eyes, know what they know, feel their joy in chasing and leaping and zooming about…
  • If you can taste what they taste, smell what they smell, feel how they feel in their body…

Then you are using many of your intuitive abilities to connect and become one with the animal, and that goes way beyond developing just 1 or 2 of the “clairs“.

You’re shifting your human, ego centered perspective and viewpoint to be one with the animal.

You’re becoming ONE with the animal.

That’s why the Beginning Core Foundation Course includes this specific guided meditation (same name), so you can experience the fastest, most direct method of communication for yourself.

It activates MANY intuitive senses going far beyond the most commonly known 4 “clairs”.

It is a critically important skill to develop, and the technique taught is a brilliant “hack” to becoming a better animal communicator.

When you know how and can shift to be one with them, you’ll know what they’re thinking and feeling almost instantly.

If you can do that?

Then there’s no limit to how good you can become, how competent and proficient.

But don’t stop there.

Because just using your imagination and projecting scenarios and feelings from your mind – especially if you’ve been wounded or feel triggered by your own experiences or expectations – won’t help you comprehend and correctly interpret their messages.

For that you need the Heart Wisdom Method of communication which helps you to shift out of your head and your own imagination, and drop into your heart and soul space so you can connect Soul to Soul using all your intuitive abilities.

In my Method we also focus on your doing your inner healing so you don’t misinterpret messages through the filter of your own wounds.

Successful communication takes experience in knowing where to begin the conversation, what the right questions to ask are in the right timing, and how to know when you’re making a mistake, or your own thoughts/imagination or triggered emotions have hijacked your communication.

For instance…

Laurel said her “#1 Goal is to better receive animal thoughts, feelings, messages. I’m pretty good at transmitting, but my receiver seems to be jammed.”

Heart wisdom communication requires both, being good at transmitting information so the animal receives it clearly and understands what you’re saying (well done, Laurel, on this part!).

The second part, often the more critical and difficult part, is getting your intuitive receiver to work properly so you can answer the animals questions and concerns, discuss doubts, feelings, experiences, and brainstorm ideas together in partnership.

animal communicator questions

So you enjoy crystal clarity to understand what they’re telling you.

It’s not just about communicating, it’s about comprehension.

Interpreting their messages accurately, with confidence and competence.

Doing THAT competently takes more advanced training, expert coaching as needed, and proper practice.

It’s a conversation worth having and a skill worth developing.

“A journey of 1,000 miles begins with a single step.”

Take heart, because you’ve taken the step(s) to be where you are now and are ready to improve.

You know more than you did when you started.

And yes, there are more steps to discover on your way to becoming a better animal communicator.

Keep showing up and practicing, get proper feedback to keep you on track and learning from your mistakes.

There’s no substitute for training with an expert and getting the feedback that is tailored to you so that you can practice and learn – and yes, understand – more efficiently and effectively.

That’s what the Heart School of Animal Communication® online classes and courses, and the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club ® are all about.

To be clear, these are advanced skills based on the Heart Wisdom Methods, which include how to solve oroblems with pets.

Successful communication takes experience in knowing where to begin, what the right questions to ask are in the right timing, the right way to apologize and how to know when the apology is accepted.

Learn How to Talk with Animals

Speaking of advanced animal communication skills development training…

In addition to live new Masterclass trainings each month, we also have a whole library full of extraordinary advanced trainings for communicators disguised as Heart Wisdom Masterclasses.

For instance, we have:

  • A series on Helping Shelter, Rescued, Abused and Fostered Pets.
  • Many classes teaching advanced, proprietary, powerful healing techniques, both for animals AND for people.
  • Classes on navigating the challenges of being highly sensitive and empathic.
  • A wonderful extensive collection on developing ALL your intuitive abilities.
  • Classes on communicating with nature (trees, plants and more).
  • Advanced skill development and special topics, including being a successful professional communicator.

New LIVE Masterclasses are offered the third Saturday of each month, class starts at 8:30 am Pacific / 10:30 am Central / 11:30 am Eastern.

There are MANY more things you need to know about communicating – and healing – animals.

The Masterclasses are especially designed for advanced and professional communicators who want to improve your abilities, and continue your education and training to expert level of mastery, accuracy, and competence.

You can only get them by being a Platinum Advanced and Professionals Club Member.

It’s all about becoming proficient in your communication and healing abilities to be more effective with your practice, and get better – faster – results.

The membership especially designed for advanced and professional communicators.

Now’s a great time to join us.

Club Membership details are on >>> this page

You won’t find this level of training anywhere else.

Want more?

Click and grab any of my charming and delightful ebooks, beginners to intermediate to advanced and professional communicator business building self study courses, memberships, and programs.

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Because if communication and healing animals is your chosen career path, you need continuous support and community, advanced training, and expert coaching.

You know you can do better.

BE better.

After studying Heart Wisdom Methods of animal communication and healing, you will discover that there is no ceiling to your development as a proficient, competent communicator.

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!

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]]> https://valheart.com/1-predictor-of-your-success-as-an-animal-communicator/feed/ 0 Pet Allergies: Oh, No! My Partner Is Allergic To My Dog! https://valheart.com/oh-no-my-partner-is-allergic-to-my-dog-pet-allergies/ https://valheart.com/oh-no-my-partner-is-allergic-to-my-dog-pet-allergies/#comments Mon, 16 Sep 2024 16:29:00 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=58144 Guest post courtesy of Joseph P – Co-founder of airfuji.com, who lives with a golden retriever. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communications Enterprises Inc. 

Everything is going well. You guys are ready to take the plunge and go for cohabitation. Proper planning from bills, expenses, contribution, and responsibility are discussed up front. One week after moving in, she dropped the bomb about her pet allergies to your dog.

What can you do? Do you have to choose between her and the dog? One is the love of your life and one is your best friend for ages.

Thankfully, there is help!

Are you certain it is pet allergy?

First thing first, set an appointment with a certified allergist to confirm if is true. She could be allergic to other things like mold, pollen, or even dust. Most allergies will have similar symptoms like running nose, red eyes or itchy skin. She might experience the “signs” from repeated allergens rather from your cuddly dog.

Vacuum thoroughly whenever you can

pet allergiesSo it’s confirmed. She is indeed allergic to your dog or more specifically, pet dander. The best thing you can do is vacuum the whole house thoroughly to pick up any dust, pet hair and dander from the ground. Do it daily or at least twice a week. While you’re at it, an air purifier would capture the stirred up pet hair and save you the time from re-vacuuming the same spot.

Get a HEPA air purifier

Speaking of air purifier, it is the key factor deciding how inhabitable your home will be. An air purifier will make sure airborne dust, hair, and dander will be trapped before she inhales to any of it. There are many types of air purifier in the market and not all of them are created equal. Choose a pet air purifier with HEPA filter that is designed to target pet allergens and odors. Also, make sure there is enough purifying range to cover an entire room. Lastly, leave it running 24×7 and replace the filter once it reaches the end of its life cycle. 

Groom your dog every day

Dog shed every day. the fallen hair will be all over the place if you don’t groom them away. Use a soft-bristled brush and start brushing away all the hair along with the skin flakes attached to it. Preferably do the grooming outside or in an open-space area. This would be your future task for the rest of your life (or at least till her allergies go away). 

Bathe your dog regularly 

A controversial option because studies show no signs of improvement with allergies, but here’s the thing. What we are certain about is that bathing will wash away all the pet dander and germ on your dog. Bathe your dog at least twice a month depending on how dirty he is. Again, this is your regular doggie caretaker task.  And her immune system would not allow her to lather up with Poochie.

Set boundaries where your dog is allowed 

pet allergies

This means the dog cannot sit on a couch, bed or sofa as pet hair is very clingy to upholstery. Closed all bedroom door but do not cage him as dog needs activity space. If possible, consider letting your dog stay outside to minimize in in-flowing allergens.

Go for Immunotherapy (allergy shot)

Immunotherapy is a treatment option that would boost our body immune system. She will be injected with small doses of allergen every week or so and progressively less for 3-5 years. Her body’s defense would be more tolerable to pet allergens over time. For a quick reliever, ask her doctor to prescribe some allergy medication. Those “magic” pills will help reduce the inflammation area and free up her breathing airway. 

Ask her to try homeopathic medicine

Homeopathic medicine is a powerful yet gentle method of augmenting a person’s own immune and defense system. It is a very sophisticated method of individualizing treatment, and it is a tried and true method for healing people who experience a wide range of acute, chronic, and even hereditary ailments.  The key here is to get the right remedy.  There are different remedies designed to help with pet allergies and are well worth a try. 

BodyTalk Healing for Pets and People can also help

Allergies are a symptom of imbalance and over-reaction within the body. When we rebalance the entire BodyMindSpirit, we can fine tune and optimize the body’s functioning to eliminate the allergy altogether.  This extraordinary alternative healing technique is one of the fastest growing, most powerful therapies out there, as it should be.  Click here to find out more 

There is also food diet, exercise or the use of hypoallergenic products that we did not touch on as it is less significant. If none of the above methods help in alleviating her allergies, be patient and try again on another day. Keep the faith and remember, there is still the possibility that she might outgrow it.

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]]> https://valheart.com/oh-no-my-partner-is-allergic-to-my-dog-pet-allergies/feed/ 1 Helping Shelter Pets With Animal Communication https://valheart.com/helping-shelter-pets-with-animal-communication/ https://valheart.com/helping-shelter-pets-with-animal-communication/#respond Mon, 05 Aug 2024 00:16:12 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=117823 How can animal communication help shelter pets heal so they can find their forever home?

“When I think about animals who have been abused, rescued, or are in a shelter at risk of being euthanized, I feel hopeless and don’t know how to best help them beyond the basic care. How can animal communication help them?”

This is an especially common experience for big hearted caregivers working with shelter pets, rescues, fostering and rehabilitation with abused animals.

Many animal lovers and communicators don’t even try to help them because it feels so overwhelming.

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But when it comes to helping shelter animals, rescued and often abused animals, confused animals, animals who are depressed, fearful, or grieving, animals in pain who need healing, fostered animals who need rehabilitation, this is a huge problem.

And a disservice to the very ones who need help the most.

It’s time to further your education on using your intuitive abilities for better results, and inspire you by teaching you powerful, and important animal communication and healing techniques that will make all the difference when you work with these animals.

Because when you are trying to help animals who have lost their homes, were injured, rejected, left behind, abused or worse, so they can find their forever homes?

You don’t want to fail them when they need you to listen.

You want to know what they need, answer their questions and concerns, explain why they are where they are, what’s going to happen to them.

You need to know how to help them through feelings of loss and betrayal by humans, so they can heal and find a new purpose.

You must know how to help them become adoptable.

And they need a choice about who they want to go home with, who they feel a renewed sense of purpose with, and who is a bad fit for them.

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Learning HOW to help shelter pets begins with a conversation… with the animal.

Becoming a better – more competent – animal communicator is the way to help them do ALL these things.

I taught a good introduction to this topic along with many wonderful healing techniques you can use in the Advanced Animal Talk Mastery Course (the beginning course and other courses are in the Heart School of Animal Communication®).

And we went much deeper into this masterclass series on communicating and healing shelter pets.

It’s time to teach more of my unique approaches, what I’ve learned in working with these animals since 1993, and my Heart Wisdom techniques in this depth.

According to the most recent (2024) statistics, 6.5 million animals wound up in shelters.

Of those, roughly 2.7 million lost their lives in addition to their homes, friends and families.

Many were abused, many were rescued, many were fostered but many also had behavior problems that made it very hard to find them good homes.

Many of them were unadoptable because nobody took the time to communicate with them about their bad behaviors that came about through bad pet parenting, lack of good training and other issues.

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Shelter pets often feel lost, confused, abandoned, and rejected.

They can be grieving, sick and injured.

They have no compassionate guidance, no chance to tell their story to someone who cares and can hear them or help them heal, regroup and move forward in their life.

Nobody knows how to prepare them to die either.

So tragic, this hurts my heart and I know it does yours too.

Let’s change that.

Together we can make the world a better place for animals and we who love them so dearly.

By becoming a better, more competent communicator in the Heart Wisdom Methods, you can help these animals heal, find a new sense of purpose, change their bad behaviors, and attract their perfect person so they have a wonderful, loving forever home.

When you do this right, animals and people can take a big breath of relief, feel safe together, more connected, confident and clear about what’s needed and wanted, and their lives can get back on track for harmony and alignment.

Shelters, rescue and foster people can do a much better job of it too, once you know how to speak their language.

Take a moment and consider what comes up for you when you think about communicating with these animals…

Some animal communication students (and even professionals) tell me they feel worried about what they’re going to hear, that the stories will be too painful to bear, that they will feel overwhelmed by it all and so they don’t even try.

Just the idea of what horrific things the animal may have experienced is enough to make them want to curl into a fetal ball and cry forever.

Feeling fearful and haunted by imagined abuses which causes trauma drama to we the people, especially we who are highly sensitive empathic types.

But if you don’t make an effort to connect and help them because of your own inner drama trauma, then not only do they go without the help – and after all, they are the ones who’ve actually lived through it — but you get stuck in the trauma and now need healing yourself.

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One of the things that makes the Heart Wisdom Method of animal communication so unique is our focus on healing emotions for pets and people.

Because if you don’t do your inner healing, you’ll misunderstand their messages, or you’ll misinterpret what they’re trying to tell you through the filter of your own wounds.

When you do though, you become a better, more competent communicator and healer.

That’s why the way I teach animal communication is a spiritual journey to heal, evolve and grow into your best self using ALL your intuitive abilities.

The only way to get the Masterclasses is by being a Platinum member of the BEST online Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club.

You’ll find Masterclasses on Advanced Communication and Healing Working with Shelter, Rescues and Foster Animals, as well as our other healing and advanced communication skills development Masterclasses, already in our Treasure Vault Library of recordings.

We have classes on healing feelings, for highly sensitive empaths, avoiding mistakes, solving behavior problems, healing animals, improving communication competence, expanding your education, accuracy, and developing ALL your intuitive abilities and senses.

There are no long term membership commitments, you can drop out anytime.

Join us?

If you’re not already a Platinum Club Member, then now’s the time to sign up.

Everything you need to know is on this page.

Students and professionals train with me to gain that “extra edge” by developing more than just the ‘average’ communicator skills.

You know you can do better.

BE better.

You want more.

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You know you have inner healing to do because you can sense limitations, blocks and blind spots in your communication and in your life.

It’s why I’ve dedicated so much of my life, education and training learning about helping people heal (45+ years), healing, and teaching so I can guide YOU to be the best you can possibly be.

The Heart Wisdom program is a sequence of different trainings, and the further you go, the more competent you will be in my method.

My “right fit” qualified students move through four levels of competence: beginner, intermediate, advanced, and proficient.

You won’t find this level of training anywhere else.

Doing this critical self mastery and inner healing work is what makes the Heart Wisdom Methods different and so much more powerful than other animal communication programs.

It’s all about mastering yourself, growing your intuitive abilities at all levels, as well as improving your ability to communicate proficiently with animals.

These are the kinds of thought processes and healing I guide and coach my students and clients on that have such a profound impact on improving their ability to communicate and use their intuitive abilities with great results.

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]]> https://valheart.com/helping-shelter-pets-with-animal-communication/feed/ 0 Do Cats Hate Water Or Is That a Myth? – Guest post by Amber Kingsley https://valheart.com/do-cats-hate-water-guest-post-amber-kingsley-2/ https://valheart.com/do-cats-hate-water-guest-post-amber-kingsley-2/#comments Tue, 23 Jul 2024 16:54:32 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=41077 Guest post courtesy of Amber Kingsley. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communications Enterprises Inc. 

We’ve all been fed so many “old wives tales” over the years, especially when it comes to cats. Some are bizarrely superstitious, like black cats being bad luck. Even weirder is the tale that they steal the breath away from newborn infants. Or how about the “fact” that they have nine lives or always land on their feet. But one of the better known cat-associated tales is that cats hate water.

While it’s true many breeds of cats are not necessarily water-friendly, there are many that do enjoy going for a swim, especially in hot and arid living environments. For example, in the wild kingdom, you’ll often see tigers enjoying a swim, even preying on one of their favorite foods – fish. But on the other hand, lions and leopards will usually avoid rivers and streams. They steer clear of some of the very few predators that pose a potential risk to them, like crocodiles.

DEEPER THAN DOMESTIC

Since our more domesticated and docile kitties are considered distant descendants of these big cats, it wouldn’t be fair to say that ALL cats hate water or that cats shouldn’t be leery of H₂O as an instinctual trait. Let’s delve deeper and see what we find underneath these murky waters.

Animal Planet tells us an irrational fear that some domesticated cats have about water may have come from their masters. Many humans have been shielding them from the elements over the centuries since we have adopted them as our pets. We’ve been protecting them from heavy rainstorms and other exposure to these types of wet experiences. Therefore, they may never have accepted some of Mother Nature’s fury or learned to deal with it.

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 HUMAN INTERVENTION

Further water aversion comes from people who use water as a punishment for cats that may claw furniture or display other destructive behaviors. They squirt them with water as a non-violent deterrent. Perhaps their owner gave them a forced bathing experience or they got caught outside during a torrential downpour.

Regardless of the nature of this exposure, they may have had a bad experience with their exposure to water. But cats, curious by nature, can wind up in desperate need of a bath. And as their masters, we need to step up and take this responsibility. Whether they wound up in a sticky situation or came in contact with a smelly critter like a skunk, we need to respond with appropriate cleanup measures that require soap and water.

WATER TORTURE OR TREAT?

Despite some of them having an aversion to being completely immersed in water, many cats find that hypnotizing “drip-drip-drip” of a faucet fascinating. Some enjoy laying in empty, cool sinks during hotter months. Either way, cats still need water to survive, just like any other animal and are not necessarily scared of getting wet.

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Unlike dogs, cats don’t really need much time in the bathtub due to their ritualistic grooming routines. Owners can reassure them that water isn’t necessarily a trauma when they’re still youngsters. Start them out when they’re kittens and try introducing them by rubbing a soothing, warm washcloth over them.

Introduce them into temperature-appropriate water temperatures and refrain from dunking them completely until they begin to become accustomed to the wetness. While they may take to a litter box almost immediately, getting them used to being wet is easier when they’re just kittens. By introducing your cat to water at a younger age, you help them to be tolerant in the future.

This article was previously published November 28, 2017 and was updated on July 23, 2024.

Article written by Amber Kingsley

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]]> https://valheart.com/do-cats-hate-water-guest-post-amber-kingsley-2/feed/ 2 How to Stop Your Dog From Begging the Gentle Way https://valheart.com/how-to-stop-your-dog-from-begging-the-gentle-way/ https://valheart.com/how-to-stop-your-dog-from-begging-the-gentle-way/#respond Mon, 22 Jul 2024 16:05:48 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=58940 Guest post. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communications Enterprises Inc. 

There are a few reasons why you might want to stop your dog from begging. One reason might be that you just don’t want to hear it. That’s a perfectly acceptable reason, but remember that if your dog is begging, they’re trying to tell you something.

Another really important reason to stop your dog from begging is to help them. Feeding a dog table scraps can lead to an upset stomach or even canine obesity. And according to a 2023 study, more than half the dogs in American are classified as overweight or obese.

Stopping your dog from begging can be good for both you and your dog, but how to start?

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Don’t Reward Bad Behavior

The first step to stop your dog from begging is to be sure you aren’t reinforcing the behavior. When your dog is begging, they’re trying to tell you something. If you listen, you can actually learn from your dog. They are likely telling you that they are somehow unsatisfied. They might not like their own food and are asking you for a bit of yours.

They’re pretty convincing too. When your pup flashes those eyes, it’s easy to share with them. Unfortunately, this is the last thing you want to do. If your dog is asking you for a bit of your meal, giving it to them is going to reinforce that behavior. By giving your dog what they ask for, you will teach them that begging will get them what they want. They will continue begging if they learn that it works.

Give Your Dog a Safe Place

Another way for you to tell your dog that begging is not acceptable is to give them a safe space to be. If you are sitting down at mealtime and your dog begins to beg, tell them to go to their safe place.

That place can be anywhere you designate, as long as you keep it the same. You can choose a certain rug or even their crate. Crate and dog training tips are important, don’t abuse the fact that you can crate your dog for your own convenience. The benefits of crate training are very apparent if done properly.

Whatever you decide on, be sure that the place is actually comfortable for your dog. Each time you sit down to eat, tell your dog to go to that place. If your dog doesn’t stay in their place, take the dog out of the room. If you are having a hard time getting them out of the room, you can also try leaving the room yourself. You can use a minute or two as a kind of reset and come back together to try again.

Help Your Dog Focus

When your dog is begging for food, it’s because they want what you have. They know that your food is some of the best stuff around. They might also have little else to occupy themselves.

To stop your dog from begging, you should give them something better than what they’re begging for. If your dog begs at your mealtimes, give them something to help redirect their focus away from your meal. For instance, give them a stuffed Kong for a tasty treat that will occupy their mind.

Another way to redirect their focus is to feed them at the same time you eat. Give your dog their food while you are eating. Then, once you finish your meal, take their bowl away regardless of how much they’ve eaten. Your dog will quickly learn that they should be eating at meal time instead of begging.

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Give Your Dog Tasks to Stop Dog Begging

Because we love our dogs so much, it’s easy to spoil them. We might give them an extra treat just because they’re cute or call them to cuddle on the couch because we’re cold. While these are perfectly fine things to do, your dog might be craving a bit more discipline.

Some dogs need a strong leader, and you might have to take up that call.

Here are some training tasks you can work into your everyday routine:

  •     Tell them to sit before you feed them.
  •     Have your dog wait for your “o.k.” to go outside.
  •     Ask them for a paw before giving them some pets.

These are small tasks that you can work into your everyday training. Once your dog understands that you are rewarding their good behavior, they’ll learn what behaviors you dislike.

Training a dog is a back and forth dance that never really ends. This is why it’s important to listen to your dog as much as you give them commands. 

Feature  Image by Fran_Mother_Of_Dogs from Pixabay

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This article was previously published June 17, 2020, and was updated on July 23, 2024.

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]]> https://valheart.com/how-to-stop-your-dog-from-begging-the-gentle-way/feed/ 0 Can I Communicate With My Pets After They Cross the Rainbow Bridge? https://valheart.com/communicate-with-pets-after-they-cross-rainbow-bridge/ https://valheart.com/communicate-with-pets-after-they-cross-rainbow-bridge/#respond Tue, 11 Jun 2024 01:03:23 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=117788 When your pet crosses over the rainbow bridge, it may seem like they’re gone forever.

You may wonder:

“Can I communicate with my animals in spirit after they’ve crossed over?”

This a great question.

Many animal communication students struggle with being able to hear, sense, or communicate with their pet once they’ve transitioned.  That happens for many reasons which I’ll explain in a moment.

The short answer is, yes you can.

It makes all the difference in the world to your healing and grieving process, when you know how to do it correctly.

After all, losing a pet can be a heart breaking experience.

It’s especially difficult if you can’t communicate accurately or confidently – proficiently – with them so you know where they are, what they need, and can receive their messages.

But when you know how to communicate with your pet when they are preparing to make their transition, you can learn about their experience crossing over and how it feels to be on the other side (aka, the afterlife).

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The Heart Method of Animal Communication with Animals in Spirit

In fact, with the Heart Method you can talk with them anytime you wish about anything weighing on your heart or mind, whether they are in physical form or spirit form.

Every day your animals in spirit connect with you, trying to share their unconditional love, support, encouragement, messages of healing and peace.

They can act as spirit guides, teachers and healers.

But if you are blocked, stuck, limited in your ability to communicate clearly with them…

Or you are grieving so much you feel overwhelmed with sadness and guilt or regrets to the point where you’ve shut down to numb out from the pain…

Or you have so many unanswered questions, thoughts or traumatic stories about how and why they died…

You will block yourself from feeling or sensing them.

Then you simply won’t be able to hear, communicate, or understand their messages until you’ve done enough of your inner healing to be able to feel again without filtering or misinterpreting the messages through your wounds.

Not because your pet doesn’t want to communicate with you or is unable to do so, but because you are too full of your own unsettle feelings to sense them or hear their messages to you.

To be clear, this is a more advanced, intuitive ability, one that is well worth the time discovering how to do confidently, and then becoming good at it so you can trust your intuitive guidance.

If you’ve wondered:

  • How can you receive and accurately interpret a message from your animal in spirit?
  • What animals do in the afterlife and have they seen other animals or loved ones on the other side?
  • What about reincarnation – are they coming back to you? If so, how will you find them?
  • Are your other pets still in their physical bodies grieving? What do they know about their friend’s crossing over? Have they senses them still around?

The best way to get my guidance and answers to these questions and other student questions including giving readings along with coaching you to be a better communicator, is to join us in the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club.

Join us! Our Live Q&A Coaching Calls are the second Saturday of each month for Gold and Platinum Club Members.

Class starts at 8:30 am Pacific / 10:30 Central / 11:30 Eastern.

THIS is your chance to get my expert coaching and guidance, including help with YOUR pet.

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Gold Membership is for beginners, intermediate, and advanced students:

  • Gold membership is the right choice for answers to your questions, coaching, opportunities to earn free private Student Breakthrough Laser Sessions with Val (reg $125), Live Q&A Calls each month and Featured Animal Teacher opportunities.

  • You want a safe place to PRACTICE communicating with a wide variety of other people’s animals so you get proper feedback to grow your skills, accuracy, and confidence. AND, your fellow students will get to practice with your pets too.

  • Enjoy being a member in a loving community with new monthly trainings, intuition development lessons and more!

Platinum Membership is for Advanced and Professional Communicators:

  • Platinum membership is the best choice if this is your career path. If you are serious about being competent and proficient with your communication and healing abilities, want to be (or already are) a practitioner who values continuous community, support, expert mentoring, and advanced training.

  • You’ll get immediate access to the entire Heart Wisdom Masterclass Treasure Vault Recordings. AND, can attend the monthly live classes too.

  • You get everything Gold members get and then some.

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Students and professionals train with me to gain that “extra edge” by developing more than just the ‘average’ communicator skills.

They know they can do better. BE better. They want it all.

Training you to be proficient at the highest level possible makes me a super happy camper, it’s my jam, the sun in my shine, and why I do what I do.

It’s also why I’ve dedicated so much of my life, education and training learning about helping people heal (45+ years), and teaching so I can guide YOU to be the best you can possibly be.

Doing this critical self mastery and inner healing work is what makes the Heart Wisdom Methods different and so much more powerful than other animal communication programs.

It’s all about mastering yourself, growing your intuitive abilities at all levels, as well as improving your ability to communicate proficiently with animals.

 

You have 2 main ways to get my expertise for animal communication, medical intuitive scanning, healing and guidance for yourself and/or your pet:

1. Learn how to communicate with them yourself through The Heart School of Animal Communication®, then join me and your fellow students in the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club.

You can earn free student coaching sessions with me, access our extensive Intuition Development Lessons, get help with your pets, and practice with other people’s pets so you get proper feedback to improve, which is the best way to grow your abilities and confidence.

Our monthly Live Q&A Coaching Calls are offered the second Saturday each month, 8:30 am Pacific / 10:30 am Central / 11:30 am Eastern.

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Platinum Members also have immediate access to the extensive Treasure Vault of recorded Masterclasses.

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]]> https://valheart.com/communicate-with-pets-after-they-cross-rainbow-bridge/feed/ 0 You Can Talk to Your Animals in Spirit: Bella’s Story and the Rattlesnake https://valheart.com/talk-to-your-animals-in-spirit-bella-and-rattlesnake/ https://valheart.com/talk-to-your-animals-in-spirit-bella-and-rattlesnake/#respond Thu, 30 May 2024 23:26:29 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=117754 Did you know that you can still communicate with your animals in spirit even after they have crossed over and made their transition?

First, let me tell you about a gorgeous boxer dog named Bella.

When her person contacted me for a phone session, Bella had just died from a snake bite.

As you can imagine, the whole family was grieving and in shock.

The other dogs were freaked out, depressed and sad.

They lived on a farm.

One of the problems they faced was not knowing where the attack had occurred.

So in addition to suffering the pain of broken hearts, they were living in fear every minute.

The snake could literally be anywhere.

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Talking to Bella

When I tuned energetically and communicated with her as a dog in spirit form, what she told me was incredible (by the way, I can teach you how to communicate with animals yourself in The Heart School of Animal Communication®, start with the Beginning Core Foundations and Advanced Animal Talk Mastery Courses).

Bella told us that she had encountered the rattlesnake in a specific field on their property. (And she helped me pinpoint the exact location on the map but I’ll tell you more about that in a moment…)

She also said that there was more than one snake!

In fact, she’d been bitten twice, once on her neck and once on her face, by two separate snakes when she accidentally stumbled onto their nest.

She’d barely made it back to their house and work area before she collapsed.

She apologized to her mom and dad.

She was sorry for being so careless.

She was worried about leaving her family so soon.

Astonishingly, she made us smile as she gave “instructions” to the remaining dogs for their jobs and how they needed to step up now that she was gone.

Her powerful presence and answers brought a measure of peace to her people and they could begin to feel her Spirit for themselves.

For the first time since the accident, the tension and pain the surviving family, people and pets, began to unwind.

Then, her parents wanted to know if she could tell them where on the property the snakes were.

They wanted to clear the snakes out of the area for safety reasons before anyone else got hurt.

So Bella showed me a grid of their farm, and pinpointed exactly where she was on the land when she found them.

Val Heart Expert Animal Communicator and Pet Problem Solver

She showed me what it looked like.

I saw in my mind’s eye (using the gift of clairvoyance) what appeared to be several grayish lumpy rocks and a hole in the ground in a field with dirt and what looked like pale brownish dried out plants.

She warned us that there were young baby snakes in the nest as well and to be very careful.

When I explained what I had seen to her person, she confirmed that she knew exactly where that was!

I asked if we could try talking to the snakes, to warn them of the situation.

The problem was that they were badly located in that area.

We wondered if we could avoid further harm by encouraging them to move away from humans and off the territory completely.

So I tuned in and scanned looking for them until I found and connected with them so we could communicate.

The snakes were astonished to hear my voice, and I quickly had their attention.

When I communicated with the snakes, I explained the situation and asked for their cooperation.

I showed them an area that was wooded and had a stream running through it, and asked them if they would relocate in that area immediately.

I warned them that the attack on the dog and her subsequent death caused great harm and grieving to the people who lived here and worked the land.

The people planned to go to that place tomorrow and if they found any snakes still there, they would kill them.

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The snakes indicated that they understood.

Bella’s Spirit remained in the area for good awhile longer.

The surviving dogs relaxed and began playing again.

And my client felt a sense of peace and purpose for the first time since she’d lost her wonderful dog.

Next, I waited to hear what happened.

The following day I got an email saying that they had gone to the exact location and yes, they found the hole where I’d told them to look exactly as I’d described it.

There was evidence of snakes around but NO SNAKES.

There were all gone.

To my knowledge, they’ve never had any other incidences with rattlesnakes in their area.

What a relief!

When we take time to communicate with the animals around us, it makes all the difference in the world.

I love hearing what you think, so be sure to post your comments.

 

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Val Heart got her start in animal communication in 1993 when an injured mare spontaneously told her why the wound on her hip wouldn’t heal.

Through the conversation, Val and the horse’s owner were astonished as the wound simply disappeared right before their eyes as she shared her story!

Today, Val is a leading animal communication expert, internationally recognized pet psychic, master healer and teacher.

Val can help you learn how to create a magical bond between you and your animal and get at the root of what is really going on in their life.

Not the typical animal communicator or teacher, her specialty is healing and solving problems with pets through a uniquely powerful spiritual journey.

Students find her training to be life changing and profound.

If you want to learn how to talk to animals yourself, and you don’t want to waste a lot of time, energy and money chasing your tail on expensive onsite coursework, then Val can help!

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Her mission and passion is to reach and teach One Million Animal Lovers around the world.

Improve the lives of animals the world over by helping humans learn how to speak their language, understand their viewpoints, and heal.

After all, it’s our love of animals that helps us learn how to be better humans, and the more balanced and healthy we are, the more balanced and healthy they can be too.

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How Cat Communication Prepared TuffyTiger To Go Outside Safely

Is My Dog Happy? Here’s How to Know For Sure

]]> https://valheart.com/talk-to-your-animals-in-spirit-bella-and-rattlesnake/feed/ 0 Healing Trauma: How to Handle the Grief from Tragic Events https://valheart.com/healing-trauma-how-to-handle-grief-from-tragic-events/ https://valheart.com/healing-trauma-how-to-handle-grief-from-tragic-events/#respond Thu, 23 May 2024 20:01:57 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=117730 Healing trauma: How do you handle grief when tragic events occur?

When tragic events happen, how do you handle the grief (and trauma and shock and anger and sense of helplessness…) so you can heal and move on with your life?

If you’ve been working on healing from tragic events but can’t seem to let what happened go…

If no amount of meditating, journaling, praying, EFT tapping, Ho’oponopono, or therapeutic guidance has succeeded in freeing you from the pain…

Maybe you keep seeking different, new techniques hoping that one will be the way to your peace.

Yet, no matter what you do, you are still suffering, unable to forgive or forget what happened.

I know how that feels – been there, done that. Sometimes it’s like the emotional pain is eating you alive.

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When we don’t know how to let go, forgive and move on, make peace with what’s happened, we get stuck there.

There are a lot of different trauma therapies and forgiveness techniques out there, including journaling, writing and/or burning letters in a ritual of release, or tearing them up and flushing them down the toilet.

Some techniques work better than others, and some, meh, not so helpful.

Some just make things worse.

Healing trauma takes time and effort

I’ve worked with clients who have been in therapy for years but still haven’t made much progress at all.

I even read a technique recently that uses microcurrents to stimulate areas of the brain (that’s right, shock therapy! OMG.

Please don’t do that, it’s barbaric and totally unnecessary… I promise there’s a much easier, faster, more effective way). ????

What I’ve discovered – and what I taught in a LIVE Masterclass – is a highly effective 12D energy detachment exercise that literally releases this kind of life-energy draining trauma so the pain goes away.

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It only takes about a minute, maybe two once you know how to do it properly.

I’ve used it for trauma healing, forgiving, and releasing the injuries suffered in a 17 year abusive marriage.

For releasing the grief of losing a child.

For healing the sadness and trauma in losing loved ones, including my heart horses, dogs, and cats, friends and family members.

For clearing wounds caused from betrayals and attacks by authority figures, family, and trusted friends.

And for releasing trauma from social injustices, violence, abuse and crimes against humanity as well as against animals.

Here’s the thing:

The best, fastest, and surest way to be able to forgive what you’ve been unable to forget is…

To learn what I taught Platinum members students in our Heart Wisdom Masterclass: 12D High Energy Hygiene Practice for Communicators and Healers, Forgiving What You Can’t Forget (Part 2 in our 12D Energy Hygiene Practices Series).

We started by learning how to Get Funky Energy Out of Your Field (Part 1).

And now it’s time to take what you learned in Part 1 and carry it forward to release the old pain and trauma drama from your life.

Until you know how to:

1) Shield yourself properly from being triggered or affected by the world around you, and…

2) Release and clear injuries, attacks, abuse, painful experiences and events so you can forgive and move on…

You simply won’t be able to let things go completely, keep your energy field clean and clear, balance your chakras and meridians (and keep them balanced), repair your Wei Qi, and recharge your vital life force batteries (the mitochondria in your cells among other things).

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Like a boomerang, the guilt, regrets, grief, sadness and suffering keep coming back.

You won’t be able to clear old karma or complete negative soul contracts.

And you won’t be able to heal.

A BIG foundational component in the Heart Wisdom training include doing your inner healing work so you can be crystal clear, fully present, and use all your intuitive abilities.

And know how to do THIS – forgiving what you can’t forget – is part of your healing.

This level of Masterclass training isn’t available anywhere else.

You won’t want to miss this. Seriously.

The only way to get this Masterclass or access Part 1 in our series is by being a Platinum Club Member.

Platinum Club Members get the monthly Live Q&A Coaching Calls plus the Live Heart Wisdom Masterclass essential training series.

You also get immediate access to our extensive Treasure Vault recordings (like the 12D High Energy Hygiene Practice for Communicators and Healers, Forgiving What You Can’t Forget class recording) packed with over 6 1/2+ years worth of uniquely powerful Heart Wisdom healing techniques, advanced skills development, intuition development lessons, and special topics.

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]]> https://valheart.com/healing-trauma-how-to-handle-grief-from-tragic-events/feed/ 0 Are 12D Energy Clearing Methods Better Than Reiki or Other Methods https://valheart.com/12d-energy-clearing-methods-better-than-reiki/ https://valheart.com/12d-energy-clearing-methods-better-than-reiki/#respond Sat, 13 Apr 2024 00:21:29 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=117632 Are 12 D energy clearing (Heart Wisdom) methods better than Reiki or other methods?

Before I answer that, you need to know that there is something you must do before AND after communicating with animals or doing healing.

It’s something that very few teachers talk (or teach) about.

But it’s critical to your health, success, and well-being.

The short of it is:

You must clear your energy field BEFORE connecting and communicating with animals, and do it again AFTER doing the work.

Always, no exceptions.

Some people think that smudging or doing a quick Reiki healing or another method works just fine.

I’m here to tell you that they are NOT fine. They do not do the same thing as 12D energy hygiene practices, and they are not nearly as effective.

I’ll explain why I believe that in a moment, and what my experience has been after having learned and tested many different energy clearing techniques.

Anyone who works with energy whether it’s communicating with animals or healing animals (or people), you need the most powerful techniques, and you need to know how to do them properly.

I’m referring to the 12D energy hygiene practices that I use with my own clients and that I teach to my students. They are part of my Heart Wisdom Methods for communicating and healing, and are designed to safeguard your health and well-being.

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One of my readers said, “I have enjoyed reading your material so far. However, as a Reiki Master of 28 years, I disagree that your 12D method is the only effective way to clear energy. C’mon Val. You are better than that.”

You might be wondering that too?

Here’s how I responded

You’re right in that it’s not the only way to clear energy.

I didn’t actually say that it’s the ONLY way.

I was trying to explain that it’s the BEST way.

After learning, experiencing and using 100’s of techniques including reiki and shamanic practices since the mid 1980s, I believe that the BEST way to do that is with 12D energy clearing and healing techniques.

I call them “miraculous” for a reason. ????

You’re welcome to disagree, but if you’ve never personally experienced 12D energy and the powerful difference it makes, then you don’t know what a game changer this is.

They are also super fast, once you know what you’re doing.

For example, Reiki typically uses 5D energy methods.

To be sure, it’s a lovely energy, very useful in certain situations, depending on how clear and proficient the practitioner is.

But there are many things it simply cannot do. And clearing and cleaning your energy field properly is one of the things it doesn’t do very well.

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Here’s the problem.

For instance, demons hang out in 9D for the most part, so if they are in you or your client’s energy field, and your energy isn’t powerful enough to clear them?

Then you won’t be able to. You might manage to get them to shift a little bit but then they can come back and they might invite their nasty friends to come with them.

Not good.

And that’s just one example of what can happen.

With these 12D high level Heart Wisdom energy hygiene techniques, we can do other very cool, important things too at the same time that go way beyond cleaning your energy field.

You can recharge the mitochondria in the cells, remove toxins, optimize glands/organs/systems functionality, repair mutated genome (DNA/RNA and chromosomes), extend telomeres, remove mind control, clean pineal glands, and kick the nasties to the curb, and so much more…

All in just a few minutes.

So yes, I am better than that, which is why I’m teaching what I’ve discovered.

12D high level energy hygiene practices like we do with my Heart Wisdom Method go far beyond what you can do with Reiki or any other energy clearing methods.

But, it’s only for people who want to learn more, to improve their abilities so they can be more effective, and get better results.

And that’s why I believe that 12D energy clearing methods are better than Reiki or other methods.

In our Heart Wisdom Masterclass I teach several of my favorite and most powerful 12D energy hygiene and healing techniques for animal communicators and healers.

For instance, have you ever experienced something you simply cannot forget?

Not in a good memory kind of way, but in a way that hurts you every time you think about it?

One of the techniques students we use is a wonderful and very powerful Detachment Exercise, and it is life changing.

Imagine being able to literally transform energy with just a few breaths and the proper focus and exacting technique.

Everything is energy, and all energy can be transformed, but you need the right frequency, power, and technique to do so.

In addition, knowing how to shield yourself to stop being slimed or triggered by nasty energies in the first place is also important.

Normally in our Heart Wisdom Masterclasses I focus on teaching about important animal, healing, intuition development, and advanced skills development communication and healing topics.

These 12D Energy Hygiene masterclasses are different because not only will you learn advanced healing techniques you can put to good use right away, you’ll also get to experience and receive 12D Soul healing and spirit repair work.

The first Masterclass in our series is called: Get the Funky Energy Out of Your Field (12D High Level Energy Hygiene Practices for Communicators and Healers)

The second Masterclass in our series is called: Forgiving What You Can’t Forget.

As you’ll discover, these techniques are definitely better than Reiki.

Interested in learning more?

The Masterclasses are in our student’s Treasure Vault but you must be an Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club Advanced and Professional Platinum Member to access them.

Details on how to join us are at https://go.learnhowtotalktoanimals.com/animal-talk-coaching-club-details-platinum

As a Platinum member you’ll also have immediate access to ALL our extensive library of over 80 Heart Wisdom Masterclasses on a wide variety of important topics, from healing animals to problem solving with pets to advanced skills development to working with the paranormal to handling feelings, finding lost animals, and so much more.

Platinum members can earn free private coaching sessions with me, get help with your pets and answers to your questions, and over 300 animals to practice communicating with to improve your abilities so you can get the proper feedback to grow your skills.

You’ll also get our extensive personally designed intuition development lessons and exercises.

You’ll get to join me LIVE in the monthly Q&A Coaching Calls and Heart Wisdom Masterclass too.

You will love having immediate access to our extensive, personally designed Intuition Development Lessons and exercises too.

This is for you IF you are serious about being a better, more confident, competent (proficient) communicator and healer.

You’ll get expert tips, things I’ve learned from my mistakes, along with insights and discoveries about what works in my over 30+ years of practicing as a professional communicator.

You’ll also get your chance to receive coaching as we discuss this important topic.

The info you need is at https://go.learnhowtotalktoanimals.com/animal-talk-coaching-club-details-platinum

Join up as a Platinum Member right NOW so you can participate.

I think you’ll love what you’re going to experience and learn in the Masterclass, and who knows?

It could even save your life and your animal’s life too.

Because if your cup is empty, you won’t have anything to share with anyone else.

If your cup is contaminated or dirty, you need to clean and refill it before drinking or offering to someone else.

But if your cup is full of life, love and light sourced from the Universal Field at the highest level (12D energies), then you have more than enough for yourself and to share and help others too.

And that’s the point.

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Beginners start here: Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!

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P.S. Students and professionals train with me to improve their abilities to become proficient in the Heart Wisdom Methods.

Teaching you to be proficient at the highest level possible makes me a super happy camper, it’s my jam, the sun in my shine, and why I do what I do.

It’s also why I’ve dedicated so much of my life, education and training learning about helping people heal (45+ years), and teaching so I can guide YOU to be the best you can possibly be.

To be clear, what you’ll be learning is a small part of my much bigger, deeper Heart Wisdom Soul Repair 30 Day Intensive Program.

I simply can’t teach you everything that you would learn in my 30 day intensive program in just one class.

If the bigger Intensive Program interests you, the information about how it works and how to apply is outlined on this page.

Click the link to find out more: https://valheart.com/consultation/soul-repair-body-spirit-healing-for-people/

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]]> https://valheart.com/12d-energy-clearing-methods-better-than-reiki/feed/ 0 Are You Thinking of Adding a Pet to Your Family? https://valheart.com/are-you-thinking-of-adding-a-pet-to-your-family/ https://valheart.com/are-you-thinking-of-adding-a-pet-to-your-family/#respond Tue, 02 Apr 2024 20:04:22 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=117622 How Two Cats Saved Me as a Child

On a hot summer day when I was 11 years old, two stray kittens wandered into our yard. They were emaciated and dirty, but I begged my mother to let me adopt them. Unfortunately, we didn’t have a lot of money, and I’m sure that my mother was concerned about how much caring for them would cost. Despite her initial misgivings, my mother decided we would adopt the cats (whom we named Lisa and Oliver).

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That summer day we saved two kittens, but over the years they were the ones who rescued us. Over the years, the cost of caring for them paled in comparison to the love and companionship they provided. Before we adopted the cats, my father and grandfather had passed away, we had little money, and I had few friends. I was constantly bullied in school and was extremely unhappy. I saw little purpose in my life and briefly considered suicide.

Lisa and Oliver gave me a reason to live. I soon made friends in school and began to build my self-confidence. Even after enduring the taunts of bullies at school, I knew that when I arrived home, my furry friends would provide me with unconditional love and affection. It didn’t matter to them if I were a few pounds overweight, my clothes were out-of-date, or my hair was unruly.

What the Psychologists Say

Your decision to adopt a pet for your child might make all the difference in your child’s life, but don’t rely on my story alone to help you decide. Psychologists now recognize what pets can do for children and adults. Lori Lawrenz, PsyD, of PsychCentral.com, notes that pets help with childhood development by providing emotional regulation whereby a person is able to control their emotions and react properly to the emotions of others.

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Pets also can enhance mental health, improve social interaction with others and communication skills, and teach life skills like responsibility and dependability. Because of the relatively short life of pets, animals also can help children cope with death and grief.

Denise Elphick of PetsPyjamas.com notes that there are ten reasons why pets are good for children. You will most likely find several of those reasons useful to you in making your decision about adopting a pet. The ones that most resonate with me are that they provide “comfort and companionship,” keep “families talking,” and help children feel less isolated. As I noted, I was bullied in school and for several years had no friends. Therefore, my cats provided me with the companionship I needed. When I came home from school, I knew the cats would be waiting for me and love me unconditionally. In my teenage years, my mother didn’t share my tastes in music, clothing, or entertainment, but we did have common ground when we would share stories about Lisa and Oliver or play with them together. As Elphick also points out, cats make you laugh. And I remember many times how the antics of Lisa and Oliver made me laugh so I would forget about my problems.

Adding a Pet to Your Family Can Also Help Adults

There are also many reasons that adopting a pet can help you and other adults in your family. After an abusive marriage and a bitter divorce, I once again found myself very lonely and isolated from family and friends. Moreover, my self-esteem was at an all-time low. Then a cat who I named Clio came into my life. Clio was the runt of the litter and survived a heart murmur and two bouts with cancer that left her with one eye and three legs. By watching her, I found the courage to face the challenges that faced me. Moreover, she helped me regain my self-esteem.

Maria Masters notes: “adding a furry or feathered friend to your household can be a wonderful thing. Some of the bigger perks: Pets can boost self-esteem and lower stress for everyone.” I couldn’t agree more. Of course, you shouldn’t adopt a pet just because you want that pet to help you. However, saving an animal can not only provide innumerable benefits to the pet but to you and the members of your family.

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My One-Eyed, Three-Legged Therapist: How My Cat Clio Saved Me, featured on the cover of Purdue University’s 2023 fall and winter catalog, is available through Amazon or Purdue University Press. Readers purchasing through Purdue can enter discount code PURDUE30 at checkout for a 30% discount.

 

 

 

 

 

Guest post “Are You Thinking of Adding a Pet to Your Family?”  courtesy of Kathy M. Finley. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communication Enterprises Inc. 

About the Author: Kathy M. Finley is a lifelong animal lover and advocate. She retired several years ago after leading nonprofit organizations for more than 40 years. In an effort to help save animals, Finley devotes her time to writing. Her recent book, My One-Eyed, Three-Legged Therapist: How My Cat Clio Saved Me (Purdue University Press – New Directions in the Human Animal Bond Series, 2023) recently won three awards from the Speak Up Talk Radio International Firebird Awards and was a finalist in the Feathered Quill Awards. Her book details how animals helped her face life’s challenges and is a testament to the strength of the human-animal bond. She lives in Indianapolis with her husband Jeff and her two cats, Jackson and Trixie. Kathy can be reached at kathymfinley@gmail.com or her at her website – kathyfinley.com.

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]]> https://valheart.com/are-you-thinking-of-adding-a-pet-to-your-family/feed/ 0 Pets and Disaster-How to pre-pave safe passage with the MAAP Plan https://valheart.com/pets-and-disaster-pre-pave-safe-passage-maap-plan/ https://valheart.com/pets-and-disaster-pre-pave-safe-passage-maap-plan/#respond Mon, 18 Mar 2024 20:39:49 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=41427 Pets and Disaster-How to pre-pave safe passage with the MAAP Plan

Pet owners pride themselves in providing the very best care for their beloved companions.  

They are doggedly dedicated to their dogs, ferociously protective of their cats, will soar to new heights for their birds and gallop over hill and dale for their horses.  Pets are members of the family like children to their human caregivers. More often than not, those same loving pet owners fail to plan for their pet’s care if one of the 7 D’s strike. These 7 D’s include Death, Delay, Disease, Dementia, Divorce, Disability, and Disaster.

I am raising my hand because I was one of those pet owners.

In March 2013, I was out in the back of my property looking for the escape route taken by my dog Roxie when I slipped in the new snow and fell.  I was about a half acre from my house and knew as I landed and heard the snap, that it was not the sound of a branch breaking. It was my ankle. As I lay in the fresh snow, looking up at a beautiful blue sky, I thought of all I had to do for work in the coming weeks. It only took a day or two for me to realize why.

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A Program Born

In the ensuing weeks, I realized my work calendar was the least of my problems.  I had a laptop, the Internet and my phone. My business would be ok. My family was caring for me, so I would be ok.  However, who would care for my dogs? I had 7 Irish setters and 2 standard longhaired dachshunds. They all have free run of the house and kennel.  However, I feed them in their large kennels in the basement. I like keeping track of who is eating and who is off their feed. Stairs were out for the foreseeable future. My husband and son were willing to care for the dogs but they were already caring for me while they went to work and school. Why hadn’t I realized this issue and planned for appropriate additional dog care?

Actually, I had spoken to two long time dog show friends about caring for each other’s pets if one of us should die.  We never talked about what we would do if we simply got hurt. As luck would have it, I couldn’t reach out to either of these friends at the time.   One was renovating their kennel so didn’t have the room. The other had just broken her arm a few weeks before in another freak accident. Thankfully, my cleaning lady said she would step in and help.  But what if she couldn’t? What would have happened to my dogs?

 

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While I recovered from my broken ankle, I realized I likely was not alone in this failure to plan predicament.  I decided to write the MAAP program while I convalesced. If you have a will, most pet owners do not, you may have included your pets in your estate plans.  They are family after all. We love them and want to assure their continued care. Yet, what about a short-term inability to care for our pets? I call these the 7D’s – Delay, Disability, Disease, Divorce Dementia, Disaster & Death.  If we only plan for our pets in the 7th D, we are leaving everything else to chance.

There is a great video out on Facebook depicting an older man with his devoted dog.  

It shows them going everywhere together, including the dog following the ambulance to the hospital.  The dog loyally waits outside the hospital for his master’s exit. His master never comes out. Instead, a young woman comes out and the dog jumps up to greet her. She has received an organ donation from his master.  This is a great commercial for organ donation. It is also a stark reminder that this pet owner failed to plan for the care of his faithful companion. The donor had planned for the wonderful gifts he gave to strangers, yet had not planned for the care of his dog.  His dog no longer had a home. I always wondered if the organ recipient took the dog home? Probably not.

If you plan only for the care of your pet in your will, you have taken 1/7th of the steps necessary to save their lives.  If you put directives in your will but fail to share them with those you appoint to care for your pets or those administering your will before hand, your plans may not be followed.  It takes 6-months to a year to probate a will.  What will happen to your pets as your estate awaits probate? Do you care?

In response to my own need, I created the MAAP plan

I named it MAAP Plan because it provides pet owners with easy to navigate steps that plan out the journey their pet takes when they cannot care for it, short or long term.

  • M- Make a plan
  • A- Address the needs and care of your pets in writing.
  • A- Appoint 3 people to care for your pets.
  • P- Publish your plan.

Make a plan so people will know what you want done with your pets.  This becomes important if you cannot communicate or do it yourself. You are not dead yet, but you may be unavailable to instruct people on the care you want your pets to receive.  

The plan needs to address and include the special things you do/know about your pet.  No one will take care of your pet the way you do. However, if you don’t address how you care for your pets and their individual needs & quirks, no one will even try.  

Appoint three people to care for your pets.  They will be on the front line. Only one can be a family member.  Chances are if you are delayed, sick or injured, your family will be with you or caring for you.  Your family will appreciate having someone else available to care for the pets. Let the people you appoint know about each other. Knowing who else has agreed to help is key.  They will know whom to call on if needed. Redundancy allows for your pets to receive the care you wanted them to receive. Have them accept their role in writing.

Finally, publish your plans.  Letting people know your plans assures they will be followed.  Unless you tell your family whom to contact to care for your pets they won’t know.  They may take measures into their own hands and your desired plans will be ignored, not because they didn’t want to follow it but because they didn’t know it existed.

A MAAP plan is simple to do on your own.  

I hold workshops all over the country and hold free webinars every month helping people make their own MAAP of pet care. Your pets are members of your family.  MAAP out a plan that cares for them.  Sign up for your Pet Passport on my website. It is free. If you do, you will receive information on the next free MAAP webinar. Kiss your beloved pet for me. www.hamiltonlawandmediation.com

 

 

 

 

Guest post courtesy of Debra Vey Voda-Hamilton, Esq./Mediator. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communications Enterprises Inc. This article was previously published November 9, 2018 and was updated on March 18, 2024.

Photo by Caio Resende from Pexels

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]]> https://valheart.com/pets-and-disaster-pre-pave-safe-passage-maap-plan/feed/ 0 The Difference Between Meditation and Grounding https://valheart.com/the-difference-between-meditation-and-grounding/ https://valheart.com/the-difference-between-meditation-and-grounding/#respond Tue, 12 Mar 2024 01:47:03 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=117597 “What is the difference between meditation and grounding? Is one more important than the other? And what about grounding our animals?”

There’s a huge difference between meditation and grounding as you’ll soon discover for yourself.

Beyond that, you need to know how – and when – to apply them with animals in your communication work to get the best results.

First, there are many different ways to meditate. Some work very well, and some… not so much.

I began meditating in the mid 1980’s, and I’ve discovered that some meditative techniques are helpful, but others…? Meh.

Because not all meditations are the same. Not even close.

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What are the best Meditations for animal communicators?

The reason I developed the unique and powerful Heart Wisdom Love Connection and Healing Meditation is because it is the BEST way to focus, to connect heart to heart, and get your mind chatter out of the way so it doesn’t distract or hijack your practice.

The Heart Wisdom Love Meditation is about quieting and focusing properly, clearing out mental head trash, transforming energy and emotions into love energy, FEELING (not thinking), so you can align, harmonize, and synchronize all levels of body, mind, spirit and Soul.

If you’d like to experience it for yourself, I guide students through it in every Live Q&A Coaching Call for Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club Members, offered the second Saturday of each month, and I occasionally offer a more advanced version for our advanced students and professional practitioners in the Heart Wisdom Masterclasses.

Incorporating a few of the basic and many of the advanced Soul Repair healing processes and techniques (taught in my “Soul Repair Healing 30 Day Intensive Program“), I always do group healing for everyone who needs it (pets and people).

That includes a sacred healing water infusion to restore vital lifeforce both in the water molecules inside our bodies AND in our drinking water, and to help eliminate and neutralize toxins.

Focusing on accessing, expanding and guiding love energy frequencies, we then use that energy to connect, Soul to Soul, heart to heart with animals before we begin the communication.

I clear any “nasties” (dark energies) out of the student’s energy field.

Next I clear mind control including upleveling and cleaning your pineal gland so you can enjoy a better, stronger connection with faster access to the Divine for Guidance.

There’s more that I do behind the scenes for everyone on the call with the assistance of the Archangels and other high level love beings who are assisting and helping, like raising intelligence on all facets, balancing all chakras (major, sub chakras, and minor chakras), improving back alignment and dental healing, relieving pain, cool things like that.

All of which only takes a few minutes when I’m working at the 12D levels, because that’s the space where miracles are possible.

When you know how to meditate at this level, then you’ll feel the profoundly healing shift and access high level wisdom, crystal clarity, aches and pains ease, and you are connected Soul to Soul. Which is why I call what I do the Heart Wisdom Methods.

meditation and grounding heart

… vs. Grounding

“Grounding” is about connecting and aligning your unique frequency and magnetic polarity with the universal energy field and Mother Earth, anchoring yourself, sending your energy down through your body and out your feet so you don’t get lost in “space”.

And yes, we do this too as part of our meditation and focusing process.

A good analogy for grounding could be how (and why) a ship drops anchor.

It’s about stabilizing, keeping the boat from being dashed against the rocks or drifting into trouble out of control.

Practically speaking, if your or your pets energy isn’t grounded and connected properly in alignment with Mother Earth, then you aren’t stable or in flow and can be easily manipulated, disconnect, or fly off into the stratosphere so you become lost in space.

Many types of meditation forget about grounding so students get so far out of their body, surfing the energy waves, and all up in their mind and upper chakras, that they literally leave their body.

You don’t want that.

That’s like leaving your house wide open so anyone can barge right in and take, steal, or mess up your stuff. ☹

When we do this right, you are connected to the Divine Masculine “cosmic” energies AND the Divine Feminine “mother” energies.

You need both to be aligned to Heaven and Earth.

Yin and Yang.

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Balanced, harmonious, in sync, congruent, connected, and in alignment.

After we do the Heart Wisdom Love Connection and Healing meditation in the Live Q&A Coaching Call class we discuss what the students experienced, and they often share about miracles of healing, how pains they’re been suffering from are literally gone, and how much better they feel.

For instance…

Nicole reported that after many years of effort trying to clean and keep her pineal gland working, it is now clear and strong.

She attributes this to our meditations and the healing she receives each month.

Nita used the healing water after class for herself with great results.

Then later when her dog Blackie wasn’t feeling well after worming, she felt inspired to offer some to him of the healing water too.

And, he shifted immediately, relaxed, and felt much better very quickly.

Now, let’s move onto answering the next question:

“So first we meditate to clear ourselves and create a “space” and then we ground at the end/before connecting. Did I get that right?”

No, not quite.

First you meditate to clear and focus your energy, activate ALL your intuitive senses, and connect with your Soul (heart) like you’ve experienced in the guided Love Connection meditations.

Your goal is to achieve a quiet, still mind, to silence and release your thoughts and emotions and inner stories, so your mind doesn’t distract, sabotage, interfere or hijack your communication causing you to misinterpret, misunderstand, gloss over or ignore animal’s messages.

Then you focus on connecting with animals, Soul to Soul, Heart to Heart, using your LOVE energy which connects us with all living beings.

At that point, you’re free to begin with a greeting and enjoy the conversation.

To be clear, when students follow my instructions precisely as I guide them in class, you are both grounded AND at the same time connected with the animals too.

Afterwards, it’s helpful to refocus on grounding by sending love to Mother Earth, anchoring your energy, feeling and sending love to your body.

It helps to wiggle your toes, stretch and smile.

Open your eyes, drink some water.

Last question for today is:

“What about grounding our animals every day, or when we want to have a session with them or when we think they need it?”

The bigger question is, do you need to ground? Or do they?

Because if you meditate and ground properly the way I teach you, then you’ll be able to assist them if they need it just by tuning into them from the Love Connection space.

Animals aren’t grounded just because their feet touch the earth. They are grounded when their energy flows properly through their legs and feet into the earth, same as you.

When you understand how and why your animals mirror you, and act out your stress, wounds and imbalances, you’ll become a better more effective communicator (and healer).

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You cannot ground them if you are ungrounded yourself.

Although it’s very common for humans to be ungrounded most all the time, it’s not normal for an animal to be ungrounded.

So if the animal consistently shows up as ungrounded, then there is a reason for it.

Find out what’s going on with them.

Is it a block in their chakras, meridians, or wei qi?

Poor health, fear, or pain, a circulatory problem – where is it coming from? What started it?

If they’re mirroring you, then the problem isn’t with them, it’s within you.

That situation requires you doing your inner healing to clear what’s being reflected and projected.

Find out why they show up that way, and discuss it with them.

When you do this part right, you’ll both be better for it, and the grounding will last much longer so you’ll have much better results.

Here’s the thing:

If you don’t practice communicating or meditating and grounding correctly, you won’t get very far.

Like practicing the wrong golf swing a 1000 times won’t help and only reinforces “body memory and patterns” of how not to get the best results.

Like riding your horse or training your dog the wrong way doesn’t help.

Like practicing communicating with your own pets where you can’t get any objective validation or confirmation from an outside party to know when you are doing it right, what you missed, and where you got it wrong is not the best way to practice if you want to be a better, more confident communicator.

Like when you meditate, focused on the wrong things with a busy mind and mental projections, thinking it’s a waste of time and ending up more stressed than when you started.

Which is why we all need expert teachers to show us where we’re messing up, and lovingly guide us to improve so we get better results faster and easier.

“Simple can be harder than complex. You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end, because once you get there you can move mountains.” ~ Steve Jobs

If you have been feeling stuck, walled off, or blocked in any way, or you are looking for new ways to grow your intuitive and healing abilities, or want to elevate your meditation abilities, then let’s sort that out sooner than later.

Students and professionals train with me to gain that “extra edge” by going above and beyond the ‘average’.

They know they can do better. BE better.

And THAT is what I’m all about.

Training you to be proficient at the highest level possible makes me a super happy camper, it’s my jam, the sun in my shine, and why I do what I do.

Working with me you’ll learn advanced and specific strategies, insights, and techniques to get greater results with every communication and healing session you do.

Which is what my Heart Wisdom Methods and Live Coaching in the Heart School of Animal Communication® are all about.

It’s also why I’ve dedicated so much of my life, education and training learning about helping people heal (45+ years), and translating those experiences so I can guide YOU to be the best you can possibly be.

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Ready to take the next step in your communication and healing journey?

Guiding you from beginner to intermediate to proficient communicator, and even to becoming a professional communicator if that’s your sweet spot.

You’ll find the self study courses to become confident and competent communicating with animals, and membership options for the live Q&A classes at:

https://learnhowtotalktoanimals.com/animal-communication-online-courses-core/

Another way to train with me, develop your intuitive and communication abilities to improve, and get expert coaching, mentoring, and answers to YOUR questions is to join us in the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club.

We have well over 30 specially designed Intuition Development Lessons and Exercises for communicators.

You’ll enjoy ongoing monthly trainings to further your education, and a lovely series of great Meditations for Animal Communicators available for Club members to pick and choose from.

It’s just one of the many benefits of being a Club member.

Join our next Live Q&A Coaching Call held the second Saturday of every month and get answers to your questions!

If you’re not a member yet, now’s a great time.

The information you need including all the other extraordinary benefits of being a Club member:

>> Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club.

You won’t find this level of training anywhere else.

Doing the critical self mastery work is what makes the Heart Wisdom Methods different and so much more powerful than other animal communication programs.

We call this a spiritual journey to healing, evolving and growing into your BEST Self.

It’s all about mastering yourself, growing your intuitive abilities as well as your ability to communicate with animals.

BIG hugs and much love,

Val “Guiding You to Communication Mastery is my Happy Place” Heart

P.S. You have 3 main ways to get my expertise for communication, medical intuitive scanning, healing and guidance for yourself and/or your pet:

1. Join me and your fellow students in the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club.

You can earn free student coaching sessions with me, access our extensive Intuition Development Lessons, get help with your pets, and practice with other people’s pets so you get proper feedback to improve, which is the best way to grow your abilities and confidence.

Our monthly Live Q&A Coaching Calls are offered the second Saturday each month, 8:30 am Pacific / 10:30 am Central / 11:30 am Eastern.

Platinum Member’s Live Heart Wisdom Masterclasses are offered the third Saturday each month, same time.

Platinum Members also have immediate access to the entire Treasure Vault of recorded Masterclasses on a wide variety of advanced topics.

This link shows you the many benefits of being a Club Member and how to join us:

https://go.learnhowtotalktoanimals.com/animal-talk-coaching-club-main

The Heart Wisdom School classes, self study courses, programs and memberships are outlined at:

https://learnhowtotalktoanimals.com/animal-communication-online-courses-core

2. Would you prefer private coaching, mentoring, healing?

Don’t wait if you want a private problem solving, healing session, because my schedule typically books approximately two months ahead with a wait list.

Did you know? At least half my private clients who work with me for their own personal healing, relationships, career, and life coaching don’t have pets.

In fact, one of my clients recently said:

“Working with Val gets better faster results in 1 session than doing 18+ typical therapist sessions. If you want to stop being triggered by old wounds and traumas, Val is the BEST.”

High praise indeed. ????

Get started now at: https://valheart.com

3. I also offer a Peer Program for Professional Communicators Who Want to Improve Your Abilities.

It’s perfect for practitioners who are already good at communicating; you’ve achieved some success in your practice, and you want to be better.

If interested, contact me now and let’s see if it’s the right fit for you.

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!

Enjoy this article about meditation and grounding? Here are three more of my most popular articles:

Animal Communication and Telepathy – The Mental Video Technique to Communicate With Animals
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Exploring Animal Telepathy: How to Send a Powerful Message in 3 Easy Steps

]]> https://valheart.com/the-difference-between-meditation-and-grounding/feed/ 0 Animal Communication Helps All Animals Even Rats https://valheart.com/animal-communication-helps-all-animals-even-rats/ https://valheart.com/animal-communication-helps-all-animals-even-rats/#respond Mon, 11 Mar 2024 10:07:21 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=117601 What would you do if your home was being overrun with rats?

Most people would call for a rodent or pest control exterminator, or set out poisons or traps.

But there are other ways that don’t require using poison which is dangerous and toxic for all creatures, great and small.

That includes you, your pets, and the wildlife that normally prey on rodents too. You don’t want that.

And trapping takes a great deal of time to do and you never know for sure if you got all of the rats or not.

There is another way, a much better way so solve these kinds of problems.

Let me tell you how I solved a serious rat problem using animal communication.

I listened in dismay as my clients told me about their lovely home and property and how it was being overrun by rats.

They had been in severe drought.

Construction was taking place in the area, displacing the wildlife even more.

And the rats were hungry and hangry!

Chewing holes through the door screens and wiring and the home’s siding.

Running around inside their house and in their garage…

Scaring them at night while they were trying to sleep…

Stealing their cat’s and dog’s food…

Making godawful messes.

It was horrifying!

Not to mention very dangerous for everyone concerned.

animal communication rats in house

Being animal lovers themselves, they didn’t want to have to resort to killing the rats or using poison.

Was it possible for me to talk to the rats and explain the problem so we could work together to find a solution?

Maybe together we could find a solution that would work for everyone so they can live in peace and harmony?

Of course it’s possible!

I absolutely love facilitating these kinds of conversations.

They are always fascinating and often very complex with surprising and interesting results.

And so we gave it a try!

Here’s how I negotiated the conversation with the rats.

I tuned in using the proprietary techniques I’ve developed to work with groups/herds/family packs/colonies that I teach in the Advanced Animal Talk Mastery course.

First I connected with the rat colony using group consciousness energetics.

Then I asked to speak with the rat matriarch and scanned intuitively until I found and identified her.

Once I had the rat matriarch’s attention…

I greeted her with respect and told her we were very sorry that she and her rat tribe community had been displaced and were hungry and thirsty.

We understood how that felt and empathized.

I felt her sadness, worry and weariness.

I told her we had a problem we needed her help to solve and that we wanted to help.

Surprised and encouraged, she agreed to listen.

I carefully explained the situation and expressed my client’s (the humans) viewpoint.

We talked about the 2 big dogs and the kitty cat (and yes, we included them in the conversation so we had a meeting of all our minds and hearts).

Explaining the issue

I told her that chewing through wiring was unsafe and a fire hazard.

The rat chewing could be electrocuted and the entire place could go up in flames! Yikes!

I shared our concerns for the well-being and safety of everyone involved.

The mamma rat expressed her sorrow and determination to take care of her family, but they were hungry and thirsty and didn’t know what else to do or where else to go.

So my clients said they were willing to put food and water outside for them if they would simply leave the house and garage alone.

animal communication rat outside

I then asked the mamma rat if she thought that would help and she was so excited!

She told me she’d never before negotiated or communicated so clearly with a human before.

Based on their shared memories and experiences with humans, she and most of her kind despaired of such a thing ever actually happening.

We had tears in our eyes, feeling her appreciation and gratitude as well as the depth of the love and connection welling up inside.

So my clients agreed to put water and food out every day under a certain agreed upon tree out a little ways from the house, and that they would do it daily without fail.

Even when they went on vacation they had their pet sitter continue to do it.

In exchange, mamma rat said she would tell all her rats to not mess with the house itself.

And so it was.

They never broke their word.

My clients said they didn’t see any more rats inside the house and there was no more damage done to the house or garage.

No more messes.

No resorting to rat poison or trapping.

Happy people, happy rats, and the dogs and kitty were happy too!

They only had love and respect for each other.

All summer long up until a few weeks ago when my clients noticed the rats weren’t eating the food anymore.

The timing coincided with more rain and blossoming in the countryside.

When I tuned back into the matriarch mamma rat, she said thank you!

She expressed appreciation for helping them through the long dry summer.

They didn’t need the extra food anymore, there was bounty all around.

animal communication food aplenty

Moral of the story is: It’s important to know how to communicate with animals!!

And if you can communicate with groups of animals, wild or domestic, with such great results?

Wow! That’s a game changer.

Could you have handled this situation?

As a beginning animal talk student using Heart Wisdom Methods, you may already know how to open your heart, tune in and connect.

But having the confidence, clarity and accuracy to carry on an in-depth conversation and negotiation with a family matriarch like this one?

Would you know how to work with groups and group consciousnesses?

Probably not so much… yet.

But, if you’re one of my advanced animal talk students, and have become competent using your intuitive abilities, knowing the right questions to ask in the right way and timing, then YES!

You could.

I teach exactly how to do this in the Advanced Animal Talk Mastery Course.

Once you’ve gotten your basics down in how to communicate, then it’s time to advance your training to become more competent, confident and proficient.

The Advanced Animal Talk Topics Mastery Course takes you from beginner skills to knowing how to connect and communicate with accuracy and confidence so you can be effective in guiding extraordinary conversations like this one with animals.

This course will teach you 12 critically important animal talk topics so you can be much more effective in dealing with various pet related situations, some even life threatening ones.

Discover:

  • How to help with long term, painful health issues
  • How to resolve difficult, frustrating behavior problems
  • The art of asking the right questions at the right time and in the right way so that your communication stays open and flows with ease
  • How to know when an animal doesn’t feel well, is in pain, sick or suffering, and how to help them heal so they feel better
  • How to talk to pets about training issues so they understand what’s wanted, their viewpoints can be respected and heard, so they understand consequences of their behavior, and
    they can choose to change
  • How to help fostered, rescued or abused animals so they can let go of the past, heal and be free to find their forever home
  • How to improve your intuitive abilities even if you think you suck at this! It really doesn’t matter how good you are (or aren’t) at this point right now… I’ll help you get better!

The Advanced Animal Talk Topics Mastery Course is the critical next step for any student who feels called to this work as part of your purpose.

You could even learn enough from this program to go professional and make being the voice for animals your career.

It doesn’t matter where you are in your journey, a beginner just getting started or a more advanced or professional communicator, the Heart School of Animal Communication® has what you need.

If you’re just beginning to learn how to use your intuitive abilities with animals, start with the Beginning Core Foundations Course.

If you already know the basics, then it’s time to advance your abilities to be a better communicator and improve your confidence to become competent and proficient.

Click HERE to find out more about all the Heart School of Animal Communication® courses and memberships.  

There’s No Risk! The courses are fully guaranteed so there is no risk to try them out.

They are digital online self study training programs so you’ll have immediate access and can start learning right away.

If you’re just beginning your journey into the wonderful world of animal communication start by downloading your copy of my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals.

Just click on the picture below and follow the instructions on the next page:

Which Free Ebook do you want?

 

Much love and big hugs to you and your best beasties,

Val Heart, Founder of The Heart School of Animal Communication® and Host of the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club

 

P.S. You have 2 main ways to get my expertise for animal communication, medical intuitive scanning, healing and guidance for yourself and/or your pet:

1. Work with me one on one privately

I work with a select few clients on a private one on one consulting basis.

My specialties include soul repair, body and spirit healing for pets and people, and, solving problems with animals using the 5 step HEART System to improve behavior and performance, and to ease transitions, then reconnect with animals in spirit.

I also coach and mentor animal talk students and professionals to improve their intuitive abilities and skills.

A good place to start is with an Animal Communication, Healing, Problem Solving Session – go HERE to find out how to work with me privately

 

2. Get my 6 Months to Animal Communication Mastery Program 

We’ll work together with the goal of you becoming proficient by the end of your program. In addition to private 1-on-1 coaching, you get self-study material and group coaching, ample practice opportunities with feedback to improve and correcting mistakes, and it comes with a full year of Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Advanced and Professionals Platinum Club membership.

You can also choose to invest in the individual courses, private coaching sessions, and Club membership separately if you don’t prefer to do the whole 6-month program right now.

You can start right away. The info you need is to train with me is at

https://learnhowtotalktoanimals.com/animal-communication-online-courses-core/

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]]> https://valheart.com/animal-communication-helps-all-animals-even-rats/feed/ 0 Doggie Depression: 4 Home Upgrades to Improve Your Dog’s Happiness https://valheart.com/home-upgrades-to-improve-your-doggies-depression/ https://valheart.com/home-upgrades-to-improve-your-doggies-depression/#respond Mon, 04 Mar 2024 06:21:13 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=11928 Improve Your Doggie’s Depression

Many people look for a quick fix when their dog shows signs of sadness. Giving her a treat and some extra attention can go a long way, but if she is home alone five days a week, she may be experiencing depression. Similar to the symptoms of human depression, some of the classic canine depression signs include: fatigue, changes in behavior, decreased excitability, limp tail, overeating, reduced appetite, urination indoors and withdrawal.

Create a peaceful environment for your little pal by making various home upgrades that will promote a stress-free, calm place that supports both your own and your fur baby’s mental health.

Fresh Paint

Ready for this? Dogs are colorblind, but they can see colors. Jay Neitz, Timothy Geist and Gerald H. Jacobs published “Color vision in the dog” in 1989, finding that, contrary to popular belief, dogs don’t just see gray tones, but can also see blue-violets and red-greens.

Color can have an enlightening effect on your pooch’s mood. Color psychologists suggest creating warmth in living rooms by adding earth tones. The bedroom should have cool, calming colors like greens and lavenders. It’s best to tear down any wallpaper that is overly textured or patterned. While you might like an overly flowery wall, your pooch is just confused by the contrast between light and dark, thus stressing him out.

Light Fixtures

If you’re going to be gone in the evening, leave some indirect light on. If you don’t have dimming light fixtures or dimmers, now is a good time to invest in some. You don’t want to leave your pooch in complete dark at night, nor do you want to leave them in a brightly lit room.

New Windows

If your dog is a fan of sunbathing, open up the living area with a large, picture or bay and bow window. Large windows let the sunshine in, allowing your pet to bask while you are gone for the day. The sun has a direct effect on active vitamin D levels in the body, according to veterinarian and author Dr. Demian Dressler. Opening up the room with larger windows brings the outdoors inside, and bringing you one step closer to curing your doggie’s blues.

Remove Clutter

Remove subconscious chaos by getting rid of clutter. They say having a cluttered home encourages a cluttered mind, and that doesn’t only ring true for humans; dogs need routine to ease stress. If the space around their bed has shoes, papers and toys crowding it, it may bring down his or her mood.

Get a rolling cart and place everything lying around onto the cart. Roll it out of the space your dog lounges in all day. Put it under a table or in a closet and tend to it later.

Your dog might just be the most supportive presence in your life. When you are feeling blue, he’s right there to lick your tears dry; and when you are feeling happy, he’s there with a big dog smile. It’s up to you to return the favor by promoting positive mental health.

Bio: Val Heart – Expert animal communicator, speaker, bestselling author & master healer, Val is often called The Real Dr Doolittle™ and Animal Communicator to the Stars. Founder of The HEART System™ for solving problems with pets. Learn about the Animal Talk Coaching and Mastery Club at http://www.animaltalkcoachingclub.com
© Copyright, Val Heart & Friends LLC. All Rights Reserved.  Reprint rights by request only.

This article was previously published March 20, 2015, and was updated on March 4, 2024.

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]]> https://valheart.com/home-upgrades-to-improve-your-doggies-depression/feed/ 0 Doggie Depression; How to Help Your Dog Out of the Blues https://valheart.com/doggie-depression-help-your-dog-out-of-the-blues/ https://valheart.com/doggie-depression-help-your-dog-out-of-the-blues/#respond Thu, 29 Feb 2024 18:56:32 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=41321 Guest post courtesy of Jamie Lee. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communications Enterprises Inc. 

Doggie Depression; How to Help Your Dog Out of the Blues

Everyone that shares their life with a dog, knows the feeling of being the most important person in the room, especially when returning home after being gone for the day, or even for a few minutes. Our dogs greet us at the door with wags of delight. But what if you walk in the door and your pup looks sad and doesn’t greet you? It’s possible your dog suffers from depression.

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Reasons Dogs Become Depressed.

Major life changes – a move, a marriage or divorce, or the addition of a new family member are obvious life events that cause stress and can contribute to depression in our dogs.

Lack of attention – Dogs thrive on the companionship of their pack members and left alone for long periods of time, they can become sad and withdrawn.

Lack of exercise – Exercise helps keeps our pets healthy and physically strong, and it also helps enhance mood. The amount and type of exercise your dog will need depends on their size, breed and age, but all dogs benefit from the appropriate amount of exercise. Without it, your pup may become lethargic and sad. Some dogs may suffer depression simply from not having a job to do.

Death of a family member – Loss can affect our dogs, just like it does us. This can be a loss of an immediate family member or a fellow pack member or a friend.

Mirroring Their Owners – Dogs pick up on our moods and emotions and they often reflect back how we are feeling. If your dog suffers from depression, it may be time to take a look at yourself. Have you been sad lately?

Medial Problems – Your dog could display signs of depression due to a medical issue. For example, a lack of appetite could be a thyroid issue. Your pup may lose interest in walking or playing if they have pain in their joints, signaling arthritis. A complete check-up can rule out medical issues.

 

Signs of Depression in Dogs

Appetite Changes – Dogs may stop eating or they may eat too much when they are depressed. Pay attention to any change in appetite.

Sleeping Changes – Like people, depressed dogs may sleep more than usual. They may also become restless and agitated. Pay attention to any change in their normal sleeping patterns.

Loss of Interest – If your dog loves to play ball, but now you can’t get them to get off the couch for a game of fetch, your pup may be depressed. A loss of interest in things that they normally love is a sign that something is wrong.

Avoidance or hiding – Dogs that are depressed often keep to themselves or hide.

Obsessive Behavior – Excessive licking or other obsessive behavior can be caused by depression. Your dog may also display aggressive behavior.

All of these behaviors are a sign that your dog is out of balance emotionally. What can you do if your dog is depressed?

doggie depression

The good news is you have options.

Veterinarian
Make sure your dog’s behavior changes are not the result of a physical problem. A complete checkup can rule out any medical issues.

Cuddle Time
Get outside and spend time with your dog. Walks in nature, play time, or extra cuddle time on the couch can help bring your dog out of its depression.

Reiki
Reiki is a great way to support your dog and allows you to spend time together. It relieves stress, anxiety, and pain and can help your dog come back into balance. If your dog is suffering from depression try my Heart to Heart meditation.

Heart Meditation
Sit quietly with your pet. Take a deep, slow breath in while silently count to four. Exhale slowly while counting to six. Repeat this breathing exercise five times. Let your breath return to normal and imagine a beautiful light shining out from your heart. This light creates a feeling of peace and harmony for you and your pet. Ask your pet to open their heart to the love you have to share. Focus on the love and gratitude you feel for your pet. Continue to share your feelings of love for your pet for several minutes.

Enrichment
When it comes to enrichment, there is a lot to choose from. You can offer a trip to the beach (social), a puzzle feeder or treats under a blanket (feeding), bubbles (sensory), or pop up tunnels and jumps (physical).

The good news is that dogs can usually recover from depression on their own with the help of loving attention from their guardians.

Has your dog ever gone through depression? Tell us how you handled it in the comments below.

Jamie Lee is an Animal Relationship Specialist and Shelter Animal Reiki Association Teacher. Her mission is to bring awareness of the spiritual wisdom of animals and to teach people how to bring balance and vitality into the relationship they share with their pet. Jamie is a published author and professional speaker. Contact her at: www.animal-bonds.com or on her FB Page (Jamie Lee – Animal Bonds.)

 

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]]> https://valheart.com/doggie-depression-help-your-dog-out-of-the-blues/feed/ 0 Reiki Masters Ming and Candy: A Soul to Soul Connection with Animals https://valheart.com/reiki-masters-ming-and-candy-soul-to-soul-connection/ https://valheart.com/reiki-masters-ming-and-candy-soul-to-soul-connection/#respond Mon, 29 Jan 2024 17:38:46 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=11978 Today’s topic is Reiki

Hi!  I’m Val Heart, the Real Dr Doolittle, Animal Communicator to the Stars, bestselling author and founder of The HEART System for Solving Problems with Pets®.  I’m also the founder of The Heart School of Animal Communication® and host of the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club.

Welcome to my series of live interviews with my professional animal communicator colleagues!  We want to bring you into our world, help you know what we know, see what we see when we communicate and work with animals.

My next guests are Animal Communicators, Candy Boroditsky and Ming Chee of Reiki FurBabies.

Both Candy and Ming are Usui Reiki Masters who also use Archangelic energies with the Reiki to help animals, people, and the planet and collaborate with other healers attuning the wild animals, creatures and sacred sites of the planet.

MingandCandy2The soul to soul connection they have with animals is real and profound. That is why they do what they do,  to raise the vibration of this planet by being one with the animals for healing, for love, for shifting.

Ming and Candy will share their insights from this work with the animals including what they have shared with them about their purpose on this planet, their journey as our pets, and how wonderfully they react to our attunements. This is a special conversation that you don’t want to miss.

Our topic is all about:

Healing with Our Fur Babies – A Soul to Soul Connection

In our short chat (easy to fit into your day!), we’ll be discussing how, throughout our extraordinary journey we have been summoned to extend our healing energy to all animals in order to raise the vibration and assist the shift that is taking place.  We want to talk about how you too can participate in this event simply by connecting with your own pets and even possibly having them attuned to Reiki.

You’ll learn:

1.     What Animal Reiki is and why healing sessions are conducted over a distance

2.     The most amazing things animals have taught us about healing

3.     How you can attune animals to Reiki just like people can be attuned to it

4.     Why Ming and Candy always work together

Together WE can do our part to help change the world.

Learn more about Candy and Ming’s work Here

 

Do this nextWe can’t wait to hear what you think about it too. So watch the show and then leave a comment for us, okay? We really do want to know what’s on your mind.

Stay tuned for more! My next guest interview is coming soon…

What’s next?

If you enjoyed this interview and aren’t already registered for the whole series, I urge you to click the link below now and register for more wonderful interviews with other professional pet psychics!

To sign up to be notified when the next episode in the series is ready, be sure to register here:

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If you’re ready to start your journey in the wonderful world of Animal Communication, it’s time to start!

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Or dive into the complete Talking With Animals program with my Beginning Core Foundations Animal Communication Course.

Maybe you’ve already begun your journey in Animal Communication. If so, it’s time to go to the next level.

Find out how to access the Masterclass here

All my courses are fully guaranteed, so there’s no risk to taking the next step.

I am pleased to announce that an Animal Reiki Healing service is now being offered through my ValHeart.com site by my Senior Associate, Tim Link.

Click HERE to find out all about it!

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]]> https://valheart.com/reiki-masters-ming-and-candy-soul-to-soul-connection/feed/ 0 Animal Talk Interview on Healing, Soul to Soul Connections and Animal Reiki nonadult 3 Simple Steps to Get Cat Pee Smell Out of Carpet https://valheart.com/3-simple-steps-get-cat-pee-smell-out-of-carpet/ https://valheart.com/3-simple-steps-get-cat-pee-smell-out-of-carpet/#comments Fri, 19 Jan 2024 18:27:34 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=14714 Guest post. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communications Enterprises Inc.

You CAN get cat pee smell out of carpet!

You love your cat and they love you back. But you hate the smell of their pee in the carpet, right? 

That’s why you need these 3 simple steps to get cat pee smell out of your carpet!

Even the most well-behaved cat will have the odd accident… and who can stay mad at a kitten who accidentally soils the rug in your bedroom?

Inappropriate bathroom rituals can also be a sign of mental or physical distress and shouldn’t be ignored…but let’s deal with the immediate problem first. The smell.

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You probably know that it’s very important to clean up cat urine as quickly as possible. It’s easier to eliminate the odors when it’s still fresh and wet.  And cats have a habit of becoming repeat offenders if the mess isn’t cleaned up quickly, too.  In fact the smell itself tells them that’s where the pee goes. 

But sometimes you stumble onto the accident hours or days after your kitty has gone to the bathroom under your sofa or in other odd places.

Still, you can clean up the catastrophe quickly and thoroughly, even when you’re late to the party, once you know how. There are some homemade solutions and some excellent commercial products available, but there are also ones that you should not use.  We’ll share our favorites with you here.

But first…

Why does cat pee stink?

All urine has an unpleasant odor, but cat pee is one of the worst offenders on the olfactory senses. There are few scents more distinctive – and pungent – than strong cat pee. To understand why you’ll need a little lesson in chemistry.

As the urine ages in the carpet, on your furniture, or the sweater at the bottom of your closet, the bacterium in the pee starts to decompose. This results in the putrid ammonia-like odor emanating from the stain…and that’s usually when you discover there’s a mess to clean up.

Unneutered cats have hormones in their urine that can be especially unpleasant smelling to humans. And, the older your cat, the worse the smell as their kidneys become less efficient. 

Sadly, it’s more likely your aging cat will be experiencing health issues related to kidney function and bladder control as time goes by.

It’s very important to keep in mind that, despite their reputation for mischief and spite, cats aren’t ‘getting even with you’ when they skip the litterbox and pee on your bath mat, bed or pillow. What they are doing makes perfect sense, from their viewpoint. 

They’re trying to tell you something – either about their physical or mental health. Make sure you listen carefully to their message and consult a pet communicator or veterinarian to find out what Tiger or Felix are trying to say.

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How do I get the cat pee smell out of carpet?

It would be nice to call in a professional to take care of the problem, but that’s not always practical – or affordable! 

Here are three simple steps that will help you get cat pee smell out of carpets and furniture.

1. Remove as much of the stain as you can with an absorbent paper towel. 

Don’t bother with a deep cleaning at this stage. The trick is to lift up as much of the moisture as possible when it’s still wet.

If it’s already dried, jump straight to Step 2. 

2. Use an enzymatic cleaner. 

This is imperative. Cats have a very keen sense of smell and will definitely return to the scene of the crime to repeat their offense if they can still smell their scent there. 

Don’t be fooled by your nose… Just because you can’t smell it very well doesn’t mean they can’t.  Their nose is much more sensitive!  The pee scent calls to them like a neon sign in the night. 

Never under any circumstances use an ammonia based product.  Urine IS ammonia, so adding more ammonia just spreads the stench around and makes it worse.

You want an enzymatic based cleaning solution. They have special types of enzymes and cultures that will literally consume ALL the odor-causing bacteria in the urine. 

Here are some brands we recommend:

 Then let the magic do it’s work on your carpet until the area is thoroughly dry. 

3. Using baking soda as a finishing touch.

It’s time to get out the vacuum. Sprinkle baking soda liberally on the dry area and leave it for a couple of hours to draw out any residual smells of the cleaning solution. 

A few drops of essential oil shaken up in a jar with baking soda adds a fragrant scent to your carpet freshener if you don’t want to purchase scented products at the store.

Be careful if you decide to use essential oils though because many essential oils are toxic to cats.  Also, less is more when it comes to your kitty.  

A few common essential oils that are SAFE to use for your cat  that also smell nice include lavender, copaiba, helichrysum, and frankincense. 

This works for upholstery and carpets, and could be part of your cleaning ritual to keep all pet odors in your house at bay.

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What should I do if my cat keeps messing outside the litterbox?

It’s one thing to know how to get cat pee smell out of carpet. It’s another altogether to deal with the root cause of the problem.

As mentioned earlier, if your cat has the odd accident there’s likely no cause for concern. But if you’re finding messes throughout the house or consistently in certain spots, it’s time to consult an expert.

There’s a range of diseases – like lower urinary tract infections – that could be the cause of the problem. 

Cats also use urine to mark their territory in what’s known as marking.  

However, inappropriate messes in the house can often be a sign that your feline is experiencing either physical or mental distress…and this is one of the ways they’re telling you about it.

You should always be paying attention to your cat’s needs – and in this case?  It’s time to go beyond food and water and safe haven to solve the pee problem.  

Cats are sentient beings with thoughts, feelings, and experiences to share with you if you’re willing to listen.

This article was previously published September 2, 2020, and was updated on January 19, 2024.

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]]> https://valheart.com/3-simple-steps-get-cat-pee-smell-out-of-carpet/feed/ 8 Pet Toys: Why Pets Need Toys to Grow Healthy https://valheart.com/pet-toys-why-pets-need-toys-to-grow-healthy/ https://valheart.com/pet-toys-why-pets-need-toys-to-grow-healthy/#respond Fri, 19 Jan 2024 16:34:47 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=41304 Guest post. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communications Enterprises Inc. 

Pet toys – good for both play AND health!

Pets need as much love and attention as humans do. One of the best ways to care for them is by encouraging them, through various means and dedicated toys, to play and stay active as much as possible. Playing serves a vital role not only for it’s physical state but also for it’s mental and emotional health. Toys offer pets the chance to increase their stamina, flexibility and mental acuity while providing them with a sense of comfort and relaxation. There are many more reasons why toys are vital to the health of the pets, which we will further explain. Here is why pets need toys to grow healthy.

Why Do Animals Play?

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Play is a vital component not only in the lives of domestic animals but also for the animals that live in the wild. Scientists, such as Carol Grant Gould and James L. Gould, describe the process of ‘’playing’’ as being any behavior that serves no adaptive, practical or survival purpose. We tend to think that animals, due to the fact that they are incapable of abstract thought, are driven solely by their survival instincts and act accordingly, performing tasks that serve this exact purpose.

But animals, just like us, feel the need to engage in ‘’purposeless activities’’ to pass the time. Herring gulls, for example, play by grabbing clams with their beaks, let them drop and try to catch them mid-air. As for domestic animals, dogs have an entire ritual when encountering other dogs. They inspect, sniff and walk in circles around each other, and then the play-fight begins. These, and other ‘’games’’ animals play, are both a way to maintain their mental acuity, and integrate themselves in same-species groups.

Therefore, toys, in the case of domestic pets, are sort of a miniature extension of the solitary and social plays that animals that roam the wildlands engage in. Toys simulate a personalized version of the wildlife while keeping pets happy and healthy in the process. There are many toys available, specially designed for every kind of pet, based on needs, personalities and way of play. Websites such as ToyPetReviews have comprehensive articles to help you choose the right toys for your pet.

Exercise

Pets surely benefit tremendously from the domestic comfort of human households. However, one thing that they might lack is the constant physical activity from the wild. Pets such as dogs, for example – especially breeds like Huskies, who are biologically driven to run tens of kilometers per day in deep snow – can suffer the most from sedentarism. Even cats, who are more static than other pets, need the occasional physical activity to maintain a healthy weight and body.

For cats and dogs, obesity is one of the most serious health concerns. It exposes the pets to the risk of developing diabetes and other associated illnesses. Apart from this, by gaining excess weight, the joints are exposed to additional pressure, the lifespan of the pet is greatly reduced, and the digestive and breathing organs function at reduced capacity.

These reasons and several others presented in the following entries are why pet owners such invest in toys.

Intellectual Stimulation

Intellectual stimulation and rigorous mental activity is as important to pets as maintaining a healthy weight. Sadly, the one thing that domestication has not ridden animals of is the ability to become easily bored when there is simply nothing to do.

When it comes to dogs, working breeds such as Border Collies and English Cocker Spaniels, are biologically wired to seek physical and intellectual activities to the point of exhaustion. Guinea pigs, despite being lazy and sedentary by nature, need intellectual stimulation because, like dogs and cats, they are prone to increased amounts of stress and anxiety.

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While owners can maintain the pets at a healthy weight by exposing them to activities that provide social and physical enrichment, intellectual stimulation is provided by sensory enrichment. Sensory enrichment covers the five basic senses: tactile (touch), sight (visual), hearing (auditory), olfactory (smell) and taste. The pet’s auditory senses, for example, can be adequately stimulated by creating a diverse soundscape, either by giving them squeaky toys or turning on the TV.

Taste enrichment can be achieved by giving the pet food or toys with novel tastes. Olfactory enrichment is especially important for prey animals, such as cats. The best way to contribute to it is by offering objects and foods that smell like prey animals.

As an owner, it’s your duty to provide the pet the medium, atmosphere and tools to stimulate the pet’s senses. One of the best way to keep the pet’s senses active is by giving it toys designed for this purpose.

Conclusion

Like wild animals, domestic pets need constant physical, intellectual and emotional stimulation in order to remain healthy and lead a long, happy life. One of the best ways to contribute to your pets’ health and happiness is by providing the animals with specially designed toys that encourage them to engage in playtime and enrich their five senses in the process. Make sure to read through this article, and you will get all the information that you need about this subject.

Be sure to leave your comment below!

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This article was previously published May 11, 2018, and was updated on January 19, 2024.

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]]> https://valheart.com/pet-toys-why-pets-need-toys-to-grow-healthy/feed/ 0 How to Recognize Signs of Cancer in Dogs https://valheart.com/how-to-recognize-signs-of-cancer-in-dogs/ https://valheart.com/how-to-recognize-signs-of-cancer-in-dogs/#respond Fri, 19 Jan 2024 08:57:25 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=41174 Guest post. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communications Enterprises Inc.

Cancer in Dogs

One of the worst things that can happen to a dog and its owner is discovering that your dog has cancer, which is much more common than most people think. Some statistics show that around one-third of all dogs develop cancer at some stage in their lives. Although some breeds are more prone to it, there’s no rule when it comes to odds. Both mixed breed and purebred dogs can succumb to this illness.

What is definitely true, however, is that older dogs are more susceptible. This is usually explained by the fact that nowadays dogs live longer due to modern veterinary care and improved nutrition. Bearing in mind that the sooner cancer is diagnosed, the better chances of dealing with it successfully are, it’s vital to recognize typical cancer symptoms in your dog. So, let’s take a look at the most common ones:

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Weight loss

This is probably the most typical symptom according to many experts, which often signals the existence of a gastrointestinal tumor, especially if the loss is rapid. Even if your dog still has its regular appetite, it could be losing weight and you should immediately take it to the vet.

Weight gain

On the other hand, bloating or sudden weight gain could also be signs of cancer. It’s possible that your dog is eating less, yet gaining weight, which is why you need to consult your vet.

Coughing

Not every cough is a symptom of cancer, but if coughing doesn’t go away after a few days, it might be a signal of lung cancer.

Mouth changes

Older dogs often suffer from oral cancer, which is why you need to pay attention to any strange odour, bleeding or a change in gum. The best way no to miss these symptoms is to regularly brush your dog’s teeth and inspect its mouth.

Nosebleeds

Every nosebleed is a sign of some problem, especially in older dogs. It might be a sign of nose cancer, although it could mean that some foreign object got stuck up there, which is always a better case scenario.

Diarrhea or changes in bathroom habits

Not every diarrhea means that your dog has cancer, but if it persists, you need to consult a vet. Also, if your dog is having troubles peeing or moving bowels or if you detect blood in the urine or stool, it could mean that your dog has cancer.

Seizures

Brain tumors are often accompanied by seizures. So, if your dog is exhibiting sudden, uncontrolled bursts of activity or foaming at the mouth, you need to visit your vet as soon as possible.

Skin changes

No lump, bump or skin change should be unattended since could be either benign or cancerous. Your vet will take a sample and analyze it before prescribing a therapy. Even sores that don’t heal or itchy and painful lesions might indicate cancer.

Collapsing

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This is always a good enough reason for a trip to your vet. Your dog may be weak and lethargic, reluctant to leave one of its comfortable Snooza dog beds, failing to greet you at the door like usual, and it might even collapse at some point. Make sure you seek professional help as soon as possible, even if your dog seems to have recovered the next day.

Pain or discomfort

Pain is always a sign of a problem and one of them could be cancer. So, if your dog whines when you pick it up or pat, you need to call the vet.

Although it’s always better to prevent than cure, sometimes it’s simply too late for prevention or there was nothing you could have done to protect your dog. What you can do, however, is carefully monitor the health of your dog and react promptly to any unusual change.

The better aware you are of cancer symptoms and the quicker you react, the better chances your dog will have for survival. This task is not always easy, since many symptoms are subtle and can be easily missed. In any case, whatever symptom you notice, the first thing you need to do is consult your vet.

This article was previously published January 30, 2018, and was updated on January 19, 2024.

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]]> https://valheart.com/how-to-recognize-signs-of-cancer-in-dogs/feed/ 0 Animals Have a 6th Sense – And So Do You! https://valheart.com/animals-have-a-6th-sense-and-so-do-you/ https://valheart.com/animals-have-a-6th-sense-and-so-do-you/#respond Tue, 16 Jan 2024 21:18:20 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=117496 The 6th sense – not just a movie title

When the veil between dimensions is thinner than usual, and there’s more awareness of the paranormal, it’s time to pay more attention to working with the paranormal.

As an animal communicator, you need to know how to use your 6th Sense when an animal tells you they see a ghost.

To be sure, the 6th Sense is fascinating and sometimes overwhelming, scary, even bizarre.

You need to know how to communicate with animals about this.

After all the 6th Sense is one of your intuitive abilities whether you’ve developed it yet or not.

Why?

Because animals can sense “dead people”, ghosts, spirits, hauntings, portals, and the like.

Usually this isn’t a problem for them, until it is.

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For example…

One of my clients told me that her dog was spending the majority of his time staring into spaces, corners and the ceiling.

But nothing was there that she could see.

The odd, highly unusual behavior started a couple weeks after they moved into a new house.

It was an old, wonderful farmhouse on some acreage with woods.

But her dog was so freaked out he was literally trying to climb up in his mom’s lap even when she wasn’t sitting down!

She was trying to put groceries away and he was climbing her like a tree! Yikes!

When I communicated with the dog, he told me about a ghost that was pestering him.

He was scared.

I shifted my focus to strengthen our energetic shielding from the ghost in case it wasn’t friendly.

Next I communicated with the ghost to find out why it was there.

It was a fascinating and surprising conversation, and wound up being an incredible experience on many levels when it turns out the ghost and my client knew each other from a past life (oops! spoiler alert?!).

Then I did the work of sending the ghost home just like I teach in the Masterclasses.

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Now it’s time for cleanup protocols: Healing for my client and her puppy dog, clear the space, shield it from anything else “weird”, restore the balance, harmony and peace.

When you do the work correctly, you don’t need smudging or any other “weak or flakey” techniques that don’t work very well.

I am able to do this because I’ve been doing this kind of work for over 30 years now.

It doesn’t phase me because I know what I’m doing.

BUT it is a more advanced skill that you should not try if you don’t know how to shield yourself properly, how to guide the conversation, and how to work at the higher dimensions (12D is best). 🙂

Afterward my client told me that while I was doing the work, her dog got very excited, gave a happy bark when the ghost left, and was visibly calmer afterward.

No more bizarre doggy behavior after that either, which was a huge relief to them both.

She could also feel the energetic shift when it left, and was super calm, peaceful, breathing better, and relaxed as well.

And that’s why this is important!

Animals do see ghosts, they are aware of the 6th sense even when their humans are unaware.

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TIP: If you’re feeling frightened about the paranormal, then it’s definitely time to learn what you don’t know yet and ramp up your confidence, skills, and abilities.

Otherwise, fear energy can attract the very thing you’re most afraid of.

Not because I said so, but because that’s how fear works.

If you want to be proficient and confident communicating with animals about anything they need help with – including dealing with the paranormal – then you need to know how to use your 6th Sense too.

Because you just never know what animals are going to tell you or what they will need or want help with.

We currently have several Heart Wisdom Masterclasses all about working with the paranormal, the 6th sense, advanced techniques for shielding and communicating with spirits, ghosts, understanding the phenomenon so you’re not afraid of it or blocked in your ability to deal with it when it’s needed.

Platinum Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club Members also have immediate access to the entire Treasure Vault of recorded Masterclasses.

You’ll find the Masterclasses in the Recordings (aka, Treasure Vault), including:

  • Animal Communication and the 6th Sense in Ghost Adventures
  • Techniques for Dealing with Paranormal, Extrasensory Perceptions, Devas & Entities
  • Dealing With the Paranormal and Animal’s 6th Sense
  • and many more!

You won’t find this level of advanced animal communication training available anywhere else.

 

Now’s a great time to join us. Details are spelled out for you on this page

There is always more to discover about who we truly are, who our animals are, what we’re doing here, our purpose.

When you know how to speak their language with proficiency, everything in your life comes into better flow and alignment as you heal, evolve and grow into your Best Self.

How long does it take to become a proficient, competent, confident communicator?

It’s not as much about the time you spend working on it, taking classes, or joining practice groups.

It’s about doing the right things in the right way for the best results.

You need the right education, training, support, and expert coaching.

You need to practice communicating with a wide variety of animals in the right way to get proper feedback to grow your skills.

Then you want to fine tune and develop ALL your intuitive abilities…

And you must do your healing so you don’t filter, misinterpret or block animal messages through your inner wounds.

You also need more practical experiences and a wide variety of training, support and guidance from an expert because these are more advanced skills.

All animal lovers and caretakers need to know how to speak their language, and these are critical abilities for healers AND communicators to have in your Toolkit.

But only if you want to improve your communication abilities.

If “hit or miss” is more your style, you’re okay with inaccuracy and don’t care about mastering or growing your intuitive abilities, and you’re okay with that?

Then this probably isn’t the best place for you.

Students and professionals train with me to gain that “extra edge” by developing more than just the ‘average’ communicator skills.

You know you can do better.

BE better.

You want more.

That’s why I created the Heart Wisdom Methods and training program.

You know you have inner healing to do because you can sense limitations, blocks and blind spots in your communication and in your life.

Teaching you the things you need to know is why I’ve dedicated so much of my life, education and training learning about helping people heal (45+ years), healing, and teaching so I can guide YOU to be the best you can possibly be.

It’s why I’ve dedicated so much of my life, education and training learning about helping people heal (45+ years), healing, and teaching so I can guide YOU to be the best you can possibly be.

After studying Heart Wisdom Methods of animal communication and healing, you will discover that there is no ceiling to your development as a proficient, competent communicator.

Ultimately, if you want to be able to help animals with whatever they need help with, whether it’s healing or easing pain, preparing for transition, solving behavior problems, or working with the paranormal, finding pets if they get lost, or helping them recover from abuse or accidents or trauma, and so much more…

Doing the self mastery and inner healing work is also what makes the Heart Wisdom Methods different and so much more powerful than other animal communication programs.

Let me show you how to develop ALL your intuitive senses, build your confidence, and expand your education so you can help animals with whatever they most need help with.

This page has all the details.

Teaching all skill levels

My “right fit” qualified students move through four levels of competence: beginner, intermediate, advanced, and proficient.

In my 6 Months to Mastery Program (aka FastTrack Program) we work together with the goal of you becoming proficient by the end.

In addition to 1-on-1 support, you also get self-study material and group coaching, practice, and training opportunities.

You can also choose to invest in the individual courses, private coaching sessions, and Club membership separately if you don’t prefer to do the whole 6-month program right now.

You can start right away. The info you need is HERE

Today is a great day to take the next step in your communication journey.

See you soon on the Heart School campus.

Start by getting your copy of my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!

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]]> https://valheart.com/animals-have-a-6th-sense-and-so-do-you/feed/ 0 Pets As Gifts? Your Pawliday Season Shopping Guide https://valheart.com/pets-as-gifts-your-pawliday-season-shopping-guide/ https://valheart.com/pets-as-gifts-your-pawliday-season-shopping-guide/#respond Sat, 18 Nov 2023 01:37:47 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=5468 Guest post courtesy of Joan Hunter Mayer. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communication Enterprises Inc.

Pets As Gifts? Your Pawliday Season Shopping Guide

Dear Inquisitive Dog Guardians,

The holiday season is a popular time of year for adopting pets  – with cats and dogs being firmly at the top of the list. It’s also a time for giving. Combine the two and you end up with many folks finding companion animals on their hearth decked out in big fancy bows!

As a certified professional dog trainer, I’ve heard both happy and not-so-happy stories from folks who’ve been on the receiving end of a cute ball of fur.  So to help ensure more stories that end on a happier note, while avoiding tales of woe, my trusty sidekick, Poncho, and I thought it would be a great time to send out gentle reminders to help you decide the best options for this life-changing decision.

Surprises can be delightful, especially if you’ve been able to play investigator, gathering enough data to conclude that your friend will for sure want a pet. If you’re in doubt, another possible way to go about it is to recruit one family member who agrees that a new pet is both what your friend wants and is logistically feasible.

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Should You Give the Gift of a Furry or Feathered Friend? Take Our Quiz!

  • Q: Are you 100 percent certain that all people who will be directly involved with caring for the pet are in complete and total agreement with bringing this animal into their lives and home?
  • Q: Is it clear which type of pet  including species, breed (pure or mixed), gender, size and age the gift recipient wants?
  • Q: Does the gift recipient live in a place that allows pets? This includes being aware of any county-specific breed restrictions.
  • Q: Is the gift recipient physically capable of taking care of the specific animal you wish to give them?
  • Q: Is the gift recipient financially able to care for this pet for the duration of the animal’s life?
  • Q: Does the recipient’s schedule and lifestyle fit in with the species-specific traits of the animal you wish to give as a gift?

If you’ve answered yes to these questions, then bravo! We’re happy to hear you know this potential pet parent quite well, and have thought things through, in terms of how a pet would fit into his or her current situation. However, we still encourage you to include your friend in the decision-making process. Surprises can be exciting, but they’ve also been know to backfire!

If you’ve answered no to even one of these questions, then we suggest you discuss this thoughtful gesture first before giving a gift that keeps on giving.

An option for becoming a full-fledged guardian to a pet is to become a foster parent first or spend time volunteering at local shelters in order to get to know different types of animals. You can also give your recipient books on the type of animal he or she is considering. Fact-finding and data retrieval can help shed light on a particular pet and its needs, as well as empower your intended to make an informed decision.

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Matchmaking Tips to Ensure a Good Fit:

If you’ve decided to move forward with making this a pawliday season for someone, we encourage you to help that someone prepare for this responsibility by thinking through the following considerations:

  • All for One and One for All: All persons involved with direct ongoing care of a pet should be in complete agreement when bringing a new animal into a home, especially the adults. Sure, people can change their minds, but if someone holds any resentment, it can affect all relationships within the family dynamic.
  • The Time Factor: Being a guardian to domesticated animals is a long-term commitment that shouldn’t be taken lightly. Many pets thrive on human companionship, dogs in particular. This means that schedules need to be open and flexible, especially after the newness wears off. But remember, training your dog can be done in just minutes a day on your own time and can be tons of fun!
  • Financial Commitment: Many species live 10 years and beyond. Multiple the daily necessities by the number of years and it adds up. Some animals are very budget-friendly, and others not so much. You’ll want to write out an annual expense log of general costs to help determine the bigger picture for your gift recipient to care for the animal for its entire life and make sure it’s feasible.
  • Home Environment: Are there any foreseeable life-changing events that your gift recipient might experience during the pet’s lifespan? Relocating, marriage, pregnancy, death, divorce and people moving in and out of the household can all have an impact on the emotional state of an animal.
  • Physical Limitations: Depending on the species, age and temperament, some animals require more physical activity than mental activities, and vice-versa – and some require both to help fulfill their needs! Make sure your gift recipient’s lifestyle is a good match for the animal. Help your friend research the species needs and encourage him or her to find a pet with similar personality traits, including likes and dislikes in social settings and activities.

We understand that giving or receiving a companion animal who provides unconditional love is something many would want; however, when it comes to giving someone else a pet as a present, it can be risky not just to the person who ends up being the animal’s caretaker, but to the animal as well. So before you start your search for the perfect set of paws or claws, we encourage you to take a few minutes to plan out your matchmaking strategies.

Dear Inquisitive Canine is written by Joan Mayer and her trusty sidekick Poncho. Joan is a certified professional dog trainer and human-canine relationship coach. Poncho is a ten-pound mutt that knows a lot about human and canine behavior. Their column is known for its simple common sense approach to dog training and behavior, as well as its entertaining insight into implementing proven techniques that reward both owner and dog.
Joan is also the founder of the Inquisitive Canine and developer of the Out of the Box Dog Training Game , where her love-of-dog training approach highlights the importance of understanding canine behavior. If you or your dog have questions about behavior, training or life with each other, please email them directly.
This article was previously published November 18, 2011 and was updated on November 18, 2023.

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]]> https://valheart.com/pets-as-gifts-your-pawliday-season-shopping-guide/feed/ 0 That Pesky Time Change is Coming: How to Tell Your Pet https://valheart.com/that-pesky-time-change-is-coming-how-to-tell-your-pet/ https://valheart.com/that-pesky-time-change-is-coming-how-to-tell-your-pet/#respond Thu, 02 Nov 2023 05:31:37 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=117439 The time change (Daylight Savings Time ending) is on Sunday, November 5th, 2023*
*for the USA and certain other countries – check specific dates for other countries here

I’ve seen a lot of posts about the time changes and how it affects our pets.  How can you tell your pet about the time change?

Don’t leave them in the dark about it, or they will be confused and confounded when nothing happens according to their routine and schedule.

And a confused being can be unstable, fretful, acting out in weird ways, and it can even affect their health and wellbeing.

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Just this morning, I got an email from a concerned dog parent.

He said:

So I’m already an early riser as if you can’t tell.  But as I was walking my dog at 5:15 am this morning, I started to think 4:15 am is a bit too early.  But time change is tonight – setting my clocks back an hour.

Made me want to find a way to try to communicate this to my dog (Toby – a 6 year old shih tzu).

I think something a lot of animal owners would want to know. Can you help?

Scott

Great question, Scott! So here’s what you need to know and what to do to help your pet:

The short answer here is to talk to them. Tell them what’s going on and why. Start by sending a message to them so they know what you know and what you’re thinking that they don’t yet.

For today, let me give you some tips on how to do this, then I highly recommend you get your copy of my free ebook for more details (see below on how to do that).

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Lemme give you some tips on how to do this:

Animals understand time, they know what hours and minutes and days and weeks and months are.

When you talk about time, you can see a clock – I use an analog clock personally, but then I’m old school like that.

You can also feel the difference between the times of day, for instance, how does 5 am feel different from 4 am or from 6 am?

How does morning feel different than night? Just feel the time in your own body, they’ll get it. If they don’t?

They can ask for clarification. As long as you’re clear, usually animals will get it and be clear too.

Manage your feelings about the time change.

Are you happy about it? Upset about it?

Frustrated or irritated about it? However you feel is okay, just be conscious about it.

That’s important because animals pick up your feelings and energy easily, then they look inside your head to see what’s on your mental monitor, what are you focusing on.

Then they listen to what you say. They put all that together to try and make sense of what you’re communicating.

If you tell them a “happy” story that you don’t feel happy about? Then it’s not a happy story, is it!

Be honest, clear, in alignment with what you are thinking about, saying and feeling.

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Because when you send a message to an animal, you will see it, feel it and say it.

Tell them the story about the time change, why it’s happening, and that it’s out of your control. Tell them how it will affect you and them and how you’ll adjust.

Ask them for their help. Be specific about what you want their help with so they know what to do and what not to do.

Be clear about when you’ll be feeding them and walking them starting Sunday or Monday and so on through the weeks to come.

Remind them every day of the time change, so you’ll be leaving for work 1 hour later in the morning, that means you’ll be returning 1 hour later in the afternoon or evening.

Their walk time will adjust, their feeding schedule will adjust, and so on.

Then comes the physical part – the doing of it. Be gentle and easy with them and yourself as you adjust to the time, okay? It’s fine to feed them a little later than “normal” or earlier or give them a snack to tide them through until you’ve all adjusted properly.

Post a comment or question below and let me know what happens, okay?

Learn How to Talk with Animals

Now’s a great time to join the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club.

Our LIVE Q&A Coaching Calls are the second Saturdays of each month.

You’ll get immediate access to the delightful series of intuitive development lessons, plus you’ll have over 300 animal teachers to practice with so you get proper feedback to improve your skills, enjoy new monthly trainings, and so much more.

You’ll also have the opportunity to earn free private student coaching sessions with me (regularly $125 each).

The Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club is THE PLACE to be if you’ve got questions or are feeling stuck, blocked or limited communicating with animals, or are tired of feeling isolated or alone, trying to figure this out all by yourself.

You can participate in the monthly Live Q&A Coaching calls where I can personally guide you in busting through blocks, advance your intuitive skills, work directly with you and your animals, and answer your questions.

You’ll also experience firsthand how communicating with animals really works in our guided, step by step process talking with our Featured Animal Teacher.

If you’re not a Club Member yet, now’s a great time to join us.

You won’t find this level of training available anywhere else.

Your path to becoming a better, more competent animal communicator is spelled out for you HERE

See you soon on The Heart School campus!

Wishing you and your animals much love, healing and good communication no matter what time it is!

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!

P.S. Now’s a great time to build your animal communication skills and grow your intuition so you can be your pets best friend and enjoy important – and entertaining – conversations with them every day.

If you want to be proficient and confident communicating with animals about anything they need help with – including dealing with pesky time changes – then you need to know how to do this too.

Because you just never know what animals are going to tell you or what they will need or want help with.

Platinum Club Members have immediate access to the entire Treasure Vault of recorded Masterclasses (77 available right now and counting including one on time travel to rewrite and heal the past, especially for trauma survivors, once you know how).

You won’t find this level of advanced training available anywhere else.

Now’s a great time to join us. Details are on this HERE

There is always more to discover about who we truly are, who our animals are, what we’re doing here, our purpose.

When you know how to speak their language with proficiency, everything in your life comes into better flow and alignment as you heal, evolve and grow into your best self.

Much love to you and your animals,
Val
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]]> https://valheart.com/that-pesky-time-change-is-coming-how-to-tell-your-pet/feed/ 0 What if I Don’t Score Well in My Intuitive Development Exercises? https://valheart.com/dont-score-well-in-my-intuitive-development-exercises/ https://valheart.com/dont-score-well-in-my-intuitive-development-exercises/#respond Fri, 20 Oct 2023 18:15:47 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=117400 Intuitive development exercises with animal communication

An animal communication student asked, “If my intuition scores on the cards/colors intuition development exercise continue to be average or below….is there a point to continuing?”

She’s referring to one of the many Intuition Development Exercises and Lessons I created especially for our animal communication Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club members.

And she’s getting frustrated and feels discouraged because her scores aren’t above average yet.

I understand that, maybe you can relate too.

But she’s missing the point of the intuition development exercise.

Before I answer, let’s consider what the exercise is.

It’s about developing the FELT intuitive ability to sense the frequency of colors, shapes, and energy information.

To do the exercise, start with just a few cards, turn them over face down, choose one without turning it over.

Feel into it, explore the energy, and notice your impressions.

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Use all your “clairs”!

How does it feel?

For clairsentient folks, you’ll notice a sense of it, a feeling, a visceral impression, a “knowing”, maybe even an emotion or other sensation.

What does it look like?

For clairvoyant folks, you’ll get an impression, a flash of color, shape(s), a picture, image, sometimes it’s just a little hint or peek at it visually in your mind’s eye monitor, and sometimes you’ll “see” the card in it’s entirety.

What does it sound like?

For clairaudient folks, you may hear it tell you what it is, like 3 of spades, or 5 of hearts, or “Hi, I’m Jack”, or…

What is your first impression? (don’t overthink this, take the first impression you get…)

For claircognizant folks, you may simply download the knowing of what it is.

There are many more intuitive senses beyond the 4 primary clairs, so be open to those as well.

Next, turn the card over and compare your impressions with the actual card. Notice what you notice.

Some days it will work better than others, depending on how focused you are, how easily you can turn off your mind and mental chatter and shift into a feeling state of being, how stressed you are, and how well your “clairs” are working for you at that moment.

Sometimes, you’ll only get a little bit of it, and that’s a good thing. Celebrate that!

Maybe you’ll just receive an impression or feel for a color, shape, type… just a hint of it, an inkling (pun intended).

Sometimes your intuitive impression could be viewed from different angles, so you may see the star or circle or shape upside down or sideways, not right side up.

What’s the point of continuing if your scores aren’t above average?

This intuition development exercise is NOT about scoring high or being above average or getting it right every time.

I don’t recommend scoring yourself, it’s not a competition.

It’s an exercise, like weight building adds physical muscles. Only in this case, it’s focused on exercising and building your intuitive muscles.

It’s about learning and training yourself to SENSE the world around you, feeling shapes and colors and frequencies energetically.

The world is a flowing mass of energetic impressions and flow, think “waves” of energy going on all around you, all the time.

intuitive development exercises energy

Your job is to sensitize yourself to feeling the waves, aligning and focusing, to bring in and interpret information from the world.

PLEASE do not use a gaming app! That will NOT help you improve your intuitive ability.

To get really good at this, you need specially designed intuitive development exercises created for animal communication students. In the Heart School of Animal Communication® courses and in the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club, we have many of these wonderful exercises available for students.

One more note about scoring…

Scoring yourself and feeling disheartened thinking you’re not good enough or getting discouraged can be a trigger, a wound, and invites you to do your inner healing work so you don’t misinterpret information through the filter of your wounds.

Quitting the exercise is a great way to stop yourself from exploring, discovering, and improving your sensing intuitive abilities.

Giving up and doing a different exercise because you don’t like this one or think you’re not good at it is a great way to get blocked and stuck on ALL of the intuitive development exercises.

Because how we do 1 thing is how we do everything.

If you don’t heal the pattern, you’ll likely encounter it, project it, or create it again in other places in your life.

Could you choose a different exercise? Yes of course, but you were drawn to this one for a reason.

I recommend mastering it.

And, if you really want to change and try something else?

Okay! Go for it.

Do a different exercise and see what happens. ????

Keep trying, keep learning, keep growing, healing, and evolving your intuitive skills.

Whatever you do, don’t quit. Instead, firm your resolve to get better at it and improve.

Ask yourself if you are making mistakes or are you making new discoveries?

You’re teaching yourself how the cards or colors feel, so you can better recognize them when you encounter them in other places or ways.

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Why is this important?

When an animal communicates with you and you sense colors or shapes in their energy field, or they talk to you and send you emotions or feelings, you’ll KNOW what blue or red or black or whatever color is.

You’ll hear them, you’ll download the gestalt of the message.

You’ll follow the energy, surf the wave.

When they send you shapes or impressions or concepts, you’ll pick those up too.

Colors are frequencies, indicating health or health problems. You want to be aware of them when that happens.

Getting quiet in your mind and shifting into exploratory mode, investigating nuances in messages and energy will help you be a better communicator.

Want more?

Another way to train with me, develop your intuitive and communication abilities to improve, and get expert coaching, mentoring, and answers to YOUR questions is to join us in the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club.

We have over 30 Intuition Development Lessons and Exercises like this one available for Club members to pick and choose from.

It’s just one of the many benefits of being a Club member.

Here’s another one:

Our Live Q&A Coaching Calls offered every second Saturday of the month for Club Members.

If you’re not a member yet, now’s a great time to sign up: https://go.learnhowtotalktoanimals.com/animal-talk-coaching-club-main

You won’t find this level of training anywhere else.

Doing this critical self mastery intuition development work is what makes the Heart Wisdom Methods different and so much more powerful than other animal communication programs.

We call this a spiritual journey to healing, evolving and growing into your BEST Self.

It’s all about mastering yourself, growing your intuitive abilities as well as your ability to communicate proficiently with animals.

New to communicating with animals and developing your intuitive abilities? Start here with my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!

If you want to be of service to understand the animals that you live with and that come into your life, then now’s the time and here’s what to do.

Join us on The Heart Wisdom School of Animal Communication online campus and continue your journey to mastery with animal communication and healing in the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club.

You’ll find the courses and membership details on this page: https://learnhowtotalktoanimals.com/all-online-courses/

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]]> https://valheart.com/dont-score-well-in-my-intuitive-development-exercises/feed/ 0 Can You Communicate With Animals When You Are Stressed or Tired? https://valheart.com/communicate-with-animals-when-you-are-stressed-tired/ https://valheart.com/communicate-with-animals-when-you-are-stressed-tired/#respond Wed, 18 Oct 2023 01:57:41 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=117384 How does your own mood affect how you communicate with animals?

My animal communication student Sandy asked, “Can you communicate with animals successfully while you are stressed, physically and mentally tired, at a low ebb, or, would the information be the same if you were alert, prepared and ‘raring’ to talk to the animal?”

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Being alert, prepared and “raring” to talk with an animal can actually be off-putting to the animal IF, in your eagerness, you are pushing your thoughts, energy, emotions and agendas onto them.

Because when you do that, you may not be listening to them as much as you are overwhelming them with your energy.

The KEY to good communication isn’t so much about your stress or fatigue or energy levels.

It is about your ability to shift out of your head and into your soul (“heart”) and enter an open, feeling state of beingness.

You can do that no matter how stressed or fatigued you feel by detaching (letting go) from whatever got you out of balance in the first place.

The other reason this is important is that if you decide to wait to talk to animals until you are feeling great, energized and in a happy place moodwise, but much of your life is stressed, challenging, and at a low ebb energetically, then you will be waiting a long time for the window of opportunity.

Meaning, you’ll have a ton of excuses why you’re not practicing communicating properly, and no results.

You don’t want that.

Awaken and activate your intuitive senses (our Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club members have over 30 wonderfully fascinating intuition development lessons and exercises I custom designed especially for my animal communication students teaching you how).

Refocus and connect

Whenever you need to communicate with animals, shift your refocus and connect, heart to heart, soul to soul, mind to mind.

When you feel connected and have detached from the stressors, let your mind be silent and still, it’s time to offer a greeting.

Then you can begin the conversation with the right questions, in the right way and timing t get the best results.

It’s energetic, a feeling exploration, a dance between partners sharing telepathic information, using all your intuitive senses, noticing sensations, emotions, thoughts, becoming one with them and/or experiencing what life is like from their viewpoint.

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I teach students how to do this in the Heart Wisdom Love Connection and with our Featured Animal Teacher guided meditations in every month’s Q&A Coaching Call.

When you get proficient at it, it won’t matter if you’re tired, stressed, or raring to go.

And it doesn’t take much time to do it either.

Literally like 2 seconds…

You simply breathe, shift out of your head, silence your mind, let everything else go.

Move into your soul (heart) space, feel your love, connect and then communicate.

When you do it correctly using the Heart Wisdom Methods, animal communication can feel delightfully refreshing, energizing, healing, and rebalancing as you and your animal come into harmony and sync.

You’ll feel renewed.

Short answer to the question is: no, it doesn’t matter.

What matters the most is your mindset, your education and training so you know how to communicate, and using the right techniques and step.

What matters next is whether you’re blocking, stopping, or limiting yourself, or whether you are flowing in alignment, harmony and in sync with love energy which is the basis for all good communication.

Now, before you start asking:

  • Can I do this so my cat will stop scratching the couch, use their litter box, stop harassing my other cat?
  • Can I stop my dog from barking, being aggressive, pulling on the leash, peeing in the house, jumping on people?
  • Can I get my horse to listen to me, stop behaving skittishly, go where I want them to go, follow my cues, quit snapping at me when I tighten the girth?

And hundreds of other questions, I will give you my standard answer.

TRY IT AND FIND OUT.

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More questions?

If you’re a Gold or Platinum Coaching Club Member, you can bring your questions to the next Live Q&A Coaching Call (offered the second Saturday of each month).

Use what you know now and investigate, explore, observe and discover how it feels when you communicate successfully.

Give yourself permission and give it a go, or you’ll never know what you can or cannot do, or how it feels.

If nothing changes, then you’re missing something.

Keep practicing, get expert guidance when you need it to fine tune and grow your abilities, help you discover what you’re missing, and to get excited when you find out how easy it is when you stop blocking yourself.

(This is why the Heart School and Heart Wisdom Methods focus on doing your inner healing work so you can get out of your own way and stop sabotaging or undermining yourself…)

Get the RIGHT training for the best results!

This is where the right TRAINING, MINDSET, and EXPERIENCES, with expert ongoing training to guide you to being more capable, from the right teacher, someone who lovingly coaches you to show you the way.

You want someone who encourages and supports you in reclaiming and using your power, growing your intuitive abilities.

Choose an expert teacher/mentor who “gets” you and knows how to do the things you want to be amazing at.

This is why we offer such an extensive training and educational program designed to take you from newbie to intermediate to competent to powerfully proficient in communicating and healing, not only with animals but in every area of your life.

The Heart Wisdom Methods don’t just teach you how to communicate with animals.

Ultimately, this is a spiritual “Soul’s Journey” to healing, evolving and growing into your BEST Self.

And that includes communicating competently and confidently no matter how you’re feeling.

My goal is for my students to be incredibly well trained so you can be AMAZING, proficient, confident, and capable of handling anything that comes your way, using expanded abilities and experiences for the best possible results, for the rest of your life.

The roadmap to successful communication is HERE.

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The self study courses are hosted for you online so they can be done on your schedule.

There’s no deadline and you have immediate and “forever” access.

All courses are guaranteed, with pay over time, cash flow friendly payment plans.

After studying Heart Wisdom Methods of animal communication and healing, you will discover that there is no ceiling to your development as a proficient, competent communicator.

It only requires your passion, love and enthusiasm to make a difference, to connect, and using the right techniques to get the best results.

Ultimately, if you want to be able to help animals with whatever they need help with.

Learning to communicate with animals is a critically important skill to have if you’re a pet parent, caretaker, work in shelters or as a trainer, pet sitter, groomer… any animal related role can be improved by being able to speak their language.

Ultimately, when you are competent and proficient with your intuitive telepathic animal communication skills, you’ll be able to help them heal or ease pains, prepare them properly for veterinary procedures, ease their transition, solve behavior problems, find pets if they get lost, or work with shelter animals to help them recover from abuse or accidents or trauma, and even find them when they reincarnate.

For Practitioners Who Want to Improve Your Abilities

My Professional Communicator Peer Coaching Program is perfect for practitioners who are already good at communicating but you want to be better.

This invitation is for animal communicators who are earning money from your practice, at least $2,500/mo, and you want to be more of a real success by earning 6 figures or more a year without burning out. You want to be more confident, improve your abilities, and know you’re making more of a difference with your work. I help you do that in 3 main areas:

  1. UPGRADE YOUR ABILITIES so you can quickly get to the root of what your clients most want help with, enjoy enhanced intuitive abilities to communicate with (and heal) animals, are more precise, confident, and consistent with great results.
  2. RECEIVE MORE MONEY flowing naturally from improving the value of your work, coming into alignment and congruence doing what you love to do, by upgrading your education, training, and expanding your intuitive abilities. Expert guidance on setting healthier rates because you are more confident, creating premium levels of services and unique programs that light you up and attract your ideal clients. This includes clearing your inner blocks like old negative beliefs, doing inner healing so you don’t misinterpret messages through the filter of your wounds, and expanding your ability to tap into prosperity so you can receive abundantly.
  3. TARGETED BUSINESS GUIDANCE on how to setup and solve website or logistic problems, improve your marketing efforts so you get better results, identify missing critical policies, legalities, and make automation work so your business management is less of a time suck and you are freed up to work smarter, not harder.
    By the end of our time together, you’ll have identified your ideal services, rates, and packages to offer your ideal clients, including the skills to back them up and deliver. You’ll be setup to earn 6 figures a year or more for the rest of your career.
    Interested? Contact me now and let’s find out if it’s a good fit for you.

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Nita said:

“Extremely privileged to be studying with Val…… since I started the journey (rather sporadically and unsuccessfully I may add) 5 years ago, she is the first teacher to emphasize that animal communication is not just that, but a spiritual journey to make us better people, to heal, evolve and grow… so she gives us the best possible resources and guides us personally every step of the way. Thanks Val!”

Aww…!! Thanks, Nita!!

Ready to take the next step in your communication and healing journey?

Guiding you from beginner to intermediate to proficiency, and even to becoming a great and wise professional Heart Wisdom healer and communicator.

You’ll find more about the courses, membership options and private mentoring to be confident, accurate, and competent communicating with animals at
https://learnhowtotalktoanimals.com/animal-communication-online-courses-core/

If you want to make a bigger difference in the world for all beings, then being amazing at speaking their language using Heart Wisdom Methods is a brilliant way to do it.

See you soon on the Heart School campus.

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!

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]]> https://valheart.com/communicate-with-animals-when-you-are-stressed-tired/feed/ 0 Dangerous Rabies Vaccine – Jan Rasmusen on the Real Dr. Doolittle Show™ https://valheart.com/dangerous-rabies-vaccine-jan-rasmusen-real-dr-doolitt/ https://valheart.com/dangerous-rabies-vaccine-jan-rasmusen-real-dr-doolitt/#comments Sun, 08 Oct 2023 11:00:46 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=41210 Beware Rabies Vaccines: 10 Things You Need to Know!

Many people never think twice about giving their animals whatever vaccinations their vet tells them to get whenever they are told to do so… but there are many dangers in giving vaccinations!

An extraordinary number of pets suffer severe reactions, ranging from life-threatening to long-term, chronic degenerative diseases.

The few minutes you take out of your day to listen and learn about this important issue could save you and your pet much misery, and may even help save their life.

I’m talking with Jan Rasmusen, the national award-winning author of Scared Poopless: The Straight Scoop on Dog Care.

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Jan shares her deeply personal story – the experiences that led her to write her awesome book.  And we discuss the dangers of the rabies vaccine specifically as well as other current vaccination issues and concerns.ve severe reactions, ranging from life-threatening to long-term, chronic degenerative diseases.

Be your animal’s best friend and educate yourself about this critically important issue now.

Listen to more from Jan HERE

Be sure to leave us a comment about the show!

Did you know that the negative effects of vaccination can cause behavior problems as well as health issues? 

If you are worried about your pet’s health, pain or mystery illness/lameness issues…

If you are tired of worrying about your pet’s bad behavior, not knowing what to do to make it better…

If you have a powerful sense that your animal needs to tell you something…

If you are ready for things to change for the better, then this is for you.

Click here and check out all my intensive healing and powerful programs designed especially for badly behaved pets and their worried, frustrated parents!

Photo by Kristian Egelund on Unsplash

This article was previously published February 19, 2018, and was updated on October 8, 2023

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]]> https://valheart.com/dangerous-rabies-vaccine-jan-rasmusen-real-dr-doolitt/feed/ 2 Dangerous Rabies Vaccine - Jan Rasmusen on the Real Dr. Doolittle Show™ | Animal Talk | Podcast #21 nonadult Becoming Extraordinary: Reach Outside Your Comfort Zone https://valheart.com/be-extraordinary-reach-outside-your-comfort-zone/ https://valheart.com/be-extraordinary-reach-outside-your-comfort-zone/#respond Sun, 08 Oct 2023 08:22:20 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=5360 Becoming Extraordinary: Reach Outside Your Comfort Zone
This article was previously published October 13, 2011, and was updated on October 8, 2023.

In last week’s ezine, I shared that it’s okay to start projects that you don’t feel totally ready for.  Stretching ourselves to reach outside your comfort zone is critically important to our growth and journey.  If you believe you have a mission and purpose on the planet, please know that it is not served well by playing small.

I consider myself an agent of change, and because you’re in my world, I know you are also.

You may not know this, but I was absolutely terrified to reach out and try to interview celebrities but I did it anyway.

I didn’t have any idea what I was doing.  But I had a dream, a vision, and a hope that I could do it.

Nobody gave me permission. I didn’t receive an invitation. Honestly, I was terrified to put myself out there. I felt like a beginning trapeze artist working without a safety net.

I woke up one morning with the idea burning inside me, I took a deep breath, and I bravely decided not to wait until I was ready. Almost dizzy with nerves, I made the choice to do it anyway.  I took the next step and picked up the phone.

 

Reach Outside Your Comfort Zone

It worked!

To date, I’ve interviewed almost 60 celebrities! It’s been an amazing and wonderful experience, and is opening doors for me that I would have never have been there if I hadn’t gathered the courage to try.

The Real Dr Doolittle Show has had almost 100,000 hits/downloads, and I get emails almost every day from listeners telling me what a difference listening to the Show made for them.

That would never have happened if I’d waited until I was ready, or felt comfortable or 100% prepared.

What is your soul’s work? What makes you afraid, maybe even terrified, but is something you know you want to do with your whole heart?

If part of your soul’s work is learning how to hear your animal’s voices, and you haven’t yet acted on your heart’s desire, then don’t wait for another opportunity to get started.  Do it before you’re ready.

Your animal’s life is ticking away, and yours is too how much longer will you wait before they can tell you what is weighing on their heart?

If I could give you one gift, it would be this:

Follow your heart’s passion and guidance, and start things before you’re ready.

Remember that your ego mind can’t help you in the matter of starting that which your heart knows is your path. It’s very good at coming up with countless reasons, excuses and doubts about why you shouldn’t do something.

Did you know that your resistance to doing your soul’s work is actually a signal that you are on the right path?

My guest this week on The Real Dr Doolittle Show is Robby Hartley and Thelma the Guide Dog.  He had a dream and was guided to help disabled people live better lives through the magic of Therapy and Guide Dogs. His and Thelma’s story will touch your heart and help you see the gift our animals truly are.

Wishing you and your furrkids much love,

Val

Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. The reason they were able to do that was that they’ve had more experiences or they have thought more about their experiences than other people. ~ Steve Jobs, Wired Magazine, 1996

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]]> https://valheart.com/be-extraordinary-reach-outside-your-comfort-zone/feed/ 0 Guide Dogs & Their Communication Gift, Rob Hartley on The Real Dr. Doolittle Show nonadult Can a Games App Help Me Learn to Communicate With Animals? https://valheart.com/games-app-help-me-learn-to-communicate-with-animals/ https://valheart.com/games-app-help-me-learn-to-communicate-with-animals/#respond Thu, 05 Oct 2023 23:19:25 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=117295 Can I use a games app to help me develop my intuitive ability to better communicate with animals?

In a word, the short answer is not if you want to be able to communicate with animals which requires using ALL your intuitive abilities, in the right ways, for the best results.

It seems we use apps for everything these days. So why not use a games app to develop my intuitive abilities to communicate with animals.

Let me explain why that’s not a good idea, and give you guidance on what you can do instead that works so much better.

To be sure, you can use game apps for many reasons.

They may seem fun.

Some will just kill time, some are dangerous with malware and the like embedded into them, and some can help exercise your intellect and creativity.

Some suck you right down the rabbit hole, drain your energy, and steal your data while they compromise your well-being with mind control programming.

They set you up for addictions, subliminal suggestions not to your highest best good… (I know how bad this can get because I heal and free people from these issues…)

But I digress.

Here’s the problem with using game apps to develop your intuitive abilities

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Here’s the problem: with random answer programming and the way the games are designed, it’s mostly a cr@p shoot as far as results and “scores” go, and that can be very discouraging.

There’s also the part about random rewards and the science of gamification, designed to keep players addicted so they want to continue playing.

That’s like casino gambling addicts praying to lady luck with just one more roll of the dice, one more pull of the handle, and then another and another, while the house rakes in the cash laughing at the suckers all the way to the bank.

How do game apps help you improve your intuitive abilities with animals, and specifically, with animal communication?

They don’t.

 

You need to FEEL it

To become better at communicating with animals and using your innate intuitive abilities, you need to know how it feels when you sense the wrong or inaccurate or incomplete answers.

It’s a subtle intuitive sense following energy impressions and gathering information as you tune in.

How does it FEEL when you go off track communicating?

When you make a mistake?

When you’re not connected?

For that you need to know how to apply your subtle sensing in your communication practice with a REAL animal, not a human designed game app program.
You need to learn how to get out of your head so you can sense and FEEL the energy and information exchange between you.

You want to develop your telepathic skills, connect at the heart to heart level, and use ALL your subtle senses.

That’s how you become competent, confident, proficient, and accurate with animal communication.

You need tried and true ways, step by step guidance, with expert level techniques and coaching designed especially for this purpose.

When you develop all your subtle senses properly, all your clairs are online, available, active and in order.

And that’s a game changer for every area of your life!

This is why the way I teach animal communication is a spiritual “Souls Journey”, an evolution in elevated consciousness to healing, evolving and growing into your best Self.

The methods I use to teach students are designed to move you from 3D to 5D and beyond.

Because becoming consciously aware of HOW you receive intuitive information is a critical skill, and then learning how to translate your impressions from animals into words is important.

To do that well requires you becoming very good at feeling and sensing energy.

This is not a mind skill, it’s a feeling subtle energy skill.

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For instance, when you’re developing your intuitive “psychic” subtle senses, getting your “clairs” in good working order…

You want to discover:

How do different colors feel?

Because colors are vibrational frequencies, not just colors.

Why do you need to know how colors feel?

So you can sense, track and be aware of them in an animal’s aura or chakra, meridians, or wei qi field, which can tell you a great deal about their health and well being, where they are stuck, what wounds they are struggling with, and so much more.

How do you develop your ability to sense and see and feel colors?

Gather a selection of different colored crayons or colored pencils or a variety of different colored but all the same shape and size container tubes of lipsticks or nail polish hidden inside your purse, pocket, or a bag.

Stick your hand inside and feel and sense them intuitively.

Then pull out your selection and see if what you sensed matches with what you are holding.

TIP: Start with colors that are very different from each other, like bright red, blue, purple, yellow, green.

Then when you can feel the difference between them consistently and are accurate, you can go for more subtle distinctions in colors.

Discover the difference between dusty rose, mauve, light pink versus dark pink or deep red? Or, blue red versus orange red or yellow reds? And so on.
When you’ve gotten good at tracking and following subtle energy impressions, your accuracy rates will soar.

And those are scores you can feel great about and will be able to recreate at will!

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Other intuition development exercises…

You can also use a deck of playing cards of any type, face down. To be clear, you are NOT playing a card game.

You are using the cards as tools to help you develop your intuitive abilities.

Choose one without looking at it, and feel the color, the type, and the shapes of what’s on the face of it.

Then check what you are intuiting to see how accurate you are, what you got right, and what you missed.

If you are working with runes inside a bag, first get clear on your question or what you’d like divine guidance on.

Feel them, hold them inside the bag without looking, and let your senses tell you which one is for you.

Trust yourself, and you’ll know which to choose. It will feel “right” in your hand.

Then pull it out and check the message associated with it. See if it fits an answer to your question.

If not, then try again, with greater clarity about your intention, and wait until the “right” rune pops for you.

Notice which doesn’t feel right, how does that energy differ from the one that does feel right?

You are developing your FELT subtle “psychic” senses which is the point of these exercises.

Can you sense the shape and size inside an object, like the swirl of colors inside a marble, or what’s inside a wrapped gift box?

Put several different types of candy flavors but all the same shape or wrapping, and hold one without looking at it.

Do they have a distinct flavor or taste or smell, and can you tell just by touch which one is which?

What’s the difference between peppermint or licorice or banana or cherry or grape or apple or… ?

First steps to developing your intuitive abilities with animals and animal communication.

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Knowing your primary intuitive ability(s), and knowing what is undeveloped or not working well for you is a great first step.

When you know that, NOW when you tune into an animal and they are sending you energetic, subtle sense impressions, you can receive them and have more confidence.

If they send you an impression of a color, or a taste or smell, you’ll receive it and can interpret it properly and easily.

These are just a few ways to get started developing your subtle senses and intuitive abilities.

There are more senses too!

I’m referring to the gifts of clairvoyance, clairaudience, clairsentience, claircognizance, and all the other less commonly known senses of which there are many.

Beyond that you also need a safe place to practice in the right ways with other people’s animals in a big hearted, loving community with like minded students, where you can get proper feedback to grow your skills, improve your confidence and accuracy, know when you go off track or get disconnected, or are making mistakes along the way so you can improve.

It’s true that developing and discovering how to use your innate, intuitive gifts, senses and abilities so you become proficient, competent, and confident, is fascinating, joyful, fun and can delight you for the rest of your life…

But it’s not a “game” per se.

So… where can you get access to the right intuition development lessons and exercises that will develop your abilities to communicate with animals?

I’m so glad you asked!

Our Heart School of Animal Communication® courses are chock full of them.

I crafted an expertly designed entire series of Intuition Development Lessons and Exercises especially for communication students (and professionals).

Those are available in the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club.

They are based on what I call the Heart Wisdom Methods of animal communication.

>> YOUR INVITATION TO TRAIN WITH ME 1-ON-1 in the 6 MONTHS TO MASTERY “FASTTRACK” PROGRAM <<

If you want to become a proficient, competent animal communicator as quickly as possible, then this is for you.

I have a wonderful program for people who love animals and want to become highly proficient at communicating with them using my method (known as the Heart Wisdom Method).

As you learn, you’ll be going on an all encompassing, spiritual journey to heal, evolve and grow into your best Self.

The program is a sequence of different trainings, and the further you go, the more competent you will be in my method. My “right fit” qualified students move through four levels of competence: beginner, intermediate, advanced, and proficient.

My “right fit” qualified students move through four levels of competence: beginner, intermediate, advanced, and proficient.

We work together for 6 months with the goal of you becoming proficient by the end. In addition to 1-on-1 support, you also get self-study material and group coaching, practice, and training opportunities.

If you would rather work solely 1-on-1 in a completely customized program, contact me and we’ll see if it’s a good fit for you.

You can also choose to invest in the individual courses, private coaching sessions, and online membership separately if you don’t prefer to do the whole 6-month program right now.

Find out how we work together over the 6 months by each milestone of ability level HERE

Beginners and advanced students – especially folks wanting to make animal communication your career –  are welcome!

If you’d prefer to work with me one on one to solve the problems you’re struggling with, for healing for pets and/or people, and for personal coaching, visit www.ValHeart.com

Your first “baby step” to developing your intuitive abilities is right here! Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals and get started.

Just click on the picture below!

I call this unique and powerful training the Heart Wisdom Way.

These are the things I teach my students how to do, and what I do for my private clients.

Animals are God’s Gifts on loan to you. They have a purpose.

They are your angels, guides, healers and teachers, and yes, guardians and soulmates.

It’s your job to learn how to speak their language, develop your senses properly, and become proficient.

Take the next step in your animal communication journey at https://learnhowtotalktoanimals.com/animal-communication-online-courses-core/

After all, your ability to communicate and understand your pet could even save your or your pet’s life someday.

Much love to you and your awesome pet companions and loved ones,

Val

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]]> https://valheart.com/games-app-help-me-learn-to-communicate-with-animals/feed/ 0 Dr Doolittle™ Quack or The Real McCoy? https://valheart.com/dr-doolittle-quack-or-the-real-mccoy/ Thu, 05 Oct 2023 00:40:04 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=6107 Val Heart is the REAL Dr Doolittle!

Val Heart Expert Animal Communicator

This article was previously published July 1, 2012, and was updated on October 5, 2023.

Ever wonder what would it be like to talk with the animals, like Dr Doolittle in the movies? Everybody loves the idea of having the gift of talking to the elephants, the chimpanzees, the Beverly Hills Chihuahuas, Felix the cat, Trigger or their favorite race horses, Willy (the whale from Free Willy the movie)… the very idea captures the imagination!

Every animal lover, young and old, has spent some time at some point wondering and wishing (and hoping and praying) their animals would suddenly speak to them.  Oh the things they could tell you… if only you could hear their voices!

Sure, we animal lovers talk TO our animals – all day long.  We baby talk, and coo, and fuss at them and we like to pretend that they understand us.  The problem is that most of us never hear them say much back.  It seems to be pretty much a one sided conversation.

They just look at us with those soulful eyes, intent long stares that make you wish you were privy to their thoughts.  You know they would love to tell you the secrets of the universe (or the latest neighborhood gossip) – if only you could hear them.

So is Dr Doolittle totally quacked – or is it really possible to hear what animals are thinking?

Animals are NOT dumb!

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Naysayers think animals are dumb beings who can’t feel, think or reason; a non-intelligent species who couldn’t string two sentences together.  And after all, for folks who need things to be proven to them before they’ll attempt to understand something beyond their normal scope of what they have decided is or isn’t possible, and since animals don’t communicate with words in a spoken or written language, they simply can’t argue very convincingly in their favor.

But I say Nay-Nay!  As a professional animal communication expert, often called The Real Dr Doolittle, I have to tell you, it really is true.  I’ve enjoyed many an intelligent conversation with animals of all types, shapes and sizes.  Not only that, but I firmly believe you can too if you put a bit of effort into learning a new skill.

For instance, they’ve taught me about the importance of smells – and what amazing information that body of knowledge entails.

Did you know that cancer smells different to an animal?  Dogs have long been used to sniff out tumors in humans, they often know before a child is going to have a seizure and can warn their person when the insulin in their body is dropping to dangerous levels.  I know a delightful Bichon Frise named Romeo who does exactly that.

Dolphins are able to pinpoint and identify objects behind closed doors.  KoKo the gorilla knows hundreds of words and concepts in American sign language.  Koko even makes up his own words when he needs to express something he’s feeling but hasn’t been taught the sign for that yet.  And I just heard about someone who teaches sign language to dogs, cats and horses who do the same thing.

I find animals often wiser than many a human I’ve met.  They are amazing sentient beings with unique viewpoints, insights and clarity about what they need to be happy.

Ever met a human who shows no apparent signs of intelligence?  Personally, watching the incredibly stupid stunts humans do makes me worry about our species. Humans as a species can be as unreasoning as a rock (no offence to the rocks), as unfeeling as an ice cube (no offense to water), and act as silly as a tub of jello (and even though I liked jello as a kid, I’m not apologizing for that one…).

Animals have a remarkable way of touching our hearts, helping us feel unconditional love, of showing us what they are feeling and thinking every moment of their lives… if we have the wits, know-how and intelligence to learn how to understand THEIR rich, profound and wise language.

How animals communicate

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Animals communicate through telepathy (the energetic language of the mind and heart), and through body language, emotions and vocalizations just like we do.  It’s important to pay attention and become more consciously aware of yourself as fundamentally an energy being.

They know how to be honest with what they’re really feeling.  They know to rest when they’re tired, to ask for what they need, and to eat when they’re hungry. Not every human I know does this consistently, including moi.

They know how to be patient, loving and kind.  They know when to act to protect their stuff, who to trust and of whom to be wary.  They know how to accept the reality of life and not argue with what is.  They know how to embrace, connect and play with others.  They know how to be fully present and use all their senses.  They know how to live a good life.  And they rarely ever have regrets when they come to the end of their life’s journey.

Animals teach us how to be better humans with their wisdom, love, compassion, insights and viewpoints. Their gift is to reconnect us to the wisdom of the planet and intelligence of other beings.

We can learn a lot from learning to listen and talk with our animals. We might even be able to save our planet with their help…

And after all, we humans can use a little help too.

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!


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Bio: Val Heart – Expert animal communicator, speaker, bestselling author & master healer, Val is often called The Real Dr Doolittle™ and Animal Communicator to the Stars. Founder of The HEART System™ for solving problems with pets. Learn about the Animal Talk Coaching and Mastery Club at http://www.animaltalkcoachingclub.com

© Copyright, Val Heart & Friends LLC. All Rights Reserved.  Reprint rights by request only.

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]]> Unadoptable? We Don’t Think So! https://valheart.com/unadoptable-we-donaet-think-so/ https://valheart.com/unadoptable-we-donaet-think-so/#respond Fri, 29 Sep 2023 00:49:28 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=796 No animal is truly unadoptable

Mickey, whose rigid gait had all the vets guessing what has him so stiff, is now being sufficiently spoiled by his new mom!

April, a mare who came to us half-starved and severely wounded, went home just two short months later!

Cash the cat waited 19 years to find his perfect home and it was totally worth the wait!

More than 40 birds from Parrot Garden hit the jackpot, finding their happy endings!

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And to think, someone thought it couldn’t happen because they are in such bad shape.

Good thing you thought differently!

Thanks to you, these animals are just a few of the hundreds who overcame obstacles and have landed in a new, loving family.

They are also perfect examples of why your membership is so important not just to us but to the futures of so many more animals who will come to the sanctuary over the next year and in years to come.

We hope you will join us or renew your membership and continue to watch as new life blooms in each of these precious souls.

Because that’s the real magic of Best Friends Animal Society.

For all that you do for animals, thank you.

Brought to you by http://www.bestfriends.org

Guest Post. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communication Enterprises Inc.
This article was previously published December 15, 2014 and was updated on September 29, 2023

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]]> https://valheart.com/unadoptable-we-donaet-think-so/feed/ 0 Keeping Your Cat Active in Winter Months https://valheart.com/keeping-your-cat-active-in-winter-months/ https://valheart.com/keeping-your-cat-active-in-winter-months/#respond Mon, 25 Sep 2023 08:19:01 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=10993 Are you keeping your cat active enough?

Most cat lovers know that obesity and lack of exercise is every bit as dangerous for cats as for humans. Just like us, our feline friends can suffer from heart, joint and tooth problems, to name just a few, if they are allowed to get out of shape. There is also evidence that lack of physical activity and play can affect a cat’s brain function. Clearly, keeping your cat active is one of the most important acts of care that you can give them.

However, this can be challenging because many cats are kept inside, which limits their options when it comes to exercise. Also, unfortunately, cats have another thing in common with humans – many of them are not fond of taking exercise, especially when the weather is bad in the winter months. 

However much we love our pets, it can be difficult to get them up and about when it is easier to laze around in the warmth. What should a caring cat owner do?

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Ideas

Fortunately, there are plenty of options. Specialized cat furniture, such as cat trees and scratching posts, can help you to keep your cat active. Lots of cats love these, and they can be particularly useful if you have more than one pet because they can exercise and play together. Before making your purchase, take a little time to watch your cat at play – is it a climber, chaser, runner or a combination of these? Your pet’s preferences can help you to choose the furniture most appropriate for your situation.

Lots of breeds, particularly the more social cat types such as Burmese and Siamese, are most likely to play if their owner joins in, so why not get hold of some fun cat toys and run around the home with your pet? Not only is this fun and a great way of bonding with your cat, it can actually keep both of you fit and active at the same time!

cat active toy

Another option is to shine a laser pointer or flashlight onto a surface (such as a wall) and keep moving it around. Many cats love to chase points of light and will get lots exercise in the process – it can also be hugely entertaining to watch!

Other playtime options for cats include cardboard boxes to jump in and out of, toys filled with catnip (many cats go wild for this and will “hunt” such toys for hours), a bucket filled with crumpled paper or table-tennis balls and wind-up toys.

Some owners find it helpful to timetable their cat’s exercise, setting aside two ten or 20 minute periods a day, during which time they play with their pet. This helps to ensure that exercise is regular, which increases the benefits.

Benefits

Whichever form of exercise appeals most to you and your cat, do remember that by keeping kitty active and maintaining its weight at a sensible level, you are making two of the most important contributions possible to your pet’s health. Your cat may not, at first, be overjoyed at having to take exercise throughout the winter, but in its own feline way it will thank you in the end!

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Cats – just click on the picture below!

This article was previously published October 7, 2014, and was updated on September 25 2023.

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]]> https://valheart.com/keeping-your-cat-active-in-winter-months/feed/ 0 3 Smart Tips on How to Introduce Your New Baby to Your Pet https://valheart.com/tips-on-how-to-introduce-your-new-baby-to-your-pet/ https://valheart.com/tips-on-how-to-introduce-your-new-baby-to-your-pet/#respond Mon, 18 Sep 2023 18:58:14 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=8558 Introducing your new baby to your pet
This article was previously published February 7, 2014, and was updated on September 18, 2023

For many pet owners, their dogs are often treated like children.  However, when a human baby or child is about to enter the home for the first time, your dog may be less than thrilled about the new addition.  If your dog is displaying behavior issues already, these will likely be worse once you bring home a new baby.

The good news is that nine months is a lot of time to work on correcting your pet’s issues. If you are unsure how to resolve any existing behavioral problems, this is a good time to work with a professional. In the meantime, there are several smart steps you can take during your pregnancy and after the birth to help with the household transition.

Reduce the energy

When it’s time to bring your new baby home, allow your dog to enter the house and greet everyone with her usual excitement while you remain outside the house with the baby. After your dog has done her usual greeting and releases some of her energy, put her on a leash. This is important in the event she reacts poorly to the baby.  It will also help your dog know that she is under control and can calm down while in hand.  The person with the leash should have some treats in hand. Introduce the baby to your dog and reward her for every good, calm and/or unexcited behavior.

If you have an extra hyper dog, take them for a long walk before the baby arrives home for the first time. Drain your dog of its extra energy and make sure they are in a calm state before entering the home. Your dog will pick up on the new scent as soon as they enter the house. If everyone inside the house is also in a calm state, any lingering anxiety your dog may have will settle fairly quickly. Allow your dog to smell the baby from a respectful distance, teaching the dog to respect the boundaries of the baby.

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Set boundaries

Using items that belong to the new baby, such as a burp cloth or toy that has the baby’s scent is a useful tool in helping to set clear boundaries. Allow your dog to smell the items from a distance while you are holding them. This teaches your dog that the smell, the items, belong to you. Giving your dog permission to smell the items, and teach them to not sniff them when you ask them to leave it alone, will help teach your dog respect for both you and the baby.

Establish nursery boundaries on the first day. It is often a better idea to teach your dog that the nursery is off limits and they are not permitted to enter the room without your permission. Over time, for continued good behavior you can allow your dog to smell and explore the room while you are there, but when you leave, the dog also has to leave the room. Doing this will set clear rules that you are the leader and that the room belongs to you and must be respected.

Don’t forget your dog

Understandably, a new baby takes up a lot of your time.  However, it is equally important that you remember to take good care of your dog and give them attention too.  While new toys are nice, they are not necessary for your dog to feel important. Keep your dog happy by making sure you stay on schedule with their usual routine. Feeding time, dog walks and play time should be kept the same along with consistent leadership. This will help your dog feel secure and relaxed with the new baby in the house.

As your dog is more comfortable and relaxed around your baby and you know you can trust her to be respectful, then you can begin to allow more contact.  Eventually, if you do it right, you can give your dog babysitting privileges once they’ve earned it.

new baby dog 2

Bio: Val Heart – Expert animal communicator, speaker, bestselling author & master healer, Val is often called The Real Dr Doolittle™ and Animal Communicator to the Stars. Founder of The HEART System™ for solving problems with pets. Learn about the Animal Talk Coaching and Mastery Club at http://www.animaltalkcoachingclub.com
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References:
http://www.babycenter.com/preparing-pets-for-babies
http://www.aspca.org/pet-care/virtual-pet-behaviorist/dog-behavior/introducing-your-dog-your-new-baby
https://www.careofmydog.com/introducing-baby-to-dog/

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]]> https://valheart.com/tips-on-how-to-introduce-your-new-baby-to-your-pet/feed/ 0 The Virgin Diet Rocks https://valheart.com/the-virgin-diet-rocks/ https://valheart.com/the-virgin-diet-rocks/#comments Mon, 18 Sep 2023 09:04:06 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=6642 The Virgin Diet

Recently I was diagnosed with adult onset diabetes with a heart complication.  My alternative doctor wanted me to change my diet and try to manage/reverse the condition that way.  So I tried the Paleo diet but after a week, it was clear that it really wasn’t the right approach for me.

A friend told me about JJ Virgin and sent me her newest book, The Virgin Diet.  As soon as I read the cover and JJ’s theory and approach, I was hooked.

It just made so much sense to me!

She recommends eliminating the 7 high inflammatory foods out of our diet for 21 days to give us time to heal, repair and rebalance.

Inflammation is the underlying cause of most all our ailments, diseases, aches and pains.  And most of our inflammation is started in our gut and digestive track.

virgin diet salad

Then, after the elimination period, we reintroduce them one food category at a time one per week to discover how our body reacts to them.  If they cause no symptoms, then yea!  We can eat that.  Our body tolerates it well.

If they DO cause a reaction (bloating, gas, painful joints, blood sugar spikes, headaches, etc), then our body is telling us in no uncertain terms that that it’s not okay with that food yet.  Remove it from your diet for another 3 – 6 months, then try it again.

Delicious!

The recipes are easy and delicious, I’m eating better than I have in a long time, most all my cravings for sweets have gone.

My chronic fatigue is improved.  My memory is sharper.  I feel stronger.  My vision is clearer.  My blood sugar is almost normal now.

AND, I’ve effortlessly dropped almost 15 pounds in only 5 weeks.  What’s not to like about this diet?

I highly recommend this book and JJ’s approach.  She’s awesome!  Check it out:

Also, head over to her website, https://jjvirgin.com/.  It’s a treasure trove of information about health, nutrition, recipes; you can access numerous articles, podcasts, recommendations and even shop for merchandise from JJ’s line of shakes, bars, supplements and more.

And let me know what you think.  Leave a comment below

Bio: Val Heart – Expert animal communicator, speaker, bestselling author & master healer, Val is often called The Real Dr Doolittle™ and Animal Communicator to the Stars. Founder of The HEART System™ for solving problems with pets. Learn about the Animal Talk Coaching and Mastery Club at http://www.animaltalkcoachingclub.com
© Copyright, Val Heart & Friends LLC. All Rights Reserved.  Reprint rights by request only.

This article was previously published March 13, 2013, and was updated on September 18, 2023

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]]> https://valheart.com/the-virgin-diet-rocks/feed/ 10 The Amazing Gift of Energy Therapy for Companion Animals https://valheart.com/the-amazing-gift-of-energy-therapy-for-companion-animals/ https://valheart.com/the-amazing-gift-of-energy-therapy-for-companion-animals/#respond Wed, 13 Sep 2023 05:00:34 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=5925 Guest post courtesy of Allie Phillips. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communication Enterprises Inc. This article was previously published May 3, 2012, and was updated on September 13, 2023

Have you heard of Energy Therapy?

Whenever I mention energy therapy or energy healing, I am discovering more people who have heard of it or are interested in learning more. It is not seen as woo woo or taboo anymore. Although there are those who believe that only healing can come through pharmaceuticals and traditional medicine, there is a growing population who know the power of energy therapy. And in recent years, there has been a growth in energy therapy to benefit animals. I specialize in helping companion animals experience physical and emotional wellbeing through energy therapy.

I have spent my career as an attorney. I am trained to ask for proof and evidence before I believe something; I am open-minded and analyze new information before I form a belief. I can tell you from my personal experiences and training that energy therapy does work and research studies are now backing up those claims. Since I began my energy training in January 2008, I have been providing energy therapy to my own cats and to the feline residents at King Street Cats, a cat orphanage where I have volunteered for many years. This article will share with you the amazing gifts that energy therapy can provide to companion animals.

energy therapy cat

Energy Therapy

So what is energy therapy? It comes in all different forms, but in its basic terms it involves channeling a higher source of energy to provide healing. Some people tune out as soon as I mention a higher source. But I think most people can agree, regardless of religious affiliation, that there is some higher power that governs our Universe. We are discovering that there are different layers and sources of energy and when you are attuned to this energy, you can connect with a healing source.

Energy therapy is subtle. Anyone who expects an immediate cure or cessation of symptoms may be disappointed; however, there will most often be an immediate shift in physical, emotional or mental wellbeing. For most, there is a tingling sensation as the energy travels through the body to eliminate energy blockages. While I have seen immediate changes in a companion animal’s physical and emotional state during an energy therapy session, the most benefit comes from consistent and repeated sessions. Because healing at the physical or emotional layer may be deeply embedded in an animal, one session will start to release the issues and instill wellbeing but may not completely resolve the issues. And if an animal is exposed to an environment or situation that is causing physical or emotional stress, or is recovering from such an environment, several or repeated sessions may be needed.

Energy therapy does not necessarily provide a cure to an ailment; instead, it allows the body (both human and animal) to relax to the point where the body can heal itself. The energy allows for the body to achieve the highest healing available, even if that does not mean getting better. So if a companion animal does not get well after energy therapy, the companion animal may not be in a position to have full healing, yet will experience healing in other ways.

Energy Therapy Specialties

I am certified in Usui Reiki, Integrated Energy Therapy and Crystal Healing and will share how I have incorporated those techniques with companion animals.

Reiki is a Japanese healing modality that means universal life energy. This technique promotes relaxation and balances energy at the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual levels. During a Reiki session, the animal must consent to receiving the energy. So I look for the animal to sit within my hands or nearby to receive the energy. If they walk away, I end the session. A Reiki session with an animal can occur by hovering hands directly over or lightly touching the animal, sending the energy from a small distance, or even sending energy from a greater distance (across the globe) and to a time in the past or future.

Energy knows no space or time boundaries, so healing can be sent anywhere to any time. Companion animals are highly attended to energy, therefore even a short treatment can result in visible significant relaxation. I have even had a few companion animals snore in delight as they soaked in the energy. Reiki can be particularly beneficial for companion animals in shelters who are not accustomed to being in a cage or kennel, hearing the sounds of other animals, or being away from a home environment. The relaxing energy can help the companion animal relax and show their personality, which optimizes their chances for adoptions.

energy therapy reiki

Integrated Energy Therapy

Integrated Energy Therapy is an angelic energy that gets the issues out of tissues. IET supports humans and animals to release limiting energy patterns and blocks from the past while balancing energy at the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual levels. IET is a gentle energy that works directly with the 12-strand DNA and focuses on specific integration points on the body. Each integration point relates to an emotional issue, such as fear, stress, powerlessness. When the emotional issue is released, physical healing is able to occur in that area. I incorporate IET with a companion animal when there is a specific physical or emotional ailment that needs assistance. For example, repressed stress can cause stomach and digestive issues.

I recently became certified as a Crystal Healer and have found that animals resonate beautifully with the healing energy of crystals. And the science behind crystals is fascinating! Crystals have a set dominant oscillary rate (a vibration), whereas humans and animals have a variable rate that changes with our environment. When a crystal comes into contact with a human or animal’s energy field, the energy field of the human or animal will sync to the rate of the crystal. So if you are holding a black tourmaline crystal (a grounding stone), your energy field will begin to sync to the healing energy of the crystal and you will feel calmer and more grounded to earth. And because crystals outwardly vibrate their energy (the larger the crystal, the wider its range), placing crystals around animals will also provide healing. Simply being in a room with crystals or laying crystals around your pet as they lay or sleep will provide a benefit. Check out the “Manifested Harmony” You Tube page to see the benefits of crystal healing with cats.

energy therapy crystals

Examples

Since 2008, I have been conducting energy therapy sessions with my own cats, client’s pets, and with the residents of a cat orphanage where I volunteer. Here are some examples of how energy therapy has helped.

In 2009, my beautiful Flame Point Siamese cat Sammy was diagnosed in the early stages of kidney failure. Having just learned Integrated Energy Therapy and being taught that fear resides in the kidneys, I pondered what would be causing fear in Sammy. After a few weeks, I realized that around 2008, Sammy lost his hearing. His world went silent and that must have been fearful for him (especially when his feline sister, Lucy, would jump out of nowhere to scare him). In energy therapy, we also learn that animals may take on a physical ailment of their person to lessen the impact. I started giving IET to Sammy and focusing on his kidneys to remove the fear. He also loved to soak up Reiki every evening as he would lie on top of me and relax.

I also started conducting sessions on myself because I was undergoing some stress and fear in the workplace. While I never expected to reverse the kidney failure, and knowing that no person or animal is immortal, I simply wanted to extend his life for as long as possible and provide good quality of life. I hoped that the energy therapy would relax his body and energetically remove some of the energy blockages in his kidneys. Although Sammy passed away on February 24, 2012, he lived a higher quality and longer life than I had anticipated. In the final weeks before his passing, I surrounded him with crystals to help him be at peace with his eventual passing. I attribute his longevity to high quality food, fluids for the final five months and to energy therapy.

energy therapy flame point

I volunteer at King Street Cats, a free-roaming cat orphanage in Alexandria, Virginia and have many opportunities to engage in energy therapy on cats who have been abused, neglected, abandoned or have behavioral issues. Recently, I have been incorporating crystals into my work. For newcomers who are initially housed in a comfortable cage until they adjust, these cats may be frightened or depressed over losing their home. We find that older cats suffer from depression or anger after losing their home. To help calm them and regain their true sense of self, I have been hanging organza bags with crystals on the cage doors.

In April 2012, we welcomed Tommy who was rescued from a hoarding situation. He was timid and nervous to come out of his cage, yet showed interest in coming out but lacked courage. Tommy is a beautiful and smart boy who tilts his head to the side when you talk to him. I hung a bag of aquamarine (for courage) and a clear quartz crystal (to amplify the energy) on his cage. After a week, he showed progress and was moved from a cage in our intake room into the main free-roaming room where he is now mingling with the other cats and playing. To help share crystal energy throughout our orphanage, I worked with two of my students (who are also volunteers) to hang rose quartz (to heal heartache) and selenite (to calm the environment) from the ceiling to radiate out to all of the cats. For cats who are struggling with significant behavioral or health issues, I am also providing crystal charms to hang on their collars.

Front line prosecuting attorney and advocate for animals. Allie Phillips has written two books: “How Shelter Pets Are Brokered for Experimentation” and “Defending the Defenseless”. She is the Director of the National Center for Prosecution of Animal Abuse, which she launched at the National District Attorneys Association; an active shelter volunteer; a foster mom for homeless cats; an advocate for better animal shelter practices; and is as an energy healer for abused, neglected and homeless pets.
www.manifestedharmony.com

  Allie Phillips book 1    Allie Phillips book 2

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]]> https://valheart.com/the-amazing-gift-of-energy-therapy-for-companion-animals/feed/ 0 How to Help An Aging Cat: 5 Tips on Caring for Senior Felines https://valheart.com/how-to-help-an-aging-cat-5-tips-on-caring-for-senior/ https://valheart.com/how-to-help-an-aging-cat-5-tips-on-caring-for-senior/#comments Sun, 10 Sep 2023 12:43:38 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=8551 How to Help An Aging Cat
This article was previously published February 8, 2014, and was updated on September 10, 2023.

One day your cat can no longer jump on top of things they once used as their perch, such as the refrigerator or bookshelf. You may also notice your cat’s appetite or weight begins to wane, their sleeping time increases and even their playtime habits change as they slow down.  Even though cats tend to age more gracefully than other pets, they still age.

According to ‘America’s Veterinarian’ Dr. Marty Becker, author of 22 books and three time New York Times best seller, there are several things you can do to help both you and your cat enjoy their golden years.

aging cat pet

Medical issues

There are many common medical problems in aging cats. They include cancer, renal disease, overactive thyroid, intestinal issues, pancreatitis and diabetes. Less well known problems are kitty senility, decreases in vision, hearing and loss of the sense of smell and taste.

One of the worrisome health problems with our aging feline friends, Dr. Becker explains, is arthritis. This degenerative, inflammatory disease is often the reason many cats suddenly stop jumping around or on top of things as much, and they lose touch with their playful inner kitty.

How can you tell if your cat is affected? Watch out for these signs that something isn’t right in their world.

Behavior changes include crying in the night, not consistently using the litter box or getting lost in the house.  Their appetite may change, their coat may look unkempt, or they may suddenly gain or lose weight.  They may also act confused about relating to family members, which is a significant sign there is a problem.

Of course, these are not always just signs of aging!  They can also be indicators of dental disease, cancer or arthritis, or other serious medical conditions, so do not write off behavior changes as simply aging problems. It’s important to seek the expertise of a qualified veterinarian, especially a vet who specializes in feline and geriatric care.

Cats are masters at hiding things so the symptoms of problems can be subtle.

Tips to make things easier for your furry feline friend

1.  Reconsider and adjust things like the height of their favorite perch, window seat or shelf. You may even offer them a safe, secure and warm bed on the floor where they can easily reach it.

2. Notice how difficult it might be for them to step into and out of their litter box. Jumping in and out of a tall litter box can become quite a challenge as they get older, especially if your cat has arthritis or hip problems or any kind of back pain.

3.  Be sure the litter is the right depth. If it’s too deep it is like wading through sand; it’s hard to move around easily especially as their balance and strength decrease.  If it’s not deep enough, they could splash themselves or not be able to cover anything up which makes them uncomfortable.

4.  Aging cats also tend to display less interest in being stroked, brushed and touched by their human caretakers than they may have before. They do still need to be touched and brushed, and may even require more help with their coat like bathing or grooming.  Be patient and gentle when you interact with them and do what needs doing in small baby steps so as not to stress them overmuch.

5.  They may be less inclined to play, or have less stamina for the games they used to enjoy so much.  You can still offer games and let them watch you or others play which encourages them to enjoy the activity.  And they may get so enthused they decide that they want to join in after all!

aging cat ginger

The very best way to know for sure what your kitty is actually going through is to communicate with them so they can tell you what their experience actually is from their viewpoint.  What they tell you will help your vet best know how to help them feel better for as long as possible.

Catching problems in time to be proactive will make all the difference in your ability to resolve whatever it is as quickly and easily as possible.  At the least you can take action to help ease their symptoms and slow the aging process.

 

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Bio: Val Heart – Expert animal communicator, speaker, bestselling author & master healer, Val is often called The Real Dr Doolittle™ and Animal Communicator to the Stars. Founder of The HEART System™ for solving problems with pets. Learn about the Animal Talk Coaching and Mastery Club at http://www.animaltalkcoachingclub.com
© Copyright, Val Heart & Friends LLC. All Rights Reserved.  Reprint rights by request only.

References:
WebMD http://pets.webmd.com/cats/guide/aging-cats-qa

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]]> https://valheart.com/how-to-help-an-aging-cat-5-tips-on-caring-for-senior/feed/ 2 How Snails and a Corral Started My Mission to Change the World… https://valheart.com/how-snails-and-a-corral-started-my-mission/ https://valheart.com/how-snails-and-a-corral-started-my-mission/#respond Sun, 10 Sep 2023 10:28:28 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=8657 The Snail That Got Away – my 1st Entrepreneurial Venture
This article was previously published February 27, 2014 and was updated on September 10, 2023

Not many people know this, but my first entrepreneurial business when I was 28 years old was as a snail farmer! 

I was so excited!  I joined the Snail Farmers Association of America.

My company was called Texcargo (a play on the word Texas and Escargot) and my mission was to supply fresh, live, happy snails to the best restaurants in town. 

Possessing few carpenter skills, I nevertheless managed to build a snail corral to contain my little slimy beasties, and went to work gathering the perfect snails for my collection.  

I worked very hard to create the perfect environment and foods for them to flourish and multiply.  And multiply they did.  I soon had tiny bb sized snail babies climbing everywhere! 

I planned their diets carefully, made sure they were happy with lots of things to do including a tiny little jungle gym made out of tree branches, plants and herbs.  I began talking to restaurant owners, and lined out contracts and timelines for their delivery. 

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Snails – food or friend?

Unfortunately, all my grand plans came to naught when I began communicating with the cute little critters.  I got to know them and started playing with them…  When I started naming them, I realized I just didn’t have the heart to… well, eat them. 

Shortly after that, my charges figured out how to escape their corral. In spite of my best efforts to herd them back in their corral, I was unable to round them up. 

So in retrospect, I’m happy to say I never got my snail farm off the ground.  To this day, I still have a very soft spot in my heart for the sweet natured, tiny but big hearted little creatures. 

We leave large footprints wherever we go, whoever we are, whatever body we are disguised inside.  It’s sharing our heart that makes a difference – for ourselves and those we are here to serve. 

My lifelong, heart inspired goal is to be consciously aware of the world around me, to be open and connected, and to feel and express even more love for you and your animals than ever before. 

Will you join me in following your passion, sharing your blessings, and loving, touching and changing the lives of the souls you are here to serve? 

Remember other species have voices, feelings, wisdom and divine spirits just like we do.

They need us to be able to hear them, to recognize, respect and revere them.  Ultimately they can be our best teachers if we know how to learn from them.

If you also want to help animals live better, happier and healthier lives, then there are 2 things you can do right now.

Communicating with Animals

First:

Learn how to communicate with animals yourself.

Get started with my How to Talk to Animals Beginning and Advanced Courses, and come play with me LIVE in the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club for coaching, opportunities to practice and ongoing support to develop your skills.  Click Here  www.animaltalkcoachingclub.com

“I almost gave up on my scared, aggressive, rescued Haflinger horse, Gabe. He was a huge management problem, the whole ‘family’ was fed up. After my first session with Val, I could not believe the changes! The very next morning my dangerous boy was a joy to be around! I could lunge him without a halter or rope, and he would even stand to let me get on bareback! I’ve changed in a fundamental way too. And I almost didn’t do this for myself! If you are thinking of calling Val, I would not hesitate to say Do It!”    ~ Lou Robinson, Cornell University

Second:

If you have a powerful sense that YOUR pet needs to tell you something, then contact me to set up your first session NOW.

For a limited time, I have a few new openings to help folks who are serious about improving their animal’s health, behavior and understanding. 

Gaining more clarity on what you really want from your pet, what’s in the way and together creating a plan to get you where you want to go IS the first step in solving any problem. Often changes occur simply by doing this one thing.

If you’d like to experience breakthroughs you’d never expected, insights, healing, entertainment, enlightenment AND wisdom from your master teacher disguised as an animal, then now’s the time.

Much love to you and your loved ones, 

Val 
The Real Dr Doolittle & Leading Animal Communication Expert
Founder of The HEART System™ – 5 easy steps for solving problem with pets
Specializing in healing pain, illness, trauma; improving training, behavior, performance; easing transitions and reconnecting in the Afterlife

P.S.  Ready to learn and master communicating with animals?  Begin with the How to Talk to Animals Beginning Core Foundations Course!  

“To trust in the force that moves the universe is faith. Faith isn’t blind, it’s visionary.  Faith is believing that the universe is on our side, and that the universe knows what it’s doing.”  ~ Unknown

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Bio: Val Heart – Expert animal communicator, speaker, bestselling author & master healer, Val is often called The Real Dr Doolittle™ and Animal Communicator to the Stars. Founder of The HEART System™ for solving problems with pets. Learn about the Animal Talk Coaching and Mastery Club at http://www.animaltalkcoachingclub.com
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]]> https://valheart.com/how-snails-and-a-corral-started-my-mission/feed/ 0 How to Care for a Sick Dog and How Pet Insurance Can Help https://valheart.com/how-to-care-for-sick-dog-how-pet-insurance-can-help/ https://valheart.com/how-to-care-for-sick-dog-how-pet-insurance-can-help/#respond Mon, 04 Sep 2023 09:36:40 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=10694 How to Care for a Sick Dog and How Pet Insurance Can Help

Most vets will tell you that the most common thing that brings a dog into the clinic is vomiting. It is the most obvious symptom of illness, unlike a low grade fever or lethargy. Dog owners may not readily recognize that their dog is less active or isn’t eating quite right, but will never miss vomiting. You also can miss the sound a dog makes when vomiting.

Most dog owners get panicky when they hear this sound, one, because they don’t immediately know what the cause is, and two, they don’t know if they will be able to clean it up completely. Vomiting is one of the most common reasons for going to a clinic or emergency room.

The big question is, when do you worry that vomiting is a sign of something very serious, and what do you do about it.

What you need to know:

  • Most dogs will vomit occasionally. If a dog vomits once or twice but is still acting normal, has normal stools and quickly (over a few hours) resumes eating and drinking – then I’m not too worried. In this case – I’d recommend watching your dog to ensure that the symptoms disappear. Watch for any additional signs such as lethargy, diarrhea or weakness.
  • If the vomiting continues more than a few times, your dog acts “sick”, is lethargic, you see any blood in the vomit or you also see diarrhea
    then you will want to call your vet.
  • There are lots of causes for vomiting that can range from a mild viral or bacterial problem to severe life-threatening metabolic problems such as diabetes, pancreatitis, renal failure or even a gastrointestinal obstruction.

dog in basket

What can you do at home?

Dr. Jon Rappaport, one of my favorite vets, says that if your dog vomited a couple times and is otherwise acting okay – this is what he would recommend:

  • The general approach will be to not give any food or water for a few hours. When you begin giving water, start with only small amounts.
  • Providing that there is no vomiting for two hours after starting the water, then you may begin feeding small amounts of a bland diet.  Feed only a small meatball sized portion at a time.  If there is no vomiting, offer slightly more food a couple hours later.  The key is to feed small amounts frequently.
  • Gradually increase the amount per feeding. If no vomiting occurs, feed this diet for one day then begin mixing in small amounts of the regular food.  Gradually switch your dog to his regular food over the next two days.
  • To make a bland diet, mix equal parts of a protein source and carbohydrate. The protein source can be boiled hamburger, lean beef, chicken or turkey, meat flavored baby food or cottage cheese. The carbohydrate source can be boiled white rice, boiled potato or pasta. You can also purchase canned bland diet from your veterinarian.
  • Please call or see your veterinarian as soon as possible if vomiting continues, you notice diarrhea, your pet won’t eat, or acts painful or lethargic.

If you are a dog lover, then you want what is best for them. Taking your dog to the vet when needed can be very costly and sometimes financially more than you can handle. To offset the rising cost of health care it would be a good idea to get pet insurance. Pet insurance generally gives pet owners the comfort of knowing they can do the best for the dog when a problem occurs.

pet insurance wht dog

What else can you do about a Vomiting Dog?

Dr. Jon also says to take your dog out on a leash only. Monitor all his urine and bowel movements. You don’t want your dog going out and having problems that you don’t realize. I hope these tips help the next time your dog vomits.  And if you have a friend with a dog – feel free to forward this to them. I’d like to help as many dogs as I can. Many blessings, Val Heart

P.S. As you may know, dogs can suffer from a variety of illnesses, many of which are covered by pet insurance. If you worry about being able to do the best for your dog – consider pet insurance.  Pet insurance allows you to do the best for your dog if there is a problem.

P.P.S. By the way – it’s hard to pin down the average cost of a vet visit for vomiting – it varies by location and can be less if things are simple and no diagnostic tests are required and a lot more if an underlying problem is found. Go to the ASPCA Pet Health Insurance website to get a free quote and to find out if pet insurance is right for you.

This article was previously published August 12, 2014, and was updated on September 4, 2023.

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]]> https://valheart.com/how-to-care-for-sick-dog-how-pet-insurance-can-help/feed/ 0 Madeleine Walker’s Top Tips for Communicating with our Animal Friends https://valheart.com/madeleine-walkers-top-tips-communicating-with-animals/ https://valheart.com/madeleine-walkers-top-tips-communicating-with-animals/#respond Thu, 31 Aug 2023 15:52:34 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=6080 Guest post courtesy of Madeleine Walker. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communication Enterprises Inc. This article was previously published June 22, 2012, and was updated on August 31, 2023.

Top Tips for Communicating with our Animal Friends

Working as an animal communicator, horse and rider trauma consultant and empowerment coach, I am often asked how people can get started when they want to learn how to “talk” to animals!

Love and respect are the two most important things to remember when communicating with our wonderful animal friends and never underestimate their wisdom! It never ceases to amaze me, just how aware they are about our physical and emotional issues and they love to help us in making sure we are as happy and healthy as possible. So it is only right that we should be just as vigilant for them. By learning to listen to their needs and advice we learn so much about ourselves and they very often “mirror” what is going on for us in their behaviour patterns and even take on physical symptoms for us.

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Center yourself and concentrate

So I always recommend before you start to try and hear what animals are “saying”, to sit quietly and really connect with your heart centre. It might help to close your eyes, so that you can really concentrate and focus on your task. Feel your heart opening like a beautiful bloom and imagine sending a silver or golden line, or beam of light, to connect with the heart centre of the animal. Imagine pouring as much love as possible along that line or beam. I also ask permission to connect with the animal with the deepest respect.

Start with the basics

If you are just starting and want to practise, start with something simple like asking what might be their favourite food or friend, or a favourite place they like to be. It might be useful to have a notepad and pen to jot down whatever comes to mind as you learn to strengthen your telepathic skills. We all have these skills innate within us; it’s just that we have been programmed to think that telepathic communication could be considered as something weird and something that only certain people can do.

Working with your own animals can be a little more difficult as your emotions can get in the way and because you “know” them so well, you may dismiss your findings as “just your imagination” or wishful thinking. When you receive information that can be verified by the owner, even though it might have appeared nonsense to you, you know you can begin to trust your intuition and guidance from the animals.

You can use a photo

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Another way that I work, if my clients are overseas is to hold and concentrate on some of the animal’s hair that the owners have sent along with a photograph. You can amaze yourself by just starting to write whatever comes into your head. This may take the form of pictures, or what seems rather like a video clip of the animal’s experiences. Physical feelings, sounds, smells or even taste can be experienced. I had a case once where I heard Spanish being spoken and this was for an English client, so I thought I had got it wrong until I discovered that the little dog I was working on was rescued in Spain! Of course it is also vital that you relay any of your findings with the utmost integrity and care. Animals evoke strong emotions, especially if you are communicating with an animal that may have passed over, this is a very sensitive area and any information must be given with total compassion and empathy.

Thank the animal

Always finish by thanking the animal for its help and patience. I often feel that animals are so much more in tune with our energies and nature than we are and that THEY are our teachers and guides. It must be so frustrating for them, when they try their hardest to alert us to some issues that need addressing either within the family or environment and we fail to understand what they are trying to tell us. This can result in some very challenging behaviour by them and many animals can put their homes and sometimes their very lives at risk, by doing this.

We need to remember that animals are so much more than just a dog, cat or a horse, they are multi dimensional beings and I am passionate about raising people’s understanding of this. I also believe that animals can choose to reincarnate to come back to us to continue a loving relationship, which illustrates just how committed they can be to maintain their deep connection to us. We really need to become more aware of their messages and act upon them, so practise, practice, practise! Good luck and happy chatting!

Madeleine is a horse and rider trauma consultant based in the UK, but travels extensively to work with creatures in their natural habitat, especially Cetaceans. She runs clinics for animals and people and provides distance readings and healing. She is also a columnist and author. For more information, check out her website https://www.madeleinewalker.co.uk/. 

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!

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]]> https://valheart.com/madeleine-walkers-top-tips-communicating-with-animals/feed/ 0 Intuitive Animal Communication: Transcending Verbal Limits https://valheart.com/intuitive-animal-communication-transcending-verbal/ https://valheart.com/intuitive-animal-communication-transcending-verbal/#respond Wed, 30 Aug 2023 22:05:36 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=117097 Intuitive Animal Communication: How can you communicate successfully if you can’t hear animals talking in “words”?

Is it possible to communicate successfully with animals if you can’t hear the animal’s voice talking to you in words?

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If you’ve ever felt stuck, blocked, walled off when you tried to communicate intuitively with animals and you haven’t developed all your senses beyond clairaudience (hearing the animal’s voice in words in your mind)…

Or, you got intuitive, telepathic messages from animals that you don’t know how to interpret or translate…

Or, your accuracy is a hit or miss kind of thing because you can’t hear their voice in words, then this is for you.

The problem isn’t your fault.

But it can get complicated because there are a lot of issues to sort out as you learn to use your sensing (intuitive) abilities.

This is why I teach that learning animal communication using my Heart Wisdom Methods is a spiritual journey to healing, evolving and growing into your best Self.

First, there’s your inner state of beingness that, until you’ve healed enough of your inner wounds to be clear and can connect heart to heart properly, will make it harder to be open to receive information, and to accurately interpret it, without the filter of your wounds.

Then, there’s the quality and variety of your education and training, how well you’re paying attention as a good student, and how much you missed because you got distracted.

I personally believe in variety, which is why I train students to be widely educated – so you can be effective and knowledgeable enough to handle anything life or animals throw at you.

Next, there’s your beliefs, mindset and attitude about your abilities to do this… or self doubt, self sabotage, or disbelief in yourself.

How you do one thing is how you do everything.

If you typically quit and give up when things get harder, when it doesn’t come easy for you, or when you feel stuck or blocked or make mistakes?

Then that’s a serious problem, because if you think you shouldn’t have any problems, then guess again.

What you may not realize is that those problems are opportunities to go deeper, to discover what you don’t know yet, and are important in your growth and educational process as a person.

That’s especially important as an animal communicator.

It’s normal to experience what you may think of as “problems”.

But that’s not the time to give up and quit.

It’s the perfect time to get expert coaching and guidance to learn what you need to know to experience your breakthrough.

Some folks are farther ahead than you in developing their intuitive abilities, senses, and skills.

That’s because they’ve worked at it longer, they didn’t quit, and they got help when they needed it along the way.

Some folks take longer to experience breakthrough than others, perhaps because they are more wounded than other folks.

But if you quit before you get it?

Imagine sad puppy eyes looking at you….

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Game over.

And I promise you, your pets will be most displeased and depressed knowing how much you’re missing out on when you still can’t communicate with them.

There’s also the issue of what all you’re missing, ignoring, or glossing over because you can’t focus, you’re too stressed, you don’t make time for this, you didn’t do the exercises correctly, or perhaps you didn’t follow through with practicing properly so you can get feedback to know when you’re doing it right… or not.

Your mind, expectations, and agendas can also block you, taking you in the wrong direction.

When you’re going in the wrong direction, more speed doesn’t help.

When you’re staring at a closed door impatiently demanding it open for you based on your agenda and expectations, ignoring the open doors all around you.

Well… You may be waiting a very long time because it’s the wrong door.

Nobody wins Wimbledon with just one or two coaching lessons, after all.

And if you’re practicing incorrectly, or don’t get coaching when you need it, you won’t get very far in improving your skills and abilities.

’nuff said. ????

There are many other mistakes communicators in training can make not mentioned here (all of which I coach students in how to recognize and avoid making).

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Would you like to know the #1 Worst Mistake when communicating intuitively with animals?

Insisting animals speak their thoughts through the gift of clairaudience (inner voice words) and not developing or knowing how to properly activate or use your other intuitive abilities.

When you overfocus on insisting animals communicate with you through “words”, you’ll miss what else they are telling you.

This is an honest mistake, and I can see how you may think that.

Perhaps you think that the extraordinary conversations I have with animals as I coach students, or work with your animals privately, or answer your questions is all about clairaudience.

You may think that animals talk to me using words and I just say what they tell me.

And then you think that you should be able to do the same, so you’re overfocusing on words then feel frustrated when you can’t hear their voices or they don’t answer you in words.

That’s not true at all.

Your job as a competent communicator is to develop and use ALL your intuitive gifts, and that goes way beyond clairaudience.

That’s why we have over 30 Intuition Development Lessons in the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club, and, why I focus on starting with the basic “clairs” for beginners in our courses and classes.

After those, focus on developing all the other clairs and senses, of which there are many. (We also have many Masterclasses teaching you how to do exactly that in the Club.) 

I have over 3 decades of experience communicating with animals, developing all the many intuitive senses, and yes, I use them ALL.

That means that I can receive images, visuals, impressions, colors, and videos from the animals almost instantly, and know what they mean, then translate them into words so humans can follow the intuitive conversation. (Pop quiz: which intuitive gift is this? Clairvoyance, of course.)

I can read their energy, know what they are thinking, feeling, sensing, almost instantly… and again, translate it into words so humans can understand what is being “said”. (Pop quiz: which intuitive gift is this? If you said clairsentience, you are correct and yes, it could include other senses too.)

Animals also send me metaphors, analogies, and intuitively downloaded concepts all the time, which I translate into meaning so it makes sense. (Pop quiz: which intuitive gift is this? If you guessed claircognizance, then you get a gold star!)

I can also intuitively scan their body, health, and energy (and yours), check the Human Animal BodyMind Connection between you and your pet, and gain a TON of highly accurate information on the fly. (This is a combination of many different intuitive abilities and is an advanced training and level of proficiency which you’ll be able to do too once you’ve developed your intuitive skills…)

And yes, sometimes I hear words in my head, loud and clear, and can converse in entire thoughts, like with a person and thought bubbles, but that isn’t always the case.

What I’ve learned to do is receive ALL the intuitive information, track it, stay connected and focused, engaged, and then translate it into the spoken or written words very quickly.

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That’s for the YOUR (human) benefit, not the animals or mine.

Because if I tried to share the messages and information telepathically or psychically, you won’t be able to follow the conversation or understand me, or engage with us as we talk about things together!

Early on I discovered that I had to train myself to decipher, investigate, explore, interpret, translate and speak their messages using words because humans need to hear what is going on so they can follow the conversation.

It took awhile for me to learn how to speak about what I’m getting, in a way that makes sense to people, while staying completely connected with the animal, in real time.

It took years of practice of my 30 years of doing this to get good at it.

In a very real sense, I’m having multi way, multi channel, intuitive conversations going on all the time with myself and my soul, with the animal and their soul (sometimes more than one animal), with the person and their soul, all at once.

The challenge is to express what I’m receiving as I get it OUT LOUD so you can hear me in words.

It does NOT mean that animals always use words to communicate.

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To be very clear, this is an advanced, high level of proficiency, and a worthy goal of competence for you to work towards.

All of this is the basis for our Masterclass Series of training on avoiding making the top 6 most common mistakes students make in receiving, interpreting, and translating animal messages.

This is one of the most IMPORTANT Heart Wisdom Masterclasses of all time.

Avoiding mistakes is part one in our masterclass series.

Part Two in our masterclass series is about coaching students personally so they can avoid the mistakes and improve confidence forevermore.

Part Three in our masterclass training series is about coaching students so they can improve their accuracy.

Those are available now as are all the other extraordinary classes and intuition development lessons and trainings.

You’ll find those at https://learnhowtotalktoanimals.com/animal-communication-online-courses-core/

So the question becomes, do you want to be better at communicating with animals?

Are you ready to discover how to avoid making these and other mistakes again?

To improve your confidence, accuracy and become proficient?

This is perfect for students who want more confidence communicating with your pets.

And it’s perfect for professional communicators who want to be more successful, effective, and get better results with your clients and their pets by going way beyond the basics.

I’ve heard too many times from new clients who’ve worked with other communicators who told them “your pet doesn’t want to talk to me“.

That’s ridiculous. Of course they want to talk to you!

The problem is that the communicator was making mistakes, got walled off, and didn’t have a clue what to do.

There’s no need for that to happen, ever.

This is why I go to all the effort, time, trouble, and expense to teach you this.

 

You don’t want to miss any of it. Seriously.

And this is the ONLY place you can find this level of training.

Lee said, “Regarding Platinum Membership, I felt as though I was not ready for that commitment from a time or financial standpoint either, however, I once heard Val say to someone that you can upgrade for a month or two, without obligation to continue.
So after my cat Sal was the Featured Animal Teacher (which was a wonderful experience for us both), I decided to “bite the bullet “ so to speak, and give it a go.

What I discovered was a whole new world of info that was more exciting than I could even imagine. That first week I listened to 7 Masterclasses!

I cannot recommend it highly enough.

Trust me, Val’s Library is amazing. For me there was no turning back. Try the one month thing and evaluate it for yourself.”

Thank you for training with me, for trusting me to guide you along the way, for showing up and for doing the work in becoming the best you can be.

Because after studying animal communication and heart wisdom methods of healing, you will discover that there is no ceiling to your development as a proficient, competent communicator.

There is no limit to how good you can become as you’ll discover… unless of course you quit before you’ve experienced your breakthroughs.

If you are an Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Platinum Club member trying to decide which masterclass to study next, then make these your next highest intuition training a priority.

If you’re not a Platinum Club Member, I highly recommend you join us…. but only if you want to be a better communicator.

Seriously, it’s that important.

>> YOUR INVITATION TO TRAIN WITH ME 1-ON-1 in the 6 MONTHS TO MASTERY “FASTTRACK” PROGRAM <<

If you want to become a proficient, competent animal communicator as quickly as possible, then this is for you.

I have a wonderful program for people who love animals and want to become highly proficient at communicating with them using my method (known as the Heart Wisdom Method).

As you learn, you’ll be going on an all encompassing, spiritual journey to heal, evolve and grow into your best Self.

The program is a sequence of different trainings, and the further you go, the more competent you will be in my method. My “right fit” qualified students move through four levels of competence: beginner, intermediate, advanced, and proficient.

We work together for 6 months with the goal of you becoming proficient by the end. In addition to 1-on-1 support, you also get self-study material and group coaching, practice, and training opportunities.

If you would rather work solely 1-on-1 in a completely customized program, contact me and we’ll see if it’s a good fit for you.

You can also choose to invest in the individual courses, private coaching sessions, and online membership separately if you don’t prefer to do the whole 6-month program right now.

After studying the Heart Wisdom Methods of animal communication and healing, you will discover that there is no ceiling to your development as a proficient, competent communicator.

There is no limit to how good you can become.

Click and find out how we work together over the 6 months by each milestone of ability level.

Learn More at:

https://go.valheart.com/6-months-to-mastery-animal-communication-program-details

See you on the Heart School campus!

We love you and your wise teachers, angels, healers, guides, protectors, and soulmates disguised as animals

Start your communication training journey by getting my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!

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]]> https://valheart.com/intuitive-animal-communication-transcending-verbal/feed/ 0 Rants Plus Peeves = Life’s Purpose (Communicate with Animals) https://valheart.com/rants-plus-peeves-communicate-with-animals/ https://valheart.com/rants-plus-peeves-communicate-with-animals/#respond Tue, 22 Aug 2023 14:32:13 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=6494 My life’s purpose is to communicate with animals.

A wise mentor once told me that the key to finding your passion is to look at your rants. What do you rant about? What gets you upset, what do you want to shout from the rooftops, what do you wish everyone on the planet knew?

For me, my rant is the fact that animals have a voice and we need to take the time to hear them, to respect them, and to understand their unique wisdom, because they are often our best teachers and healers.

It hurts my heart to know they are mistreated, misunderstood, and they even lose their lives, through no fault of their own, but simply because their humans were so blind and deaf that they didn’t take the time to listen to them, to honor their voice, their wisdom, their purpose.

For instance I was able to save my client Kendall Summerhawk thousands of dollars and a lot of time, worry and multiple trips to the vet with her valuable Andalusian stallion. Just by talking with him so he could tell us about his pain, his needs, and how homesick he was.

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Animals have a voice and need to be heard

There are things you do every day that impact your animals negatively as well as positively. Just like a child needs to have a voice to say what they need, your animals need to be able to tell you what they are thinking too.

If you don’t listen, they can become aggressive or dangerous and act out badly in frustration. This can lead to the animal being put down or gotten rid of, which is completely avoidable, and to me, unacceptable.

That led me to connect with my purpose:

My mission is to improve the lives of animals the world over by helping humans learn how to speak their language, understand their viewpoints, and heal by reconnecting with the circle of life. After all, our love of animals helps us learn how to be better humans, and the more balanced and healthy we are, the more balanced and healthy they can be too.

Communication starts with loving animals, and that is where it all begins

I call it The Heart Wisdom Method for a reason.

Strong love energy will help you do exactly that.

And I know you love animals, so you’re already part way there!

Consider the fact that you were born with intuitive abilities, you already use them every day.

Why not use them to help better understand and communicate with your animals?

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I believe ALL animal caretakers need to know how to communicate with animals.

Here’s a link that explains more about the different programs I have, how they differ from each other, and the best sequence in which to go through them.
https://learnhowtotalktoanimals.com/all-online-courses/

For Lauren Michele McGarry, our remarkable podcast guest this week on The Real Dr. Doolittle Show, her passion is about honoring the blessing of horses in our lives by using yoga to improve our balance and connection.

Much love to you and your furrkids,

Val

“Nothing is mundane, everything is spiritual, all of life boils down to Spirit.” Robert G Allen, The One Minute Millionaire

So what’s your rant? Take a minute to express and share it with us, and you may discover at least part of your life’s purpose!

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!


Bio: Val Heart – Expert animal communicator, speaker, bestselling author & master healer, Val is often called The Real Dr Doolittle™ and Animal Communicator to the Stars. Founder of The HEART System™ for solving problems with pets. Learn about the Animal Talk Coaching and Mastery Club at http://www.animaltalkcoachingclub.com
© Copyright, Val Heart & Friends LLC. All Rights Reserved.  Reprint rights by request only.

This article was previously published January 10. 2013, and was updated on August 22, 2023

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]]> https://valheart.com/rants-plus-peeves-communicate-with-animals/feed/ 0 The Psychic Abilities of Animals: Do They Have a Sixth Sense After All? https://valheart.com/psychic-abilities-of-animals-do-they-have-sixth-sense/ https://valheart.com/psychic-abilities-of-animals-do-they-have-sixth-sense/#respond Sun, 13 Aug 2023 16:24:00 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=8577 The Psychic Abilities of Animals

You’ve likely heard stories about animals warning people about pending natural disasters like tsunamis, avalanches and earthquakes. They seem to have an ability to anticipate disasters and catastrophic events, an ability many animal communicators have known about for years.

During the 2004 Thailand tsunami, Bang Keoy villagers admit to seeing a herd of buffalo along the beach about an hour before the tsunami hit the island.  They recalled watching as the buffalo lifted their heads, looked towards the sea then scurried for higher land. The villagers who followed had their lives spared.

During World War II, it was common for families to rely on their pet’s natural instincts for warnings of danger.  The behavior of the animals sent alarms that something was going to happen before the air raid warnings were even given.

Unusual animal behavior can be a warning sign

Authorities in China actually encourage people to report unusual animal behavior. Because the country is naturally earthquake prone, authorities rely in part, on the natural instincts of animals to predict such events. In many cases, cities have issued earthquake warnings based on the behavioral reactions of animals.

Animal naturalist William Long spent his life researching the communication patterns of animals separated by many miles, and determined they could in fact still communicate no matter the distance.

One example was an injured female wolf.  Left behind by the pack, she returned to the den and spent several days recovering while the rest of the pack moved on. After recovering, she suddenly reappeared with her pack, which Long admits had a lot more to do with than simply following a scented trail.  Long was convinced that our pets also possess these same abilities.

An experiment with a friend’s dog proved his theory when the animal was able to accurately predict the arrival of its owner over different days, times and situations. Without fully understanding the incredible phenomena of communication and telepathy, it is difficult for us humans to understand the behavior of our pets until we communicate with them.

Research studies show evidence of telepathic communication

In research studies conducted by animal communicators, 50 percent of dog owners and 30 percent of cat owners say their pets are able to determine the arrival home of a family member.  Other species including birds and horses were also found able to determine the arrival time of their owners well before they made it to the door.

The ability of our pets to determine the arrival of a family member also clearly reaches beyond familiar sounds of parking cars and footsteps. Many family pets are able to determine such things long in advance. Animals also seem to know when they are going to the vet and even when something bad has happened to an absent human caretaker.

It’s wise to listen to the animals.  Perhaps our pets rely on things that defy scientific understanding because they know and can sense things that humans simply cannot.  How would you know what they know unless you ask them?

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!


Bio: Val Heart – Expert animal communicator, speaker, bestselling author & master healer, Val is often called The Real Dr Doolittle™ and Animal Communicator to the Stars. Founder of The HEART System™ for solving problems with pets. Learn about the Animal Talk Coaching and Mastery Club at http://www.animaltalkcoachingclub.com
© Copyright, Val Heart & Friends LLC. All Rights Reserved.  Reprint rights by request only.

This article was previously published February 9, 2014, and was updated on August 13, 2023.

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]]> https://valheart.com/psychic-abilities-of-animals-do-they-have-sixth-sense/feed/ 0 Healthy Living is Easy for Pets Too! Healthy Living for Pets: Good Nutrition https://valheart.com/healthy-living-for-pets-too-good-nutrition/ https://valheart.com/healthy-living-for-pets-too-good-nutrition/#respond Mon, 07 Aug 2023 17:34:23 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=5803 Healthy living for pets starts with good nutrition

Today, more than ever, we are all trying to live healthier lives nutritionally, physically, and even fiscally. Many of us, however, still seem to forget our four legged, furry friends –  our pets – in this quest for healthy living! Pets are a large part of most American’s lives. Some of us actually live for our pets! They are our best friends and, at times, our only friends. Many Americans claim their pets are actual members of the family. But, aside from the occasional injury or illness or the annual trip to the vet for booster vaccinations, how often do we think about our pet’s overall health? Interestingly, because our pets cannot feed or exercise themselves, it is probably easier to control their health than our own!

Let’s start with the first major contributor to better health: proper diet. Most of us try to buy the best food for our pets. The huge selection can seem daunting to new pet owners, so they rely on the breeder or shelter that provided the animal, or their veterinarian, and usually they will be directed to the most expensive brand of food. But is this the best route? Generally, if the animal likes the food and eats it, you’ve made a good choice, but if you want to get more involved in the overall health of your pet, this may not be the best choice! Confusing? Contradictory? Yes and no. Let me review a few basic rules and offer some additional information so you can make some simple changes that will get your cat or dog in better shape!

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Your pet is a carnivore

The first thing you must understand is this: your pet is a carnivore, not a vegetarian! I know your pet may love veggies (I have a friend whose cat would choose asparagus over shrimp when both were on the plate), and it’s fine to give them some, but meat should be the main portion of their diet. Most pet owners prefer dry kibble, with water and maybe a tad of canned food, as the regular diet for their animals. If that’s your thinking, here are some basic facts to consider.

Meat meal protein should comprise at least 40 – 50% of your pet’s brand of kibble or canned food. This protein should consist of chicken meal, lamb meal, venison meal, or a combination of these. You do not want meat by-products as a main source of protein in your pet’s food. Here’s why: Meat meal is the actual meat and intestines of the animal, but meat by-products can include beaks, hooves, feet and bones. Reputable manufacturers remove these by-products from their foods.

The non-meat portion of your pet’s food

The vegetable portion should be no more than 30 – 50% and should never contain more than 10% grains. Most animals do not eat grains in the wild, therefore, they can’t digest them (corn is the least digestible, followed by wheat and rice). But pet food manufacturers use grains for fillers, claiming they provide a source of protein. However, since your pet cannot digest them, that protein is wasted! Veterinarians are now seeing more and more pets with food allergies, and these are attributed directly to the grains contained in their diets. If you cannot find a food without any added grain, the best grains for your pet will be rolled oats, barley, millet and brown rice.

Some of the cheaper brands list meat as their main ingredient, or as the first item in the ingredients list. Do not be deceived! If the next several ingredients are grains, this means most of the food is filler and not meat protein! You want meat meal listed as the top several ingredients! Does this mean you have to pay more? Probably so, but the benefits to your pet are priceless.

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Preservatives

On to preservatives! Avoid chemical preservatives at all costs. Artificial chemicals may cause cancer. Avoid BHA, BHT and Ethoxyquin. Look for vitamin E and vitamin C instead. Although dogs don’t actually need vitamin C, it is far better than giving them BHA, BHT or Ethoxyquin. And vitamins C and E are great preservatives.

Stick to premium brands, because most of these companies do use better ingredients. Rarely are the cheapest brands the best! These manufacturers do not use the higher quality ingredients or a consistent grade of ingredients.

Now, if you are a diehard health nut, today’s market also offers holistic pet foods. If the label states 100% natural or 100% nutritious, the food probably contains human-grade ingredients. Though the term holistic and human-grade are often a marketing technique, it is illegal for manufacturers to use the term human-grade on their label if the food has not been tested by the AAFCO (Association of American Feed Control Officials).

Keep in mind the old axiom, If you wouldn’t eat it, don’t feed it to your pet! That’s a great rule of thumb (though you might need to take a little poetic license in regard to processed pet food). As for making your own pet food, be sure you have time to do some research first. Pets and people do have different nutritional needs, yet high-grade people meat may be very good for your animal. Be careful about adding other items, though, especially treats. Not all human food is safe for your pet. Chocolate, raisins, grapes and onions can actually be dangerous.

Making simple changes, like finding a quality food for your pet, is a great first step toward a healthier life for your pet!

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Guest post courtesy of Bonnie Best, Veterinary Technician (retired) Author of The Real Poop Scoop on Pet Sitting. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communication Enterprises Inc.
This article was previously published March 15, 2012, and was updated on August 7, 2023

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]]> https://valheart.com/healthy-living-for-pets-too-good-nutrition/feed/ 0 How To Connect the Lazy Horse https://valheart.com/how-to-connect-the-lazy-horse/ https://valheart.com/how-to-connect-the-lazy-horse/#respond Mon, 07 Aug 2023 11:13:26 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=5494 Guest post courtesy of Jane Savoie. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communication Enterprises Inc. 

This month I’ll explain how to use the “Connecting Aids” with a lazy horse to put him on the bit. Next month, I’ll talk about connecting the hot Horse.

Here’s a review of the connecting aids:

(1) Close both calves to generate power from behind.

(2) Close your outside hand in a fist to capture, contain, and recycle that power back to the hind legs.

(3) Squeeze and release (vibrate) the inside rein, like squeezing water out of a sponge, to keep your horse’s neck straight.

Apply the three sets of aids for approximately three seconds. To an observer, it will appear that you’re giving the aids simultaneously, but in reality the legs slightly precede the closing of the outside hand, which is applied just before the vibrations with the inside hand.

In order to get the desired effect from these connecting aids, it’s important that your horse responds obediently to your aids. This is often overlooked, as many of us have a very lazy horse that seems to ignore our aids. Here are some tips to help you.

The Lazy Horse

Your connecting aids won’t work if your horse isn’t in front of your driving aids. For example, when you put your legs on, your horse should immediately move forward. Remember that horses are extremely sensitive to touch. No matter how lazy a horse is, he can feel a fly land on his side and flick it off.

It’s usually the rider who makes the horse dull. The horse isn’t electric enough, so the rider uses more leg. That works for a while, but then the horse gets dull to that, so the rider starts putting on spurs. Then the horse gets used to that so the spurs get bigger. This cycle is common, and as time goes by, the leg aid gets louder and louder.

The reason your horse isn’t reacting to light aids is probably because you’ve started “screaming” with your aids, and he’s tuned you out.

The first thing you have to do is decide that you’re not going to close your legs any stronger than a fly landing on your horse’s side. When you whisper with an aid, your horse should  shout his answer – instead of the other way around.

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The Correction

Instead of constantly repeating your aid or making it stronger, make a correction. The correction for the lazy horse depends on his sensitivity. You can either bump-bump-bump with your legs, or you can use your whip and tap-tap-tap to chase your horse forward.

Either way, you need to get a really forward response. If you’re walking, bump or tap until your horse is trotting; if you’re trotting, do it until he breaks into the canter.

The most important part of the correction is to re-test with a light, whispering aid. For example, in a transition from walk to trot, lightly close your legs, and your horse should surge into the trot. If he doesn’t, tap-tap-tap, but then you must go back to the walk and re-test with a very light aid for that transition. When he reacts enthusiastically, praise him.

Once he’s in front of your leg, go back to using the connecting aids as described above.

Reprinted with permission.

About Jane Savoie: Jane Savoie is one of the most recognized names in dressage, and for a good reason.  She has been a member of the United States Equestrian Team and has competed for the US in Canada, Holland, Belgium, France and Germany. She was the reserve rider for the Bronze medal winning Olympic dressage team in Barcelona, Spain. She has been long-listed by the USET with several horses and has won nine Horse of the Year awards and three National Freestyle Championships.

She was the 1996 and 2004 Olympic dressage coach for the Canadian 3-Day Event Team in Atlanta and Athens. She also coached several top dressage and 3- Day Event riders in their preparations for the 2000 Olympics and while in Sydney she helped rider Susan Blinks secure a bronze medal for the US dressage team. Ms. Savoie has written five books that have been published both in the US and abroad.

www.janesavoie.com

This article was previously published December 17, 2011 and was updated on August 7, 2023.

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]]> https://valheart.com/how-to-connect-the-lazy-horse/feed/ 0 Saving Bats: 2 Heartwarming Stories https://valheart.com/saving-bats-2-heartwarming-stories/ https://valheart.com/saving-bats-2-heartwarming-stories/#respond Mon, 07 Aug 2023 01:18:22 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=9376 Saving Bats: 2 Heartwarming Stories

I love bats!

Even being scared half to death by one when I was a young child didn’t deter me.  One night I was fast asleep when I felt something swoop across my bed.  Then I heard it’s cry, and it started flying and swooping more frantically as it realized it was trapped in my room and couldn’t get out.  I held my breath as I lay flat and inched sideways until I fell out of bed.  Then I quickly scrambled across the floor on my belly and managed somehow to get the door open.

I ran as fast as my little legs could carry me to my parent’s room calling “Daddy!  Daddy!  Help me!  There’s something in my room!”

He came running and I’ll never forget what he did.  He simply went to get the butterfly net.  He calmly and carefully caught the little bat in the net, and carried it outside to let it go.  He told me how important bats are for our planet.  How they eat insects and don’t hurt anybody.  I was entranced. In fact, the experience made me love these uniquely interesting, ecologically important and sweet natured creatures even more.

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My experience with a bat at Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation

One of my most treasured and heart felt memories was from the time I worked on staff at Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation.  One of our volunteers brought in a bat who had been caught in a fly trap.  It’s beautiful, delicate wings and little furry body were covered with the nasty sticky goo.  It couldn’t fly. In fact, it could barely move.  It was terrified.  I was so sad, worried what would happen to it.  So like I did for all our charges, I communicated telepathically so I could explain why it was there.  It had many questions and concerns, and had a traumatic story that it needed to share in order to begin healing.  We discussed what had happened and why, and talked about what we intended to do to help it.

When it was calm and peaceful and ready to cooperate, I knew it wouldn’t try to bite me.  So I carefully took the cleaning solution and gently worked until I got as much of the sticky mess off of it as possible.  By the time I was finished, the little bat was weak and tired.  The toxic chemicals and trauma were taking their toll.  I carefully gave it a little bite to eat and drink hoping it could recover.  Then the hard part came.  I had to decide what to do for it next.  We could keep it overnight and hope it would still be alive tomorrow… but in human captivity and without eating? Chances weren’t very good.

So I prayed for guidance.

I was inspired to ask the bat what it would like me to do for it.  I listened carefully and it asked if I would please let it go.  It needed to be outside, in nature.  It felt that if it could simply get high in a tree then it could hang for a bit.  And when it felt rested up, then it could fly again and go on about it’s business.  And so that’s what I did.  I found a broom and perched it on the straw.  Then I carefully carried it outside to a great, tall old oak tree.  I held the broom up high and the bat climbed off it and onto the branch.  It stayed there panting… I prayed for it and then had to go back inside to tend my other charges.

The next day I went back to the tree. I was so afraid that I would find a dead bat laying on the ground.  But I was excited and delighted to discover no such thing.  The bat was gone!  I can only hope that it was able to live out it’s natural life.  I hope it stuffed itself silly eating tons of bugs.  And I hope that it was able to reconnect with it’s family and was able to tell them all about his amazing adventure.  I hope it warned other bats to beware of sticky fly traps.  We need the bats.  Next time you see one, I invite you to do like I always do:  bless it and offer appreciation and gratitude for a world with bats in it.

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This article was previously published June 26, 2014, and was updated on August 7, 2023

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]]> https://valheart.com/saving-bats-2-heartwarming-stories/feed/ 0 Connecting with All Life – Learning From 1 Special Cat https://valheart.com/connecting-with-all-life-learning-from-1-special-cat/ https://valheart.com/connecting-with-all-life-learning-from-1-special-cat/#respond Fri, 04 Aug 2023 03:13:24 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=117107 Healing through connecting with all life – an animal communication lesson by Val Heart

One day I happened to glance outside onto the shaded area of my patio deck. I noticed my grey tabby cat laying in a regal pose, front arms stretched out with her paws elegantly crossed in front of her. Her eyes were half shut, she seemed to be smiling a Mona Lisa smile, and even from inside the house I could see that she seemed to be vibrating.

Fascinated I watched as her energy seemed to grow and grow until it connected with every living thing and object within at least 50 feet of where she was. The air around her seemed charged with life force and peace, humming with power.

I asked her what she was doing, since it was obvious something remarkable was going on, and she said:

“I’m blessing my space, being one with everything and everyone from the trees to the earth to the birds to the insects to the wind…, sharing healing and balance, harmony and peace. This is how to connect and be one with life.

If humans did this regularly, they would not be so sick.

They could allow the richness of life, which surrounds us always, to support, heal and nurture them. They would be able to hear the wisdom and heart of the world.

Learning to be fully present, emotionally peaceful is a very fine goal in life. How does one achieve such a remarkable way of living and being?

To start, begin carefully and consciously observing your animal teachers.

Adopt a daily practice of being in the moment, doing nothing more than letting yourself truly feel all that is around you. Breathe in the richness and fullness of what is. And one day you will find yourself effortlessly connecting with the magic of Source.

See then what new understandings, insights and clarity you become aware of. How different do you feel about yourself, your animals and your world now?

Communication starts with loving animals, and that is where it all begins

I call it The Heart Wisdom Method for a reason.

Strong love energy will help you do exactly that.

And I know you love animals, so you’re already part way there!

Consider the fact that you were born with intuitive abilities, you already use them every day.

Why not use them to help better understand and communicate with your animals?

I believe ALL animal caretakers need to know how to communicate with animals.

I recommend starting at the beginning with the complete Beginning Core Foundations Course to get your basics down.

From there, you’ll learn to be crystal clear on what exactly to SAY, HOW to say it, the right questions to ask in the right way and timing, how to convey that as a message they can understand, and how to listen to your animal in return. (that’s the Advanced Animal Talk Mastery Course)

And then? Time to practice so you gain proficiency and confidence in your ability to have these conversations with animals anywhere, anytime, about anything. (That’s what we do in the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club!)

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Bio: Val Heart – Expert animal communicator, speaker, bestselling author & master healer, Val is often called The Real Dr Doolittle™ and Animal Communicator to the Stars. Founder of The HEART System™ for solving problems with pets. Learn about the Animal Talk Coaching and Mastery Club at http://www.animaltalkcoachingclub.com
© Copyright, Val Heart & Friends LLC. All Rights Reserved.  Reprint rights by request only.

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]]> https://valheart.com/connecting-with-all-life-learning-from-1-special-cat/feed/ 0 Inspired Dog Sweaters for Parents Who Want to Spoil Their Dogs https://valheart.com/inspired-dog-sweaters-for-parents-to-spoil-their-dogs/ https://valheart.com/inspired-dog-sweaters-for-parents-to-spoil-their-dogs/#respond Mon, 31 Jul 2023 09:31:16 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=6896 Dog sweaters to drool over!

The designers at http://myknitt.com certainly love dogs. Their passion and creativity leads them to come up with inspired designs for handmade crochet dog clothes. They specialize in dog sweaters.

There are many of us dog lovers who treat their dogs like their children. I’m certainly guilty of this myself. I love to spoil my pups. I ran into this fantastic website for specialty dog sweaters and fell in love with it. I thought I’d pass the site along to you.  I am not an affiliate of this site, I just loved their designs and business philosophy.

Why I love http://myknitt.com.

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1. Handmade
They guarantee that their products are 100% handmade, giving each design its own uniqueness.

2. Custom-Made
If you have something special in mind, or your dog is not a typical size, they can custom design and make a sweater to meet your specifications.

3. Variety
Their variety of gorgeous clothes for dogs is amazing. It is clearly evident that they love what they do.

4. 100% Cotton Yarn
Their sweaters are all made from 100% cotton yarn. Dogs need material that breathes as much as we do.

5. Precious Hereditary Legacy
Crocheting has been a tradition that has been passed down through generations of their family. So much of our family heritage is being lost to our overly busy life styles. It was a treat to find a company that honors their long-standing family history and traditions by finding a way to provide a valuable service to those of us who are willing and happy to spoil our furrkids.

This article was previously published September 16, 2013, and was updated on July 31, 2023.

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]]> https://valheart.com/inspired-dog-sweaters-for-parents-to-spoil-their-dogs/feed/ 0 Tips to Protect your Pet during a Storm https://valheart.com/tips-to-protect-your-pet-during-a-storm/ https://valheart.com/tips-to-protect-your-pet-during-a-storm/#respond Sat, 29 Jul 2023 14:18:32 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=6035 Tips to Protect your Pet during a Storm

The NOAA’s official hurricane season starts June 1 in the Atlantic and mid-May in the Eastern Eastern Pacific, so you want to make sure you have a plan for how you will protect your pet. Both seasons end on November 30.

With the potential for storm activity, this is a critical time for pet owners in the hurricane zone to mark their checklist and get supplies. In the event of a hurricane or tropical depression, particularly the stronger category storms, it is NOT safe to let your dogs or cats out to go potty. Reasons for this include: storm surges (walls of water up to 20 feet high), winds in excess of 74 mph (for the weakest hurricanes), inland flooding and power lines down.

Keeping your pet inside and having an indoor toilet solution for dogs and cats with the Pet Loo means you have one less dangerous element to worry about during a storm. With this in mind, Tobi Skovron, CEO of The Pet Loo is available for interviews to talk about the Pet Loo and to share more of these types of tips for hurricane zone pet owners. They include:

TRAINING:

  • Now is the time to train your puppy, dog or kitten on a designated area to potty indoors. Pets respond to surface training and the feel of the Pet Loo’s grass surface. Using repetition and praise will condition them that if not let outside, this is the spot where they should go.
  • To speed up training, you can also try using an attractant on the indoor potty’s surface. Skip To My Loo is a spray scent that mimics urine and is designed to attract and encourage your dog, puppy or kitten to relieve itself in an area designated by you.
  • You should also move your indoor potty to the car as well and train there in case you are ordered to evacuate.

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EVACUATION:

  • Prepare your pet for departure: Do not leave your pet behind. Additionally, don’t feed your pet at least two hours before departure. Small amounts of water can be given before the trip. If possible, put ice cubes in the water tray attached to the inside of your pet’s travel case, water will spill!
  • Portable potties: In the car, using a Pet Loo with its Pee-Pod will absorb urine and turn a liquid into a non-odorous, solidified gel that will hold at least 100 times its weight in liquids. This will also prevent sloshing of urine in the catch basin while the vehicle is in motion.
  • Identify a shelter now: For public health reasons, many emergency shelters cannot accept pets. Find out which motels and hotels in the area you plan to evacuate to allow pets well in advance of needing them. There are also a number of guides that list hotels/motels that permit pets and could serve as a starting point. Include your local animal shelter’s number in your list of emergency numbers. They might be able to provide information concerning pets during a disaster.
  • Make sure identification tags are up-to-date and securely fastened to your pet’s collar. If possible, attach the address and/or phone number of your evacuation site. If your pet gets lost, his tag is his ticket home.
  • Before you find yourself in an emergency situation, consider packing a “pet survival” kit which could be easily deployed if disaster hits. Take pet food, bottled water, medications, veterinary records, cat litter/pan, manual can opener, food dishes, first aid kit and other supplies with you in case they’re not available later.

Let us know if you want to speak with Tobi. Overall, NOAA predicts this 2023 season will probably have 12 to 17 named storms with 5 to 9 developing into hurricane strength. Be prepared – have a plan in place to protect your pet.

This article was previously published May 29, 2012, and has been updated with new information.

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]]> https://valheart.com/tips-to-protect-your-pet-during-a-storm/feed/ 0 Get Happy by Pharrell Williams Performed by The Val Heart Dancers https://valheart.com/the-happy-dance-go-on-get-happy/ https://valheart.com/the-happy-dance-go-on-get-happy/#comments Fri, 21 Jul 2023 16:28:02 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=9715 A reminder to get happy!!!

This is SO much fun, I just have to share it with you. It may not seem to have much to do with animals, but it does, trust me. When we are stressed, depressed, upset or worried, we share that energy with our pets and it brings them down too. But when our spirits are happy, that is the energy we share with them.  I personally am watching this video every day. I even get up and dance at my desk any time I need a happy break.

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You don’t have to take my word for it, check out what my client said after I shared this with her:

“Val, I have to tell you, this is now my official theme song!!! I put it on my phone and spent hours Saturday in the beautiful sunshine walking 4 miles around a beautiful wooded path listening to nothing but this. It got to where I couldn’t just walk. I had to clap and had to salsa sometimes, and toward the end of the 4 miles I even had to get off the path into a circle of big, tall trees with sunshine pouring down between them and just do my happy dance! There is absolutely no way to be anything but happy listening to this song! Thank you for this precious gift!! It lifted my spirit SOOOOO much! I am in such a WONDERFUL place. And all my thanks go to you and this song. BIG love to you and your dancing partners!” ~ Marcy Harris, Dallas, TX

In summary: this is powerful stuff! Use it wisely and please, share it with anyone who needs to get Happy!

Song courtesy of:  PHARRELL WILLIAMS Song title “Happy”

Video courtesy of:  www.JibJab.com

This article was previously published May 5, 2014, and was updated on July 21, 2023

 

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]]> https://valheart.com/the-happy-dance-go-on-get-happy/feed/ 2 Helping Pets with Depression and Anxiety https://valheart.com/helping-pets-with-depression-and-anxiety/ https://valheart.com/helping-pets-with-depression-and-anxiety/#comments Fri, 21 Jul 2023 10:18:23 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=7391 Helping Pets with Depression and Anxiety

Any responsible pet owner will know that their pet can experience as wide a range of emotions as humans. Love, joy, stress and depression are all mental states that can be found in cats, dogs, horses and even fish and mice. Unfortunately, this is still met with skepticism by some in the veterinary world and trying to find treatment for pets with depression or other mental health problems can be difficult. However, the same alternative treatments that work with humans can have highly beneficial effects with animals.

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Understanding the Problem

The first problem is to identify what exactly is the cause of your pet’s depression or anxiety. This might be such things as changes in habitat or diet. If you have recently moved home then all the sights, scents and sounds have changed for the animal which can be very distressing. Your pet doesn’t understand the concept of ‘moving’ so the dog or cat just thinks that the home it had built with all its unique smells has been destroyed and the animal has to start all over again. It is less like our concept of moving homes and more like if our house was destroyed in a fire or if it were burgled. The fabric of the home is gone. Obviously this can lead to major anxiety problems for the animal as it has to rebuild its life, just as it would for us. This is also true for shelter animals. Though they have a new and loving home, it may take them time to adapt and they can be very anxious during this period.

Other issues that may upset your pet are the loss of a loved one, either through death, or just because that person has left the home (a divorced spouse or a child gone to college). Even if a person has only temporarily left, such as a serviceman on duty, this may be enough to upset an animal. Likewise, if the animal had a companion, another dog or a cat, and that animal has died then the grief associated with such loss is as real for a pet as it is for their owner.

Even small things such as changes in diet can cause depression and anxiety. Nutrition is important for health, both physical and mental, in all animals and if you decide to change the animal’s food to something it either doesn’t like or something which might not satisfy its nutritional needs, this can lead to mental health problems.

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Help for Your Pet

The veterinarian community can sometimes be dismissive of mental health issues in animals. In addition, their treatment for such problems is likely the same as doctors prescribe for humans: drugs. Pet owners can obviously be concerned about giving their animal a dose of Prozac every morning. The side-effects can be severe and it does nothing to correct the underlying causes of the animal’s mood.

It is better to try and identify these causes so you can help your pet become happy once more. Working with an animal communicator or animal therapist should be the first step in determining your pet’s problems. These professionals are behavioral specialists who can understand the behavior and state of the animal and what the underlying causes are. Animal communicators can assess and analyze the pet and provide you with insight into their behavior and mind that you would have never had before, giving you advice on diet, habitat and emotions straight from the horses (or dogs or cats) mouth. Dietary changes or nutritional supplements can have an immediate effect on animals, so something as easy as changing back to a previous food that the animal liked, or changed to a diet that includes vitamins, minerals or nutrients that the animal might be lacking.

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There are other things you can do to help your pet living a happy and fulfilling life. Just as you would never think of leaving your child at home or boarding somewhere when you went away on vacation, you should consider including your pet in any trips or holidays your family take. They consider themselves part of the family, especially dogs, so can be as upset as a human to be left behind. When you are making vacation plans consider what type of holiday you could take that could include a pet. For dogs, a retreat to a cabin in the woods can be like a five-star hotel. Space to run around, animals to chase and scents to follow. Just as a holiday can perk humans up, so to can a holiday help lighten an animal’s mood. Many hotels also are happy to accept pets and it is even possible to take cats and dogs on a cruise with you, treating them to luxury and fun. If you do take your pet away with you, make sure the animal has proper ID, a health certificate to show it has all its vaccinations and never leave you pet alone in a strange place as this can exacerbate the anxiety and depression that you may be there to resolve.

If you remember that animals have emotions then you can help you pet to avoid any of these mental health issues and lead a happy and healthy life. Treat your pet as you would a child, with proper nutrition, living conditions and plenty of play and bonding time and you will find that your pet can live happily in its family home.

Guest post courtesy of Melissa Hathaway.  The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communication Enterprises Inc. 

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]]> https://valheart.com/helping-pets-with-depression-and-anxiety/feed/ 2 Riding and Training the Senior Horse https://valheart.com/riding-and-training-the-senior-horse/ https://valheart.com/riding-and-training-the-senior-horse/#respond Mon, 17 Jul 2023 08:35:45 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=6912 Older horses still have a lot to offer a rider, but often they’re discounted as being past their prime. It’s understandable for someone to be wary of a horse whose retirement to greener pastures may not be too far in the future, but just like people, senior horses can be senior athletes. And there is plenty of research to back that up.

Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, has conducted numerous exercise studies on the aging equine athlete, including the effects of training on the senior’s heart rate, maximum aerobic capacity and thermoregulation.

“Many eventing and endurance horses compete into their teens, and retired racehorses have second careers that run the spectrum of activities,” says Kenneth McKeever, Ph.D., FACSM, professor of equine exercise physiology and associate director for research at the Equine Science Center at Rutgers. “Our mission at the Center is to prevent problems and to care for the equine athlete. We also use the horse as a model for research on aging and other topics related to humans. Much of our recent funding has come from the Department of Defense to screen food extracts that can reduce inflammation related to over-exercising.” These tests are done on horses to determine their possible helpful effects in humans.

Middle-Aged or Senior?

It’s difficult to pinpoint an exact age when a horse enters his senior years.

“In the last 15 years, we have performed a lot of exercise tests on horses of varying ages,” says McKeever. “Originally, we grouped horses by age category: young, middle-aged, and senior. People intuitively felt that horses over 20 seem to behave differently, have more medical problems and eat differently. In our most recent study, we tracked some individual horses for 15 years, and sure enough, we saw that aerobic capacity starts to decline between 18 and 20 years of age.”

But McKeever cautions against making generalizations about aging equines. He says it’s the same with humans: Some people exercise throughout their lives, while others are couch potatoes. “There is evidence to show that the aerobic capacity for humans hits a downward curve in some individuals in their 20s or 30s if they aren’t exercising,” he says. “The opposite is true for those who exercise throughout their lives.”

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Senior Limitations

An older horse can potentially do the work of a younger horse with a little extra care, according to Travis Wright, DVM, from Hill Country Equine in Boerne, Texas. His senior American Quarter Horse gelding, Topsail Ransom, is a 2001 American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) Top-10 World Champion in reining and a silver medalist at the Cosequin/United States Equestrian Team Reining Championship, and was still fit for reining past age 20.

“[Topsail Ransom] is now 21, and he’s still able to come out and perform reining patterns,” says Wright. “The years of doing sliding stops have taken a toll on his hocks, however, so he needs injections of hyaluronic acid and steroids to make him comfortable. Additionally, we keep him on a daily [joint] supplement. If we were going to prepare for an upcoming event, I would put him on systemic Adequan and Legend as protective agents. All of these things combined offer my horse protection from further joint damage while quieting down the inflammation or soreness that may already be there.”

But what about a senior that has been retired or hasn’t done much work? McKeever says it’s fine to reintroduce a senior horse back to exercise, but it’s important to ease him into it with the same caveats of a human starting exercise. Have your horse checked by a veterinarian first to determine his limits. Perhaps he has some arthritis and needs a longer period of time to warm up. Start with some simple groundwork and see what your horse can handle. Or if he hasn’t exercised for years, try some light trail riding. It’s important not to assume that your horse is fit and jump into a strict training program. Be careful with your senior horse, and don’t ask for too much right away: A senior with a heart of gold may give you all that you ask for and more.

“Some horses will give it their all, no matter their condition, and do too much,” says McKeever. “An owner has to know where the cutoff points are. You may think the horse is acting cranky, when in fact he can’t handle any more exercise. Moderation is key.”

Careful Consideration

One of the Rutgers studies found that older horses’ thermoregulation was different from that of younger horses. The older horse doesn’t have a large enough plasma volume in his blood to maintain a reserve for sweating efficiently. This means he has less fluid in his bloodstream, so the perspiration won’t cool his body down quickly enough.

“Horses are the only other species besides humans that sweat during exercise to stay cool,” says McKeever. “For the study, we exercised young and old horses at the same workload so they generated the same amount of heat internally. The older horses reached the end point [of a specified amount of heat generated] in half the time of the younger horses. They couldn’t handle the exercise and keep cool, so their system had to work overtime. However, both young and old horses recovered similarly. Ten minutes post-exercise, both the young and old horses had reached the same point.”

McKeever says the senior horse owner may have to adjust the exercise routine to accommodate this issue, such as taking more walking breaks, doing less speed work and more interval work. And on hot and/or humid days, the older horse should take a break altogether. “At least be aware that he won’t tolerate high temperatures very well,” McKeever cautions. The Rutgers studies also found that the decrease in thermoregulation happens in the late teens to early 20s. Signs of this include your horse heating up faster and his heart rate increasing faster. He will also breathe harder during work than he used to.

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Another important consideration is dehydration. The amount of fluid in the senior horse’s body isn’t as plentiful as that of a younger horse, so he will dehydrate faster. Therefore, it’s important to check your horse’s hydration levels during exercise.

The skin pinch test may not be an accurate indication of dehydration for older horses that have less elastic skin. Instead, check the capillary refill time, inspect the gum color, and look at moisture levels in the mouth.

Wright says that extra warm-up time should be given to the senior to help his joints loosen up so he can move freely without pain during exercise.

“Many senior horses have some degree of osteoarthritis, most commonly in their lower hock joints or front pastern joints,” he says. “The classic history associated with these horses is that they appear sore at the beginning of a ride, but they do fine once they warm up. It’s much like how humans age—our joints are sore in the morning as we start the day, but once we get moving around, things get to feeling better.”

Benefits of Exercise in the Senior Horse

As with people, exercise can increase the health and well-being of an aged horse. “Just like people, horses have metabolic issues that can cause life-threatening problems,” says McKeever. “Exercise can help prevent these from occurring. Also, when we first started putting old horses on the treadmill and then the Equisizer machine, they were feeling better and loosening up after three sessions. Some were even starting to pull on the treadmill to go faster. Exercise can be very beneficial if you make it a pleasant experience and it’s not causing joint pain.”

Wright says it also depends on the type of work being performed, but in general, if you keep your horse in shape and exercise him regularly, you’ll have many more productive years together than if you let him get overweight and lose muscle mass.

“As far as soundness is concerned, we can look at a human model,” says Wright. “Take gymnasts as an example. If they work out as hard as they can for multiple years, they eventually break down their joints and get arthritis in their knees and wrists. However, if you look at the opposite extreme and have a gymnast do nothing for a year or more, and then suddenly return to hard training, she is more likely to get sprains, tears, and be extremely sore because she’s no longer physically in shape for such activities. Therefore, I believe that a reduced exercise schedule is the best way to keep a [senior equine athlete] going in the off-season and prevent acute strains or tears when the show season rolls around.”

Teaching an Old Horse New Tricks

Cathy Hanson is an AQHA director and Professional Horseman Association member who has shown many senior horses on the circuit in the all-around classes. She highly recommends an older horse for the novice rider, particularly the junior rider learning to compete. “I often have people come to me wanting to buy a young horse so the child can grow up with him,” she says. “But an older horse that is wise and well-educated is always the better match. People think the older horse is used-up and ring sour, but that’s not true in every case. An older horse has a lot of education to pass on to his rider and is often more patient, whereas a younger horse might get confused and upset at a new rider’s mistakes. And these days, older horses maintain their longevity more because we’re taking better care of them.”

Hanson says many horse buyers are nervous about the pre-purchase exam for a senior horse, but she reminds them that the horse has been an athlete all his life, and with that comes some physical issues. She says to discuss the results with your veterinarian and trainer to see what you can live and work with and what you cannot. “If you can manage the older horse physically, then he can be a great choice for you.”

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But what about teaching an older horse a new occupation? Hanson feels that as long as the senior has good basics and solid training, he can learn a new discipline. “I think the best option is to match his old job with his new job. A western pleasure horse might do great in trail classes. A reining horse might do well in working cow. A hunter might succeed in lower-level dressage. If the horse has a good foundation, then it can be fun to teach him something new.”

With good care, horses can live longer and have more productive lives than they ever have. Tufts University conducted a study in New England in 2007 and discovered that out of 1,000 equines, 14 percent of them were between 20 and 29 years old. Many of those seniors were still being ridden, and 10 percent of them were still competing.

There’s no doubt that equine seniors have a lot to offer, and with a little extra thought and effort, you and your partner can continue to have many successful rides together.

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This article courtesy of HorseChannel.com

This article was previously published September 23, 2013 and was updated on July 17, 2023

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]]> https://valheart.com/riding-and-training-the-senior-horse/feed/ 0 How To Give Affection To Get Positive Results From Your Dog https://valheart.com/give-affection-to-get-positive-results-from-your-dog/ https://valheart.com/give-affection-to-get-positive-results-from-your-dog/#comments Thu, 13 Jul 2023 16:16:09 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=8571 Want to get positive results from your dog?

Here’s how!

A major mistake most dog parents make is to offer affection to their dog from the beginning.

Then, later they may get around to exercising their pet at some point.

Or they may take their new dog for a walk, or even just turn them out into a yard expecting them to exercise themselves.

Or they might throw the ball for a quick game of fetch for a little while.

And at some point the dog will finally do something wrong, dangerous or destructive so they will make some attempt at discipline (which is usually ignored by their pup).

Dogs don’t approach ‘friendships’ like humans

This “let’s be friends” approach makes sense from a human perspective.

We usually approach others wanting to be liked and we try to be friendly, right?

Like we would with another human that we just met, we often try to show ourselves friendly and non-threatening to our dogs.

So our attention and intention becomes much more about wanting our dog to like us than being focused on setting clear boundaries for how we want our relationship to go.

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What works best for dogs?

This may work, at least on the surface, for human relationships but it just doesn’t work for dogs.

It simply goes against natural canine world dogma!

There are 3 cardinal dogmatic rules.

For a happy, healthy, well-behaved dog, you should always adhere to these rules:  discipline, exercise and then affection as a reward, offered in that order.

If you get this order mixed up, then your dog will disagree with you when you try to assert yourself as your dog’s pack leader.

That simply won’t make sense to them.

Your dog will think, “You weren’t behaving like an authority figure leader before, what gives you the right to tell me what to do now?”

Discipline done right

Discipline when done correctly tells your dog who the leader is so they can relax and follow your guidance.

This is a relief to your dog.

They need to know that they aren’t in charge or in control of the world which is way bigger and more confusing and stressful than they are equipped to deal with.

They need to know what the rules are, where they fit into their pack, and what their job or role is, and what’s not their job.

When they are being rewarded for doing their job, they feel safe, secure and content in achieving their purpose.

They have the satisfaction of knowing that they truly belong here and are doing what they are supposed to be doing.

That boosts their confidence and supports your role as a good, trustworthy leader.

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Leader of the pack

A good dog pack leader is someone they can look up to and feel safe with.

When you communicate with your dog in a way that they can understand and follow through, then you have established a great foundation for respect, connection and pleasure.

Life becomes much more fun for both of you.

And you are now speaking a common language that you and your dog both understand.

That opens up a whole new wonderful world you can both enjoy.

Discipline vs. Power

Some people have trouble with the concept of discipline because to them it means tyrannical, bullying and domineering behavior.

Discipline can even become an terrible experience of authoritative abuse of power.

These folks may have experienced being abused.

They then refuse to do what to them feels like abuse of an animal.

But that’s not what a good dog pack leader’s role is.  And that’s not at all what I mean when I say offer discipline as your dog’s pack leader.

Building the relationship

Your job is to start the relationship in the way you want it to go, from a calm, centered, confident place of clarity.

Begin every relationship from this place of self esteem.

That means that you should never just put up with disrespect.

After all, it’s your job to teach others how to treat you.

Others cannot know what is important to you until you tell them.

Nor will they know what you need or want from them without you expressing it.

And finally, it’s very hard to trust someone who isn’t clear in their expectations or opinions from the start of the relationship.

A person like that seems to be hiding something, and their behavior becomes passive aggressive, unpredictable or even manipulative.

Clarity is key

Acting without clarity, assertive confidence, or taking the proper time to establish good boundaries is a classic setup for relationship failure, miscommunications and hurt feelings.

As time goes on, you may need the affection, but your dog needs discipline and exercise to feel safe and stable.

Good discipline or guidance goes hand in hand with appropriate controlled exercise.

The two together can help discharge their energy so they can think clearly and focus.

Then, and only then, should your dog be offered affection for a job well done.

Be careful what behavior you actually are rewarding.

Dogs will naturally work to get more rewards so they will be happy to give you more of the behavior that they just got ‘paid’ for.

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Don’t forget the reward when you get positive results from your dog!

Your job from the beginning is to set and enforce clear boundaries.

Establish the pack rules (i.e., house rules) and territorial limitations, ownership, pack status and hierarchy.

Create clarity about what they can do or not do, what’s appropriate behavior, what’s allowed and what you agree with or don’t agree with.

Offer the roles (jobs) you want your dog to play for the family pack.

Without these things being clear right up front and then re-enforced in the right ways over time, you simply won’t get to enjoy the fun of a healthy working relationship with your dog.

Be the leader your dog needs

Please don’t inadvertently teach your dog to disrespect you and your wishes.

That’s just sad for both you and your dog.

It also creates a feeling of instability for your dog, which worries them to no end.

In this case, they will feel the need to assert themselves as your leader.

Every healthy working pack must have a good leader.  Survival of the family group depends on it.

 

Author: Val Heart is a leading animal communication expert, speaker, bestselling author & master healer. Val is often called The Real Life Dr Doolittle™ and Animal Communicator to the Stars. She is also the Founder of The HEART System™ for solving problems with pets. Learn how to talk to animals yourself! Get your free eBook below

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This article was previously published February 9, 2014, and was updated on July 13, 2023.

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]]> https://valheart.com/give-affection-to-get-positive-results-from-your-dog/feed/ 3 Herd in Iceland https://valheart.com/herd-in-iceland/ https://valheart.com/herd-in-iceland/#respond Thu, 06 Jul 2023 11:19:32 +0000 http://showhorseexpert.com/?p=513 “Herd in Iceland”

I bet you don’t think of horses when you think of Iceland.  I didn’t either until I saw this remarkable story/video.

Herd in Iceland is a documentary about the annual round-up of the Icelandic horse, isolated for centuries by the country’s oceanic borders.

“Herd In Iceland” began filming in the fall of 2010, when Lindsay Blatt and Paul Taggart traveled to Iceland to document the Icelandic herders as they collected their horses across the island’s remote terrain.

During the summer months, the horses live a wild existence, grazing in the highlands and raising their young. Each fall, they are rounded up by local farmers and directed across the stunning landscape.

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This valued tradition is a social and cultural touchstone for both the farmers who own the horses and the city dwellers who travel to the countryside to participate.

The horse holds a precious place in Icelandic culture, art and tradition; for over 1,000 years Icelandic law has prohibited the importation of horses onto the island. By telling the story of this annual journey, Herd in Iceland captures the symbolism behind the horses and the nation they represent.

Lindsay and Paul spent time with the herders and others who ensure that this tradition continues. They filmed from land and air, foot and hoof across the vast Icelandic landscape, following and living with the herdsmen.

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Herd in Iceland takes you into a journey that is largely unknown but filled with meaning and beauty for those who sustain it. Winner of the Best Documentary Short at the 2013 Black Hills Film Festival, Festival Winner at Heartland Film Festival, Best Documentary Short at Bend Film Festival, Best Animal Rights film at L.A. Femme, and Best Documentary Short at Louisville International Festival of Film.

This article courtesy of  HorseChannel.com

This article was previously published December 24, 2013 and was updated on July 6, 2023

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Your horse works hard. You work hard. Don’t you both deserve a little pampering and stress relief?

A day at the spa could be just the ticket. Spas have been bastions of human relaxation for centuries. Horse spas now offer the same sorts of pampering for our four-legged partners. All at a cost, of course.

But what if money’s a little tight? No matter! Most things you and your horse can find at a spa can also be done at home and the barn for a fraction of the cost.

Here are some of the horse/human treats you’ll find at a spa. With a little ingenuity, you can incorporate these into your barn or home and get all the benefits of going to a spa without the big expense.

Hair Care

For your horse: If the weather’s warm enough, bathe your horse with the most luxurious equine shampoo and conditioner you can find. When dry, your horse will smell great, look stunning and be the envy of the barn or neighborhood (until he rolls).

For you: Splurge on a lavish shampoo and conditioner. Wash, rinse, repeat. Then apply the conditioner and wrap a soft towel around your head. Read Horse Illustrated while your hair soaks up the nourishment. Rinse.

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Massage

For your horse: Invest in some good massage therapy books and start massaging your horse. He won’t care if you’re not a pro (but mind the bone structure and keep away from inflamed areas and recent injuries).

For you: Check to see if your city has a massage therapy school. You can often get a superb massage from the students at a great price. Or, indulge yourself and hire a professional. It will be worth every penny.

Chiropractic

For your horse: Ask for recommendations from your vet, farrier or riding buddies for a chiropractor certified by the American Veterinary Chiropractic Association.

For you: Some AVCA-certified chiropractors also work on humans. Round up several fellow horse owners and schedule appointments at the barn on a single day. You may even get a group discount.

Stretching

For your horse: Good equine massage therapy books often have detailed instructions on stretches. Pick a couple stretches and do them after you ride. Your horse will love you (even more) for it. Watch a video of stretches for horses here.

For you: Check out books for equestrian-related stretches. A few are Fitness, Performance and the Female Equestrian (Howell Book House, 1996); Yoga for Equestrians (Trafalgar Square, 2000); and The New Total Rider (Half Halt Pr, 2001).

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Acupressure

For your horse: Study an equine acupressure book (one is Equine Acupressure: A Working Manual (Equine Acupressure Inc., 1999) to become familiar with the acupoints. Practice on your horse.

For you: Find a human acupressure book. Gather your riding buddies and have an acupressure session at someone’s home, followed by an evening of equine videos and a potluck.

Gourmet Treats

For your horse: Core and slice one apple. Cut a carrot into bite-sized chunks. Moisten a couple handfuls of raw oatmeal with water. Drizzle all with molasses. Serve to a deserving horse after a quiet massage. Get recipes for homemade horse treats here.

For you: Pick one: slice of cheesecake; chocolate truffle; premium ice-cream bar. Top with your choice of exotic fruit. Savor and enjoy, then head for bed – with freshly laundered sheets, of course.

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Guest post. The author is continually exploring ways to spend time with Final Edition PR, her agreeable Arabian gelding. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communication Enterprises Inc. 

This article courtesy of  HorseChannel.com

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This article was previously published January 24, 2014, and was updated on July 6, 2023.

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]]> https://valheart.com/horse-and-rider-spa-treatments/feed/ 0 Healthy Living is Easy for Pets Too! The Importance of Clean Water By Bonnie Best https://valheart.com/healthy-living-for-pets-the-importance-of-clean-water/ https://valheart.com/healthy-living-for-pets-the-importance-of-clean-water/#respond Wed, 05 Jul 2023 19:58:17 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=5813 The importance of clean water to your pet’s health

Water is the one component critical for all life as we know it. Water is responsible for maintaining hydration, controlling body temperature, replacing nutrients throughout our system, and flushing toxins out. The importance of fresh water in our lives cannot be understated, and this is also true for our pets.

The amount of water an animal needs varies with its size and activity level. A good general rule of thumb is simply to keep fresh, clean water available at all times. Writing an article dedicated solely to water may seem a stretch to some readers. The fact remains, however, that even though water is a most crucial component to our pets’ health, it is also the most misunderstood.

Without fresh clean water daily, their health is in danger.

You see, animals not only drink water for hydration and proper bodily functions as we do, they also drink water to clean their mouths. Today, more than ever, we are seeing an increase in bad dental health in pets, which may very well be due to our inability (or unwillingness) to supply them with fresh water daily.

In our constant endeavor to find ways of making pet ownership easier, a new way of watering animals has become quite popular. Instead of refilling their bowls at least once a day (and cleaning the water bowl with each refill), many owners have switched to a “water cooler” system, which is far easier for humans! Unfortunately, since our pets do not “drink”  like we do, this ever-so-convenient system actually can be, and often is, not very healthy for them.

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Let me explain.

When your dog or cat takes a drink, he first uses the water to rinse and flush out his mouth. Then he lets this water run back out. In the wild, a dog or cat will drink from a fresh running stream. This water is in motion and therefore constantly oxygenated, which gives the animal’s mouth a good cleaning while also providing clean water as the expelled dirty water runs downstream. After this rinse, the animal quickly begins to drink.

Once we stop emptying and cleaning water bowls daily, bacteria start to grow from the “dirt” the animals have just flushed back – and they now have to drink this same dirty water. Add the possibility of multiple pets drinking from one source, and you can easily see where this is going! So if you’re watering your pet(s) with the upside down water bottle container and only refill it weekly (or, even worse, whenever it empties), your pet is drinking some nasty water that will affect his health.

At least once a day, your pet should be offered clean fresh water.

Another water issue relates to “alternate” sources of drinking water that your pet may favor. What about those pool-drinking pups? Whenever you are with your pet, you should discourage this behavior. I don’t believe any pet should be left unattended by a pool, but if your dog is a proficient swimmer and knows how to get out of a pool, then it’s admittedly difficult to keep him from drinking pool water when you’re not around.

A far more serious problem arises, however, when an owner thinks “oh well, the pool’s always here” and stops leaving a clean bowl of fresh water for the pet to access. Dogs may drink from the pool, but if they are given a choice, most will still choose fresh water over the pool.

Pool water is not healthy for drinking, especially on a continual basis. It has a much higher chlorine content than tap water, and some pool filtration systems now use sodium. Neither chlorine nor sodium is suitable for animal consumption. Keep in mind that old saying, “If you wouldn’t eat or drink it, why should you allow your pet to?”

Finally, pets don’t sweat as we do, and we need to accommodate this difference when our animals are very active. Most of us love to bring Fido along when we are hiking or camping. Fido probably enjoys it too, but make sure you always bring plenty of fresh water for him. He will need more than you think, so offer it often.

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Again, drinking from lakes and ponds is not healthy.

Our lakes and streams carry all kinds of parasites and bacteria like Giardia. These bacteria can wreak havoc with your pet’s digestive system. If you think your pet is dehydrated, offer him small amounts of room temperature water. Do not let him gulp.

Often, if an animal is dehydrated and drinks very cold water or too much water too fast, he will start vomiting, which only causes him to dehydrate more. It is best to see your veterinarian if you have questions or concerns, or if any of the following symptoms appear: poor skin elasticity, constipation, sunken eyes, increased heart rate, or lethargy.

The best part of pet ownership is having our animal companions join us in our daily lives. Just remember to always have a sufficient amount of good clean water available to keep them healthy!

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Guest post courtesy of Bonnie Best, Veterinary Technician (retired) Author of The Real Poop Scoop on Pet Sitting. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communication Enterprises Inc.
This article was previously published March 17, 2012, and was updated on July 5, 2023
]]> https://valheart.com/healthy-living-for-pets-the-importance-of-clean-water/feed/ 0 Go for the Gold! Talking with your show horse helps improve competition scores https://valheart.com/go-gold-talking-with-your-show-horse-helps-improve/ https://valheart.com/go-gold-talking-with-your-show-horse-helps-improve/#respond Wed, 05 Jul 2023 16:24:28 +0000 http://showhorseexpert.com/?p=14218 Talking with your show horse really does help improve their competition scores!

Many years ago I went to a Pre-Olympic Trial Dressage* Competition and was introduced to a world class upper level Grand Prix dressage horse, Okzident, and his owner and trainer, JP.   

As soon as this man learned that I could communicate with his horse, he dragged me across the arena saying: “You have to talk with my horse!!”

It seems that when they were in practice sessions, his horse was brilliant and perfect.  But when they entered the show arena, he consistently messed up the intricate and subtle movements, causing their scores to be low.  He was frustrated and upset, and he wanted to know why.

His horse told me that he was very angry with JP and went on to outline why.  He loved his work and was very good at it, and he knew what meant to win. He liked being the best, and loved applause.  He also knew that the show arena was the only place he could get back at his owner and not be punished for it.  Among other things, he felt his human overworked him in practice, going over and over the same movements until his horse was sick of them.  He wanted to be rewarded when he did things correctly.  And he wanted an apology from his human.

When I explained his horse’s viewpoint, JP tried to shrug it off with an insincere apology — to which his horse responded by turning his back to us, swishing his tail, clearly refusing the apology.  His human stormed off angrily, and left me there in the stall alone with his horse.

The horse turned back to me and shared that he felt pleased that he’d been heard.  

He was confident that he was right in his position. He suggested that we wait and see what JP would do.  He knew the JP was a good man at heart and that he just needed time to think about it.

Sure enough, about 15 minutes later the man came back.  He quietly acknowledged that his horse was correct in all his points and went on to offer a sincere apology.  I was relieved to witness Okzident accept it when he reached out and touched his human gently with his nose.

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The next day I was awakened early by a phone call.  

“I have horses and humans that you need to work with here in Houston.  When can you get here?!”  It turns out that after our talk, they went out and won their competition!  This was the start of my career as a professional animal communicator in 1993.

I specialize in assisting performance athletes achieve their personal best (humans, horses and dogs). Animal communication in combination with BodyTalk healing therapy for both humans and animals helps address the multiple causal factors each individual must overcome, and also in uniting the two so they can think, move and dance as one being.

Performing or competing with your equine (or canine) partner should be a joy for both of you, human and animal.  Easy and effortless, dancing together through a heartmind link, overcoming obstacles…  

We need to listen to our equine partners when they are trying to tell us something isn’t working for them. We can help enhance and improve performance in the show ring by addressing various issues, clarifying the rules of the game, identifying learning styles, and we can even shorten training time by identifying talents, skills, abilities and purposes.

Another major factor in improving performance is identifying and resolving health problems and physical discomforts or imbalances, whether it’s coming from the horse (or dog) or their human.  So many of our horses problems come from their human partners imbalances.  If we are struggling with our horse (or dog), there is something that isn’t working for our animal friend!  Our job is to find out what by listening, and correct it so we can get back to the game.

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Our best riding instructors and coaches are right there beneath our saddle!

Why wouldn’t we ask them for help or feedback when we are trying to work through a difficulty?  They know intimately better than anyone observing from the outside what we are doing wrong, if our signals or cues are being misinterpreted or applied in a confusing manner, or if we’re doing something that’s interfering with their ability to perform easily…

Once we know what’s wrong, we can work towards correcting the problems through appropriate care-taking, including using The BodyTalk™ System therapy.  We can help heal trauma, such as from injury, illness, death or grief, by understanding their experiences. We can also help prepare an animal for surgery or other medical interventions so they are able to recover with less trauma and fewer complications.

Using the BodyTalk™ System of healing

Another client excitedly told me that after her and her horses BodyTalk sessions, that they were in total sync with each other mentally and that it was happening consistently, beyond chance.  For instance, if she thought about going out to her barn to see or work with her horse and glanced out the window to see where she was in pasture, her horse at that very moment would lift her head and look at her there in the window in the house.  Then, before she even left the window her mare would head toward the barn to wait for her!

The BodyTalk™ System of healing therapies is a state-of-the-art, safe and effective holistic therapy that allows the body’s energy systems to be re-synchronized so they operate as nature intended.  Each system and cell is designed to constantly communicate with each other at all times, allowing adaptability and flexibility.  Various life stressors compromise these lines of communication, leading to a decline in physical, emotional and/or mental health. Reconnecting these lines of communication enables the body’s mechanisms to function at optimal levels, preventing disease and rapidly accelerating the healing process.

Offering BodyTalk in combination with Animal Communication has proven extremely helpful with all manner of behavior and health problems, allergies, environmental sensitivities, viruses and infections, depressed immune systems, brain dysfunction, musculo-skeletal pain and psychological problems, among many others.

If you and your animal friend could use some help, or if you want to learn more about BodyTalk for both humans and animals, please visit my website, or contact me directly to make an appointment.
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* The term Dressage is a style of classical horseback riding popularized by the Austrian and Spanish Riding Schools.  The Disney movie, The Miracle of the White Stallions, was about the fabulous dancing white Lippizan stallions who were saved from extinction during WWII by General Patton’s men — great movie if you haven’t seen it…

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Bio: Val Heart – Expert animal communicator, speaker, bestselling author & master healer, Val is often called The Real Dr Doolittle™ and Animal Communicator to the Stars. Founder of The HEART System™ for solving problems with pets.

This article was previously published October 21, 2016, and was updated on July 5, 2023

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]]> https://valheart.com/go-gold-talking-with-your-show-horse-helps-improve/feed/ 0 Treat The Patient Not The Disease: The Bach Flower Method & Remedies https://valheart.com/treat-the-patient-the-bach-flower-method-remedies/ https://valheart.com/treat-the-patient-the-bach-flower-method-remedies/#respond Fri, 30 Jun 2023 13:44:10 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=5782 This article was previously published May 2, 2012, and was updated on June 30, 2023

What is the Bach Flower Method?

Dr. Edward Bach, (1886-1936) was an English pathologist and bacteriologist who developed a system of diagnosis and therapy based on personality identification and thirty eight flower essences called The Bach Flower Remedies. These homeopathic remedies rebalance personality types and facilitate healing all on realms of the human being.

Dr Bach was drawn to the medical profession from a very early age. He was convinced that there was a simple method of healing to be found that would cure all disease. As a medical student he believed that the true study of disease was in observing how each individual patient was affected by his complaints and seeing how these different reactions influenced the course, severity and duration of disease.

One of his first observations was that the same treatment didn’t always cure the same disease. What that means is that if for example there were ten asthma patients in the hospital ward and they all got a certain medication, they didn’t all respond to that same medication in the same way. Some patients benefited from it and others didn’t. This caused him to try and discover what was causing this difference in response. He discovered that what made the difference was people’s personality and attitude.

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Homeopathy studies

In 1919 he was accepted to the London Homeopathic hospital and was deeply influenced by the homeopathic approach of treating the patient not the disease.

His quest for the ultimate remedy lead him to whales where he spent six years from 1930-1936  discovering the remedies and developing the method which is now known as the Bach Flower Remedies.  It includes thirty eight remedies each addressing a specific personality type or mood state. He found that balancing the inner factors associated with disease, supports the body to restore physical health.

Each personality type is characterized by a broad spectrum of mental, emotional and behavioral patterns. These address beliefs, attitudes, emotional triggers and responses and typical behavior.

The underlying concept is that each personality type has a repertoire of internal resources that can be self-serving or self-limiting depending upon the balance between positive and negative aspects.

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For example:

  1. The Oak personality type is known for responsibility, independence and endurance. These traits can be extremely beneficial when in balance. However, when in excess, the oak personality takes on more than he can carry, eventually causing collapse in the form of physical disease.
  2. The Agrimony personality type is known for optimism, joy and love of life. When balanced, these traits are extremely resourceful. However when unbalanced, optimism and sense of humor become a mask for the inability to deal with unpleasant emotions. These unresolved emotions accumulate, causing physical disease.

The remedies address these personality types bringing the core potential back into balance. This facilitates access to the positive aspects of the personality potential, creating inner harmony and self-realization. This renewed self-alignment supports the physical body’s healing.

Identifying personality traits facilitates a profound understanding of the underlying themes associated with disease and provides an easy and accessible method of treatment.

With that, people can also experience a wide range of mood states that can dramatically affect the body. Mood states by definition are usually short in duration and not typical of the particular personality type.

For example: any one of the personality types can be temporarily exhausted, despondent, indecisive or traumatized in relation to a particular issue or for a specific period of time.

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Physical conditions can be the result of temporary mood states or the cause of them.

In both cases healing is enhanced by rebalancing the mood state as such facilitating the body’s full healing capacity.

The advantage of the Bach Flower remedies is that they address both personality related patterns and mood states, offering a hands on “whole-person” solution for the entire spectrum of the human experience.

Treating the patient, not the disease, is no longer just a token of language. It is a valid and clinically proven perspective that demonstrates the power to promote better physical, emotional and mental health.

Joan_JacobsJoan Jacobs
Joan Jacobs is a holistic healer with 25 years experience as clinical healer, educator, speaker and author with expertise in emotional & spiritual healing. Joan teaches at the Faculty of Health Sciences, at the Ben Gurion University, Israel, and has held senior teaching and program coordinating positions at leading schools of complementary medicine in Israel with emphasis on advanced studies of The Bach Flower Method.

Joan instructs programs for cancer survivors, women’s health and empowerment and substance abuse victims. She also created unique HR management programs for the corporate arena and has worked with some of Israel’s leading companies. In 2010 she created The Light Within International Healing and Transformational Program and published her first book Messages from the Soul – A Holistic Approach To Healing. Joan hosts the Light Within Radio Show on VoiceAmerica’s variety Channel.

Click here to listen to my Interview with Joan!

Contact details: jjacobshealth@gmail.com

 

 

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]]> https://valheart.com/treat-the-patient-the-bach-flower-method-remedies/feed/ 0 TEDx Talk – Animals Are Smarter Than You Think https://valheart.com/tedx-talk-animals-are-smarter-than-you-think/ https://valheart.com/tedx-talk-animals-are-smarter-than-you-think/#comments Thu, 29 Jun 2023 10:53:45 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=41337 Animals Are Smarter Than You Think

Have you ever felt like your animal was trying to tell you something?

If your pet is staring at you intently, then they desperately want to tell you something. They don’t understand why you can’t hear them.

If they are behaving badly or are in pain or suffering from poor health, then yes, they are trying to get your attention.

Animals are highly intuitive. They have to be in order to survive.

When they are paying attention, they know how to read your mind. They hear your thoughts, feel your feelings, see what’s in your mind’s eye. They can also sense what’s going on inside your body.

They want to tell you what’s bothering them, where they hurt, what happened to them, what makes them happy, what makes them sad.

Learning to communicate with animals is important because people misunderstand animals not knowing how to speak their language or consider their viewpoints, which gets them into interesting and sometimes awful predicaments.

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The biggest reason animals wind up in shelters is because they are misunderstood.

It’s tragic, and heartbreaking. Nobody ever took the time to communicate with them. To find out what they know, to discover their purpose.

I’m Val Heart, ‘The Real Dr Doolittle’. I’ve also been called a spiritual multidimensional, multi-frequency healer and a master teacher. https://valheart.com

Animals are smart, wise and they definitely have feelings.

Animals can be angels, teachers, guides and healers. When we learn how to recognize, respect and revere animals for who they truly are, they help make us better people because they help us heal, evolve and grow. They are way smarter than you think.

I was a lonely only child with no other human playmates my age within miles around. My best friends were animals, especially a mare named Maisie.

I am highly sensitive, empathic and intuitive.

I can feel things other people aren’t as aware of. I know things other people don’t. And the animals talk to me – we understand each other.

As a teenager, I would sneak out of the house, go off to the barn and spend time with my horse, Maisie. Manically depressed and even suicidal at times, I would throw my arms around her neck and sob into her mane.

She would look at me with her huge brown eyes, wait until the worst had passed, then I would hear her gentle kind voice in my head asking me, “child, what’s bothering you?” And I would spill my heart out to her. Her loving and patient counsel always helped me. Her wisdom and viewpoints were clear, supportive and trust worthy. I made it through another day.

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She was my angel and my teacher.

I went on to college and went out into the world, got a job, got married. I was so busy and overwhelmed that I sort of forgot to communicate with animals, until one day I realized that my 2 cats were in a crisis situation and I had to do something.

They’d been using my husband’s expensive Bose speakers like a scratching post and my husband wanted to get rid of them and who knows what would have happened to them. I was scared and worried for my furry friends. So as I settled in that day to do my morning meditation, I shifted my focus from going inward to focusing outward to the cats.

I was astonished to see and hear things I didn’t know anything about, and the images and feelings and thoughts just kept coming. All of a sudden, it stopped.

When I opened my eyes, both cats were sitting beside me staring at me very intently, we all took a big breath together. And they never used his speakers as scratching posts again.

That was in November of 1992 and was hugely exciting! Those 2 cats were my teachers and guides and both of them taught me so many things, about love, about life, about relationships, and healing and being.

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This was the start of something special.

I continued exploring my gifts from there and I went on from there to work with dogs, cats and show horses doing Olympic level grand prix dressage, world champion cutting horses, reining, jumping, racing and endurance horses.

Out of my work with animals and the people who love them, I realized that anyone can learn how to talk to animals. So I founded The Heart School of Animal Communication® to teach animal lovers how to do what I do at https://LearnHowToTalkToAnimals.com

My vision is a world where everyone knows how to talk to animals.

That someday people will look back in amazement and feel sad, wondering why their ancestors didn’t know how to understand or communicate with animals.

My mission is to reach and teach one million animal lovers how to communicate with animals, because I believe that when we do that, together we will change the world.

Why is that important? Because animals are smarter than you think and it’s time you learned how to hear their voices, learn their language, and make a bigger difference in each other’s lives. Get your copy of my free ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating With Animals HERE

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This article was previously published July 25, 2018 and was updated on June 29, 2023.

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]]> https://valheart.com/tedx-talk-animals-are-smarter-than-you-think/feed/ 1 Animals are smarter than you think! TEDx Talk with Val Heart nonadult Josh’s story – When Pet Euthanasia is the Right Choice https://valheart.com/joshs-story-when-pet-euthanasia-is-the-right-choice/ https://valheart.com/joshs-story-when-pet-euthanasia-is-the-right-choice/#respond Tue, 27 Jun 2023 07:49:40 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=10824 This article was previously published September 10, 2014, and was updated on June 27, 2023

Pet euthanasia is a very difficult topic

A standout amongst the most feared decisions pet owners must make is the decision about whether or not you should end its life.

Do you know whether now is the right time for you to let go if your furry friend?

How do you make that decision without the ability to ask them? After all, who else would recognize better options than they do?

Josh, a 7 year old cocker spaniel, had lost his vision and hearing inside the space of a couple of months because of malignancy.

He felt his life was over and simply needed to kick the bucket.

Seriously discouraged, he wasn’t eating or cooperating much at all with his owner, Susan.

With the loss of his faculties went his association with the outside world.

At the point when Susan called me, she was nearly putting him to rest, however she needed to make certain there wasn’t another option available to help him before she settled on this choice.

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I talked with Josh and he had genuinely fallen into a profound sadness and didn’t know how to get out…

My work that day concentrated on demonstrating to him generally accepted methods to utilize his other sublime faculties and utilize his bodymind’s recuperative force to begin living once more.

Case in point, I taught him how to advise Susan when he needed to go outside.

All he had to do was find the entryway with his nose, take a seat and bark.

Susan made a promise that she would hear him, come and take him out.

Josh had never barked previously in his life, but he got the message that barking was the way to get what he needed, whatever it was!

Susan let me know that one day she was contemplating going into the kitchen and having a nibble, and Josh started yelping at her and he wouldn’t quit until she consented to go get him something to eat too.

Josh started connecting with individuals once more.

Never an extremely warm canine previously, Josh started searching Susan out with his nose and welcoming physical contact and solace.

They could unite on a profound level that neither could have envisioned just a couple of short months prior.

Susan’s life was everlastingly changed as well.

She figured out how to clairvoyantly speak with Josh on levels he could “listen” and get it.

Between them, they taught one another numerous significant life lessons.

A fascinating aspect regarding his astounding life was that as Josh matured, he got several lumpy, benign tumors and sometimes lost his balance.

Every so often he would get miserable and restless, and experienced joint pain.

He dozed a lot in his last years as well…

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Others would see Josh and tell Susan she ought to put him down.

His appearance concerned them so they thought his personal satisfaction – from their perspective – couldn’t be great and he must be in a significant amount of pain.

They thought she was keeping him alive past what was sensible.

She in some way or another never felt that was the correct thing to do for her dear companion.

What’s more, from time to time Susan would weigh in with him to perceive how he was doing, on the off chance that he was prepared to go yet.

He would dependably let her know he was fine, happy and was adapting to his pain well and, regardless, was appreciating his life.

One day that changed.

He woke up and knew it was time to go.

He told Susan that he was ready to die and she accommodated his request for pet euthanasia.

Against the odds, Josh lived for 17 years.

He felt he had a decent life, and was thankful that he had gotten another opportunity.

He was additionally appreciative that he and his loving companion, Susan, had such a close bond.

What’s more, Susan was appreciative that she listened to both her heart and to her pooch, and chosen not to end his life rashly, before he was really prepared to go.

Do yourself and your creature companions some help by providing for them a voice in what befalls them and when. You’ll both be happy!

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]]> https://valheart.com/joshs-story-when-pet-euthanasia-is-the-right-choice/feed/ 0 Here’s How You Can Greet a Strange Dog https://valheart.com/heres-how-you-can-greet-a-strange-dog/ https://valheart.com/heres-how-you-can-greet-a-strange-dog/#comments Mon, 26 Jun 2023 17:44:59 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=41424 Guest post courtesty of Deinah Storm. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communications Enterprises Inc. 

Tips for greeting a strange dog

Dogs are among the friendliest and most adorable animals in the world. And whenever they meet humans along their way, they tend to make pals with them―usually on the spot! However, not all canines are all buddy-buddy with people; some of them are a tad skittish with people and other animals while others are just plain weird! If you want to be all chummy with these type of pooches, then you’d better skim the tips laid out below when you first meet a strange dog:

Ask Permission First

Rarely will you encounter a canine who isn’t in the company of its owner. So if ever you meet an odd one along the way, be sure to greet the owner first and ask them if it’s okay if you say hi to their animal companion too. Some dogs aren’t too keen on interacting with unfamiliar people. However, by building rapport with their pet parent first, you can make them feel more comfortable with you.

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Let the Dog Make the First Move

One of the best things about meeting strange dogs is that you don’t have to make the first move to establish friendships with them. So best let them approach you first whenever you encounter a strange-behaving one. This is especially helpful if they are protective of their personal space and privacy; by staying still, you let them sniff you out and decide for themselves whether you’re trustworthy or not. By the way, they’re more likely to take to you if you keep a calm demeanor and posture so don’t be too stiff and anxious when a dog approaches you.

No Sudden Movements

But even after a shy canine decides that you’re harmless enough to make friends with, it’s still not a very good idea to gush at or pet them without warning. This will make the pooch feel threatened, and it will make things awkward between you. So instead of being impulsive, you should act as calmly as you can in the dog’s presence. Move slowly, do not lean your body forward, do not have your head too close, and avoid making any startling noise.

Avoid Face to Face Approach

Canines usually prefer to approach humans and fellow dogs in curves, and they don’t like the idea or feeling of being watched and ogled at. Unfortunately, leashes mean that neither of these inconveniences can be avoided whenever their owners decide to take them for a leisurely stroll. So don’t make things more choking than it already is (pun not intended) and come at them head-on! Instead, keep your side towards them as you approach.

Check Canine’s Body Language

While dogs may not be able to speak like us, they can still communicate how they feel through their actions and their body’s mannerisms. For example, they are relaxed when their tail is down and their ears are pointing up, fearful if their whole body is lowered and their tail is tucked between their legs, and playful if their pupils are dilated, their tails and ears are up, and their tongue is hanging out. So if you want to make friends with every pooch you encounter in your everyday life, you ought to learn these canine body languages. That way, you can better clinch whether they want to be pals with you or not.

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Behave Yourself

Lastly, keep yourself under control. This is actually great advice even when you’re interacting with fellow humans! Dogs have a canny ability to sense if you’re fearful or malevolent. So as much as possible, be careful of how you present yourself to a passing canine. If you come on too strong, they might respond irritably if not aggressively.

Heed Our Words

As said earlier, not all canines take to people quickly. By following these tidbits of advice, however, you’ll be able to establish friendships with any dog― even skittish and strange ones.

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Author’s Bio:

Deinah Storm is a pet lover from the US that’s had cats and dogs all her life. When she’s not walking the dogs with her family, she spends time writing informational and interesting blogs about pets to share with pet lover communities.

Do you want to learn how to communicate with animals? Get Val’s free eBook; Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals 

This article was previously published November 8, 2018, and was updated on June 26, 2023

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]]> https://valheart.com/heres-how-you-can-greet-a-strange-dog/feed/ 1 Animal Deception – Is Your Dog A Liar? https://valheart.com/animal-deception-is-your-dog-a-liar/ https://valheart.com/animal-deception-is-your-dog-a-liar/#comments Mon, 26 Jun 2023 06:30:50 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=6887 Animal Deception – Is Your Dog A Liar?

I was in the grocery store parking lot some years back when I saw a guy giving puppies away out of a cardboard box. It was summer time in Texas and it was a particularly hot day. I didn’t see any water for the little dogs. So being a “Good Samaritan “ I went into the store and bought a large bottle of water and some bowls and took it to the man with the puppies. (He was not appreciative of my efforts).

As I looked in the box I saw seven puppies, all black, all fluffy, and all adorable. One little black cutie walked over the heads of the other puppies to come to me. That was the sign I needed – I couldn’t resist. I wished I could have taken them all but knew I didn’t have enough space so I just took this little guy. I named him “Happy Dog” and Happy Dog grew and grew and GREW until he weighed over 100 pounds. There are many stories I could tell about Happy Dog but this article is on deception and lies so I’ll just give you a great example of how sneaky Happy Dog was.

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One day as I was sitting at the dinner table I noticed Happy Dog slinking down the hall. His head was down between his shoulders and he was looking to see if anyone noticed him. He looked sneaky. He slowly went into the bedroom. I started to follow him stealthy so as not to arouse his suspicions. From the foot of the bed, he looked around and then carefully put his head under the comforter and slowly crawled up on the bed. Happy Dog knew he wasn’t supposed to be in the bed under the comforter but I think this big guy figured that if he was under covers, I couldn’t see him. It took intelligence – the ability to think – and a sense of right and wrong to plan and to implement this action.

African hunting dogs usually hunt in a pack of 15 to 30 and have been known at times to have as many as 100 in the hunting pack. The dogs chase the prey in quadrants from many directions and converge on the prey at one precise moment. This takes the ability to plan and it requires a communication strategy. This clearly shows high intelligence!

Take Koko the gorilla; she could sign, using a thousand-word vocabulary. When a steel sink was torn out of its mooring in her area, her handlers asked her in sign language if she did it. Koko signed back that no, it wasn’t her. Her pet kitty did it. Poor Koko had not thought out this lie thoroughly!

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Euclid O. Smith, Department of Anthropology and Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center, Emory University, states:

“Too often, anthropologists and others interested in the behavioral and neural sciences attribute higher cognitive characteristics to humans without recognizing that other animals may have cognitive capabilities that would seriously question the notion of human uniqueness for conscious thought, self-awareness, and intentional deception.”

And he also stated that:

“It is important to note that the similarity in patterns of deceit between human and nonhuman animals has been recognized and clearly articulated for over four decades.”

My dogs Mimi and Mister Casper are two very different personalities. Mimi tells on herself when she does something wrong. She hides under the bed and we have to coax her out. Guilt and shame are all over her face. Sometimes she will crawl to us, eyes averted. There are times we can’t figure out what bad thing Mimi has done.

Mister Casper on the other hand will look at us with his big, brown, beautiful eyes with no hint of his naughty deed on his face. And yet, we had just watched him turn the trash over. Further, when Mister Casper is in trouble, Mimi feels guilty. When Mimi is in trouble, Casper is delighted.

In Happy Dog’s case he slinked to the bedroom, not wanting to be caught for something he was going to do. He must have thought about it for a long time.

Observe your pet closely and you will see how wonderfully intelligent these little beings are. Watch how they can deceive and manipulate us. It’s really a joy to behold.

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Guest post courtesy of Gayle Pruitt. Gayle is a certified nutritionist and chef. She is on the Health Advisory Board and writes forNutricula Magazine and Petological, a magazine from the pet’s perspective. Pruitt’s recipes have appeared in national magazines and in bestselling cookbooks such as Hampton’s Diet Cookbook. She lives with her two naughty mutts, Mimi and Casper, in Dallas, Texas.
This article was previously published September 12, 2013, and was updated on June 26, 2023.

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]]> https://valheart.com/animal-deception-is-your-dog-a-liar/feed/ 2 Inner Healing for Animal Communication https://valheart.com/inner-healing-for-animal-communication-success/ https://valheart.com/inner-healing-for-animal-communication-success/#respond Fri, 23 Jun 2023 20:03:42 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=116953 Inner Healing for Animal Communication, Avoiding Triggers to Be Proficient

Being successful in communicating with animals (defined as confident, competent and accurate) starts with a single basic premise: you have to understand yourself in order to understand – and be understood by – the animals.

New students who’ve not worked on healing their inner wounds often think, “I really want to communicate with my pet to find out how they feel and why they’re behaving badly, but when I try to talk to them, I don’t get anything back.”

Has that ever happened to you?

There are several things that can be going wrong.

For today, let’s talk about one of the BIGGIES that isn’t talked about very often, or is misunderstood.

Because it’s never the case that your pet doesn’t want to communicate with you.

The problem is more about your ability to connect properly, to hear their voice and feel their feelings, to be competent and proficient in receiving, understanding, and interpreting their messages, and then your ability to guide the conversation in the right direction to get results that’s at fault.

And that’s where we must begin to solve this problem.

When students first start working with heart “LOVE” energy so they can become competent communicators, they discover have to do their inner healing work.

In fact, this is a basic fundamental principle in the Heart Wisdom Method of Animal Communication, and is what makes Heart Wisdom Method trained communicators so good at talking with – and healing – animals.

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Because if you have an unhealed heart, a distracted unfocused mind, chaotic energy, and are ungrounded, or even worse, you don’t love yourself so you can tap into and share and feel enough LOVE to connect with animals in the first place…

Then you will be limited or blocked from connecting, communicating, and interpreting animal messages correctly.

This is why I teach that in order to communicate confidently and proficiently you must do your inner healing work, otherwise you’ll communicate and interpret whatever you do manage to receive through the filter of your wounds.

That means that you’ll be easily triggered into feeling upset, being overwhelmed, overthinking, hyper reactivity or confusion.

Your communication efforts will be skewed, inaccurate, inconsistent, and the messages that come through won’t be complete.

Or, you simply won’t get anything at all… a very frustrating experience for both you and the animal who wants to talk to you!

Because here’s the thing: avoiding triggers isn’t the same as healing.

“Avoiding triggers isn’t healing. Healing happens when you’re no longer triggered.”

True inner healing happens when you’re no longer triggered, when you feel neutral, unflappable.

When you can stay fully present no matter what is going on around you or what the animal needs to talk with you about.

And if you do feel triggered for whatever reason? You are able to quickly notice where you stumbled and discover the gift in the experience.

Where, when and how you are triggered shows you what needs attention and healing.

Healed communicators are able to move through old pain, release dysfunctional, old patterns of thinking and behaving, and they can clear old trauma drama stories quickly so they don’t feel blocked from being fully present, neutral, connected heart to heart, mind to mind, and are capable of communicating no matter what they are dealing with.

This is why I say that learning how to communicate with animals with Heart Wisdom Methods is a spiritual journey of healing, evolving, and growing on your Soul’s Journey.

And when you do that, ALL your intuitive gifts and abilities activate and come online.

This is the power of the Heart Wisdom Method of communication, and what makes my training so unique.

When you get this part right, everything changes, including you.

It’s a bit hard to explain because it’s a very experiential, energetic process, not a thinking one.

Learn How to Talk with Animals

If you missed Heart Wisdom Healing Feelings Masterclass Series, be sure to join us as a Platinum level Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club Member so you can catch up.

You must be a Platinum Member to access them (recordings are in Platinum Member’s account dashboard under the Masterclass Recordings Archives, aka, the Treasure Vault where you’ll find classes on a wide variety of topics to advance and master your intuitive skills and abilities).

If you’re determined to become a better, more competent communicator, then you don’t want to miss this. Seriously.

This level of Masterclass training isn’t available anywhere else, and it’s the best way to become highly proficient with your skills.

Why are the students eager for MORE healing feelings training?

Here’s what they’ve experienced so far:

  • “I’ve been suffering from severe back, tension, and other pains when thinking about moving forward in my life; it’s much worse when I am at work in the office. I feel much better when I’m home. Today I found and cleared what was underlying the pain, and by the end of class I didn’t have any pain left. My range of motion is much better, more normal in my neck, back and shoulders. The tension is mostly all gone. It is quite an achievement! I feel liberated.”
  • “Lord have mercy, I have so much to say I don’t know where to start! I learned about forgiveness, letting go of not knowing what to do, about trusting, about doing what my ego is afraid of doing versus what my soul wants to do. If I feel crushed and not in sync? That’s my ego, not my soul’s guidance. I feel an electric connection and my intuitive abilities have expanded and improved.”
  • “Every time I make a big decision to move forward in my life, I get feverish and have to go to bed for 2 days. It’s an old pattern, and now I know it’s part of the Great Pain Deception.”
  • “I went back to the first class (part 1) and learned a lot about healing so we can communicate with animals. It was an awesome Masterclass. I am still working on the healing and thank Val for this. My golden nuggets were understanding how my emotions work to block me, not to be afraid to feel and explore these feelings.”
  • “Though I have started on the Healing Journey about a year now, there are still tiny bits and pieces hidden inside, just like dust and dirt specks in corners. If a draft of air gets under the door the dust specks will come out sometimes in small whirls and the hurt feeling is all back.”
  • “Healing the inner is hard, takes a longer time than a physical wound to completely heal but the journey to get there, and the final realization that it is done, it’s absolutely amazing! Val usually says ‘there’s a lot to unpack’, and so it is in this healing journey. I know that all our friends disguised as animals know and feel what each of us is carrying inside, so this may be a reason some of them will not talk to us until we release the burden. Thank you for this Masterclass!”
  • “It’s like you’re speaking for me, putting words to things I’ve struggled with all my life.”
  • “The healing process eased the pain I was experiencing, and now I feel lighter, relieved, and more positive. I have the power to shift.”
  • “This helped me so much for my healing because I realized that my mind creates pain and negative feelings and distractions. But I am not my mind! I can heal now.”
  • “This was brilliant! I’m so glad I could attend live today; I got so much out of it. I resonated so strongly with Klaudia’s experience on so many points. The things that were done to me, were not “me”. I don’t have to feel guilty about my feelings, and now I can detach and take my power back, I can heal the old wounds.”
  • “I can heal myself! I’d forgotten that truth, thank you so much for showing me the way.”
  • “I have permission to feel my feelings, and I can dig deeper to find their message for me, their purpose, where they came from, and how to release them.”

Come to the Masterclasses and you can experience how it feels and works for yourself.

Remember that live student interaction can be the catalyst that produces remarkable insights.

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Your participation is vitally important to avoiding triggers and healing feelings.

It’s about helping you build your confidence and accuracy, your proficiency.

It’s also about expanding your education and knowledge so you can become more effective and well-rounded in your ability to help animals with all the ways they most need help.

So you can be there for them when it counts in all the right ways.

And it’s also about removing your stuck spots, shining the light on those pesky blind spots that can trip you up, and that can limit the scope of what you can become.

Because the truth is you can learn all the techniques, steps and tips for telepathic/psychic communication with animals you want, but if you don’t do your inner healing work then none of that will help you if your thoughts, focus, and feelings aren’t right, if you’ve blocked yourself, or you’ve shut down your intuitive gifts.

This is what the Heart Wisdom Methods and healing work is all about: empowering you to be the best you can be, to live your best life, releasing and clearing what’s in your way, elevating your ability to love and share your love with animals.

And that helps you communicate competently, accurately, confidently – and gain proficiency – talking with animals about anything, anywhere, anytime.

One of our new students said, “I stumbled on your site through a list of animal communicators. Some held occasional live classes, others had recorded classes but no one else offered a live school. After taking two short term classes, I knew I needed an ongoing community to hone my skills. Your School provides that and so much more. I continue to be amazed at the depth and breadth of the information provided.”

Ready to take the next step in your communication and healing journey?

Problem Solving with Pets

Your Invitation to train with me:

I have a wonderful program for people who love animals and want to become highly proficient at communicating with them using my method (known as the Heart Wisdom Love Method). As you learn, you’ll be going on an all-encompassing, spiritual journey to heal, evolve and grow into your best self.

The program is a sequence of different trainings, and the further you go, the more competent you will be in my method. My “right fit” qualified students move through four levels of competence: beginner, intermediate, advanced, and proficient.

We work together for 6 months with the goal of becoming proficient by the end.

In addition to 1-on-1 support, you also get self-study material and group coaching, practice, and training opportunities (if you would rather work solely 1-on-1 in a completely customized program, contact me and let me know).

Please note that you can also purchase the individual self study courses, private coaching and mentoring (and healing) sessions, and access the online membership program separately if you prefer not to do the whole 6-month “FastTrack” program right now.

This is where it’s at: https://learnhowtotalktoanimals.com/animal-communication-online-courses-core/

Of course, as always it only works for the right fit qualified people who take the steps to learn what they don’t know yet, and are willing to heal. 😉

Together we help make the world a better, happier, healthier place for all of us.

See you soon on the Heart School campus.

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!

P.S. You have 2 main ways to get my expertise for communication, medical intuitive scanning, healing and guidance for yourself and/or your pet:

  1. Join the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club so you can participate in our monthly Live Q&A Coaching Calls.
    Find out more at this link: https://go.learnhowtotalktoanimals.com/animal-talk-coaching-club-main
  2. And this is where you’ll find all the Heart Wisdom School online classes and courses:
    https://learnhowtotalktoanimals.com/animal-communication-online-courses-core/
  3. Would you prefer to do private coaching/mentoring and/or healing sessions with me?

    Don’t wait if you want a private session because my schedule typically books up months in advance with a wait list.Here’s where to go to get my help: https://valheart.com

If you’d prefer a customized VIP Communication Training Program 1:1 with me that includes all of the above, contact me HERE and let’s discuss it.

What is the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club?

A complete, uniquely different online portal with everything you need to grow your intuitive skills, improve and advance your communication abilities at your fingertips.

Our Club community is full of loving big-hearted people just like you who are committed to growing, healing and evolving their intuitive abilities from newbie to intermediate to advanced mastery and proficiency.

The BEST Online Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club is THE place to be for qualified, right fit people who are serious about growing your intuition and healing abilities along with your communication skills.

Choose from 2 levels of Membership:

Elite Platinum Membership: Platinum is the best choice if you are serious about mastering your communication and healing abilities, want to be (or are) a professional who wants support, mentoring, and more advanced training.

The best choice for students who want it ALL including the Heart Wisdom Masterclass series with immediate access to the entire Treasure Vault Recordings. You get everything Gold members get. Just $97/month, no long-term commitments.

Gold Membership: Gold is a good choice for coaching, opportunities to earn free private Student Breakthrough Laser Sessions with Val (reg $125), Live Q&A Calls each month and Featured Animal Teacher opportunities.

You want a safe place to PRACTICE communicating with a wide variety of other people’s animals, so you get proper feedback to grow your skills, accuracy, and confidence. AND your fellow students will get to practice with your pets too.

Enjoy being a member in a loving community with new monthly trainings, intuition development lessons and more! Just $4 for 4 weeks trial membership if you get in now before the dues go up, then only $47/month with no long term commitments.

Everything you need at your fingertips, here’s the link: https://go.learnhowtotalktoanimals.com/animal-talk-coaching-club-main

Enjoy this article? Here are three more of my most popular articles about animal communication:

Focus on the Solution Not the Problem

Don’t Practice Communicating with Your Own Pet: Here’s Why

Is My Dog Happy? Here’s How to Know For Sure

]]> https://valheart.com/inner-healing-for-animal-communication-success/feed/ 0 Tips for Making Your Cat a Social Media Celeb https://valheart.com/tips-for-making-your-cat-a-social-media-celeb/ https://valheart.com/tips-for-making-your-cat-a-social-media-celeb/#respond Sun, 18 Jun 2023 16:21:26 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=10764 You have been on social media sites like Facebook and Twitter for a few years now, and you love posting fun little anecdotes and photos about your life, work, and beloved kitties.

In fact, you like being on social media so much, you think it might have started to rub off on your cats—as soon as they see you sit down at your computer they hop up on the desk and try to lie down on the keyboard.

Well, clearly your cats are telling you they want their own social media pages.

While some of your non-animal-loving acquaintances—like the co-worker who made fun of you for bringing in a family portrait of you and your fur babies—might scoff at the idea of your kitties having their own Facebook or Instagram, you have noticed several other pages devoted to your friends’ four-legged friends.

The following tips can help you get your cats involved in social media in a fun and entertaining way.

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Give them their own page on Social Media

It makes a lot of sense to create a separate social media page for your pets.

For example, if you want to post dozens of adorable photos of your kitties batting at scrunched up pieces of paper, you can do it without taking up tons of room on your own page.

Plus, your friends and family members who want to stay up to date with whatever your kitties are doing can become friends with your cats, and then have exclusive access to their updates.

Give them a back story

Although it’s purr-fectly fine to create a social media page for your kitties just to have a place to post photos and stories about them, you can also take it a step further and use it as an opportunity to tell their back story.

For example, in the “About” section on Facebook, you can add a short but sweet description of who they are and where they came from.

Something like “I’m Felix, after Mr. Unger, not The Cat. Tuna is my life.”

Create a fun way of sharing more about your cats and who they are.

In addition, if they have their own pages, you can “ghost write” posts by your kitties that describe the perils and adventures of their day.

Doing this on your own page would probably confuse your friends and family, who might be wondering why you are pining away for some organically grown catnip.

The experts at Catster say that the more quirks, interests and personality traits you can infuse into your cats’ social media pages, the more likely it will be to attract the attention of not only your immediate circle of friends, but others who will enjoy reading about your precious pets.

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Give them the chance to meet other cat lovers

Separate social media accounts for your cats, as explained by Social Media Satisfied, gives you the opportunity to meet others who love kitties as much as you do.

You might be able to connect—at least online—and share stories about your beloved pets with people who you know “get” you and your feelings.

Which site is best?

Although just about any social media site will give you the opportunity to introduce your cats to the online world, Facebook and Instagram are really good places to start.

Facebook is best for posting funny stories and observations, while Instagram story design is ideal for glamour shots of your favorite felines.

If you don’t have a fancy digital SLR camera, you can just use your smartphone camera (which makes uploading simpler); however, keep in mind that in just the past few years, the quality of phone cameras has increased significantly and Instagram users expect high quality photos.

A super high-res smartphone camera will capture (cat-ure!) the awesome photos that gain followers, so if you’re still using an older generation iPhone, it’s about time you upgrade. Do it for your cat.

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Cats – just click on the picture below!

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]]> https://valheart.com/tips-for-making-your-cat-a-social-media-celeb/feed/ 0 Boarding Your Horse: What Are Your Options? https://valheart.com/boarding-your-horse-what-are-your-options/ https://valheart.com/boarding-your-horse-what-are-your-options/#respond Sat, 10 Jun 2023 16:43:01 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=6623 Boarding Your Horse: What Are Your Options?

The most expensive of all your outgoings when you own a horse will be the cost of the living arrangements. Unless you are lucky enough to own your own land of course, you will need to look at boarding your horse.

If you are buying your first horse then it is important that you make sure the arrangements are all in place before you make a move. After all, you don’t really want to be stuck keeping a horse in your living room.

There are many options available when it comes to your horse’s living arrangements, and it is important to work out which option will suit you best.

The most likely and convenient option will be a livery yard, which may also be known as a boarding stable. The type of board your horse will need is entirely down to the time you have available to look after him.

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Options:

  • Full Livery/board – This is the best option if you work full-time and have a busy schedule. With this type of livery your horse is completely looked after by the staff at the stable, this includes daily exercise and is the most expensive option.
  • Part Livery/board – Your horse’s stall will be mucked out and he or she will be fed and watered, but you will be responsible for all exercising and training. This is the best option for you if you have some free time every day to ride or at least exercise your horse.
  • DIY Livery – This means your horse has somewhere to live but that you are responsible for all of your horse’s care and for providing food and bedding.
  • Working Livery – This is a great option if you are a bit strapped for cash or busy. You will house your horse at riding stables and, in exchange for letting your horse be used during lessons, you will get a discount. Your horse will get plenty of exercise this way.

Some yards will offer most of the above options but others will specialize in one or two types of livery, so before you start looking work out what you need from a yard. Ask the owner exactly what you will be getting for your money and if you will be charged extra for anything.

Research

Find out about visits from the vet and the farrier and how regular they are; ask about the fire procedures, the bedding and feed used and also find out if you will be allowed to provide your own.

Make sure you take a good look around, be on the lookout for any potential dangers or problems and watch how horses are treated. Try and arrange your visit during a busy time so that you speak to other horse owners about their experiences.

Once you have chosen the ideal yard for your horse, make sure and have a contract for boarding your horse between you and the owner that you both agree to.

Searching for the perfect yard can be time-consuming but it will be worth it in the long run. If you spend some time looking for the right livery yard from the get go then you will have the perfect home for your horse and won’t have to look again.

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Horses – just click on the picture below!


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Guest post courtesy of Joyce Pearson. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communication Enterprises Inc. 
Joyce Pearson has been around horses her entire life and has been riding since she was old enough to walk. She currently owns 2 of her own horses and rides every day. 

 

]]> https://valheart.com/boarding-your-horse-what-are-your-options/feed/ 0 Moving With Your Pet: Factors to Consider https://valheart.com/moving-with-your-pet-factors-to-consider/ https://valheart.com/moving-with-your-pet-factors-to-consider/#comments Sat, 10 Jun 2023 15:16:24 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=6716 Tips for moving with your pet

Relocating to a different state or home is very stressful. From packing up your entire home’s contents, utilizing storage units for an easier move, getting your finances in order, and arranging travel and flight plans (if necessary), there’s so much to do. But when you have a pet, the stress is overwhelming. Thoughts start tickling through your mind: will my dog like the new home? Will my cat transition well? If there are other dogs around, will my dog get along well? Is the neighborhood pet friendly?

This is where being able to communicate with your pets would really come in handy; you could tell them all about the new place, why you’re moving, and what changes they can expect. It will help immensely with the transitioning.

A friend and her  husband recently moved into their first home. Previously they had been renting out a condo, which they called home for five years. During that time, they got Tilly, their adorable terrier. The condo was all Tilly knew — she was a condo dog. They had the luxury of time while moving, so they made sure to bring her over to the new house a few times before the actual move so she could sniff the place out, start to recognize the space. On moving day, they made sure to set up “her blanket” on the sofa (in the new house), and that was the first thing they showed her when they brought her over. It was still a bit traumatizing for her, but she grew to love the new place quickly.

There are many things to consider when moving with your pet: pet relocation options, finding a new vet, pet store, dog park, wildlife. Here’s what you can do:

Pet Relocation

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Relocating pets are more difficult than you might think and there are rules associated with pets and flying. Do all pets need to be stowed? Or can they sit on your lap in a carrier in the cabin? Utilizing a pet relocation company can take a lot of stress from your shoulders. They will let you know of all the up-to-date travel requirements and documentation needed for pet travel and will arrange all the necessary documentation for you.

Find a Trustworthy Vet

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Your pet is your baby, and you only want the best. When you find a practice, call and ask about their experience, insurance policies and fees. Are they open 24/7? Do they have emergency staff? Getting the questions you need answered may help you to feel more comfortable.

Look for Friendly Dog Parks

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The best way to make friends in a new state or neighborhood is to find nearby dog parks. It allows your dog to roam the park, make new friends and get that necessary exercise. You benefit as well: you meet new people, learn about your new area and can make possible connections for future doggie play dates.

Ask Neighbors About Wildlife

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If you’re moving near snowcapped mountains or a desert state like Arizona, wildlife is a definite factor. Ask the neighbors about coyotes, scorpions, hawks or other dangerous wildlife. If you’re getting a doggie door or plan on spending time outdoors with your pet a lot, make sure the surrounding area is safe. And don’t forget to have a conversation with your pet to warn them if there are new dangers they may not be used to.

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!

This article was previously published April 4, 2013, and was updated on June 10, 2023.

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]]> https://valheart.com/moving-with-your-pet-factors-to-consider/feed/ 3 Yes, You Can Have Pets and a Clean Home https://valheart.com/yes-you-can-have-pets-and-a-clean-home/ https://valheart.com/yes-you-can-have-pets-and-a-clean-home/#respond Thu, 08 Jun 2023 11:10:01 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=10469 This article was previously published June 26, 2014, and was updated on June 8, 2023

Can you really have both pets and a clean home?

Life doesn’t get much better than being greeted at the door by a four-legged friend who’s always delighted to see you. But if your home is going to the dogs (and cats) in the form of clawed-up upholstery and dander-masked furnishings, life with Fido or Fluffy can seem less than ideal. There’s no need to live a fur-covered life. The latest home decor options can provide you with (nearly) dander-free digs without endless cleaning and vacuuming.

Upholstered Furnishings

Despite your best efforts, sofas and couches tend to get the most wear and tear, especially with the help of our feline and canine counterparts. Couch corners and sofa cushions often fall victim to a cat’s claws, while fabrics capture hair and dander from our sweet little pets. Choose your living room furnishings wisely to keep a clean home. Select microfiber or heavy-duty leather sofas that outlast nails and don’t trap dust, dirt and fur. If you have an existing sofa you’d like to hold on to, opt for a chic couch cover, like a waterproof couch cover (simply remove it when you’re expecting guests).

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Window Coverings

Ornate draperies and flowing fabrics are a pet’s playground. Cats are drawn to long cords and loopy fabrics that create a climbing haven, and potty-challenged puppies tend to use long curtains as puppy pads. Even if your pets steer clear of window coverings (lucky you!), certain fabrics act as dust and dander magnets. Roller blinds are a better option here, because they can be kept up high and don’t boast enticing loose fabrics. Stick to cordless blinds that can be found and customized from specialty stores like The Shade Store.

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Flooring

For carefree pet co-habitating, bare tile, wood or laminate flooring are the best options. But if you’re set on complementing your home decor with a chic area rug, for a clean home stick to low-pile fabrics like nylon. These don’t store as much dirt and fur and won’t easily get caught on your pet’s nails—and flat rugs are easier to clean and more cost-effective than cozy high-pile rugs. Check out a carpet system like Flor, which offers carpet squares you assemble yourself to create runners, area rugs or whatever arrangement you want. Made of renewable and recyclable content instead of wool, this option is great for your pets and the environment.

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Organization

Reducing clutter and providing designated storage for all household items is essential to keeping a clean home and pet-friendly quarters. Create a home for all your pets’ belongings. Leashes should be stowed, store pet food in an air-tight container and select stylish bowls and beds that match your decor. If you have the space, set aside a “pet corner” complete with your pet’s food and water dishes, bed, toys and any other belongings. This should be a safe haven for your pet, where all things pet-related can be found without interfering with the flow of your household.

Pet Hair or Pet Dander

Once you have chosen furnishings, flooring and window treatments that are pet friendly, there is still another step you could take to significantly reduce the amount of dust and pet dander in your home. There are a number of great options for pet air purifiers in a range of different prices, but regardless of your budget, you want to make sure you select a purifier that has a true HEPA filter. If you want an air purifier that will not just remove the allergy causing dander, but also to reduce and remove pet odors look for a unit that has a carbon filter in addition to the HEPA filter. Many air purifying units have multiple filters so you should not have a problem finding one that has both kinds of filters.

If you are looking for an economical option, the GermGuardian has both a HEPA filter and a carbon activated filter.  This unit doesn’t have a lot of bells and whistles but if what you are looking for is filtering out the allergens and odors this unit will do the trick. This unit covers about 155 square feet, so it might not be ideal for larger areas.

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!


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]]> https://valheart.com/yes-you-can-have-pets-and-a-clean-home/feed/ 0 Do you make any of these 7 deadly mistakes with your pet? https://valheart.com/do-you-make-these-7-deadly-mistakes-with-your-pet/ https://valheart.com/do-you-make-these-7-deadly-mistakes-with-your-pet/#comments Mon, 05 Jun 2023 08:45:48 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=7323 Don’t make these mistakes with your pet!

You know that the animals in your life are there for a reason. They have a purpose. 

They are spiritual teachers, healers, angels and guides. When you learn to recognize, respect and revere them for who they truly are… you become a better human fulfilling your purpose here. AND, they get to fulfill their purpose too. 

No one is immune to making mistakes. It happens to the best of us — a parent, an entrepreneur, a celebrity — it happens to all of us at one time or another. 

Animal lovers often give very little thought to their mistakes until it’s too late. Part of my purpose is to help you avoid making these critical, sometimes deadly mistakes with your pet. You simply can’t afford to repeat the mistakes of the past. 

But it won’t happen to you if you know how to avoid them. 

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So what are these 7 deadly mistakes? And how can you sidestep them on your way to enjoying a loving, healthy, happy relationship with your animal every day for the rest of their (and your) life? 

The 7 deadly mistakes

  1. Failure to communicate when it comes to training, performance and behavior 
  2. Failure to communicate when it comes to their health, pain or suffering, vet care and overall well-being 
  3. Failure to communicate when it comes to their diet and nutritional needs 
  4. Failure to communicate when it comes to changing family dynamics and the effect your lifestyle has on their happiness 
  5. Failure to communicate when it comes to your relationships and how it affects them, including asking for their advice, wisdom and input 
  6. Failure to communicate when it comes to your stress and health, finding out what they can tell you about your disease, illness or pending hidden potential crisis 
  7. Failure to communicate when it comes to your plans for their future so they can participate fully and have a say in what happens to them 

Do you see the pattern here? Does any of this resonate with you? You can learn how to avoid these mistakes by learning how to communicate with your pet. Like all relationships, crystal clear communication is THE #1 KEY to enjoying a happy, healthy pet in your life. 

My purpose is to help you transform the DREAM of communicating with animals into REALITY. 

If you’ve had your eye on my home study courses for a while, now is the time to jump in and start! I hear from students every day telling me how wonderful they are… how profound the difference is in their lives… how magical their relationship with animals is becoming. 

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!

• How to Talk to Animals, Beginning Core Foundations Heart Communication Online Course

Get your basics down with a solid foundation you can build upon, learn important animal caretaking skills AND have a lot of fun too. Click Here

• Advanced Animal Talk Topics Mastery Course 

Already got your basics down? Then it’s time to begin mastering your skills by applying them to all 12 situational areas! Be prepared when your animal gets sick, behaves badly, performs poorly, and know how to help with rescues, fosters and with all stages of life. Click Here

• Awaken Your Inner Guidance System™ 

Gain more clarity, boost your confidence, get unstuck with your pets while you have fun developing your intuition! Regularly $97. In just 90 minutes, you can begin developing your own intuition. Click Here

• The Heart of the Conversation – 7 Step Blueprint for Successful Communication with Animals 

EVERY animal talk student needs to know how to facilitate a successful conversation with any animal, what to do when you get stuck, which are the right questions to ask and what NOT to ask if you want to get results. Click Here

• Paws Before Dying- Senior Dog Care through the Golden Years and into the Afterlife 

Many animals (and people) end their life during the Holidays, more than at any other time of the year. Do you know how to help them? How to recognize their pain and suffering? Do you feel confident and peaceful about helping them with lifestyle management changes, or in making the compassionate decision to euthanize? Once they’ve passed on, do you know how to reconnect with them in the Afterlife? If you answered No to ANY of these questions, then you NEED this course. It’s not just for dogs. The principles apply to ALL animals. Click Here 

Your animal’s life, health, happiness depends on your ability to understand their messages to you, every day.

Much love, 

Val 

Learn How to Talk with Animals

Bio: Val Heart – Expert animal communicator, speaker, bestselling author & master healer, Val is often called The Real Dr Doolittle™ and Animal Communicator to the Stars. Founder of The HEART System™ for solving problems with pets. Learn about the Animal Talk Coaching and Mastery Club at http://www.animaltalkcoachingclub.com
© Copyright, Val Heart & Friends LLC. All Rights Reserved.

This article was previously published December 24, 2013, and was updated on June 5, 2023

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]]> https://valheart.com/do-you-make-these-7-deadly-mistakes-with-your-pet/feed/ 2 Considerations in Caring for Canines https://valheart.com/considerations-in-caring-for-canines/ https://valheart.com/considerations-in-caring-for-canines/#comments Mon, 29 May 2023 13:56:54 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=10752 Jordan Walker is one of the few people who have genuine interest and love for animals. He has been fueling his work as the lead content curator for Coops and Cages. He is fond of making sure that all animals, especially pets, get the care that they deserve from their human primary caregivers. In this post, he talks about the considerations in caring for canines in general. 

Considerations in Caring for Canines

Dogs are great companions and family members. They are loyal and loving, especially when they get the right amount of care and attention from their humans. Once a family or an individual incorporates a dog into the mix, there is a higher sense of responsibility. Dogs need daily guidance. They require the help of their owners to acquire a fit body and a stable mind.

Pet health should always be seen beyond the veterinarian’s office and the daily diet. It should include the fostering of socialized behavior, which can be brought about by patience, the right approach, and constant training.

The Right Protection

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Protecting the family dog includes the following measures:

Rabies vaccination. The dog should have rabies vaccination for everyone’s safety. Coordinate with the vet with regard to this matter. A rabies tag will then be attached to the dog’s collar.

Leash use. This tool should always be used when the owner when the dog is taken outside the house. It is part of keeping the dog under control at all times.

Proper Identification. Giving the dog a proper ID tag, a collar, and a microchip will definitely help protect the canine from being lost. The ID tag should have the owner’s telephone number, address, and name. A licensed veterinarian should be the one to microchip the dog. This microchip ID ensures that the dog will be returned to the owner, even if the collar or ID tag comes off. Once scanned, the owner’s details will be acquired, resulting in the immediate return of the lost dog.

Constant companionship. The dog should not be left alone outside the home for hours. Proper shelter should be given outside if it is only for a few hours, but the dog should still be with the human guardian most of the day.

The Right Health and Nutrition

walking dog

Caring for the canine companion‘s health should include the following:

Neutering or spaying. Part of proper health is neutering or spaying the dog. These procedures make the furry member of the family live longer and behave better. They also help control the overall pet population.

Regular vet check-ups. Choose a reliable vet. The dog should be brought to the vet regularly to maintain good health.

Good food, clean water, and supplements. Like humans, dogs need the right quantity and quality of food. The owners should also give all-day access to clean water. Health supplements should be given, to prevent malnutrition or deficiencies.

Regular exercise and baths. Walking, agility training, and hiking are only some of the ways owners can exercise their dogs. With proper exercise, the dog keeps fit in mind and body. Bathing and grooming should also be a priority. This prevents skin problems and parasite infestation.

The Right Education

dog training

Giving the dog the right knowledge involves the following:

Enrollment in training classes. Controlling the dog is important. Through training classes, dogs recognize the importance of submitting to their owners and getting along with other people and other animals. Classes like this also present an opportunity for owner-dog bonding.

Patience and love. The owner should also provide patience and love, so that the dog learns well at his or her own pace. Remember that just like people, dogs are individuals. They have individual needs, especially when they start to learn things. It is the owner’s responsibility to instill positive reinforcement, so that the dog can learn that doing tasks and tricks is fun and rewarding.

The health of a dog depends on the person who provides care. Dogs should not be acquired and then locked up in a cage, forgotten the entire day. They should receive proper care to help them become better companions.

Post courtesy of Jordan Walker. Jordan’s love and interest in animals make him a great lead content curator for Coops and Cages. He is also a music lover, evident in his guitar playing. Reach him through his Twitter account.
The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communication Enterprises Inc.. This article was previously published August 21, 2014 and was updated on May 29, 2023

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]]> https://valheart.com/considerations-in-caring-for-canines/feed/ 2 Animal Talk Messages: If You Could Hear Your Pet’s Voice, What Would Your Animal Communicate To You? https://valheart.com/animal-talk-messages-if-you-could-hear-your-pets/ https://valheart.com/animal-talk-messages-if-you-could-hear-your-pets/#comments Mon, 29 May 2023 13:37:24 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=5367 This article was previously published December 26, 2012, and was updated on May 29, 2023

You really can learn to hear your pet’s voice!

It’s mind-boggling to think about, I know.

But just for a moment, imagine how your life would change if you could communicate with your dog, cat or horse.  What if you could leap across all boundaries and discover your sense of connection with your animal friends and the whole circle of life?

I must confess I love seeing people just like you re-remember a long forgotten language – talking and listening telepathically from the mind and heart.  Nothing gives me more satisfaction.

What really excites me is that I know it’s possible for you to do the same.

I understand if you’re skeptical.  As a matter of fact, I encourage skepticism.  You should listen and observe with your heart, but not be so open your common sense falls out!

Perhaps you’ve heard from family or friends that telepathic communication is some kind of far-fetched ‘woo-woo’ magic for strange people with purple robes and crystal balls. Nothing could be further from the truth! I’m just a Texas gal at heart that grew up surrounded by all kinds of creatures – and I don’t even own a purple robe. Truth be told, I’m probably a lot like you.

Learn How to Talk with Animals

I know this because the fact that you’re reading this article tells me three things about you.

  1. You are enlightened and willing to consider that animals truly do have wisdom and knowing worth exploring.
  2. You want to better understand and improve your relationship with your animal.
  3. You and your pet may be struggling with health or behavior problems and you’re wondering what in the world to try next.

As an animal communicator, I’m truly concerned that you most likely aren’t getting the answers you want and deserve in your search for a better relationship with your animal friend.

So many of my clients have been exactly where you may be right now; struggling with relationship or behavior issues that spill over into other aspects of your life. And, I know it would be easy to turn away from this, thinking you’ve tried everything and there simply isn’t hope for your situation.

That simply isn’t true!  In fact, if you’re floundering in a wilderness of confusion right now, the first thing you must know is.

Animals Want To Be Heard!

Animals are telepathic.  They can see what is in your mind’s eye, and feel what you are feeling.  Have you ever noticed how Fido disappears when it’s time to go to the vet?  Or how your pet appears almost magically when you have something good to eat? This isn’t an accident or a coincidence. If they are paying attention, they always know what’s going on.

They also want to help you. They do NOT want or need to be fixed because there’s nothing wrong with them. They DO need you to listen to and acknowledge them.

All You Have To Do Is Open Your Heart And Mind

You don’t have to have all the answers but you do need to have the heart to open up, listen, and be present with them.

Chances are if you have a heart’s desire to develop your telepathic abilities, you may be thinking something like this.

Problem Solving with Pets

My animals matter to me!  I want to be more aware of them and understand how they think.

  • I think animals understand us more than we understand them.  They seem to have a wisdom that I wish they would share with me.
  • Sometimes I feel my animal is trying to tell me something but I just can’t get it.
  • I want to know what my animals need and want from me.  How they are feeling, if there is something physically wrong  or if they can help me in some way.
  • I want to be closer to my animals, to be able to connect at a deeper, richer level.  I want to add a whole extra dimension to my life.

All these things are possible and happen quite naturally when you connect with the fellow beings that share our planet.  Instead of experiencing life only from the lens of your perspective, you expand your awareness of all creation and introduce a new dimension to your world.  Imagine how thrilling that would be!

And once you open the doors to communication you and your animal can address:

  • Health issues
  • Emotional issues
  • Changing family structures
  • Performance
  • Euthanasia decisions
  • Death and dying
  • How to reconnect after leaving this world

Perhaps until now, you never thought to give your animal a voice in these situations that so drastically affects them.

It’s one of the most troubling aspects of trying to care for your animal. Because as much as you love them, you can’t give them the best possible life because so much of their world is closed off to you. You second-guess what may be troubling them, but in the end, you’re probably just shooting in the dark.

It is crucially important that you forget this because no matter how you define the problems you’re having right now, once you open your mind and heart to communicating with them, everything changes!

But you do need to be involved in the process.  It’s not a quick fix that happens over night.  This is something you have to be committed to in order to re-discover your God given telepathic abilities.  And when you learn to talk and listen to your animal –

Your Life Can Be Transformed In Ways You Never Dreamed Possible

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Bio:  Val Heart  – The Real Dr Doolittle, Val is internationally known as an expert animal communicator, teacher, author & master healer specializing in resolving behavior, training, performance, and health problems, and assisting with end of life situations.  contactval@valheart.com

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]]> https://valheart.com/animal-talk-messages-if-you-could-hear-your-pets/feed/ 3 Natural Remedies To Relieve Colic In Horses – Natural Horse Care Tips https://valheart.com/natural-remedies-to-relieve-colic-in-horses-care-tips/ https://valheart.com/natural-remedies-to-relieve-colic-in-horses-care-tips/#comments Mon, 22 May 2023 10:35:35 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=6118 Guest post courtesy of Lisa Carter. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communication Enterprises Inc. This article was previously published July 5, 2012 and was updated on May 22, 2023

Holistic Care Tips to Relieve Colic in Horses

No one yet understands why some horses are more prone to colic than others. One thing is certain though – colic in horses can be fatal if left untreated and should be dealt with as an emergency.  If you suspect your horse is colicky, take immediate action by calling your veterinarian.  While you await the arrival of your veterinarian you can try some of these natural remedies to relieve colic in horses.

Homeopathy Remedies For Colic

Homeopathic medicines are a common natural therapy to relieve colic in horses.  It is best to consult a holistic veterinarian to determine dosing and the best treatment for your situation and symptoms.  Here are some general guidelines to determine what you might want to have on hand and what to use for certain types of symptoms.

  • Aconite – Used for colic triggered by fear.  Best if used early, when colic symptoms are first noticed.  Symptoms for aconite use are: sudden high fever, a rapid pulse, and restlessness or fearful behavior.
  • Belladonna – Best used for sudden intense onset of severe colic symptoms.  The horse displays violent behavior such as striking, biting or kicking, and may show heightened sensitivity to touch, light and noise.  Other symptoms may include dilated pupils, dry mouth and hot to the touch.colic in horses
  • Arsenicum Album – Use if your horse has very watery and dark diarrhea.  The stool may have a foul odor to it.  The horse appears thirsty but will only take small frequent amounts of water.
  • Chamomilla – Use for horses with symptoms of excessive flatulence and/or diarrhea consisting of green stool that smells of rotten eggs.  The horse may also display violent behavior such as kicking out, grinding teeth or screaming.  Do not use if the horse is constipated.
  • Colocynthis – Use in cases where the horse wants to roll or lie down or if the cause of the colic is unknown.  Other symptoms may include sporadic but severe cramping pain.
  • Magnesia Phosphorica – Use with symptoms of muscle spasms, twitching eyelids or extremities, bloated and/or kicking at abdomen.
  • Colchicum – Use with very gassy symptoms – frequent spasms accompanied by a bloated abdomen and very loud gut sounds.  The horse may also be kicking at abdomen but doesn’t want to move much.  Other symptoms may include abdomen being hot to the touch and constipation.
  • Carbo Vegetabilis – Use with shocky horses.  Symptoms include weakness or horse has collapsed, bluish tinge of the mucous membranes, shallow breathing, bloating or excessive flatulence.
  • Nux vomica – Can be used to increase gut motility when used during colic associated with a blockage or severe abdominal spasms.

Equine Massage Therapy

I have used equine massage on multiple occasions for horses that are in the early stages of colic.  Using equine massage can be a very beneficial natural therapy if a horse is colicky by helping the horse to relax and providing much needed pain relief.  Massage also helps increase circulation and in conjunction with the muscle relaxation can aide gut motility with certain types of colic.  This modality works extremely well in conjunction with acupressure in relieving colic symptoms and can significantly lessen the severity of a colic episode while you await the arrival of your veterinarian.

Equine Acupuncture and Acupressure

Acupuncture and acupressure are ancient Chinese bodywork therapies that are based on the concept of “life energy” or “Chi” which flows through pathways in the body called “meridians”.  Acupressure uses finger pressure and acupuncture uses needles to access these meridians in order to “unblock” the pathways and allow the free flow of Chi through the body, restoring balance and health.  There are specific points along the meridians of the body that effect each organ, including the stomach and intestines.  By applying pressure to these points you can help ease colic symptoms in the horse.

You can find an excellent article on acupressure for colic with the associated points for each type of colic here: http://www.animalacupressure.com/tg_site/articles/actionforcolic.html

Essential Oils For Horse Colic

Essential Oils can be a powerful first aide tool for your barn.  They are easy to use and horses react very well to them.  You can often find pre-assembled emergency first aide kits online or can create your own.  The recommended essential oils for a horse colic are:colic in horses oils

  • Di-Gize Essential Oil – a blend of eight different essential oils and known to aide relaxation, the prevention of diarrhea, intestinal spasms, digesting toxic material as well as provide an overall soothing effect on the digestive system.
  • Peppermint Essential Oil – good for headaches and upset stomach.
  • Ginger Essential Oil – good for digestive upsets, used as a heart tonic and aides in circulation.
  • Tarragon Essential Oil – good to combat digestive conditions, indigestion, hiccups, urinary tract infections and menstrual problems.

The great thing about all of the above-mentioned natural colic remedies is that they can be used alone or in combination with each other.  They are all very complimentary and should not interfere with traditional treatments that your veterinarian might recommend.  All can be performed at the earliest signs of a colic and while you are waiting for your veterinarian.

Determining the root cause of your horse’s colic can be very challenging as there are so many variables involved and triggers for colic in horses.  However, with the help of your veterinarian, when you do identify the culprit it will go a long way in determining a course of preventive care for your horse and help eliminate the possibility of another colic in your horse’s future.  Prevention is the best medicine!

If you have other natural remedies that you’d like to share please feel free to leave a comment below. We’d love to hear from you!

For more information on Horse Colic please visit http://horseconsult.wordpress.com/first-aid/colic/

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]]> https://valheart.com/natural-remedies-to-relieve-colic-in-horses-care-tips/feed/ 7 How to Include Your Pet In Your Wedding: 3 Animal Talk Tips to Enjoy a Happy Ceremony Including Your Dog, Cat or Horse https://valheart.com/how-to-include-your-pet-in-your-wedding-3-tips/ https://valheart.com/how-to-include-your-pet-in-your-wedding-3-tips/#comments Mon, 22 May 2023 09:49:39 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=10274 So you want to include your pet in your wedding?
This article was previously published June 6, 2014, and was updated on May 22, 2023

What a wonderful idea!  Just be sure that their participation adds love and joy to your special day and doesn’t wind up destroying the ceremony.  Later you may be able to laugh at your puppy’s goofy shenanigans.  But I’m betting that in the stress and heat of the moment, having your dog, bird, cat or pony eat your flowers, play catch me if you can with the rings, knock over the lovely props and flower arrangements over, help themselves to your wedding cake or the spiked punch, or even bite your best man…  Well, that may be hysterical in the movies but may not quite fit your vision of how you really want your big day to go.

 

The best way to begin creating such a unique and special wedding plan is to first discover how to best include your pet in your wedding.  First, you must be very clear what you really want to have happen.  And you want to be very clear what you do not want to happen.  When you have a vision of what you actually want your pet to do – what their role is — then it’s time to communicate with them.

Just like including small children in the festivities, it’s important to treat your animals  compassionately and considerately!  Communicating with them is really critical.  Why?  Because like children, animals also need to understand the purpose of the event, their role in it, and what will be expected of them.  They may have wisdom or suggestions to make that could make your special day even more extraordinary!  Then again, they may have concerns, fears and questions.  They need answers so they can safely and confidently partner up with you and embrace their new family in the blessing of the ceremony.

What should a couple consider before deciding to include a pet in their wedding? 

1.  Be sure they actually want to participate!  

They need to understand what you want them to do, why it’s important to you, how they will be expected to behave, how long the event will be, where it will be located, what to do and even more importantly, what not to do.  If they are in agreement and they want to be there, then by all means, include them.  If they don’t?  It’s best not to stress them or yourself out.  You’ll have enough to concern yourself with.  Risking your animal’s health and well being won’t help anyone.  And they’ll be an important part of your married life anyway.  Put a nice picture of them in your wedding scrapbook and move on.  

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2.  Make a plan! 

If the answer is yes, they want to participate then you need to take a realistic snapshot of how well behaved and socialized the animal actually is.  If they aren’t good with people of all shapes and sizes in all situations?  Or, if strange objects or noises scare them?  You’ve got a lot of work to do.  They’ll need a good bit of positive training to help them improve their confidence and behave appropriately. 

3.  Get help! 

If your heart is still set on including your pet in your wedding day festivities, but are honestly not completely sure your animal wants to cooperate in the way you would like them to, then it’s best to get help early on.  Work with an animal communicator first to clear the way so you can partner up together to answer all these questions, to accelerate the training, and to de-stress.  

There are many good resources available to help you, such as: pet in your wedding pexels

  • Pick up your copy of the QuickStart to Animal Talk free course so you can learn how to talk to animals yourself.   That’s available on my website at www.AnimalTalkCoachingClub.com
  • Check out my article on the 10 Things You Must Know Before Hiring an Animal Communicator.   This free article is on the Animal Hearts Talk Blog at www.valheart.com/blog
  • Apply for a Pet Assessment Discovery and Strategy meeting with me.  This meeting will be to determine if I am the right practitioner to work with you and your pet.  Together we can formulate a plan for what’s needed to safely include them in your event.  Click here to fill out an application now.  https://valheart.com/appointments/

 

Author: Val Heart is a leading animal communication expert, speaker, bestselling author & master healer. Val is often called The Real Life Dr Doolittle™ and Animal Communicator to the Stars.  Founder of The HEART System™ for solving problems with pets. Learn how to talk to animals yourself!  Start by downloading this FREE Ebook!

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!

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]]> https://valheart.com/how-to-include-your-pet-in-your-wedding-3-tips/feed/ 2 Solving Pet Behavior Problems – Getting Your Pets to Listen https://valheart.com/solving-pet-behavior-problems-getting-pets-to-do-what/ https://valheart.com/solving-pet-behavior-problems-getting-pets-to-do-what/#respond Tue, 16 May 2023 19:23:24 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=116762 Solving Pet Behavior Problems – Getting Your Pet to Do What You Want

I got the funniest response last week when I explained the steps involved in solving badly behaved cat problems using animal communication.

One student said, “I don’t have cats so this doesn’t apply to me.”

OMG!

In case you were thinking that as well, let’s be clear because I don’t want you missing the point too:

The steps involved to solving pet behavior problems as I outlined in part one on this topic apply to ALL animals, not just cats. ????

Read Part One again and this time pay close attention to what it takes to solve problems with pets of any species.

After all, with over 30+ years as a professional “expert level” communicator specializing in solving pet health and behavior problems has taught me quite a lot about solving problems.

Today, let’s answer a related question about pet problem solving, which is:

“Sometimes I try to communicate with animals but don’t get a response.”

If that happens to you too, then keep reading.

There can be so many reasons why you’re not getting a response because this is part of your animal communication training.

Without coaching you personally, it’s hard to say exactly where you are dropping the communication ball, or how to best solve this frustrating and all too common animal communication problem(s).

Sometimes it’s a simple tweak to what you’re doing (or not doing),.

Sometimes clearing the blocks, limitations and stuck spots to improve your confidence and intuitive abilities is a bit more complicated to sort out to get you on the right track.

Sometimes the pet isn’t interested in solving what they don’t consider a “problem” from their viewpoint, so they ignore you.

Having coached and mentored thousands of animal talk students worldwide has taught me that solving this problem for students requires doing deeper inner healing before your intuitive senses and telepathic abilities become competent enough to do well with any animal, anywhere, on any topic, at any time.

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Let’s take a closer look at how to solve pet behavior problems using animal communication.

First, before you connect with the intention to communicate a message:

  • Are you clear in what you want to talk with them about?
  • What’s the story (message) you want to share with them, and how will you convey that?
  • Why is it important to you? (Is it urgent, life threatening, dangerous, sad, frustrating…?)
  • Why do you want to solve this problem? What’s your intention?
  • What do you hope to have happen as a result of this conversation?
  • How do you hope they’ll respond?
  • Are you open to what they will tell you, or is it a “the only answer is the one I want agenda” kind of situation where you block or reject any response that’s different or not in alignment from your expectation or viewpoint?

Telepathy isn’t mind control after all… Good animal communication is a multiway conversation!

Got it? Let’s continue.

Why is what you want to communicate about (solving the problem) important to them?

If it isn’t important to them, why should they care, listen or respond?

Getting out of your human ego-centric viewpoint is critical.

Because if you can’t answer this so it makes sense to them, or if they consider it unimportant, then don’t expect much of a response… ????

animal communication training solves problems with pets

Now, get even clearer and more focused about your telepathic message.

  • What would it look like if it was happening in real time? (using the gift of clairvoyance, show it to them like watching a video)
  • How would it feel if it was happening in real time? (using the gift of clairsentience, let them feel what you want them to feel about your message)
  • If you were telling the story to a bright five year old child, how could you express it in a way so they could understand it? (you’ll be using the gift of clairaudience for this one, as well as speaking it aloud) 

This isn’t about their intelligence by the way, many animals are much smarter than you think.

It’s about your ability to communicate a psychic message clearly, that’s in alignment energetically, using your intuitive telepathic abilities.

Because that’s what it takes to communicate with animals so you can solve pet problems and so much more with proficiency, confidence and accuracy.

And when you do that correctly?

They respond, always.

You’ll get responses easily, effortlessly, like talking with your best friend, anytime, anywhere, about anything.

And to do this right, it takes a bit more animal communication training.

pet behavior problem mouse

Before you “hit send” on your telepathic message, be sure that you are connected properly.

Okay! Now you think you’re prepared, clear and ready to SEND the message?

Before you do that, let’s be sure the message doesn’t get lost in space.

Do you have their attention?

Are you clear about what you want to say, why this is important to you AND them, the consequences of them not helping you solve this problem, and the rest as I’ve described?

And, are you connected properly heart to heart, mind to mind?

Are ALL your intuitive abilities activated and working properly?

If not, then go back to the beginning and get your basics for sending and receiving energetic telepathic information. (the Beginning Core Foundations course teaches you how to do that, you’ll find it in The Heart School of Animal Communication®. )

Let’s say that you are connected properly, and that’s a big IF with beginner students who are just learning how to focus properly…

The next question is, are you sending the message(s) correctly so they can understand you?

pet problem solving

Let’s review the 3 steps to send a message to animals.

To recap, connect energetically (students learn how in The Heart School Courses, and are guided to do this properly in every Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club Live Q&A Coaching Call in your animal communication training), then:

  1. See the message (like a real time video playing in your mind’s eye monitor)
  2. Feel it (give the message emotional energy for proper context and clarity, so, how would it feel if that was actually happening)
  3. Say it (speak it out loud and in your mind so the story is clear)

Doing these steps properly requires using all 4 of your main intuitive abilities, “the Clairs” so you can meet them where they are.

What if you can’t use ALL your intuitive senses and abilities yet?

You might be wondering, can I still communicate with animals and solve problems if I can’t access/use all my intuitive abilities?

Yes you can, although…

  1. You may not receive everything they’re trying to tell you.
  2. You may not express the message in the way the animal most needs to receive it.
  3. You will need to develop your other senses to compensate.
  4. You CAN develop them all and it is well worth the effort to learn how.

Did you know there are many other lesser known intuitive abilities beyond clairvoyance, clairaudience, clairsentience and claircognizance?

As a beginning student, start learning how to receive animal messages and how to interpret their responses in the Beginning Core Foundations Course.

You’ll discover how to work with and quieten your mind to focus properly, and clear your inner blocks, in the Awaken Your Inner Guidance System course.

You’ll learn how to apply your skills tp various situations in the Advanced Animal Talk Topics course.

You’ll discover how to guide a communication that gets results in the 7 Step Blueprint for Successful Conversations with Animals in the Heart of the Conversation course.

Beyond the basics, be sure to check out the Intuition Development Lessons in the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club and the many Masterclasses on these topics.Problem Solving with Pets

As a Heart Wisdom Method animal communication student and Club member, you’ll discover how to go deeper developing and becoming confident and proficient using your intuitive abilities, along with how to activate, access and awaken your other abilities too.

With a bit of effort, you’ll soon master your abilities with proper practice and feedback with other people’s pets, and in our unique Masterclasses series. ????

You’ll get my personal coaching to guide you through your stuck spots in the Live Q&A Coaching Calls and/or in private 1:1 coaching sessions.

That’s what it takes to become proficient, confident and accurate.

It’s easy to do, once you know how.Learn How to Talk with Animals

Every living being is sentient and will be happy to talk with you when you know how to speak their language.

You’ll learn how in your animal communication training at The Heart School.

Imagine that. ????

Yep, that’s how it works.

These are the complex issues that my clients and students work on (and this is what I help them with in 1:1 private sessions and in live group coaching calls).

My goal is to help highly sensitive animal lovers advance to the highest level possible and even go professional if you’d like to do that.

Just remember that you can learn all the techniques, steps and tips for telepathic/psychic communication with animals you want, but if you don’t do your inner healing then none of that will help you if your thoughts, focus, and feelings aren’t right, if you’ve blocked yourself, are stuck in your head, can’t access your heart energy, or you’ve shut down your intuitive gifts.

 

Ready to take the next step in your animal communication training and healing journey?

Guiding you from beginner to intermediate to proficient communication abilities, and even to becoming a professional communicator if that’s your sweet spot.

Everything you need is at your fingertips

You’ll find the main “core” courses to become confident and competent communicating with animals HERE

And you’ll find all our special topic courses HERE

But it only works for the right fit qualified people who take the steps to learn what they don’t know how to do yet, who believe in themselves and keep practicing to improve, and who ask the right questions, show up, and listen to get better results.

See you soon on the Heart School campus.

Download my FREE eBook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture!

You have 2 main ways to get my expertise for communication, medical intuitive scanning, healing and guidance for yourself and/or your pet:

1. Join me and your fellow students in the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club so you can participate in our monthly Live Q&A Coaching Calls offered the second Saturday each month.

And as a Platinum Club Member you can join me in the Heart Wisdom Masterclasses offered the third Saturday each month.

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]]> https://valheart.com/solving-pet-behavior-problems-getting-pets-to-do-what/feed/ 0 5 Quick Tips on How to Enjoy a Good Run with Your Dog https://valheart.com/5-quick-tips-enjoy-good-run-with-your-dog/ https://valheart.com/5-quick-tips-enjoy-good-run-with-your-dog/#respond Tue, 16 May 2023 05:14:22 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=41027 5 Quick Tips on How to Enjoy a Good Run with Your Dog
Guest post courtesy of Pete Decker, the Lead Editor at The Goody Pet. Pete loves to share his passion for pets through snippets of interesting and helpful information. You can find more of Pete at his website, Twitter or Facebook. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communications Enterprises Inc.

Humans and their canine companions need their daily dose of exercise to be healthy and fit. It’s common knowledge and necessary to walk your dog at least once if not twice a day because canines are storehouses of excess energy and they need the stimulus that the sights, scents, and sounds which the outdoors can provide.

When it comes to physical activities, there are a number of things that you can do with your furry workout buddy like running, hiking, swimming, and biking. The simplest and probably one of the best things to do is to run with your dog.

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 Why Running?

It’s a fact that our modern lifestyle has rendered most humans and even their pets obese or prone to obesity. Weight issues are dragging us and our canine friends down. Running in the outdoors in a park or by the lake or in the countryside with fresh air hitting the face and toning every muscle in the body is not just the better way to get in shape and burn the excess fat but also an enjoyable way to spend quality playtime with your pet.

So, get ready to don those running shoes and do give running with your dog a try. But before you run, it’s important to know what to expect, how to train your pooch and enjoy the run with each other.

1. Check with your pet’s vet:

It is important to ascertain whether your dog is fit to run regularly. Consult your vet on what’s safe and healthy for your dog when you run with him, appropriate dietary recommendations, warm up tips, and how early you can start them on running training. It’s important not to start when your pooch is very young, because the hard/asphalt surfaces and running tracks in urban areas may not be conducive to the growth of the dog’s bones and joints. And a countryside or a dirt trail may not be exactly safe for your pup.

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2. Start slowly and steadily – Don’t forget the warmups:

When you rush your dog into running too soon, then you expose your pet to the risk of injuries. Never skip the warmups, because they help in flexing the muscles. Begin with a light jog and graduate steadily into running at a comfortable pace.

3. Take short breaks:

It’s important to carry water bottles to give yourself and your dog adequate water breaks. If you combine some playing and fetching activities, both of you will enjoy the breaks and this could enthuse your canine partner into running.

4. Train your dog to follow some basic commands:

It is imperative that you teach your dog some basic commands like ‘sit’, ‘stay’, ‘stop’, ‘leave it’ etc., and see to it that you train them to be disciplined and follow your instructions completely. If you are finding it difficult to train, then consult a professional trainer to help you out.

5. Try getting a hands-free dog leash:

A hands-free dog leash spells convenience and independence. These leashes are specially designed to run and walk your dog comfortably without having to tug on a leash all the time. It safer and helps your dog stay connected to you while enjoying a good run with your dog. It helps maintain balance and prevents toppling over.

Observe your dog and take cues, do not overlook any warning signs from your pet to ensure that your dog is enjoying the run as much as you do. Watch out for their paws, take adequate protection against ticks, and keep a bowl of water ready to clean the paws once you both are back from running. Have fun!

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This article was previously published November 7, 2017, and was updated on May 16, 2023

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]]> https://valheart.com/5-quick-tips-enjoy-good-run-with-your-dog/feed/ 0 Did Your Childhood Encourage or Discourage Your Intuitive Abilities? https://valheart.com/childhood-encourage-or-discourage-intuitive-abilities/ https://valheart.com/childhood-encourage-or-discourage-intuitive-abilities/#respond Mon, 15 May 2023 14:34:45 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=6636 Did Your Childhood Encourage or Discourage Your Intuitive Abilities?

Penelope Smith, the Founder of Animal Communication, asked me to be the Featured Animal Communicator in her Species Link Magazine.

One of her first questions was about what kind of childhood I had as far as encouraging or discouraging my intuitive abilities and connection with animals and nature.  I thought my story might inspire you, so I wanted to share a preview

My story

Horses, pigs, chickens, dogs, cats, birds, guinea pigs, rabbits, fish, mice… all taught me how to be the human being I am today. I’ve been on television and radio many times, have subscribers, clients and students all over the world. I have been a columnist for Enjoy Whole Health Magazine and am a contributing writer to many other publications.

But, I started out a lonely only child in an isolated rural area outside of Austin, Texas.  I was lucky to enjoy the company of many animals growing up and they were my best and most constant friends.

When I was five years old, I fell in love with horses. My parents took me to a school fair and I discovered that one of my classmates, Nora, had horses. Her father trained horses for the cavalry, and they had brought one of their horses to the fair for us to ride.  Nora and I became fast friends, and I spent as much time as possible at her house learning to ride and handle horses.

Working with horses

I began training and handling horses professionally when I took my first job at 12 years old as a horse wrangler for a summer day camp in Austin, Texas. I was in charge of 2 Thoroughbred geldings and 5 ponies.

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In addition to managing the horses, their facilities and care, I also helped teach the campers how to handle the horses, to be safe and learn how to ride.

I was given the task of training a 5 year old, heretofore unrideable, fat, sneaky, willful, obstinate, spoiled and very beautiful pony named Pearl to carry a rider and pull a cart. She had a great sense of humor and taught me so much.

I successfully managed to train Pearl to be ridden by my more advanced riders, but never figured out how to teach her to pull the cart. At the time I had no one to ask except the horses, and in retrospect, I was intuiting how to best accomplish the tasks I’d been given by being in partnership with the animals.

My intuitive abilities

Looking back, I see very clearly that my connections and way with animals had much to do with my telepathic gifts – my intuitive abilities.

I didn’t know how I knew what they felt or needed or were thinking, but I did. I was known for being able to befriend wild animals, feral cats, dogs and many others.

For instance, I knew Pearl wasn’t interested in dragging a cart around, and I didn’t have the heart to force her (plus she weighed a lot more than me!), and I didn’t know how to make it fun for her.  She taught me so much and the experience is one of my treasured memories.

What I’ve learned is that all animal lovers pick up information from their furrkids all the time. Most simply don’t know how to direct the conversations, or what to do with the information.

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I help others communicate, too

And that’s why I created the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club, so we can have mind and heart expansion conversations that will help you develop your intuitive skills, accuracy and ability to connect at a deep, heartfelt level.

If you’re ready to start your journey in the wonderful world of Animal Communication, it’s time to start!

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!


Or dive into the complete Talking With Animals program with my Beginning Core Foundations Animal Communication Course.

Maybe you’ve already begun your journey in Animal Communication. If so, it’s time to go to the next level.

Find out how to access the Masterclass here

All my courses are fully guaranteed, so there’s no risk to taking the next step.

Much love to you and your furrkids,

Val

“Remember to believe in yourself as much as you believe in and love your animals. Have the courage to be confident, the strength to be kind, and the wisdom to ask for help when you need it.” Val Heart

This article was previously published March 7, 2013, and was updated on May 15, 2023

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]]> https://valheart.com/childhood-encourage-or-discourage-intuitive-abilities/feed/ 0 Take Me Home Bella Story of Animal Communication From Spirit Guides https://valheart.com/take-me-home-animal-communication-from-spirit-guides/ https://valheart.com/take-me-home-animal-communication-from-spirit-guides/#respond Thu, 11 May 2023 23:49:46 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=58643

From Val:  This inspiring, extraordinary true story of animal communication from Spirit Guides comes from one of my private Quantum Leap clients and Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club Platinum students.  Enjoy!

Take Me Home Bella! Extraordinary True Story of Animal Communication From Spirit Guides

By Kai River Song* and Bella

(The John Denver song “Take Me Home Country Roads” plays in the background)

Take Me Home Bella Communication from Spirit Dog Guide I was living in an RV resort in Phoenix, Arizona with my two golden retriever dogs after leaving my husband of 30 years. It was a luxury RV resort and the people were fantastic. You could not have asked for better neighbors. I was doing the “Snowbird” thing… or so I had planned but Universe had other ideas. 

I told my biological family who live in the area that I was absolutely only staying for the winter and I WOULD NOT under any circumstances stay in Phoenix for the hot summer.

Well good thing I did not bet on myself, I would have lost big time.

COVID-19 hit and there was no “escaping” up north or to California or to Florida for the summer as I had planned. RV sites were literally shut down like most of the rest of the world and the advice was to “stay where you are until the COVID-19 lock down is over in 2-3 months”…

What’s a girl to do??

My RV is not designed to handle the heat of a Phoenix summer.  So far it was only reaching the high seventies during the day but it was already getting too hot for the dogs even with the AC running 24/7.  It was not adequate to keep my furkids (or me) comfy.

And what about when the asphalt became too hot to walk on, then what?

We needed a real home to hunker down in until the world’s craziness settled down to its normal level of absurdity.

So, I turned to my guardian angel Bella (my heart dog, a former golden retriever now In Spirit) to help find us a perfect home.

Did you know that animals who transition can choose to communicate from spirit guides?  When my heart dog Bella made her transition, Val worked with us and reconnected us on the other side. I wanted her to reincarnate because I missed her furry self and the ability to cuddle and touch her.  But Bella chose to become my teacher, showing me how an animal communicates from a spirit guide role. Our conversations have been richly rewarding, beyond the norm, and so very comforting. 

Bella told me to start by writing out a list of what I wanted.  So as requested, I gave her a list of wants and needs, and as is my practice added my usual “or something better”.

Then I did the legwork and started searching for it.  We looked and looked and looked for almost a month. Every potential door slammed shut!

Honestly, I was feeling more and more upset, frustrated and yes, worried. It was getting hotter and hotter every day and still nothing opened up.

One day after another long fruitless investigation, my phone, which I rely on heavily for navigation, ran out of power.

Now mind you, I am navigationally challenged and come from a family of navigationally challenged people. To my dismay I was lost big time and had no idea how to get back to the RV resort.

Calming myself I asked Bella to please “Take Me Home”. 

I am lost and have literally no idea which direction to drive.  I was going in circles.

Following her guidance, I went as I was directed into areas and neighborhoods I had never been before. But the problem was, these areas were absolutely not in the area of the RV park! I was like, dang, thanks a lot Bella, we’re still lost, where in the world are you taking me?! 

I thought for sure I could just turn the car over to her and she would take us home! The other two furkids were in the car with me of course, enjoying the ride and wondering why mom was getting so upset. 

I finally stopped and asked a physical human for directions.  They thought I was nuts being so lost but WTF, they didn’t understand.  Navigation is lacking in my DNA. 

Another week passed, still no house to move into and it’s getting hotter and hotter and hotter… 

And I’d check in and communicate with Bella, again.

Bella told me in multiple conversational visits “be patient, the house will appear on this specific date”.

I believed her… but I kept looking anyway. And I kept fretting and worrying and trying to make it happen, to hurry things up.  

It’s part of being human I think to “act” as if we have some semblance of control in our lives.

To my utter astonishment and delight, damn if the perfect house didn’t appear on the precise date that Bella told me!

And it was so much “better” than anything I could have conceived. This house is more than perfect, it is amazing. It has everything on my list and more besides.  

And here is the kicker, it is in the exact neighborhood that Bella took me too when I had asked her to “take me HOME”. 

Lessons Learned: 

  1. Trust my guides and angels. They are providing more valuable insight than I asked for.  
  2. When things get dicey, it’s time to consider if I am glossing over something, blocking or not receiving the message when I asked for help.
  3. Be more precise with my requests to help my guides and angels. I said take me home. I did not say direct me back to the RV. There’s a difference, and yes, the RV was not my “real” home anymore. 
  4. There are no accidents. I am always very careful to have my phone charged and carry a spare battery pack typically. This entire event was orchestrated for my best and highest good. Including being in Phoenix in an RV when COVID-19 hit.

Do these lessons sound familiar to you too? I hope my story helps you today in some way.  These are all intuitive development and healing things we are learning together with Val. I’ve grown so much in so many ways, both in learning animal communication and in healing, evolving and growing into my Best Self. 

Thank you Val for coming into my life. 

Thank you Bella and my team of guides and angels.

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Animal communication from spirit guides is possible through activating your intuitive abilities and practicing animal communication. 

.Learn How to Talk with Animals

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If you’d like to learn how to talk to animals including communicating with your spirit guides yourself, start at The Heart School of Animal Communication® with the Beginning Core Foundations Course.  
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Photo by Kelly Lacy from Pexels
This article was previously published April 16, 2020, and was updated on May 11, 2023
]]> https://valheart.com/take-me-home-animal-communication-from-spirit-guides/feed/ 0 What To Do When There’s Trouble at the Vet? https://valheart.com/what-to-do-when-theres-trouble-at-the-vet/ https://valheart.com/what-to-do-when-theres-trouble-at-the-vet/#respond Thu, 04 May 2023 13:42:14 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=10749 Are you ready for a trip to the vet?

I have to share this funny story with you – can you relate to what happened to me and Einstein at the vet’s office?

We went in for his checkup and our vet took Einstein into the back area to draw blood for the lab tests.

Just a few seconds later, I heard the most awful racket!

Screaming, wailing, carrying on – yep, that was MY dog sounding off like he was being eaten by monsters! Yikes!

I sat there frozen with concern and worry imagining the worst – what parent wouldn’t?!

A few moments later, our vet poked his head into the exam room with a very harried worried look on his face, and he reassured me that they had NOT done anything to my dog except try to restrain him.

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Helping Einstein understand

I realized that although I had explained to Einstein what was going to happen, that he was still nervous and a bit upset about it. The way they were trying to restrain him was making him panic. He needed a bit of extra reassurance and direction.

So I quickly communicated with him again, this time with the cue to him meaning to relax, pay attention, and cooperate.

I also told the vet to tell him to settle verbally. Sure enough, he calmed down immediately and was fine.

I was so thankful that

  1. I could communicate with him
  2. I’d had the foresight to teach Einstein the meaning of the word settle
  3. He trusted me enough to follow my direction.

Hyper, sometimes anxious or highly sensitive beings like Einstein need a bit of help that way but then, so do we all, right?

Using the same lesson I teach

In fact, one of the secrets I teach my clients (and that I teach to my Platinum Masterclass students) is how to give the right direction, clarity, and support when your dog needs it the most.

Learning to communicate telepathically and share life experiences with other beings is a priceless gift. It allows us to better understand that we are not alone, that we are connected, and that we can help each other.

Much love to you and your furrkids,
Val

Val Heart is called The Real Dr. Doolittle and teaches animal lovers how to connect and communicate from the heart. She specializes in resolving behavior, training, performance, health problems, euthanasia decisions.

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!

This article was previously published December 14, 2014, and was updated on May 4, 2023

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]]> https://valheart.com/what-to-do-when-theres-trouble-at-the-vet/feed/ 0 Do Your Cats Ignore You When You Tell Them to Stop Behaving Badly? https://valheart.com/do-your-cats-ignore-you-when-you-tell-them-to-stop/ https://valheart.com/do-your-cats-ignore-you-when-you-tell-them-to-stop/#respond Tue, 02 May 2023 18:46:45 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=116699 Do your cats ignore you when you try to tell them what to do (or not to do ???? )?

There’s a reason that performing a difficult task is compared to “herding cats”. Kitties aren’t known for being obedient, after all.

“I try to communicate with my pets about changing their bad behavior like waking my husband during the night and interrupting his much needed sleep, adding to his stress and mine, but they aren’t listening and nothing changes.

Do they not understand what I’ve tried to tell them, or are they just ignoring me?

Also, can you explain more about how to make sure they are listening?”

Solving problems like this is one of my specialties, and why I developed the H.E.A.R.T. 5 Step System for solving problems with pets AND why I teach animal lovers how to do this yourself at The Heart School of Animal Communication®.

I created the uniquely powerful, all encompassing H.E.A.R.T. System from my over 30 years as a professional communicator (you can see more about that on my website at www.ValHeart.com )

I’ve discovered that solving this kind of problem can be easy when you do it the right way, or difficult  – even impossible – to accomplish if you go about it the wrong
way.

If you’re going in the wrong direction, more speed doesn’t help!

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Let me explain.

Because on the surface, it seems simple enough, right?

“Stop waking Dad up at night! He needs his sleep and you’re not helping, so cut it out already!”

But there are many problems with that approach, which is why behaviors often don’t change in the slightest, and can even get worse.

And yes, it does take a high level of proficiency and time, working one on one together to sort it out properly, so your cats don’t continue to ignore you.

 

For instance, in this badly behaved kitty situation there is a LOT to unpack.

There are 3 cats, all of whom have their own unique viewpoints, insights, roles and purposes, needs and feelings.

There is the possible mismanagement of the cats so their needs aren’t being met in the way they want, which is likely why they’re misbehaving in the first place.

When we talk with them, they tell us what the real issues are from their viewpoints.

And then – and only then – can we solve the problems so they don’t have to act out anymore or continue to ignore you. ????

There is also the need for crystal clear communication with each of them, both individually and as a group, in a way they can understand and even more importantly, agree with you about.

That requires your becoming a better communicator using advanced telepathic abilities and skills.

Then, you must answer their questions and concerns, listen to them, clear up any unmet kitty needs in a way that makes them feel heard, understood, loved and respected.

And then there is the part about adjusting and making changes together as a family once you are all in agreement about the need for change and why that’s important.

That could include YOU making changes too (you can only do that when you understand your cats viewpoints, needs, and requests). 

There’s also the bit about helping the cats understand your viewpoint and your husband’s viewpoint, what’s helpful, what’s not helpful, what’s needed, and what makes things worse.

When you do this properly, then they align with you and you can solve the problem(s) together.

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Cats are highly sensitive to energy, psychic interferences, emotional imbalances.

Next, there’s healing to bring more peace/harmony to the household to help lower the stress levels, frustrations, emotional, health problems, psychic and energetic disturbances.

Cats are super sensitive to energy attacks, emotional imbalances, psychic disturbances, and in high stress situations, they will go to work trying to clear the threat and rebalance.

Then…

There’s also the part about dealing with your fears about upsetting Dad and how he doesn’t understand or believe in animal communication, his negative beliefs, projections, his
energy, his work, and health concerns.

Can you see now that this is not a simple communication telling your pets to just stop doing what they’re doing?

Yes, you can try telling them to stop and change their behavior, but if you don’t change your behavior, and if you don’t tell them in a way they can understand and agree with…

Or, if you don’t do it right, then they’ll likely choose to continue to ignore you and act out, sometimes worse than before because clearly the dense human is STILL not getting their
messages.

When that happens it’s not because they can’t hear or understand you or are choosing to ignore you.

It’s because you’re not listening to them.

It can also be true that they may not be able to understand you if your thoughts are all over the place bouncing around like a pinball machine, or if you’re not clear in your messaging, or you are not connected in the first place because you (or they) are too distracted to focus.

The H.E.A.R.T. System 5 Steps for Problem Solving with Pets

Start with the basic animal communication training.

To become competent and proficient in solving problems like this properly, following the steps as outlined above, you must have your foundational communication abilities and training.

Practice with other people’s pets until you are more proficient before communicating with your own pets so your “stuff” doesn’t get in your way because you’re too close to each other to gain real clarity or to get validation or proper feedback.

 

What can you do next to help sort this out?

For now, simply talk to them out loud, heart to heart, mind to mind knowing what you know now.

Feel your love for the cats, how grateful you are that they are in your life, how much you appreciate their efforts to fulfill their purpose with you and Dad.

Be sure you are connected, and that they are listening.

Create a “safe” space where it’s just you and the cats, no distractions.

Acknowledge them for their efforts in helping you and your family, even if you don’t understand what they’re doing or why yet.

Ask the right questions in the right way and timing.

Don’t gloss over what you get.

Express what you need to say and explain why it’s important to you.

 

 

Advanced Tip: When you can communicate better, you can tell them the best case vs. worst case scenarios

Explore the worst case scenarios so they can understand why this is important and what will happen if they choose not to help you or ignore you (hint: What are you most afraid will happen if their bad behavior continues?).

How that would feel?

What are the consequences of their continued bad behavior antics?

Consider what’s in it for them to change or adjust their behavior, and express that.

Then explore the best case scenario(s) – what do you WANT to have happen?

Image or tell them what would be more useful and helpful for them to do.

Feel how amazing that would feel, how proud of them you would be.

Imagine in your mind’s eye a video of what you want them to do (clairvoyance), feel your feelings like it was happening (clairsentience), and tell them what you want (clairaudience).

Then see how they respond.

Anything change?

If so, well done – you did good.

If not, then you missed something.

 

These are the sorts of things I coach my students on and help my clients with.

In our Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club Live Q&A Coaching Calls offered the second Saturday of each month, I teach you how to connect in our group communication exercises so you can experience the Heart Wisdom Method of communication for yourself.

Greet your pets like I teach in class and in the courses, then send your love to them, feel their love back, and then begin the conversation.

Practice communicating and solving problems with other people’s pets until your proficiency is good, then refocus towards your own pets.

We have over 300 pets in the Club for you to practice with, including our Featured Animal Teacher(s).

 

Because YOU can do it too, once you know how.

Just remember that you can learn all the techniques, steps and tips for telepathic/psychic communication with animals you want, but if you don’t do your inner healing then none of
that will help you.

If your thoughts, focus, and feelings aren’t right, if you’ve blocked yourself, get stuck in your head, can’t access your heart energy, or you’ve shut down your intuitive gifts – you’ll have problems clearly communicating.

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!

 

Ready to take the next step in your animal communication journey?

Guiding you from beginner to intermediate to proficient communication abilities, and even to becoming a professional communicator if that’s your sweet spot.

Everything you need is at your fingertips at The Heart School of Animal Communication®.

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]]> https://valheart.com/do-your-cats-ignore-you-when-you-tell-them-to-stop/feed/ 0 The Key to Happiness, Joy and Success https://valheart.com/the-key-to-happiness-joy-and-success/ https://valheart.com/the-key-to-happiness-joy-and-success/#comments Mon, 01 May 2023 14:55:23 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=6385 The Key to Happiness, Joy and Success

What a joy!  Sometimes turning the smallest hinge can open the BIGGEST doors in our lives.  Turning lives around quickly is my specialty, what I love doing the most.

Just this past week, I worked with a client who was so stressed out she could hardly hold it together and was ready to quit altogether… nothing was working for her.  Her finances were terrible, her cat just died, she got bad news about a lawsuit she was involved in, couldn’t get anyone to help her… her situation was dire indeed.

Yet, in just one hour, she made a HUGE shift – primarily due to this one critically important KEY to being happier, healthier and more successful.  She’s making new connections, is feeling enormously better, is Out Of The Box and making fantastic changes for herself.  She feels more empowered and is definitely happier.

Want to know what the key to happiness is?

Simply put, it’s the importance and the magic of the He(ART) of Play.

It’s true for our animals too.  Did you know that every being on the planet plays?  Not just when they are little, but to stay healthy, sharp and balanced.   They continue to play all through their adult years until they are ready to pass on.  In fact, we often know when they are ill because their playful nature dies within them.

The tragedy is that too many of us die within before our time has come.  Why? Because we simply forgot to play.

One of the most important gifts animals give to US is that they invite us to play with them.  They demand it. They beg us for play time. They interrupt our busy-ness, our seriousness, our fussiness, our obsessively stressful lives and invite us to drop our burdens and be silly, funny, lighthearted and joyful again.  To embrace the simple pleasures of life, to love ourselves and each other enough to let our guard down.  When we do, the burden of all our troubles is lifted for a time and we find ourselves again.

key to happiness dolphins

Every good relationship craves play, and healthy play together builds strong relationships.

On The Real Dr Doolittle Show this week, I interviewed the caretakers for The Gibbon Conservation Center.  Wow!  Did you know that the gibbons create duets and sing in chorus?  Amazing.  Their family groups are very similar to ours, their society is remarkable, and their lessons for us are profound.

If your animal has been begging you for play time, then make it a priority to accept their invitation.  It’s as much for YOUR health and well-being as it is for theirs.

How do you play?  What do you enjoy?  I want to know!  Let’s learn from each other.

Much love to you and your critters,

Val,  The Play Master

“A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.”  Diane Ackerman

This article was previously published November 20, 2012, and was updated on May 1, 2023

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Healthy Cats: How to Keep Your Cat Feeling Its Best

Having at least one cat in the household keeps everyone entertained, with their soft fur, playful antics and purring confirming their happiness. When you are a proud cat owner, having healthy cats ensures that they will be around this year and the next to share every day with you. Here are some ideas on how to keep your cat in the best health.

Cats with Sensitive Stomachs

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Some cats are picky eaters. However, this can sometimes be due to the fact that they dislike getting an upset stomach every time they eat. There is some good sensitive cat food available from retailers such as Nature’s Menu – much of it free range and well balanced – to deal with the problem. Varieties of healthy food include those with tuna, turkey, duck, chicken, and high protein versions too.

Avoid feeding your cat too much dry food in their diet. It can often contain an excessive amount of carbohydrates that will make them put on weight in an unhealthy way. With overeating, cats can develop Type II Diabetes in just the same way that humans do. Also, bear in mind that unlike with dogs, cats cannot be vegetarians; nor can they handle a carbohydrate-heavy diet plan. You simply won’t have healthy cats without their diet (whether wet or dry) including some meat based protein.

Brush Their Fur to Reduce Malting

Brushing your cat’s fur to remove loose hair is an excellent way to promote their grooming. When it feels like their fur is taking over your home, this is one way to combat it. It keeps their loose fur in the brush and not all over the sofa and everywhere else.

Not every cat will instantly love the idea of getting brushed, however. Lay the brush down on the floor to stop it being a threat and let them sniff it to get comfortable with it. Slowly get them used to the idea that they will receive a treat or an early meal when they let you brush their coat. Eventually, they’ll understand the association and go with it. Your vacuum will thank you, too.

Play Games with Your Cat

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Even for a cat that isn’t overly playful, they can usually be tempted by a long piece of string, a ball or another cat toy. That’s especially true if they contain catnip, even if they can only smell it but can’t quite get at it.

Playing with your cat is not only fun, but it brings the two of you closer together. You get down to their level and have fun with them. They need some regular daily exercise just like dogs and humans too. This avoids them putting on weight, keeps their heart in good condition and helps their joints stay flexible to jump on chairs or climb up trees.

Helping your favourite four-legged companion to stay healthy and live a long life is the responsibility of the owner. While cats take care of themselves pretty well, there is always more that their owner can do to promote better health. That way, they can be an enjoyable presence around the home for years to come.

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]]> https://valheart.com/healthy-cats-how-to-keep-your-cat-feeling-its-best/feed/ 1 Looking For the Best Horse Blanket Fit https://valheart.com/looking-for-the-best-horse-blanket-fit/ https://valheart.com/looking-for-the-best-horse-blanket-fit/#respond Mon, 24 Apr 2023 12:52:29 +0000 http://showhorseexpert.com/?p=451 What do you look for when checking how your horse’s blanket fits?

Good Fit

A horse blanket that fits well will not be too tight or loose in any one area.

Most blankets have many adjustable elements, but the length must be correct.

The blanket should cover your horse from withers to tail without too much overhang, and without pulling in any section.

Too Large

A horse blanket that is too big for your horse can move around on his body, causing a potentially unsafe situation if he steps on it or gets his leg caught in a strap.

A loose blanket is also less effective at keeping out winter weather.

Too Small

If your horse has a blanket that is too small, it may leave some parts of his body exposed to the elements.

Tight-fitting sections can also rub out his hair or lead to sores.

A small blanket will also restrict your horse’s movement, making it more difficult for him to run or walk through deep snow.

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Neck Opening

If the neck opening is too small, it will not only be uncomfortable for your horse, but may restrict his movement.

Additionally, the pressure can rub your horse’s coat or even create sores if he wears a too-tight blanket regularly.

If you are finding you have to adjust the chest buckles so wide that your horse is not completely covered, then your blanket does not fit properly.

Take note that the horse blanket is not pulled too tightly around the horse’s shoulder.

However, if the neck opening is too loose, the blanket will move around on the horse’s body, and the extra space allows cold air, rain and snow to get underneath the blanket.

The neck opening should fit snugly so that the horse’s chest isn’t exposed, but loose enough that he can move his neck up and down comfortably.

If your horse is the type that likes to nibble on his blankets, a closed-front blanket may be a better option so that he isn’t able to remove it.

Correct fit is even more imperative with a closed-front blanket as there is generally little to no adjustability.

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Surcingle Straps

Adjust the belly straps so that you can easily slide your hand between the straps and your horse’s belly.

Too tight and they will chafe.

Too loose and your horse could get a leg caught in them.

Leg Straps

If your horse blanket has leg straps, cross them around each other to keep them from rubbing on your horse’s legs.

Leg straps should not be too tight, but again, make sure they are not so loose that they could get caught on something.

Leg straps are not always necessary, but they will help keep your horse’s blanket from falling off to the side.

This article courtesy of HorseChannel.com

This article was previously published October 2, 2013 and was updated on April 24, 2023
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]]> https://valheart.com/looking-for-the-best-horse-blanket-fit/feed/ 0 Horse Vaccination Strategies https://valheart.com/horse-vaccination-strategies/ https://valheart.com/horse-vaccination-strategies/#respond Thu, 20 Apr 2023 15:58:24 +0000 http://showhorseexpert.com/?p=459 Horse Vaccination Strategies
This article courtesy of  HorseChannel.com, This article was previously published October 15, 2013, and was updated on April 20, 2023.

Vaccinating your horse against disease is such a simple task. It’s not terribly time consuming, and it’s relatively inexpensive when you consider the alternative. But some people don’t vaccinate. Lack of concern regarding disease risk, and skepticism about horse vaccine safety and efficacy are among the reasons given.

We’ve asked veterinarians who work for leading vaccine manufacturers to explain vaccination protocols, and to address safety and efficacy issues. Their responses are surprisingly candid and may have you rethinking your horse’s healthcare schedule.

A Case for Safety

There is an extensive amount of time, money and resources involved in the research and development of a horse vaccine. Generally speaking, it takes three to four years of time and millions of dollars spent before a vaccine gets licensing from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (if it ever does).

“I have never had anyone explain to me scientifically why you would not vaccinate a horse,” says Tom Lenz, DVM, vice president, Professional and Technical Services, Fort Dodge Animal Health. “Occasionally, you may have a horse that reacts to a vaccine systemically—has an anaphylactic reaction (a severe and rapid allergic reaction that requires immediate veterinary attention), or hives, or you may have a horse that has a local injection site reaction, but those are fairly rare.”

Dr. Lenz feels the risk of disease is just too high if you don’t vaccinate. “If your horse develops tetanus, the odds of him dying are about 99 percent. The fatality rate for West Nile virus, based on statistics over the last three years, is at least 30 to 40 percent. The fatality rate for rabies is 100 percent.”

“I think it’s important that horse owners recognize that licensed horse vaccines go through extensive purity, safety and efficacy testing prior to being released for sale,” says D. Craig Barnett, DVM, senior equine technical services specialist of veterinary services at Intervet Inc. “Every serial [batch] of vaccine has to pass certain standardized potency and safety tests.” Dr. Barnett says that the vaccine production process is “extensive, complex, scientific and judicious.”

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Vaccine Efficacy

Even if you trust the safety and efficacy standards, and you follow a strict vaccination schedule for your horse, he may not be protected against disease.

“Vaccination does not equal immunization,” Dr. Barnett says. “A horse has to mount an immunological response—produce antibodies or other immune responses to the vaccine—following vaccination. This response will vary depending upon the vaccine used and the horse’s own immunity. Not all horses will mount an immune response to vaccination—approximately 10 percent don’t—and those that do respond differently,” he says. “Some respond well, some middle of the road, some poorly.” A horse’s general health plays a large role in this factor. Stressed horses, malnourished horses or those that are otherwise unhealthy may not mount a good immunological response to vaccination.

A horse’s age is also critical to vaccine efficacy. In most situations, vaccinations for healthy foals from vaccinated mares, for example, shouldn’t be given until the youngster is at least 3 months of age. Some veterinarians prefer to wait even longer. Foals that receive adequate colostrum from their properly vaccinated dams (vaccinated four to six weeks prior to foaling) should have sufficient immunity from the diseases the mare is immunized against. Vaccinating these foals too soon may possibly compromise their natural ability to fight disease.

Efficacy is also dependent on when you vaccinate. Dr. Barnett recommends vaccinating while your horse is healthy and before potential disease exposure or high-risk periods (before going to shows, trail rides, parades, et cetera). “We need to consider that there is a lag time between vaccination and development of an immune response.” Lag time, along with the fact that disease can compromise a horse’s immune system, is why many veterinarians recommend not vaccinating for certain diseases in the face of an outbreak.

Vaccination is only an aid in prevention of infectious disease, and won’t succeed without appropriate management practices. Dr. Barnett explains that you have to reduce your horse’s exposure to disease by following basic horsekeeping practices:

  • Avoid contact with sick horses.
  • Quarantine new incoming horses. Without a quarantine system, there is a very serious threat for bringing in infectious disease to an established herd or group of horses.
  • Avoid contact with outside horses—on trail rides, horse shows, et cetera.
  • Avoid using universal waterers or feed sources.
  • Reduce or eliminate stress, because it has a negative effect on the immune system.
  • Vaccinate all horses in a herd or on a farm on the same schedule whenever possible.

“As horse owners, we must take responsibility for the management part of infectious disease control,” Dr. Barnett says.

America’s Healthy Horse

Even though the vaccine manufacturing process is filled with quality control measures to help ensure safe vaccines, it’s important for horse owners to recognize that vaccines are foreign substances, and that adverse reactions may occur. This is a good reason why it’s best to let your veterinarian vaccinate—he or she has the knowledge and the appropriate medications to treat an allergic reaction should it occur. During vaccination your veterinarian can examine your horse, which is part of a good disease prevention strategy.

The American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) recommends that horses be seen by a veterinarian twice a year for wellness exams to address vaccination, parasite control, nutrition and dentistry. 2006 saw the launch of the “America’s Healthy Horse” initiative, a joint effort between the AAEP and Fort Dodge Animal Health that encourages regular wellness exams for horses.

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Vaccination Protocols

What are the most important points horse owners should consider regarding their vaccination strategies? “It’s very important to realize that ‘one size does not fit all’ when it comes to vaccination protocols and schedules,” Dr. Barnett says. “Universal vaccination recommendations are impossible to make.” They vary depending upon many factors, including age of horse, incidence of disease in the area, geographic location, number of horses on the premises, exposure to other horses, use of the horse (broodmare, show horse, et cetera).

Vaccination programs should be tailored to each individual horse and farm.  Dr. Barnett says horse owners should assess the need to vaccinate for each disease based on:

  • Risk—What risk does this disease pose to the horse? Keep in mind that disease risk can vary between types of horses—pleasure horses, broodmares, foals, performance horses.
  • Consequences of the disease—Is the disease life threatening? What is the mortality rate? Is there potential for human exposure (as with rabies)?
  • Efficacy of the vaccine and the potential for adverse reactions to vaccination.

Most veterinarians agree that even if the risk of a particular disease is moderate to low, but the consequence of the disease is deadly, you should vaccinate as long as the vaccine is safe and efficacious. However, if the risk of a disease is moderate to low, the disease mortality rate is low, and the vaccine for it has marginal efficacy and safety, then you probably won’t vaccinate unless risk increases.

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“I think every horse ought to be vaccinated against tetanus, Eastern equine encephalomyelitis, Western equine encephalomyelitis, West Nile virus and rabies,” Dr. Lenz says. Most veterinarians agree with this opinion. “Whether or not horses receive rhino [equine herpes virus], flu, strangles, Potomac horse fever or some of the other vaccines, depends on the part of the country they live in and what their veterinarians think,” Dr. Lenz continues.

You also have to consider vaccination frequency. “In some parts of the country you may give rhino and flu once a year, in some areas it’s more frequently,” Dr. Lenz says. “West Nile virus—we used to vaccinate once a year, now the general consensus is to vaccinate spring and fall. In some areas, like the South, you may need to vaccinate against it even more frequently. So it depends on the exposure rate.”

Dr. Barnett says many horses are under-vaccinated, but some are over-vaccinated. Robert Holland, DVM, Ph.D., agrees. He says, “If you are giving a flu/rhino vaccine every two months, you’re possibly over-vaccinating. Sometimes we think more is better, but sometimes it’s better to let the horse’s immune system wax and wane, so when you give the vaccine you get a much better response.”

All the experts agree that your veterinarian is the best source of information when designing and implementing a vaccination program best suited to the needs of your horse. Your vet is familiar with the risk of disease in your area, risk of disease to your farm and/or individual horses on that farm, knows the consequences of diseases, and is familiar with the efficacy and safety of different vaccines.

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]]> https://valheart.com/horse-vaccination-strategies/feed/ 0 Focus on the Solution Not the Problem https://valheart.com/focus-on-the-solution-not-the-problem/ https://valheart.com/focus-on-the-solution-not-the-problem/#respond Tue, 18 Apr 2023 22:35:14 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=116461 Focus on the solution not the problem

I’ve been following the AI (artificial intelligence) news lately, and I have to say, it’s pretty fascinating what can be done with it.

Aside from the argument whether AI is good or bad, it occurred to me to share this intriguing insight about pet problem solving with you.

It’s one we recently discussed in a live Q&A Coaching Call class, and, it’s something which I often remind private clients and students about too. That’s especially important when they feel stuck or blocked.

It’s astonishing how quickly this insight changes things too, sort of like how tiny hinges can open big doors.

This concept is super important because students can literally block themselves (and the animals’ ability to respond and communicate with them) by asking the wrong questions, in the wrong way or timing, and they don’t even know they are focusing on the problem not the solution until I gently and lovingly point it out to them.

(I taught an entire advanced course on this concept called The Heart of the Conversation 7 Step Blueprint for Successful Conversations Course included as a bonus training with the Advanced Animal Talk Topics Course. You can find that along with the animal communication training program on my website at The Heart School of Animal Communication®. It’s one of our student favorites.)

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Focusing on the problem

Let me explain.

If you ask AI a question, it takes your request literally, then goes to work gathering information to answer your question.

Same thing happens when you ask a question of your Body Mind Spirit Soul or an animal or….

Example: when you ask yourself a question, your soul, your consciousness, your ego and yes, your unconscious/superconscious mind will go to work to answer it for you.

That also includes the Universe, God, your angels, and even your pets who love you and are trying to help you.

So if you ask, why can’t I do something, you’ll get lots of reasons why you can’t.

The Universe and your various inner bits take your question literally and gives you more of what you’re asking for because that’s what you’re focusing on.

Focusing on the solution

But if you ask: How can I do this, and, how can I get better at doing it?

You’ll get all sorts of insights and ways to do it.

When you feel blocked or stuck or upset, instead of asking what’s wrong with me, or, what’s wrong with them, or could this get any worse, or…?

Just thinking those negative kinds of questions, with the hurtful emotions like blaming, shaming, implosive vs expansive thoughts feels bad, doesn’t it?

It’s much better to ask, what is this trying to teach me?

Can you feel the difference?

Did you notice the shift to positive, expansion, and more openness?

Right away it feels better, doesn’t it?

Try asking better questions like:

  • What am I missing or haven’t noticed yet?
  • What do I need to learn that will help with this, and where/who can I learn it from?
  • What am I glossing over or ignoring that’s important for me to acknowledge and understand?
  • How can this task or process or exercise be easier, simpler, more fun, enjoyable, powerful, or more effective?

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What you focus on expands.

Energy follows thought.

Everything is energy, and all energy can be transformed.

If you think you shouldn’t have problems, then it’s upsetting when they come up.

If you think you’re doing something wrong or something is wrong with you when you have problems, then you’re gonna be upset a lot in your life.

But if you understand the purpose of the “problem”, the opportunity they represent in your soul’s journey…

Then you know that they are gifts in disguise – your best teachers.

And if you expect, anticipate, and welcome them, use them as learning opportunities to heal, evolve and grow…

Then you can seek expert guidance and assistance when you need help finding the gifts in the problem, and everything changes.

Here’s what not to do:

You don’t want to feed the problem – because it will be happy to expand and grow, like Godzilla happily eating Tokyo, and it can take over and even destroy your ability to live your best life.

Instead you want to feed the solution to the “problem”.

In other words: focus on the solution not the problem.

By the way, animals hate it when we get lost in our own inner space focusing on the wrong things, asking the wrong questions.

In our last Live Q&A Coaching Call, our Featured Animal Teacher Zuri told us that it was interesting that humans have to focus and work so hard to get out of our own way, get out of our head/mind, to feel and share our love energy, to shift into our heart “Soul” space, because for animals it is their normal way of being.

And that brings me to my point for today:

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Healing is one of the important themes for our Heart Wisdom Masterclass series.

Because the truth is you can learn all the techniques, steps and tips for telepathic/psychic communication with animals you want, but if you don’t do your inner healing work then none of that will help you if your thoughts, focus, and feelings aren’t right or if you’ve shut down your intuitive gifts.

We have many Masterclasses about healing your inner feelings for improved and more confident – competent and proficient – communications.

The feedback during and after the classes was incredible, life changing in fact.

Because students are so excited about my uniquely powerful approach to healing feelings to improve their ability to communicate with animals proficiently, including releasing painful emotions, negative stories, PTSD, negative obsessive thoughts, anxiety, trauma, and body pain too…

I will continue teaching animal talk students how to heal feelings and inner wounds.

If you miss the live monthly masterclasses offered the third Saturday each month, then you can find them and others in the Treasure Vault Recordings for Platinum Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club Members).

Then come to the next Masterclass so you’ll be ready to learn more.

You won’t want to miss this extraordinary opportunity to heal your inner wounds, so you can become proficient communicating with animals.

Because YOU can do this too.

And that is what the Heart Wisdom Methods and healing work is all about, empowering you to be the best you can be, to live your best life, and that includes being able to communicate with animals about anything, anywhere, anytime.

THIS is why the Heart Wisdom Method is so powerful and why my approach to teaching communication is so different from other teachers. You get the techniques and tips and tried and true steps AND we also focus on your healing too.

These are the things I coach my private clients and mentoring students on, and teach in my courses, Live Q&A Coaching Calls and Masterclasses too.

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When you know how to speak your animal’s language, and can experience this level of heart to heart conversation, your life comes into greater flow and alignment as you heal, evolve and grow into your best self, but only for qualified, right fit people who are ready.

As a Club Member, you can choose from any of well over 300 fabulous animals you don’t know and enjoy getting to know them, or, have a heart to heart chat with our Featured Animal Teacher this month who is eager and delighted to talk with students.

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This level of Heart Wisdom training isn’t available anywhere else.

But it only works for the right fit qualified people who take the steps to learn what they don’t know yet, and who start asking better questions. ????

Did you know we now offer a 6 Months to Animal Communication Mastery Program, aka the FastTrack Program?

It’s designed to take you from A – Z with your intuitive abilities, help you heal, and prepare you to enjoy a successful career communicating with animals if that’s something that lights you up.

If your goal is to be proficient communicating with animals in 6 months (or less), then this is the all inclusive program that you’ve been looking for. You’ll get:

  • Six 1-on-1 coaching sessions with Val Heart
  • Self study courses with immediate access to all the Heart School of Animal Communication® Program courses
  • Six months as an Elite Platinum Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club Member, plus 6 more months for additional support and community

This is where it’s at: https://learnhowtotalktoanimals.com/animal-communication-online-courses-core/

Together we help make the world a better, happier, healthier place for all of us.

See you soon on the Heart School campus.

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]]> https://valheart.com/focus-on-the-solution-not-the-problem/feed/ 0 Why is My Pet So Aggressive? https://valheart.com/why-is-my-pet-so-aggressive-val-heart/ https://valheart.com/why-is-my-pet-so-aggressive-val-heart/#respond Tue, 18 Apr 2023 21:03:23 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=116628 “Why is My Pet So Aggressive?”

Another great question from the Animal Talk Q&A Mailbag is from Kim.

Kim asked, “Will I be able to understand why one of my pets has become aggressive to the other one?”

The short answer is: YES!

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In addition to finding out WHY your pet is so aggressive, when you communicate with them you will ALSO discover:

  • Why they behave the way they do
  • What their unique viewpoints are
  • If they are confused about something
  • What they don’t like and what’s not working for them
  • How they feel and if they’re in pain, and if so, where is it and what kind of pain?
  • What they need to feel better
  • What they need to behave better
  • What else they know that you don’t know yet
  • How your behavior is affecting theirs
  • What they are mirroring, reflecting, or acting out for you in your own life (i.e., the human animal body mind connection)
  • And so much more you haven’t even thought to ask yet

The next part of the question is, how to solve the problem?

I’m glad you asked, because solving problems with pets is one of my specialties. ????

When you can communicate clearly, proficiently, and confidently, you’ll be able to discuss WHY their behavior is a problem, and what you’d prefer they do instead for greater peace and harmony in your household.

The KEY to doing ALL of this is to learn:

  1. How to connect, heart to heart, mind to mind, intuitively and telepathically, so you can send and receive clear messages.
  2. How to interpret their messages accurately (and confidently) without the filter of your own wounds which can cause you to misinterpret or misunderstand them.
  3. How to ask the right questions in the right way and timing to get the best results.

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Let’s go a little deeper:

The first step is to quiet your mind and get out of your head.

Easier said than done, which is why I teach this in every course and every Live Q&A Coaching Club Call, Heart Wisdom Masterclass, and in every client and student coaching/mentoring session.

If you cannot turn off your monkey mind chatter so you can see, hear, feel and receive their messages without your personal interference getting in the way, limiting or blocking you, then you won’t be open or clear enough to know their emotions or thoughts.

And even worse, you’ll project your own stress, thoughts, feelings, and other inner wounds onto them, so you cannot interpret what they tell you properly.

How do you get out of your own way to communicate proficiently?

Start by feeling love in your heart (not judgment or anger or upset or your agenda), and sharing that with your pets.

Become a neutral witness observer so you’re not in your own way stuck in your head, and are connected properly.

Then, activate your intuitive senses. Those include the 4 main “clairs”: clairvoyance, clairaudience, clairsentience, and claircognizance.

Next, when you feel connected, begin the conversation (I teach how to do this in the Heart School Beginning Course along with my other student favorite courses – you’ll see them all  here).

Because here’s the thing: animals already know why they behave the way they do.

Your job is to talk with them heart to heart, mind to mind, so together you can discuss this with them.

Together, you can work to find a new way to solve the problem(s) with partnership and teamwork.

The Heart Wisdom Method of animal communication teaches you exactly how to do all that.

Start with the Beginning Core Foundations Course to get your basics down.

Then join us in the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club so you can practice with other people’s pets and get proper feedback to help you grow your skills and confidence.

Communicating properly to solve problems like this with your own pets is a more advanced skill.

And, you can get my expert guidance when I communicate with your pets to help you solve these problems (and answer your questions too) in the Live Q&A Coaching Calls each month.

Soon, you’ll be experiencing this for yourself and your pets will be so much happier, healthier, and better behaved.

And YOU will be delighted!

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Much love to you and your fabulous animals, angels, teachers, guides, healers, protectors and soulmates disguised as pets,

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Val “Celebrating Our Love for Animals By Teaching You How To Speak Their Language” Heart

Founder of the Heart School of Animal Communication®, Host of the BEST Online Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club, and Inventor of The HEART System for Solving Problems with Pets®

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]]> https://valheart.com/why-is-my-pet-so-aggressive-val-heart/feed/ 0 Human Animal Communication Training With Professional Animal Communicator Val Heart https://valheart.com/human-animal-communication-training-with-val-heart/ https://valheart.com/human-animal-communication-training-with-val-heart/#comments Mon, 17 Apr 2023 12:25:40 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=12047 Welcome to Human Animal Communication Training!

This is a replay of my Animal Communication Training  Series where I interview experts who guide you through various techniques in Animal Communication. If you don’t want to miss any of this How to Talk to Animals Training Series, then go here to register:  https://valheart.com/training-signup

This special human animal communications training and coaching class will help you learn how to connect and communicate better with your dogs, cats and other animals.  Specific questions are answered including: what animal talk is all about, how do animals communicate, how to know what your pet’s purpose is, how to use animal communication to help with shelter/rescue/fostered animals, how animal talk can help you help your dog when they are ill, tips on communicating with groups of animals, and much more.

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This article was previously published April 23, 2015, and was updated on April 17, 2023.

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]]> https://valheart.com/human-animal-communication-training-with-val-heart/feed/ 1 Human Animal Communication Training With Professional Animal Communicator Val Heart nonadult 3 Weekend Getaway Ideas That Let You Bring Your Dog Along https://valheart.com/3-weekend-getaway-ideas-that-let-you-bring-your-dog/ https://valheart.com/3-weekend-getaway-ideas-that-let-you-bring-your-dog/#respond Mon, 17 Apr 2023 10:39:22 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=12345 This article was previously published May 22, 2015 and was updated on April 17, 2023

Bring your dog on your weekend getaway – it’s fun for the both of you!

Summer is here and you’re itching for a weekend getaway, right? But you spend all week punching the clock away from your pooch, so the last thing you want to do is leave him with a pet sitter for the weekend. And why would you want to, anyway? Weekend trips are that much more fun with your best friend by your side. Here are three fun weekend getaway ideas to make it happen.

Go Camping

Whether you’re roughing it or taking it easy closer to home, camping is probably one of the most dog-friendly options available. Dogs can come along canoeing, kayaking and hiking, as long as you have the right equipment. A few things to keep in mind:

  • Make sure your dog’s identification tags are up to date and you have enough poop bags for the entire trip (approximately 3 per day per dog)
  • Consider purchasing a doggie life preserver if you’ll be out on the water
  • Don’t forget extra food and an extra collar, harness and leash
  • Bring along a pet first-aid kit, so you’re absolutely prepared for emergencies

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If you’re not the roughing-it type, you can always camp at home with your pup. In Dish Network’s Lazy Guide to Camping, they suggest pitching a tent in the family room, cooking up some snacks and putting on a campy horror movie. Just make sure to prepare some “pupcorn” for your best friend.

Try Wine Tasting

Although wine tasting conjures up images of refined socialites, it is secretly known for being dog-friendly and relaxed. At least in the smaller family-owned wineries, dogs are often welcome to sit in the sunshine and enjoy their weekends while their pet parents enjoy some “me time.” Many wineries also allow guests to bring their own picnics, so consider packing some cheese, bread, nuts and other small bites to enjoy in the beautiful outdoors. Just make sure to pack your pup’s water bowl and maybe a few treats, and you’re ready to go. Wine Magazine has prepared a list of the top dog-friendly wineries across the country.

Take a Road Trip

Is the best part of a getaway the destination, or the fun you had getting there? We’d argue the latter. Road trips are great dog-friendly weekend activity for many reasons:

  • One: Dogs love the car (specifically sticking their heads out of the window and eating wind)
  • Two: This allows for a lot of quality time with your pets
  • And three: There are always dog-friendly restaurants and hotels along major highways

weekend getaway car

Motel 6 is known for accommodating dogs free of charge (as long as they’re well-behaved) and BringFido.com lists tons of restaurants and other pet-friendly locations worldwide, so you can plan your route and pit stops accordingly.

Once you arrive at your final destination, arrange for dog care if you are attending an event that will take you away from your dog for a period of time. Locate a day care or boarding service — don’t leave your dog unattended.

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]]> https://valheart.com/3-weekend-getaway-ideas-that-let-you-bring-your-dog/feed/ 0 Deworming the Reluctant Horse https://valheart.com/deworming-the-reluctant-horse/ https://valheart.com/deworming-the-reluctant-horse/#respond Mon, 10 Apr 2023 14:35:50 +0000 http://showhorseexpert.com/?p=507 What horse enjoys deworming time?

It’s hard to blame a horse for failing to enjoy his deworming paste; it doesn’t exactly look like good eats.

Although deworming companies have put great effort into making the medicine more palatable, some horses simply haven’t read the memo and refuse to have anything to do with dewormers.

A horse that is reluctant to take his dewormer can be frustrating—pointing his head skyward as you teeter on your tiptoes, endeavoring to squirt paste into his mouth.

Even if you do get that dewormer out of the tube, it seems that more of it ends up on you than in your horse’s mouth.

If you’re ready to put an end to this escapade once and for all, try these deworming tips.

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The Old Bait and Switch

Turn a bad experience with deworming around by employing the bait and switch method.

Fill an empty deworming tube (cleaned), with applesauce or corn syrup.

Place the tube into your horse’s interdental space—where the bit normally sits – pointing to the back of his tongue, and press the plunger, releasing the tasty treat into his mouth.

Repeat the process daily until your horse happily accepts the applesauce.

Now, try it with the dewormer. To keep your horse guessing, occasionally administer your applesauce trick in between dewormings.

Overcoming Fear

If your horse is head shy, then you may have added troubles.

“Deworming can be difficult in a head shy horse,” says Jenifer Nadeau, DVM, extension specialist from the University of Connecticut.

“Be very gentle and work with getting the horse to yield his head to you on days when you have time and do not plan to deworm.

Reward any give in your direction. Keep working so that the horse will lower his head for deworming.”

Another method you can try comes from equine behaviorist Linda Tellington-Jones.

According to Tellington-Jones, the mouth, gums and muzzle are full of acupressure points that work on the limbic system, which is the part of the brain and nervous system that affects emotions.

Rubbing the mouth, lips and gums may help your head shy horse overcome this behavior.

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Use a Gadget

The Easy Wormer is a nifty dosing gadget that fits on the horse like a bridle.

The “bit” has a hollow mouthpiece that allows you to deliver the medication from the outside of the bit.

Squeeze the dewormer into the bit mouthpiece, and then leave the Easy Wormer on for a few moments to make sure the horse swallows the entire dose.

It also works for other medications.

Taking time to make the deworming process easy for your horse is worth the effort.

Soon the job will take moments and you and your horse will be less frustrated.

Best of all, you’ll be secure in the knowledge that your horse is getting the correct dose of dewormer.

This article courtesy of  HorseChannel.com

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This article was previously published December 17, 2013, and was updated on April 10, 2023

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]]> https://valheart.com/deworming-the-reluctant-horse/feed/ 0 Wildlife CSI Laurel Neme, Animal Forensic Investigator on The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™ https://valheart.com/animal-forensic-investigator/ https://valheart.com/animal-forensic-investigator/#respond Thu, 06 Apr 2023 19:15:20 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=14811 Is there a Real Dr Doolittle? Yes, there is! Welcome to Animal Forensic Investigator Laurel Neme on this episode!

I want to teach you what I know so you can learn how to talk to your animals, why it’s important to hear your animals viewpoints and how reconnecting with animals makes you a better human.

Reconnecting with animals helps us be better humans, and is an exciting journey into Self, the nature and reality of our world, a behind-the-scenes look at the complex interactions between us all.

Any animal lover can learn how to communicate with animals, you can too! Learn how to connect at the heart for a magical bonding experience with your animals.

Today I’m speaking with Laurel Neme, Author of “ANIMAL INVESTIGATORS: How the World’s First Wildlife Forensics Lab is Solving Crimes and Saving Endangered Species.

laurel-nemeLaurel Neme has camped in the Kalahari, investigated walrus carcasses on Alaska’s Bering Sea beaches, and gotten lost in the Amazon jungle with the Brazilian Federal Police. She works with Interpol’s Wildlife Crime Working Group, the St. Louis Zoo, the American Museum of Natural History along with various universities.

She has more than a decade of experience as a consultant working in over a dozen African countries, where she’s been feted with chickens by villagers and shared stories with rangers on the frontlines of wildlife poaching. She consults on wildlife and natural resource management and serves as a Fellow at the University of Vermont’s Institute for Environmental Diplomacy and Security.

And, she is the author of a wonderful book called ANIMAL INVESTIGATORS: How the World’s First Wildlife Forensics Lab is Solving Crimes and Saving Endangered Species. It has a wonderful foreword by Richard Leakey, Has been endorsed by Jane Goodall and many others.

It is a “CSI for wildlife” that has been featured on ABC News Nightline, C-SPAN, and NPR’s Science Friday. She also hosts “The WildLife,” a weekly radio show that explores the mysteries of the animal world through interviews with scientists and other wildlife investigators.

She also reports for Earth Negotiations Bulletin, where she covers the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).

Perhaps because she holds a Master’s degree in public policy from the University of Michigan and a PhD in public and international affairs from Princeton University, she has a special place in her heart for wolverines and tigers (listen to find out why!).

You will learn:

* The Real Animal CSI – how wildlife forensics is helping to save endangered species and the big business of wildlife trafficking.

* What you can do on a daily basis to help the Earth’s animals and ecosystems.

* Why should you should care about wildlife trafficking – and what you can do to help. You’ll be surprised at what you could be doing in your everyday life that contributes to wildlife trafficking.

* How wildlife forensics differs from human forensics.

* How a forensic lab works.

“The WildLife” hosted by Laurel Neme airs on WOMM-LP, 105.9 FM in Burlington, Vermont every Monday from 1-2 pm EST. http://www.LaurelNeme.com

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SHARING IS GOOD! My mission and passion is to improve the lives of animals the world over by helping humans learn how to speak their language, understand their viewpoints, and heal. After all, our love of animals helps us learn how to be better humans, and the more balanced and healthy we are, the more balanced and healthy they can be too. Would you help me reach more animal lovers? Please forward now!

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]]> https://valheart.com/animal-forensic-investigator/feed/ 0 Wildlife CSI Laurel Neme, Animal Forensic Investigator on The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™ nonadult Urban Shamanism – Keith Varnum 2 Part Talk on The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™ https://valheart.com/urban-shamanism-keith-varnum-on-the-real-dr-doolittle/ https://valheart.com/urban-shamanism-keith-varnum-on-the-real-dr-doolittle/#respond Thu, 06 Apr 2023 17:44:29 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=41377 Welcome Keith Varnum to The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™

A vibrant filmmaker in college, at the tender age of 19, Keith Varnum went totally blind before he could launch out on his own. The prognosis of Western doctors that Keith would be blind for the rest of his life catapulted him into the adventure of his life!

On this journey, he studied with medicine men, shaman, Hawaii Kahuna, and Eastern spiritual masters, regained his eyesight, and discovered the secrets of all healing, transformation, and success.

Keith has tested these practical secrets in his 35-year career as an author, Certified Matrix Energetics Practitioner, Life Coach, Vision Quest guide, acupuncturist, sound healer, radio host, and vice-president of a multi-million dollar company. When not exploring consciousness in the canyons of Arizona, Keith travels around the world assisting people to open to life’s wonders and surprises in his Dream Workshops.

Listen to our interview and you’ll gain a vibrant and accurate feeling for what shamanism is about and how it can help a person in their life journey.

We discussed:

* What is shamanism?

* How does a shaman practice?

* How does a shaman assist you in freeing your emotional and physical energy?

* What is shamanic journeying?

* What is a power animal?

* What is soul retrieval?

* What is the social role of the shaman?

* What is the purpose of shamanic ecstasy?

* What is the role of crisis and trauma in the development of a shaman?

* What is the relationship between shamanic traditions and culture?

* What is the origin of the term “shamanism?”

* How does one become a shaman?

The first part of our interview helped us discover what shamanism is about and how it can help a person in their life journey.

Because I recently lost the vision in one eye and am working to regain my sight, I wanted to know a lot more about how he regained his sight and health.  So he shared some of the fascinating techniques and insights he’s learned. I was so fascinated I had to know more, so we just kept on talking as Keith graciously shared more of his personal journey, and what he’s learned about the art and heart of healing.

This is Part Two of our conversation.  I’ve gone on to use what he taught me in my work with my clients, their animals as well as my own, and with communicating with animals with great results. And, my sight is improving day by day.

Enjoy!

For more information, contact Keith by visiting his website at www.TheDream.com or email him Keith@TheDream.com call 800.736.7367

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]]> https://valheart.com/urban-shamanism-keith-varnum-on-the-real-dr-doolittle/feed/ 0 Urban Shamanism – Keith Varnum Part 1 on The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™ | Animal Talk | Podcast #35 nonadult The New Animal Shaman, Billie Dean on the Real Dr Doolittle Show™ https://valheart.com/new-animal-shaman-billie-dean-real-dr-doolittle-show/ https://valheart.com/new-animal-shaman-billie-dean-real-dr-doolittle-show/#respond Mon, 03 Apr 2023 10:53:40 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=5442 This article was previously published November 10, 2011, and was updated on April 3, 2023

Welcome the New Animal Shaman, Billie Dean, to the Real Dr Doolittle Show™

Billie Dean is an innate interspecies telepath who, after 30 years of communing professionally with animals, is now bringing their urgent messages to the world through her not-for-profit, The Billie Dean International Deep Peace Organisation. Billie trained as a journalist, filmmaker and actress, and even worked as a stand-up comic, believing strongly in the healing power of humor.  She is also a holistic health practitioner and is active in promoting animal rights and welfare.

Billie began her working life as a photo journalist, has written for television and is the author of several children’s books, as well as a Secret Animal Business, a book about her work as an animal shaman.  She has made three independent films, all with an eye to educate through uplifting, inspiring entertainment.  She won a Best Actress for her feature film Finding Joy, which launched the Spiritual Cinema Circle in 2004.

Billie has also trained as a Druid, and as a shamanic practitioner in the Inkan tradition.  She runs the animal forever home, A Place of Peace, where over 40 rescued horses run free.  She now teaches The New Shamanism through her on-line school Rainbow Fianna, bringing back a code of ethics and an understanding of the world of telepathy, respect and the unseen, which the animals need us to understand today.

You will learn:

  • What the animals want us to desperately know right now.
  • What is behind the need for social change and compassionate action
  • Whether animals have an understanding of humans as carnivores.
  • What an animal shaman is and what they do to care for the animals on our planet.
  • What The New Shamanism is, and what it could mean for you.
  • How The Billie Dean International Deep Peace Organisation is working to support animals across the world.

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Billie Dean: Urgent Animal Messages for the Human Heart

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]]> https://valheart.com/new-animal-shaman-billie-dean-real-dr-doolittle-show/feed/ 0 The New Animal Shaman, Billie Dean | The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™ | Animal Talk | Podcast #72 nonadult Which Dog Products Can Keep Your Pet Active During Your Home Stay? https://valheart.com/dog-products-keep-your-pet-active-during-home-stay/ https://valheart.com/dog-products-keep-your-pet-active-during-home-stay/#respond Thu, 30 Mar 2023 20:12:11 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=58690 Guest post. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communications Enterprises Inc. This article was previously published April 28, 2020 and was updated on March 30, 2023

Our normal lifestyle typically dictates that we get to spend little time with our pets while we’re away at work. However, once in a while, we might get the chance to home stay for a while longer thanks to a paid leave or vacation.

And in certain rare circumstances, a global pandemic like COVID-19 might have us locked down for a long time, stuck within our home walls.  We can be grateful for the comforting presence of our pets to keep us entertained and feel connected to someone who is there for us. 

But if we do find ourselves stuck in a home stay, it becomes imperative that we figure out how to keep our pets, especially dogs, entertained and happy.  And that means keeping them active.

Why?

According to Metro UK, confined spaces for long periods of time can upset dogs and other pets’ mental health. This can lead to irregular and at times violent, aggressive, unstable behavior. They can also get bored, depressed or sick, and that’s not good. After all, when your pup isn’t happy, you’re not going to be happy either. 

So, what can you do to keep your dog happy and active indoors?

Pet Puzzles

Physical activity might be greatly hindered at this point. However, a few mental exercises can help jolt your pup’s spirits. And for that, what you need are dog puzzles.

Dog puzzles are used to physically and mentally exercise dogs. The simplest of these can be a box puzzle, made out of boxes in which some of them have treats hidden in them.

You can lay puzzles out on your floor and have your dog scavenge through the maze to find its treasure.

In case you are not the DIY type and would love an off-the-shelf solution, there are many out of the box toys that can do the trick for you and your doggo.  Check out these Dog Puzzles for ideas.

Dog Fetch Toys

Yes, typically we think of fetch as an outdoor game.  But what do you do when you are forced to stay indoors with your pup during home stays?  Luckily, that doesn’t mean you can’t play fetch.

Fetch has been the traditional all-time favorite game for dogs. And while throwing a Frisbee in your home might not be a good idea, purchasing a fetch toy might help keep the game safely within your four walls.

Dog fetch toys make use of an automatic dispenser to throw tiny balls around the house. Your dog can then retrieve this ball, take it back to the toy’s chute, and the game starts all over.

Better yet, in case you are working from home, these fetch toys can keep your dog distracted while you push to beat your boss’ deadlines. 

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Dog Treats and Chews

Sometimes, all your dog wants is something to keep their mouths busy while you sit and relax at home. And for that, dog treats and chews can come in handy.

Dog dental chews are designed primarily to help improve your dog’s dental hygiene, while it’s having fun chewing through stay at homethe product.  The right bone can keep them occupied for hours if not days at a time. 

Better yet, some dog treats and chews from vendors such as shop.petlife.com add minty breath fresheners to ensure your dog not only gets the best dental exercise but also fresher breath.

Beware though because not all dog chews are safe or healthy for them.  It’s best not to give them rawhide because of the chemicals used in processing and because they can swallow large chunks which can block their intestinal tract leading to costly surgery.  Hooves and processed bones have their own risks, as do horns and antlers.

One that we like is the Beneful Wishbone.  They have sizes for all types of chewers, like this one (click here). 

Smart Dog Play and Tracking Toys

Fetch and puzzles are a good game, but your dog might need to be chased around once in a while by a ball or motorized bone toy, just to have some fun.  

That’s what dog playing and tracking toys are for.

Suited for indoor use, these toys not only automatically, or via an app, play with your dog but also help you monitor its movements around the house.

Plus, a great toy like this might come in handy even after the homestay – when you are hard at work but want to be assured your pup is having fun and doing well. 

There are motorized balls that can chase your dog around the house while keeping an eye on it using its inbuilt camera.  

Dog TV

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This is cool!  Did you know that dogs have TV channels designed just for pups? 

You can find it on renowned streaming services like Apple TV, Roku, and Chromecast.

Dog TV keeps your dog active by engaging it in mentally stimulating TV content focused on dogs only.

Yes, they can’t watch a documentary about their lives and domestication, but videos of other dogs doing fun things such as playing with small children, playing fetch on the beach, or running through a cornfield can keep their canine minds engaged.

Better yet, some like  Dog TV’s content have been designed by animal experts, with the colors also adjusted for their eyesight.

Dogs do love seeing other dogs and hearing them, watching them play and doing fun things.

And these days you and your pampered pooch have lots of great choices to choose from, like Pet Pals TV, Dog TV Online, and Puppy Party!

Learn How to Speak Dog

Home stays are also a great time to learn to communicate with your pets!

What a wonderful treat to keep you both occupied learning to speak their language and talk to each other!

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]]> https://valheart.com/dog-products-keep-your-pet-active-during-home-stay/feed/ 0 Don’t Practice Communicating with Your Own Pet: Here’s Why https://valheart.com/dont-practice-communicating-with-your-own-pet/ https://valheart.com/dont-practice-communicating-with-your-own-pet/#respond Mon, 27 Mar 2023 22:08:52 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=116311 Why you should not practice communicating with your own pet when you are first learning animal communication.

I was absolutely flabbergasted, confounded, shocked and dismayed when I heard what Nita said after our Live Q&A Coaching Class:

“…The usual enriching and awesome live call… my main takeaway, simple and basic as it sounds, is to practice with unknown pets with feedback.

I’ve heard a couple of well known communicators saying that one should practice with one’s own pets, as it’s the same and even easier. I could never understand why….

So Val’s advice is so reassuring and motivates me to work with our animal teachers more regularly.

Val’s conversation with specific pets is almost surreal! To reach her level of expertise and ease will probably take me a few more lifetimes!

The healing during {the Heart Wisdom Love Connection} meditation worked better than any other time, with a palpable difference this morning and the water certainly tasted even better than it has earlier too. Thanks for everything, Val!”

You’re welcome, Nita!

I am so grateful for your feedback and sharing what you got from class. Well done!!

And…

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Here’s what shocked me about what Nita said.

I had no clue other teachers were misleading students, telling them to practice communicating with their own pets, that it was the “same and even easier” . ????

I completely disagree, because after teaching students how to communicate with animals since 1996, I’ve learned a few things that work, and what doesn’t work.

Practicing communicating with your own pet – especially as a beginner – doesn’t work.

It’s not the same, and it’s not even close to being easier.

In fact, it’s exactly the wrong way to practice especially as a beginner!!

Here’s why practicing communicating with your own animals when you’re first learning to use your intuitive telepathic abilities doesn’t help you improve your skills.

You are very close to your pets.

You reflect and mirror each other (that’s the Human Animal Body Mind Connection at work, but we’ll save exploring that topic for another day).

Their life energy and yours are so connected it’s hard to know where your energy ends and theirs begins, hard to separate out whose thoughts and feelings are whose.

They may be having behavior or health problems, which can stir up your “gotta fix this problem” agendas, feelings of fear or inadequacy or guilt or grief or…

All that gets in your way.

Your purpose and life lessons are shared.

That means you are so close to the forest you can’t see the trees.

Like water to the fish, it’s much harder to distinguish their thoughts from yours, their feelings from yours.

And, you’re so immersed together energetically, with shared history and experiences, it’s doubly difficult to get your mind, your ego, your own thoughts and feelings out of your way so you can enjoy crystal clear communications.

To know and interpret what you get with confidence.

To be 100% certain that you’re not just making things up based on your own thinking, imagination, and emotions.

While I’m at it, this last week someone asked another question that got me all stirred up:

“Do you learn to hear the animals or is it just words that come to your head? I did a short course quite a while ago and it just seemed too easy of you just thinking it if that makes sense.”

No, that’s not right either. ☹

True intuitive telepathic communication with animals is NOT just imagining words in your mind.

The Heart Wisdom Method is about using and developing ALL your intuitive senses properly to go way beyond your imagination and mental projections.

This is about you being able to hear their voice, feel their feelings, see what they see, know what they know and talk about it heart to heart, mind to mind.

But I digress…

So what’s the right, BEST way to practice and get good at communicating with animals, including your own pets?

One of the MAIN reasons I created the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club in the first place is to provide a safe community for students to practice with other people’s animals so you get proper guidance and feedback to grow your skills.

You become confident by talking with OTHER PEOPLE’S ANIMALS, not your own.

Why?

Because you don’t know other people’s animals. You don’t have shared history together, and you can explore meeting and greeting and getting to know them from a clean slate, no pesky expectations to get in your way, no personal “fix this now” kind of agenda’s to block or stop you.

And because when you get feedback from that pet’s person, you’ll know if you got it “right”, or if you got some of it right but not all of it, or if you missed the mark entirely.

By the way, we learn best from our mistakes along the way. They are our greatest teachers.

And of course, you’ll have questions come up as you practice which is what the Live Q&A Coaching Calls are all about, so you can get answers and expert guidance.

Knowing you nailed the communication by having it verified, validated and confirmed?

OMG! That’s a game changer for sure.

It is the ONLY way to improve your skills and intuitive, telepathic abilities (beyond learning the steps, techniques, and how to do it of course). 😉

Once you’ve experienced how it feels when you’re accurate (or going off track), and develop and master ALL your “clairs”, senses and intuitive abilities, you’ll be able to talk with your own pet.

Communicating with your own animals confidently, proficiently, and competently is a more advanced skill, not where you start.

Can you see that now?

Beyond this incredibly important step to becoming competent and proficient, is doing your inner healing work so you don’t interpret or filter their messages through your wounds.

THIS is why the Heart Wisdom Method is so powerful and why my approach to teaching communication is so different from other teachers. You get the techniques and tips and tried and true steps AND we also focus on healing too. ]

AND, the Coaching Club is designed to be a robust training program providing a wide variety of training with opportunities to practice and grow your skills.

These are the things I coach my clients and students on, and teach in my courses too.

Imagine that. ????

learn how to communicate with animals free ebook

 

Learning through online courses and classes at the Heart School of Animal Communication®

The point of the Heart School of Animal Communication® including the BEST Online Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club is for you to practice communicating with animals and receive proper feedback to grow your skills and abilities.

Start with your copy of our free ebook: Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals.

Soon, you’ll be able to talk with your own animals.

Ready to take the next step in your animal communication journey?

Find a fabulous animal you don’t know and enjoy getting to know them.

In the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club, you can practice communicating with any of the well over 300 pets on the Animal Teacher’s page, or, have a heart to heart chat with our Featured Animal Teacher of the Month who is eager and delighted to talk with you.

Be cool, stay in School:

https://learnhowtotalktoanimals.com/animal-communication-online-courses-core/

This level of Heart Wisdom training isn’t available anywhere else.

Together we help make the world a better, happier place for all species.

 

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]]> https://valheart.com/dont-practice-communicating-with-your-own-pet/feed/ 0 5 Signs Your Dog Is in Pain https://valheart.com/5-signs-dog-is-in-pain/ https://valheart.com/5-signs-dog-is-in-pain/#comments Mon, 27 Mar 2023 20:41:59 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=41239 Guest post. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communications Enterprises Inc. 

Pet owners often wish their dog could talk – then they would know for sure when their dog is in pain. Like people do sometimes, even if your beloved pet could speak to you, he might try and hide his pain.

Dogs have a natural instinct not to show weakness, so they often literally grit their teeth and try to wait out illness or injury. Communicating with them is a great way to open the channels to true understanding where you can discuss pain, concerns and get their direct feedback.  However, not everyone knows how to communicate with animals, yet.

And that means you have to carefully monitor your pet so you will know when he needs your help.

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Movement

While limping is an obvious sign of injury, a slow and hobbling gait may indicate something more than simply a sore paw or a strained muscle is wrong. If your usually mobile pet suddenly doesn’t want to go for a walk or avoids the stairs, she is probably in pain. A trip to the vet is in order to check for injuries or chronic conditions like canine arthritis.

Agitation

Your pet may show pain-related agitation in a number of ways. He may be restless, pacing back and forth continually. Trembling is another indication of agitation and may signal that he is hurting.

If your pet is panting for no obvious reason or has an elevated heart rate, pain may be the cause.

Appetite

While a variety of things can put humans off their food, dogs can eat through most anything. If your pet suddenly rejects her kibble, she is most likely ill. As you know, dogs love their food, so a lack of appetite needs to be taken seriously.

Eyes

Your dog’s eyes are a window into his health. If the eyes are red and irritated or your pet is squinting, he is possibly hurting from illness or injury.dog is in pain

Making Noise

While your pet can’t speak, she can bark, whine, howl and growl. If your dog becomes extra noisy, she may not just be annoyed by the cat. She may be in pain.

Solutions

If you see that your dog is in pain, his pain needs to be explained, and unless he has an open wound, you will need help with a diagnosis. Schedule a trip to the vet. The vet will look for signs of disease, such as cancer, gastric upset or muscle injury.

The vet can also determine if your pet has arthritis, a condition common in older dogs. Once your pet has been diagnosed, the vet can prescribe medication to ease his pain.

Often, you will offered a NSAID such as Carprofen to give your dog. Click here to read more on how this anti-inflammatory works to prevent swelling without causing harmful side effects.

Your dog may also be offered opiates in some occasions, although vets are reluctant to use them because of the debilitating side effects.  You should say no to these unless there are no other options.  Your pet can develop a tolerance to them and need more and more to get the pain relief he needs.

Steroids can also be used to control inflammation, but the vet will probably only use them if an NSAID doesn’t work. Some vets will also try antidepressants and nutraceuticals to reduce pain. Steroids are a short term bandaid designed to give your pet time to heal and some relief, but it’s important to get to the bottom of the problem and affect true healing at the core so the problems don’t return.

You know your pet better than anyone, so if you think your dog is in pain, he probably is. Take your pet to the veterinarian for evaluation. Animal medications and treatments have evolved in recent years, so your pet doesn’t have to suffer from untreated pain.

If you are not sure, then take time to listen to them by hiring a professional animal communicator.  When you find out for certain if they are in pain, what makes things better and what makes things worse, then you’ll have a better idea what to do on their behalf.

Read Before Hiring a Communicator

What’s Next

Is your pet sick?  Suffering from illness, chronic pain or mystery lameness?

Don’t panic. Even if your vet can’t figure out how to help your pet feel better, there’s a lot you can do to turn things around.  Help is on the way.

In working with me, not only will you know how your pet feels, where they hurt, what helps and what makes things worse, you’ll also have a customized plan to help them feel better fast.  You’ll know what to do every day to help them ease the pain.  You’ll both start feeling better with One Heart Healing Programs.

Click here and let’s discover what’s needed to make it all better for both of you

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Dogs – just click on the picture below!


Be sure to leave your comment!

This article was previously published March 1, 2018, and was updated on March 27, 2023

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]]> https://valheart.com/5-signs-dog-is-in-pain/feed/ 1 The Healing Art of Rolfing for Animals – Briah Anson on the Real Dr Doolittle Show™ https://valheart.com/rolfing-for-animals-briah-anson-real-dr-doolittle/ https://valheart.com/rolfing-for-animals-briah-anson-real-dr-doolittle/#respond Thu, 23 Mar 2023 17:37:45 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=5323 This article was previously published October 6, 2011 and was updated on March 23, 2023

Learn about rolfing for animals with Briah Anson on the Real Dr Doolittle Show™

Briah Anson, M.A. is a Certified Advanced Rolfer and Rolf Movement Practitioner with over 30 years of experience.  She is the author of “Rolfing: Stories of Personal Empowerment” and the producer of a children’s video “Growing Right With Rolfing”. Briah is a pioneer in the field of Rolfing Structural Integration for animals and has a private practice in St Paul, Minnesota.

In March 2011 she published her latest book,  Animal Healing: The Power of Rolfing-Structural Integration. She is a pioneer who has taken this transformative bodywork for humans and applied it to animals with amazing results.  In Animal Healing, The Power of Rolfing Structural Integration, Briah Anson presents over 3 dozen profiles and 170 photographs of 56 different animals as they experience the Rolfing process. Any animal suffering from movement limitations resulting from injury, disease, surgical trauma, and even old age experience relief and recovery.

If you enjoy animal stories as much as I do, you’re in for a great read… You’ll witness the health and happiness of these animals being transformed through the hands and heart of Briah Anson and her passionate application of Rolfing Structural Integration…It’s an incredible menagerie: cats, dogs, and horses, as well as guinea pigs, llamas, eagles, an owl, a rooster, a cougar, and, perhaps most intriguing of all, an up close and personal encounter with a wild moose named Mike.

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 You’ll discover:

* What Rolfing-Structural Integration is and how your animals will think it’s pure magic.
* How Rolfing was developed and more about the amazing pioneer of this healing modality.
* How Rolfing actually works.
* What signs to look out for that may mean you should visit a Rolfing practitioner soon!
* What the typical issues are the cause people to bring their animals to a Rolfing specialist.
* What results you can expect from a Rolfing session.
* What to do and not do for your animal as experienced by a 30 year Rolfing Veteran.
* How to find a Rolfing expert in your area

You’ll be shocked at the common ailments that most animals face that can be treated by a Rolfing expert!

For more information on Briah Anson please visit www.rolfing-briahanson.com/rolfing-animals

Are you interested in learning how to communicate with animals?

Then you’ll want to check out The Heart School of Animal Communication®.

Click Here  to see the courses – take a look and choose what most appeals to you.

If you are a newbie, then we highly recommend starting with the Beginning Core Foundations Course.

If you’re still not convinced of all the benefits of communicating with animals, click here to learn all the great reasons you should begin learning how now!

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Dogs – just click on the picture below!

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]]> https://valheart.com/rolfing-for-animals-briah-anson-real-dr-doolittle/feed/ 0 Healing Art of Rolfing for Animals Briah Anson & Val Heart on The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™ nonadult Saving the Eye Sight of Service Animals, Animal Ophthalmologist Dr. Bill Miller on the Real Dr Doolittle Show™ https://valheart.com/animal-ophthalmologist-bill-miller-real-dr-doolittle/ https://valheart.com/animal-ophthalmologist-bill-miller-real-dr-doolittle/#respond Wed, 22 Mar 2023 11:27:26 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=5854 This article was previously published April 7, 2012, and was updated on March 22, 2023

Animal Ophthalmologist Dr. Bill Miller on the Real Dr Doolittle Show™

Dr. William (Bill) Miller is an animal ophthalmologist whose current research includes corneal physiology and corneal wound healing. He’s also a PR spokesman for ACVO, the American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists.

Guide dogs, handicapped assistance dogs, detection dogs and search and rescue dogs selflessly serve the public.

Annual event

So, for the month of May, the American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists (ACVO) runs the annual ACVO/Merial® National Service Dog Eye Exam Event to help serve these dogs and other service animals who dedicate their lives to serving the public.

More than 200 board-certified veterinary ophthalmologists throughout the U.S., as well as Canada and Puerto Rico, will be providing free sight-saving eye exams to thousands of eligible service animals.

Registration for service animal owners and handlers begins April 1st of every year at www.ACVOeyeexam.org

Since the program launched in 2008, more than 73,000 service animals have been examined. In addition to dogs, other service animals including horses and even a service donkey named Henry have received free sight-saving exams.

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Dr. Miller answers these very important questions:

* What are the warning signs a dog may have an eye sight problem?
* What should an owner do if they think their dog has an eye sight problem?
* How well do animals cope with things like blindness, retinal detachments, tumors or cataracts?
* How does someone who has a service dog participate in The Annual ACVO®/Merial® National Service Dog Eye Exam Event?
* What service dog groups are eligible to participate?
* How many veterinary ophthalmologists are participating, and when will this effort expand worldwide?


Go to www.acvoeyeexam.org to register or find out more information and a list of participating vets.

Photo by Clem Onojeghuo from Pexels

Are you interested in learning how to communicate with animals?

Then you’ll want to check out The Heart School of Animal Communication®.

Click Here  to see the courses – take a look and choose what most appeals to you.

If you are a newbie, then we highly recommend starting with the Beginning Core Foundations Course.

If you’re still not convinced of all the benefits of communicating with animals, click here to learn all the great reasons you should begin learning how now!

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]]> https://valheart.com/animal-ophthalmologist-bill-miller-real-dr-doolittle/feed/ 0 Saving the Eye Sight of Service Animals, Dr. Bill Miller | The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™ Podcast #87 nonadult Saddle Specialist and Champion Horsewoman Sabine Schleese on the Real Dr Doolittle Show™ https://valheart.com/saddle-specialist-sabine-schleese-real-dr-doolittle/ https://valheart.com/saddle-specialist-sabine-schleese-real-dr-doolittle/#respond Thu, 16 Mar 2023 20:02:44 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=5822 This article was previously published March 23, 2012 and was updated on March 16, 2023

Welcome saddle fit specialist Sabine Schleese to the Real Dr Doolittle Show™

Sabine Schleese (pronounced SHLAYZA) has been Director of Corporate Affairs of Schleese Saddlery since 1986, when her husband, German Certified Master Saddler and Equine Ergonomist Jochen was asked to be Official Saddler for the World Dressage championships. Together they have changed the face of saddle fitting in the equestrian industry. When they first arrived, saddles were treated like commodities. They were basically bought off the shelf – either they fit or they didn’t – and if they didn’t, there was really no one capable of fitting them properly or repairing them.

They began a Saddle Ergonomist certification course allowing equine professionals insight into diagnosing and analyzing issues arising from poor saddle fit.

Sabine and her company have received many industry and professional awards, including recognition from various Chambers of Commerce, a Global Trader’s Award, and Exporter of the Year. She has been on Profit Magazine’s ranking of the top 100 Businesswomen in Canada for 10 years running. They have been profiled on Discovery Channel’s “How it’s Made” and in the Wall Street Journal, and won best of the best English Manufacturer of the Year as named by Tack ‘n Togs magazine in 2008. Schleese has also had the cover story of California Riding four times, and is nominated for the fourth time this year for an Equine Industry Vision Award.

The philosophy of Saddlefit4life a global network of equine professionals working together to protect both horse and rider from long term damage  is now being taught globally, including most recently at a veterinary conference in Brazil, the German National Riding School and to osteopaths and body workers all over Europe.

Sabine Schleese saddle fit

What you will learn:

* Remarkable changes in the equestrian market in the last 25 years.

* What is Saddle Fit Hell and how you can make sure this never happens to you.

* The differences between male and female anatomy and the implication for saddle design

* What the ‘triangle of death’ is and what you can do to avoid it yourself.

* Why it is vitally important to ride in a gender appropriate saddle.

* The 9 steps of saddle fitting to ensure you are getting the best fit possible.

* Symptoms of a badly fitting saddle for you and your horse.

* Saddlefit4life and their educational philosophy and the establishment of HIPPOH foundation.

* Learn about the reality tv show (extreme horse makeover) / Red shoe video

Visit www.saddlesforwomen.com for free educational fit tips, and sign up for ongoing saddle fit tips and their newsletter.

Is there a Real Dr Doolittle™? Yes, there is! Welcome to our Show on Talking to the Animals! I want to teach you what I know so you can learn how to talk to your animals, why it’s important to hear your animals viewpoints and how reconnecting with animals makes you a better human. Reconnecting with animals helps us be better humans, and is an exciting journey into Self, the nature and reality of our world, a behind-the-scenes look at the complex interactions between us all. Any animal lover can learn how to communicate with animals, you can too! Learn how to connect at the heart for a magical bonding experience with your animals.

SHARING IS GOOD!

My mission and passion is to improve the lives of animals the world over by helping humans learn how to speak their language, understand their viewpoints, and heal. After all, our love of animals helps us learn how to be better humans, and the more balanced and healthy we are, the more balanced and healthy they can be too. Would you help me reach more animal lovers? Please forward now!

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]]> https://valheart.com/saddle-specialist-sabine-schleese-real-dr-doolittle/feed/ 0 Saddle Fit Specialist and Horsewoman Sabine Schleese | The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™ #86 nonadult Reconnective Healing with Animals, Renee Coltson on The Real Dr Doolittle Show https://valheart.com/reconnective-healing/ https://valheart.com/reconnective-healing/#comments Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:47:52 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=5702 What is Reconnective Healing?

The powerful new form of healing practiced by 70,000 people in 60 countries to heal themselves, heal others and heal their loved ones is now being applied to alleviate the suffering of animals. People who formerly felt helpless in the face of their pet, horse or farm animal’s pain and anguish are now singing the praises of Reconnective Animal. Even veterinary and other animal healthcare professionals are jumping on the bandwagon.

Renee Coltson was a Reiki practitioner before meeting Dr Eric Pearl in 2000. But after attending his life changing seminar, she knew she had to change her practice to facilitate reconnective healing with people and animals.

Reconnective Animals takes the knowledge gained from Reconnective Healing – which uses energy, light and information via a new, more comprehensive spectrum of healing frequencies to bring the human mind, body, and spirit into total balance, and applies it to animals to restore them to a state of wellness.

Often you can see immediate results in animals we have interacted with in terms of freedom of movement, said Rene Coltson, International Director of the Reconnective Animals program, and a Phoenix resident.

Sometimes the healing becomes more apparent over time – a shift in attitude where the animals appears more lively and approachable, or perhaps becomes more adventuresome and willing to be active. As with humans, it is different with each individual animal. But animal owners continue to encourage us to come back and those who learn this work are exceedingly grateful for what it does for their beloved creatures.

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How it can work

A case in point is the Gentle Barn, a sheltering facility in Southern California that serves as an abused animal refuge. Ellie Laks, founder of the Gentle Barn, calls Reconnective Healing on her animals a miracle. A roping cow, Delilah, had come to the facility after being roped so hard that it had broken her pelvis. She escaped to run down a main highway, being side swiped by cars. When she arrived at the Gentle Barn, she would not allow any human to come near her, cowering in fear and rebelling against the species that had caused her such pain. Only a non-invasive form of healing could even be considered.

Enter the healers from the Reconnective Healing program in Los Angeles. Here’s how Laks described what happened: The morning before they came, Delilah was hobbling along, barely able to walk. The night the Reconnective Healing practitioners arrived, one of them stood near her, holding their hands facing her. The next morning I could not believe my eyes when I saw her, not only walking, but running around with no limp! Since they were here, Delilah has been pain-free and sound. She will now approach us and even eat out of our hands. She has come so far, so fast and it’s all because of Reconnective Healing.

Interestingly, Reconnective Animals was inspired by the compassionate desire of Renee and other Reconnective Healing Practitoners to help those animals made homeless by Hurricane Katrina. It was in the aftermath of the disaster that Reconnective Animals was born.

Rene Coltson leads the Reconnective Animals programs in Phoenix. By learning to act as an intermediary for this new bandwidth of energy, light and information, newly-trained Reconnective Animal healers can affect greater health and more peaceful attitudes with household pets, horses, farm animals, and even rescued wildlife.

What you will learn:

1. What is Reconnective Healing and who is Dr Eric Pearl?
2. How does it work?
3. How is Reconnective Healing different with animals than it is with people?
4. What sorts of healings have animals had after a healing session?
5. Why do you believe animals play a part in the evolution of humanity and the planet.

 

 

Learn Reconnective Healing with Animals by attending a free introduction in your region on www.thereconnection.com

Contact Renee at animalsarewaiting@msn.com or visit her website

This article was previously published February 9, 2012, and was updated on March 15, 2023

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]]> https://valheart.com/reconnective-healing/feed/ 2 Poop Scoop on Pet Sitting, hobby or career choice? Author Bonnie Best on the Real Dr. Doolittle Show™ https://valheart.com/poop-scoop-pet-sitting-bonnie-best-real-dr-doolittle/ https://valheart.com/poop-scoop-pet-sitting-bonnie-best-real-dr-doolittle/#respond Mon, 13 Mar 2023 19:44:18 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=5807 This article was previously published March 17, 2012 and was updated on March 13, 2023

Author Bonnie Best on the Real Dr. Doolittle Show™

Bonnie Best, the very BEST Pet Sitter, has been a professional pet sitter for 15 years and owns The Best Pet Sitting and BNME, Inc. She was a Veterinary Technician, a financial coordinator and accounts receivable manager for a 24- hour emergency service Veterinary Hospital.

She is a professional dog obedience instructor and has raised champion show dogs, obedience titlists, and therapy dogs for over 30 years.  While being a cruelty investigator for the ASPCA and organizing charity events for abused children and pets, her passion in life is dedicating herself to pet education and care. She lives in Gilbert, Arizona with her husband, daughter and 5 dogs.

Questions Bonnie answers on why pet sitting can be a great career choice:

*What are some of the best things about being a pet sitter?
* What are some of the worst things about pet sitting?
* Can you make a viable living as a pet sitter?
* What are some of the top reasons for choosing pet sitting as a career?
* What are some of the hidden/hardest aspects of pet sitting?
* What are the most rewarding aspects of pet sitting?
* Who is this career best suited for?
* What type of person makes the best pet sitter?

Communication starts with loving animals, and that is where it all begins

I call it The Heart Wisdom Method for a reason.

And I know you love animals, so you’re already part way there!

Consider the fact that you were born with intuitive abilities, you already use them every day.

Why not use them to help better understand and communicate with your animals?

I believe ALL animal caretakers need to know how to communicate with animals.

Otherwise, how can you be a good animal caretaker if you can’t speak their language, hear their thoughts, know how they feel and what they need to be healthy, happy and fulfilled?

It’s easy to learn too, so there’s really no excuse for not doing this if you have animals in your life.

Our job is to find out what those reasons are, what they’re thinking, how they’re feeling, and to know how to communicate clearly in a two-way, heart to heart, mind to mind conversation.

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I invite you to check out The Heart School of Animal Communication® courses, the BEST Online Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club’s Live Monthly Group Q&A Calls (for Gold and Platinum members), and the Heart Wisdom Masterclasses.

I recommend starting at the beginning with the complete Beginning Core Foundations Course to get your basics down.

From there, you’ll learn to be crystal clear on what exactly to SAY, HOW to say it, the right questions to ask in the right way and timing, how to convey that as a message they can understand, and how to listen to your animal in return. (that’s the Advanced Animal Talk Mastery Course)

And then? Time to practice so you gain proficiency and confidence in your ability to have these conversations with animals anywhere, anytime, about anything. (That’s what we do in the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club!)

Here’s a link that explains more about the different programs I have, how they differ from each other, and the best sequence in which to go through them.
https://learnhowtotalktoanimals.com/all-online-courses/

Your animal needs you to be able to speak their language because they have important things to tell you every day…

And to do that, you must be open and clear enough to hear them and respond appropriately.

You could even save their life one day… or they could save yours.

Together we help make the world a better, happier, healthier place for all of us, humans and animals alike!

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]]> https://valheart.com/poop-scoop-pet-sitting-bonnie-best-real-dr-doolittle/feed/ 0 Poop Scoop on Pet Sitting, hobby or career choice? Author Bonnie Best | The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™ nonadult ACVO Service Dog Eye Exams with Dr Nancy Bromberg and Eric Darling on The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™ https://valheart.com/acvo-service-dog-eye-exams-the-real-dr-doolittle-show/ https://valheart.com/acvo-service-dog-eye-exams-the-real-dr-doolittle-show/#respond Sun, 05 Mar 2023 13:36:21 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=6731 Welcome Dr Nancy Bromberg and Eric Darling to The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™

Personal Note from Val:  Having had 6 eye surgeries in recent years, I know intimately how important our vision really is.

It is especially important for service animals, whether they are dogs, cats, donkeys or horses.

If they can’t see, then they can’t perform their job!

However, it can sometimes be hard to know for sure if your animal is suffering from poor vision or losing their vision.

Listen now so you’ll know what signs to look for.

And if you have a service animal, or know someone who does, be SURE they know about this critically important annual event so they can participate.

If they apply during the month of April, they can receive FREE Eye Exams for their animals during the month of May from participating veterinarian ophthalmologists in the US, Canada and Puerto Rico.

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Giving back to service dogs

Guide dogs, detection dogs, search and rescue dogs, therapy dogs and dogs assisting people with disabilities selflessly serve the public.

To honor these animals and their work, the American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists (ACVO) is launching the 14th Annual ACVO®/Merial® National Service Dog Eye Exam Event to provide free, sight-saving eye exams to service animals during the month of May.

More than 250 board certified veterinary ophthalmologists throughout the U.S., as well as Canada and Puerto Rico, are donating their time and resources to screen thousands of eligible service animals.

Service animal applicants must register during April for the event, which has provided free exams to approximately 76,000 services animals since its launch in 2008.

One such animal is Ben, a black American Field Labrador who can climb a three story ladder, unassisted.

Ben’s eyesight is vital to his job.

He is a search and rescue dog from Ventura, CA that can be called upon at any time to rescue someone who is alive, during a disaster.

Ben’s handler, Eric Darling, has brought Ben to participate in the ACVO®/Merial® National Service Dog Eye Exam Event for two years in a row.

Eric and Dr. Nancy Bromberg, a board certified veterinary ophthalmologist, are here to talk about this exciting and important event.

These questions among others were asked and we learned a lot and so will you:

  • How did you get involved in the ACVO/Merial Annual Service Dog Eye Exam Event?
  • How many service animals have been helped to date?
  • Who participates in the event?
  • Why are eye exams so important?
  • What types of issues, problems or diseases are typically detected during the exams?

 

To find out more information and how to register for the event go to www.ACVOeyeexam.org

You can find out more about Eric Darling, Search & Rescue service dog handler, by clicking here

Are you interested in learning how to communicate with animals?

Wouldn’t it be helpful to be able to have a conversation with your service dog to ask them how their eyes are feeling?

Then you’ll want to check out The Heart School of Animal Communication®.

Click Here  to see the courses – take a look and choose what most appeals to you.

If you are a newbie, then we highly recommend starting with the Beginning Core Foundations Course.

If you’re still not convinced of all the benefits of communicating with animals, click here to learn all the great reasons you should begin learning how now!

This article was previously published April 10, 2013, and was updated on March 5, 2023.

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Healing Dogs Through Meditation – Jim Jacobson on the Real Dr. Doolittle Show™
Val Heart and Jessica Ardeal on BodyTalk Healing for Animals & People
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]]> https://valheart.com/acvo-service-dog-eye-exams-the-real-dr-doolittle-show/feed/ 0 ACVO Service Dog Eye Exams with Dr Nancy Bromberg and Eric Darling | The Real Dr. Doolittle Show nonadult Dog Emergency Care Tips for Beginners https://valheart.com/dog-emergency-care-tips-for-beginners/ https://valheart.com/dog-emergency-care-tips-for-beginners/#respond Thu, 02 Mar 2023 08:14:32 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=116247 Guest post courtesy of Sarah Welson. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communication Enterprises Inc. 

Dog Emergency Care Tips for Beginners

Dog emergencies can be a scary and overwhelming experience for both pet parents and veterinarians.

Knowing how to handle a dog emergency can help ensure that the pet receives the best possible care.

This guide will provide tips on how to handle such situations.

It will also discuss the importance of staying calm in a crisis and having a plan in place for emergencies.

Finally, it will provide advice on first aid for your pup.

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Basic Dog Emergency Guide for a Pet Parent:

  1. Remain Calm: It is essential to remain calm when dealing with an emergency involving your dog. If your pup is in physical distress, the last thing you want to do is panic, as this can further agitate and scare your pet.
  2. Check for Injuries: If your dog is unresponsive or unable to move, check for any visible injuries or signs of pain. If your pup is bleeding, apply pressure to the wound to stop the bleeding.
  3. Keep Your Dog Warm: If your dog is unconscious or in shock, keep him warm and comfortable. If you have a blanket or coat, cover him with it.
  4. Call a Vet: If your dog is exhibiting signs of distress or serious injury, you should call a veterinarian immediately. It’s better to take out emergency insurance for such cases.
  5. Administer First Aid: If your pet is conscious, you can provide basic first aid. For example, if your dog is having trouble breathing, you can provide mouth-to-snout resuscitation.
  6. Transport to Vet: If your dog is stable, you should transport him to a veterinarian as soon as possible. If you don’t have a way to transport your pet, contact your local animal rescue or humane society to see if they can help.

Dog Emergency First Aid

Emergency first aid for dogs is a necessary skill for pet owners to have.

Dogs are prone to various accidents and illnesses, and knowing how to respond to an emergency can make all the difference in your pet’s health and well-being.

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If you are faced with an emergency involving your dog, it’s important to stay calm and act quickly. Here are the steps for emergency first aid:

1. Assess the situation: Check for any visible signs of injury or distress such as broken bones, difficulty breathing, or obvious pain.

2. If your dog is unconscious or unresponsive, check for breathing and a pulse. If there is no pulse or breathing, begin CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation: 30 compressions, followed by two breaths). If your pup is having trouble breathing, keep his airway open and clear of any foreign objects.

3. If your pet is choking, try to clear their airway by gently sweeping your finger around his mouth to remove any foreign objects.

4. Stop any bleeding: Apply direct pressure with a clean cloth or sterile gauze to a wound to stop the bleeding. If your dog has been bitten by an animal, clean the wound and contact your vet for further instructions. In case your pup is having difficulty walking, do not move him and contact your vet immediately.

5. If your dog is having a seizure, keep him away from any hard surfaces and do not try to restrain him.

6. If case your pup has been poisoned, get to the vet as soon as possible and bring any information you have about the poisoning.

7. If your dog has heatstroke, move him to a cool place and use cold towels to cool him down. Do not use ice or cold water, as this can cause shock.

8. Monitor vital signs: Check your pet’s heart rate and respiratory rate to make sure they are stable.

Important! Communicate with your pet during the entire process

One of the most important things to do is to communicate with your pet during the entire process.

As their caretaker, whether you are their person (owner) or the vet or vet tech working with them, beyond the basics you also need to know how they feel, what happened, where it hurts, what makes it better and what makes it worse.

You need to be able to answer their questions, concerns, and explain procedures that they might be subjected to.

If they are afraid, you need to be able to discuss those fears so they can relax, cooperate, soothe and calm them.

The ONLY way to know what they are thinking and how they feel is to talk to them, heart to heart, mind to mind.

All in all, being prepared for a dog emergency can be the difference between life and death for your pup.

With these emergency care tips for beginners, you’ll be better equipped to handle whatever comes your pet’s way.

Be sure to always have a first aid kit and the number of your veterinarian handy.

If you’re ever in doubt, call your vet or take your dog to the nearest emergency hospital.

With these tips and a little common sense, you and your pup can be safe in any situation.

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Dogs – just click on the picture below!

Are you interested in learning how to communicate with your dog?

Then you’ll want to check out The Heart School of Animal Communication®.

Click Here  to see the online courses and entire syllabus of classes and memberships.

If you are a newbie, then we highly recommend starting with the Beginning Core Foundations Course.

Why else is it important to be able to speak your dog’s language? There are many benefits in learning dog whispering (being able to communicate with dogs), click here to discover all the great things you can do when you know how talk with them. Learn how now!

If you enjoyed this post, you may also like these other dog lover favorite posts:

What I’ve Learned As An Animal Whisperer aka Pet Psychic

Being A Dog Whisperer Comes In Handy!

Do You Have What It Takes To Be An Animal Communicator?

]]> https://valheart.com/dog-emergency-care-tips-for-beginners/feed/ 0 Vampires And Dogs – Devin O’Branagan on The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™ https://valheart.com/vampires-and-dogs-devin-o-branagan-real-dr-doolittle/ https://valheart.com/vampires-and-dogs-devin-o-branagan-real-dr-doolittle/#respond Mon, 27 Feb 2023 19:04:48 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=41089 Writing about Vampires And Dogs – Welcome Devin O’Branagan to The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™

Author Devin O’Branagan includes delightful celebrity canine characters in her entertaining chick-lit novels, “Red Hot Property”, “Red Hot Liberty”, and the young adult vampire novel, “Glory”. She also wrote the metaphysical novels “Spirit Warriors” and “Witch Hunt”. Listen to our interview to find out what inspired her to write her series, and why it’s important to her to include dogs in her stories.

Devin O’Branagan’s cast of colorful canine characters includes her own dogs, as well as the late but memorable and much loved basset hound, Ross, Chance (Winner of Best in Show from Crufts and recipient of many other awards), and the celebrity actor dog, Bocker.

Bocker the Labradoodle is famous for his role in Stephen Spielberg’s movie “War of the Worlds” and is also featured in the Julia Robert’s movie, “Eat, Pray and Love”. And I’m delighted to learn that my own genius in a dog, Einstein, will have a part in Red Hot Vampyre, the third book in the Red Hot Series.

Devin hosts fundraisers for Best Friends Society, the largest no-kill animal sanctuary in the world and also supports other worthy causes for animal welfare. Enjoy the interview then be sure to get on Devin’s newsletter list so you can enter your own K9 companion in her next contest.

You can also leave us a comment on our blogs about the show: www.devinwrites.com

SHARING IS GOOD! My mission and passion is to improve the lives of animals the world over by helping humans learn how to speak their language, understand their viewpoints and heal. After all, our love of animals helps us learn how to be better humans, and the more balanced and healthy we are, the more balanced and healthy they can be too. Would you help me reach more animal lovers by passing my Podcasts, Tips and Newsletter on to your animal loving friends?

Are you interested in learning how to communicate with animals?

Wouldn’t it be helpful to be able to have a conversation with your dog to find out what they like to do while you’re not home?

Then you’ll want to check out The Heart School of Animal Communication®.

Click Here  to see the courses – take a look and choose what most appeals to you.

If you are a newbie, then we highly recommend starting with the Beginning Core Foundations Course.

If you’re still not convinced of all the benefits of communicating with animals, click here to learn all the great reasons you should begin learning how now!

This article was previously published December 19, 2017, and was updated on February 27, 2023.

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Healing Dogs Through Meditation – Jim Jacobson on the Real Dr. Doolittle Show™
Val Heart and Jessica Ardeal on BodyTalk Healing for Animals & People
Highly Sensitive People & Empaths Have Unique Gifts

]]> https://valheart.com/vampires-and-dogs-devin-o-branagan-real-dr-doolittle/feed/ 0 Vampires And Dogs - Devin O'Branagan on The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™ - Val Heart nonadult Your Cat’s Inner Tiger – Dr. Signe Dayhoff on The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™ https://valheart.com/your-cats-inner-tiger-dr-signe-dayhoff/ https://valheart.com/your-cats-inner-tiger-dr-signe-dayhoff/#respond Thu, 23 Feb 2023 15:40:35 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=41385 Dr. Signe Dayhoff is a Social Psychologist, Cognitive-Behaviorist, Cat Rescuer, and “Kitty Mom of 20” – mostly senior, disabled, and special needs cats. A cat lover and cat companion since childhood, she specializes in increasing human-cat communication and expanding the cat-human relationship through understanding, respect, acceptance, trust, unconditional love, and lots of fun.

Being “cat smart” is truly understanding and accepting your cat’s “inner tiger” in order to deepen your spiritual and love bond. Your cat’s “inner tiger” is that mysterious intangible that is seemingly reflecting something secret and special. It’s what draws you to the cat. It’s what resonates with the core of your being as a cat lover and cat companion.

You can discover more about Dr. Dayhoff here https://effectivenessplus.com/about-signe-dayhoff .  Dr. Dayhoff continues to love and advocate for kitties and has chosen to refocus on her psychology practice.

In our interview, we discussed:

  • Understanding your cat’s “inner tiger”
  • What prompted her to create the human-cat relationship website
  • Training cats
  • Steps to becoming a cat-smart person
  • What do cats want in a relationship

Are you interested in learning how to communicate with animals?

Then you’ll want to check out The Heart School of Animal Communication®.

Click Here  to see the courses – take a look and choose what most appeals to you.

If you are a newbie, then we highly recommend starting with the Beginning Core Foundations Course.

If you’re still not convinced of all the benefits of communicating with animals, click here to learn all the great reasons you should begin learning how now!

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Cats – just click on the picture below!

This article was previously published June 10, 2020, and was updated on February 23, 2023.

Want to learn more about your cat? Check out these articles:

The Causes, Symptoms, and Solutions for Cat Hairballs
11 Best Tips: How to Keep Your Indoor Cat Happy
Are Animal Healers? The Healing Power of a Cat’s Purr

 

]]> https://valheart.com/your-cats-inner-tiger-dr-signe-dayhoff/feed/ 0 Must Love Cats - Dr Signe Dayhoff on The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™ | Animal Talk | Podcast #34 nonadult Special Needs Dog Betty Boop: A Canine Miracle https://valheart.com/special-needs-dog-betty-boop-a-canine-miracle/ https://valheart.com/special-needs-dog-betty-boop-a-canine-miracle/#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2023 09:10:07 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=6085 Guest post courtesy of Kelly Preston. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communication Enterprises Inc.
This article was previously published June 26, 2012, and was updated on February 13, 2023

A special place in the heart for a special needs dog – the story of Betty Boop

Betty Boop was my ten-year-old designer breed/mutt, who came to me with severe neurological disorders. When I drove to Anaheim to pick up Betty Boop, I knew she was a special needs dog. I also knew that I could help. I was determined to improve the quality of her health and her life with good nutrition and positive thinking. But I was unaware of her blindness, unaware of the seizures to come, unaware of the water on her brain, the necessary medicines, and ultimately the amount of care this tiny puppy would require. I was also unaware of the qualities I would soon discover in myself, qualities that Betty Boop would help reveal.

In no time I discovered Betty Boop enjoyed being held and would spend a few minutes squirming in my arms before settling on a comfortable position and drifting off to sleep. When she was truly happy, she’d cock her head and stick her tongue out slightly staring through blind eyes. I’ve questioned my decisions a million times and have often been overwhelmed by the demands of caring for her, but when Betty Boop, all of just over three pounds, would tilt her head and gave me that expressions of contentment, my doubts vanish.

special needs dog betty boop

In 2007 we had a brain scan done to get a better picture of Betty Boop’s true condition. The staff besieged me afterwards in the waiting room with questions: What are you feeding her? How are you able to take care of her? How is it this dog is even alive? Seeing my bewildered expression, somebody finally let me know what the scan revealed: Betty Boop has less than one-percent functional brain matter. It seemed impossible. By everything known to science Betty Boop should not have survived past a year. Whatever it is you’re doing, the staff said, keep doing it.

In my opinion, it’s was no great secret. Betty Boop may have been a special needs dog, but she simply had the will to live. She responded well to me and she ate and drank on her own. She perked up when I came home from travel and always seems comforted by my presence and my touch.

Since business travel was sometimes unavoidable, I came to rely on an amazing dog sitter. Caring for dogs is her passion, and she has many clients to show for it. When I was on the road, she would visit three times a day to make sure Betty Boop took her medications, in addition to being there to care for all the other members of the family.

Making sure Betty Boop would receive her necessary medications continued to be paramount. Her very life depended on it. Everyone would get fed around Betty Boop’s schedule with Betty Boop getting fed last. While her kibble would float and become soft enough for her, I would change her bedding and begin laundry. While she ate, I sat on the steps to keep an eye on her while I gave the other dogs some attention.

Betty Boop, as you might imagine, was quite the messy eater and when she was finished, Mr. MaGoo and Carla Mae would race for the leftovers. Nine times out of ten, Mr. MaGoo arrived there first.

special needs dog betty

Betty Boop had moments of stunning progress. Christmas of 2009 she broke out walking in a straight line, just as a normal dog would. It was our Christmas miracle. She wasn’t able to maintain it for long, but it showed me what could happen with a little nurturing, a little encouragement, and a lot of love.  View her miraculous moment. Her fate was at times uncertain, at best, but she remains a living, breathing miracle in our lives today.

 

Kelly Preston is an animal lover and author of Real Dogs Don’t Whisper. She grew up with horses, rabbits, and dogs. Mr. MaGoo is a nine-year-old Lhasa Apso and the book’s co-creator and co-writer. Mr. MaGoo has forged ahead with this project in an attempt to present the facts from a dog’s perspective. Kelly currently resides in San Francisco. Visit her at: www.realdogsdontwhisper.com

 

 

Enjoyed this article about a special needs dog? Here are three more to help you:

Healing Dogs Through Meditation – Jim Jacobson on the Real Dr. Doolittle Show™
Val Heart and Jessica Ardeal on BodyTalk Healing for Animals & People
Highly Sensitive People & Empaths Have Unique Gifts

]]> https://valheart.com/special-needs-dog-betty-boop-a-canine-miracle/feed/ 1 Angel With A Tail by Wyndi Warren https://valheart.com/angel-with-a-tail-by-wyndi-warren/ https://valheart.com/angel-with-a-tail-by-wyndi-warren/#respond Mon, 13 Feb 2023 07:00:17 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=5644 Angel With A Tail is a loving tribute to author Wyndi Warren’s dog, Sabre
This article was previously published January 12, 2012 and was updated on February 13, 2023.

The greatest beauty is found in the hearts of those who love, but how do you cope with the losing the one you love?

In the memorable Angel With A Tail, Wyndi Warren retraces her wonderful journey with Sabre, an amazing German Shepherd, the dog she dreamed of from childhood. He became her cherished angel with a tail. He taught her to be a better person and drew many people and other animals to him with his engaging personality. No one suspected their blissful happiness would ever fade away.

Sabre developed Degenerative Myelopathy, a fatal disease that affects many other breeds today. His struggle left a lasting legacy that guides others from a shocking first awareness to a final celebration of life now and forever after. Enjoy his inspiring story and share the extraordinary tale with someone you love.

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After a forty-year career that led her from counseling and consulting with police departments to landscape design, author Wyndi Warren embarked on an incredible new career in writing. From showing and training German Shepherds, she offers her voice in the fight against Degenerative Myelopathy (DM), a fatal disease that affects not only dogs but the people who love them. Wyndi’s first book, Angel With a Tail, has touched many with an inspiring story of  love and determination triumphing through adversity. Wyndi Warren lives in Dallas, Texas, USA.

Write Wyndi at: AngelWithATail2011@live.com

Order Direct, or Available at www.amazoncom, or order from a book store anywhere.

 

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Dog Games: 10 Fun Ways to Learn & Bond for Puppy and Child

Crossing over the Rainbow Bridge: Death, Dying and our Beloved Animals in Transition

Coping with Loss – Chris Davis on The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™  

]]> https://valheart.com/angel-with-a-tail-by-wyndi-warren/feed/ 0 Val Heart and Jessica Ardeal on BodyTalk for Animals & People https://valheart.com/bodytalk-for-animals-val-heart-and-jessica-ardeal/ https://valheart.com/bodytalk-for-animals-val-heart-and-jessica-ardeal/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2023 19:20:45 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=41176 Hi I’m Val Heart, the Real Dr Doolittle & Animal Communicator to the Stars!

I’m here with my friend & BodyTalk for Animals colleague Jessica Ardeal and today, we’re talking about BodyTalk and healing animals.

BodyTalkJessica is a bulldog mum and Certified BodyTalk for Animals Practitioner.

Her written work has been featured alongside Dr. Wayne Dyer and for over a decade, her endeavors have reached audiences worldwide.

She’s received applause from Brian Tracy, Dr. Joe Vitale, Dr. Katie Hendricks, Dr. Amit Goswami and many well-known personal development experts.

Jessica’s company, Body Clearing, provides energy work for pets with people who are ready to take consciousness to the next level.

Listen in as Jessica answers questions about healing animals (and people too):

  • How long have you been working with this healing modality?
  • How do you explain how it works?
  • What results have you gotten in working with BodyTalk for Animals?
  • What’s the biggest benefit you see people receive from the healing work?
  • What’s the most memorable experience you can think of right now in working with animals?

To learn more about Jessica, check out her Linkedin or Pinterest profiles

Would you ever be interested in receiving a BodyTalk for Animals energy healing session?

Click here to find out how to get healing for fast relief!!

Want to find out more about Bodytalk?  Click Here! 

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!

Are you interested in learning how to communicate with animals?

Wouldn’t it be helpful to be able to have a conversation with your dog or cat or horse?

Then you’ll want to check out The Heart School of Animal Communication®.

Click Here  to see the courses – take a look and choose what most appeals to you.

If you are a newbie, then we highly recommend starting with the Beginning Core Foundations Course.

If you’re still not convinced of all the benefits of communicating with animals, click here to learn all the great reasons you should begin learning how now!

You may also enjoy these other articles about the BodyTalk System of Healing;

BodyTalk & Animals – Loesje Jacobs on The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™

How the BodyMind Connection Improved My Animal Communication Skills

Multidimensional Healing With The BodyTalk System for Animals and People By Val Heart

This article was previously published February 2, 2018, and was updated on January 30, 2023
]]> https://valheart.com/bodytalk-for-animals-val-heart-and-jessica-ardeal/feed/ 1 Val Heart and Jessica Ardeal on BodyTalk Healing for Animals & People nonadult Valentine’s Day Safety Tips for Pet Owners https://valheart.com/valentines-day-safety-tips-for-pet-owners/ https://valheart.com/valentines-day-safety-tips-for-pet-owners/#respond Mon, 30 Jan 2023 06:08:57 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=11916 Enjoy Valentine’s Day while keeping your pet safe

Has there ever been a creature that loves you more than your pet? We think not. With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, it’s only natural to consider the furry loves in our lives. We don’t mean by sending love grams or staging a candlelit dinner.

Though your pets might love a new squeaky toy or stuffed animal, the best gift we can give them on this holiday is the gift of safety. Some of Valentine’s Day’s kindest gestures could prove detrimental to your pet’s health, but by keeping a watchful eye, you can ensure a safe and love-filled holiday.

Dogs and Confections

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Whether it comes in bar, bag or box, your dog only sees one thing: food. Before you toss that heart-shaped box on the table for all to admire, know your pet’s have been admiring its contents with vigor. Unless the treats are made of carob, chocolates are among the top hazards of the season. In fact, reports by Trupanion pet insurance state they received 35 chocolate ingestion and toxicity claims in February 2013 — more than one per day. Though dangerous for cats too, dogs are more likely to be the culprits of cocoa theft.

Hazard Alert:

Chocolate is packed with high amounts of fat, caffeine and methylxanthines like theobromine — a stimulant that can be dangerous to dogs when eaten and can cause vomiting, diarrhea and an accelerated heart rate among other symptoms, according to Dogtime.com.

Safety Tip:

If you’re the recipient of delectable treats, keep them stowed away in a pantry or refrigerator at all times. If you are the gift giver, keep your loved one’s pets in mind and opt for a chocolate-free gesture like a personalized Valentine’s Day card the recipient can hold on to as a keepsake. Here’s another great resource to create a Free Valentine’s card

 

Cats and Bouquets

valentine's day cat

Flower bouquets are a Valentine’s Day favorite. But, some plants and flowers, if ingested, can be harmful to our pets. For many dogs, the solution is as simple as keeping bouquets out of reach. However, our feline friends have mastered the art of counter surfing a little better than canines. Athletic prowess makes cats more likely to get into the carefully arranged flora that grace our table tops on this day.

Hazard Alert:

Though beautiful and romantic, lilies tend to be the most harmful to cats. The ASPCA explains lilies contain a toxin in the petals, leaves, pollen and even the water in the vase that are extremely toxic to cats and cause acute kidney failure within a day or two of exposure. Dogs should also stay away from these pretty petals, however, if ingested by your pup it will likely only result in a mild tummy ache.

Safety Tip:

When sending a floral arrangement, specify that it contains no lilies if the recipient is a cat owner. Instead, opt for non-toxic flowers like romantic red roses or beautiful hydrangeas that don’t pose a threat if ingested.

 

Keep an Eye Out

Though chocolates and flowers pose the biggest threats to your pets, pet owners should be aware of lesser-known hazards surrounding Valentine’s Day celebrations. Be wary of candlelight dinners, adult beverages, and even ribbons when partaking in holiday fun at home. Keep in mind that kitties tend to be curious of flames, and puppies love to chew on just about anything. Be sure to keep Fido and Fluffy away from potential hazards and they’ll be sure to feel the love all year long.

Affiliate Disclaimer:  This post contains affiliate information which means that I’ll earn a small commission if you purchase at no extra cost to you. 

This article was previously published February 9, 2015, and was updated on January 30, 2023.

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]]> https://valheart.com/valentines-day-safety-tips-for-pet-owners/feed/ 0 Introducing a New Cat to Your Home: What You Should Know https://valheart.com/introducing-a-new-cat-to-your-home-what-you-should/ https://valheart.com/introducing-a-new-cat-to-your-home-what-you-should/#respond Mon, 23 Jan 2023 01:02:51 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=82164 This article was previously published June 1, 2021, and was updated on January 23, 2023.

A Tale of Two Kitties

If you want to be able to communicate with your rescue pet and help them be the healthiest and happiest pet ever, then you’ll love this heart warming story about how Tuffy Tiger came into my life.

Here’s how it happened:

Introducing a new cat

I was at my friend Paula’s house and was peering into the backyard.

I saw a cute little grey cat looking at me.

Teasingly and playfully, albeit cautiously, a tiny little ball of grey tiger-striped fluff with gorgeous green eyes peeked out at me from behind the bush.

It was my first glimpse of her scampering around my friend’s house. She, her mama, her sisters, and brothers were the cutest feral kitties ever.

Shy but brave, they came to Paula’s house for snacks and to hang out in a safe space. They were adorable!

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Then one day, Paula told me she had to move. She couldn’t live there anymore and was worried about all the cats she’d been caring for. What would happen to them?

Paula had found homes for all but the one tiny kitten who was incredibly hard to catch.

Paula cringed at the thought of her living on the streets, abandoned by her family, friends, mama, and the nice lady that fed them.

What could I do but say yes, I’d take her?

And so the adventure began.

Telling Peach

Before I welcomed my new kitten to her new home, I had to tell my other pet.

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I knew this wasn’t going to be easy. Not being a complete idiot, I talked to our tuxedo “top cat” first. Queen Peach the Huntress had to agree to the plan, or this wouldn’t work.

I discussed it with her and told her why I felt compelled to bring the fluffball kitten home. I used what I knew about animal communication and pictured the kitten in my mind so that Peach could see what she looked like.

Explaining the dire predicament the kitten was in, I reminded Peach that she too had been homeless at one point and with no one to care for her.

I asked Peach if she would consider helping take care of the kitten with me. I told her that from my perspective there was plenty of food and room for another cat in our home.

Peach asked many insightful questions and then reluctantly, with a big sigh, gave her permission.

We crossed the first hurdle!

Excitedly, I quickly found a decent-sized box and headed over to Paula’s place to collect our new kitten. Taking the box out of the car, I set it on the porch, and started hunting for her.

Ah! There she was, staring out at me from the little garden patch. She was afraid, all alone, and unsettled.

I Practiced What I Teach

I greeted her (like I teach in the Beginning Course) and opened the conversation.

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Next, I explained why the other cats – including her mama – had left and why she was all alone now. I told her where the other cats had gone and that they were all doing well. I told her that she would probably never see any of them again.

And that she had a choice to make.

She could stay here and try to find her way by herself, but I warned her that young kittens trying to survive on the streets had a hard time of it and often lived short, difficult lives.

Or she could come with me and start a brand new life adventure.

I showed her an image of my cat Peach and told her she wouldn’t be the only cat. Peach would be her friend and could help her.

I showed her an image of our house and yard, told her where her food would be, and promised she would always have someone who loves and cares for her…

I also showed her what she would have to do to get there: get in the box I’d brought for her, go in the car, drive about 15 minutes or so, then come inside the house. Next, when we got to her new home, she’d meet Peach and then come out of the box.

These were all bizarre and potentially scary experiences from her point of view. It was a lot to ask of her. She liked the idea of it all, but thirty minutes later, I was still trying to get her in the box!

She’d led me on wild goose chases all over the yard and up and down the street!

An hour later, I gave up.

I sat down on the porch and collected my thoughts, feeling sad and disappointed.

But then she came up onto the porch and lay down a little ways away. We quietly looked at each other, both of us panting a bit. After a while, I decided to give it one last go and reached over to pick her up.

To my utter astonishment and delight, she let me with no fuss whatsoever!! I carefully put her into the box and carried her to the car. She didn’t make a sound – not a peep, not a meow, not a scratch.

But then, she made her decision and away we went!

I drove carefully home, wondering all the way whether she was a Houdini kitty and had somehow escaped… Was she was even in there at all? It was far too quiet… this part was too easy. Had I just imagined it?

When I arrived home, I took her inside and carefully set the box down in the living room.

Peach came to investigate and immediately went into KILL IT mode! She was hissing, spitting, and carrying on like you wouldn’t believe!

And Peach said…

Astonished and horrified, I exclaimed, “But Peach! We talked about this! You said it was okay to bring the kitten home!”

Peach immediately froze and looked at me with wide eyes, saying, “Oh crap, you’re right. I did say that… dang, I forgot.”

And she immediately quieted down and pretended nothing had happened as she groomed herself, ignoring the box and what was inside it.

From that moment on, New Kitty, now affectionately known as TuffyTiger, became such an important part of our family.

An extraordinary healer and teacher, TuffyTiger helped my husband with cancer, taught me how to purr, and…

Well, those are stories for another day.Learn How to Talk with Animals

Lessons Learned:

Be clear on what you want and let yourself be guided. Don’t give up.

What you want, wants you – have faith that it will all work out even when it seems like it won’t.

Communicate heart wisdom style all the way through the adventure so you’re working in partnership with everyone involved.

Trust shouldn’t be freely given, it is earned. Be worthy of their trust..

Was it worth bringing a new cat home?

TuffyTiger learned to trust me that day, and I gained a new wonderful friend in the process.

She was never afraid of me even though she started life out as a feral cat, because I took the time in the beginning to establish a connection and a friendship, with open communication between us.

Peach even came to like her over time. They had very different purposes, viewpoints, and roles to play, and yes, they became very good friends too.

The conversations we had every day changed my life in many ways, and we healed, evolved and grew together.

And it was good.

Take a moment to send love vibrations to your pet, feel the love energy and share it, heart to heart.

Receive their love back to you with love, gratitude, and much appreciation for the gift of their presence in your life.

God’s gifts on loan to you.

For more tips on animal communication, click here.

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Through animal communication, you can tap into your pets’ experiences and grow a closer soul connection with them.

I am called the Real Dr. Doolittle, Founder of The Heart School of Animal Communication® & the BEST Online Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club.

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BIG hugs and much love to you and your angels, teachers, guides and healers disguised as animals,

Val Heart Expert Animal Communicator

Val “TuffyTiger Is In My” Heart

How you can learn animal communication, too

P.S. If you want to be able to communicate with your rescue pet and help them be the healthiest and happiest pet ever, then here’s what to do.

Because if you don’t know how to have conversations like this with your animals, now’s the time to take the next step in learning how to communicate with them yourself.

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]]> https://valheart.com/introducing-a-new-cat-to-your-home-what-you-should/feed/ 0 Top 3 Things A Pet Owner Needs To Know About Sharing A Pet https://valheart.com/sharing-a-pet/ https://valheart.com/sharing-a-pet/#respond Mon, 16 Jan 2023 06:26:59 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=5874 Guest post courtesy of David T. Pisarra, Esq. and Steven May. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communication Enterprises Inc. This article was previously published April 13, 2012 and was updated on January 16, 2023

How to make sharing a pet with your ex work

sharing-a-petIn our book, WHAT ABOUT WALLY? How to Co-Parent A Pet With Your Ex, we discuss all the topics that people who are going to be sharing the love of a dog need to know. Frequently we are asked the three main things that someone should consider when developing a parenting plan for a pet, and they are Licensing, Equal Parenting, and Attitude of the Parents.

Licensing

Domestic animals such as dogs and cats are generally viewed by the courts in America as property. Most pet owners have a much deeper and loving relationship with their pets than their furniture, and while the court may view pets as no more valuable than a big screen TV, most pet owners would disagree. This love of an animal is why the responsible pet owner needs to make sure that they are properly registered as the owner/caretaker of their beloved pet. Whether that registration is with the local Animal Control by way of a pet license, which usually costs under $20 a year, or with the local animal rescue society, the fact that a person has taken affirmative step to assert their relationship with a pet is a crucial piece of protection for the animal and for the pet parent.

Equal Parenting

When couples break up, but wish to continue the relationship with the pet if not the ex, they need to remember that the boundaries and routines they have established with their pet need to continue being enforced. This means that each parent will continue to treat the pet with the same love and not engage in “over-loving” the pet. If the treats suddenly become more frequent, or the dog that was not allowed on the couch is suddenly allowed to be up on the furniture at one house but not the other, it is going to cause problems. This type of sabotage of the agreed upon bounds will only lead to resentment, and eventually the co-parenting will fail and one parent will decide that it is too much trouble and just stop sharing.

Attitude of the Parents

Remembering that even though you may not like the other person as a spouse, there was something about them you did like, and that they still love Wally is an important element in making a co-parenting plan work for everyone’s benefit. The parties need to remember that they may disagree about a love life, but they do agree in wanting the best for Wally, and that should inform their attitude towards their ex. By maintaining a cooperative attitude on issues such as food choice, leashes, and workout routines, they can each enjoy Wally and increase the love in their life.

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Sharing a pet is a wonderful learning experience in cooperation, consideration, and negotiation. Pets are loved by humans because they have so much to teach us of value, and this new area of relationships, is one more place that pets can teach us new and helpful skills. The book WHAT ABOUT WALLY? How to Co-Parent a Pet With Your Ex is a self-help guide to the latest skill your pet can teach you. Available on Amazon.Com and BarnesandNoble.com.

Please listen in to our interview to learn more tips about successfully co-parenting a pet.

David T. Pisarra, Esq. heads the Santa Monica, CA family law firm of Pisarra & Grist and is a weekly columnist for the Santa Monica Daily Press. He has written three books on divorce and is the proud co-parent of 8-year-old, long-haired Dachshund named Dudley.

Pet expert Steven May has served as a consultant to the pet industry for 35 years. A frequent expert source to the media, Steven heads the popular online destination The Daily Growl where he shares daily tips and advice with his nearly 100,000 followers. www.facebook.com/ePetExpert

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]]> https://valheart.com/sharing-a-pet/feed/ 0 Divorce Hurts Pets Too: Steven May and David T Pisarra Esq on the Real Dr Doolittle Show™ https://valheart.com/divorce-hurts-pets-too/ https://valheart.com/divorce-hurts-pets-too/#respond Mon, 16 Jan 2023 06:00:21 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=5865 Today we have Steven May and David T Pisarra Esq on the Real Dr Doolittle Show™

Personal note from Val:  I am SO excited to bring Steven May and Davit T Pisarra’s important work on divorce and dogs to you. Everyone goes through relationship hell at some point – it’s important to be prepared and to safeguard your furrkids as well as your children.

I’ve been divorced too, but fortunately I knew how to communicate with our cats so they had a voice in the process and they stayed safe, sane and as happy as possible.  Do you have a plan that helps ensure their needs are met, that they don’t get sick or neglected (or hurt), and that they have a voice in what happens to them?  After listening to our chat, you will be better prepared on all accounts.  Enjoy!

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Pet expert Steven May and family law attorney and newspaper columnist David T. Pisarra are the co-authors of the first book that explores a dilemma facing an increasing number of pet parents each year.

In the case of a divorce, separation or break-up – who gets the dog?

 

“What About Wally – How To Co-Parent A Pet With Your Ex” is part How-To and part How-Not-To guide into the realities of this potentially traumatic issue. Practical legal advice and thoughtful dog behavior guidance sit alongside heartwarming real life stories and personal anecdotes from the authors own experiences in co-parenting a pet with their ex’s.

Our relationships with our pets have changed and they’re now more a part of the family than ever before. We know the pain that many children go through when their parents are divorcing and it’s similar for our pets. By taking the steps to make sure the transition is as smooth as possible, both the pet and the pet parents benefit.

 

 

 

You won’t want to miss the answers to these questions:

  • How are dogs viewed by the courts in a divorce?
  • How to I protect myself if I want custody or joint custody of the dog?
  • Are their similarities in divorce court between pet parents and the parents of children?
  • Why is co-parenting good for the dog?
  • Are dogs affected by their owners divorce?
  • What are some steps to make the transition as smooth as possible for the dog?

 

To pick up a copy of “What About Wally?” go to www.whataboutwally.com. For great pet parent tips join over a million other pet owners and visit Steven May’s Facebook page, The Daily Growl: www.facebook.com/epetexpert

This article was previously published April 19, 2012, and was updated on January 16, 2023.

Did you enjoy this article? Be sure to check out these 3 posts as well!

Top Three Things a Pet Owner Needs to Know About Sharing a Pet

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]]> https://valheart.com/divorce-hurts-pets-too/feed/ 0 Divorce Hurts Pets too, Steven May and David T Pisarra | The Real Dr. Doolittle Show | Podcast#88 nonadult Heart Energy is Healing – Just Ask Tuffy Tiger! https://valheart.com/heart-energy-is-healing-just-ask-tuffy-tiger/ https://valheart.com/heart-energy-is-healing-just-ask-tuffy-tiger/#respond Tue, 10 Jan 2023 21:20:59 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=116050 Tuffy Tiger channeled her healing heart energy – you can, too!

One day I happened to glance outside onto the shaded area of my patio deck.

I noticed my gorgeous grey tabby cat, Tuffy Tiger, in a regal pose, front arms stretched out with her paws elegantly crossed in front of her.

Her eyes were half shut.

She was smiling a Mona Lisa smile, and even from inside the house I could feel that she was vibrating with energy.

Fascinated, I watched as her glowing golden ball of heart energy pulsed and grew brighter and brighter until she connected with every living thing and object within at least 50 feet of where she was.

The very air around her felt supercharged with life force and peace, shimmering and humming with power.

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What was Tuffy Tiger doing?

I asked her what she was doing, since it was obvious something remarkable was going on.

She said: “I’m blessing my space, sharing my love heart energy, being one with everything and everyone from the trees to the earth to the birds to the insects to the wind, sharing healing and balance, harmony and peace.

This is how to connect and be one with life.

This is how to heal.

If humans did this regularly, they would not be so sick.

They could allow the richness of life, which surrounds us always, to support, heal and nurture them.

They would be able to hear the wisdom and heart of the world…”

Wow!

She’s right.

Learning how to be fully present, emotionally peaceful and connected is a very fine way to live your life on all levels.

But… how can we experience this heart energy healing for ourselves?

How to achieve such a remarkable way of living and being

Begin by carefully and consciously observing your animal teachers, guides, angels, and healers.

Adopt a daily practice of feeling and counting your heartbeats, letting your mind go completely silent, quiet, still…

Be in the moment, do nothing more than let yourself feel all that is within and around you. No thinking, only feeling.

Expand your heart energy all around you vibrationally.

Breathe in the richness and fullness of all that is.

You will find yourself effortlessly connecting with the magic and power of Source.

You will become present and better able to hear animal voices, to communicate with animals, to recognize, respect and revere them for who they truly are.

What new understandings, insights and clarity will you become aware of?

Begin now.

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ALL healing is done through the heart.

Know anyone who could use a moment of inspiration today too?

Please forward this to them now.

Much love to you and your angels, teachers, guides and healers disguised as animals,

Val Heart Professional Animal Communicator

Val “Deeper Communication and Love Connection With All Beings” Heart

Founder of The Heart School of Animal Communication® and Host of the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club

Dedicated to healing the world one animal lover at a time…

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Cats – just click on the picture below!


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]]> https://valheart.com/heart-energy-is-healing-just-ask-tuffy-tiger/feed/ 0 Gibbon Rescue and Conservation on The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™ https://valheart.com/gibbon-rescue-conservation-real-dr-doolittle-show/ https://valheart.com/gibbon-rescue-conservation-real-dr-doolittle-show/#respond Wed, 04 Jan 2023 22:09:31 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=6374 Today’s subject on The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™ is Gibbon rescue and conservation

Personal Note From Val:  Who knew that gibbons have such a complex, unique and interesting social structure?  They do! I loved learning about gibbons.  For instance, they create and sing unique, individual song duets with their mates.  They pair off into love matches and family units, and they resist forced marriages just like we do.  They live long lives, and are even serially monogamous.  And they love to play! Just like me.  Enjoy!

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The Gibbon Conservation Center (GCC) was established in 1976 by Alan Mootnick.  It houses the rarest group of apes in the Western Hemisphere and has successfully reproduced 7 gibbon species.  The GCC functions as an international consultant to zoos, museums, government agencies such as the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and individual scientists on species identification and gibbon care.  They have assisted gibbon rescue programs in Thailand, Taiwan, Vietnam and Indonesia.

The goals of the GCC are to help ensure the survival, conservation and propagation of all gibbon species in the wild and in captivity.  To provide a captive haven for all gibbon species as a complement to protecting them in the wild. To educate the public and add to the knowledge on gibbons for the scientific community, rehabilitation centers, and zoos and to support ongoing field conservation projects.

gibbon rescue

To date, 7 of 17 gibbon species that have been housed at GCC have produced offspring. Successful breeding programs are crucial because if rainforests throughout Asia disappear, captive populations will be the only remnants of the gibbon species.  The GCC currently (as of 2023) houses 5 species of gibbons. The comfort and well being of these primates is their primary concern.

In November 2011, Alan Mootnick, the GCC founder died suddenly.  However, the work at the Center continues.  As spokespersons for the Center, our guests today Gabriella Skollar-Charnofsky and Neta Ambar have realized that life is unpredictable.  They decided that if they wanted to do something important in their lives, they had to start today.  Alan inspired them so deeply that they want to follow his footsteps and have dedicated their lives to studying and protecting gibbons, and to teach people about them.

In this interview some of the things you will learn about are:

  • Who was Alan Mootnick, and why did he start the Center?
  • How does the gibbons’ complex social and family structure work?
  • What a day is like at the center?
  • How did Gabriella and Neta become involved?
  • What is the gibbon, and why are they endangered?

How can you get involved too?

You can make a difference in many different ways. You can volunteer at organizations that help gibbons, you can contribute to organizations like the Gibbon Conservation Center.

You can also make changes in your life by avoiding purchasing palm oil products which contribute to deforestation and loss of natural habitats for the gibbons and other species.

The Gibbon Conservation Center is a 501 (c) 3 organization.  All contributions are tax-deductible as provided by law. Their federal tax exemption number is 95-4256306. 100% of all contributions go directly to the care of gibbons, including on-site care, education, and worldwide conservation efforts.

Google them or connect with the GCC on Facebook.  Be sure to tell them you heard their interview on The Real Dr Doolittle Show™:  www.facebook.com/gibbonconservationcenter

Photo by Magda Ehlers from Pexels

Ready to learn how to talk to animals yourself?  

Check out all of my courses at Learnhowtotalktoanimals.com,  Start Here!  Take a look and choose what most appeals to you.  If you are a newbie, then I highly recommend starting with the Beginning Core Foundations Course.  The Advanced Animal Talk Mastery Course is awesome and includes many of my favorite, most powerful healing techniques along with many specific topics that every animal talk student needs to know how to deal with successfully.

This article was previously published November 15, 2012, and was updated on January 4, 2023

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]]> https://valheart.com/gibbon-rescue-conservation-real-dr-doolittle-show/feed/ 0 Gibbon Rescue and Conservation | The Real Dr. Doolittle Show nonadult Animal Communication Training Interview with Val Heart and Anne Angelo https://valheart.com/animal-communication-training-interview-anne-angelo/ https://valheart.com/animal-communication-training-interview-anne-angelo/#respond Fri, 30 Dec 2022 10:39:27 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=12010 Today’s guest on the Real Dr Doolittle Show™ is Anne Angelo

Hi!  I’m Val Heart, the Real Dr Doolittle, Animal Communicator to the Stars, bestselling author and founder of The HEART System for Solving Problems with Pets®.  I’m also the founder of The Heart School of Animal Communication® and host of the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club. Welcome to my series of live interviews with my professional animal communicator colleagues!  We want to bring you into our world, help you know what we know, see what we see when we communicate and work with animals.

It’s time to find out how to use essential oils and animal massage to help your beloved pets feel better!

My guest today in the Professional Animal Communicator Training Interview Series is colleague, Anne Angelo

Anne_AngeloAnne’s work with children, essential oils, animal massage and animal communication will touch your heart and lighten your load.

She’s amazing and I’m delighted to share her journey with you.

In our short, easy to fit into your day chat, we’ll be discussing:

Animal Communication, Animal Massage, Children’s Music & Essential Oils for Wellness

We can’t wait to bring you into our world and tell you:

  • Why Anne decided to become an animal communicator
  • How a stuffed brown dog changed her life
  • How her work with children and animals became the Meesha’s Songs CD Album
  • How and why she incorporates animal massage into her work with animals
  • The biggest lesson she learned from Meesha and all the animals
  • What she can teach you to help you with your own pets (you can use this important tip to make a difference with your pet right away!)

 

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Love what you experienced in this video?  Please leave a comment below!  Don’t keep this a secret – be kind and share it with your friends!  

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Ready to learn how to talk to animals yourself?  Look on the Menu above and click Start Here!  Take a look and choose what most appeals to you.  If you are a newbie, then I highly recommend starting with the Beginning Core Foundations Course.  The Advanced Animal Talk Mastery Course is awesome and includes many of my favorite, most powerful healing techniques along with many specific topics that every animal talk student needs to know how to deal with successfully.

What’s next?

If you enjoyed this interview and aren’t already registered for the whole series, I urge you to click the link below now and register for more wonderful interviews with other professional pet psychics!

To sign up to be notified when the next episode in the series is ready, be sure to register here:

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If you’re already registered, then keep an eye on your inbox for the next announcement.

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PLEASE! Don’t keep this a secret!!

We can really use your support to help more pets and their people. This is an unprecedented, collaborative joint venture based on my mission of reaching and teaching One Million animal lovers around the world how to talk to animals.  When we do that?  We WILL change the world.

Share this with your animal loving friends now, okay?  You know your pet wants you to, right?

See you soon!

Val Heart, The Real Dr Doolittle
Founder of The HEART System for Solving Problems with Pets®    www.ValHeart.com
Host of the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club and Founder of The Heart School of Animal Communication®.

Be sure to leave your comment below!

This article was previously published April 23, 2015 and was updated on December 30, 2022.

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Is My Dog Happy? Here’s How to Know For Sure

]]> https://valheart.com/animal-communication-training-interview-anne-angelo/feed/ 0 How To Talk To Animals Free Training Interview with Val Heart and Anne Angelo nonadult Conquering Fear – a Tale of 3 Little Piggies https://valheart.com/conquering-fear-tale-of-3-little-piggies/ https://valheart.com/conquering-fear-tale-of-3-little-piggies/#respond Tue, 27 Dec 2022 10:19:51 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=5319 This article was previously published September 30, 2011, and was updated on December 27, 2022.

How are you at conquering fear?

Would you like to hear a tale of how 3 little piggies did something even better than conquering Fear? Read on to find out what they did!

Once upon a time, there were 3 little piggies.

Those piggies were named Faith, Love and Joy. Along came a big ole wolf named Fear, and Fear was hungry so he tried to blow Faith’s little piggie house down!

Fortunately, the little piggies were friends and had made a pact a long time ago, so that if they were ever in trouble, they knew to call on each other for help. Faith was in trouble now, she was shaken and scared and didn’t know what to do…

“Help!” cried Faith! And along came Love and Joy to encourage and inspire Faith to declare her trust, claim her vision of safety and guidance, and surrender to the experience so that Faith could grow and be stronger.

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And Faith grew strong.

And Fear slunk away in defeat.

Then Fear said, “I know! I’ll try to blow Joy’s little piggie house down!” So Fear took a big huge deep breath until he couldn’t inhale another molecule of oxygen, and then he blew so hard his eyes popped out and his cheeks sunk inward so far they touched his long red tongue!

But Joy knew to call on Faith and Love, and they discovered together that Joy was in fact stronger than Fear. Joy’s wisdom came from her heart and Soul, and bubbled up inside her so strongly that Fear didn’t have a chance. Fear stuck out his tongue and made a disgusted raspberry noise as he stomped off to get his breath back.

As he lay panting in the shade of the ancient oak tree, he thought, “Well, there’s one more little piggie I haven’t tried yet. I’d really like to eat a piggie for dinner- cause I’m really hungry and all this huffing and puffing is giving me a big appetite for pork belly.”

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So he sneaked off down the road to Love’s little piggie house and crawled up real close and all of a sudden, he had himself a brainstorm moment. He pretended to be Happy, thinking that maybe Love wouldn’t recognize him as Fear if she thought he was actually Happy.

But Love saw through his thin disguise and laughed at him until he sat down in defeat. And she wasn’t afraid of him, because she was grateful he had helped make her and her friends stronger. So she asked him, “Fear, what do you most want in your life?”

Fear said, “Well, Love, I’m really hungry! I’d like to get a bite to eat”-

And Love said, “Nope, that’s not it. What do you really want?”

And Fear felt her compassion and true concern and looked deep into his heart and he said,”I’m so lonely, I just want to be accepted and have friends like you and Joy and Faith.”

And so Faith, Joy and Love had a meeting and decided that there was a big enough place in their collective heart for Fear too. So they invited him in but made him promise to do a job for them. Fear’s job is to let them know when danger is afoot. Fear sounds the alarm when something is wrong, out of balance or truly dangerous or unsafe.

And once Fear’s message has been heard? Love, Joy and Faith take over from there, and Fear goes back to snoozing in the shade with a nice, full belly (not full of pork though…). He’s truly happy now, and they all lived happily ever after.

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What are you most afraid of?

Fear is at the heart of all our misery, imbalances in relationships with self and each other. Fear of rejection, fear of failure, fear of success, fear of loneliness, fear of not living your life to the fullest and fulfilling your purpose, fear of dying with your music still inside you…

Fear can take over your life and imprison you, when you don’t understand Fear’s true purpose.

“Everyone has been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has been put into every heart.” – Rumi

Don’t let Fear stop you from following your heart. Make friends with Love, Joy and Faith, and go out there and make a difference.

My guest this week on The Real Dr Doolittle Show™ is author Teresa Ann Winton. We’re talking about coping with pet loss, and I know her story will inspire you as well as touch your heart.

Wishing you and your fur kids much love, joy and faith, and just a little fear to help empower you to live your best life,

Val

“You are not here merely to make a living. You are here to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, and with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world. You impoverish yourself if you forget this errand.” — Woodrow Wilson

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!

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]]> https://valheart.com/conquering-fear-tale-of-3-little-piggies/feed/ 0 30 Minutes to a Drastic Improvement In Your Sport Horse’s Behavior https://valheart.com/30-minutes-to-drastic-improvement-in-your-sport-horse/ https://valheart.com/30-minutes-to-drastic-improvement-in-your-sport-horse/#comments Mon, 26 Dec 2022 15:29:49 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=6408 Are you struggling with a behavior or training problem with your sport horse?

Sport horses of all breeds are spirited, gifted and intelligent athletes. But if you get on the wrong side of your sport horse, then things can go bad in a hurry.

If any of these scenarios feel familiar, then you’ve got a real problem on your hands that may not be easily or quickly resolved through normal training methods or approaches.

  • Does your Thoroughbred spook, act skittish or nervous in hand or under saddle?
  • Is your Trakehner horse so heavy in your hands that you think your arms are going to fall off?
  • Does your American Quarter horse stoically refuse to go forward… or run away with you once they get going?
  • Does your Hanoverian dressage horse race along with their nose in the air and a hollow back, consistently evading the bit and your hands?
  • Does your American Paint horse bite or nip at you (or others), or run away when you approach?
  • Does your Appaloosa kick out, rear up, or strike out at you or others?
  • Does your American Standardbred refuse to load (or unload) safely in a horse trailer?
  • Does your Tennessee Walking horse hold their head so high you can’t bridle or halter them?
  • Does your Andalusian horse constantly swish their tail or pin their ears under saddle?

 

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If your sport horse does any of these things, then this is the perfect time to discover why — by asking your horse directly. The answers may surprise and entertain you, and will always help you grow dramatically in your horsemanship.

A 30 Minute Discussion with Your Horse Can Bring You Clarity on Why Your Horse is Misbehaving!

Your horse doesn’t have to be Mr. Ed in order for you to hear what they need to tell you, you just need to know how to listen with an open mind and heart.

Animal communicators are gifted with ability to have an in depth conversation with any animal, including horses. And after working with horses for most of my life and communicating with them professionally for almost 20 years, I’ve discovered that what the horse owner, rider or trainer thinks is going on is rarely the truth, from the horse’s viewpoint.

If you miss the boat on this one, then you will spend a lot of wasted energy, time and money going in the wrong direction in a hurry. You can even wind up being hurt – or your horse can lose their health, their willingness to work with you (their goodwill) or their home… and in the worst cases, lose their life.

What can you do with a horse who refuses to follow your direction?

Most often the trainer or rider blames the horse for the problem, thinking they are just being obnoxious or don’t want to perform. They rarely think about their horse experiencing an emotional, mental or physical problem.

But that’s as ignorant as it is disrespectful. Don’t blame your horse for their behavior or training problems, or their seeming inability to master a skill. It is time for you to assess what you may be doing wrong and make the appropriate changes to rebalance your relationship.

Your horse knows why they are behaving the way they are and it makes perfect sense to them. Poor communication is at the root of almost every issue… and communication is always the key to resolving things.

When your horse refuses to follow your direction, then they are telling you:

  • You’re not the boss of them…
  • Your instructions don’t make sense or are not clear to them
  • They have a problem with doing that, either because it hurts or confuses them
  • They think they have a better way of doing that or giving you what they think you want
  • You’re not being a good leader

If you want to have a happy healthy horse who is delighted to see you and work with you, then start here before doing anything else.

Your best horse trainer and riding instructor is not your trainer! It’s your horse!

Who knows better than them what is working or not? What hurts or is confusing, and why?

My horse and I were working very hard at picking up the correct canter lead. I’d ask the way I was being taught, and he’d either ignore the cue or toss his head or cross canter… rats. Then we’d try again, and again, with our teacher getting more exasperated at us, and we were getting more frustrated with each other with every stride.

Hot in the face and temper, I finally called a time out and asked my horse, “What is going on?! Why aren’t you giving me what I’ve been asking for? Don’t you understand my cues? I’m doing it exactly like our teacher told me to…”

He said, “Oh, I understand your ‘cues’ all right. But you’re in my way! Your seatbone is digging into my back on that side so I can’t lift my shoulder to step out, and your hand is so tight on the rein I can’t get my neck free.”

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Ah Ha!! Mystery solved. He was absolutely right, of course.

I had been very heavy in my seat, my grip on the reins in my effort to ‘do it correctly’ had been growing tighter and tighter. I’d been forcing the cues ‘harder and harder’ in my exasperation, never realizing that what I was doing was exactly opposite of what I truly wanted.

So, I apologized and when we tried again, it was with delight (and gratitude!) that he effortlessly picked up the right canter lead.

Your best riding instructors (and trainers) are right there beneath your saddle (or at your side)! Why wouldn’t you ask them for help or feedback when you are trying to work through a difficulty?

So take a moment to reflect on what signals and cues you might be giving that they are reacting to. They know intimately better than anyone observing from the outside what we are doing wrong, if our signals or cues are being misinterpreted or applied in a confusing manner, or if we’re doing something that’s interfering with their ability to perform easily.

Allow them to teach you. You’ll be glad you did.

It is the rider and trainer’s responsibility to learn to communicate effectively so your horse understands what is being asked of them and can perform to their best with a willing and happy heart.

You can get what you need to know straight from your horses’ mouth! Communicating with your horse to resolve behavior or training problems will ultimately and quickly strengthen the bond between you and your horse.

Instead of fighting with a nightmare, you can begin to enjoy the horse of your dreams.

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Bio: Val Heart – Expert animal communicator, speaker, bestselling author & master healer, Val is often called The Real Dr Doolittle™ and Animal Communicator to the Stars. Founder of The HEART System™ for solving problems with pets. Get your Free QuickStart to AnimalTalk Course at http://www.animaltalkcoachingclub.com
© Copyright, Val Heart & Friends LLC. All Rights Reserved.

This article was previously published November 27, 2012 and was updated on December 26, 2022.

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]]> https://valheart.com/30-minutes-to-drastic-improvement-in-your-sport-horse/feed/ 2 Inner Healing is Critical In Animal Communication https://valheart.com/inner-healing-is-critical-in-animal-communication/ https://valheart.com/inner-healing-is-critical-in-animal-communication/#respond Thu, 22 Dec 2022 18:00:20 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=115958 If you want to improve your ability to communicate with animals, then focus on your inner healing

Animal communication student epiphany:

“After investing for years in learning psychic techniques and tips for telepathic communicating with animals kind of programs, classes and courses, I wish I had started with inner healing work, because all the techniques and tips in the world is not gonna help me if my thoughts and feelings aren’t right.”

Amen and Hallelujah!

I’ve been listening to some very perceptive comments from my students.

Colleen said, “The most important thing I want to get out of this is to overcome the mental blockage that I have and be able to understand what animals are telling me.”

Taking that a step deeper…

Krys added, “I question whether everyone working on their communication skills is aware of when they need to heal something that’s hindering their success.

I see/hear frustration and (when questioned) denials about pent-up pains. But then further discussions reveal subconscious issues that people don’t want to acknowledge.

I know that Val constantly reminds people that they need to heal their hurts in order to truly open up their ‘clairs‘.

But it may be good to also explain to people how to recognize that they have unhealed hurts that they’re ignoring.

It’s easy to say that they can’t seem to be successful at animal communication (or to blame someone or something else outside of themselves), but sometimes much harder to acknowledge the aspect is that there’s underlying personal issues that need to be resolved first.

I’m not asking Val to be a psychologist – LOL.

But maybe provide a list of signs that people should consider when they try to understand what’s blocking them (aside from self-doubts).”

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So…

I’ve been noodling on these deeply insightful, we could even say profound concepts lately.

I teach all my students that you have to heal your inner wounds so you don’t misinterpret what you get from others – including your animals’ – messages, or project your own trauma drama onto them…

Or force them to act out and mirror or sponge your wounds, pains, and stress to help you see it better…

Because your understanding of the world and others is always interpreted through the filter of your own inner wounds.

One major reason my work and the Heart School of Animal Communication® and Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club is so different from other teachers, practitioners, courses and memberships is because dealing with these inner healing concepts is critical to your ability to connect clearly, communicate confidently, and then accurately interpret what you get.

I’m not and never have been interested in the superficial, shallow level communication styles.

I couldn’t care less about your pet telling me what color their food dish is or what their favorite game or toy is.

Here’s what I care about:

I care deeply about your and your pet’s health and well-being, your happiness, and yes, your ability to communicate clearly, accurately, proficiently with animals on the daily.

I care about what your pet is doing in your life, hearing their stories and helping them heal – why you were drawn together.

I care about you living your best life, fulfilling your purpose here, and how I can best assist you in doing that.

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I care about focusing on heart and soul healing, inner wound healing, clearing negative projections and old karma, curses, negative soul contracts, dark entities off your soul so they don’t drain your spirit and vitality.

I care about how your pets mirror, act out and are impacted by your wounds, stress, pain, and dis-eases.

Great communication with animals is about your Soul’s Spiritual Journey and shadow work, about creating and manifesting what you really want to have happen in your life.

And that means doing your inner healing, clearing out the junk in your trunk, evolving and growing into your best self, living your best life.

I’ve been feeling dismayed lately at the lack of understanding so many people have these days about who they truly are and what inner healing is.

They don’t understand how they project their beliefs and thoughts and emotions to the world and animals around them.

They don’t realize how they aren’t living healthy lives, and the consequences of their choices and decisions.

How their inner wounds and denials about the part they play in their own trauma dramas affects them and everyone around them.

They seem unwilling to take full responsibility for their own inner healing, for doing the work, even to the point of refusing to follow explicit instructions to get the results they say they want.

There’s a lot of backward thinking going around, overwhelming, confusion… maybe you’ve noticed or felt it yourself.

Lot of folks feel increasingly frustrated, blaming everyone but themselves for lack of peace, for getting blocked or stuck, or not getting better results from their efforts.

They stay at a superficial level, never going deep enough to make the wanted changes, learn the lessons they came here to learn, to reclaim their power, and to heal, rebalance their life, find their peace and happiness.

Never realizing that they are the ones creating and manifesting what happens in their own life. They are creating their own blocks, stuck spots, and limitations.

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Perhaps no one has taught you that we create our thoughts and project our beliefs to the world around us, and that becomes our reality.

Or perhaps they’re just not ready to work with me yet.

It does take a fair amount of personal evolvement and inner work to be ready for this level.

For example, a new student got the Beginning Course and took a quick look around inside, decided there was too much quantity and not enough “quality”.

Wha’?

To be clear, she didn’t actually DO the lessons, she didn’t do the exercises, she had no clue or understanding why I deliberately and thoughtfully chose to include the specific content along with the powerful bonuses that are in that wonderful course.

She ‘projected’ her viewpoint with just a quick look-see and judged that there was stuff in there that she didn’t appreciate, expect, didn’t understand, and so she found an excuse to block and stop herself from learning, to not do the work.

And she missed the opportunity to change her life, to know what her pets are thinking and feeling, and to become proficient communicating with them.

sigh

My Heart Wisdom Animal Communication courses are carefully and purposefully designed for you to both learn the techniques, AND, to guide you in doing your inner healing work too.

Trust me when I say that everything I include in my courses and club membership is included deliberately with significant forethought, dedicated to what students most need and want.

I didn’t just grab a bunch of extraneous things to cram into the courses willy-nilly, with no rhyme or reason.

Everything included in my courses has a significant purpose.

Many students go through the entire course(s) multiple times, and each time they discover something they missed before, they go deeper, new important teachings and experiences are revealed, and they get better and better.

As they say, when the student is ready the teacher appears.

So…

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What hurts your heart?

To answer Krys’ question about a list of signs that point to when and where we are being blocked and have healing to do, maybe this will help you today.

To be clear, when I say healing, I’m not just referring to easing aches and pains or disease or avoiding surgery or chemo or taking medications or putting a bandaid on an ouchie…

No, I’m talking about what hurts your heart.

  • What makes you crazy, or triggers you into feeling nauseous, rejected, attacked, depressed, angry, sad, grieving, vulnerable, powerless, even suicidal?
  • What caused the illness, disease, aches or pains to begin with?
  • And what perpetuates that, blocking your body from naturally healing quickly?
  • Why are you telling painful stories about yourself, other people and situations in your life, and even the animals?
  • What makes you feel unworthy, undeserving, unloved, unsupported?
  • Why you have shielded your heart so you can’t feel love?
  • Why you feel unheard, disrespected, ignored, or overwhelmed?
  • Why do you tolerate bad behavior, abuse, or neglect?
  • Why you feel you are ineffective in trying to accomplish something, to reach an important milestone or goal?
  • What stresses you out the most, and what stories do you tell yourself about that?
  • Why you feel attacked, and take things personally when they are not personal?
  • What’s blocking you from thriving, succeeding beyond your wildest dreams, from being able to communicate with animals anytime, about anything, confidently, quickly, accurately, proficiently?

Working together to heal

You might be surprised to know that these are the things that I have spent most of my life thinking about, researching, and seeking answers to.

And going a step further, how can I best help you overcome them so you can heal and live your best life.

Because when you’re healed, communicating with animals is as effortless and natural as breathing.

If you are drawn to work with me privately or train with me, that means that our Spirit Guides and Guardian Angels are aligned, and they have brought us together for the purpose of healing, evolving and growing.

Our job together is to clear off the bits that aren’t in alignment with your true Self.

My job is to lovingly and compassionately help you let go of the things that aren’t yours, heal your wounds, clear the blocks and stuck spots, and disconnect from that which no longer serves your highest best good.

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When we do this right, you’ll discover that your ability to communicate with animals clearly, accurately and competently improves dramatically and effortlessly.

Maybe I’m just “old school” this way.

I’m not quite as old as dirt, yet.

But then again, I have spent most of my 60+ years here (and countless past lives) deep diving into figuring out who I am, what I’m doing here (my purpose), unraveling what blocks and stops me from manifesting what I want, doing my inner healing every day, clearing old wounds and projections, learning how to create miracles for myself and my clients…

Various healing techniques – and years of expertise

Since I was a teenager, I’ve worked with many, MANY master teachers, studied, experienced thousands of healing modalities, and have become certified in the best of the best of them.

I’m constantly learning, and everything informs me.

Some healing techniques and modalities are way better than others, and some are stellar, highly effective, uber powerful, and incredibly life changing.

My goal is to teach the best of what I’ve learned to help my students and clients improve their life on all levels.

Everything is energy, and all energy can be transformed.

Thoughts and intentions are extremely powerful, and the mind is powerful.

That means that your thoughts generate emotions and stories and even pain, wounds, and trauma drama.

Your mind is the only part of you that can block, interfere, sabotage and limit your ability to communicate with animals and yes, to heal.

The HEART is 10,000+ times more powerful than the mind. (Heartmath Institute research studies)

This kind of thinking and exploration is natural to me, the micro and macro or inner and outer.

Like water to the fish.

The Heart Wisdom Method

That’s why I call this The Heart Wisdom Method, and the H.E.A.R.T. System for Solving Problems with Pets (and people too).

It’s also why working and training with me is a spiritual journey to becoming your best most favorite, healthy abundant wise and wonderful self.

Have you ever tried to fix a pet behavior problem with little success?

Have you hired a trainer or gone to a training class only to experience epic failure in solving the problem?

Have you tried different things hoping for change, only to be disappointed when your expectations were dashed?

Have you trained to learn animal communication only to feel disappointed, blocked or stuck when you couldn’t get beyond a certain level?

What I’m talking about here is the root of the problem.

You haven’t healed your wounds yet.

I call that expensive guesswork chasing your tail, going in the wrong direction.

And as they say, when you’re going in the wrong direction, more speed doesn’t help.

What’s missing is the heart to heart, soul to soul conversation.

Once you can work on inner healing, you can achieve greater clarity in animal communication

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Communicating with animals without the filter of your wounds is THE KEY to solving problems with pets.

There are right ways that work to solve problems through communication, and not so good ways that don’t work as well.

When you do this right using The Heart Wisdom Methods of communicating, you’ll find your animals are eager to talk to you.

They feel heard, respected and they know they are safe.

They feel good with you.

They will open their hearts to you, as well as their minds.

Animal communication is the secret behind great training, great relationships, and true understanding between species, always.

Any animal lover can learn this.

That means YOU can do it too.

All you have to do is learn how.

Start with the Beginning Core Foundations Course and learn how to talk with your animal using the Heart Wisdom techniques.

Practice with other animals to become more competent, confident, and proficient in the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club.

Advance your skills in the Advanced Animal Talk Mastery Course so you know how to apply communication and be effective helping animals in a wide variety of situations.

Soon your pet problems and wounds will become a thing of the past.

Capiche?

Oh yea, baby, this stuff really works when you do it right.

Check it out

Wishing you and your animals much love, joy and brilliance of being,

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Val “I Ask a LOT of Questions, Do a LOT of Inner Healing, and I Get the BEST Results” Heart

Founder of The Heart School of Animal Communication® and Host of the BEST Online Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery

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]]> https://valheart.com/inner-healing-is-critical-in-animal-communication/feed/ 0 Need Pet Supplements? 7 Signs To Watch For https://valheart.com/pet-supplements-7-signs-that-your-pet-might-need/ https://valheart.com/pet-supplements-7-signs-that-your-pet-might-need/#respond Mon, 19 Dec 2022 09:11:26 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=10712 TOP 7 SIGNS that your pet should be on a Supplement
1. Limping, lameness, stiff movements, especially after rising from getting up. The most common cause of these signs is from Arthritis, seen in middle age and older pets. Supplementing with Glucosamine,
Chondroitin, MSM and Essential Fatty Acids can reduce pain and inflammation.
2. Chronic itching and scratching. When your pet has these signs, they likely have an Allergy. Supplementing with Essential Fatty Acids, and Key Antioxidants can decrease the inflammatory response
in the skin- meaning LESS itching and scratching.
3. Recurrent bouts of Diarrhea or Vomiting- in this case your pet may be having difficulty digesting certain ingredients, or suffering from some type of disease in which the intestinal tract gets easily inflamed. Either way beneficial bacteria called Probiotics are often helpful, decreasing the severity and frequency of GI upset.
4. Chronic and ongoing Ear Infections. The most common underlying cause of ear infections is Allergies. A supplement that decreases the allergic signs can lessen the chance of ear infections- Essential
Fatty Acids, Antioxidants and Probiotics can help in this case.
5. Withdrawn and Sleeping longer- this can be seen in older pets which may have joint pain and discomfort of arthritis. Old age does NOT mean inactivity and less interaction. An effective
Arthritis supplement can make your pet feel better, and be LESS withdrawn.
6. Constant Paw chewing, excessive hair loss, and ‘Foul’ Odor. The smelling pet is a BIG sign that your pet has an underlying health disorder, and can benefit from a Supplement. This could be a food
allergy, inhalant allergy, and secondary skin infections with yeast or bacteria. Supplementing with Essential Fatty Acids, Probiotics, and Antioxidants can decrease the smell.
7. TOO many trips to your Vet. If you have a pet that seems to repeatedly be getting ill, then you should look at what you are feeding them, and do what you can to PREVENT diseases from happening
in the first place. Supplementing with nutrients that may improve your pets immune response to disease, such as Colustum, Maiitake and selected Vitamins and Minerals.

I have to thank Dr. Andrew Jones for coming out with a great deal of highly relevant information lately! We certainly are getting the benefit of his expertise right now – especially about pet supplements!

For more tips on how to care for your dogs at home check out Dr. Jones home study course – Veterinarian’s Secrets Home Study Course.

7 Signs that your pet should be on pet supplements:

1. Limping, lameness, stiff movements,

especially after rising from getting up. The most common cause of these signs is from arthritis, seen in middle-aged and older pets. Supplementing with Glucosamine, Chondroitin, MSM and essential fatty acids can reduce pain and inflammation.

2. Chronic itching and scratching.

When your pet has these signs, they likely have an allergy. Supplementing with essential fatty acids and key antioxidants can decrease the inflammatory response in the skin – meaning LESS itching and scratching.

pet supplements scratch

3. Recurrent bouts of diarrhea or vomiting.

In this case your pet may be having difficulty digesting certain ingredients, or suffering from some type of disease in which the intestinal tract gets easily inflamed. Either way beneficial bacteria called probiotics are often helpful, decreasing the severity and frequency of GI upset.

4. Chronic and ongoing ear infections.

The most common underlying cause of ear infections is allergies. Pet supplements that decrease the allergic signs can lessen the chance of ear infections – essential fatty acids, antioxidants and probiotics can help in this case.

5. Withdrawn and sleeping longer.

This can be seen in older pets which may have joint pain and discomfort from arthritis. Old age does NOT mean inactivity and less interaction. Effective arthritis pet supplements can make your pet feel better, and be LESS withdrawn.

pet supplements sleep

6. Constant paw chewing, excessive hair loss, and ‘foul’ odor.

A smelly pet is a BIG sign that your pet has an underlying health disorder and can benefit from pet supplements. This could be a food allergy, inhalant allergy, or secondary skin infections with yeast or bacteria. Supplementing with essential fatty acids, probiotics, and antioxidants can decrease the smell.

7. TOO many trips to your Vet.

If you have a pet that seems to repeatedly be getting ill, then you should look at what you are feeding them, and do what you can to PREVENT diseases from happening in the first place. Supplementing with nutrients that may improve your pets immune response to disease, such as Colustum, Maiitake and selected vitamins and minerals.

For more tips on how to care for your dogs at home check out Dr. Jones home study course – Veterinarian’s Secrets Home Study Course.

I have to thank Dr. Andrew Jones for coming out with a great deal of highly relevant information lately! We certainly are getting the benefit of his expertise right now!

Guest post courtesy of Dr. Andrew Jones. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communication Enterprises Inc. This article was previously published August 4, 2014, and was updated on December 19, 2022

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]]> https://valheart.com/pet-supplements-7-signs-that-your-pet-might-need/feed/ 0 Special Needs Animals: Talking to Kelly Preston https://valheart.com/real-dogs-dont-whisper-special-needs-animals/ https://valheart.com/real-dogs-dont-whisper-special-needs-animals/#respond Mon, 12 Dec 2022 10:28:01 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=6053 Today’s guest on the Real Dr Doolittle Show™ is Kelly Preston

Val Heart Leading Animal CommunicatorFrom Val:  Kelly Preston and Mr MacGoo are remarkable co-authors in this delightfully entertaining and informative book about living and working with special needs animals.

You’ll laugh and cry along with us while we talk about Betty Boop’s amazing life, Gizmo’s life lessons, and Mr MacGoo’s approach to things. The real question becomes, who’s teaching whom? Enjoy!

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Kelly Preston is first and foremost, an animal lover.

Raised on a ten-acre property in a small town in Pennsylvania, she grew up with horses, rabbits, and – of course – dogs. When she left home after college, she acquired Gizmo, an irresistible Lhasa Apso that started a journey full of joys and sorrows, hopes and tribulations, frustrations, endless lessons in patience, and above all else, love.

All of this has come at the hands (more precisely the paws) of Gizmo, Betty Boop, Buffy, Carla Mae, and the inimitable Mr. MaGoo.

Mr. MaGoo is a nine-year-old Lhasa Apso and the book’s co-creator and co-writer. He is, in his own words, “the alpha and omega of all dogs – in the cutest and sparkiest, most fun-loving package ever.”

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Ignoring Kelly’s persistent eye-rolling, Mr. MaGoo has forged ahead with this project in an attempt to, as he puts it, “present the facts from a dog’s perspective. In other words, the correct, most accurate, most interesting, only-one-that-matters perspective,” to which he adds, simply, “Woof!”

Kelly Answers Some Hard Hitting Questions:

  • What motivated you to make your dog, Mr MaGoo, the co-author of your book
  • What do you believe are the life lessons and rewards you’ve received from having so many special needs animals in your life?
  • Did you plan on having four special need dogs?
  • Why do you believe that these events prepared you to become a better person today?
  • What advice do you have for people with special needs animals?


Only for The Dr Doolittle Show listeners, you can get a copy of the book, “Real Dogs Don’t Whisper”, with free shipping – Kelly and Mr Goo’s treat for you. Go to: www.realdogsdontwhisper.com/valheart

To contact Kelly and learn more about what she does visit her at: www.realdogsdontwhisper.com

Ready to learn how to talk to animals yourself? Get your Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Pets free ebook at https://www.LearnHowToTalkToAnimals.com and find out how now!

This article was previously published June 21, 2012 and was updated on December 12, 2022

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]]> https://valheart.com/real-dogs-dont-whisper-special-needs-animals/feed/ 0 Animal Talk: Real Dogs Don't Whisper with author Kelly Preston on The Real Dr. Doolittle Show nonadult Our Favorite Animal Communication Articles https://valheart.com/our-favorite-animal-communication-articles/ https://valheart.com/our-favorite-animal-communication-articles/#respond Fri, 09 Dec 2022 01:38:12 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=10862 I hope you enjoy the list of some of my favorite Animal Communication Articles

10 Important Things You Must Know Before Hiring an Animal Communicator!

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https://valheart.com/what-to-do-about-bad-behaved-dogs/

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https://valheart.com/animal-talk-top-24-dog-and-cat-health-conditions-animal-communication-can-help-with-including-cat-skin-conditions/

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Do you want to learn how to start communicating with your pets?  

Then you’ll want to check out The Heart School of Animal Communication®.

Click Here  to see the courses – take a look and choose what most appeals to you.

If you are a newbie, then we highly recommend starting with the Beginning Core Foundations Course.

If you’re still not convinced of all the benefits of communicating with animals, click here to learn all the great reasons you should begin learning how now!

 

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!


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]]> https://valheart.com/our-favorite-animal-communication-articles/feed/ 0 Bad Behavior in Dogs: What Do You Do? https://valheart.com/bad-behavior-in-dogs-what-do-you-do/ https://valheart.com/bad-behavior-in-dogs-what-do-you-do/#respond Thu, 08 Dec 2022 08:00:11 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=10602 If your pet has a behavior issue, the source could be either physical or psychological.

Is your animal behaving badly? Bad behavior in dogs may be a sign of psychological issues such as depression or grieving.  Knowing whether an issue with your dog (or cat)  is psychological or physical can save unwanted and unneeded medical treatments.  Learn the six signs of depression and/or psychological issues.

When Dr Joey contacted me, he wanted my help with his dogs. He had been putting up with really bad behavior from them for a long time. He was grieving terribly for his Forever Dog Friend, Satin, who had passed away.

On top of that, his other best dog friend, Shami, had also recently passed away after a terrible and mysterious illness. He told me his heart was so heavy with grief that he just didn’t know how he could go on.

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Dr Joey’s health was very bad (he was suffering from cancer) and he could hardly move because he was in so much pain. To complicate matters, his remaining three dogs were out of control. They jumped on everyone, which was terribly embarrassing. They barked and would not quiet down, and they urinated in the house.

All of the dogs were exhibiting one type or another of bad behavior.

One dog would go outside — then come back inside to pee! Duchess was physically launching an attack on the front door anytime someone just walked by. And since the door was largely glass, Dr Joey was afraid she’d break the door and hurt herself in the process!

He couldn’t take them for walks because they would pull in all directions and one dog would have to be dragged along terribly frustrating and dangerous for all of them. Plus, little Zena and Zoey were afraid to go outside. And, to make matters even worse, they had begun fighting amongst themselves.

He desperately wanted them to behave and didn’t understand why they weren’t. He also worried that they weren’t happy. And because of the tragic loss of two of his dog companions, he was very concerned about their health.

Recently, the vets had insisted that Zena needed knee surgery and he was terrified she would not survive the surgery. He just couldn’t face losing another dog.

He decided to try holistic healing therapy to combat all of these bad behaviors.

After several holistic healing therapy and animal communication sessions, the dogs are much better behaved. No more inappropriate indoor urination, they are happy to greet visitors more appropriately. Dr Joey is healthier himself. And to-date, Zena has not had to have surgery as her symptoms are so much improved.

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Without giving your animal a voice to speak what’s on their mind, we can only guess at why they are behaving the way they are. After all, who knows better how they are feeling? If they are in pain or discomfort? What works for them or doesn’t work? If something is confusing or frightening, and why?

Here are 6 signs of depression or other psychological issues in dogs that benefit from the services of a professional animal communicator and holistic healing therapies are:

1) Urinating or defecating in their home or kennel

is a major clue that something isn’t right in their world. A dog’s natural instinct tells them not to foul their own den, and when they do, that tells us there is something seriously amiss. It could be coming from an undiagnosed physical problem, but it is most often an emotional or mental reaction to their caretaker’s distress and anxiety, creating an unstable mindset.

2) Aggression to others

indicates that they are not feeling emotionally stable in mind, body or spirit, or are being mishandled, misunderstood or mismanaged. This is often a response to their caretaker’s emotional, mental or physical distress which they then take and focus outward onto their world in ways that appropriate to them, from their viewpoint. Proper rebalancing of both parties is critical to resolving this issue.

3) Hot spots and chronic skin problems

are symptoms of an underlying condition that has to be addressed and resolved at the root or source of the issue. These problems often come from a reaction to improper diets or treats, allergies, a buildup of acquired toxicity that overwhelms their system. A messed up digestive tract because of antibiotics treatments, parasites, lack of proper supplementation, or frequently it can be a symptom of vaccination side effects. It is also a very clear indication that their caretaker is experiencing too much stress in their world, which then bleeds over energetically onto their animal.

4) Lethargy or loss of interest in exercise,

play and activities is a clear indication that there is something seriously wrong. Regardless of the animals age, they should always be interested in their surroundings and happy to engage with others. Pay attention if they aren’t. The contributing factors can include their experience of grief or loss (of a friend, human or otherwise, or even a favorite toy or object), sadness, or undiagnosed physical discomfort. Other factors can only be discovered by communicating with them directly.

5) Fearful or skittish behavior

indicates they have lost their confidence. Allowing our animal friends to continue to live in fear is a disservice to them. What they are asking for is help in regaining their confidence, their sense of place and purpose. Improper management or training efforts that are largely misunderstood. Or not the right approach to them have to be examined and discussed, to come up with an appropriate training style that works for them. There can also be underlying physical distress that contributes to them feeling out of balance. And of course, we have to look to their human friends to see what fears or underlying anxieties they are carrying in their own body-mind that is contributing to the problems.

6) Physical health or pain problems

often have underlying emotional, mental or spiritual components that may actually be coming from their caretaker’s issues. If this is the case, then you will take them to the vet and they’ll get misdiagnosed or worse, and you’ll spend a lot of money in vet bills. And you’ll be no better off than if you hadn’t gone.Sometimes actually worse off because the real problem got missed and now your animal has even more stress to deal with.

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Dogs – just click on the picture below!

So what if the real issues in all these cases is something going on in you that is causing distress in your animal?

Without communicating with your animal first, you’ll take them to the vet and maybe you’ll get lucky and it will clear up anyway. But the truth may be that it wasn’t ever about the animal themselves, it was about a problem with you that they were unable to express in a way you could understand.

The bottom line is that if your animal is not properly balanced and stable in their own body, mind and spirit. Or are not healing quickly and easily as their body is designed to do, then they may be picking up and carrying their caretaker’s own energetic imbalances.  To get the best long-term result, we often have to explore deeper to discover the root of the matter. If we are imbalanced, then they will be too, because we and our animals are intricately connected in body, mind, and spirit.

What happened with Dr. Joey?

Are you wondering what happened to Dr. Joey and his bad dogs?  I heard from him a few months later on the one year anniversary of his best dog friend Satin’s passing.  Amazingly, he had been able to move his clinic that summer. And, he said his personal health recovery felt like a miracle. NO more cancer of the bone marrow.  Plus, his dogs, Duchess, Zoey and Zena were all doing fine no more bad behavior.

Dr. Joey said that his and his dog’s lives had drastically changed in our work together, and he had become alpha once again creating more stability for his household. As you can imagine, Dr. Joey was deeply grateful for everyone’s recovery!

We look forward to your questions and comments!

Do you have a pet that is showing signs of bad behavior?  Contact Val for an appointment.

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Want to use my articles in your blog, ezine, or website? You can, as long as you include this complete blurb with it: Val Heart is called The Real Dr Doolittle and teaches animal lovers how to connect and communicate from the heart. She specializes in resolving behavior, training, performance, health problems, euthanasia decisions.  email: contactval@valheart.com visit https://valheart.com

This article was previously published July 29, 2014, and was updated on December 8, 2022

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TuffyTiger Taught Me to Purr – It Was Magical

 

]]> https://valheart.com/bad-behavior-in-dogs-what-do-you-do/feed/ 0 Cat Diets: What You Need to Know with Claude West https://valheart.com/cat-diets-what-you-need-to-know-claude-west/ https://valheart.com/cat-diets-what-you-need-to-know-claude-west/#respond Mon, 05 Dec 2022 09:42:46 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=5749 Today we’re talking to Claude West about cat diets on The Real Dr Doolittle Show™

Claude West was raised on a farm with animals of all kinds and has over thirty years experience in raising and working with cats. They have taught him a lot about what works and what does not.

Growing up with such a variety of animals gave him many insights and remarkable experiences that you can only get by living so closely and intimately together.

These are his bragging rights and the foundation of his extensive training that he brought to his website, http://tipsaboutcats.com (now closed) that was dedicated to cat health, diet, and disposition.

His love and passion for felines made it an easy decision for him to start a website that would provide critically needed information about our feline friends, and offer the latest research from other animal experts too. Although the website has since closed, there is still an open Facebook page with lots of cute cat content!

His website had focused on supporting the local animal shelter and all donations and profits went towards helping unfortunate animals. He has an ongoing passion to do whatever it takes to help them live better quality, happier and healthier lives.

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Cat specialist answers these questions:

  • There is a lot of contradictory information out there about the proper diet for cats. What do you think the proper feline diet should be to keep them healthy and boost their immune system?
  • Why should cat lovers consider offering a raw food diet for their cats?
  • What are the steps to switch our kitties over to a healthier diet?
  • Are there other resources to help upgrade cat diets?
  • Why do you say that proper diet is relevant to both cats and dogs as carnivores but is even more critical for feline health?
  • If someone wanted to find out more, what should they do?

This article was previously published February 23, 2012, and was updated on December 5, 2022.

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Cats – just click on the picture below!


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Every Animal Lover Needs to Know How to Talk to Animals

]]> https://valheart.com/cat-diets-what-you-need-to-know-claude-west/feed/ 0 Cat Diets-Everything You Need to Know | The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™ | Animal Talk | Podcast #84 nonadult How to Talk to Animals – Introduction https://valheart.com/how-to-talk-to-animals/ https://valheart.com/how-to-talk-to-animals/#respond Mon, 05 Dec 2022 05:56:19 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=11259 How to Talk to Animals – Introduction to training series!

This begins an exciting new series of how to talk to animals training with the best professional animal communicators and pet psychics in the world. Join me and my guests as we discuss how animals communicate telepathically with each other and how humans can learn to speak their language, to hear their voices, to learn from their wisdom.

In our short 10 to 15 minute chats, we’ll be discussing how to use animal talk to solve pet behavior problems, enhance training and performance issues, healing animals, how to ease transitions, how to reconnect with pets in the afterlife, and much more.

Animal communication also called dog or cat or horse whispering is an important skill every animal lover needs to know. And with a little coaching and practice, you can learn how to talk to animals yourself.

Sign up now for more training series:  https://www.learnhowtotalktoanimals.com/all-online-courses/professional-animal-communicator-class-series/

Interested in my AnimalTalk Coaching Club?

Top 4 reasons to join right now.

  • You WANT a safe community to develop and advance your skills learning how to talk to animals
  • You WANT more training so you can improve your confidence, self-esteem and accuracy
  • You LOVE communicating with animals all over the world
  • You GET how powerful regular inexpensive access to a top expert with well over 24 years communicating and solving problems with pets could be for YOU!

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This article was previously published December 15, 2014, and was updated on December 5, 2022

Enjoy this article? Here are three more of my most popular articles about animal communication:

Speaking to Animals Changed My Life: The Day a Horse Spoke to Me
5 Responsibilities For a Professional Animal Communicator
How Visualizing Can Improve Animal Communication

]]> https://valheart.com/how-to-talk-to-animals/feed/ 0 Soul Healing Helps You Communicate With Animals https://valheart.com/soul-healing-help-you-communicate-with-animals/ https://valheart.com/soul-healing-help-you-communicate-with-animals/#respond Fri, 02 Dec 2022 22:08:22 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=115871 What does Soul healing have to do with your ability to communicate with animals?

Everything!

You must heal so you can hear what’s being said without the filter of your wounds.

If your Soul is unhealthy, then not only are you going to suffer from poor health (and relationship and financial problems)…

This is also the #1 root cause of the communication issues you’re struggling with, including why you feel blocked, why you can’t understand what your pets are trying to tell you, why the communication you get isn’t accurate, why it’s hard to use your intuition properly when you try to communicate. Soul and Heart Healing

 

How Soul healing affects communication

Let me explain, and I’ll show you what to do to to fix all of this.

We’ve been talking about the root causes of chronic fatigue, depression, pain, feeling fragile and overwhelmed, wishing you could do more but can barely function, and all the various therapies, supplements, exercises, and doctors haven’t restored health.

Here’s the thing to understand about Soul Repair and Spirit Healing and how it relates to your ability to communicate confidently and proficiently with animals:

All healing is SOUL healing.

ALL communication is information exchanged between Souls, energetically, telepathically, intuitively.

That’s because you are a spiritual “Soul” with a physical body, experiencing life on Mother Earth.

That’s true regardless of body type, so it applies to animals too.

Your physical body reflects your Soul’s health, or lack thereof.

If your Soul is sick or drained, then your body reflects that.

When you live on planet Earth and connect with other beings who have been “infected or led astray by dark forces”, you are being attacked by those negative dark energies and entities that can then drain your soul and vitality.

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How can you tell if you’ve been attacked?

You may feel chronically fatigued, weak, lethargic, in pain, carrying a heavy weight around energetically…

Some folks tell me they feel “cursed” because nothing works out for them the way they’d hoped…

If you don’t reverse this pattern quickly, then you wind up sick and broke, exhausted and overwhelmed.

Homes and vehicles and objects can be cursed too, so if things break constantly? Pay attention, we need to clear that.

Your bank account drains…

You or your animals get sick…

You feel blocked, stuck in quicksand…

It’s like having dark clouds over your head all the time.

That’s because there’s something unseen affecting you.

You can sink into depression, anxiety, overwhelm, and even have suicidal thoughts.

What can the Heart Wisdom Miracles and Soul Healing Program do about it?

With Heart Wisdom Miracles and Soul Repair, all that nastiness stops because you know how to block it, shield yourself properly, and easily transform the nasty bits from draining your heart and soul, once you know how. (everything is energy!)

Then you can easily connect with others including your animals.

Communication is a natural effortless flow of energy exchange between you.

In the process you regain your strength, vitality and health.

Everything is energy, all energy can be transformed.

All healing and communication is done from the Heart and Soul, vibrationally, not from the mind.

Thinking and overthinking using your mental energy is weak compared to Heart energy which has been shown to be at least 100,000 more powerful than the mind (from the HeartMath Research Institute).

Heal your soul using your heart energy at the Twelfth Dimension

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That’s why the Heart Wisdom Method of communication is based on connecting with your heart using love energy first, before engaging your mind… not the other way around.

Your HEART is the center of your energy body, all the work we’ll be doing is with your heart.

I’m not referring to your physical heart. I’m talking about your Soul Essence Heart.

Knowing how to work with this Soul Essence energy and protect yourself properly so dark negative energy or entities won’t drain or attach to you is the key to staying healthy.

It’s the key to being prosperous because you’ll be tapped into and aligned with the Universal Flow of Abundance and can easily clear the blocks to your prosperity.

That’s important because if your cup is empty or running dry, you won’t have anything to share with anyone else.

If your cup is contaminated, you need to clean and refill it before drinking or offering it to someone else.

So if you try to communicate with weak, contaminated energy with an animal, they feel that and will either block you or try to help you… or have no choice but to be negatively affected by it too.

When your Soul is healthy and strong, your cup is full of life, love and light, sourced from the Universal Field (aka, God), then you have more than enough always, and will never be depleted.

I’m not telling you these things to frighten you.

This is about enlightening, educating and empowering you, which is what this is all about!

If this resonates with you, then here’s what to do.

Here’s how it works:

In the beginning, I’ll access the Twelfth Dimension highest frequencies and do most of the healing work FOR you.

Then I’ll teach you how to do this yourself, because when you do you heal, you’ll feel stronger, regain your healthy and abundance for the rest of your life.

And yes, your ability to communicate with animals will be so much easier because you’ll be in alignment.

We will work together once a week on the following things:

First:

I’ll focus on healing your Soul Essence and repairing your Spirit using a uniquely different protocol designed to move you out of your head and into your heart (where wisdom and the true power to heal reside).

We identify and remove the unseen source of your problems (the missing link in healthcare) so we can get rid of all negative energies attached to your soul that have been draining you.

One client said she could feel the Archangels during her healing, and that it was an amazing experience.

The chronic debilitating pains in her neck, shoulder and the subsequent loss of function in her hand improved dramatically in just 1 session.

Second:

We clear out old karma and get rid of negative soul contracts, mind control, implants, and restore your healthy genetic code.

We also recharge the mitochondria in your cells, and optimize the functioning of your body parts.

For folks struggling with cancer or an immune system that’s not working properly, I will download and install anti-cancer energies and frequencies (and teach you how to do that yourself) so we can dissolve tumors and restore proper functioning of organs, glands and systems, and yes, that includes your immune system too.

Third:

You learn how to detach and clear obsessive worrying thoughts, and seal energy drains and leaks.

Depression, suicidal thoughts, anxiety, panic attacks, addictions, ADD… it dissolves and goes away by this point.

Fourth:

You discover how to energetically shield yourself so you can transform negative energies quickly.

With these extraordinary techniques, they won’t latch onto you or drain you ever again.

What you’ll get

You’ll get audio (phone) sessions, and email/messenger support in between sessions during business hours.

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To get the best results, you are:

  1. A spiritual person and have already tried various therapies or other methods of healing so you have an understanding of the nature of the healing journey.
  2. Willing to let go of what made you sick and adopt new healthier habits and lifestyle choices in order to heal and seal the energy drains on your Soul that keep you weak, ill, and powerless.
  3. Committed to doing the simple daily assignments and processes as I’ll teach you (which will feel more like drinking sacred healing water than doing “work”).

The investment for this life changing health transformation offer ranges between $5,000 and $10,000 USD based on the weight of the case and needs of the client.

Basic karma clearing is on the lower end of the scale, but cases that also have heavy evil, witchcraft, black magic, curses, or demonic possession require a great deal more work and risk.

Given that this program provides a full Soul Repair and Spirit Healing for you AND your animals, along with instruction in how to keep yourself healthy for the rest of your life, the investment is quite small.

Especially compared to the costs of surgery, chemo, radiation, repeated doctor (or vet) visits and medication for the rest of your life, not to mention lost opportunities with family and your career.

How do I start?

Here’s how to apply for the Heart Wisdom Miracles and Soul Repair Healing 30 Day Intensive Program: Go HERE to find out more about the Program

Because of the intensive nature of this Program, I only have room for 2 Soul Repair clients each month.

Let’s celebrate your return to health and well-being next!

BIG hugs and much love to you and your angels, guides, teachers and healers cleverly disguised as animals,

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Val “Miracles, Soul Repair and Spirit Healing for People and Pets” Heart

P.S. All healing is Soul healing. Everything is Energy. All energy can be transformed.

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P.P.S. Are you ready to be revitalized, free of pain, with a renewed sense of life and purpose, joyful, happy, able to access Divine answers and Abundance anytime you want?

What if you could have all that in just a few weeks from right now?

Imagine that.

Because that’s exactly what we do in the Heart Wisdom Miracles and Soul Repair Healing 30 Day Intensive Program.

Space is limited, so if this resonates with you, apply now.

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]]> https://valheart.com/soul-healing-help-you-communicate-with-animals/feed/ 0 A Positive Look at Fear When Horseback Riding https://valheart.com/a-positive-look-at-fear-when-horseback-riding/ https://valheart.com/a-positive-look-at-fear-when-horseback-riding/#respond Mon, 28 Nov 2022 13:43:01 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=6229 Guest post courtesy of Jane Savoie. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communication Enterprises Inc. This article was previously published August 1, 2012, and was updated on November 28, 2022.

Overcoming Your Horseback Riding Fears

Have you ever been afraid while horseback riding (or doing anything else for that matter!)? Of course you have. But you don’t have to be paralyzed by your fears.

Remember, courage when horseback riding is not the absence of fear. It’s being afraid and doing what you want or need to do in spite of fear. (I think John Wayne said, “Courage is being scared to death but saddling up, anyway.”)

Let’s think outside the box for a moment and perhaps change your attitude toward fear a little.

Fear means you’re growing.

Every time you stretch yourself, aim a little higher, or take a risk, you’re going to experience some anxiety. So fear itself is not the issue. Fear doesn’t make you a coward. There’s nothing wrong with being afraid.

Fear only becomes an issue when it paralyzes you and prevents you from doing something you really want to do.

Besides, if you’re not afraid at times, it just means that you’re not stepping out of your comfort zone and living big enough.

So, rather than interpreting fear as a signal to retreat, think of it as a cue to take action.

If fear goes hand in hand with growth, why would you want to avoid it completely? Instead, think of fear as a sign of your development and look at it as a companion that accompanies you on all your exciting adventures.

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Take action

Once you take action, you’ll find that action cures fear. You see, you might think you’re safe if you stay in your comfort zone.  But refusing to push through your fears actually leaves you with a greater sense of dread because your fear grows into an unmanageable monster.

So, take a small risk every day. That’s not to say that you should take foolish chances.  Always make sure you’re well prepared for the task at hand.  But taking a well-thought out risk will make you feel great.  And even if it doesn’t work out, at least you’ve made an effort. You’re not sitting back powerless and immobilized by your fears.

In the last section, I explained how your subconscious mind is just waiting for your instructions. One of the fascinating things about this process is that the subconscious is nonjudgmental.  It doesn’t care if the goal you give it is positive or negative.  It just moves you relentlessly toward what it thinks you want. Like the genie in the bottle, your subconscious mind says, “Your wish is my command”.

For example, if you repeatedly say, “My horse isn’t ready to compete, and this show is probably going to be a disaster”. Or, “I’m a basket case when I compete and can’t sleep the night before”, or “I’m afraid my horse will have a mental meltdown if I ask for more collection”, the words disaster, basket case, and meltdown become the goals.

Or let’s say you keep your fears to yourself and don’t verbalize them.  BUT you’re gifted with an extremely vivid imagination.

You can picture potential disaster in great detail like the rider who told me she had a very distinct mental image of what would happen when she asked her young horse to canter.

She clearly saw him launching her into the air where she did a perfect full twisting somersault before landing unceremoniously flat on her back in the dirt!

Stop those negative thoughts

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What can you do to prevent an image like that from becoming your goal? First, when you find yourself picturing something horrible, do some thought stopping.  There are all kinds of ways to do this so choose a method that’s easiest for you.

For instance, try saying the word, ‘Clear’ or ‘Quit!’ to quiet your mind and erase the negative pictures.  Or picture the thing you fear the most, and then draw a big, black X through it.

Or try this.  Go out and have a look at a stop sign.  I mean really study it.  Memorize the details – the size, shape, colors, and style of letters.

Then when your mental demons plague you, superimpose that stop sign in your mind’s eye over the image of whatever it is that you dread.

After you’ve done some thought stopping, the next step is to reprogram your mental computer through self-talk and imaging.

Find buzzwords that empower you.  One of my students froze every time she thought her horse was going to wheel around and take off in the opposite direction.

Her catch phrase became “Take charge” and that mobilized her.  Another rider who tended to be too conservative in competition used the phrase “I’m a risk-taker”.

Or consider the fact that if you truly believed that you could handle anything, you’d have nothing to fear.  So, your motto becomes “Feel the fear and do it anyway. So what if my horse bolts – I can handle it!”  (By the way, it’s not a runaway unless you try to stop!)

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Visualize the desired outcome

As far as imaging goes, I’m a great advocate of visualizing the ideal scenario because I believe that perfect practice makes perfect.  However, if you find it difficult to do perfect practice, do some coping rehearsal instead.

For instance, let’s say it’s early spring and you’re getting ready for the first competition of the season.  You’ve been preparing diligently all winter and you’re psyched. As you tend to all the last minute organizational details, you reflect about how much fun it will be to take your 4 year old, chestnut thoroughbred mare to her first competition.  Your sense of anticipation stays with you right up until the time that you go home, listen to the evening weather report, and hear that there’s an arctic cold front blasting in overnight.  The temperature is going to plummet some 30 degrees and the wind will be gusting to 45 MPH.  To top it all off, your ride is at 7:45 A.M  And you think, “I’m gonna DIE!”

Rather than visualizing being catapulted into outer space, do some coping rehearsal instead.  Watch the whole disaster unfolding. See it in great detail.  And then continue your mental videotape until you see a successful resolution to the scenario.

For example, you take your horse off the trailer. She’s dancing around and screaming hysterically to the other horses. It takes two people to hold her steady enough so that you can tack her up.  As soon as you mount, you feel a hump in her back and her tail goes straight up like a flag. You piaffe out to the warm-up area (by the way, she doesn’t even know how to piaffe).

As you begin your warm-up, she begins to buck exuberantly.  BUT THEN you realize that during all of her antics, you’re never actually unseated. (See, you can handle it!)

Your breathing gets slower and deeper, and you begin to relax.  After those initial exciting moments, your horse settles down to business.  You proceed with your usual warm-up and then go into the ring to have the ride of your life!

Enjoyed this article? Here are three more about horses:

How To Help Your Horse’s Winter Colic

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]]> https://valheart.com/a-positive-look-at-fear-when-horseback-riding/feed/ 0 Bach Flowers Healing with Joan Jacobs on the Real Dr. Doolittle Show™ https://valheart.com/bach-flowers-healing-joan-jacobs-on-real-dr-doolittle/ https://valheart.com/bach-flowers-healing-joan-jacobs-on-real-dr-doolittle/#comments Mon, 28 Nov 2022 07:00:20 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=5779 Bach Flowers Healing with Joan Jacobs on the Real Dr. Doolittle Show™

Note From Val:  I first learned about Bach Flowers in the mid 1990’s, and have used them for myself, my family, my animals and recommended them to my clients and friends with great results.  I was very interested in Joan’s depth of knowledge about their use with humans and animals, and learned a great deal that I didn’t know in our interview, and that is not common knowledge. You’ll love learning more about them too, regardless of whether you’ve been using them for years or are brand new to the concept.  Enjoy!

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Joan Jacobs is a 25 year experienced holistic healer, Bach Flower practitioner and teacher.

Joan_JacobsIn her clinical work, Joan awakens the body to restore health by accessing and activating information held within the anatomical structures, and then supports the healing process using energy healing, Bach Flower remedies and healthy self-management skills.

Joan teaches at the faculty of health sciences, at the Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, and has held senior teaching and program coordinating positions at leading schools of complementary medicine in Israel.

She also teaches certification programs for Bach Flower practitioners in which she teaches her unique approach to case intakes and prescribing.

Joan developed and instructs programs for cancer survivors, particularly breast cancer survivors as well as programs in the field of women’s empowerment and health and also for substance abuse victims and prison inmates.

Joan has also developed unique applications of Holistic approaches in the field of  interpersonal relationships in the work place. She has worked with the staffs and personnel of some of Israel’s leading companies, hospitals and educational institutions.

Joan answers these questions and more:

  • Who is Dr Edward Bach, and what is The Bach Flower method?
  • How are the remedies created, and how do they actually work?
  • What type of conditions, in humans and animals, benefit from the Bach Flower remedies?
  • What is the difference between prescribing for personality type issues and temporary mood states?
  • How can animals benefit from this healing method?

For more information on Joan Jacobs and her book, “Messages From The Soul – A Holistic Approach to Healing” please visit www.jjacobshealth.com.

Health depends on being in harmony with our souls. – Dr Edward Bach

Need a little help with your best friend disguised as an animal? Book a session with Val now at https://valheart.com

Ready to learn how to talk to animals yourself? Get your Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Pets free ebook and find out how now

Free Ebook Hidden Secrets to Animal Communication

This article was previously published Spril 26, 2012 and was updated on November 28, 2022.

If you love this Interview you may also want to listen to one of these!

BodyTalk & Animals – Loesje Jacobs on The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™

Animal Talk: Healthy Nutrition for Pets with Dr. Harvey Cohen on The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™

Healing Dogs Through Meditation – Jim Jacobson on the Real Dr. Doolittle Show™

 

 

]]> https://valheart.com/bach-flowers-healing-joan-jacobs-on-real-dr-doolittle/feed/ 3 Bach Flowers Healing with Joan Jacobs | The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™ | Animal Talk | Podcast #89 nonadult Animals & Intuitive Intelligence, Interview with Val Heart https://valheart.com/animals-intuitive-intelligence-interview-val-heart/ https://valheart.com/animals-intuitive-intelligence-interview-val-heart/#respond Sun, 27 Nov 2022 05:49:14 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=5576 Who is Val Heart?

Val Heart Expert Animal CommunicatorVal Heart, The Real Dr. Doolittle is an animal communication expert, animal whisperer, animal behaviorist, internationally recognized pet psychic and master healer for people and their animals.  She is also a world-renowned Equestrian Health, Behavior & Performance Expert.

She works with celebrities and other animal lovers who are struggling with their animals because after 10 trips to the vet they still don’t know why their animal is sick, they can’t get their dog to stop eating their shoes, their horse refuses to jump, bucks them off or runs away with them.

Val solves problems in minutes, not years, because she bridges the gap between you and your animals.

She also loves teaching animal lovers how to communicate with animals themselves so they can save money at the vet, solve their own behavior, performance and training problems, and learn how to deepen their heart connection with all animals.

The 12 Days of Intuitive Intelligence

Paula Gregorowicz hosted an Intuitive Intelligence Telesummit called The 12 Days of Intuitive Intelligence.

She carefully handpicked a dream-team of guests she wanted to interview and Val was one of them. It might seem like an unusual approach to becoming enlightened and developing your intuition. Usually, when a spiritual seeker is interested in developing their intuitive intelligence, they learn from human gurus and teachers.

However, your animals are sometimes your best teachers (and healers).

Listen and learn:

  • How Val got started as a professional animal communicator
  • How animals are telepathic and how they share information energetically with you
  • How you’re already receiving messages your animal is sending to you
  • How learning animal communication can save you time, money and peace of mind
  • Why you should ask your animals for help when there is a problem
  • Why sometimes the problem isn’t with them, it’s with you!
  • 3 simple steps to tell your animals what you need them to know
  • Why Val is so passionate about helping people learn how to communicate with animals

 

Do you want to learn how to start communicating with your pets?  

Then you’ll want to check out The Heart School of Animal Communication®.

Click Here  to see the courses – take a look and choose what most appeals to you.

If you are a newbie, then we highly recommend starting with the Beginning Core Foundations Course.

If you’re still not convinced of all the benefits of communicating with animals, click here to learn all the great reasons you should begin learning how now!

Start here! Get your free ebook so you can have a stronger bond & improve your relationship with your pet!

Free Ebook Hidden Secrets to Animal Communication

This article was previously published December 23, 2011, and was updated on November 27, 2022

Enjoy this article? Here are three of my most popular articles about animal communication:

Pet Loss: We Love. Therefore We Grieve Losing Our Pets

How Cat Communication Prepared TuffyTiger To Go Outside Safely

Is My Dog Happy? Here’s How to Know For Sure

]]> https://valheart.com/animals-intuitive-intelligence-interview-val-heart/feed/ 0 Animals & Intuitive Intelligence, Interview with Val | The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™ nonadult All About Thrush in Horses https://valheart.com/all-about-thrush-in-horses/ https://valheart.com/all-about-thrush-in-horses/#respond Mon, 21 Nov 2022 16:59:55 +0000 http://showhorseexpert.com/?p=401 An educational collection of articles on thrush in horses
Brought to you by http://www.TheHorse.com/

BRUSHING UP ON THRUSH

Winter is here and, for many areas of the country, that means the onset of wet weather, a reduction in riding, and more stall time for horses. For some owners, it’s less time spent with their horses and more time spent snugged up on the couch with the remote. All of which could mean an uptick in the risk of your horse developing thrush–that gunky, smelly, black discharge oozing from the bottom of his hoof. Continue reading…

THRUSH DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT

You’ve seen it many a time–a horse gallops across a field and dirt clods fly every which way. With normal activity, your horse’s hooves are subject to a natural cleansing process that scours the bottom of the hoof and removes debris collected there. Any reason for inactivity, such as lameness or constraints on exercise and turnout, can influence how successful the natural cleaning action is that comes with moving across dry ground. It doesn’t require a fast run to accomplish this; even just regular movement at a walk and trot will be beneficial. Continue reading..

THRUSH PREVENTION

Thrush is a very common word for those of us who have spent any amount of time around horses. It is one of the more common diseases of the equine hoof. But does everyone know what thrush is? How do you prevent it, or how do you treat it once it has set up shop within your horse’s hooves? Continue reading…

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ASK THE VET: CLEAN HOOVES BEFORE TREATING THRUSH

Q. My 13-year-old Morgan has had very bad thrush for six years. The most recent treatment our vet recommended is soaking the feet in Epsom salts and packing them with iodine-soaked gauze. He’s stalled when it’s wet, and the stall is cleaned daily. We’ve tried this for about six weeks; as with the other treatments, we’ve seen little to no improvement.
Do you know any other treatments or possible solutions?

A. Read the response from A.C. Asbury, DVM, Dipl. ACT.

BUILDING BETTER HOOVES

At some point, probably all of us have used some type of product to try to improve our horses’ feet. And many of us haven’t seen the results we wanted, so perhaps we tried another. And another. Despite our best efforts, some of us despair of ever having horses with those tough feet that don’t crack and hold all the shoes until the farrier’s next visit. One of our online readers put it best: “I need a miracle!” Continue reading…

THRUSH

FACT SHEET: Thrush is a common infection of the horse’s hoof characterized by a black, necrotic, foul-smelling material. The central or collateral sulci (grooves) of the frog of the hoof are typically affected, but in severe cases thrush can also invade the white line, sole, and sensitive layers of the foot, potentially resulting in permanent lameness. Download this free fact sheet now.

This article was previously published June 27, 2013, and was updated on November 21, 2022

Are you interested in learning how to communicate with animals?

Then you’ll want to check out The Heart School of Animal Communication®.

Click Here  to see the courses – take a look and choose what most appeals to you.

If you are a newbie, then we highly recommend starting with the Beginning Core Foundations Course.

If you’re still not convinced of all the benefits of communicating with animals, click here to learn all the great reasons you should begin learning how now!

 

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Horses – just click on the picture below!

Enjoyed this article? Here are three more to help you:

How To Help Your Horse’s Winter Colic

Can Iodized Salt Help Make Your Horse Healthier?

12 Things You Didn’t Know About Elise Gaston Chand and Horse Whispering

]]> https://valheart.com/all-about-thrush-in-horses/feed/ 0 Dog Trainer and Advice Columnist Joan Mayer on The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™ https://valheart.com/dog-trainer-joan-mayer-on-the-real-dr-doolittle-show/ https://valheart.com/dog-trainer-joan-mayer-on-the-real-dr-doolittle-show/#respond Sat, 19 Nov 2022 05:25:40 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=5465 This article was previously published November 18, 2011, and was updated on November 19, 2022.

Today’s guest interview is with dog behaviorist and advise columnist Joan Mayer

Joan, a certified professional dog trainer, enjoys great satisfaction from seeing her students succeed. While she loves teaching her clients how to train and manage their dogs, her greatest joy comes from knowing that she has empowered them with a valuable education that will help enhance their relationship with their dogs for life!

As a dog guardian (and dog mom) herself, Joan infuses her canine coaching with realistic expectations. She understands the challenges both humans and dogs face in everyday life and offers practical guidance and solutions for making any situation work.

You will learn:

Anything that has to do with dog behavior and helping people understand their dogs a little better while helping to resolve any behavioral concerns your listeners might have.

  • How Joan’s dog Pancho became a syndicated columnist, sounds impressive right?  It is!
  • How to help your dog with destructive behavior
  • How to help your dog break out of doggy boredom
  • How to help facilitate the healing of separation anxiety and other signs of instability
  • What to do when your dog barks constantly and won’t stop


To get Joan Hunter Mayer’s free eBooks, dog training tips and access to her advice column visit: www.inquisitivecanine.com joan@theinquisitivecanine.com

Photo by Daria Shevtsova from Pexels

Have you ever wanted to learn to communicate with animals?  Get started today by downloading my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!


You’ll also want to check out The Heart School of Animal Communication®.

Click Here  to see the courses – take a look and choose what most appeals to you.

If you are a newbie, then we highly recommend starting with the Beginning Core Foundations Course.

If you’re still not convinced of all the benefits of communicating with animals, click here to learn all the great reasons you should begin learning how now!

Note from Val: I came across this fantastic free online dog training workshop. It helps regular dogs become as well-trained as service dogs. I used it to train Timmy and Samwise and started seeing great results really fast. It’s a pre-recorded workshop, so you can watch it now or whenever it works for your schedule. Just thought I’d post it here if this helps other fur baby parents benefit from this too. Check it out: >> CLICK HERE <<

If you enjoyed this post about dog trainer Joan Mayer, you may also like these posts:

What I’ve Learned As An Animal Whisperer aka Pet Psychic

Being A Dog Whisperer Comes In Handy!

Do You Have What It Takes To Be An Animal Communicator?

]]> https://valheart.com/dog-trainer-joan-mayer-on-the-real-dr-doolittle-show/feed/ 0 Dog Behaviorist and Advice Columnist Joan Mayer | The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™#73 nonadult Behavior Problems with Your Pets? Your Animal May Be Mirroring YOU! https://valheart.com/behavior-problems-your-animal-may-be-mirroring-you/ https://valheart.com/behavior-problems-your-animal-may-be-mirroring-you/#respond Fri, 18 Nov 2022 02:45:58 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=83073 This article was previously published December 25, 2021 and was updated on November 18, 2022

You might think of it as frustrating pet behavior problems… but could there be a deeper issue going on?

This last week I got a great question about solving problems with bully cats.

A client told me that her younger cat jumps – and humps – the older cat (both neutered males).

She’s bothered by this, as you might imagine.

It’s bullying of a completely different sort than we dealt with in the Masterclass where the 40 pound Maine Coon was terrorizing and attacking his family, including the elderly, fragile senior kitty.

And the way to solve it is also different.

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There are any number of reasons why this can happen.

The list is as long as there are individual viewpoints!

For today, let’s talk about one possibility: the extraordinary phenomenon I call the Human Animal BodyMind Connection.

What is the Human Animal BodyMind Connection, you say?

It’s where an animal mirrors and acts out our feelings, doubts, stresses, and wounds.

They can also carry our dis-ease and illness in their own body, making them very sick and even causing them to die before their time.

They are trying to help us heal, evolve and grow…

And just like a child tries to help his mom by carrying something that’s too heavy for small hands, hearts or shoulders, they still try to help not realizing that it’s not their job, and might even be beyond their ability… it might even hurt them.

But their spirit is willing.

They love you, they want to help, and they do whatever makes sense to them from their viewpoint.

They feel it’s part of their purpose.

It’s the same thing with animals who love and are connected/bonded with you.

So, in this case, my spidey sense tells me that perhaps these 2 bad cats’ human mom has issues around dominance, control, and sex, which they are acting out brilliantly with her as the unwilling audience.

I could be wrong… I’ve not spoken to her about this or worked with her or her cats (yet), so don’t quote me on that as the “truth”.

Just sayin’ it could be a factor and isn’t one most folks are aware of…

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If it IS a hidden factor, then when I communicate with the cats, and ask them why they’re doing that, they might respond with something along the lines of…

“We are acting out a wound our mom has suffered hoping she can better see it so she can deal with it and heal.”

When we go deeper, we may find abuse in her background, perhaps from a family member, coworker, or authority figure…

She may have been attacked, or was a victim of crime, or she may have witnessed something like that that she’s had trouble making peace with.

This could also be a past life situation, old karma or a negative soul contract that is crying out for peace and healing.

If so, then it’s time to heal so she can move on with her life free from the pain, empowered and strong.

Once Mom communicates she gets the message, takes her power back, and has made the wound conscious so she is aware at a deeper level…

And once she’s thanked the kitties for helping her heal, evolve and grow into her best self.

At that point, the cats can stop acting it out and mirroring it for her… because she won’t need them to do so any longer.

The kitties can go on about their regularly scheduled play time, nap and grooming sessions, and the usual kitty kat chit chat about the birds and food.

Now I’m going to share one of the ways you could come to this conclusion if these were your pets and what to do about it.

Consider how their behavior makes you feel. Are you triggered?

Do you feel very uncomfortable? Angry? Do you want to run away and avoid it entirely?

If your emotional response is anything other than peaceful, calm and neutral, making it difficult for you to take calm, appropriate action to deal with it, then yes, you’ve been triggered.

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And yes, you have personal wounds to deal with and heal.

When I do the first step (of five) in my proprietary system for solving problems with pets (I call it The HEART System for Solving Problems with Pets®), one of the main things I’m communicating with your pets about is the complexity of the Human Animal BodyMind Connection.

I ask your pets, “How are you connected? What is your Soul contract together? What is your intended purpose in acting this out? Is this your issue or your persons? What do you want to have happen?”

Like with Family Constellation therapy work, and rebalancing the family matrix energetically through the BodyTalk Healing System for Pets and People, these roles and how you serve each other must be known and addressed in order to fully solve the problems together.

So let’s talk about the process.  here’s how it works.

First, we have a conversation with the pet to find out WHY they are exhibiting certain behaviors.

Find out what they know that you don’t.

Because here’s the thing about solving problems with pets:

Until we communicate with them, we cannot possibly know what the real truth is from their perspective, and until we know THAT we won’t know how to solve the problem.

If it IS a mirroring issue, you’ll feel a resonance when you start asking yourself (and them) the right questions.

And no, yelling at them to cut it out won’t, well, cut it. (pun intended)

Tell your pet that you understand now. Thank them for helping you with this.

Apologize to them if you’ve hollered at them or been punitive trying to get them to stop.

You weren’t ready to face this then… Now you are.

Tell them that you’re responsible for your own issues and are aware of the deeper problem.

You’ll take it from here, and promise to get the help you need healing.

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Word of advice:

It’s best to follow through with that because animals hate it when you don’t keep promises to them.

They could easily decide you didn’t get the message, at which point you’ve got more problems including a broken trust factor to fix. Yikes!

Next, ask them to do something different, more positive, fun, that feels good to all of you.

Make a positive, best case scenario story, focusing on what you do want them to do, that would make you happy(er).

(I teach how to do this in my courses and with private clients)

Voila! Their needs are met.

They feel heard, respected, and their GIFT to you is received.

And now everything gets easier.

But… what if it’s NOT a mirrored, acted out scenario for your viewing – and healing – pleasure?

So, if this doesn’t solve the problem, we have to go deeper. We missed something.

Here’s the thing I’ve learned about solving problems with pets in my 30 plus year career doing this work:

Until we communicate with the animal directly, we cannot possibly know what the real truth is from their perspective, and until we know THAT, we won’t know how to solve the problem.

Not everything is about YOU after all.

And sometimes? It is. You are connected.

There’s a lot to learn if you want to communicate clearly and effectively, starting with getting out of your human centered viewpoint.

When I first started solving behavior problems with animals, and teaching students how to do it too, I discovered that they always have very good reasons for their behavior.

Our job is to find out what those reasons are, and to learn how to communicate clearly in a two-way, heart to heart, mind to mind conversation.

Starting with quieting the mind, shifting into your heart, and feeling your love connection.

These are the complex issues that my clients and students work on (and are the kinds of things I help them solve).

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Imagine that.

The thought processes I’ve described here are the kind that I take my private clients and coach my animal talk students through in The Heart School of Animal Communication® courses and in the BEST Online Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club’s Live Classes (for Gold and Platinum members).

If you know what you want your animal to do (or not do) but you’re not communicating clearly enough to solve those problems, I help you to really pin it down, mind to mind, heart to heart…

I also help you find what’s in the way from the Human Animal BodyMind Connection perspective, so your pet doesn’t have to keep mirroring you or acting out your stress and imbalances or getting sick with your dis-eases.

Now, you have a choice.

  • Option A: Learn how to talk with animals yourself so you can solve your own problems with pets…
  • Option B: Hire an expert to sort things out for you 1:1 privately…
  • Option C: Get expert coaching in the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club…
  • Option D: All of the Above.

Whatever you do, do it sooner than later.

Want more information about the Heart School online courses and Club?

I make this easy as 1-2-3 for big hearted, spiritually open animal lovers with The Heart Wisdom Methods.

Beginners and advanced students – especially folks wanting to make animal communication your career – are welcome!

>> HERE <<

NOTE: Our Live Q&A Coaching Calls are the second Saturdays of the month, for Gold and Platinum Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club members.

 

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!


Imagine how your life will change when you have peace, clarity, confidence, and a clear connection with animals, and you can communicate with animals anytime you wish.

Your thoughts? Questions? Contact me now!

Wishing you and your pets health, love and good relationships, and especially good communication.

FREE Online Dog Training Workshop!

If You Have a Dog, Or Are Getting One, This is For You

Dog training is certainly the hardest part of owning a dog, but it can also be one of the most rewarding parts when you do it right.

It can be very frustrating having a dog that is not housebroken, barks excessively, keeps pulling on the leash during your walks, doesn’t respond whenever it’s called, or jumps up on
people.

You’ll be fed up, because it’s pretty exhausting to keep trying to make them listen. You’ll wonder how professional dog trainers help dogs behave exactly the way they (the trainers) want them to.

But hiring a trainer can be quite expensive, and to be honest, you don’t really need to. I’ll explain how in a minute.

First, let me talk about WHY your dog seems to be so hard to train…

The reason you are having so much difficulty training your dog is that you’ve been doing dog training the outdated way.

It’s not your fault though. The fault really lies with all the bad dog training information that’s out there on the Internet and elsewhere.

Most people start training their dogs using verbal cues or commands like SIT, STAY, etc. Because that’s what they have been taught to do by numerous books on dog training and by all the videos they’ve seen on the Internet.

Here’s the problem – that’s exactly how NOT to train a dog!

Why?

Because the science of animal behavior says that starting your training using verbal cues sets your dog up for failure.

Dogs that are trained only using verbal cues never get trained properly. Or at least, the training doesn’t last long.

So what’s the best way to train a dog?

The science is very clear on this – dogs are best trained by using body language. Now, this doesn’t mean that you should never use verbal cues.

What it means is that you should always START your dog training using body language.

Later on, you can bring in a verbal cue to reinforce your dog’s training.

That’s it? Yeah, that’s it

So how do you train your dog using body language?

I came across this fantastic free workshop from the K9 Training Institute that helps you learn how to do just that.

The workshop is designed to help “normal” dogs like yours have the same level of calmness, obedience and impulse control as service dogs.

It’s conducted by Dr. Alexa Diaz (one of the top service dog trainers in the U.S.) and Eric Presnall (host of the hit Animal Planet TV show “Who Let the Dogs Out“).

Frankly, the techniques described in the workshop are fairly groundbreaking – I haven’t seen anyone else talk of these techniques.

This is because it’s the first time ever (at least that I know of) that anyone has revealed the secret techniques used by the service dog training industry to train service dogs.

In the free workshop, you’ll discover:

  1. How to train your dog using body language, rather than verbal cues
  2. The 3 key techniques that service dog trainers use to train dogs, and how you can use them too
  3. The most important step that “normal” dog owners have been missing (this is very important to get your dog’s attention, and it works 100% of the time)
  4. How to stop bad behaviors like excessive barking, pulling on the leash, jumping, etc.
  5. Why a lot of dog owners are unable to establish the amazing bond that service dog trainers have with their dogs

The tips shared in this free workshop work on ALL dog breeds – from small breeds like Pomeranians and Chihuahuas to large breeds like English Mastiffs and Great Danes.

Also, puppies as young as 6 weeks old, and previously untrained adult dogs as old as 13 years, have been successfully trained using these techniques.

It’s not a live workshop – better, it’s a pre-recorded workshop, which means that you can watch it at your convenience.

However, while the workshop is free, I am not sure whether it’s going to be online for too long, so please check it out as soon as you can.

Here are a few examples of what they’ll be covering:

  • The 3 key techniques that service dog trainers use to train dogs, and how you can use them too
  • How to train your dog using body language, rather than verbal commands
  • How to stop your dog from barking excessively
  • Why service dogs behave so well when walking on the leash without pulling even once
  • How to stop bad behaviors like jumping etc.

Like I said, there’s no charge and you can sign up here.

This is for you if:

  • You want to get your dog to listen to you – everytime and without fail
  • You’ve tried everything out there to train your dog, and you’ve been completely frustrated at the lack of results
  • You want to get that special bond with your dog that only service dog handlers have with their dogs

If that sounds like something you and your dog needs, this new training is a must.

Register for the free workshop now.

Much love to you and your special puppy and doggo pal(s),

Val and Timmy

Val “Dog Lover Heart

Note: Occasionally I will mention something very cool that I believe in other than my own stuff where I might receive some compensation for taking the time and trouble to tell you about it. Please know that I always research the product, event or company first and will only recommend it if I think it is truly worthwhile. I am personally involved in improving health care for people and dogs, so I know this stuff works and will help you with your pup.

Enjoyed this article? Here are 3 of my most popular articles to help you better understand and communicate with your pet:

Communicate with Animals Using These 3 Techniques
Speaking to Animals Changed My Life: The Day a Horse Spoke to Me
TuffyTiger Taught Me to Purr – It Was Magical

 

]]> https://valheart.com/behavior-problems-your-animal-may-be-mirroring-you/feed/ 0 3 Pillars of Animal Health with Dr Karen Becker, Mercolas Healthy Pet Vet on the Real Dr Doolittle Show™ https://valheart.com/animal-health/ https://valheart.com/animal-health/#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2022 13:00:21 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=5971 Today’s guest on The Real Dr Doolittle Show™ is Dr. Karen Becker

I’ve always been impressed with Dr Mercola’s mission to improve animal health and well-being through sound nutrition and excellent health products.  Recently, I discovered Dr. Karen Becker who is the Healthy Pet Vet for the mercola.com website.

They have over 500,000 followers now, which is wonderful. She is passionate about helping animals be as healthy as possible through proper nutrition and preventative wellness care for animals. I loved learning about her work with wildlife too! I know you’ll love learning about her 3 Pillars of Health.   Enjoy!

The 3 Pillars of Health

Dr Karen Becker co-authored the Whole Dog Journal’s Best Homemade Diet Book of All Time award, Real Food for Healthy Pets.  She has appeared on the hit show, Animal Planet, and is deeply honored to be named one of Chicago’s Top Ten Vets, according to Chicago Magazine.

She often lectures about species appropriate nutrition and is also the veterinary consultant for Mercola Healthy Pets, where half a million passionate animal lovers receive her free wellness newsletter three times a week.

Dr Becker is certified in Veterinary Acupuncture and Homeopathy. She owns the Natural Pet Animal Hospital, Feathers Bird Clinic and TheraPaw Rehabilitation and Pain Management Clinic in Illinois.

She’s also heavily involved with Wildlife and International Resource Management and also works with exotic animals.  This is her 25th year as a federally licensed wildlife rehabilitator, caring for over 200 wild animals a year through her non-profit Covenant Wildlife Rehabilitation center.

It’s Dr. Becker’s goal to empower pet owners to take charge of their pet’s health. If your pet has health challenges or you simply want optimal wellness for your companion it’s up to you, the owner, to become educated about the 3 pillars of health that will unlock your pet’s healing potential. Do not entrust these decisions to anyone else.

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Dr. Becker answers the questions most asked by animal lovers about Animal Health:

  • What is a proactive, integrative, wellness veterinarian and how are they different from regular veterinarians?
  • What are the “3 pillars of health”?
  • Why focus extensively on nutrition?
  • What is a species-appropriate diet?
  • What about people food versus pet food?

If you’ve just realized you’ve blindly been following your vet’s recommendations and not really thinking about intentionally creating wellness in the animals you’ve been entrusted to care for, what do you do?

We are our pet’s guardians, and are in charge of the health and well-being for the animals we care for. It is our job to make sure we are doing all we can to foster vibrancy and vitality through wise lifestyle choices.

It’s Dr. Becker’s goal to empower pet owners to take charge of their pet’s health. If your pet has animal health challenges or you simply want optimal wellness for your companion it’s up to you, the owner, to become educated about the 3 pillars of health that will unlock your pet’s healing potential.

Do not entrust these decisions to anyone else. If you are interested in preparing your pet’s diet yourself you can purchase Dr. Becker’s cookbook, “Dr. Becker’s Real Food for Healthy Dogs and Cats,” from Amazon, or healthypets.mercola.com.


I would love to hear what you think of our interview, leave a comment!

This article was previously published May 10, 2012, and was updated on November 16, 2022.

Did you enjoy this article on animal health? Here is some more all about animal communication:

Top 24 Dog and Cat Health Conditions Animal Communication Can Help With
11 of the 27 Brilliant Reasons to Learn Animal Communication
Every Animal Lover Needs to Know How to Talk to Animals

 

]]> https://valheart.com/animal-health/feed/ 2 3 Pillars of Health with Dr Karen Becker, Mercola’s Healthy Pet Vet nonadult Exploring Past Lives: Could They Explain Your Intuitive Connection? https://valheart.com/exploring-past-lives-explain-intuitive-connection/ https://valheart.com/exploring-past-lives-explain-intuitive-connection/#respond Tue, 15 Nov 2022 21:15:29 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=115750 Have you ever wondered about your past lives?

Imagine you see an animal, intuitively connect instantly, heart to heart, mind to mind, then you fire off a greeting, and next thing you know you’re in a fascinating conversation with them…

About your past lives together! 

Have you ever felt like you knew someone the first time you met them (pet or human or even a place)?

Or experienced an immediate sense of recognition, felt connected to someone instantly, but didn’t know why and couldn’t explain it?

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Whether you believe in past lives or not, or just aren’t sure, not knowing enough about it…

​Whether you’ve yet to discover your past lives…
Whether you don’t know how to access or use them for your highest best good for healing…
Whether you have worked with a past life regression therapist…
Or, whether you have already experienced some success working with past lives on your own…
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THIS is what you’ve been looking for.
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Because in addition to helping answer your questions about past lives, there’s one Heart Wisdom technique I love, and you will too.
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It could be your favorite go-to technique for doing this important work, so you get great, mind blowing, awesome, life changing results.
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Plus, you can use this extraordinary technique to heal, break through blocks and stuck spots, improve relationships, and understand who your pet – and others in your life – really are, included how you’re connected from the past.
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It’s something I call the Heart Wisdom Soul Journey Ladder.
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Heart Wisdom Masterclass on Accessing, Exploring and Healing Past Lives

If you’ve ever wanted to know more or had questions about your past lives, you’ll be glad to know that THIS is what this extraordinary Heart Wisdom Masterclass is all about!

For example…

My client Trudy suffered from heavy menstrual pain and bleeding.

It was a terrible experience every month.

She felt so afraid, like there was something wrong with her and she was going to die.

She came to me for healing because nothing the doctors had done was helping.

When I tuned in, I immediately felt the shift to a past life, one where she was a woman hemorrhaging to death after a miscarriage.

She died in that lifetime; it was painful and terrifying, and very sad.

She’d felt she had no value except for the babies she could deliver, so her self-worth was tied up in the trauma drama, too.

And all that angst and unresolved pain was carried forward into her current lifetime, because these things are connected to our Soul.

Past Lives are part of your Soul’s Journey.

When I told her what my intuitive guidance was showing me, she responded with tears but also with clarity and strength.

It resonated strongly for her.

She finally felt validated because she had suffered from a terror of dying in childbirth all her life.

As we discussed what happened, and I gently guided her to heal so she could let go, she felt at peace for the first time that she could remember.

And the excessive bleeding stopped.

Imagine that. 😉

How do Past Lives work with animals?

Max, a cat I worked with who was skittish and in poor health.

He had only ever been well cared for; he ate great food, good vet care, and had always been treated with kindness his whole life.

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So where did his fearful behavior and health problems come from?

Why was he suffering and in such poor health, never thriving?

When I talked with Max, he told me about ongoing nightmares where he was lost, in danger of his life every day, and was terribly sick from drinking nasty water and starving to death.

It turned out that the nightmares were connected to a past life in war torn Germany.

War had come quickly out of the blue, with no warning.

He explained that one day, he heard odd sounds he’d never heard before… and then all hell broke loose.

The only person who’d shown him kindness had been killed.

He’d seen it happen and was deeply traumatized.

Something heavy flying through the air hit his body.

The air was bad to breathe and made him sick.

That lifetime was very short but the effect of it lasted into his future lives.

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He couldn’t seem to shake it or leave it behind.

He couldn’t understand what happened, the world didn’t make any sense, and because of that he couldn’t let it go.

He was afraid it would happen again at any moment so he could never relax or feel safe.

We talked about what had happened in his Past Life, so he could understand it.

We discussed the war, how sad that was and talked about what had happened and why so he could understand it.

I reminded him that it had happened a long time ago.

Then he told me that he remembered his current present day person, she was the woman he’d known in that lifetime.

And he felt terrified that she would suddenly die again like she did back then.

My client was in tears.

She confessed that she had always felt like she’d known Max from before but couldn’t place when or how they’d known each other.

She also clearly remembered that lifetime as Max brought it to our awareness and described it.

And we did the deep healing needed so they could leave the past behind, from the SOUL level, evolve and grow.

Together they created a sanctuary of safety, a garden of peace and tranquility.

And Max was forever afterward changed into a more confident kitty, recovering his health.

Mystery solved.

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Heart Wisdom Masterclass Series: This unique and wonderful class focuses on how Past Lives affect you and your pet, how to work with them so they change your life – relationships, health, career, finances and more – for the better.

In out most recent monthly Live Heart Wisdom Masterclass, participants experienced how to access, heal and explore past lives for themselves.

They got answers to their questions and mentoring to grow their intuitive skills and healing abilities.

To be sure, these are more advanced animal communicator skills and training, perfect for students and professional practitioners who want to be competent in doing this work for themselves and others.

All they – or you – needed was a willingness to learn, an open mind, and have taken a beginning course in animal communication.

Professional communicators who want to be able to help their clients with past lives need to know this too.

It certainly was a power packed, entertaining and highly educational experience.

And yes, they got my 30+ years of expertise and experience helping them with their past lives and pets – and YOU could, too!

You don’t want to miss hearing this – seriously. You won’t find this level of advanced training anywhere else. 

You must be a Platinum Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club Member to attend and participate LIVE with us, and to be able to access the recording after class.

(If you missed it, you can access the recording in the Heart Wisdom Masterclass Recordings Treasure Vault when you become a Platinum Club Member.) 

The BEST way to discover how and be proficient with communication and past lives is to experience it LIVE.

As a Platinum Member you’ll also get immediate access to the extraordinary Intuition Development Lessons included for free with membership PLUS the Live Q&A Coaching Calls each month.

There are over 50 Masterclasses in our series so far, and we add new classes every month!

If you got them separately you’d pay $125 each, or $6,250 and more for them all, but as a Platinum Club Member, for just $97/month you’ll enjoy immediate access to all of them included free with Membership, along with everything else you get as a Platinum Member.

Lee said, “I felt as though I was not ready for Platinum Membership commitment from a time or financial standpoint, however, I once heard Val say that you can get in for a month or two, without obligation to continue.
So as a Gold Club Member, after my cat Sal was the Featured Animal Teacher which was a fantastic experience for both of us, I decided to “bite the bullet “ so to speak, and give Platinum a go.
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What I discovered was a whole new world of info that was more exciting than I could even imagine. That first week I listened to 7 Masterclasses! I cannot recommend it highly enough.
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Trust me, Val’s Masterclass Library is amazing. For me there was no turning back. Try the one month thing and evaluate it for yourself. “
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You’ll have well over 300 animals to practice communicating with so you can grow your skills, confidence, and accuracy… and that’s important because you need proper feedback to improve your skills, learn from your mistakes, and gain experience.

You’ll also have opportunities to earn free private student coaching sessions with me (regularly $125), enjoy new monthly trainings, be a member of our big-hearted animal talk community for support, and get expert help with your own pets too.

>>> Go HERE to find out how to join us and access the Past Life Masterclass!

Val Heart & Barb Cotta

Val “De-Mystifying Past Lives and Animal Communication” Heart, Founder of The Heart School of Animal Communication® and host of the BEST Online Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club at LearnHowToTalkToAnimals.com, with Barb “Co-Pilot” Cotta, Club Moderator & Student Liaison

P.S. What do our students say?

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I can hardly wait to see what your past lives are like, and what wisdom your pet wants to tell you.

Join us LIVE on Saturday and let’s find out, shall we?

If you’re not a Platinum Member yet, now’s the perfect time. Still just $97/month… 🙂

FIND OUT HOW TO JOIN US >> HERE!

 

What is the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club?

A complete, uniquely different online portal with everything you need to grow your intuitive skills, improve and advance your communication abilities at your fingertips.

Why is that important?

So you can help animals when they don’t feel well, clear up confusions, know when they have something important to tell you, and for when it’s time to ease their transition.

Our Club community is full of loving big hearted people just like you who are committed to growing, healing and evolving through the gift of Heart Wisdom Animal Communication.

The BEST Online Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club is THE place to be, if you’re serious about growing your intuition and healing abilities along with your communication skills.

Choose from 2 levels of Club Membership. There are no long term commitments and you can Upgrade or Downgrade Your Membership Anytime:

Elite Platinum Membership: You are serious about mastering your communication and healing abilities, want to be (or are) a professional who wants support, mentoring, and more advanced training. The best choice for students who want it ALL including the Heart Wisdom Masterclass series with immediate access, you get everything Gold and Silver members get too. Just $97/month

Gold Membership: Gold is the smart choice for personal coaching, opportunities to earn free private Student Breakthrough Laser Sessions with Val (reg $125), Live Q&A Calls each month and Featured Animal Teacher opportunities too. You get everything Silver Members get for just $4 for 4 weeks trial membership if you get in now before the dues go up, then only $47/month.

Find out more >> HERE <<

 

Animals are in your life for a reason.

You only discover who they really are by communicating with them.

When you know how to speak their language, to enjoy this level of conversation, everything in your life comes into better flow and alignment as you heal, evolve and grow into your Best Self.

And that’s what it’s all about.

Continue your Animal Communication Training at The Heart School of Animal Communication®  >> HERE

See you soon on the Heart School campus.

Learn How to Talk with Animals

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How Visualizing Can Improve Animal Communication

]]> https://valheart.com/exploring-past-lives-explain-intuitive-connection/feed/ 0 10 Great Tips for Training Your Pit Bull Puppy https://valheart.com/need-know-pit-bull-puppy/ https://valheart.com/need-know-pit-bull-puppy/#respond Tue, 15 Nov 2022 04:17:31 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=15007 The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communication Enterprises Inc. This article was previously published February 22, 2017, and was updated on November 15, 2022.

The first 12 weeks of life are the most important for the development of your Pit bull puppy.

I know that your puppy is cute and you’re bound to think that everything he does is funny and entertaining.

But it is important to understand that you have a very short window of opportunity to train your dog, give him the best food and get him properly socialized before that cute little puppy becomes Dogzilla, and begins to destroy your home, causing you much frustration.

Start training your puppy right away.

In these first 4-6 weeks don’t let strangers scare your pit bull puppy. If your pup becomes fearful of strangers you will have a hard time socializing him and he may grow up not trusting strangers. Do not nurture any fearful or anxious behavior.

For example, if your pup gets scared and runs behind you do not reward this behavior by petting the pup and telling him everything is all right. This will reward your pup for being scared and he will learn that fearful and anxious behavior is ok.

Give praise and treats when he is doing what you want, i.e., sit, stay, come, down. Ignore and walk away from, fearfulness, jumping, barking, etc. Your pup will hate having you walk away and turn your back, he will do anything for your attention.

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Your new pup will almost certainly have a few nights where he is getting used to the idea that he no longer has his mother and litter mates to make him feel secure.

You will no doubt have to put up with a few nights of crying and whining – after all, he is only a baby.

Have patience and don’t go to your pup when he is in this state of mind; this will only reward him and make this a nightly thing for a long time. This sleep-robbing behavior usually stops after a few days.

Make sure your pup is in a crate for the first two weeks while you are house breaking him. This will prevent him from peeing and pooping on the floor in the night.

Your pit bull puppy will start to do those cute things that a lot of people find entertaining to watch.

Like tugging on your pants leg, or jumping up on your legs when you walk or move around.

Don’t allow this to continue.

You must disagree with this by ignoring the pup, and train him to sit when he comes to you. Having the ‘sit’ as your default command will ensure your dog’s good behavior. There are a lot of things your dog can’t do when sitting.

Make training fun for you fuzzy faced little friend by playing games and rewarding your dog for good behavior, not just during training but throughout the day.

If you look over and your pup is lying down chewing on his stuffed toy, go to him and praise him.

Give him a treat and tell him what a good boy he is being.

Most people don’t notice the good behavior that their dogs display and only get interested in what they are doing when the behavior is unwanted. Even the most problem dogs are good 95% of the time.

So reward the good behavior when ever you see your dog doing what you like.

You will want to teach your pup what they CAN chew on. Here’s how:

Puppies need to chew on something and if you don’t provide a chew toy for them they will find things for themselves, ie, your cell phone, remote control, your favorite shoes, or the leg on the coffee table.

Use your dog’s chew toy as a play reward, tug, or fetch. This will make your pup love chewing on the toy, and not your other stuff.

Learning how to speak your puppy’s language will help with their training and socialization too!  Get your free ebook now, here’s how:

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Dogs – just click on the picture below!

 

Loud and sudden noises can send your pup into a tail spin of fear.

It is important to socialize your pup to loud and sudden noises.

Start small, like dropping a can of beans on the floor.

Then when your pup is used to this sudden loud sound, make it louder and more startling, ie, turn the stereo on with the volume setting up high – not so high as to hurt the dog’s sensitive ears, but you get the idea.

You may want to take your pup to the fair, expose him to things like fireworks. You want him comfortable with loud noises, not running away in fear at the first crack of fireworks.

To ensure your pup will grow up liking all sorts of people and children, invite people he doesn’t know to play with, feed, and train your pit bull puppy.

You could have puppy parties! Invite a lot of people and children to come and bring their well behaved dogs too.

In this way you can teach your pup that when there are people and dogs around everything is fun and he gets a lot of treats from people he doesn’t know.

When training your pup you will want to have a lot of patience.

A pup has a very limited attention span, and it is important to be consistent with your methods of training.

For example if you are training your pup to sit, and you tell him to sit, and he turns and runs to another room of the house, you’ve got to stay with it until your pup is sitting. Then reward him!

If you let your pup get away with not obeying you he will learn that all he has to do to stop training is to walk away.

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Keep training sessions short.

Five minutes are plenty to begin with.

Make sure you have reward treats at the ready, and teach the entire family the same commands that you use or your pup will only get confused.

Practice everyday.

Pit bulls have gotten a bad reputation for aggression, but when you take the time to train and properly socialize this breed, they are gentle, loving and make a wonderful family pet.

They are guard dogs by nature and you will need to have control over them at all times.

If you are considering getting a pit bull puppy then do your research and make sure you understand what to do to provide a balanced and healthy lifestyle for you and your pit bull puppy.

Want more help training your dog? Check this out (Free!):

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My friends at the K9 Training Institute are conducting a fantastic free online workshop on how to get your dog to become as well-behaved as a service dog, and you can sign up here.

Here are a few examples of what they’ll be covering:

  • The 3 key techniques that service dog trainers use to train dogs, and how you can use them too
  • How to train your dog using body language, rather than verbal commands
  • How to stop your dog from barking excessively
  • Why service dogs behave so well when walking on the leash without pulling even once
  • How to stop bad behaviors like jumping etc.

Like I said, there’s no charge and you can sign up here for free.

This is for you if:

  • You want to get your dog to listen to you – every time and without fail
  • You’ve tried everything out there to train your dog, and you’ve been completely frustrated at the lack of results
  • You want to get that special bond with your dog that only service dog handlers have with their dogs

If that sounds like something you and your dog needs, this new training is a must.

Register for the free workshop now.

Much love to you and your special puppy and doggo pal(s),

Being A Dog Communicator Comes In Handy!

Val “Dog Lover” Heart

** Note: Occasionally I will mention something very cool that I believe in other than my own stuff (like the free training by the K9 Institute) where I might receive some compensation for taking the time and trouble to tell you about it. Please know that I always research the product, event or company personally and will only recommend it if I think it is truly worthwhile. I am personally involved in improving health care and solving behavior problems for people and dogs, so I know this stuff works! 

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]]> https://valheart.com/need-know-pit-bull-puppy/feed/ 0 12 Myths About CBD for Dogs: Busted https://valheart.com/12-myths-about-cbd-for-dogs-busted/ https://valheart.com/12-myths-about-cbd-for-dogs-busted/#respond Mon, 14 Nov 2022 20:52:25 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=81989 Guest post courtesy of Jessica Johnson: the views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communications Enterprises Inc. This article was previously published May 7, 2021, and was updated on November 14, 2022

CBD for Dogs? Is this for real?

Cannabidiol drugs, commonly known as CBD, are the topic of a lot of recent buzzes these days. Both humans and animals can consume Cannabidiol based products. Yes, you read that right. CBD can be used with great success for domestic animals as well as wild animals.

A common myth linked to CBD is that it has come on to the scene recently. The truth is, CBD was first approved by The Food and Drug Administration way back in 1970.

A easy way to use CBD for dogs is FOMO Bones CBD dog treats (which stands for “Fear of Missing out”). These Bones can help your dog with road trips, vet visits, plane rides because the closed spaces often make them restless, anxious, and harder to control.

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They have a shape similar to bones. Most of them not only like them but also grow habitual of the treats as they are sweet. The demand for them in the last five years has doubled with good reason.

Here are 12 common myths about CBD treats for dogs that need to be busted:

CBD TREATS WILL MAKE MY DOG MORE RESTLESS

A bizarre myth is related to CBD making your dogs restless which is false.  The reality is the opposite because Cannabidiol reduces the restlessness in your furry friends. Various medical studies in the past have proved that CBD helps you to slow down the metabolism of pets and reduces the urge to be moving all the time.

CBD WILL MAKE MY DOGS MORE ANXIOUS

Often when the owners leave for work, dogs often get anxious until they come back. Many times they are found waiting at the door for hours for their owners. Cannabidiol-based treats have a proven track record in helping the dogs relax while their owners are away.

CBD WILL CURE ANY AILMENT

CBD sure has many uses, but it also has its limitations. Cannabidiol drugs can help your dogs with muscle, neural and mental injuries. Studies have confirmed the same but also shown that CBD can be ineffective for accidental injuries. The survey among various owners has reflected many instances in which CBD has made their dogs more relaxed while going through serious diseases.

CBD WILL GET MY DOG TIRED

A typical myth associated with CBD is that it might make your furry friends uneasy. It has been proven in the past that Cannabidiol drugs do not tire your dogs but ease their body which helps them relax. In recent times, vets have been prescribing CBD to help the animals ease up after a tiring day.  It often helps when dogs go through long road trips or tiring continental flights, CBD treats can be the perfect medicine to aid them.

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DOGS CAN OVERDOSE FROM CBD

A common myth associated with CBD products is that they can be addictive for humans and animals. Similar to any other medicine, the consumer should take them in proper dosages per day. The recommended dosage per day is given on the label of the packaging container. It is always the best practice to consult the vet before deciding about the number of treats per day for your furry friends.

CBD WILL GET MY DOG HIGH

Some folks think that Cannabidiol CBD will make their pet high. The reality is different. CBD does not have the same effect as alcohol or smoking weed.  CBD products don’t get the consumer high. Moreover, drug tests around the country can not detect them at all.

CBD FOR DOGS AND HUMANS ARE SAME?

Cannabidiol drugs are produced differently for humans and animals. The base ingredients are the same, but the mixing ingredients vary depending on consumers. For animals, effective CBD oil is available in solid treats, drops and chews.

CBD IS HARMFUL TO DOGS

A common but total baseless myth.  Various studies has shown that CBD based products are not harmful to your furry friends. Cannabidiol drugs, if taken in the proper dosage, are helpful to the pets rather than being dangerous. Many owners vouch for the positive effects of CBD treats on their animal friends. It’s important to give them time to work.  It often takes 10-14 days for the CBD-based treats to take effect.

DOGS CAN BE ADDICTED TO CBD

Just like any other medicine in the market, if not taken in proper dosages can be addictive. Here the vets and experienced medical professionals come in handy, as they make efficient dosage plans per day for the pets.
Various states in the United States have already started making detailed dosage plans for the animals.

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CANNOT BE USED FOR ANY ANIMAL OTHER THAN DOGS

Cannabidiol drugs are not only used on dogs but as well as on other domesticated animals. In many cases, they have proven to be helpful on certain wild animals too. Their efficiency may vary from animal to animal, but they have given positive results in the past. They also have enough potential to be used on other domesticated pets like cats, beavers, and many more.

CBD TREATS AND OIL ARE DIFFERENT

Cannabidiol-based products are available in various forms, which include solid treats and oil. Dogs can consume solid treats directly and oil through the dripper. CBD Oil is used to relieve muscular, neural problems in pets like Dogs. Cannabidiol Solid treat and Cannabidiol Oils have the same base ingredients, but the other ones differ.

IT WORKS INSTANTLY

A generally believed myth associated with CBD based products is that they work instantly. It’s true that many animals, humans included, feel the effects fairly quickly. However, Cannabidiol-based products may take a week or two to settle into your pet’s metabolism. The efficiency may vary, but studies have shown that it is effective. Various research studies are in process, working to reduce the time it needs to become optimally effective.

CONCLUSION

Cannabidiol drugs have become very popular. Most of these myths are common misconceptions because of limited knowledge of CBD-based products. Recent studies have shown that Cannabidiol drugs have close to no side effects on the consumers. CBD based products are gaining popularity among pet owners because of their reliability and effectiveness .

Have you used CBD Oil Products or offered them to your pet? What was your experience? Be sure to leave your comment or question below!

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]]> https://valheart.com/12-myths-about-cbd-for-dogs-busted/feed/ 0 Finding the Type of Horse Trailer that is Right for You https://valheart.com/finding-type-of-horse-trailer-that-is-right-for-you/ https://valheart.com/finding-type-of-horse-trailer-that-is-right-for-you/#respond Mon, 14 Nov 2022 14:18:05 +0000 http://showhorseexpert.com/?p=455 Make sure you get the style of horse trailer that’s right for your needs

Straight-load or Slant-load?

Horse trailers are either straight-load (horses face straight ahead while traveling) or slant-load (horses stand at an angle). While most horses prefer to travel straight, a slant-load allows for more horses (or a larger tack/living area) to fit in the same size trailer.

“The first thing I ask a customer is, ‘What kind of horses do you have, what size are they and what are you doing with them?’ The second thing is I ask what tow vehicle they are using,” says Kevin Scott, a salesman at Nelson’s Trailer Sales & Service in Ocala, Florida, which has been in business since 1965.

“The advantage of a straight-load is that it’s better for larger horses like warmbloods and Thoroughbreds,” says Scott. “You also need to consider trailer height. Seven feet is standard and that’s fine for breeds like Quarter Horses. If you have bigger horses, you’ll want a 7’6” height. Standard trailer stall width is about 32 inches, but for a larger horse you’d want 40 inches.”

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Bumper pull or Gooseneck?

Whether you want a bumper pull or gooseneck style also depends on how many horses you’re hauling and your preferred equine activities. People who show or travel frequently often want a gooseneck with living quarters, or at least a tack room.

When it comes to materials, you have three options: aluminum, steel or a combination of steel and aluminum. The two major advantages of all-aluminum are that it never rusts and is lighter in weight than all steel trailers. For these exact reasons, an all-aluminum trailer will cost significantly more than an all-steel trailer of the same size and style.

14 Questions to Ask Yourself When Buying a Horse Trailer

  • What is your budget?
  • How many horses do you need to haul?
  • What type and size of horses will you typically be hauling?
  • What is the towing capacity of your tow vehicle?
  • Do you want bumper-pull or gooseneck?
  • What type of climate will you be hauling in the majority of the time?
  • What is the minimum interior height of the trailer? (don’t go less than 7 1/2 ft. for large breeds)
  • How wide and long are the stalls?
  • What is trailer material, and is it well-constructed?
  • What ventilation features does the trailer have?
  • What type of floor does the trailer have?
  • Can you easily access all the horses without having to unload any?
  • Do you prefer ramp or step-up?
  • Is the door style compatible with your standard use and climate?

This article courtesy of HorseChannel.com

 

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Horses – just click on the picture below!

This article was previously published October 8, 2013 and was updated on November 14, 2022

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]]> https://valheart.com/finding-type-of-horse-trailer-that-is-right-for-you/feed/ 0 The Truth about Colic in Horses https://valheart.com/the-truth-about-colic-in-horses/ https://valheart.com/the-truth-about-colic-in-horses/#respond Mon, 14 Nov 2022 09:14:58 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=8033 Any horse owner hates the thought of colic in horses.

As you shake the grain bucket to call your horse in for dinner, he lifts his head in acknowledgement. Slowly, he ambles toward you, then he abruptly stops, looks at his side and proceeds to lie down. Not only is he not interested in eating, but he is also looking fairly uncomfortable, every now and then rolling on the ground. It would appear that he is having a dreaded bout of colic. You’ve heard others’ stories about how they’ve coped with a colic crisis; however, it’s time to take a veterinary approach to handling colic and dispel some of the prevailing myths.

A Starting Point

The first order of business, besides remaining calm, is to determine how serious your horse’s bellyache may be. If he’s down, encourage him to get to his feet and see if he’ll stand quietly. Take him to a patch of green grass, if available, and see if this stimulates him to eat. If he is still uncomfortable, put him on a longeline or in a round pen and work him at a vigorous trot for about 10 minutes (provided he doesn’t have a musculoskeletal ailment that prevents exercise). This trotting motion may move gas bubbles around and relieve a simple colic. If he hasn’t improved and shows no interest in food following this exercise, it’s time to call your vet.

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A general rule is that if the colic doesn’t resolve completely within half an hour, you should seek veterinary attention. While waiting for the vet, start gathering some information about your horse’s vital signs (read on for instructions on collecting vital signs.)

Responding to Your Horse’s Pain

Through the years, horse owners have thought that a horse with colic should be walked until the pain has abated, even if this means walking your horse all night, for hours on end. However, this approach is not in your horse’s best interest and does little to help his plight. Although your horse may be exhibiting discomfort or a lack of appetite related to his colic, if he’ll lie quietly, then you can leave him be while waiting for your vet. It’s best if he conserves his energy resources by resting calmly—either standing on his feet or lying on the ground.

However, if your horse’s pain level is such that he is trying to thrash or roll violently, it may be better to move him around at a walk or a trot to keep him from injuring himself. Be sure to not put yourself in a position where you could be trapped or injured.

Rolling

One pervasive myth is that an intestinal twist can be prevented by not allowing a colicky horse to roll. However, a horse can be standing upright and still develop a twist that requires surgery. If the intestines lack normal motility and/or are distended with gas or accumulated intestinal contents, such as in an impaction, then this may pull the bowel out of position, resulting in a displacement. A displacement may also be a full-blown torsion, in which the intestine has rotated on its axis. Rolling may increase the chance of displacement of a loop of bowel, particularly when intestinal motility is compromised.

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To Feed or Not to Feed?

A horse with mild colic may act as if he is improving, only to relapse after eating a bit of hay as his stomach fills. In general, it is OK to offer a sloppy mash to try to stimulate his appetite, since the presence of feed and the act of eating stimulate intestinal motility. But avoid offering grain or other fermentable feed when possible. Initially, offer only small quantities of mash or his regular hay until you are certain your horse is on the mend. If he gobbles a bran mash and eagerly seeks more food, this is encouraging. Wait a short while to see how he handles the ingested food, and then offer small amounts at frequent intervals rather than just dumping a large pile of hay into his feeder.

Short periods (10 minutes) of grazing or eating grass hay can also give you an idea of how much your horse has returned to his normal self. At all times, your horse should have access to clean, fresh water. All the while, check his vital signs, especially his intestinal motility.

Resist the Temptation to Medicate

It is often tempting to give a colicky horse a dose of flunixin meglumine (Banamine) or phenylbutazone paste (bute). This is not necessarily a good idea without first conferring with your vet, for many reasons:

  • Oral medication is poorly absorbed from the intestines in a horse with compromised gut motility, as is often the case with colic. Even under normal circumstances, oral medications require several hours to be absorbed and begin working. An oral dose is less likely to help with immediate colic pain, and once given, it interferes with both a veterinarian’s assessment and the ability to administer this medication intravenously to provide immediate pain relief.
  • Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medications (NSAIDs) may significantly mask symptoms of a surgical problem, thereby delaying appropriate treatment. These medications can create kidney function problems and/or gastric ulcers in a dehydrated horse.
  • Injectable flunixin meglumine given intramuscularly has been known to create Clostridia infection within the muscles, causing life-threatening consequences. In addition, many horse owners are unaware that the label dose of flunixin meglumine is twice the amount that should be given to a colicky horse—such a large dose is able to mask a surgical condition for as much as half a day. This could delay appropriate medical intervention and reduce the horse’s chances for survival.

Colic Confusion

Other issues may cause a horse to look colicky when in fact there is not an intestinal problem. Some examples include tying up, a mare going into labor, pleuropneumonia, choking on feed, or painful laminitis. Your first course of action is to get a recumbent horse on his feet, gather all his vital signs and note his behavior so you can relay this information to your vet.

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Your Veterinarian’s Analysis

After conducting a thorough physical evaluation, including a rectal exam, your veterinarian will have a better idea if your colicky horse has an intestinal displacement that requires surgery, such as a twist (torsion) that won’t respond to medical therapy alone.

Sometimes, however, the decision to go to surgery isn’t apparent until the colic has progressed for some time. Your vet may administer intravenous (IV) fluids in addition to administering pain medications. Intravenous fluids help jump-start your horse’s intestinal motility, keep him hydrated and stabilize his cardiovascular system. There is no downside to being proactive and administering IV fluids to a colicky horse, especially when he is not as responsive to conservative medical therapy (such as anti-inflammatory pain medications and stomach tubing) as expected. Intravenous fluid therapy has the ability to turn around a brewing impaction and to improve intestinal circulation. The objective in all cases is to restore intestinal motility, which relieves distention and pressure created by accumulating gas and dehydrating intestinal contents in a stagnant bowel. This also lessens the likelihood of a surgical displacement.

Your horse’s vital signs should be evaluated periodically throughout the recovery period as his condition can change suddenly and unexpectedly, transforming from what seemed to be a simple medical condition to one that requires immediate surgery. Your horse’s vital signs and demonstration of pain provide significant clues as to how he is or isn’t responding to medical therapy.

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Prevention

The most appropriate means of saving your horse from colic is to practice preventive management.

  • Always provide clean water to keep your horse’s gastrointestinal tract well-hydrated. Make sure his water doesn’t freeze in the winter.
  • Keep your horse’s diet consistent and feed at least 60 percent of his diet (by weight) as roughage (hay or pasture), which is good for the health of the large intestine.
  • Feed good-quality hay that’s not too coarse and stemmy or too fine. Avoid dusty and/or moldy hay.
  • Use feeding practices that minimize eating directly off the ground, such as tire feeders that prevent spreading of hay through the dirt.
  • Feed psyllium products for five to seven consecutive days each month to move dirt and sand through the bowel, particularly in sandy regions.
  • Implement an aggressive deworming program, dosing every six to eight weeks or as recommended by your veterinarian. Internal parasites may interfere with intestinal circulation and cause bowel inflammation, which can adversely affect intestinal motility. Dose appropriately for your horse’s body weight.
  • Remove manure from paddocks at least twice weekly and one to two times per day from stalls to reduce the presence of infective intestinal worm larvae.
  • Have yearly dental exams and tooth floating performed by your vet to enable your horse to adequately chew and process his feed.
  • Allow your horse ample daily exercise from turn-out and/or riding.
  • Minimize stress in herd situations (such as putting a timid horse with dominant horses), confinement, and during transport whenever possible.
  • At the first sign of reduced appetite, lessened manure production, or your horse not acting like himself, call your vet.

Proactive Therapy

Every case of colic is unique, and each horse’s ordeal must be addressed individually. Waiting for hours to see if colic will spontaneously resolve can be a costly decision. A capable equine veterinarian can offer the best assessment and guide you through decisions for providing the most relevant medical approach.

This article courtesy of  HorseChannel.com

Bio: Val Heart – Expert animal communicator, speaker, bestselling author & master healer, Val is often called The Real Dr Doolittle™ and Animal Communicator to the Stars. Founder of The HEART System™ for solving problems with pets. Get your Free QuickStart to AnimalTalk Course at http://www.animaltalkcoachingclub.com
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This article was previously published February 5, 2014, and was updated on November 14, 2022

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]]> https://valheart.com/the-truth-about-colic-in-horses/feed/ 0 Understand Your Pet Better: Tips To Get Started https://valheart.com/understand-your-pet-better-tips-to-get-started/ https://valheart.com/understand-your-pet-better-tips-to-get-started/#respond Sun, 13 Nov 2022 18:04:47 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=58509 Guest post. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communications Enterprises Inc. This article was previously published February 12, 2020, and was updated on November 13, 2022

No matter what your pet is, knowing how to understand them is one of your most important responsibilities as a pet owner. In fact, understanding your pets is the secret to take care of them better. It allows you to identify problems right away and solve them as needed. 

Regardless of your experience as a pet owner, below are some helpful tips to remember if you want to understand your pets better:

Be Familiar with Your Pet’s Body Language

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Pets often convey their feelings and thoughts through their body language. Dogs, for example, may bark, produce some vocal sounds, or whimper. They also have the ability to convey and read visual cues. Just like dogs, cats also use a variety of communication modalities, such as tactile, vocal, and visual.

By observing your pets daily, you can become more familiar with your pet’s body language; take note of the sounds they make and observe how they approach you and other people. You can also get more information through online resources, like https://shihtzucenter.com/. Through this, you can easily understand how your pets behave when they’re with you or someone else.

Determine Your Pet’s Normal Behavior

Changes in behavior and body language are sometimes an indication that your pet is trying to tell you something. You’ll only be able to recognize these changes if you know the normal behavior of your pets.

Talking to your pet is a good way to determine how your pet normally behaves. Also, you don’t need to become a professional animal communicator to do this. Try to talk to them using different tones and pay attention to the way they respond. 

For instance, when they respond aggressively to a specific tone, you’ll know that the tone you used can be intimidating for them. 

Recognize Split-Second and Subtle Changes in Your Pet’s Appearance

Since your pets are encumbered by the length of human speech, they can express their feelings quickly. There are times that it may seem instantaneous to your eyes. If you know how to recognize such rapid shifts, not only will you be able to understand your pets, but it’ll also help you train them. 

So, when you’re with your pets, don’t just observe their body language. You should also keep an eye on their appearance whenever you do something or they see something interesting or unusual.

understand your pet cat

Always Spend Quality Time with Your Pets

Your pets don’t just need food to survive. They also need your affection. For them, you’re a beacon that guides their life. So, don’t forget to schedule playtime with them every day.  

Pets don’t know that you’re busy or you’re not in the mood to play with them. All they do is walk or run around your house all day. Thus, if you have a hectic schedule, try to spare 5 or 10 minutes of your time with them. It doesn’t really matter how many minutes or hours you spend with your pets as long as you’ve given them some time. For your pets, that matters a lot. 

As a matter of fact, your 5-minute quality time with them can be the happiest minutes of their day.

Always Take Your Pets to the Vet

Most pet owners don’t take their pets to the vet because they think it’s just an extra expense. But, taking your pets to the vet can also help you understand them better. 

For you to know more about what’s going on with your pets, you must take your pets to the vet on a regular basis. These professionals are knowledgeable about pet behavior. They also know what they’re feeling and what makes your pets happy. Thus, if there’s someone who knows your pets best, it’s the vet.

Do Your Homework as a Pet Owner

As a pet owner, you shouldn’t expect your pets to adjust to your preferences or needs. Like human beings, they also have feelings. That’s why you must also spend time knowing what your pets really need or prefer to enjoy their life.

There are times that some pet owners force things on their pets just to satisfy themselves. If you want to make your pets happy, it shouldn’t be this way. Your priority as a pet owner is your pet’s happiness and you’ll only achieve it if you understand them. 

So, do your homework and pay attention to what makes your pet happy and healthy at the same time. 

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Learn to Speak Their Language

All of those things will help you familiarize yourself with your pet and develop a bond over time.  

However, the most important thing you can do to understand your pet is learn to speak their language.  Animals are intelligent, feeling, reasoning beings. They have a rich inner life and communicate with others energetically, mind to mind, heart to heart.  Taking the time to activate your intuition and learn how to talk to animals will accelerate your spiritual bond and give you a way to discuss things together.  

They can tell you when they hurt and why, what kind of pain they are in.  What makes the pain worse, and what makes it better.  

They can tell you when they are confused and what specifically is confusing to them, so you can both gain clarity and solve problems together.

They can tell you what they need to be happy and healthy, and so much more.

Start with your free eBook:  Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Pets at www.LearnHowToTalkToAnimals.com 

Conclusion

You don’t need to be an expert on animals to fully understand your pets. The only thing you should do is to keep those above-mentioned tips in mind. 

But, make sure not to use punishments or anything negative since your main objective is to understand them. It’s also okay to ask for help from professionals if you’re experiencing difficulties understanding your pets or you need advice.  

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]]> https://valheart.com/understand-your-pet-better-tips-to-get-started/feed/ 0 How to Avoid Kennel Stress for Your Pet with Debora Poynter & Val Heart https://valheart.com/how-to-avoid-kennel-stress-for-your-pet/ https://valheart.com/how-to-avoid-kennel-stress-for-your-pet/#respond Mon, 07 Nov 2022 11:50:20 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=12610 Kennel stress – what is it and how to avoid it

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Have you ever had to board your pet? Or put them in a kennel? Or left them at the vet hospital overnight?

Most pets experience being kenneled or boarded at some point in their lives and it can cause massive stress. Kennel Stress harms their immune system, which fosters illness and even worse, can break their trust in you.

You want to take that much needed vacation you deserve and not worry about your pet’s peace of mind, health or well-being. You want your pet to come home happy, healthy and feeling confident that all is well in their life. They need to know what’s happening to them and why so they can cope better and not come home sick or angry.

This free training is important to because you need to learn how to prepare your pet for boarding/kenneling properly.

Debora Poynter and me, your host Val Heart, will talk about how to avoid the traumatic boarding experience for your pets which can result in kennel stress, how to prepare them for their stay, and potentially save on costly veterinary bills, so that you can to enjoy your time away without the guilt and worry of leaving your best friend behind.

Debora specializes in helping animals and pets adjust to their owner’s absence and teaches people how they too can assist their pets while they are away. I’m looking forward to sharing her with you.

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We discussed:

1. What inspired her to help pets being boarding
2. What are the top 3 important things to do before boarding your animal
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This article was previously published June 9. 2015 and was updated on November 7, 2022

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]]> https://valheart.com/how-to-avoid-kennel-stress-for-your-pet/feed/ 0 How to Avoid Kennel Stress for Your Pet with Debora Poynter & Val Heart nonadult Tips on Traveling to Europe with Man’s Best Friend https://valheart.com/tips-traveling-to-europe-mans-best-friend/ https://valheart.com/tips-traveling-to-europe-mans-best-friend/#respond Mon, 07 Nov 2022 04:10:26 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=14272 This article was previously published July 12, 2016 and was updated on November 7, 2022

Traveling to Europe can be tough for dog owners.

You spend the whole trip worrying about your beloved pet whilst it’s stuck in a kennel when you should be having a good time. So why not bring them with you? It’s not as much of a hassle as you might think.

This infographic takes you step by step through the whole process of entering Europe with your dog. We cover things such as what the legal requirements are, booking a flight, choosing an airline, what to check when picking a destination and how to make sure your dog is ready to fly.

Travelling in Europe with your dog
by Craig Manor.

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]]> https://valheart.com/tips-traveling-to-europe-mans-best-friend/feed/ 0 Teaching Good Pet Behavior in 3 Easy Lessons https://valheart.com/teaching-good-pet-behavior-in-3-easy-lessons/ https://valheart.com/teaching-good-pet-behavior-in-3-easy-lessons/#respond Thu, 03 Nov 2022 18:57:05 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=8555 Turning pet behavior from problematic to pleasing

Owning a pet that is bossy and unruly is not any fun for family members or visitors.

Out of control dogs make for a very unhappy household, not to mention a confused puppy dog.

One of the most important things every dog needs to understand is the pecking order in the home family pack.

Understanding their proper place helps your dog know what role they have been assigned to play.

Roles are very important to dogs because they create stability and confidence as well as a way to be rewarded for their contributions to their loved ones.

While teaching your dog tricks can be an enjoyable way to bond, teaching them bad habits, even if done unconsciously or unintentionally, will take away from the fun and suck the joy out of your relationship.

Here are three things dog owners should be aware of when it comes to teaching your dog good pet behavior.

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1. Who’s The Boss

You likely have friends who have dogs that seem to run amok in the household.

The dogs do what they want, when they want, tend to be very obnoxious and they pay very little mind to the requests of their owners.

This is usually the result of teaching the dog to believe that it is the boss of you.

Distinguishing hierarchy is an important part of enjoying a well behaved dog

Dogs crave structure, purpose and feedback for a job well-done.

This means they need to learn from day one that their Number 1 job is to please their person.

They should know  that YOU are at the top of their family pack hierarchy.

You are the leader, the rule maker, the source of good things.

They are your partner, and you want them to do what you’ve asked of them to the best of their ability.

Want three more simple ways to help your dog understand their place in the home?

  • First: always walk through a door first. The one that controls access points to an area controls the space.  Your job is to lead them by giving them directions and guidance.
  • Second: another easy way to display good leadership is to always eat before your dog eats.  In a wild pack, the lead dog always eats first.  This makes perfect sense to doggies.
  • Third: when you do feed your dog or offer them treats or toys, teach them to wait and have them do something to earn it first.

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2. Who Leads Who When Out for a Walk

There is nothing quite as startling as a fast paced dog headed in your direction dragging its owner from behind.

I’m sure you’ve seen them, dogs that are literally hauling their owners.

To a certain degree, this goes back to the hierarchy structure in the home, but also involves basic good pet manners.

Walking your dog should be enjoyable and safe for both the dog and the owner.

When your dog is on its lead, the dog should be walking in a calm, controlled manner at your side.

They are your Escort.

They are not your Drill Master taking you on a 10 mile hike, nor are they your Sled Dog pulling you down the street.

Teaching a dog to walk calmly without pulling is not as difficult as you may think.

When they pull on the lead, correct them by simply stopping and say firmly “no!”

You can also stand on the leash easily and calmly anchoring them in place until they calm down.

Each time your dog walks properly, praise them well. If all else fails, check out some no choke dog harnesses.

Whether you have a puppy or an adult dog, they will quickly learn what you expect of them.

3. Who’s Okay to Chase

Sometimes it’s cute and even outright funny pet behavior to watch a dog chase another animal, but only if it is in good play behavior.

Some dogs are born and bred to chase, hunt or herd.

Others simply love the fun of the chase, which can prove most inconvenient for any dog parent.

Chasing another pet around the home may be in good fun, but if Fido is filled with large ambitions and heads out after a large animal who doesn’t appreciate the game, there could be serious consequences.

Going after wildlife can lead to serious injuries or get them killed.

It is easier to train natural traits when dogs are young.

If you have trouble controlling your dog at any age, it is important you take the proper steps to simply condition them to not chase.

Investing in a solid harness is a very smart idea.

A regular dog collar can choke your dog, misalign their neck and collapse their trachea, and does nothing to teach them not to chase.

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Other good approaches are to have them on a lead at all times.

If he tries to pursue an animal, distract him by calling his name and offering a treat of food or his favorite toy, then walk him away from the animal.

As you condition your dog to follow your guidance, test his obedience with a longer lead, preferably an extendable lead that can be quickly pulled in if necessary.

The more your dog listens to you and behaves, the longer his lead can become.

You can then offer him more and more freedom as the trust and good communication between you develops.

The better your dog behaves, the happier he’ll be and the happier you will be too.

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Author: Val Heart is a leading animal communication expert, speaker, bestselling author & master healer. Val is often called The Real Life Dr Doolittle™ and Animal Communicator to the Stars. She is the Founder of The Heart School of Animal Communication® and the BEST Online Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club. She also created the The H.E.A.R.T. System™ for solving behavior, training and health problems with pets.

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The workshop is designed to help “normal” dogs have the same level of calmness, obedience and impulse control as service dogs.

It’s being conducted by Dr. Alexa Diaz (one of the top service dog trainers in the U.S.) and Eric Presnall (host of the hit Animal Planet TV show “Who Let the Dogs Out”).

Frankly, the techniques described in the workshop are fairly groundbreaking – I haven’t seen anyone else talk of these techniques.

This is because it’s the first time ever (at least that I know of) that anyone has revealed the techniques used by the service dog training industry to train service dogs.

And more importantly, how any “regular” dog owner can apply the same techniques to train their own dogs to become as well-trained as service dogs.

It’s not a live workshop – rather, it’s a pre-recorded workshop, which means that you can watch it at your convenience.

However, while the workshop is free, I am not sure whether it’s going to be online for too long, so please check it out as soon as you can.

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Much love to you and your special puppy and doggo pal(s),

Val “Dog Lover” Heart

 

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This article was previously published February 8, 2014, and was updated on November 3, 2022

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]]> https://valheart.com/teaching-good-pet-behavior-in-3-easy-lessons/feed/ 0 Preventing and Treating Parvovirus in Dogs https://valheart.com/preventing-and-treating-parvovirus-in-dogs/ https://valheart.com/preventing-and-treating-parvovirus-in-dogs/#respond Tue, 11 Oct 2022 18:41:33 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=115640 Guest post. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communication Enterprises Inc.

Parvovirus is every dog owner’s worst nightmare.

Whether you keep one or more dogs as pets or you breed dogs, it is a frightening illness to encounter.

While dogs are routinely vaccinated for parvovirus as puppies, the vaccination does not provide 100% immunity (this is why research into evolved, more effective vaccines is ongoing).

Therefore, prevention and swift treatment are still the dog caretakers’ best tools in the fight against parvovirus.

Preventing parvovirus infection

The standard rule of thumb is that the first and most important step you can take to prevent your dogs from getting parvovirus is, of course, to get them vaccinated.

Veterinarians recommend puppies get their first vaccination at six to eight weeks and a booster every three weeks until they are sixteen weeks old.

This is partly because the virus is most lethal at this age. However, parvo can infect dogs of any age, which is why they should be vaccinated once a year for the rest of their lives unless they have active antibodies in their system which can be determined through a blood titers test.

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Next, you should limit exposure to any dogs you know are unvaccinated or who have been ill.

As with most highly contagious illnesses, vaccines are most effective when the bulk of a population is vaccinated because this is thought to inhibit both infection and transmission from an individual.

Finally, you should keep your home as clean as possible and double-check that any kennels or sitters you use require dogs in their care to be vaccinated and healthy.

How to spot parvovirus

Unfortunately, all of this cannot ensure that your dog will never become infected with parvovirus, so it is crucial to know the symptoms and react quickly if you see them.

Quick treatment presents the best chance of recovery, especially for young pups which have the highest mortality rate. The most common symptoms of parvovirus include:

  • Vomiting
  • Appetite loss
  • Lethargy
  • Fever or very low body temperature
  • Abdominal bloating
  • Abdominal pain
  • Severe or bloody diarrhea

These symptoms are also symptoms of other common illnesses and infections.

For example, IBS and colitis can cause abdominal pain and blood in the stool, while sudden and severe weight loss and lethargy can also be symptoms of diabetes.

Of course, these issues also require veterinary treatment, but they are not as likely to cause fatality as quickly as parvovirus.

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So, if you see these signs, it is important to seek medical attention as quickly as possible.

Bloody diarrhea that is pure liquid is the most obvious and worrying sign of parvo infection in dogs.

What to do when your dog has parvovirus

If you suspect that your dog may have parvovirus or that it has come into contact with a dog that does have parvovirus, you should take your dog to the vet to be tested.

Vets have a simple and effective test that can identify or eliminate parvo the same day it is taken.

If your dog is diagnosed with parvo and you have other dogs (or other domestic animals, like cats), you should take preventative measures at home immediately.

The best defense you have against its spread is a thorough sanitization of your home and the quarantine of your sick pet.

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It may also be wise to have your other animals preemptively tested as they could be infected for as many as seven days before showing symptoms.

Parvovirus is currently treated with IV fluids and electrolyte management, as well as the provision of medication to deal with and prevent secondary infections and issues.

While this may seem like a mild and lengthy process, it is currently the best parvovirus prevention treatment available and seriously decreases the chance of fatality (which is over 90% in untreated dogs).

You may be surprised to learn that a little known preventative for parvovirus is deworming with Ivermectin if your dog tolerates it well. That is because parvovirus is closely associated with parasites, so be sure your dog is wormed properly and the area is treated.

There are also dangers involved with vaccines and overvaccinations, called vaccinosis reactions, that should be noted when we discuss parvovirus prevention. Click HERE to read more.

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]]> https://valheart.com/preventing-and-treating-parvovirus-in-dogs/feed/ 0 Preparing For a Sweet New Puppy https://valheart.com/preparing-for-a-new-puppy/ https://valheart.com/preparing-for-a-new-puppy/#respond Mon, 10 Oct 2022 11:02:34 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=6832 Getting ready for a new puppy?

Dogs, whether a new puppy or a trusted companion, have truly earned the title “man’s best friend,” and with more than 76 million of them living as pets in America, they’re not going anywhere soon.

They serve and protect in the military.

They act as utility animals for people with disabilities.

First and foremost, however, they brighten our lives.

Dogs are as much a part of our families as our children or siblings.

They share our good times and our bad, all the while standing true and loyal, letting us know they will never leave our side.

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Prepping the House

Prepping the house for the arrival of a new puppy is basically the same as baby proofing your home for an overactive, furry toddler.

Things that can be chewed on or gnawed must be put up and out of reach. Food must be kept away from the edges of stoves, counters and tables.

Electrical cords must be neatly tucked behind or under furniture, away from sharp teeth and claws.

Designate areas for the puppy in each room of the house they are allowed to enter. This will help keep them off of furniture.

For the outside of your home, things get a little simpler.

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All chemicals should be stored in cabinets to prevent puppies from spilling them.

Even seemingly safe chemicals like fertilizer have the potential of hurting a puppy.

Inground swimming pools can be a hazard for small puppies.

Make sure they do not have access to the pool, either by putting up a small fence or blocking the entry with a gate or other large object.

As they get older, allowing the dog to swim with the family may be a good way to spend quality time together during the hot summer months, but they should always be supervised.

Choosing the Right Breed

Before considering a dog, take a close look at your family and the dynamic in the home.

Active families who spend a lot of time outdoors will do well with a dog that likes the same thing.

Black labs for example, love to run and play.

They will swim, hike trails and do almost everything their owner does.

Families who are less adventurous should opt for a dog who is more settled and down to earth.

Cocker spaniels and poodles will do well in this environment.

They tend to be calmer than other dogs and settle well in a quiet atmosphere.

One thing to keep in mind is how much care a breed will need.

Cockers and poodles need to be trimmed and bathed to keep their coats soft and manageable.

Older couples will often choose small dogs that like to cuddle and have attention lavished on them.

Families with small children often choose to avoid the littler breeds because of their demeanor.

Make sure whatever breed dog you choose is capable of living your lifestyle.

Dog breeds were developed for a purpose.

Terriers were used for hunting, while shepherd dogs are more suited for herding animals, or small children.

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What to Expect During Training

No matter the breed, a new puppy is curious.

They love to explore and will most definitely get into things they are not supposed to.

Don’t expect them to know the rules from the beginning.

Puppies are quick learners and will respond well if all family members are on the same page when it comes to discipline.

A firm voice when scolding will be the key to letting them know they have made a mistake.

Treats and displays of affection work well when praising for a job well done.

Potty training must be started immediately.

Taking the new puppy outside after each feeding and also several times in between, well help the puppy understand the importance of going outside.

Puppy pads should be placed throughout the area and can gradually be moved towards the door as the puppy becomes more proficient in their use.

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Crating puppies overnight or when you leave the home prevents them from destroying property when left unattended.

It also gives them a safe haven to go to if they feel they need to get away from children or things that bother them.

Crating a new puppy can also make the transition from one home to another much easier and more stress free.

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Bio:  Val Heart  – The Real Dr Doolittle, Val is internationally known as an expert animal communicator, teacher, author & master healer specializing in resolving behavior, training, performance, and health problems, and assisting with end of life situations.

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This article was previously published June 21, 2013, and was updated on October 10, 2022

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]]> https://valheart.com/preparing-for-a-new-puppy/feed/ 0 Vaccines for Dogs and Cats: 10 Questions to Ask Before You Vaccinate Your Pets https://valheart.com/vaccines-for-dogs-and-cats-questions-to-ask-before/ https://valheart.com/vaccines-for-dogs-and-cats-questions-to-ask-before/#comments Sun, 09 Oct 2022 12:55:08 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=6259 Guest post courtesy of Jan Rasmusen. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communication Enterprises Inc. 

What you need to know about vaccines for dogs and cats

Vaccination is an important medical decision to be made by you in consultation with your veterinarian.

Educate yourself then ask the upcoming questions before you vaccinate.

Click the links for more information.

To learn why over-vaccination is a problem, read Vaccine Reactions: Underreported and Unrecognized, Not Unimportant.

Do not vaccinate pregnant animals.

Top veterinary organizations (AVMA, WSAVA, AAFP and AHVMA) and many top veterinary schools divide vaccines into “core” (with which all pets should be vaccinated) and “noncore” (which should be given only when a specific risk exists, if then).

Recommended pet vaccinations

AAHA recommends puppies get 3 doses of the core vaccines for dogs (distemper, parvovirus and adenovirus) every 3-4 weeks starting at 8 weeks with the final dose at 14-16 weeks of age or later.  (Some U.S. experts forgo adenovirus because canine hepatitis has not been a clinical entity in North America for more than a decade.

Others recommend giving it once after 16 weeks of age.)

Core vaccines for cats include panleukopenia, calicivirus, rhinotracheitis, and rabies. Per WSAVA: – all kittens should receive the core vaccines [For panleukopenia] a minimum of three doses is recommended: one at 8-9 weeks of age, a second 3-4 weeks later and a final dose at 14-16 weeks of age or older should be administered.

Cats that respond to MLV core vaccines maintain immunity for many years in the absence of any repeat vaccination.

According to vaccine researcher Dr. Ron Schultz, if your cat is already 16 weeks of age or older at the time of its first vaccine, only a single dose is needed to provide solid, long-lasting immunity.

No booster vaccines are needed for most adult cats, except rabies as required by law.

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Questions to Ask BEFORE You Vaccinate Your Dog or Cat

1. Is my pet already immune from the disease in question?

After completing puppy or kitten core vaccination series, dogs and in some cases cats likely have long term or even lifetime immunity for the important diseases (canine distemper and parvovirus; feline panleukopenia).

Vaccine labels recommending annual or three-year re-vaccination intervals for canine core vaccines generally reflect the length of time the vaccine was tested before approval, and show minimal, not average or maximum, immunity given.

Re-vaccinating an animal with pre-existing immunity (as a result of prior vaccinations) will not make the animal “more immune” and increases the chance of an adverse reaction. It is also an unnecessary expense.

A blood titer test can be performed to test immunity for most core diseases.

Please read this before giving the distemper vaccine to an adult cat and this before vaccinating aging dogs or cats.

2. Do I know that only the rabies vaccine is required by law?

Groomers, day care providers and others may insist on certain vaccinations, but aside from rabies, what they require is their choice and may be based on inaccurate or outdated information.

Veterinarians in the same community vary in their requirements and recommendations. It pays to shop around.

The 1-year rabies vaccine is usually required at 3 or 4 months of age per local law.

Generally, a “3-year vaccine” (guaranteed by the drug maker to give 3 years of immunity) is given a year later, then every 3 years thereafter unless outdated local laws conflict with state law (Note: change the law!)

There is no benefit, but substantial risk, to vaccinating more often, or earlier, than required by law.

Failure to vaccinate on time, however, can result in being required by your vet or the law to start the series from the beginning even though vaccines don’t automatically stop giving immunity at 1 or 3 years.

A French study of dogs has shown the 3-year vaccine to last at least 5 years; blood tests show 7 or more years of immunity.

The USDA Center for Veterinary Biologics reports that the rabies vaccine is responsible for more adverse reactions than other vaccines.

Do not give this vaccine during surgery or with other drugs.

Give 3 or more weeks apart from other vaccine boosters.

Many veterinarians suggest the use of vaccines free of thimerosal (mercury) for dogs and Merial Purevax for cats.

Some locales allow exemptions for unhealthy animals.

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3. If a “noncore” (optional) vaccine is recommended, do I know my pet’s individual risk of contracting the disease in question, the severity of the illness, the success rate of the vaccine and the risk of vaccinating?

Noncore vaccines for dogs or cats can be given alone or mixed with core vaccines (not recommended).

Bacterial vaccines like Leptospira, Bordetella, Borrelia and  Chlamydophila are more likely to cause reactions than the MLV core vaccines and should be given on different days from other drugs.

Leptospirosis, the “L” in a canine combo vaccine, is not a problem everywhere or for all pets; the vaccine does not protect against all strains of the disease, must be given frequently, is known to cause more adverse reactions than most other vaccines and is believed to be particularly problematic for toy breeds (although large breeds are also at risk).

Eminent vaccination scientist Dr. Ron Schultz, who lives in a Leptospirosis endemic area of the U.S., does not recommend the vaccine or does not give it to his own dogs.

Bordetella (kennel cough) is given as nose drops, is generally a mild, self-limiting illness (like the human cold) which is mostly spread in close quarters with poor ventilation.

Hence, the name “kennel cough.”

The vaccine has limited effectiveness and is not recommended by Dr. Schultz and others.

Noncore bacterial cat vaccines, Chlamydophila (Chlamydia) and Bordetella, are of limited effectiveness.

4. Is my pet ill?

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All vaccine manufacturers recommend vaccinating healthy animals only, but don’t define “healthy.”

Poor health could include (but is not limited to) allergies, ear infections, kennel cough, severe stress and malnutrition as well as serious chronic illnesses like liver, bladder or kidney disease, immune system dysfunction, neurological disorders and cancer.

Barring a local life-threatening epidemic, vaccination can often be postponed until health improves.

A positive titer test for a core vaccine can offer peace of mind.

Caution: vaccinating an unhealthy pet not only puts your pet at great risk but also risks vaccine failure, something especially dangerous for pets and for the public when vaccinating against rabies.

Medical exemptions to rabies vaccination are available in some areas.

5. Does my pet have a personal, family, breed or species history of vaccine reactions?  

At risk pets should be vaccinated only if a particular immediate, potentially fatal risk exists and perhaps not even then.

If the vaccine must be given, a different brand than the one that caused the reaction is often recommended, although this is no guarantee of safety.

Cats are particularly at risk for injection-site sarcomas (as are some dogs) and have special vaccination needs.

Click here for more details. Also read Vaccination Protocols for Dogs Predisposed to Vaccine Reactions.

6. Is my veterinarian recommending a combination vaccine?

A Purdue study of 1.2 million dogs shows that multiple vaccines given in one visit, especially when given to a small-to-medium size dog, may greatly increase the chance of a vaccine reaction (a second study shows risks to cats.)

Multiple vaccines also make it impossible to determine which vaccine caused any subsequent reaction.

Vaccines are available with only one or two or three antigens in one hypo (called monovalent or bivalent vaccines) although you may have to shop to find a veterinarian who carries them.

Using monovalent or bivalent vaccines could lessen the chance of a reaction while increasing the chance that your pet is getting only necessary vaccines.

To further lessen the chance of a reaction, bacterial vaccines should not be given with viral vaccines.

Note: many common products contain 4-7 vaccines, mixing bacterial with viral, and are given with additional vaccines like Bordetella and rabies.

These practices unnecessarily increase the likelihood of reactions.

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7. Have I been fully briefed about the vaccine’s possible side effects?

Often, clients are warned about common reactions like fever, lethargy and possible loss of appetite but are not warned about moderate and serious reactions.

Though less common, these reactions can be life threatening and may require expensive long-term treatment.

You have the right to evaluate risks versus the benefits before vaccinating your dog or cat.

Ask to read the vaccine “package insert.”

This will help you evaluate risks and also determine if your pet is having a reaction should he or she become ill or exhibit odd behavior or impaired function after vaccination.

8. Have I been told how to react to and report a vaccine reaction?

Some reactions require an emergency trip to the vet. Others can be treated at home.  Have your vet explain which reactions are emergencies. All possible reactions must be reported to the vaccinating vet (or emergency vet) and recorded in your pet’s file.  Click here to learn how to report adverse vaccine reactions. Do not presume your vet will report any reaction.

9.  Do I know to keep a written record of vaccination details?

It’s important to record injection sites (front, back, right or left leg, etc.) plus the vaccine manufacturer and brand name, the lot, serial number and expiration date for each vaccine given.

Vets retire and move and records are lost or recorded inaccurately.

It is imperative that you know which vaccines were given when and where, especially for cats but also for dogs.

It is important to give different vaccines in different spots; vaccination sites should be rotated yearly.

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10. After having been briefed by my veterinarian about a vaccine’s benefits and risks, can I freely give my informed consent or comfortably withhold it?

You have the right to refuse pet vaccinations, in part or in full, if you do not believe it is in the best interest of your animal (although with rabies there may be legal complications unless your vet will apply for a medical exemption).

You may also request to be more fully informed before proceeding and can ask to see the vaccine “package insert.”

It’s not easy to reject or modify your veterinarian’s recommendations, but your animal’s well-being is your responsibility, both morally and financially.

An activist against over-vaccinating children suggests that refusing is easier if you just say: “Not today, thank you very much.”

Some people also like to take with them a copy of an article or study from an expert.

Please take a moment and sign this petition: Veterinarians: Fully Inform Us Before Vaccinating Our Dogs or Cats  https://www.change.org/petitions/veterinarians-fully-inform-us-before-vaccinating-our-dogs-and-cats

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Welcome to my first LIVE Google Hangout!

Join me as I teach animal communication training and interact with a dedicated group of dog lovers who want to better understand and communicate with their special fur babies.  We are dedicating our work today to our love for dogs, but you never know, a kitty or horse or bird might pop in just for fun!

This special class will help you learn how to connect and communicate better with your dogs, cats and other animals. 

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  • How to know what your pet’s purpose is
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  • Tips on communicating with groups of animals
  • And much more.

The class was livestreamed on Saturday, June 14, 2014 at 12:30 pm Pacific / 2:30 pm Central / 3:30 pm Eastern.  We expected to go for about an hour but the actual timing depended on the number of questions, coaching and interactions, so it was extended by more than 20 minutes! You are welcome to watch, listen and learn along with the group.

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The Heart School Method of teaching animal communication is designed to give you exactly what you need to open, explore and master the telepathic energetic communication channels between you and animals.

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Can you imagine how great your life and relationship with your animals will be when you know how to speak their language?

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]]> https://valheart.com/animal-communication-training-hangout-with-val-heart/feed/ 0 Bad Pet Behavior: If Your Pet is Misbehaving, Try This! https://valheart.com/bad-pet-behavior-if-your-pet-is-misbehaving-try-this/ https://valheart.com/bad-pet-behavior-if-your-pet-is-misbehaving-try-this/#respond Tue, 04 Oct 2022 19:52:15 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=115589 Could the bad pet behavior you’re experiencing be due to a breakdown in communication?

If your animal is misbehaving, there is something you’re saying, thinking, or doing that’s causing that to happen, or contributing to the problem.

To start, there’s an excellent chance that you don’t communicate with animals as clearly as you think you do.

This really shows up the most when you’re trying to change your pet’s behavior through communication.

Their behavior either changes, or it doesn’t.

Black and white. Yes or no.

Before and after results, or lack thereof.

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I got to thinking today about times when I’ve coached clients and animal talk students who would get so annoyed because when they tried to communicate with their animals about stopping an annoying behavior, nothing changed.

In their mind, they’d been very clear about what they wanted their pet to do.

  • Stop jumping on people!
  • Stop dragging me down the street on the leash!
  • Stop biting / scratching / walking over me, dagnabit!
  • Get off the counter / table and stop knocking my stuff on the floor!
  • Don’t go over the fence (or outside), it’s dangerous out there!
  • Stop growling and nipping! Ouch!
  • Please stop barking! You’re driving me crazy, and the neighbors are complaining…
  • Stop spooking at nothing! What’s wrong with you?! Just do what I want you to do, when I want you to do it, okay?
  • Would you just eat your food, already? Why are you so picky, I paid a lot of money for that food.

And so on…

From the human’s perspective, their communication seemed very clear. A reasonable request, yet so frustrating when nothing changed…

What was their animal’s problem?

This led to my thinking about other, unrelated times when I got annoyed with others for not doing what I expected or told them to do.

Like, people at work not following my instructions for data entry.

Like, my husband when I asked him to pick up his tools, finish the “thing” he was working on, take his dirty dishes to the kitchen, or clean up his space.

Like, the kids not taking their bath and going to bed on time.

Or leaving their toys and trash everywhere for someone else (me) to clean up.

Like, dirty dishes not taken back to the kitchen but being left for me to find days or weeks later with mold growing on them.

I’d internally rage about how incompetent they were, how they were deliberately trying to ruin my life, or mood…

It felt like my needs weren’t important to them, and how they didn’t love me because they didn’t listen to me?

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I’m not proud to admit any of this!

But I finally realized that I played a huge part in what was happening, and how the animals responded.

It took having the shoe be on the other foot a few times for me to realize this and connect the dots.

Like, when I was riding my horse Taylor in a lesson and he wouldn’t pick up the left lead on canter.

I got so upset! I just kept asking him to do it right, more and more forcefully, over and over and over and…

With our trainer there yelling at us for not doing it right.

Later when I calmed down and talked it over properly, Taylor told me that my intention didn’t match my actions.

I thought I was giving him the right “cues” but in fact I was doing the exact opposite and blocking him from picking up the correct lead.

My bad.

So embarrassing…

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I corrected myself, and he easily did what I’d been asking him to do once I got out of his way.

Much apologies and many carrots were owed to make that one right.

Like, times when people got angry at ME for doing things that I had no idea were against rules or boundaries.

Or when I was corrected for “mistakes” that I had actually been led into making because the leadership had been weak.

What I want to communicate here is that you don’t communicate as clearly as you think you do.

None of us do.

Communicating clearly and precisely can be incredibly challenging.

That’s true of talking with people.

And it’s especially true when you’re communicating with animals.

I said it earlier, but it bears repeating:

If your animal is misbehaving, there is something YOU are saying, thinking, or doing that’s causing that to happen, to persist in happening, or is contributing to the problem.

Because your animals are not stupid or clueless (although it can certainly seem that way at times).

They’re basically just as smart as you are, with some exceptions of course.

Animals feel, remember, and understand the world in different ways than you.

And they’re responding to what you’re giving them.

If you’re getting resistance and pushback and nothing changes, it’s because you’re communicating badly!

Listening is a big part of good communication, it’s just about speaking your mind or expressing yourself.

Which means you aren’t listening to them, answering their questions to their satisfaction so they can agree with you and come into alignment with you (sync and harmony, anyone?). It means you’re not respecting their unique viewpoints and concerns.

Maybe you thought “laying down the law” or just telling them what YOU need would make them do what you wanted instead of what makes sense to them from their viewpoint.

And besides that, you ignored your part in the equation (Human Animal BodyMind Connection) for how they are mirroring and reflecting you, your stress and your wounds.

And that’s a whole ‘nother topic beyond the scope of our chat today.

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One other problem… you’re focusing on what you don’t want, not on what you DO want.

You may have heard the saying “What you focus on expands?”

Your pet sees what you’re focusing on in your mind’s eye, and naturally thinks you want more of that.

“Okay… if you secretly want me to jump / bark / growl / nip / etc? Happy to oblige, I can do more of that…”

If you aren’t crystal clear about what you really DO want, but instead just keep focusing on what you don’t want, then they can easily be confused especially when they get punished for it.

“But you said you wanted me to do more of that behavior…. now I’m in trouble?! Again?? I’m so confused…”

Your pet is smart, but how could they know what you really want unless you are clear about telling them that in a way they can understand?

Oopsie.

Honest mistake, but very confusing from the animal’s viewpoint.

Animal communication done right goes way below the superficial, surface level.

I know this because I’ve been communicating with animals professionally, solving problems with pets with the 5 Step HEART System, and teaching animal communication students how to communicate with animals successfully since 1993.

The truth is that if you just “tell them what you want” in a one-sided, your viewpoint only kind of chat, the animal is not going to suddenly change their pet behavior.

There are many reasons why your animal doesn’t behave better.

To solve pet behavior problems, we must go much deeper, engage in a full 2 way conversations, and become much clearer in how we listen to them, as well as what we say to them.

Knowing these things will make the difference between being a so-so, frustrated, less than average animal caretaker/communicator experience and mastering animal communication, along with the gift of enjoying well behaved, loving, safe and trustworthy animal partners.

For instance…

They may know things you don’t know and aren’t aware of, like…

That person they growled at? They may have bad juju, are thinking about hurting you, or they are alarming in some way that makes your pet feel uncomfortable, anxious, stressed.

So, they are warning them to stay away from you, trying to defend you.

OR, maybe the trust is that YOU don’t feel safe with the other people, your stress level goes up, you hold your breath feeling anxiety, worry or fear, and so they feel the need to act out to protect you.

Your energy and body language, even when it’s more subtle or even unconscious, is telling them to do that.

And if we looked closer and asked them what they know that we don’t understand yet, we’d also find how you’re rewarding the behavior, because your animal knows.

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Behavior that persists is being rewarded in some way.

That’s true of people and animals too.

So… let’s take a closer look at this:

What about that person they keep jumping on?

What you don’t know is that that person loves it when the animal does that and encourages – even rewards – the behavior in some way.

Or maybe the person really needs more love and connection, because they feel lost or lonely or disconnected or depressed… and when your pet greets them with such abandon and obvious delight, it feels like a soothing balm to their spirit.

When they drag you down the street? You let them, so it must be okay.

You must want them to lead you, not escort you.

Maybe you let them lead you in other ways at home too, or tell them they’re in control in many subtle ways you don’t even realize.

Why not out on walks too?

They often will bite, scratch, or invade your personal space because you are invading their space and haven’t set clear boundaries in the first place.

You’re not listening to them when they try to talk to you…, or you’ve exceeded their tolerances in some way and they’re trying to give you a wake-up call to pay attention, dummy!

When Ms. Kitty leaps over the fence to go on a grand adventure, she’s following the call of the wild and honoring her need to explore her world.

She smells and hears things that you don’t.

Does she know what danger is from your perspective? What you’re afraid of?

Has she agreed to not go over the fence no matter what? No, she hasn’t.

Barking? What specifically are they barking at and why is that important to them?

What do they hope to accomplish by barking?

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Until you know that, just “barking” (yelling) back at them to shut up won’t help.

Horses (and kitties and dogs too) don’t just spook at nothing without reason.

One show horse who wouldn’t go into a certain area of the arena told me he saw ghosts there who told him to stay away. Who would have guessed that one without talking with the horse first?

And yes, once we knew the real problem, we were able to solve it on the spot and the horse was fine going into that area of the arena after that.

What does your animal know or sense or perceive that you do not? Find out.

Healthy animals don’t normally not eat their food, there is a reason why they are picky.

Maybe their liver or kidneys aren’t working properly, their digestion is failing, they’re feeling sick, they have pain (ulcers? tumors?), tooth problems, the food is bad (smells like chemicals or yucky bits), maybe it’s making them sick or they feel nauseous, or giving them headaches…

There’s one more reason an animal’s behavior doesn’t change when you try to communicate with them.

You aren’t connecting properly from the heart, or you don’t know how to guide the conversation with proficiency in the first place.

You didn’t explain the best case scenario and the worst case so they can understand what you know that they don’t and why this is important, to them as well as you.

If they don’t clearly understand the consequences of their bad pet behavior, then why should they make the effort to change what they’re doing?

Or, maybe they don’t agree with your viewpoint at all. But you didn’t stick around in the conversation long enough to find out why they think that, so you could partner up to fix things together as a team.

Once you do that?

Ah! NOW you’re in partnership.

Now you’re no longer in conflict.

Now they see and know what to do, why to do it in a way that works for them…

They want what you want.

Their needs are met.

And everything gets much easier as their bad pet behavior improves naturally, effortlessly and easily.

 

If you want to communicate clearly so you get results solving pet behavior problems, you must get out of your human centered viewpoint.

When I first started solving bad pet behavior problems, and teaching students how to do it too, I discovered that they always have very good reasons for their behavior.

Our job is to find out what those reasons are, and to learn how to communicate clearly in a two way, heart to heart, mind to mind conversation.

Starting with a love connection.

These are the complex issues that my clients and students work on (and this is what I help them fix).

Imagine that.

The thought processes I’ve described here are the kind that I take my animal talk students through in The Heart School of Animal Communication® online classes and courses, in the BEST Online Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club’s Live Monthly Group Q&A Calls and the extraordinary series of Heart Wisdom Masterclasses.

If you know what you want your animal to do but you’re not communicating clearly enough to solve those problems, I help you to really pin down how to connect mind to mind, heart to heart…

From there, let’s be crystal clear on what exactly to SAY, HOW to say it, the right questions to ask in the right way and timing, how to convey that as a message they can understand, and how to listen to your animal in return.

I also help you find what’s in the way from the Human Animal BodyMind Connection perspective, so your pet doesn’t have to keep mirroring you or acting out your stress and imbalances.

Hands down, THIS is the secret sauce behind successful training, and well behaved animals.

 

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Your animal needs you to speak their language sooner than later.

They have a lot to tell you.

Together we help make the world a better, happier, healthier place for ALL of us.

BIG hugs and much love to you and your angels, guides, teachers and healers cleverly disguised as animals.

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]]> https://valheart.com/bad-pet-behavior-if-your-pet-is-misbehaving-try-this/feed/ 0 Sally’s Journey with Lisa Shultz on The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™ https://valheart.com/sallys-journey-lisa-shultz-on-real-dr-doolittle-show/ https://valheart.com/sallys-journey-lisa-shultz-on-real-dr-doolittle-show/#comments Tue, 04 Oct 2022 02:25:44 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=6479 This article was previously published January 10, 2013  and was updated on October 4, 2022.

Interview with Lisa Schultz on The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™

Val Heart Leading Animal CommunicatorPersonal Note from Val:   Lisa Shultz had a life-changing experience when she connected with the magic of seeing the world through her dog, Sally’s eyes.  When she intentionally shifted from her limited human viewpoint and perspective, she discovered the depth of Sally’s love, her wisdom and a profound healing in a way that years of therapy had never done for her.  Lisa shares her remarkable story in our interview.  And her love for Sally and animals in her remarkable book.  Enjoy!

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Lisa Shultz is a co-creator of the Speaking Your Truth anthology series of inspirational stories by women for women and co-author of the book, How to Bring Your Book to Life This Year. She loves supporting the aspiring writer to bring their dream of being a published author to reality.  Her most recent book at the time of our interview was entitled, Become an Athlete of the Mind. In this guidebook and journal, she shares how to create a 90-day program to train your mind using positive thoughts, affirmations, visualizations, and faith to attract what you want most in your life. Since our interview, she’s gone on to write additional books, all of which can be found on Amazon.

Her book, Sally’s Journey, is a step outside her usual box of writing and coaching topics. She wanted to share her dog Sally’s interesting life as well as her own in the 14 years that Sally was with her. Writing a book from Sally’s eyes and voice was a healing journey for Lisa. She hopes that dog lovers will enjoy and be inspired by this glimpse into Sally and Lisa’s world as they experienced heartache, trauma, abuse and more in their lives together.

Lisa says that there is healing power in sharing your story in some way. To write and share a story is not only healing to the author but it can touch readers in a way that makes us all feel more connected to each other as we journey through life.

Lisa shares her thoughts about her book and much more such as:

* What triggered Lisa’s desire to share Sally’s story and why that was important, healing and life changing for her?
* When Lisa’s husband snapped and abused Sally physically, how did Lisa find a way to heal from that experience?
* What did Lisa discover in the process of writing about her ex-husband from Sally’s eyes and viewpoint?
* How did your daughters react to the book?
* How can adopting a dog from a shelter or humane society be a gift?

Sally’s Journey is available now on Amazon in paperback, for Kindle and Nook

To learn more about Lisa Shultz and what she is up to visit Lisa’s website: http://lisajshultz.com/

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]]> https://valheart.com/sallys-journey-lisa-shultz-on-real-dr-doolittle-show/feed/ 2 Sally’s Journey with Lisa Shultz on The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™ nonadult Pet Stylist to the Celebrities, Billy Rafferty on the Real Dr Doolittle Show™ https://valheart.com/pet-stylist-billy-rafferty-on-the-real-dr-doolittle/ https://valheart.com/pet-stylist-billy-rafferty-on-the-real-dr-doolittle/#respond Tue, 04 Oct 2022 01:00:51 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=5349 Billy Rafferty is the owner and principal stylist at Doggy Dooz. He has over 25 years experience as an award-winning pet stylist and sanctioned grooming show judge.

Billy has dedicated his life to making grooming a fun, positive experience for dogs.

He believes that grooming is more than just a show-stopping haircut. It’s about getting dogs spotlessly clean with a gentle touch and lots of love and praise.

Billy is Chicago’s only Master Pet Stylist (MPS), certified through the Int’l Society of Canine Cosmetologists, Dermatech Specialist (DTS), Certified Master Groomer (CMG), Companion Animal Hygienist (CAH), designated by United Show Managers Alliance as a Sanctioned Grooming Show Judge and the recipient of numerous awards at national and state grooming competitions.

Billy is the preferred pet stylist for many celebrities, including Oprah Winfrey, celebrity chef Art Smith, and actress Joan Cusack. Billy is a highly regarded speaker, lecturer and author of a wonderful book named “Happy Dog” caring for your dogs body, mind and spirit which was featured on Oprah.com.

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You will learn…

* How to choose a professional groomer.
* Why grooming your dog is incredibly important, and what benefits you and your dog will experience.
* Why it’s better to hire a professional groomer vs. trying to do it yourself at home.
* Why you should never hire a groomer who is not certified or licensed.
* Questions that you should ALWAYS ask before hiring a new groomer.
* How to get your dog over a nail trimming phobia.
* Interesting facts such as whether cage drying is safe, how often to bathe your dog at home, appropriate age to begin bathing a puppy, what type of shampoo to use, type of dogs that do and do not need haircuts….
* How Billy’s book got featured on Oprah.

For more information about Billy Rafferty and Doggy Dooz Pet Styling please visit http://www.billyrafferty.com.

This article was previously published October 22,2011 and was updated on October 4, 2022

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]]> https://valheart.com/pet-stylist-billy-rafferty-on-the-real-dr-doolittle/feed/ 0 Dog Groomer to the Celebrities, Billy Rafferty | The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™ nonadult How to Prepare for the Loss of a Pet https://valheart.com/how-to-prepare-for-the-loss-of-a-pet/ https://valheart.com/how-to-prepare-for-the-loss-of-a-pet/#respond Mon, 03 Oct 2022 20:52:54 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=7304 This article was previously published December 19, 2013, and was updated on Octobert 3, 2022

Anticipating the loss of a pet – making preparations

The pain of losing a beloved family pet is very real. Sometimes we feel silly mourning an animal, like we shouldn’t be as upset as we are or that we should be “over it” —but our pets are members of our family, and the loss of a pet can bring on the same stages of grief as when a close family member dies.

If you have lost a pet, you know how it feels to wander through those first few days in a cloud of sadness. If your dog or cat is beginning to show signs of decline or illness, as painful as it may seem, now is the time to do a bit of research and make preparations, while your head is still clear and free from grief.

Pet Cemeteries
Cremation
In Memory
Support Groups
Look to the Future

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Pet Cemeteries

If chances are you’ll be moving at some point in the future, you may not want to bury your pet on your property, since you would have to leave your pet’s remains behind.

One alternative is to find a pet cemetery. When the dreaded day comes, the cemetery’s staff will guide you through the next steps.

Some cemeteries actually aid in the closure process by allowing family members time to say goodbye in a private viewing room before the coffin is carried to the burial site.

Cremation

If you think you’ll feel better after the loss of a pet by keeping their ashes at home, most veterinarians can put you in touch with a trusted crematory who will return the remains to you in a tasteful container.

Finding a spot of final rest for your pet in the home of which she was such a big part can also afford you comfort and closure.

The International Association of Pet Cemeteries and Crematories is a good place to start gathering information.

In Memory

When the time comes, consider posting a tribute to your pet on your Facebook page.

Not only can you let friends know of your loss, but in the process of composing your words and going through photos and videos to include, you just might find yourself smiling as you recall what a character your buddy was.

And in doing so, you are easing into the final phase of grieving: acceptance.

As FTD suggests, donating to charity is an excellent way to memorialize a loved one.

Make a donation to a pet-related charity to keep your pet’s memory alive and help animals in need. And perhaps by spreading the word online, friends will be moved to make a donation in her name as well.

Support Groups

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Should you find you need the support of like-minded pet lovers going through similar losses, a number of organizations sponsor grief support groups.

Petloss.com maintains a list of groups throughout the country.

Look to the Future

Although no pet will ever take your beloved companion’s place, you might want to frequent animal rescue adoption events when the time seems right.

One day you’ll feel good about welcoming a new member into the family.

Would you like to talk to someone about the loss of a pet?

Val brought on a Senior Associate, Holli Shan, who is profoundly gifted and is certified in Grief Loss Counseling. She has an excellent track record helping people heal from devastating losses. To learn more about Holli and how to get in touch with her, you can visit her page on Val’s website.

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]]> https://valheart.com/how-to-prepare-for-the-loss-of-a-pet/feed/ 0 How to Prepare Your Pup for a New Baby: 7 Tips https://valheart.com/how-to-prepare-your-pup-for-a-new-baby/ https://valheart.com/how-to-prepare-your-pup-for-a-new-baby/#respond Mon, 03 Oct 2022 11:07:25 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=5943 Guest post courtesy of Mikkel Becker. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communication Enterprises Inc. 

You’ve always said that your dog was your “fur kid”

But now you’re going to be adding a human one to the family, and you need to prepare your pup for the new baby. You want everyone, human and canine, to be happy, healthy, and one big family. Here are some great pointers on what to do.

Assess whether the dog has aggression or fear issues.

Take special notice of how your dog acts when you get near his food bowl, chew toys and resting area.

Pay attention to any sensitivity your dog shows when being approached by people, especially children and toddlers.

Note how your dog acts when he is handled in uncomfortable ways, including tail tugs and grabbing his feet, mouth and ears.

If you notice any areas of concern, address these with remedial training and enlist your veterinarian, a certified professional dog trainer or animal behaviorist if needed.

Teach proper manners in advance.

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Jumping up isn’t only a nuisance; it becomes a safety hazard when you are holding a baby who can be injured or knocked out of your hands.

To prevent your new baby from being jostled or stepped on, train your dog to sit for greeting and to come up on furniture or your lap only when he is invited.

Loose-leash walking also becomes critical when a stroller comes into the picture.

Practice walking your dog with the stroller before the baby comes, and, if needed, get your dog accustomed to anti-pull devices, such as front clip harnesses and head halters.

Practice the “leave it” and “drop it” commands, which will come in handy when getting your dog to leave baby items (like stuffed animals) alone or to drop them if they’ve already been snatched up.

Think pet-proofing as well as baby-proofing.

 

If your dog currently sleeps in your bed, you may need to relocate him; having the dog on the bed may not be ideal if your baby will be sleeping in a bassinet or co-sleeper next to your bed and could possibly be jumped on.

Consider crate training your dog or setting up a doggy-proofed area for the times when you will not be able to supervise your dog.

Child gates should be set up at the edge of the baby’s room to prevent the dog from going inside unsupervised.

Pick gates with vertical slants to help discourage your canine Einstein from trying to climb over them.

Move the dog’s food and water bowl out of areas where the baby will be, and get a diaper pail with a secure lid to help keep your canine from spreading unwanted decor around the home.

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Help your dog be independent.

Soon-to-be-parents are often tempted to lavish extra attention on their dog because they feel guilty about the time they will be taking away from their pooch once the baby arrives.

But the smoothest approach is to prepare your pet to be independent, so that he is already used to a decrease in attention before you bring the baby home.

Stock up on food puzzles and chew toys to keep your dog’s mind engaged, and prepare an exercise routine for your dog that you can stick to once the baby arrives.

Exercise is critical – your routine can include walking the dog yourself or setting up a dog walker or doggy day care to help out.

Acclimatize your dog to the sights and sounds of a new baby even before he or she arrives.

Use a baby doll to mock activities you will do when your real baby arrives.

Do the diapering, feeding, bathing, swing time and other activities with your dog present.

You can use the mock baby to teach your dog to respect the baby’s space and remain calm when you do baby-related things.

Play recordings of baby noises, such as crying, and pair them with tasty rewards so your dog associates them with something good occurring (I recommend a CD called Preparing Fido.)

On the day your baby arrives, have a family member take an item home that has been on your baby (either a piece of clothing or a blanket).

As soon as your dog smells this item, give him a highly palatable reward, such as a piece of a turkey hot dog.

Then remove the scented item. Present it again, and reward again.

Since dogs are so keen on smell, he will begin to associate your new baby with good things happening before he and your baby even meet.

Introduce the baby and the dog carefully.

Have your dog meet the new baby on neutral territory.

Although it was winter when we brought home our precious Reagan, we had the pugs come outside for a quick visit before we brought Reagan inside.

While the pugs were meeting Reagan, we kept the visit under control by giving them known behavior commands such as “sit” and “down” while rewarding them.

We allowed brief sniffing, and then directed them to do an action that was compatible with a baby in our hands.

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Always supervise your children and pets together.

The majority of dog bites happen to children when they are not being supervised by an adult.

Monitor all interactions between your dog and your baby, and use baby gates or crating when close supervision is not possible.

About Vetstreet.com

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Vetstreet’s articles are written, developed and reviewed by leading veterinarians, professional journalists and animal health experts, providing pet owners with the most accurate information and current advice on everything from finding the right puppy or kitten to dealing with serious medical conditions.

In addition to information about the latest events, trends and product reviews, the site also features a vet directory.

This article was previously published May 2, 2022, and was updated on October 3, 2022

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]]> https://valheart.com/how-to-prepare-your-pup-for-a-new-baby/feed/ 0 Got Finicky or Overweight Cats? Renowned Holistic Vet Dr. Hofve on the Real Dr Doolittle Show™ https://valheart.com/holistic-vet-dr-hofve-on-the-real-dr-doolittle-show/ https://valheart.com/holistic-vet-dr-hofve-on-the-real-dr-doolittle-show/#respond Mon, 26 Sep 2022 10:06:14 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=5548 Interview with holistic vet Dr. Jean Hofve on the Real Dr Doolittle Show™

Holistic veterinarian Jean Hofve, DVM, is internationally known for her expertise on pet food and nutrition. Dr. Jean has written hundreds of articles, has lectured on pet topics throughout the US, and has appeared on radio and TV around the world.

Her articles have been published in Animal Wellness, Feline Wellness, The Whole Dog Journal, The Whole Cat Journal, Cats, DogWorld, Let’s Live, Journal of the Academy of Veterinary Homeopathy, Journal of the American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association, and many other publications.

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Her award-winning website, www.littlebigcat.com, is a respected source of information on feline health, nutrition and behavior. Little Big Cat, won the 2011 Muse Medallion from the Cat Writers’ Association for best website!

Dr. Jean currently lives in Denver with four fabulous felines: Flynn, Puzzle, Sundance, and Spencer.

What you will learn:

  • How the types of food you are currently feeding your animal friend may be seriously impacting their overall health.
  • How vitamins and mineral supplements can’t make up for poor quality food.
  • Find out what the most common problem is that vets see every day.
  • Are pets really that fat?
  • Why Dr. Hofve does NOT recommend dry food, especially for cats.
  • Why titanium dioxide found in animal food is so bad.
  • What you should watch out for on the pet food labels.
  • Tips on how to get finicky feline eaters to eat a better quality diet.

 

Check out Dr. Hofve’s latest books, a must for any animal parent; What Cats Should Eat: How to Keep Your Cat Healthy with Good Food, Feline Diabetes: The comprehensive guide from a holistic veterinarian and Fat Cats: A Holistic Veterinarian’s Guide to Your Cat’s Healthy Weight.  Dr. Hofve is now retired and not available for specific veterinary advice for individual animals.

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This article was previously published December 17, 2011 and was updated on September 26, 2022.

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]]> https://valheart.com/holistic-vet-dr-hofve-on-the-real-dr-doolittle-show/feed/ 0 Got Finicky or Overweight Cats? Renowned Vet Dr. Hofve on the Real Dr Doolittle Show™ nonadult Our Favorite Veterinarian Interviews https://valheart.com/our-favorite-veterinarian-interviews/ https://valheart.com/our-favorite-veterinarian-interviews/#comments Mon, 26 Sep 2022 10:00:44 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=10722 I’ve interviewed many veterinarians for The Real Dr Doolittle Podcast Show and they’re ALL concerned and have a lot to say about the dangers of vaccinosis.

Today, I want to bring your attention to several controversial issues in animal healthcare.  I’ve collected the BEST of my interviews from The Real Dr Doolittle Show™ (podcast) with awesome veterinarians who have a LOT to say on the subject of happy, healthy animals.

Listen and learn from the world renowned Dr Richard Pitcairn, Dr Arthur Young, Dr Mark Newkirk, Dr Jean Hofve and Dr Sid Gustafson.

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Dr. Richard Pitcairn

Dr. Richard Pitcairn is THE Guru of modern veterinary Homeopathy in the Western Hemisphere.  Since 1992 he has trained almost 500 graduate veterinary doctors in the field of homeopathic medicine and is the force behind the founding of the Academy of Veterinary Homeopathy in America in 1995.

CLICK TO LISTEN:  The Authority on Holistic Vet Medicine Dr. Richard Pitcairn on the Real Dr Doolittle Show™

Dr. Arthur Young

Dr. Arthur Young is nationally known as a homeopathic veterinary practitioner, lecturer, teacher, and author.  He has studied with such eminent veterinary homeopaths as Drs. Richard Pitcairn, Christina Chambreau, and Don Hamilton.

CLICK TO LISTEN: Dr Arthur Young & The Crisis in Veterinary Care, The Real Dr Doolittle Show

Dr. Mark Newkirk

Dr. Mark Newkirk is the owner of NEWKIRK FAMILY VETERINARIANS, with offices in Egg Harbor Township and has been taking care of pets in Southern New Jersey since 1981.

CLICK TO LISTEN: Holistic Vet Shares Vital Pet Care Advice, Dr. Mark Newkirk on the Real Dr Doolittle Show™

Dr. Jean Hofve

Holistic veterinarian Jean Hofve, DVM, is internationally known for her expertise on pet food and nutrition. Dr. Jean has written hundreds of articles, has lectured on pet topics throughout the US, and has appeared on radio and TV around the world.

CLICK TO LISTEN: Got Finicky or Overweight Cats? Renown Vet Dr. Hofve on the Real Dr Doolittle Show™

Dr. Sid Gustafson

Dr. Gustafson is a practicing veterinarian and university educator, as well as an animal welfare advocate. He teaches Equine Behavior at the University of Guelph, for the EquineGuelph Open Learning program, an online education program that reaches out to horse folk worldwide.

CLICK TO LISTEN: Socialization with Horses, Dogs, Cats With Dr Sid Gustafson on the Real Dr Doolittle Show

This article was previously published August 16, 2014, and was updated on September 26, 2022

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]]> https://valheart.com/our-favorite-veterinarian-interviews/feed/ 4 Holistic Vet Shares Vital Pet Care Advice, Dr. Mark Newkirk on the Real Dr Doolittle Show™ https://valheart.com/holistic-vet-shares-pet-care-advice-dr-mark-newkirk/ https://valheart.com/holistic-vet-shares-pet-care-advice-dr-mark-newkirk/#respond Mon, 26 Sep 2022 08:14:55 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=5580 Interview with holistic vet Dr. Mark Newkirk on the Real Dr Doolittle Show™

Dr. Mark Newkirk is the owner of NEWKIRK FAMILY VETERINARIANS, with offices in Egg Harbor Township and he has been taking care of pets in Southern New Jersey since 1981.

Dr. Mark treats dogs, cats, birds, reptiles and exotic pets, and has a special interest in alternative medicine, so you might call him a holistic vet. His practice now includes chiropractic, homeopathy, herbal therapies, aqua-puncture, alternative cancer treatments, therapeutic lasers and alternative allergy therapy.

Now Dr. Newkirk is known nationally for his work in alternative medicine. He writes for National Publications, such as Animal Wellness Magazine, has his own radio show and an ever growing list of patients who have been able to stop the steroid and antibiotic merry-go-round and have actually gotten significantly better.

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Listen and learn:

* What you should be feeding your pets

* Why vets feel the need to over vaccinate and the dangers in vaccinations

* The difference between holistic medicine for pets and complementary medicine for pets

*Whether steroids for pain in older animals is the only solution

* The cause of the significant and chronic teeth and gum disease problems, and what can you can do about it

* Are pain medications and/or steroids “all there is” for your old pet?

* What about obesity and crash diets for overweight animals?

* Alternative cancer therapy offers hope for a longer, healthier, better ‘end of life’ by adding holistic therapy

*What cutting-edge stem cell therapy is for animals

* What can be done to deal with chronic injury or spinal problems, like hip dysplasia, for animals that need special care or have severe arthritis or for whom the adage “old age is not a disease” applies

To learn more about Dr. Mark Newkirk and the Holistic Veterinary Medicine Association visit http://www.ahvma.org and http://www.newkirkfamilyveterinarians.com/

 

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This article was previously published January 5, 2012, and was updated on September 26. 2022

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]]> https://valheart.com/holistic-vet-shares-pet-care-advice-dr-mark-newkirk/feed/ 0 Holistic Vet Shares Vital Pet Care Advice, Dr. Mark Newkirk on the Real Dr Doolittle Show™ nonadult 7 Things You Need To Know Before Getting a Yorkshire Terrier https://valheart.com/7-things-you-need-to-know-getting-a-yorkshire-terrier/ https://valheart.com/7-things-you-need-to-know-getting-a-yorkshire-terrier/#respond Thu, 22 Sep 2022 21:14:45 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=115557 Guest Post. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communication Enterprises Inc. 

Do your research before you get a Yorkshire Terrier.

There are so many breeds of dogs that every person can find one that they connect with.

However, too many potential dog owners don’t take the time to research which type will fit with their lifestyle, and it can be frustrating for both the human and the dog.

It’s important to know what you are getting yourself into so that you can be fair to your new dog and yourself.

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The Yorkshire Terrier is one of the most popular dogs in the world. They have long and shiny coats and can get up to around 7 pounds.

They love to play and be active and have tons of attitude.

A Yorkie, as they are called, can keep you busy all day long and spend the evening snuggling in your lap on the couch.

Here’s everything you need to know before getting a Yorkshire Terrier so that you know what to expect when you bring one home.

They Require a Lot of Work and Attention

A Yorkie is not the type of dog you can ignore all day and evening between feedings.

They actively seek attention and affection, so you had better be prepared to provide both.

When you are not walking a Yorkie, they will want to play or show off.

They won’t hesitate to get in your face and demand you interact with them.

They are high-energy dogs that require a lot of stimulation to keep them content.

On top of that, they require regular grooming. Yorkies have long coats that can easily get snagged and tangled.

You will need to brush them and groom them regularly on a scheduled basis.

If you are going to bring a Yorkie home, then be prepared to spend a lot of time with your new dog.

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They Are Great For Apartments

While Yorkies are very active, they are still a great option if you live in an apartment or small space.

Because they are tiny, they don’t need a lot of room to run around and have fun.

Just make sure to have some toys laid out for them and watch your step.

A Yorkie’s toys tend to end up in places you’d never expect, which can be a tripping hazard.

If you are in an apartment, just be prepared for your space to be a hive of activity when your Yorkie is awake.

This is a good breed for you if you can handle that.

They Don’t Realize Their Own Size

A Yorkie is small, but their confidence and attitude can be huge.

Yorkies don’t realize how small they are and will have no problem confronting a stranger coming to your home or another dog at the park.

As the dog owner, you will need to train your Yorkie to understand appropriate behaviors when meeting new people and dogs.

For example, they will bark a lot when someone comes to the door, and this habit can be frustrating for many dog owners.

Consistent training will help your dog know what is appropriate and when to scale back on the barking.

They Need the Right Diet

Every dog breed has certain things that can threaten their health.

Yorkies have delicate bodies and need a special diet to stay healthy and live their best lives.

They should be given food that is low in fat and high in protein.

In addition, many vets and nutrition experts suggest giving a Yorkie a mix of hard and soft foods to protect their teeth and to avoid “people food” as much as possible.

With the right diet, your pooch can be a part of your family for as long as possible.

They Are Very Fancy

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Yorkies love to show off, love to dress up, and love to be pampered.

They are a fancy breed that are a common sight at dog shows.

You’ve no doubt seen a picture or two of a Yorkie with a bow in their hair or wearing a coat, costume, shades, or jewelry.

Their fur is similar to human hair, and it gets very long so that you can style it with a little practice and skill.

Yorkies love to show off, so the more you do to dress them up, the better.

Just remember this when you are looking for Yorkshire Terrier puppies for sale.

You may need to buy clothes and accessories as well.

They Are Stubborn

Yorkies are used to being pampered and doted on.

That makes them stubborn and sometimes insistent on getting their own way.

This might be why some Yorkie owners have trouble housebreaking their puppies.

Crate training is a must with a Yorkie that does not seem to want to go outside to do business.

You can also set up urine pads and litter boxes around your home to encourage your pup to go to certain places.

Don’t give up, though.

The vast majority of Yorkie owners are successful with housebreaking by employing some patience and determination.

Snuggling is Their Favorite

Yorkies love being around people, they love to show off, and they love affection.

They also love comfort and luxury.

That’s why you can expect to spend a lot of time with a Yorkie sitting on your lap, lying next to you in bed, or lying on your feet.

They want to feel close to their family, and they want to give you as many opportunities as possible to show affection.

They deserve it for all of the fun and loyalty they give to you every day.

 

There are millions of households with dogs in them.

Each one of those dogs has a unique personality to go with the unique makeup of the home and family.

If you think that these attributes of a typical Yorkshire Terrier will be a good fit for you, then take the next step and bring one home.

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Learning how to communicate with your Yorkshire Puppy will make a big difference!

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Then you’ll want to check out The Heart School of Animal Communication®.

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We highly recommend starting with the Beginning Core Foundations Course.

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]]> https://valheart.com/7-things-you-need-to-know-getting-a-yorkshire-terrier/feed/ 0 Boat Safety for Dogs: 5 Tips for Smooth Sailing With Your Canine Companion https://valheart.com/boat-safety-for-dogs-5-tips-for-smooth-sailing/ https://valheart.com/boat-safety-for-dogs-5-tips-for-smooth-sailing/#respond Tue, 20 Sep 2022 02:30:08 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=10559 When you’re thinking of boat safety, don’t forget your dog!

You probably take your furry four-legged best friend with you as often as you can, and there is really no reason not to bring him on your boating excursions. Before you let Fido hop aboard, consider these tips for smooth, safe sailing.

Know Boating Rules and Regulations

Before you and your pet head out onto the water, be sure that you’re familiar with all the ins and outs about boat safety for everyone, including Fido. Just like studying to get your driver’s license, it’s essential to be aware of all boating information and certifications required to be a safe boater. Many states actually require some type of boater education course, and/or a license. If you haven’t done so already, it’s necessary to take an online boating safety course that is recognized by the U.S. Coast Guard and can help keep both two-legged and four-legged creatures out of harm’s way.

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Make Sure He or She is Comfortable

Getting your dog acclimated to the boat before actually going out on the water is important for reducing the potential stress and anxiety of not having his paws on solid ground. Placing a nonslip pad in the bottom of the boat and allowing him to walk around and sniff it out can help him get comfortable. Get in and out of the boat, then have your dog do the same; entice him with a treat if necessary.

Assuming your dog is already well-trained in basic commands, ask him to sit or lie down in a designated, secure spot. Once out on the water if he starts to get too close and lean over the side, you can tell him to go to his designated place to prevent him from going overboard.

Basic Safety First

Be sure that your pup is wearing a life jacket whenever you’re near the water or on the boat. Even if he’s a good swimmer, he could get caught in a rip tide, become overtired, or get cramps. There are special life jacket-type flotation devices made especially for dogs that have a lift-handle on the top, which will allow you to easily grab him out of the water. It’s also important to have a first-aid kit including specific supplies for your dog, including any medications he may be taking.

Expect the Unexpected Emergency

If for some reason your dog does go overboard, putting a plan into place ahead of time can help ensure that you’ll know just what to do to get him back on the boat safely without panicking. If you see him fall, be sure to keep a direct eye on him by pointing at him in the water so you don’t lose his position. As large dogs that panic in the water can drown a human, don’t jump in yourself, but instead use a calm voice to guide him to a location where you can get a hold of him.

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Keep Hydrated

Being out in a boat in the sun means that you need to be extra cautious about keeping your furry skipper—and yourself!—hydrated. Don’t let him drink water from a lake as it can often be contaminated from boats or nearby factories in addition to containing harmful organisms. Bring lots of fresh drinking water and make sure it’s available to him at all times.

Remembering these simple boat safety tips will ensure that your dog has an enjoyable, safe boat trip!

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This article was previously published July 21, 2014, and was updated on September 20, 2022

 

]]> https://valheart.com/boat-safety-for-dogs-5-tips-for-smooth-sailing/feed/ 0 A Fascinating Story of Mindscape Power – Angela Adkins on The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™ https://valheart.com/mindscape-power-angela-adkins-real-dr-doolittle-show/ https://valheart.com/mindscape-power-angela-adkins-real-dr-doolittle-show/#comments Mon, 19 Sep 2022 14:58:21 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=40904 This article was previously published July 14, 2017, and was updated on September 19, 2022

A story of Mindscape Power on The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™

Angela Adkins, Mindscape Instructor, BodyTalk Instructor, shares her heartwarming, remarkable story about her cat Punkin. She also teaches us a wonderful Happy Place Mindscape technique anyone can use to improve their state of well-being. Listen and learn how Punkin had a second family, and how he guided Angela to meet them after he made his transition:

 

 

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SHARING IS GOOD! My mission and passion is to improve the lives of animals the world over by helping humans learn how to speak their language, understand their viewpoints and heal. After all, our love of animals helps us learn how to be better humans, and the more balanced and healthy we are, the more balanced and healthy they can be too. Would you help me reach more animal lovers by passing my Podcasts, Tips and Newsletter on to your animal loving friends?

 

ABOUT ANIMAL COMMUNICATION: Learning animal communication is an exciting journey into the Self, the nature and reality of our world, a behind-the-scenes look at the many complex interconnections between us all, and the real truth about relationships. It’s also about discovering how to connect at deeper levels with other beings. My hope is that this course proves very useful to you in many ways. Learning to master animal communication takes a lifetime of study, practice and education. But don’t be scared! Any animal lover can learn how to talk with animals, if they’re willing to put the time and effort into learning how. You can too! Click here to view my beginning course on animal communication.

 

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]]> https://valheart.com/mindscape-power-angela-adkins-real-dr-doolittle-show/feed/ 3 Mindscape Power - Angela Adkins on The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™ | Animal Talk | Podcast #29 nonadult Animal Talk: Healthy Nutrition for Pets with Dr. Harvey Cohen on The Real Dr. Doolittle Show https://valheart.com/animal-talk-nutrition-for-pets-with-dr-harvey-cohen/ https://valheart.com/animal-talk-nutrition-for-pets-with-dr-harvey-cohen/#respond Sat, 17 Sep 2022 10:07:23 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=41265 My guest today is Dr. Harvey Cohen.

He’s known as Dr. Harvey and is a pioneer in holistic and natural nutrition for animals. He is a physician with a deep love for animals and a profound interest in discovering how to keep them healthy.

Distressed by the increase in cancer, obesity and other degenerative chronic ailments in animals, he has successfully treated these conditions through proper diet and nutrition. Dr Harvey believes that foods for animals should not contain preservatives dyes, coloring agents, fillers and artificial ingredients, so he began creating products for animals that contain only human consumption grade ingredients.

Thousands of Dr. Harvey’s clients have seen the amazing benefits of feeding animals naturally!

He is the founder of Dr. Harvey’s Healthy Formulations, makers of the world’s finest all natural health foods, treats, herbal grooming products and herbal supplements for dogs, cats, birds, and horses. He is an herbalist and nutritional expert for companion animals.

In 2001 Dr. Harvey received the award for “Outstanding Service and Commitment to Advancing and Promoting Avian Medicine and Stewardship” by the Association of Avian Veterinarians.

Today Dr. Harvey Cohen answers some very important questions:

* Why did you decide to start your company and how is it different from other companies?

* What is the one most important change a guardian can make for their companion to improve health and longevity?

* Do you recommend supplements for pets?

* Isn’t making homemade food really hard to do?

* What about topical products, like shampoos, sprays, toothpaste and ear washes?

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This article was previously published March 29, 2018, and was updated on September 17, 2022.

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]]> https://valheart.com/animal-talk-nutrition-for-pets-with-dr-harvey-cohen/feed/ 0 Animal Talk: Nutrition for Pets with Dr. Harvey Cohen on The Real Dr. Doolittle Show nonadult 10 Colleges Saving Our Endangered Species https://valheart.com/10-colleges-saving-our-endangered-species/ https://valheart.com/10-colleges-saving-our-endangered-species/#respond Sat, 17 Sep 2022 09:52:17 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=6355 This article was previously published October 25, 2012, and was updated on September 17, 2022.

College life doesn’t have to be all studying or partying; some colleges are also concerned with saving endangered species:

When today’s college students were kids, the focus of most of the endangered animal education fell on whales, dolphins, bald eagles, and the rainforests. While some of these species have made strides away from the endangered list in the last 20 – 30 years, the list of global endangered species remains long. Luckily many colleges around the world are using their knowledge, resources, and student passion for conservationism to protect some of the most at-risk creatures in nature. These 10 schools from Atlanta to India are doing their part to preserve the world’s wildlife for the next generations.

  1. Georgia Tech:

    From endangered plants in the South to gorillas in Rwanda to coral reefs around the globe, Georgia Tech is doing more than its fair share to protect some of the world’s most at-risk species. In partnership with the Atlanta Botanical Garden, GT’s Jerry Pullman, Ph.D., leads students in preserving rare trees like the Torreya taxifolia, whose numbers are about 200 in their native habitat. The number of mountain gorillas in Central East Africa had dipped even lower by the year 2000, when Tech partnered with the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International to study the gorilla’s habitat via satellite to determine how many gorillas the area could support. In part because of that help, the apes are now making a comeback.

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  2. California State University Stanislaus:

    USC might grab more headlines in the sports world, but in the world of endangered species, Stan State is the frontrunner. The school’s Endangered Species Recovery Program, in partnership with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, has been furthering our knowledge (and therefore our ability to protect) a wide range of endangered animals since 1992. IN 2011, ESRP members rescued endangered Riparian brush rabbits from flooding of the San Joaquin River, and published articles on the San Joaquin kit fox, the Bakersfield cactus, the blunt-nosed leopard lizard, and the island foxes of southern California. A more recent project was the construction of artificial dens for the conservation of San Joaquin kit foxes.

  3. South Staffordshire College:

    The village of Rodbaston, England, is home to one of the campuses of this British college. And thanks to the school’s Animal Zone, it’s also home to around 600 animals of more than 140 species, many of which are endangered. In December 2011, the zoo welcomed 12 baby Haitian Galliwasps into the world, small lizards that are listed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as “critically endangered.” In 2012, a female black lemur joined the ranks, the third of its kind to be born at the Zone. The black lemur is listed as “vulnerable” by the IUCN. The species are just two that South Staffordshire is helping to protect from extinction.

  4. Imperial College London:

    This distinguished UK institution is well-known for its scientific prowess, and its scientists routinely put their skills to work studying ways to protect plants and animals the world over. In April 2011, a professor from the school’s Grantham Institute for Climate Change led a multi-school study that called for a new way to assess the vulnerability of species to climate change. In December of the same year, the results of a study of gray wolves in Yellowstone National Park — this time led by Imperial’s Department of Life Sciences — were released, demonstrating a revolutionary new way to predict how climate change will affect populations of many different species of animals, including endangered ones. And more recently, a professor from the School of Public Health at Imperial co-authored a paper that revealed 70% of plant and animal extinction could be stopped by halting the spread of fungal infections.

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  5. American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine:

    Believe it or not, rhino horns, tiger and leopard bones, and bear gall have all been ingredients in traditional Chinese medicine. Unfortunately, these animals comprise some of the most at-risk in the world, and though their use has been banned since 1993, many continue to employ them in medicines. From San Francisco, the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine has been leading the way towards responsible practice of Chinese medicine for many years. Through a partnership with the World Wildlife Fund, the college has brought the plight of tigers to the spotlight through its “Save the Tigers” campaign. The college has also embraced alternative ingredients for its medicines and, since 2000, has worked with pharmaceutical companies specializing in Chinese medicine to do the same.

  6. Boston University:

    For more than five years now, a lethal disease known as white nose syndrome has been decimating bat populations along the east coast and moving west. Scientists put the death toll at nearly 6 million bats already, with species like the Indiana bat being driven toward extinction. BU’s Kunz Bat Lab, however, is working to find a way to stop the disease and protect the creatures that are an invaluable part of the ecosystem. In July, the lab published a study it conducted with the University of California, Santa Cruz and other groups that found the disease spreads faster in bats that hibernate in clusters, helping conservationists identify which species are most at risk. The lab has also studied its hypotheses on what causes the bats to emerge early from hibernation and investigated the scarring found on the wings of infected bats.

  7. Lasell College:

    For several years, students in the Environmental Studies Program at this small private school in Massachusetts have been participating in the Head Start Turtles Program run by MassWildlife. Their subject: the Northern Red-bellied Cooter. This small turtle became endangered in the late ’70s by pollution, loss of wetlands, and even collection by animal lovers and trophy hunters. Students raise quarter-sized hatchlings in a lab before releasing them at a public ceremony designed to raise awareness of the turtle’s predicament.

  8. St. Albert’s College:

    Together with researchers from the University of Kerala, Trivandrum, St. Albert’s College in Kochi, India created the Conservation Research Group in 2007 to study biodiversity loss in the Kerala area of Western Ghats and to develop strategies for protecting the region’s natural resources. Through funding from Endangered Species International, the group has been working to preserve local endangered freshwater fish like the Denison’s Barb, a beautiful fish pushed to the edge of extinction by the aquarium industry. The CRG also recently discovered a new species of fish that has been dubbed the Dario urops, reinforcing the fact that the Western Ghats area is a “biodiversity hotspot” that still has many natural mysteries to be uncovered.

  9. UNC Charlotte:

    In 2010, when the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute needed a way to safeguard the eggs of some endangered big cats, they turned to the Lee College of Engineering at UNC Charlotte. At the research lab of Associate Professor Gloria Elliott, the researchers have been working on creative ways to dry and store the eggs so that they can be fertilized in vitro to revive the fading populations of certain lions and tigers. This UNC lab was chosen because of the lab’s patented microwave drying method. At last check, the lead researcher from the Smithsonian said the team was making excellent progress and seemed to feel the choice of UNC for its partner had been a good one.

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  10. University of Andalusia:

    The CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) group has been instrumental in protecting thousands of endangered species since its creation in 1975. Now the organization has its own Virtual College, hosted by the Universidad Internacional de Andalucia. Launched last summer, the initiative is intended to be a training ground for universities and other academic institutions in the field of conservation. It will feature open master’s-level courses from UNIA, educational materials, videos, and databases for students and anyone interested in learning about wildlife preservation. CITES officials call the Virtual College “a first for a multilateral environmental agreement.”

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]]> https://valheart.com/10-colleges-saving-our-endangered-species/feed/ 0 Kitten Proofing Your Home: 5 Easy Tips To Follow https://valheart.com/kitten-proofing-your-home-5-easy-tips-to-follow/ https://valheart.com/kitten-proofing-your-home-5-easy-tips-to-follow/#respond Fri, 09 Sep 2022 20:15:53 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=115510 Kittens need to be protected when they are young, and that means it’s time for kitten proofing your home.

After getting to a certain age, a kitten’s ‘cat reflexes’ will improve, but before that you must protect them while they discover what they can do, how to be safe, and what NOT to do.

You have to remember that these little furry creatures, now that they’ve been domesticated, aren’t expected to dwell in the wilderness.

Thus, they must be protected from clawing, nibbling, climbing, or scratching through things that could be harmful to them.

This is why kitten proofing your house for your new little fur baby is so important.

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1. Remove Risky Items

This tiny creature can be very curious and adventurous, and unlike a human baby which cannot get around for at least six months, you cannot really restrict its movements.

Your kitten could easily get hurt with sharp items like knives, tempting power chords, and heavy items like vases which they might try to knock over.

These could be extremely hazardous for your kitten.

Thus, it is better to remove or safeguard these items before the kitten comes home.

2. Prevent Access To Dangerous Areas

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You cannot prevent a kitten from going places it is determined to go.

As your kitty grows and gets stronger and more confident, he will start running and jumping.

You might be tempted to lock them in a kennel at times because they can be quite a handful to keep track of!

However, there is a way you can protect your kitten without caging them.

Yes, we are talking about cat enclosures in the backyard, also called “catios“, which are gaining popularity.

These resemble a large cage, but gives the kitten enough safe space to play around, soak in the sun, run, jump, and at the same time protect themselves from outdoor dangers like getting attacked by a bird, or a dog, or accidentally leaving the gate open and getting under or trapped inside a car.

Kitten proofing means to identify the dangerous areas that they shouldn’t have access to.

3. Windows Are Dangerous

Open windows are dangerous for a kitten because they have this innate tendency to climb on the screening or the curtains.

Although they have excellent balance from a very young age, accidents can happen, so, you should always take extra precautions when it comes to your windows.

You might want to consider cat proof fencing, enclosures, or railings to prevent your kittens from falling when they are climbing on – or out of – the windows.

4. Remove Poisonous Plants

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Plants can be beautiful decorations in your house, but beware of them when it comes to kittens. There are some plants that can be poisonous to your kitten.

Even a little sniff of these plants could be dangerous and harm them. Some of these kitty “no no” plants are:

They could be inside living as house plants or outdoors growing in the garden.

While it’s best to avoid these plants, if you must have them, prevent access to these areas with a deterrent, like a cat-proof fence or barrier.

5. Beware of Small Spaces

Small places are kittens’ favorites.

They like to crawl into small boxes, cabinets, and drawers to take a nap.

However, these also mean refrigerators, ovens, and any other confined places they find access to.

So, always check these areas after using them.

In truth, when you are taking care of kittens, it is almost like a full time job, and you have to keep your eye on them often.

If you are unable to understand what your kittens really need, or what they are trying to tell or ask you, it’s a great idea to get help from a pet or cat whisperer who can help you connect with your furry babies better.

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Protect Those Little Ones!

Now that you know the different methods of protecting your kitten, you need to start kitten-proofing your house before your little one arrives.

Here’s one last piece of advice:

Don’t let your kitten sleep in warm places for too long, like near a hearth or fireplace. Even though they love soaking up the warmth, they shouldn’t be there for too long because it’s easy for them to become overheated and then suffer heat stroke. Check them and the heat levels periodically, and then move them to a safer place.

Kitten proofing your house is a test of patience because you will need to be aware of each and every item in your house.

Wishing you and your kitten a long and healthy, happy life together!

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]]> https://valheart.com/kitten-proofing-your-home-5-easy-tips-to-follow/feed/ 0 Battle of the Bulge, 4 Ways to Fight Pet Obesity https://valheart.com/battle-of-the-bulge-4-ways-to-fight-pet-obesity/ https://valheart.com/battle-of-the-bulge-4-ways-to-fight-pet-obesity/#comments Tue, 30 Aug 2022 02:53:32 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=8777 Join the fight against pet obesity

More than two third of adults in the US are overweight or obese according to the Center of Disease Control, and our pets are not far behind.

According to the Association for Pet Obesity Prevention, over half our pets are overweight or obese.

Just like obesity in humans, pets are at risk for weight-related disorders such as diabetes, osteoarthritis, and cancer.

Keeping your pet healthy and their weight in check will lower vet bills in the future.

Pets who maintain their ideal weight tend to live two years longer than those that are overweight.

Here are some tips to help get your pet back in shape.

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Daily Exercise

You don’t see a lot of obese wolves or mountain lions in the wild.

In fact, I’d be surprised if you found any.

Dog and cat’s genetics can be traced back to their current wild cousins.

Their bodies, just like our own, were meant to be constantly moving and hunting.

They couldn’t afford to be lounging around all day, or they wouldn’t eat.

Today’s dogs and cats don’t need to hunt for their food any more, you need to exercise your pet.

To get Fido fit, one or two walks a day and switching from a casual to brisk walk will do the job.

For some cat exercises, new toys, laser pointers, and putting their food and water at opposite ends of the house are good ways to get them moving.

Count Those Calories

It’s shocking at time to see how lazy we can be.

Look at the automatic feeing bowls, many which don’t have the option of portion control.

This gives pets a perpetual source of food and that can lead to plump pooches and fat cats.

Portion control is necessary for your pet to maintain a healthy weight.

Don’t guess the amount your dog needs, rather, talk to your vet.

You may also need to cut down on the amount of treats you give your pet.

Those snacks can quietly add on the calories.

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Feed Them Healthy People Food

It’s hard to ignore those big puppy eyes or the constant purring and rubbing against you at mealtime.

It may be too tempting to toss your pet scraps or have them lick the plate clean.

This is a bad idea since many of the foods people eat is unsafe for pets.

If you want to give you pet people food, give them healthy food like peeled apples, carrots, cooked squash, and potatoes.

Be Disciplined

This is the hardest part when it comes to losing weight for humans and animals.

Committing to a program and sticking to it is hard for many pet owners, but there are so many resources out there to help you.

If you struggle to exercise your pet, consider hiring someone to do it for you.

If feeding your pet portions is an issue, there are many portion control bowls on the market that can help you with that as well.

Visit your pet care provider for additional help and encouragement.

Here’s another great article you may enjoy;  All You Need to Know About Pets Improving Your Health!

Learn How to Talk with Animals

Are you interested in learning how to communicate with animals?

Wouldn’t it be helpful to be able to have a conversation with your pet to explain why you can’t feed them those tasty table scraps, or encourage them to walk or play?

Then you’ll want to check out The Heart School of Animal Communication®.

Click Here  to see the courses – take a look and choose what most appeals to you.

If you are a newbie, then we highly recommend starting with the Beginning Core Foundations Course.

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]]> https://valheart.com/battle-of-the-bulge-4-ways-to-fight-pet-obesity/feed/ 2 7 Warning Signs for Cancer in Dogs and Cats https://valheart.com/7-warning-signs-for-cancer-in-dogs-and-cats/ https://valheart.com/7-warning-signs-for-cancer-in-dogs-and-cats/#respond Tue, 30 Aug 2022 01:00:26 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=10945 Being aware of the warning signs of cancer in dogs and cats can help you catch it more quickly.

So can talking to – and listening to – your pet.

It’s scary to think of, I know, but making yourself more aware of the warning signs may help to save your loved one.

You should communicate with your pet and ask them what’s wrong.

Pay close attention to the 7 signs below to determine if your dog/cat may have cancer.

1. Lumps/Masses

Not all lumps and masses are cancerous, however, there are ways to knowing if the are. If you find that the lump/mass is growing fast, firm and not easy to move, then it’s most likely that it is cancerous.

2. Weight Loss

Cancer in dogs or cats can speeds up your pet’s metabolism, which results in rapid weight loss. If by monitoring you do notice the difference in weight, then take your pet to have a veterinary exam and some blood work done.

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 3. Lethargy, low energy

Cancer in dogs or cats can affect multiple organs. When this happens, your pet may experience a loss in energy, discomfort and weakness in the body.

4. Anorexia/ Lack of Appetite

You should know the eating habits of your pet. There are multiple reasons for a lack of appetite, such as dental disease and organ dysfunction; there’s always an underlying reason as to why your pet has lost his/her appetite. It may not be cancer related and it may be an oral tumor, which can cause your pet great discomfort to eat and swallow.

5. Difficulty Breathing

The ability to not breathe properly is mostly due to heart disease, as it produces fluid in the lungs. However, cancer most often spreads to the lungs and causes deep, slow breathing, which makes this an important sign to watch out for.

6. Progressive Limping/Lameness

Bone cancer (osteosarcoma) produces swelling at the end of a long bone such as the femur on the back leg, or the radius on the front leg. It’s mostly common in medium to large breed dogs. Occasional limping is a typical sign of arthritis, but if it starts to progress and become painful, then it would be a good idea to take your dog for a bone cancer exam.

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7. ADR (Ain’t Doing Right)

If anyone should know your pet’s behavior, it’s you! You should notice the lack of eating, lack of energy, if he/she has been limping, or if there’s any strange cuts or lumps. All of these things should be spotted quite early if you always pay special attention to your pet. It’s always good to have your veterinarian check for cancer and any other underlying diseases because most times there’s a medical explanation.

The 7 signs highlighted above are the most essential ones that you can look for in your dog or cat. However, because there are various types of cancer, from lymphosarcoma, to mast cell tumors, to spleen tumors, there is not one specific sign. If you notice any of those signs in your pets, then a thorough veterinary exam is recommend along with any potential diagnostic tests, to check for any other serious underlying disease.

These warning signs were given by Dr. Andrew Jones. You can take a look at his Vet Secrets Course by simply following this link.

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Every Animal Lover Needs to Know How to Talk to Animals

This article was previously published September 30, 2014 and was updated on August 30, 2022

 

]]> https://valheart.com/7-warning-signs-for-cancer-in-dogs-and-cats/feed/ 0 A Dog’s Purpose – W. Bruce Cameron on The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™ https://valheart.com/dogs-purpose-w-bruce-cameron-real-dr-doolittle-show/ https://valheart.com/dogs-purpose-w-bruce-cameron-real-dr-doolittle-show/#comments Mon, 29 Aug 2022 20:18:50 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=14688 Is there a Real Dr. Doolittle? Yes, there is!

Welcome to our Show on Talking to the Animals!

I want to teach you what I know so you can learn how to talk to your animals, why it’s important to hear your animals’ viewpoints and how reconnecting with animals makes you a better human. Reconnecting with animals helps us be better humans, and is an exciting journey into Self, the nature and reality of our world, and a behind-the-scenes look at the complex interactions between us all.

Any animal lover can learn how to communicate with animals, you can too! Learn how to connect at the heart for a magical bonding experience with your animals.

My Guest Today

bruce-cameronW. Bruce Cameron is the New York Times bestselling author of several books, include 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter, which was turned into the hit ABC series.

He has twice received the National Society of Newspaper Columnists’ award for Best Humor Columnist, and his weekly nationally syndicated column is published in more than 50 newspapers. His websites are www.brucecameron.com and www.adogspurpose.com

Bruce’s newest, most wonderful book for all us animal lovers, titled: A Dog’s Purpose – a Novel for Humans was the focus of this week’s interview.

This wonderful book is the remarkable story of one endearing dog’s search for his purpose over the course of several life times. More than just another charming dog story, A Dog’s Purpose touches on the universal quest for an answer to life’s most basic question: Why are we here?

You’ll get answers to these questions:

  • Why do we adopt dogs knowing they will most likely die before we do?
  • What if your dog never dies? What if dogs live multiple lifetimes, and remembers all of them?
  • What if every animal has a purpose, and your pet’s purpose is intimately bound to yours?
  • Why do so many people say the book A Dog’s Purpose gives them comfort when they’ve lost a pet?
  • What makes the narrative voice in A Dog’s Purpose (the dog), different from other books that have been written from a dog’s perspective?
  • There are so, so many books out there with a dog on the cover. Why has this one been so successful? Are you surprised at its success?

 

 

A Dog’s Purpose is ultimately uplifting and redeeming and full of joy and hope. www.adogspurpose.com is a place where you can purchase merchandise inspired by Bruce’s books. And every sale benefits animal rescue!

 

ct-2In my work I’ve also discovered that many behavior and health problems often come from past lives.  It’s fascinating how souls journey’s weave in and out together, and what’s brought forward that affects health and well being.

 Have you and your pet been together before this lifetime?  Do you want to know more?

Let’s talk to them and find out what they know that you don’t (yet).  Click Here and let’s get started

 

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Dogs – just click on the picture below!

Enjoyed this article? Here are three more to help you:

Healing Dogs Through Meditation – Jim Jacobson on the Real Dr. Doolittle Show™
Val Heart and Jessica Ardeal on BodyTalk Healing for Animals & People
Highly Sensitive People & Empaths Have Unique Gifts

This article was previously published November 18, 2016 and has been updated on August 29, 2022.

 

]]> https://valheart.com/dogs-purpose-w-bruce-cameron-real-dr-doolittle-show/feed/ 10 A Dog's Purpose - W. Bruce Cameron on The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™ | Animal Talk | Podcast #64 nonadult Mastering Communication With Animals: Achieving the Highest Level of Competency https://valheart.com/mastering-communication-with-animals-competency/ https://valheart.com/mastering-communication-with-animals-competency/#respond Fri, 26 Aug 2022 21:51:42 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=84322 Like with any skill, your competency and proficiency at communication with animals will increase with proper practice and use.

Earlier this last week I got the message that one of our student’s pets was ill and needed help.

I was not just chilling and hanging out in my sanctuary with nothing to do but focus and access higher healing energies and engage in communication with animals with a pet halfway around the world at the time.

No, it was my day off and I was driving around running errands.

And, I don’t normally do emergency sessions. I unplug and go offline on my days off.

But it felt urgent. The Universe brought the situation to my attention, and I felt compelled to do what I could to help.

So, still watching the road and paying attention to my driving, I simply shifted my subtle focus. It feels a bit like flipping a switch.

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I connected and communicated, and then I accessed and downloaded the needed higher dimensional healing frequencies on the spot.

Then continued running my errands.

When I got back home and checked in with my student, she could feel the energy.

And the pet said he felt much better too.

Would you like to be able to do that too?

I hope so, because this is my goal for you and for every animal lover.

It’s why I teach students the way I do using the Heart Wisdom Methods I developed and teach through our complete suite of animal communication online classes at The Heart School of Animal Communication®.

Being able to communicate with animals like this on the fly is called being “unconsciously competent”.

It’s helpful to understand this when you’re trying to learn anything “new” because Your Plan versus The Reality can be very different!

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The competence concept suggests that individuals are initially unaware of how little they know. They are completely unconscious of their incompetence.

That’s where you were before you discovered animal communication even existed.

Then, as you recognized your incompetence, you made a choice to go about consciously acquiring the needed skills, then consciously began learning to use them.

This is where many of our Club members and students are, from beginners to advanced, and yes, many of our Tribe are working professionally now, too, so they’ve acquired a high level of proficiency (competency).

Eventually, the skills can be utilized without it being consciously thought through.

At that point, the individual is said to have acquired unconscious competence.

This is where successful practitioners are, and yet, everyone has more to learn (and master) before becoming unconsciously competent with animal communication and healing on all levels.

The 4 Competency Stages are:

(definition courtesy of Wiki)

1. Unconscious incompetence

The individual does not understand or know how to do something and does not necessarily recognize the deficit. They may deny the usefulness of the skill. The individual must recognize their own incompetence, and the value of the new skill, before moving on to the next stage. The length of time an individual spends in this stage depends on the strength of the stimulus to learn.

2. Conscious incompetence

Though the individual does not understand or know how to do something, they recognize the deficit, as well as the value of a new skill in addressing the deficit. The making of mistakes can be integral to the learning process at this stage.

3. Conscious competence

The individual understands or knows how to do something. However, demonstrating the skill or knowledge requires concentration. It may be broken down into steps, and there is heavy conscious involvement in executing the new skill.

4. Unconscious competence

The individual has had so much practice with a skill that it has become “second nature” and can be performed easily. As a result, the skill can be performed while executing another task. The individual may be able to teach it to others, depending upon how and when it was learned.

Many students feel frustrated thinking they should be at Stage 4, enjoying their unconscious competence, but they’ve not put the needed effort into it and are still in Stage 2 or 3…

And to be sure it’s a very worthy goal.

Because that’s where the magic happens, where it looks and feels effortless, where you are in Flow, Sync and Harmony 100% of the time.

Where others look at you in awe, wondering how in the world did you do that? (I get that a lot…)

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Here’s the thing:

It takes doing your inner work to become competent, more practice to get it right, lots of experiences and training to become proficient just like it does with any skill.

So…

If you’re at Stage 2 but you expect yourself to be at Stage 4 (hurry up already, what’s wrong with me, I should be better, this is so frustrating, why won’t you talk to me… blah blah blah… ), and are beating yourself up because it’s not as easy as you want it to be yet…

Then simply knowing which stage you are in on your Soul’s Journey to become unconsciously competent (proficient) is helpful.

Understand that there is an evolution in your education, a bit more inner healing to be done, and self-growth to become first competent and then unconsciously competent.

Because now you know where you are, where you’re going and what’s possible, and yes, what it takes to achieve unconscious competence.

Where are you in your journey to becoming unconsciously competent communicating with animals?

Your job is to continue to grow, to learn what you don’t know you don’t know yet, to acquire advanced skills of competency and proficiency.

Otherwise, you miss important information that animals need to talk about.

You gloss over their messages and miss them entirely.

When it seems to take ages to be able to focus, get out of your own way, quiet and still the mind, connect through the heart, know the right ways to open a conversation, how to guide a communication so you ask the right questions in the right way and timing…

Take heart, Val, because then it becomes effortless. Easy.

These are the things I coach students and clients through in our mentorship program for animal communication students.

Imagine that.

Communication with animals is a natural state of beingness.

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It’s your mind that trips you up, sabotages your efforts, blocks or limits or stops you in understanding their messages.

Honestly, the hardest part of becoming unconsciously competent is to get your mind out of your way!

Once you know you have a switch to flip and how to control it, you will be able to hear their voices anytime you wish no matter where you are or what you’re doing at the time.

Breathe, set your intention to communicate, get out of your head and into your heart, flip the switch, and connect.

It can happen lickety split quick!

Faster than greased lightening!

Easy peasy, lemon squeezy!

When you know how.

Speaking of training you to become unconsciously competent communicating with animals…

Recently I announced the new Heart Wisdom Masterclasses Syllabus for the year, and have received wonderful feedback!

Lee said, “Now that is one fantastic, all-star syllabus!!! I am too excited about ALL of it. I will add one request. If at all possible, could you cover meridians?”

Thanks, Lee! I’m excited you’re excited!!

Of course, I’m happy to add training on working with and balance meridians for people and pets.

There’s always a fine balance between my teaching you what I know you need to improve your skills, vs you getting what you think you want.

Ultimately, you’ll always get exactly what’s needed when you show up, set your intention, and trust the discovery process as you become more competent every step of the way.

Learn How to Talk with Animals

Here’s a few of the advanced communication with animals intuitive skills Platinum Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club Members are learning in our extraordinary series of Heart Wisdom Online Masterclasses:

  • Behind the Scenes Working Professionally as an Animal Communicator
  • Vaccines and Vaccinosis Healing Protocols
  • EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) Healing for Animals
  • Achieving a Quiet Still Mind with Faster Heart Connection
  • Advanced Healing with Inner Parts
  • The Power of Focusing for Healing and Communication
  • Enhancing Your Healing Gifts with Hands of Light
  • Chakras Part 4 – Accessing and Using the 8th Chakra
  • Healing Painful Emotional States and Negative Self Talk
  • Advanced Communication Q&A Mentoring – Claircognizance
  • Developing ALL Your Intuitive Abilities – Clairsentience
  • Developing ALL Your Intuitive Abilities – Clairvoyance
  • Developing ALL Your Intuitive Abilities – Clairaudience
  • Developing Your Less Commonly Known Intuitive Abilities and Senses
  • Communicating with Pests
  • Communicating with Problem Cats
  • Communicating with Microbes, Parasites and Genes
  • Exploring the Paranormal, 6th Sense, Working with Ghosts and more
  • Communicating and Healing with Farm Animals
  • Finding Lost & Missing Animals with Guest Tim Link
  • Soul Repair Healing for People and Pets
  • Communicating with Trees and Plants
  • How to Quicken Your Connection & Improve Your Accuracy
  • Advanced Communication Q&A Mentoring
  • Advanced Group Communication Exercises
  • Behavior and Problem Solving With Pets
  • Chakra Balancing Series – Parts 1, 2 and 3
  • Time Travel and Shapeshifting
  • And so much more!

Sound good??

Our uniquely different Live Q&A Coaching Calls and the extraordinary advanced trainings disguised as Heart Wisdom Masterclasses are all about answering your animal communication and healing questions in an exploratory, advanced, intensive kind of way.

Which is exactly what it takes to become unconsciously competent and proficient with communication with animals!

This level of Heart Wisdom Masterclass Animal Communication “Competency” training isn’t available anywhere else.

The Heart School of Animal Communication® offers a complete series of animal communication online classes and Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club memberships to further and advance your intuitive abilities.

You won’t want to miss this. Seriously.

Join us for a fun filled, entertaining and educational experience and watch how much more quickly you’ll advance your skills from Stage 2 or 3… into Stage 4.

If you’re not a Platinum Club Member yet and want to be, now’s the time.

Be loving, kind, with your animals and yourself.

Practice is part of the path to developing your skills, confidence, proficiency, and ultimately becoming unconscious competence.

We have approximately 300 or more animal teachers to choose from in the Club to practice communicating with so you can receive feedback and the proper guidance to know when you’re doing it right, and when you’re not.

And that’s how to become unconsciously competent!

Continue your Communication with Animals Competency training >> HERE

See you on the Heart School campus!

We love you and your wise teachers and healers disguised as animals,

Val Heart & Barb Cotta

Val “Practicing and Acquiring Skills for 30 years is How I Became Unconsciously Competent” Heart, Founder of The Heart School of Animal Communication® and host of the BEST Online Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club, with Barb “Co-Pilot” Cotta, Club Moderator & Student Liaison

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!

Questions?

If you’re looking for excellent animal communication online classes, courses and live coaching, then you found it!

Our next Live Q&A Coaching Call for Gold and Platinum Animal Communication students is held the second Saturday of every month.

Heart Wisdom Masterclasses are for Platinum Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club Members, and are held the third Saturday of every month.

Be there or be square! Be cool, stay in School!

Because THIS is where you develop your competence.

And that is a life skill worth having.

>> HERE! <<

Be sure to leave a comment below!

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Did you enjoy this article about increasing your competency in communication with animals? Here are some more all about animal communication:

5 Steps to Communicate With Animals Using a Picture
11 of the 27 Brilliant Reasons to Learn Animal Communication
Every Animal Lover Needs to Know How to Talk to Animals

 

]]> https://valheart.com/mastering-communication-with-animals-competency/feed/ 0 Pet Names: Are you calling your pet by their REAL name? https://valheart.com/pet-names-are-you-calling-your-pet-by-their-real-name/ https://valheart.com/pet-names-are-you-calling-your-pet-by-their-real-name/#comments Tue, 23 Aug 2022 01:14:52 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=10599 Pet names aren’t just for your sweetheart…

You have to make sure you are using the correct pet name for your animals.

Years ago I was called in to assist a well known and respected quarter horse trainer with a mare he was having trouble with.

When I arrived at the ranch, we walked over to her stall and I introduced myself.

He went on to explain that she just didn’t seem to understand what he wanted her to do.

He’d worked with her for several months now and wasn’t getting anywhere.

Although he was very patient and careful to explain things, he’d begun to wonder if she was in pain.

Or maybe she was slow in the head or maybe she was just in the wrong line of work – even though she had all the genetics she needed for the job.

He felt he’d tried everything he knew from his many years of working with horses, but was well and truly stumped.

As a last resort, he’d asked me to communicate with her to see what was wrong.

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If that didn’t help turn things around, he was going to have to give up and send her back to her owner.

When I asked her what was going on, she told me something very surprising and unexpected.

She said that she had no intention of working with him because he was disrespecting her and was rude.

He had no idea who she really was and she would not work for him because of it.

I thanked her for sharing that with me and asked her to please explain to me how he was being rude to her.

She said that he called her ‘Rat’ and that her true name was Wind Dancer.

Rat was rude and disrespectful and she wouldn’t answer to it, in fact, it made her mad.

She even demonstrated her annoyance by trying to bite at him and even kicked in our direction!

When I shared that with this horse trainer, he turned a nice shade of red in embarrassment as he confirmed what she’d said, he did call her Rat!

He exclaimed, “I can’t call her that!  Everyone would laugh at me!  Cutting horse people just don’t name their horses things like “Wind Dancer!

I tried to explain to her how he felt and asked her if we could somehow find a compromise to work this out.

She said it would be ok if he called her Windy, as long as he KNEW he was actually calling her Wind Dancer, but just saying Windy for short.

He said he thought that would be ok, and she came over for a head rub as she visibly calmed down.

A couple of weeks later, I checked in with him and asked how she was doing.

Apparently, as soon as they got things straight between them, she settled down to her work and became quite a good cow horse very quickly.

It was never the work she minded, just the attitude.

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Have you ever felt that the name you are calling your animal friend is somehow not right, or doesn’t fit them, or noticed that they didn’t respond to it?

Maybe you’ve got the wrong name.

You may not know it but animals do occasionally change their names.

Different cultures traditionally have allowed individuals to earn a new name during rites of passage or in vision quests.

Animals also can choose different aspects of themselves to embrace at different times of their lives as they mature or go through phases.

It’s not uncommon for a shelter animal to want a new name when they go to a new home or choose a new family.

I recently worked with a client who wanted to invite a new dog into her life (after her older dog gave his approval and support for the idea which is always a good thing to do, of course).

So I helped them work with the first few dogs, who all turned out to not be right for them at all.

The next dog they attracted felt really wonderful even though she had some problems.

A shelter foster dog, she came to them with the name of Sophie, but my client just got the sense that wasn’t her real name.

So she kept asking and trying different names.

Nothing worked until one day she heard a name pop into her head.

Penny!  My name is Penny!

When she tried that name with the new dog, she immediately got an enthusiastic response which proved to her without a doubt what her new friend wanted to be called.

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There are many other critically important reasons to talk with your animal too, especially if you are considering taking in a new companion.

For instance, only they can tell you their true history and background.

Who else will know but them, right?

Communicating also helps them understand new house rules, and provides an opportunity to negotiate behavior.

We also need to know about their training background, their learning styles, what they feel their purpose is, what they like or don’t like.

You’ll also want to know if they feel there is a good fit between you.

Please don’t take on an animal just because they are cute or remind you of an animal you had before.

If they don’t feel connected to you, then regardless of how hard you try, neither of you will be truly happy together.

Communication with animals also helps them heal from past trauma or abuse, eases the transition time, and supports them while they grieve the loss of the family they lost.

So do yourself and your animal friends a favor and give them a voice.  You’ll be glad you did.

I would love to hear your story of how your beloved animal friend came by his/her name!  Leave me a comment below!!

This article was previously published July 28, 2014 and was updated on August 23, 2022.

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]]> https://valheart.com/pet-names-are-you-calling-your-pet-by-their-real-name/feed/ 3 KC’s Story: How Animal Communication Can Help An Aging Cat https://valheart.com/aging-cat/ https://valheart.com/aging-cat/#comments Tue, 23 Aug 2022 01:01:14 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=13114 KC: The story of an aging cat

I was delighted to receive this testimonial from a recent client and she asked that I share it with you.

Take a read of this fascinating story about her aging cat so that you can see first hand why animal communication is so important.

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I contacted Val after reading about animal communication.

I have lost many cats during my years as a pet lover, and all of them have left me feeling devastated with a long period of mourning and unresolved feelings of guilt, anger, and sorrow.

I read that it was important for animals to choose when they will pass away when they have to pass away, and that often times they needed to say goodbye to their companions or had last messages to give etc.

I decided right then and there that I needed to learn animal communication, so when my other pets pass, I would honor their wishes.

I searched the web, and found Val’s website.

I enrolled in Val’s Basic and then Advanced Communication Courses (really exciting and fascinating info).

I also enrolled in the Animal Communication Coaching club, to practice my skill (and, by the way, have met a great bunch of like-minded souls who believe in animal communication).

I wasn’t alone.

Learn How to Talk with Animals

The time came when my 18 year old cat, named KC, who was in end stage kidney disease and had a large lump on her neck (which later spread to her chest after we came back from vacation) stopped eating and drinking, and wouldn’t come to me.

I thought “this is it”, and, my heart flooded with sadness, “she is ready to go”.

My heart filled with sadness, and I was grief stricken once again.

I called Val up to have a consultation, to find out if it was KC’s time to go.

She “opened up” the channels of communication between herself and KC and me.

We talked about my feelings about her passing away..

She tuned into KC, who said that it was not her time to go.

We decided that we should come up with a “signal” so that we would know when it was time for her to put to sleep.

The signal was that she would put her paw on my hand when she was ready, something she never did before.

After that, Val gave me some important messages from KC… don’t mourn me before I am gone, just be with me; it is up to me to determine when I will pass, etc.

At that point, all of a sudden I felt a deep sadness, but something I never experienced before… acceptance, love, sadness, but also respect and a “oneness” with her.

KC rallied back and she has good days and bad days.

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We had about 3 weeks together.

During this time, my ability to communicate with KC had improved greatly.

We spent the time “being with each other”, although it was tough seeing her wither away before my eyes.

The day before she passed, we took our last walk together.

She walked further than she had ever.

She said, “you need to enjoy this too; feel the earth beneath your feet”.

I picked her up some of the way.

She wanted to go to the house next door that had been put up for sale.

Why? She wanted to go an adventure for the last time.

We took our time, as she sniffed and chewed the grass, she took in nature’s scents.

When she decided to return, she wanted to walk back herself.

The next morning when I woke up, I got up to feed my other cat and KC some food, but she wouldn’t eat.

She was curled up in a ball, just looking at me. I told her that I was going back to bed for an hour.

When I woke up, she looked at me, meowed, got up and walked over to me quickly, and walked over my hand, then turned back to sit down.

I said “KC, are you trying to tell me that this is your time, or did you just walk on my hand by accident”?

As she turned away to lay back down, I put my hand next to her paw, and she quickly touched my hand again, then quickly collapsed.

I think it took every ounce of strength for her to give me that signal, because after that she could not lift her head.

She said, “this is it”. I asked her why she waited so long and she said, “I needed to leave on my own terms”.

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I couldn’t believe she gave me the signal.

Not once, but twice!!!

On the way to the vet, I held her in my arms, while Janet and I talked to her, about all the different memories we had of her.

When it was her time to go, I just caressed her as the tears came down, and told her that she could leave, that I would be okay, and to promise to come back to me to tell me that she was alright.

She thanked me for loving her and supporting her, allowing her to go on her own terms.

I still miss KC, but I am not blinded by grief or anger to the point of being incapacitated like I was prior to working with Val.

Instead, I am at peace with her transition.

I honored her last wishes.

Her gift to me to was to impart significant life lessons.

Now, when I feel sad, I have wonderful memories to draw upon, to make me feel better.

I know that I will be able to communicate with her and my other pets that have passed away.

KC’s transition, and everything that transpired, was a life changing, affirming moment for me, thanks to Val.

If you are dealing with an aging pet that has health problems, or want to communicate with your pet about transitioning or if you are grieving an animal that has passed away, Val can help you.

She is genuine, sensitive, and has a sense of  humor that you can’t help but smiling at. Her ability to connect with animals is uncanny.

Give Val a call.

She changed my life. I am confident that she can change yours, if you are open to it.

– Lisa P, Berlin, New Hampshire, USA

 

P.S This is my first and only testimonial I have ever written… that says a lot!

Enjoyed this article? Here are three more to help you:

Dog Games: 10 Fun Ways to Learn & Bond for Puppy and Child

Crossing over the Rainbow Bridge: Death, Dying and our Beloved Animals in Transition

Coping with Loss – Chris Davis on The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™  

This article was previously published July 21, 2015 and was updated on August 23, 2022

 

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]]> https://valheart.com/aging-cat/feed/ 1 Communicating with Animals: Why Am I Afraid to Know What My Pet is Thinking and Feeling https://valheart.com/communicating-with-animals-what-my-pet-is-thinking/ https://valheart.com/communicating-with-animals-what-my-pet-is-thinking/#respond Mon, 22 Aug 2022 23:22:09 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=84234 Students have differing reactions and stuck spots when first communicating with animals

My student/client said, “I’m so afraid to know what my pet is thinking and feeling… I realized that all I do is talk over her, but I don’t really listen to her.

I override her thoughts and feelings with my own projections of guilt, pain, judgment, thoughts, feelings, and internalizing.”

Ouch.

And so, we started unpacking that together, lovingly and gently healing the wounds, clearing the old stuck spots, and letting go of that which wasn’t helping either her or her pet.

Because communicating with animals depends on your ability to heal so you can hear what’s being said without the filter of your wounds.

If you’re too afraid to find out what they are thinking or feeling when you’re communicating with animals, then you’re projecting your own trauma drama onto them.

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Perpetuating your fear and pain from your own beliefs means you are assuming you know how they feel and what they think when the truth is…

You can’t know for sure…

Until you talk with them, heart to heart, and they can tell you precisely how and what they’re feeling and thinking.

Because here’s the thing:

If you’re afraid to know if your pet is in pain – emotional or physical – or just the thought of them being in pain is overwhelmingly painful for you…

You cannot know for sure.

And you cannot communicate with accuracy, proficiency, or confidence to even find out if they are in pain!

Being able to ask the right questions in the right way and timing is what’s needed, and will be incredibly helpful in better understanding each other.

For instance, let’s start with the basics communicating with animals.

Once you are connected, you’ve cleared your own thoughts and feelings so you can hear and feel their thoughts and feelings, and you’ve greeted each other properly, it’s time to ask the right questions in the right way and timing.

Start with:

Are you in pain?

Be completely neutral and open about what they tell you.

Because they may not be in pain at all.

It could be your own pain or imagination projecting onto them.

If they are in pain, then ask:

Is it your pain or someone else’s pain you are mirroring or carrying for others?

If it’s someone else’s pain, ask them why they are carrying it?

Consider the Human Animal BodyMind Connection phenomenon – where animals mirror or reflect their person’s “stuff” in an attempt to help them feel better.

If it’s their own pain, then find out what kind of pain it is.

On a scale of 1 to 10 with 1 being no pain and 10 being agony, how does it feel?

Where do you feel it exactly?

Is it throbbing, sharp, or dull and mild, does it come and go, is it worse when this thing happens and better when this other thing happens?

Have you felt it a long time, or did it just start a few days or hours ago but it’s better now…?

If it’s been there a long time, what happened to cause the pain?

Was it an accident or injury?

Tell me more..

If you can’t have THAT conversation with your own “projected stuff” out of the way, mind to mind, heart to heart, being fully present, meeting them where they are, then you have a serious problem to sort out on your part.

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There’s inner healing to be done, for YOU.

And yes, maybe healing for your pet too once you’re clear enough to know the truth about their experience.

But you won’t find out the truth if you’re stuck in your head, tormenting yourself with projected pain stories, disconnected from them.

I said it earlier, but it’s so important I’m going to say it again.

Communicating with animals depends on your ability to heal so you can hear what’s being said without the filter of your wounds.

I teach a lot about healing and mirroring, and this is a classic example of how it works.

It’s a core concept in the Human Animal BodyMind Connection Phenomenon and is typically noticed the most when an animal reflects and acts out our wounds, stress, imbalances, OR carries our illness or disease in their own body.

In this case, the mirror was actually between my client and her pet, set up in such a way that they couldn’t see or hear each other… only their own projections were being reflected back to them.

This is why it’s so much harder to communicate with our own animals versus an animal you don’t know and with whom you have no expectations, fear, or back stories to mess you up.

Ever try to talk to someone but you can’t get a word in edgewise, they can’t hear you over their own chatter?

Frustrating, isn’t it?

To communicate with animals successfully, start by becoming a neutral observer/witness.

Let yourself be peaceful, loving, and open, a receiver for their thoughts and stories and feelings.

In that way, they feel heard, they can trust you, and they feel respected.

Isn’t that how you want to feel too when you talk to someone?

Communicating with animals with proficiency requires being fully present, meeting them where they are with your intuitive senses active, open to what they need and want to tell you.

It’s non-judgmental, for both them and yourself.

It’s about mastering the art of the conversation using your intuition to guide you (and yes, advanced training and practice so you know what you’re doing).

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A LOT of healing happens just by showing up and listening with a compassionate heart.

You don’t have to fix anything or have all the answers or save them from what they’re feeling or thinking.

You just need to listen and communicate from a loving, big-hearted, compassionate place, meeting them where they are.

Imagine that. 😉

These are the types of coaching, mentoring, and healing conversations I have with my clients and students that change their lives for the better.

If you’re ready to take the next step in learning to communicate with animals (and heal) using the Heart Wisdom Methods click HERE!!

If you’d prefer to work with me 1:1 click HERE!!

BIG hugs and much love to you and your angels, guides, teachers and healers cleverly disguised as animals,

Val “Soul Sherpa” Heart

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]]> https://valheart.com/communicating-with-animals-what-my-pet-is-thinking/feed/ 0 Knowing The WHY Behind Dog Aggression is the KEY to Solving the Problem https://valheart.com/knowing-the-why-behind-dog-aggression-is-the-key/ https://valheart.com/knowing-the-why-behind-dog-aggression-is-the-key/#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2022 21:07:38 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=14398 Dog aggression is a terrible thing.

It’s difficult to know what the real issues are and where they are coming from when a dog behaves aggressively, and trying to control them so they don’t hurt anyone – including you – is dangerous, too.

I once worked with a fellow dog lover, trainer, and performer, Kim, whose amazing dog Jody had recently become terribly aggressive.

Kim was horrified! She was at the point where she thought she might have to find a new home for Jody… or put her down.  Dog aggression is a deal breaker in a show dog and ruins many a good career.  And because Kim is a dog trainer, she was afraid that her clients would think she wasn’t good enough to hire her, either.

She felt heartbroken as she and her kids loved Jody very much. Jody had always been sweet, loving, and kind, and she could do the most amazing agility tricks.

But now? She’d turned into a devil dog!

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She couldn’t even take Jody out for a walk without fear that there would be a fight! Jody went after other dogs and even people with a vengeance!

Kim couldn’t figure out why all of a sudden dog aggression was an issue when it had never been a problem before… .

It was heart wrenching to see and Jody’s behavior was at a critical point. She just needed to know WHY her dog’s behavior had taken a turn for the worse so she could figure out how to solve the problem.

Kim felt so guilty… What was she doing wrong?

Did something bad happen to Jody that caused the dog aggression, or was something else happening that her mom Kim didn’t know about?

Was Jody sick with a brain cancer or in desperate pain causing her to behave dangerously?

Kim just needed to know that she was doing everything she could before she made the final decision. And she needed those answers FAST!

Thank GOD she found me! She signed up for a private consultation so that I could talk to her dog and find out what the real issues were.

Come to find out?

It was all a misunderstanding!

One that almost cost Jody her life.

Jody told us that she’d been paying attention when Kim and the kids had been watching TV.  They’d watched several shows where some really bad things had happened to neighbors in their community… tragic stories of people attacking and hurting other innocent people… and where dogs had attacked and hurt people too.

It had made her family feel sad and afraid. And guess what?

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Jody got the message alright.

There are bad people and dogs out there!

After that, Jody just wanted to protect her family from all those bad things… but since she didn’t know exactly where or who the bad people or dogs were?

She became indiscriminate in her dog aggression.

We were so relieved to know what the REAL problem was, so we could discuss it together.

Jody’s behavior changed dramatically after our consultation, and I’m delighted to report that she is still happily living with her loved ones and doing her job – and performing too.

Kim said “I was at my wits’ end, struggling with my dog’s out of control behavior. I’d tried everything I could think of, and since I am a dog trainer and compete with my dogs, that’s saying a LOT! But, nothing was working so I decided to give Val a call. I was so amazed! In one session, my dog’s behavior changed and I could tell we were working together as a team for the first time.

It was like she understood me now where she hadn’t before. AND, I was so impressed, that I began working with Val for my own health problems. I am happy to say that I am so much better, life is easier, my relationship with myself and my husband has improved, my business is taking off…. I don’t know where I’d be without Val — don’t want to know!! She’s a remarkable resource and facilitator for me and my clients too. Thank You, Val!!”– Kim M., Montana

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Your animal friends are trying to tell you things every day!

They try to tell you that they love you, what their purpose is and when things aren’t right in their world. They may also be trying to tell you things aren’t right in YOUR world!

I want to help you hear your animals so they can tell you if they’re happy, if they’re in pain or feel sick, or if they need to tell you something important so you can enjoy a wonderful heart connection!

Are you frustrated by not knowing why your dog is behaving badly? If they are happy or unwell? You may think everything is ok but…is it?

Make sure that your animal’s life is as happy, pain-free and as full as it can possibly be through animal communication.

Without communicating directly with your animal, you can’t know why they behave the way they do or how to best resolve problems. As an expert animal communicator, internationally recognized pet psychic and master healer, I can help you enjoy healthier, happier, safer, longer lived, more joy filled, empathic heart bonds with your animal companions.

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Dogs – just click on the picture below!


If you would like me to bridge the communication gap between your animals and you, now is the perfect time.

Waiting too long to get help for a problem that’s not going away on its own can cost you a ton of money, energy and time… and could even cost your animal their life.

Click here to find out how to work with Val

Just like humans, animals have their own side of every story to tell!

But if we don’t take the time to listen to them, then their life, happiness, health and well-being suffers…

Take the time to talk to your animals today, okay?

bruce-cameron-dr-doolittle-show-feature-imageWould you like to have super awesome animal whispering super powers like me?

All you need to do is learn how to talk to animals, how to open your heart and connect, and they will whisper their secrets to you too!

Start at The Heart School of Animal Communication® and check my animal communication courses here https://learnhowtotalktoanimals.com/all-courses/

If you’ve already had a beginning course or workshop, then it’s time to practice so you can improve your confidence, accuracy and expand your intuitive abilities.  That’s what the BEST Online Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club is all about!  Click Here to find out more 

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This article was previously published July 27, 2016, and was updated on August 22, 2022
]]> https://valheart.com/knowing-the-why-behind-dog-aggression-is-the-key/feed/ 1 Things I’ve Learned As An Animal Whisperer By Val Heart https://valheart.com/animal-whisperer-listening-2/ https://valheart.com/animal-whisperer-listening-2/#comments Thu, 18 Aug 2022 14:45:37 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=14875 What is an animal whisperer?

I define the term as someone who can hear, feel and see animal’s thoughts.

Can anyone who loves animals become an animal whisperer?

Yes!

How do I know?  I know because animals have been whispering their innermost secrets, thoughts and feelings to me all my life.  And because I teach animal lovers all over the world how to whisper!

What I Learned in the Process of Listening to Animals

Through the eyes of a cat

When I was four years old, an only child living in a wooded, hilly, rural area overlooking Lake Travis outside Austin, Texas, my orange cat Josie taught me how to respect and understand the world using feline sensibilities.  She was a feral cat who adopted me one bright sunny day.  She fascinated me.  I loved how she walked, how she smelled, and how soft her fur was.  We became best friends even though she was never as comfortable with other people as she was with me.  Together, every day we would snuggle up for a nap and share our thoughts about life’s experiences and insights with each other.

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Letting my heart soar in flight

My parakeet Sparky taught me about life from a birds amazing perspective.  Being a bird is a unique experience and very different from being a cat or dog or human.  Sparky showed me what the world looks like from a bird’s eye point of view.  His fascination with mirrors and shiny objects made me laugh, and guess what?  His lasting legacy to me is that to this day, I too have a fascination with mirrors and shiny objects. I wasn’t very successful in teaching him to speak English words even though I played language speaking records for him over and over on my little red record player.  He, however, was very successful in teaching me the language of the heart in the form of animal whispers.

Learning family lessons

A family of white mice taught me about the intricacies of living in a tightly knit family group.  As a lonely only child growing up in the country with no human playmates close by, their whispered stories about family intrigued me very much.  The mice were compassionate, caring, playful and highly sensitive.  When they shared their viewpoint of the world with me, I felt the coziness and peacefulness of the nest.  I learned survival tips and how important it was to always have cover and an escape path.  They were adventurous as individuals, and they loved their family so much.  They each had roles to play for their family, and the matriarch was very special and wise.  They grieved their losses, and celebrated new babies.  They also whispered to me lessons about the dangers of overpopulation!

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!

Man’s (girl’s!) best friend

When I was seven years old, my family rescued a gorgeous German Shepherd dog named Fritz.  A wonderful animal whisperer, he taught me how to experience life from a dog’s viewpoint.   Strong of character, loyal by nature and possessing a big loving heart, I admired him so much!  I decided I wanted to be a dog like him when I grew up.  I would get down on all fours and we would race around the yard chasing each other playing tag.  Together we would laugh and bark at each other, until we collapsed in a heap in the yard.  He whispered to me about his abusive first owners, why he kept running away from home and how he spent his time when he was wandering the countryside.  He whispered about the other creatures he met, what he learned and the neighborhood news.  He taught me how to smell and scent the air, how to listen to vibration, frequencies and what the sounds meant.  He helped teach me how to live a good life.  One day on his travels, visiting his many friends, he discovered a young pregnant hippie girl living in a tent in Hippy Hollow.  She was all alone and afraid.  She needed him more than we did, so he made the choice to become her dog.  I grieved his loss from my life, but I honored and respected his decision.

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My Welsh pony mare Maisie coached me through my difficult teenage years when I suffered from manic depression and suicidal tendencies.  After a rough day, I would sneak out of the house at night after my parents went to sleep and go to the stable. Wrapping my arms around Maisie’s neck I would hold on to her, burying my face in her beautiful black mane and cry my heart out.  She would turn her beautiful head and look at me intently with her big brown eyes that saw through to my soul.  Accessing her quiet strength, profound wisdom and love, we would discuss the situations I was struggling with.  Carefully she would listen, and then she would whisper exactly what I most needed to know.  Her truths, insights and viewpoints were brilliant, her sense of humor quirky and fun.  I left always feeling that I could cope better with life’s challenges.  Soon I would feel more peaceful and clear, ready to go to sleep and face another day.

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Learning to be a better human by listening to animals

The extraordinary animal whispers from nature and the wildlife surrounding me taught me how to be a better human being.  Accessing a lifetime of listening to animal whisperers, I now use my vast experience to save lives, heal and grow.  The super power of true animal communication, aka animal whispering, from heart to heart, mind to mind is a life changing experience.

Would you like to have super awesome animal whispering super powers like me?  All you need to do is learn how to talk to animals, how to open your heart and connect, and they will whisper their secrets to you too!  Start here at The Heart School of Animal Communication®

https://learnhowtotalktoanimals.com/all-courses/

 

Bio:  Val Heart, The Real Dr Doolittle™, Animal Communicator to the Stars, empathic behaviorist, speaker, author, master healer. Val specializes in healing chronic pain, illness, trauma, training, behavior, performance, euthanasia. Get your Free Report: 10 Things You Must Know Before Hiring An Animal Communicator at www.Valheart.com

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This article was previously published December 29, 216 and was updated on August 18, 2022
]]> https://valheart.com/animal-whisperer-listening-2/feed/ 4 5 Tips for Teaching Kids How to Care for Pets https://valheart.com/tips-for-teaching-kids-how-to-care-for-pets/ https://valheart.com/tips-for-teaching-kids-how-to-care-for-pets/#comments Tue, 16 Aug 2022 01:17:34 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=6862 Guest post courtesy of Ken Myers. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communication Enterprises Inc. This article “Tips for Teaching Kids How to Care for Pets” was previously published August 22, 2013, and was updated on August 16, 2022.

Teaching Kids How to Care for Pets

If you are going to be working as a nanny in a home with pets, it’s important that you are able to instruct the children on how to interact with pets properly. Playful behaviors that often seem natural or harmless to children can sometimes end up injuring the pet, or worse, the child. As such, it is advisable to have some basic guidelines and wisdom that you can use to ensure that the children who are in your care behave smartly around animals. Here are a few tips to remember:

Know What Is Age Appropriate

It’s important to understand how much you can reasonably expect to teach young children and to what extent they are likely to listen to you. If you are caring for pets that are somewhat fragile — like a bird or a gerbil — or somewhat dangerous – like an untrained and aggressive dog – it may not be enough to simply give young children the proper instructions and demonstrations for handling the pet. The child’s and animal’s well-being are key, and if you fear that the child’s or pet’s safety may be in danger, you should keep the kids away from the pet until they’re old enough to have a safe hands-on experience.

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Teach a Gentle Hand

As an adult in a position of authority, it is your job to impart the proper ways to handle and touch animals to the children in your care. Your actions should serve as an example to them, and as such, you should go out of your way to demonstrate soft, gentle and well-calculated handling techniques. Whether you are dealing with a fragile parakeet or a sturdy Rottweiler, you should teach the children what is and is not appropriate. Fully explain the possible negative outcomes so that they understand just what can happen when you hit or assault a pet (it gets hurt, the child is hurt in return, everybody cries).

Teach a Calm Demeanor

Teaching children to be calm around pets is particularly important if there’s a possibility that the animal could lash out and injure someone. A calm disposition is essential around dogs. Children should be discouraged from making loud noises, jumping around or making erratic movements. You may want to discuss the way that human behaviors can make animals feel with the children in your care. (E.g., what seems fun and joyful to a child can feel threatening or confusing to a dog.) If you can convey that frantic actions and loud noises not only frighten their pet, but also make the animal more likely to become violent, this should help to keep their behavior in check.

Teach Children to Look For The Right Signs

Being able to read animal body language and other indicators is essential for avoiding situations in which an animal attacks or lashes out. Make sure that the children in your care understand what certain animal behaviors typically indicate. For instance, it’s all too easy for a child to hear a dog growling and mistakenly think that the sound is an indication of happiness, like a cat’s purr. Similarly, a young child could see a cat waving its tail and think the animal is happy rather than annoyed or in a state of aggression. (Differences between dogs and cats always make for good lessons.) Making sure that children are aware of each type of animal’s specific indicators will greatly reduce the likelihood of an undesirable incident, such as a bite or scratch.

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Teach Children How to Interact With New Animals

If you’re out around town with the kids, chances are good you’re going to come across people walking their dogs. To cut down on risky incidents, it’s important to teach the children in your care how to interact with new animals. Children will often assume that the same type of behavior and familiarity that they engage in with their pet at home is appropriate for strange animals. The Animal League of America recommends that you always ask the owner before allowing children to approach an animal. Even so, you will want to explain to the kids that they should be especially gentle and respectful when meeting new animals. It’s also recommended that you specifically instruct children to avoid touching the eyes, ears, nose and mouth of unfamiliar animals.

By maintaining constant supervision and instructing children to care for pets in the right ways, you stand to minimize the incidence of harm to the children and pets. More than that, though, you will teach them valuable life skills that should help them to better navigate future interactions with animals and become responsible pet owners down the line.

To visit this article page directly on Ken’s website, or to learn more about Ken Myers, please visit http://www.kenneymyers.com/blog/tips-for-teaching-kids-how-to-care-for-pets/

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]]> https://valheart.com/tips-for-teaching-kids-how-to-care-for-pets/feed/ 23 BodyTalk & Animals – Loesje Jacobs on The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™ https://valheart.com/bodytalk-and-animals/ https://valheart.com/bodytalk-and-animals/#comments Mon, 15 Aug 2022 16:59:04 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=15295 Have you heard of BodyTalk for animals?

If you had an extraordinary healing technique, like a magic wand for health, what would you do with it?

I’ve been telling you about one of my favorite healing techniques, the ever fascinating and oh so powerful healing therapy for people and pets called The BodyTalk System.

It is amazing!  The results we get from it are, in the words of my clients:

“Incredible!  My dog slept the rest of the day – you wiped him out!  AND, when he woke up?  It’s like he’s a different dog!  He’s happy, calm, peaceful and is moving well now.” 

“OMG, I can hardly believe it!  I feel fantastic, my pain is completely gone!”

“Wow!  My old cat is running around and playing again!  He hasn’t moved like that in years!” 

I decided to interview Loesje Jacobs.  She is a BodyTalk for Animals instructor and is world-renowned for her work with animals.

Our entertaining, inspiring interview will delight you as we discuss everything from healing elephants — to Joshua Baboon’s amazing message — to the whales call for assistance — to the pink dolphins and their delightful work with the children.

Listen and learn as you discover more about healing with animals and the miracles Loesje has witnessed firsthand. Of course, we also discussed The BodyTalk System of healing, and how it works with animals.

   

 

SHARING IS GOOD!

My mission and passion is to improve the lives of animals the world over by helping humans learn how to speak their language, understand their viewpoints and heal. After all, our love of animals helps us learn how to be better humans, and the more balanced and healthy we are, the more balanced and healthy they can be too. Would you help me reach more animal lovers by passing my Podcasts, Tips and Newsletter on to your animal loving friends?

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!

ABOUT ANIMAL COMMUNICATION:

Learning animal communication is an exciting journey into the Self, the nature and reality of our world, a behind-the-scenes look at the many complex interconnections between us all, and the real truth about relationships. It’s also about discovering how to connect at deeper levels with other beings. My hope is that this course proves very useful to you in many ways. Learning to master animal communication takes a lifetime of study, practice and education. But don’t be scared! Any animal lover can learn how to talk with animals, if they’re willing to put the time and effort into learning how. You can too! Click here to view my beginning course on animal communication.

Learn How to Talk with Animals

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Val Heart and Jessica Ardeal on BodyTalk Healing for Animals & People

How the BodyMind Connection Improved My Animal Communication Skills

Multidimensional Healing With The BodyTalk System for Animals and People By Val Heart

This article was previously published April 18, 2017, and was updated on August 15, 2022
]]> https://valheart.com/bodytalk-and-animals/feed/ 6 BodyTalk & Animals - Loesje Jacobs on The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™ | Animal Talk | Podcast # 20 nonadult Pre-Existing Conditions Count for Pet Insurance Too https://valheart.com/pre-existing-conditions-count-for-pet-insurance-too/ https://valheart.com/pre-existing-conditions-count-for-pet-insurance-too/#respond Mon, 15 Aug 2022 07:40:12 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=6417 Guest post courtesy of Melissa Hathaway. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communication Enterprises Inc. 

Pet insurance and pre-existing conditions

Over the last decade pet insurance has become more popular with pet owners. This is in part due to greater awareness of our pets and their medical conditions. All pet owners and pet lovers want the very best for their animals and as veterinary science has improved, so have the chances of pets to survive and overcome their conditions. As a direct result of this, the cost of treating pets has gone up as well. With the economy struggling, pet owners need to weigh up whether to insure their pets or not. There is, however, another consideration to make. Does your pet have a pre-existing condition? If it does, the chances are that your pet will not be eligible for insurance anyway.

Pet insurance is defined as a written policy or contract between the insurance company and the pet owner. This policy is designed to help the pet owner cover the cost of any medical/veterinary bills that come about because of an accident or illness. This policy covers either part or all of the bills.

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What Conditions May Be Excluded

There is quite a long list of pre-existing conditions that will preclude a pet from receiving insurance. First, heart murmurs will prevent all cats from getting insurance as will hyperthyroidism, the Feline Immunodeficiency Virus or FIV, Feline Leukemia (FELV) and Feline Infectious Peritonitis. More general conditions that affect different types of pets include cancers, cardiomyopathy, Cushing’s disease, diabetes, encephalitis, hepatitis, renal failure, liver disease or liver inflammation, heart disease, lymphoma, melanoma, meningitis and some neurological conditions.

Why Are They Excluded?

The insurance industry works so that pet owners get peace of mind that if something unexpected happens to their pet, they can have the money to pay for treatment or some kind of monetary compensation if they lose their pet. No amount of money will replace a loved one, but it offers a small amount of comfort. For insurance agencies, the profit comes from monthly or yearly premiums and from not paying out. Naturally, the state of play is that all payments should be unexpected and if an animal has a pre-existing medical condition it means that payouts are far more likely and so the insurance broker will calculate that they are more likely to pay out more than they receive from you, so there is no point insuring your pet. It is either that or you pay a premium that is unaffordable.

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What is Not Excluded?

Unlike humans before the Obamacare act, some pets can still be covered despite certain pre-existing conditions. Many of those mentioned above will be excluded because the conditions are so severe they will cause other symptoms or will be too expensive to cover. Pet insurance companies will insure some pets with minor problems such as a dodgy knee on a dog or cat. This comes with a clause naturally that states any surgery or treatment generated by this pre-existing condition will not be covered by the insurance company, but anything else that is separate to the condition will be. Read policies carefully to see whether your pet’s minor condition will allow it to still receive some kind of partial-coverage.

Advice for Pet Owners

Naturally, the list above is pretty extensive and is a lot longer for many pet insurance companies. It looks worrying, but you can deal with it. The optimum time to insure your pet is when they are young and before any inherited conditions or illnesses have developed or shown themselves. This is why pet insurance is best taken out when your cat or dog is still a kitten or pup. At this time premiums will be lower because the pet is young and healthy with no medical history to worry owners. Naturally, if your pet develops some kind of problem in the future and a claim is made against that policy, the cost of the insurance will go up considerably. With pet insurance perhaps being a one-claim only policy, it may be worth considering when to exercise it and to not use it for relatively minor veterinary bills, but to save the policy for the day you never hope arrives.

The question then is what to do next. Pets with pre-existing conditions need to be looked after. Research their condition and find out what can be done to manage the condition and if it can be done in an affordable manner. For example, look at diet or hormone tablets or exercise routines, living conditions and so on. While these may not cure the problem, anything that can improve the pet’s standard of living and reduce veterinary costs is worth exploring.

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This article was previously published December 10, 2012 and was updated on August 15, 2022.
]]> https://valheart.com/pre-existing-conditions-count-for-pet-insurance-too/feed/ 0 Animal Communication Can Fix the Problems You’re Having With Your Pets https://valheart.com/animal-communication-can-fix-problems-youre-pets/ https://valheart.com/animal-communication-can-fix-problems-youre-pets/#respond Sun, 14 Aug 2022 10:03:34 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=40936 Animals come into your life for a reason.  I call them angels, teachers, guides and healers.  Do you know who you are living with?  What their soul contract or purpose is?  How do we find that out?

Through animal communication of course, which is the first step in solving problems with pets!

 

I know sometimes, they can drive you nuts!

Do you sometimes feel like your pet is trying to tell you something?

Are they hurting, in pain or confused?

Why does your pet act out with bad behavior?

Why aren’t they performing well?

Are they unhappy?

Are they getting ready to make their transition?

Do you have a soul contract, life’s purpose together, and if so, what is it?

What you don’t know yet is hurting you and your pet.

I’m Val Heart, and I’ve been solving problems with pets professionally since 1993 using the gift of animal communication. Animals have taught me a lot, incredible things that have changed my life and the lives of my clients.

For instance, where do problems with pets really come from? 

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There are two reasons:

1) It’s either because you’ve not been listening to them and talking through what’s coming up for them in a timely way, or

2)  Because you’re disconnected and they are unhappy, or a combination of both.

This is what happens when you don’t talk and have that all important meeting of the minds, sharing of the heart, getting in sync with your purpose together.

Then we have to factor in the Human Animal BodyMind Connection phenomenon.  

 

What does that mean?  It means your pet mirrors you!  That means they act out and reflect back to you your own inner wounds, stress and diseases. They carry those things in their body, and it can make them sick, depressed and unhappy.  Until we unravel that complicated energetic knot, you’ll both suffer and you can even wind up losing them before their time.

Why is it important to communicate with your pet? 

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Because until you do, you won’t know what they know, how they really feel, or what their viewpoint is.  If you don’t do that, then you’ll be chasing your tail on expensive guesswork with often little or no results to show for the expense, time and effort.

Check with your own inner guidance system right now.  Does any of this resonate with you?

Not all animal communicators are created equally. You want the right person for the job.  You want someone who resonates with you and your pet, someone you can trust to guide you correctly.  Someone with experience in helping in situations like you’re facing.

I specialize in solving problems with pets using my 5 step HEART System. I’m not here to tell you what you already know or just intuit what your pet is thinking without helping you both solve the problem.  I’m here for the deeper truth, the one that goes deep, the attitude adjustment, the epiphany moment of breakthrough where your entire relationship changes, for the better.

So if you curious about my work and want me to tell you what color your pet’s food dish is, or what their favorite toy or game is, I’m not the right communicator for you.

Deep physical, emotional, mental and spiritual healing for people and pets is one of the things I do best, including intuitive medical scanning, improving behavior and performance, and then when it’s their time to transition, I can help you through that too, and then reconnect on the other side.

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Did you enjoy this article? Here is some more all about animal communication:

5 Steps to Communicate With Animals Using a Picture
11 of the 27 Brilliant Reasons to Learn Animal Communication
Every Animal Lover Needs to Know How to Talk to Animals

This article was previously published August 11, 2017, and was updated on August 14, 2022.
]]> https://valheart.com/animal-communication-can-fix-problems-youre-pets/feed/ 0 How to fix problems with your pets. nonadult 9 of the Best Dog Breeds for Apartment Living https://valheart.com/9-best-dog-breeds-for-apartment/ https://valheart.com/9-best-dog-breeds-for-apartment/#respond Tue, 09 Aug 2022 01:01:49 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=10521 What are the best dog breeds for apartment life?

If you think that living in an apartment distances one from the love and companionship of a dog, then you need to open your eyes to other possibilities. It’s true that there is a certain way of life which needs to be followed in an apartment, but there are dogs which can adapt themselves perfectly well to such a life. We are giving a list of the canine breeds which have proven to be wonderful apartment pets. The list is by no means a comprehensive one, but it specifies some of the breeds which deal, in the best way, with the requirements of confined quarters.

After going through this list, you will notice that size is not the primary reason for determining inclusion on this list. Some dogs would be more energetic than others.  Those are the dogs which may not readily cope with confined spaces, and who need more space so that they can indulge themselves and burn their energies – physically and mentally.

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Greyhound

Earlier, Greyhounds were mostly used to assist in hunts. These days they are usually seen on the racing tracks. A retired racer is a laidback soul who seeks more pleasure in relaxing than you may imagine; largely a quiet dog, it fits nicely in an apartment life. A leisurely walk or a five minute run would give enough exercise to the Greyhound to maintain a healthy mind and body. Moreover, a shorter coat would result in lesser grooming.

Boston Terrier

The polite nature of the Boston Terrier makes it a good fit for apartment life. Being quiet earns the Boston Terrier brownie points from its neighbors. This small dog would shower ample love, affection and loyalty upon its owners, and would only require a moderate level of exercise. A brisk walk outside is generally enough for them to feel happy and light.

English Bulldog

This medium sized dog has very minimal requirements for grooming and exercise. Living in a confined space doesn’t really bother an English Bulldog, as it actually loves to loaf around. Your lazy lovable dog is a loyal companion, and its quiet and patient demeanor makes it more appropriate to live in small spaces.

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Yorkshire Terrier

A toy breed, the Yorkshire terrier is a friendly dog which can very comfortably fit in even a studio apartment. An intelligent little fellow, it can adapt to any lifestyle or space. As far as the problem of barking goes, you can easily train the dog to not bark, and add on to its suitability to living in an apartment.

Havanese

Havanese is an adorable toy breed which would play all around the house, minimizing the need for outside excursions. Largely quiet, the dog would adjust to any accommodation type, but because of its long fur its grooming needs are higher.

Pug

A highly affectionate, adorable and loyal dog, a Pug will follow you wherever you move in the home, no matter how small your haven may be. Your playful and mischievous Pug would adjust to any situation of life, provided it has a caring owner who takes care of its needs. Playing inside the apartment’s four walls would also be enough to satisfy the exercise needs of the Pug.

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Maltese

A Maltese is blessed with a long silky fur which makes it look attractive and cute, but the best part of its beauty is that the coat is not prone to excessive shedding. This low-maintenance dog is very affectionate towards its masters; being of a quiet disposition makes it a highly sought after companion in an apartment setting.

Cavalier King Charles Spaniel

Small in size, a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel would drench you with its love and loyalty, and its friendly nature would make it a favorite of the people of the building and their dogs, too. It is a calm dog and would readily adapt to any living situation, such as an apartment.

Great Dane

Its large size is quite deceptive; the Great Dane is in every way an apartment dog. A Great Dane likes to idle away its time peacefully. It is easy to train, thus, any issue regarding its behavior can be tackled through training. A calm and friendly large dog, it would fit into your apartment and maintain a healthy body through moderate amounts of exercise.

There can be many more breeds which can be trained or adapted to an apartment way of life through effort and care. Some high energy dogs can also be accommodated in an apartment setting if, as an owner, you take up full responsibility for your dog’s health and happiness, and undertake daily walks, jogs and other activities to burn off its energy and keep them stimulated.

Can you suggest the names of a few other breeds which you know to be apartment friendly?

Be sure to leave your comment below!

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This article was previously published July 10, 2014 and was updated on August 9, 2022.

]]> https://valheart.com/9-best-dog-breeds-for-apartment/feed/ 0 All the Best Gear for Hours of Backyard Fun With Your Dog https://valheart.com/best-gear-for-hours-of-backyard-fun-with-your-dog/ https://valheart.com/best-gear-for-hours-of-backyard-fun-with-your-dog/#respond Mon, 08 Aug 2022 16:41:53 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=10849 This article was previously published September 12, 2014 and was updated on August 8, 2022.

All the Best Gear for Hours of Backyard Fun With Your Dog

What’s the best part of having a canine companion? Of course it’s having fun with your dog!  Your pup is a savvy self-entertainer and an innovative mastermind. He knows how to beat boredom with a fun game of “chew the sofa” and fight apathy by playing keep-away with your shoes. If work, long commutes and other life responsibilities are causing your pooch to fend for himself, it’s time to take a break from your busy schedule. Enjoying some time outdoors will work wonders for both you and your pet. You don’t have to travel far to reconnect with your best friend. With the right toys, your own backyard can be your pet’s favorite playground.

Play Ball

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If your dog loves to play fetch, chances are you have an endless supply of tennis balls awaiting their doom. Dogs and tennis balls have a long-standing history of backyard fun, but one tough chomp is all it takes to make play time come to an end. Even if your pet manages to keep his ball intact, you’re left with a soggy and filthy mess.

Instead, treat your pet and yourself to hours of good clean fun. Look for a rugged ball made with ball-playing enthusiasts in mind that is made of nontoxic high-density polyethylene plastic. These toys will not only survive a rigorous game of fetch, they’re also safe for your pooch to use as a chew toy. As an added benefit, check for one that is dishwasher-safe, which means no more slobbery messes to clean up.

Doggy Paddle

For water dogs, the end of pool season means nothing. Owners of golden retrievers, Labradors and water spaniels know this all too well. If your pooch believes in endless summers, make swim time both fun and safe with a pool ramp. Swim up ramps, like the Skamper Ramp makes it easy for pets to get in and out of the pool. Games of dive and fetch can last even longer now that your pet isn’t spending his energy trying to get out of the pool.

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Laid-Back Pup

While you’re out enjoying a sunny afternoon, don’t leave your pet inside longing to be by your side. The midday sun can prove too hot for some pooches, however, so make sure you provide your four-legged friend with plenty of water and a chic and shady spot. Whether poolside or laying out on the lawn, a covered chaise lounger gives your pet the comforts of a soft bed and shade from the sun, while preventing him from having to lay on a hot surface.

Speed Chasers

Having a tough time keeping up with your pet’s endless energy? Tireless pups like Jack Russell terriers and border collies need sufficient exercise to remain happy and healthy. When a few rounds of fetch just won’t do the trick, let iFetch wear out your pup for you. Created for small to medium-sized pets, the iFetch automatically launches a ball up to 30 feet across the yard, ensuring your pooch will be challenged for a run. And when the weather gets too cold for backyard fun, you can simply bring the device indoors.

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Guest post courtesy of Virginia Nelson – With a degree in Journalism from Arizona State University, Virginia has more than 10 years of experience crafting stories for local glossys like 202 Magazine and AZ Health, as well as nationally for sites like SheKnows.com. A fun-loving Phoenician by way of Argentina, Virginia gains inspiration from life with her three loves: her husband and two unruly pugs. When she’s not writing about or smothering her animal friends, she’s busy tending to four-legged clients as the founder of Desert Dog Pet Care. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communication Enterprises Inc. 

 

 

]]> https://valheart.com/best-gear-for-hours-of-backyard-fun-with-your-dog/feed/ 0 Understanding Your Horse’s Tail https://valheart.com/understanding-your-horses-tail/ https://valheart.com/understanding-your-horses-tail/#comments Sun, 07 Aug 2022 09:00:54 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=10971 Guest post courtesy of Sarah King, The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communication Enterprises Inc. 

Understanding your horse’s tail

Whether wispy or luxurious, flowing, braided or banged, a horse’s tail is perhaps his most beautiful and versatile physical feature. Much more than mere ornament or glorified flyswatter, the tail serves many purposes. Tails are vital communication centers for your horse, relaying messages about moods, health, energy and locomotion.

As a device of communication, it speaks simply and eloquently to horse and to man; as a barometer of equine health, it telegraphs vital messages about an animal’s well-being; as a protective shield, it assists in temperature regulation and safeguards delicate reproductive structures against environmental onslaught; and as a mechanism of balance, it subtly influences the alignment of the horse’s hind end. How can a structure largely prized for its aesthetic appeal be so practical an appendage as well? That answer can be found by taking a look at the anatomy and evolution of the tail.

The Inside Story

Flexible and strong, the horse’s tail is part of his spinal column. It is made up of approximately 18 vertebrae–some horses have more, others have fewer. The bones are progressively smaller from the root of the tail to the tip; the last one is pointed.

Overall tail movement is governed by portions of the semitendinosus muscles, which extend over the horse’s rump and attach to the vertebrae. Detailed adjustments in curvature and posture of the tail are aided by muscle-fiber bundles located in the tail itself, above, below and on each side of the bones.

Two arteries pump blood to the tail, but circulation is not efficient in this narrow appendage. As a result, injuries heal more slowly here, and infections tend to persist stubbornly.

On the exterior, the skin and hair of the tail actually are enhanced versions of the horse’s fuzzy hide. For instance, at the point where the tail attaches to the buttocks, the skin is five-eighths of an inch thick–as much as a half-inch thicker than it is anywhere else on the horse. Thicker and coarser than any body hair, the strands of the tail are made entirely of hardened (keratinized) protein. A typical tail hair consists of three layers; an inner core (medulla); the middle cortex layer comprised of long, twisted protein strands; and a thin protective outer covering known as the cuticle. Through it appears smooth, the cuticle actually is made of overlapping horny scales.

Straight or curly?

It’s the middle layer that determines whether a hair is curly or straight. The individual protein strands vary in their physical properties, such as how stretchy they are, but usually they are distributed evenly, so that the hair looks straight. However, if too many strands with similar properties are grouped together, the cortex is no longer balanced and the hair develops waves. Straight hair generally is the rule among horses, but a few breeds, notably Morgans and some draft horses, can sport wavy tails. The most extreme example of an eccentric cortex is the Bashkir Curly–not only are his tail and mane frizzy, but his body is completely covered in split curls.

Some breeds, such as the Andalusian and Friesian, are known for the extraordinary length and luxury of their tails. Like their curly-coated counterparts, these horses possess a specific combination of genes that produce their magnificent tresses. Genetic factors also combine with environmental influences to determine which horses have rough, coarse, protective tail hair–for instance, the dense, heavy tails of Shetland ponies and Icelandic horses–and which ones possess fine, silky locks–the desert-roaming Arabian is a prime example.

What no one really knows, though, is why the horse is the only member of the equine family to have such long, flowing locks. His history, however, does hold some clue.

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From the Dawn of Time

In prehistoric oceans, creatures that pushed with their tails to move in straight lines went to the top of the food chain as sharks and other fishes. Amphibians retained powerful propulsive tails even as their ungainly legs emerged. Eons before the equine species existed, land reptiles’ (dinosaurs) legs protruded from the sides of their heavy bodies. Long, heavy tails were critical to these animals’ ability to get from place to place. They were used as counterbalances for maneuvering around corners and tillers for moving in a straight line.

By the time the horse’s early ancestor hyracotherium appeared sometime in the Eocene epoch, the tail already had reached the point of being largely nonfunctional as a locomotor device. Hyracotherium looked and moved in a drastically different way than its ancestors. Its knees were turned forward, its elbows backward and its limbs were tucked under the body.

Stuart Sumida, PhD, hypothesizes that the adaptations were related to the survival of the species. “Hyracotherium relied on speed to evade its predators,” he says. “This new type of physique allowed the creature to move more quickly. The importance of the tail as a locomotor device was greatly diminished. It was essentially freed up to become what it is today.”

Compared to the functional abilities of other mammalian tails, the horse’s caudal appendage, according to Sumida, deserves only a so-so rating. It’s far inferior to that of a cat, for example, whose tail is wonderfully dexterous, he says, infinitely expressive and a real asset to the amazing array of bodily convolutions a cat can perform.

Given its somewhat diminished importance, then, why was the equine tail retained at all? Deb Bennett, PhD, an expert on equine physiology, speculates that there were two compelling reasons: It was there anyway, and the horse needs it. “Nature has a tendency to retain some evidence of the primitive,” she says. “We see that over and over again in evolutionary processes. Then, too, the horse’s tail does serve some real purposes–protection for one, communication for another.”

horse's tail 2Equine Body Language

Horses relate through body language, and the tail is one of their most expressive “talking” parts. It is used to communicate information about their physical and emotional states both within the herd and between horse and rider.

The consummate herd animal, the horse depends on his equine peers for his very survival. Over millions of years, horses have developed a complex system of tail signals that enable members of a herd to “discuss” matters that are essential to group maintenance. Reproductive success, for example, is necessary to herd stability, and some tail signals are devoted exclusively to communications regarding procreation. In the presence of stallions, mares in heat will lift their tails up and to one side–sort of a “come hither” motion to indicate sexual receptiveness. If they’re already in foal, they will warn away would-be suitors with an aggressive side-to-side swish of the tail.

The survival of the herd depends on the group’s ability to communicate and detect danger. A slightly raised tail, in combination with the “ready” stance–weight on all four feet, ear pricked forward–means “Alert! Stop what you’re doing and await further instructions!” Protective stallions, in displays to frighten off invaders, will lift their tails, prance and defecate.

As members of a herd hammer out their hierarchy and preferred relationships, their tails speak of hostilities quashed, disciplinary measures taken and friendships formed. Standing head-to-tail in groups of two, longtime pals contentedly swish flies from each other’s faces. Frisky foals engage each other in games and races with their tails held high, a sure sign of excitement and high spirits. But overly boisterous youngsters and bold upstarts often will be warned off by an elder’s hunched rump and twitching tail, indicating readiness to deliver a good, swift kick to the offender. The subordinate animal, duly chastened, clamps his tail between his hind legs, finally rendering to his superior.

What’s That, You Say?

Horses speak to their human companions in similar way. And an owner who “tunes in” soon learns to read and heed his equine charges’ body language. In general, the tail complements the position and attitude of the horse’s head and neck: When they’re up, it’s up, and vice versa.

A horse who swishes his tail from side to side in an agitated manner is not pleased with what he’s being asked to do, says Katherine Houpt, VMD, PhD. “The activity is causing him either psychological or physical discomfort,” she says, “and the situation should be analyzed to discover the root of the problem.”

Another signal–a tightly clamped tail–can be read in either of two ways. Accompanied by bunched rump muscles, it’s a sure-fire sign that the horse is ready to explode. “Get ready for a buck or a kick,” warns Houpt. But if the horse is standing still, looking miserable, and perhaps occasionally stamping his feet, it’s an indication of discomfort in the belly or hindquarters.

horse's tail 4Rx for a Healthy Tail

The best way to maintain a tail’s good looks and function is to keep it clean and in top condition. Unfortunately, though tail skin feels tough and those hairs look impenetrable, the equine tail isn’t immune to injury and disease. But conscientious care can make the difference between lush and scraggly.

Healthy tail hairs are elastic and shiny, thanks to the lubricating sebum excreted from oil glands at the base of the hair follicles. It’s perfectly normal to find dead hairs among the healthy ones–they’re victims of the normal growth-death-replacement cycle as the body constantly replenishes itself. But beware of dull, brittle tail hairs and hair falling out by the handful–these could signal the onset of disease or a dietary deficiency and require prompt attention.

As for cleanliness, professional trainers and grooms advise washing the tail only when necessary. Frequent shampoos dry out hair and skin by interfering with the distribution of natural oils produced by the sebaceous glands. A once-a-month once-over is enough to maintain healthy-looking tail hair.

When washing, be sure to wet all the hair well. Drench it right down to the tailbone and work a mild shampoo into the innermost tresses. Rinse thoroughly–soap residue can dry and irritate skin and provoke tail rubbing. Use a good-quality conditioner and leave it in for several minutes; then rinse again until the water runs clear.

To minimize breakage, don’t comb the tail while it’s wet. Wait until the hair is completely dry, and then pick out tangles with your fingers or comb, A brush with flexible metal tines and cushioned tips works well, too. But don’t use stiff plastic grooming aids–they tend to damage hair shafts and pull out healthy hairs.

To brush or comb, start at the ends and work up. Grab a one-inch hunk and fan it out to detangle individual hairs. Continue until you’ve groomed the entire tail.

Baby oil as a grooming aid enhances the hair’s condition and shine, and helps control dandruff. Silicone sprays add temporary luster for the show ring, but it’s best to wash them out after the show since they ultimately dry the hair.

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Animal Reincarnation and Souls with Jenny Smedley on The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™

This article originally appeared in the August 1993 issue of EQUUS magazine and was ppreviously published Octoober 2, 2014. It was updated on August 7, 2022.

 

]]> https://valheart.com/understanding-your-horses-tail/feed/ 1 Healing Dogs Through Meditation – Jim Jacobson on the Real Dr. Doolittle Show™ https://valheart.com/healing-dogs-through-meditation-the-real-dr-doolittle/ https://valheart.com/healing-dogs-through-meditation-the-real-dr-doolittle/#respond Wed, 03 Aug 2022 17:34:48 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=58100 Today’s topic is meditation – with your dog!

James Jacobson is not a dog whisperer or an animal behaviorist. He’s not an over-barking, highfalutin, woo-woo kind of guy. He’s a real person, who has meditated most of his life—the past twelve years with his dog, Maui.

For more than a decade, he has taught classes in Washington, DC, Denver and Hawaii that introduce “newbies” to the joy of meditation by leveraging the love they already feel for their pets.

Jacobson is the president of Maui Media, LLC, a company dedicated to raising planetary consciousness by helping people to raise their own consciousness. Maui Media recently published an audio book by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, gaining nationwide attention with television appearances on CNN, Oprah and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.

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A native of Washington, D.C., Jacobson grew up meeting presidents and heads of state, and worked in the U.S. Senate as a page. From a young age, meditation kept him calm and focused, both at school and at work.

He graduated with honors from the University of Virginia with a degree in rhetoric, a background that he has drawn upon as a teacher and speaker on introductory meditation techniques throughout the U.S., including in his adopted home of Hawaii.

Meditation

He began developing his articulate and personable interview style at the age of 16, when he started hosting talk radio programs. Since then, Jacobson has been on dozens of talk radio and television programs, and currently hosts a weekly show on talk radio KAOI in Maui.

He has also successfully used his public speaking skills in Hawai’i to fight the state’s strict animal quarantine laws.  Jacobson’s passion for conscious marketing has made him one of the most innovative entrepreneurs in the Body/Mind/Spirit market. His projects over the years reflect his creative facility with different types of media, from television and radio to Internet and print publications.

HOW TO MEDITATE WITH YOUR DOG is Jacobson’s first book. Ten percent of all profits from book sales go to nonprofit organizations that train service dogs, such as Hawai’i Canines for Independence, a Maui-based organization that trains service dogs for placement with disabled citizens.

Listen to this fun interview and find out about the many benefits of meditating with your dog!


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Then you’ll want to check out The Heart School of Animal Communication®.

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If you are a newbie, then we highly recommend starting with the Beginning Core Foundations Course.

If you’re still not convinced of all the benefits of communicating with animals, click here to learn all the great reasons you should begin learning how now!

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This article was previously published May 22, 2019, and was updated on August 3, 2022.
]]> https://valheart.com/healing-dogs-through-meditation-the-real-dr-doolittle/feed/ 0 Healing Dogs Through Meditation - Jim Jacobson on the Real Dr. Doolittle Show™ Animal Talk #33 nonadult Here’s How Horse Communication Can Fix the Problems You’re Having With Your Horse https://valheart.com/horse-communication/ https://valheart.com/horse-communication/#respond Fri, 29 Jul 2022 14:54:56 +0000 http://showhorseexpert.com/?p=22215 Horse Communication can Fix the Problems you’re Having!

You may have a fabulous relationship with your horse, enjoying a wonderful time together.  Or, you may have a nightmare on your hands.  What I know beyond a doubt is this:  horses come into your life for a reason.  I see them as big hearted angels, teachers, guides, and healers.  The question is, do you know who you are living with?  What their soul contract or purpose is?  How do you find out?  And if they aren’t at their best, then how do we solve the problems as quickly as possible so you can both get back on track?

The answer is:

We get it straight from the horse’s mouth through the gift of horse communication which is the first step in solving problems with horses in my Equine Peak Performance System!

Sometimes, horses can make you feel so incredibly good.  And then on other days?  They can drive you nuts!

Do you feel like your horse is trying to tell you something?

Are they hurting, in pain or just confused?

Why does your horse act out with bad behavior, heavy in your hands, spooky or skittish, resisting your cues?

What’s going on when they give you WHOA when you want GO!  Or GO when you are signaling WHOA?

Or even worse, do they run away with you?  Or run OVER you?

Bucking, biting, kicking?  oh my!

An unhappy horse is truly a heart breaker and can become a bone breaker. 

Don’t let that happen to you, ok?  If they’re trying to tell you something by acting out, they are not just naturally being obstinate.

The truth is, what you don’t know yet is hurting you and your horse, and you need horse communication to figure out what it is.

I’ve been solving problems with horses professionally since 1993.

I got my start working with pre Olympic grand prix dressage horses, world champion cutting horses, racing horses, endurance and hunter jumpers.

Horses have taught me a lot of incredible things that have changed my life and the lives of my clients.

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Where do problems with horses really come from? 

There are 2 basic reasons for bad behavior:

  1. Its either because you’ve not been listening to them, over riding them to get them to do what you want, not treating them with respect, ignoring their concerns, pain, fears or questions…
  2. Or it’s because you’re so disconnected from each other so you aren’t showing up as someone they can respect, like and trust.

I can promise you that if your horse is acting out, they are not happy.

That’s what happens when you don’t have that all important meeting of the minds, sharing of the heart, getting in sync with your purpose together.

Then there’s the Human Animal BodyMind Connection phenomenon to consider. 

Did you know your horse mirrors you?  That means they act out and reflect back to you your own inner wounds, stress, imbalances and even diseases.

They carry those things in their body, and it can make them sick, depressed and unhappy.

They are in reaction to you.

Until we unravel that complicated energetic knot of knowing what your part is in the problem – and doing the inner work to clear it — you’ll both suffer and you can even wind up losing them before their time.

Why is it important to communicate with your horse? 

Because until you do, you won’t know what they know that you don’t, how they really feel – are they in pain?

If so, where and what helps or makes it worse?

You need to know what their viewpoint is.

If you don’t do that when you first start experiencing problems, then you’ll be chasing your tail on expensive guesswork with often little or no results to show for the expense, time and effort.

And all the while your horse gets more and more unhappy, withdrawn, resistant, depressed and even more dangerous.

Does any of this resonate with you?

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Not all animal communicators, or horse whisperers, are created equally.

You want the right consultant for the job.

You want someone who resonates with you and your horse, someone you can trust to guide you correctly.

Someone with experience in helping in situations like you’re facing.

I specialize in solving problems with horses using my 5 step Equine Peak Performance System.

I’m not here to tell you what you already know or just intuit what your horse is thinking.

I believe it’s a disservice to just communicate without helping you take the right next steps to solve the problem.

I’m interested in the deeper truth, the attitude adjustment, the epiphany moment of breakthrough where your entire relationship changes, for the better, for both of you.

So if you’re curious about my work and want me to tell you what color your horses food bucket is, or what their favorite toy or game is, I’m not the right communicator for you.

Deep physical, emotional, mental and spiritual healing for people and horses is what I do best, including intuitive medical scanning, improving behavior and performance, solving mystery lameness issues, improving your horsemanship, your relationship and when we do that, your performance improves.

Your confidence soars. 

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Pretty soon you’ll start winning those ribbons, and everyone will want to know how you did it!

So what do you want to have happen with your horse?

Let’s get started.

Click on the link and choose the plan that works for you.

Pretty soon you’ll be having the time of your life with the horse of your dreams!

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Enjoyed this article about horse communication? Here are three more to help you:

Whole Horsemanship with Penny Stone on the Real Dr Doolittle Show™
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This article was previously published September 21, 2017, and was updated on July 29, 2022
]]> https://valheart.com/horse-communication/feed/ 0 How to solve problems with horses nonadult Getting Active With Your Dog Can Be Fun! https://valheart.com/getting-active-with-your-dog-can-be-fun/ https://valheart.com/getting-active-with-your-dog-can-be-fun/#respond Fri, 29 Jul 2022 05:30:39 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=10958 If you’re thinking of getting active, don’t forget your dog!

According to the AKC 21st Century Dog Owners Survey, 88% percent said that they consider their four-legged friend to be a member of the family, and 90% said they got a dog for companionship. Which brings me to my main focus; if you want to bring your family together and to get active together, getting a dog is a great way to do so.  It’s not only good for you and your family, but it also ensures that your dog stays nice and healthy so he/she can live a long happy life.

I’ve developed my Top 10 list of things you can do with your dog as your family member and exercise companion.

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1. Travel “canine” style

Pile your family into the car for a daytrip and visit dog-friendly parks or beaches, (most parks indicate on their web sites whether and in what areas of the park dogs are allowed). Or if you’re up for a bigger excursion, consider a vacation with your best friend. Check ahead for lodging that accepts dogs. If flying, ask about travel accommodations for your dog when you make your reservations.

2. Enroll in canine training classes

Puppy kindergarten, agility, obedience, rally or performance courses are great ways to train your dog, and if your entire family attends, all will be on the same page in regard to training techniques.

3. Become active in competitive dog sports

Showing your canine companion in AKC Conformation, or participating in Obedience and Agility competitions is a family affair. AKC’s Junior Showmanship program allows children from ages 9-18 to compete in conformation and performance events, attend seminars, and earn scholarships while bonding with your dog. The events offer opportunities to get involved, stay fit, meet new friends and just have fun!

4. Take the AKC Canine Good Citizen challenge

Enlist your family members to train your dog to achieve her AKC Canine Good Citizen certification, designed to reward dogs that have good manners at home and in the community.

5. Dogs with jobs

Keep your dog active and alert by giving her tasks to complete. Kids can teach her to fetch their dirty laundry and put it in the hamper, while Mom and Dad can train her to fetch the morning paper, carry groceries or empty the dryer.

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6. Encourage breed behavior

Find family activities that will encourage your dog to fulfill her breed’s purpose, such as retrieving (playing fetch in a swimming pool) or becoming a certified therapy dog (ideal for small companion breeds).

7. Responsibilities don’t have to be “ruff”

Assigning roles and responsibilities to care for your new four-legged friend can help you and your family work together. Decide who will be responsible for feeding, walking, grooming, etc. Prepare a schedule before bringing your puppy home and assign each family member a task.

8. Visit the vet

A trip to the veterinarian can be a good learning experience for the entire family. Routine check-ups will help keep your dog in top form and can also help teach the children a thing or two about the importance of health and well-being.

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9. Help your dog help others

Dogs are invaluable in providing service to humans visiting the sick, helping the disabled, locating missing persons, and much more. If your dog is of the correct temperament, your family and she can reap the rewards of helping others together!

10. Spend some downtime with your dog

Simply put, one of the greatest things you and your family can do with your dog is play! So start a game of fetch with Fido – playing with your new friend isn’t only fun for her, it is guaranteed fun for the entire family!

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Dogs – just click on the picture below!

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Wouldn’t it be helpful to be able to have a conversation with your dog to find out what kind of activities they like to do?

Then you’ll want to check out The Heart School of Animal Communication®.

Click Here  to see the courses – take a look and choose what most appeals to you.

If you are a newbie, then we highly recommend starting with the Beginning Core Foundations Course.

If you’re still not convinced of all the benefits of communicating with animals, click here to learn all the great reasons you should begin learning how now!

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]]> https://valheart.com/getting-active-with-your-dog-can-be-fun/feed/ 0 First-Aid for Laminitis https://valheart.com/first-aid-for-laminitis/ https://valheart.com/first-aid-for-laminitis/#respond Thu, 28 Jul 2022 13:46:18 +0000 http://showhorseexpert.com/?p=537 This article was previously published January 17, 2014, and was updated on July 28, 2022

First Aid for Laminitis in Horses

If you suspect that laminitis (or founder, as it is known in layman’s terms) is to blame for your horse’s sudden lameness, call your veterinarian immediately. Then, follow this first-aid protocol while waiting for the vet’s arrival. As you administer the first aid, note your findings so you can report them to your vet:

  1. Think back on your horse’s recent health history. Has he been suffering from any illness, including fever, colic, disease or injury? These factors can predispose a horse to laminitis. If your horse has a history of laminitis, then you already know he’s a high-risk candidate for the disease.
  2. Has your horse had a recent diet change, or has he indulged in something that’s normally off-limits or carefully rationed, such as grain or other sweet feed? Too many carbohydrates (sugars) at one sitting are a trigger factor in some laminitis cases. Another factor: pasture grass. Spring and fall pastures contain higher levels of fructans (sugars), and are the culprits in many laminitis cases.
  3. Pay attention to your horse’s demeanor. Does he seem worried? Look at his stance. Is he trying to shift weight off of both front feet, or maybe a particular limb? If so, he’s in pain.
  4. Look at your horse’s hooves. Are there any defects—any wounds or draining tracts around the heels or coronary bands? Draining tracts can indicate an abscess, and an abscess often goes hand-in-hand with laminitis. Are his hooves worn down extensively? A barefoot horse worked on hard surfaces over a long period of time can suffer dangerous wear and tear that predisposes him to “road founder” (another layman’s term).
  5. Check for heat and increased digital pulse along all four hooves. To check for heat, palpate each hoof. Does one seem warmer to the touch than the others? To check for an increased digital pulse, feel behind each fetlock. A bounding digital pulse can indicate inflammation and pain associated with laminitis. Keep in mind that laminitis can strike one hoof, or more! Most often, laminitis affects the front feet.  laminitis
  6. Trotting a horse out is a way to evaluate soundness, but if you suspect laminitis wait for your veterinarian to arrive first. Trotting a lame horse—particularly one suffering laminitis–for an extended period can cause further damage. If your horse is suffering a bout of laminitis, he will probably be reluctant to move, but just in case, keep him in a stall or small paddock while waiting for the vet’s arrival.
  7. Immerse the affected hoof or lower limb in a tub of ice and water (from just below the knee and down) until your vet arrives. This step in the laminitis first-aid protocol is critical: The cold therapy brings down inflammation inside the hoof and helps slow further damage. For many horses, this step can make the difference in recovery.
  8. Don’t medicate your horse unless your vet advises. If your vet is expected to arrive soon, withhold all feed, particularly feed high in sugar (sweet feed, spring or fall pasture grass, et cetera).

Laminitis is a life-threatening disease, and sometimes even the best care doesn’t change an unfortunate outcome. However, with prompt veterinary attention and proper first aid, your horse’s chances at a successful recovery increase immensely.

This article courtesy of  HorseIllustrated.com

Bio

Val Heart – Expert animal communicator, speaker, bestselling author & master healer, Val is often called The Real Dr Doolittle™ and Animal Communicator to the Stars. Founder of The HEART System™ for solving problems with pets. Get your Free QuickStart to AnimalTalk Course at http://www.animaltalkcoachingclub.com

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]]> https://valheart.com/first-aid-for-laminitis/feed/ 0 Helping Your Dog Settle Into Your New Home Takes Patience https://valheart.com/helping-your-dog/ https://valheart.com/helping-your-dog/#respond Tue, 26 Jul 2022 01:28:58 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=40987 Moving to a new home is stressful for your pet as well as yourself

When you move to a new home, you’ve got a lot of things to unpack and get settled. But your dog is going through some changes, too, so helping your dog needs to be near the top of your to-do list.

He needs to adjust to his new home and yard. You can help him with the adjustment with just a few easy steps.

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Before you move in, though, make sure your new home is safe for your pooch.

Dog-proofing your home is very similar to baby-proofing your home. Move things higher up and into places that your dog can’t reach, and think about surfaces your dog will interact with every day. Choosing pet proof flooring can make a big difference, especially for dogs that scratch, have accidents, or slip on smooth surfaces while adjusting to a new space.

This includes candles, plants, knick-knacks and pill bottles. Move things out of the way of windows if your dog loves to look out at the world.

Baby gates, outlet covers and cabinet door locks are all things that can help you pup-proof your home, just like you would for a new baby.

Your yard needs to be safe, too.

Walk the fence and make sure there are no holes that your dog can escape through.

If there are, make sure you repair them before you let your dog run free in the yard.

Make sure there aren’t random pieces of metal or glass lying in the yard that your dog can step on and get injured.

Clean up any pet refuse left behind by a previous occupant.

Now that your new home is safe, it’s time to get your dog settled.

Bring his beds and toys from his previous home and put them in a place your dog can easily find them.

Don’t wash them before the move — your dog will find comfort in the familiar scents.

If you can, let him visit the home before the move. Take him on a walk around the home on a leash and let him investigate.

He’ll want to smell every corner of the home, and that’s OK. It’s how he learns.

Make sure to spend a lot of time with your dog.

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Moving can cause a lot of stress, and your dog picks up on that. Take frequent breaks with your pup and reassure him that you’re still with him.

Plus, loving on your dog helps ease your own stress.

When it’s time to leave your dog alone in the home for the first time, don’t leave him loose in his new environment, especially if you still have a lot of unpacking to do.

Keep him in a kennel or in a small room with his things. There are too many items for a dog to get into around the house, which can cause damage to the home and your dog.

Take him on a walk in his new neighborhood, but don’t overdo it.

Taking him around the block will let him acclimate to his new surroundings and allow him to take in all the smells of his new home.

He’ll get to meet his new dog neighbors as well as get a good idea of who and what his new area holds.

But start with short walks and build up to the bigger ones. This will keep him from becoming overwhelmed in his new surroundings.

Tiring out your dog is always a good way to help him settle down.

Helping your dog by trying to keep their routine as familiar as possible.

After a big move is not the time to throw in a big change of schedule, unless it can’t be helped.

Try feeding and walking at the same time and in the same order.

This will give your dog a good sense of continuity between his old life and new.

The most important thing to remember when helping your dog get acclimated is to be patient.

Some dogs adjust more quickly than others, and that’s OK. You know your dog better than anyone, and you know what he needs.

Give him lots of love and understanding, and he’ll be fine. Before long, your dog will be right at home in his new abode.

Are you interested in learning how to communicate with animals?

Wouldn’t it be helpful to be able to have a conversation with your dog?

Then you’ll want to check out The Heart School of Animal Communication®.

Click Here  to see the courses – take a look and choose what most appeals to you.

If you are a newbie, then we highly recommend starting with the Beginning Core Foundations Course.

If you’re still not convinced of all the benefits of communicating with animals, click here to learn all the great reasons you should begin learning how now!

This article was previously published October 9, 2017, and was updated on July 26, 2022

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]]> https://valheart.com/helping-your-dog/feed/ 0 Amazing Equine Therapy-Monique Morimoto Flaherty: The Real Dr Doolittle Show™ https://valheart.com/equine-therapy-monique-morimoto-flaherty/ https://valheart.com/equine-therapy-monique-morimoto-flaherty/#respond Mon, 25 Jul 2022 12:22:12 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=41328 This article was previously published July 20, 2018, and was updated on July 25, 2022

Learning about equine therapy with Monique Morimoto Flaherty

Monique Morimoto Flaherty, MS, CPCC has made it her mission to: “Connect people and horses to transform the world” through equine therapy. She has a unique capacity to inspire and motivate people to discover, embrace and live from their deepest potential. Her life path has included over 20 years in the life science industry and 10 years of successful entrepreneurship as a coach and consultant.

Monique believes deeply in the capacity and drive of the human soul to love and be fully self-expressed. Her work reflects this belief and is her life’s calling.

Monique loves animals, nature and interspecies growth and learning. She has an MS in Quality Management, is a certified Co-Active Coach through the Coaches Training Institute, is a member of the International Coach Federation and was trained in equine guided coaching by Wisdom Horse Coaching and Nicole Birkholzer. She has co-authored two books and created a guided meditation CD that continues to nurture listeners’ spirits.

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Listen and learn about:

* Monique’s personal journey with horses as a coach.

* What equine guided coaching is

* How it works and who can benefit

* The unique spiritual connection between women and horses

* The connection for her between animals and spirituality

* How you can learn to quiet yourself to listen better to your animals

* How to connect with your animal from a quiet mind

* How working with horses makes you a better person, leader, team member – for corporate training

* Children’s inherent love of animals, their unique sensitivity to them and the importance of parents paying attention and supporting them in that.

Monique says: We are all evolving together.

Our animals are part of our spiritual evolution. We see ourselves reflected in their love. That is both our animals and our own true nature- Love. The hardest lesson for us as humans is to learn that we are loveable. Our animals give us that unconditionally every day.

Listen to our Interview below!

What to do next!

Get your copy of her Free Tips sheet on Quieting the Mind for A Deeper Connection to Your Animal Friend. www.soulworkscoaching.com

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]]> https://valheart.com/equine-therapy-monique-morimoto-flaherty/feed/ 0 Equine Therapy – Monique Morimoto Flaherty on The Real Dr Doolittle Show™ #41 nonadult Understanding the Difference Between Emotional Support and Service Dogs https://valheart.com/difference-between-emotional-support-and-service-dogs/ https://valheart.com/difference-between-emotional-support-and-service-dogs/#comments Sat, 23 Jul 2022 01:03:27 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=41391 Guest post courtesy of Lindsey Jay. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communications Enterprises Inc. This article was previously published October 9, 2018, and was updated on July 23, 2022.

Service Dog or Emotional Support Dog?

Throughout history,  dogs have been put to work next to their two-legged companions.  They have helped hunt for food, herd livestock, and guard homes.  Today the term, “working dog,” is often associated with service or emotional support dogs.

Man’s best friend is more commonly being utilized to help people with various physical or mental illnesses or disabilities.  These dogs help with tasks that are routine for most, but can be daunting for their handlers.

Despite the rising popularity of service and emotional support dogs, many are confused on what separates the two.

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Emotional Support Dogs

Use

Emotional support dogs are typically used by those with a mental illness or disability.  These dogs provide comfort and relief for those with mood, anxiety, fear and panic disorders simply through their companionship.  They are not trained to perform a specific task related to the handler’s illness or disability.

How to Qualify for an Emotional Support Dog

Too many are under the impression that you can buy an emotional support dog recommendation online and that it will allow you to register your family pet as a support animal.  These options do exist, however, handlers must have a recommendation from a licensed medical professional to obtain an emotional support dog letter. This is the only documentation that is required for an emotional support animal.

How Can a Dog Become an Emotional Support Animal

Because specific tasks are not done for the handler by the dog, no specific training is required.  You can even register your family dog or adopt one from a shelter.  However, the dog is expected to have manners in public spaces.  Anytime a dog appears to be out of the handler’s control or aggressive in any way, they may be asked to leave.

Legal Protections

Emotional support dogs are allowed in public spaces as long as they are behaving well and are not a threat to health and safety guidelines.

Also, with a legitimate Emotional Support Dog Letter, dogs are able to fly with most airlines.  There are some restrictions to this based on the airline, so it is advised to do some research before booking the flight.

According to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Emotional Support Dogs cannot be turned away when looking for housing despite a “no pets” rule.  Landlords may verify the emotional support dog letter but they may not charge extra fees or deposits for an emotional support dog.

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Service Dogs

Use

Service Dogs are trained to perform specific tasks tailored to their handler’s needs.  These can include but are not limited to, guiding the blind, alerting for low blood pressure or seizures, retrieving/carrying items, or reminding someone to take their medication.

How to Qualify for a Service Dog

In order for an individual to obtain a service dog, they must have a condition that qualifies as a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).  This disability must hinder the individual in life tasks and impair quality of life.

There are many different service dog programs and organizations that pair individuals with the perfect dogs based on their specific needs.  Once the individual finds the program they feel suits them, they will fill out an application. Then, they wait to be contacted by their chosen organization.

How Can a Dog Become a Service Animal?

Dogs are selected based on temperament and health.  Any breed can technically qualify, as long as it meets the standards for training and behavior as set by the owner or the organization.  An ideal service dog will be calm and focused on its handler in all situations.  Many organizations choose dogs as puppies and place them in rigorous training programs.  Others utilize dogs from shelters if they fit the behavior requirements.  For those interested, Buzzfeed created a series called “Puppy Prep” on YouTube that chronicles the training and development of service dogs from an organization called Doggie Do Good in Arroyo Grande, CA.

Legal Protections

Unlike Emotional Support Dogs, Service Dogs are protected by the ADA.  These dogs do not require documentation or vests to enter most public spaces.

Documentation may be required for the dog to accompany their handler to work. It will also be necessary for the dog to fly or live in “no pets” housing.  However, the ADA website specifically states that registrations bought online will not be considered legitimate proof that the dog is a Service Animal.

It is imperative to understand the fundamental differences between Emotional Support and Service Dogs.  Basic knowledge of laws and procedures, not only keeps businesses operating within legal guidelines but also ensures that those who truly rely on their dog for daily activities are treated with the same amount of dignity and respect as everyone else.

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]]> https://valheart.com/difference-between-emotional-support-and-service-dogs/feed/ 1 Horse Riding Tips for Parents – Elise Gaston Chand on the Real Dr. Doolittle Show™ https://valheart.com/riding-tips/ https://valheart.com/riding-tips/#respond Tue, 19 Jul 2022 08:30:38 +0000 http://showhorseexpert.com/?p=14367 Elise Gaston Chand on the Real Dr. Doolittle Show™

If you’re a parent who doesn’t know horses with a horse loving kid, you could likely use a few riding tips to make your trips to the stables easier on you.

Elise Gaston Chand is a horsewoman with over 30 years experience in horse management, breeding, competition, and industry marketing and advertising. Elise was a horse-crazy kid raised by non-equestrian parents and is raising a young daughter who shares her love.

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She and her daughter visited a horse stable/show and witnessed a traumatic event with a young rider, her horse, the trainer and the parent.

She left the show determined to help other parents not suffer the same tragedy, and so wrote the book: A Parent’s Guide to Riding Lessons, which is the topic of our delightful, entertaining and insightful interview.

 

We discussed:

  • Is it possible to be involved with horses economically and not break the bank or your child’s heart?
  • Non-equestrian parents don’t have to be experts to be involved and why it’s so important to help guide their children’s horse-related activities. Your child’s love of horses can be something you participate in, whether or not you share that same passion.
  • Trainers and instructors may — or may not — be qualified to teach your child. Don’t think that they are professionals simply because they know more about horses than you do.
  • What is the single most important factor around horses, without exception?
  • What is it about horses that is so appealing?
  • Do horses become emotionally attached to people? How can you tell?
  • How can you tell if your child’s interest in horses is temporary or is the start of a life-long career?
  • Someone else may be more knowledgeable about horses, but no one knows your child better than you do. Being involved and informed will help ensure your child’s safety and his or her ongoing enjoyment.

Get your copy of her book “A Parent’s Guide to Riding Lessons,” (and a copy for all your other horse crazy kid parent friends) at: Amazon.com.

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If you’d like to hear more from Elise you can listen to her podcasts here:

https://www.becauseofhorses.com/about

 

Is there a Real Dr Doolittle™? Yes, there is! Welcome to our Show on Talking to the Animals! I want to teach you what I know so you can learn how to talk to your animals, why it’s important to hear your animals viewpoints and how reconnecting with animals makes you a better human. Reconnecting with animals helps us be better humans, and is an exciting journey into Self, the nature and reality of our world, a behind-the-scenes look at the complex interactions between us all. Any animal lover can learn how to communicate with animals, you can too! Learn how to connect at the heart for a magical bonding experience with your animals.

 

SHARING IS GOOD!My mission and passion is to improve the lives of animals the world over by helping humans learn how to speak their language, understand their viewpoints, and heal. After all, our love of animals helps us learn how to be better humans, and the more balanced and healthy we are, the more balanced and healthy they can be too. Would you help me reach more animal lovers? Please forward now!

Do you want to learn how to communicate with Animals yourself? Take a look at my communication courses here https://www.learnhowtotalktoanimals.com/

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]]> https://valheart.com/riding-tips/feed/ 0 The Real Dr Doolittle Show With Val Heart Animal Whisperer | Telepathy | Animal Communication nonadult Holistic Vet Care – Dr. Richard Pitcairn on The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™ https://valheart.com/holistic-vet-care-dr-richard-pitcairn/ https://valheart.com/holistic-vet-care-dr-richard-pitcairn/#comments Mon, 18 Jul 2022 17:24:57 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=41374 Talking about Holistic Vet Care with guest Dr. Richard Pitcairn on The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™

Dr. Richard Pitcairn is THE Guru of modern veterinary Homeopathy in the Western Hemisphere.  Since 1992 he has trained almost 500 graduate veterinary doctors in the field of homeopathic medicine and is the force behind the founding of the Academy of Veterinary Homeopathy in America in 1995.

He founded the Animal Natural Health Center in 1986 as a clinical and teaching center in Eugene, Oregon. It’s dedicated to the understanding and use of homeopathic medicine in the treatment of disease.  He also covers the use of the importance of excellent nutrition using home-prepared & raw foods. In 1995, Dr. Pitcairn co-founded the Academy of Veterinary Homeopathy, the first professional organization of practicing veterinary homeopaths in the United States.

You will learn:

* How Dr. Pitcairn, one of the leading veterinarians, went from traditional to holistic medicine.

* Why homeopathy is being used very successfully to help with health issues in animals today, and why you should consider this treatment option first.

* Why everyone should have Dr. Pitcairn’s Complete Guide To Natural Health For Dogs and Cats on their reference shelf now.

* How the different forms of medicine are being utilized today. For instance, allopathic medicine has the goal of eliminating symptoms but does it by suppressing and weakening the patient. When is it good to use allopathic vs. holistic medicine?

* There is also a lot of confusion about proper nutrition. Find out what you should avoid and what is actually very healthy.

For a referral list of veterinarians trained in homeopathy and to purchase your copy of Dr. Pitcairn’s Complete Guide To Natural Health For Dogs and Cats visit www.drpitcairn.com. Look for Dr. Pritcairn’s articles on vaccinations

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Have you ever wanted to learn to communicate with animals?  Get started today by downloading my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!

Are you interested in learning how to communicate with animals?

Wouldn’t it be helpful to be able to have a conversation with your dog or cat or horse so they could tell you when they’re not feeling well, and where it hurts?

Then you’ll want to check out The Heart School of Animal Communication®.

Click Here  to see the courses – take a look and choose what most appeals to you.

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]]> https://valheart.com/holistic-vet-care-dr-richard-pitcairn/feed/ 2 Holistic Vet Care - Dr. Richard Pitcairn on The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™ nonadult 5 Tips on Preparing Your Dog For the Arrival of Your New Baby https://valheart.com/5-tips-preparing-your-dog-for-new-baby/ https://valheart.com/5-tips-preparing-your-dog-for-new-baby/#comments Mon, 18 Jul 2022 10:14:57 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=14502 Guest post courtesy of Amber Kingsley. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communication Enterprises Inc. This article was previously published October 4, 2016, and was updated on July 18, 2022.

Before you welcome your new baby, are you preparing your dog for the big day?

Some forms of communication transcend all things, even language and cultural barriers, like the love and affection we share with our pets. When bonding with dogs, sometimes the transition of bringing an infant into the picture can be difficult. In a recent, very adorable commercial, there are no words necessary (subtitles added later) to get this beautiful message across to an international audience about a newer baby being introduced to an existing Golden Retriever.

When the dog approaches the baby, the infant cries with disapproval and the canine retreats out of the room. While the parents and baby are playing with a stuffed, toy lion, Dad notices the depression on the dog’s face and is clearly being left out of the picture. With a nod of approval to his best friend, the father places a quick online order and before you know it, a package arrives.

Next thing we see is the dog coming into the room wearing a lion’s mane costume. This time when the canine approaches the child, it innocently reaches out to the dog for a sensitive touch. In this thirty second spot first meant for a Japanese audience, it was so popular with animal lovers around the world, it can now be seen globally.

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Starting Slowly

The best piece of advice when making these types of introductions is to take baby steps, pun most definitely intended. To begin this important type of bonding, you’ll want to start out slowly and progress at a natural pace to protect your pet from unnecessary alienation. So in this case, you’ll want to begin long before the arrival of the baby.

Playing Pretend

Think about pretending you already have an infant in the house by carrying around a doll wrapped in a blanket. With this “baby” in your arms, download some infant sound bytes or play videos that have sounds that will come from your little bundle, laughing, crying, cooing. Increase the volume slowly over time to allow your pet’s sensitive hearing to adjust to these new noises.

Scent-sational

While dogs are often known for sometimes having alarming issues with their hearing (think sirens and thunderstorms), they also have an extremely sensitive sense of smell. While any parent of a newborn can attest to the fact that an infant smells wonderful after a bath, but not so much at changing time. To get your dog accustomed to these new smells, if possible and time permits, bring home a blanket with your infant’s scent attached before they arrive home for the first time.

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An Ability To Accessorize

Prospective parents of a newborn will likely have the nursery completely set up long before the arrival of an infant, but forget about all the other accessories that are brought out later. It’s best to bring them out sooner, rather than later, slowly but surely. This way, the homecoming process isn’t followed by an enormous amount of accessories popping up all over the house, which can quickly alienate a dog during this transition.

Breed Specific

Remember to do some breed specific research on your pooch before introducing them to baby to make the transition go smoothly. For example, some breeds are better than others when it comes to children and infants. Some terriers can sometimes have a “full of itself” kind of attitude when it comes to socializing and these animals should be treated with kid gloves around children, another pen intended.

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]]> https://valheart.com/5-tips-preparing-your-dog-for-new-baby/feed/ 2 Soul of a Horse, Benji’s creator Joe Camp on the Real Dr. Doolittle Show https://valheart.com/soul-of-a-horse-benjis-creator-joe-camp-dr-doolittle/ https://valheart.com/soul-of-a-horse-benjis-creator-joe-camp-dr-doolittle/#respond Tue, 12 Jul 2022 18:08:55 +0000 http://showhorseexpert.com/?p=14245 Welcome to our Show on Talking to the Animals!

I want to teach you what I know so you can learn how to talk to your animals, why it’s important to hear your animals’ viewpoints and how reconnecting with animals makes you a better human. Reconnecting with animals helps us be better humans, and is an exciting journey into Self, the nature and reality of our world, a behind-the-scenes look at the complex interactions between us all. Any animal lover can learn how to communicate with animals, you can too! Learn how to connect at the heart for a magical bonding experience with your animals.

Please enjoy today’s interview with Joe Camp, creator of Benji! 

Joe Camp, film writer, producer, director, author, passionate speaker, and the man behind the canine superstar Benji, has produced 5 Benji movies!! Joe has written, produced and directed seven theatrical motion pictures (including all of the Benji movies) cumulatively grossing well over the equivalent of $600 million dollars, making him one of the most successful independent filmmakers of all time.

His latest book The Soul of a Horse Blogged – The Journey Continues picks up where The Soul of a Horse left off with the adoption of a pregnant mustang and continues through he and wife Kathleen’s move from the dry rocky hillside pasture of southern California to the wet grassy hillsides of their new middle Tennessee home.

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Joe Camp showed us the heart and soul of a dog when he created Benji. Now, in this engaging, emotional, and often humorous story, he deftly lures us into the heart and soul of a horse, unlocking the mystery of a majestic creature who has survived on earth, without assistance, for fifty-two million years.

Joe believes that anything is possible if you work hard enough and have faith in yourself.

You will learn:

  • How Benji came into stardom
  • How Joe went from the mega-stardom of Benji to working with horses
  • What inspired the creation of The Soul of a Horse – Life Lessons from the Herd, and The Soul of a Horse Blogged – the Journey Continues
  • What amazing life lessons can be learned from horses
  • Why it’s critically important to help horses live more like they did in the wild herd days
  • What amazing things Joe discovered about how horses should be kept, trained, and cared for
  • What you need to know about a horses natural diet and nutrition
  • How to create a paddock paradise
  • Horse shoes versus going barefoot

Learn more about Joe Camp and his latest books at http://www.thesoulofahorse.com

Ready to learn how to talk to animals yourself?  

Click  Start Here!  Take a look and choose what most appeals to you.  If you are a newbie, then I highly recommend starting with the Beginning Core Foundations Course.  The Advanced Animal Talk Mastery Course is awesome and includes many of my favorite, most powerful healing techniques along with many specific topics that every animal talk student needs to know how to deal with successfully.

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My mission and passion is to improve the lives of animals the world over by helping humans learn how to speak their language, understand their viewpoints, and heal. After all, our love of animals helps us learn how to be better humans, and the more balanced and healthy we are, the more balanced and healthy they can be too. Would you help me reach more animal lovers? Please forward now!

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This article was previously published October 6, 2016 and was updated on July 12, 2022.

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]]> https://valheart.com/soul-of-a-horse-benjis-creator-joe-camp-dr-doolittle/feed/ 0 Soul of a Horse, Benji’s creator Joe Camp on the Real Dr. Doolittle Show™ | Animal Talk nonadult Positive Dog Training Tips – Pam Dennison on The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™ https://valheart.com/positive-dog-training-tips-pam-dennison-on-the-real-dr-doolittle-show/ https://valheart.com/positive-dog-training-tips-pam-dennison-on-the-real-dr-doolittle-show/#comments Mon, 11 Jul 2022 17:07:01 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=41372 This article was previously published September 10, 2018, and was updated on July 11, 2022.

Pam Dennison is the author of the best dog training books!

My guest on today’s The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™ is award winning author of the best dog training books you’ll ever read, Pam Dennison.

She is a member of the Dog Writer’s Association of America and the winner in 2010 of the DWAA’s prestigious Maxwell Award.

Links to three of her books are provided below; for a full list, see the store on her website pamdennison.com.

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About Pam:

“If you don’t have time to train your dog, get a stuffed animal,” is Pam’s Motto. Pam teaches many different types of classes at her 7,000 square foot facility in Belvidere, NJ and has presented seminars across the globe on a myriad of topics. She holds regular 3-day seminars called Camp R.E.W.A.R.D. for aggressive and reactive dogs.

She competes successfully with her own dogs in Tracking, Competition Obedience, APDT Rally Obedience, Canine Water Sports and Agility. Pam has been helping dog parents since 1992 train their dogs with a positive approach. As a certified dog behaviorist, she has helped dog parents win more awards at shows and also have happier healthier home lives in the process.


Pamela Dennison, CDBC Website: http://www.positivedogs.com

We discussed:

  • The difference between positive and negative dog training; you are probably making some of these simple mistakes which could be sabotaging your training right now.
  • 3 of the biggest mistakes that people make in training their dogs
  • The biggest mistake that Pam made in dog training and how to avoid doing this yourself.
  • Learn about Foundational Commands, what they are and how they help with training your dog.
  • Some of the most common “poison” words and how they can be a huge detriment to training your dog.
  • Instant Recall Commands and how they can save your dog’s life.

Have you ever wanted to learn to communicate with animals?

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!


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]]> https://valheart.com/positive-dog-training-tips-pam-dennison-on-the-real-dr-doolittle-show/feed/ 1 Positive Dog Training Tips - Pam Dennison on The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™ | Animal Talk #62 nonadult Top 24 Dog and Cat Health Conditions Animal Communication Can Help With https://valheart.com/top-24-pet-health-conditions-animal-communication/ https://valheart.com/top-24-pet-health-conditions-animal-communication/#respond Sat, 09 Jul 2022 09:02:50 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=6860 You think everything is fine with your cat or dog, but is it really?

How would you know about your pet’s health conditions for sure unless you are able to communicate with them directly to find out how they are really feeling?

After all, who better can tell you how they really feel, if they are in pain, are experiencing loss of vision or hearing, are feeling stressed, depressed or have a headache or a toothache?

They seem to be okay so you go on about your life.

Then one day, your furry companion won’t eat, acts depressed, vomits, shows signs of cat skin conditions or whimpers in pain.

Without the skill of animal communication so you can find out straight away what’s wrong and take the appropriate action, you simply can’t know exactly what the real problem is.

You don’t know where the pain or discomfort is coming from, how long whatever is wrong has been going on, what health conditions may be the problem or what makes it better, or even how best to help them.

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It’s also hard to know if this requires “drop everything and race in an emergency trip to the ER”, or if you can wait for a scheduled visit to the vet at your earliest convenience.

Maybe you pray that they can wait a bit so you can take off work to go, and then spend the entire time worrying about whether you’ve made the right decision or not.

Then when you get to the vet, sometimes they will run expensive tests and still not know what exactly is wrong.

I call that doing a lot of expensive guesswork, chasing your tail all the while emptying your pocketbook.

And, your pet is no better off and is now stressed on top of feeling ill or in pain.

The beauty of knowing how to talk with animals is that you can find out in the moment what is going on for them, and they can even help you decide what the best course of action is.

Animal communication helps with every aspect of healthcare

From finding out how the animal is really feeling to where the pain is coming from, and what helps or doesn’t help them recover, animal communication is vital.

Talking with your dog or cat also helps them know what to expect from their vet visit because you can explain what will happen, answer their questions or concerns, and give them confidence so they can cope better with less stress from the experience.

Even simple procedures like cleaning a dog’s teeth can be less stressful if explained to your dog(s) beforehand.

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Telling your vet what your pet is feeling helps them be more effective in their work, thereby wasting less of their time (and your money) on testing and procedure protocols.

What health conditions can you discover just by talking with animals? The list is seemingly endless and includes:

  1. Skin allergies*
  2. Ear infections*
  3. Non-cancerous skin growth*
  4. Skin infections*
  5. Arthritis*
  6. Upset stomach/vomiting*
  7. Periodontitis/dental disease*
  8. Intestinal upset/diarrhea*
  9. Bladder infection*
  10. Bruise or contusion*
  11. Chronic kidney disease*
  12. Overactive thyroid*
  13. Diabetes*
  14. Inflammatory bowel disease*
  15. Lymphosarcoma (cancer of lymph node) *
  16. Upper respiratory infection*
  17. Vision problems
  18. Hearing loss
  19. Headaches
  20. Heart disease
  21. Viral or bacterial illnesses
  22. Parasitic infections
  23. Food sensitivities
  24. Spinal misalignments

Imagine what a simple conversation with your animal could reveal?

If you’d like to learn more about how to talk with your pet, download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!


* According to Veterinary Pet Insurance (VPI) America’s largest pet insurer’s most recent list of the top 10 health problems for dogs and cats.

Val Heart Expert Animal CommunicatorAbout the Author:
Ready to learn how to communicate with animals yourself? Check out the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club. Internationally known, Val Heart is called The Real Dr Doolittle and the Animal Communicator to the Stars. Creator of The H.E.A.R.T. System™ for Solving Problems With Animals, she has appeared on television many times, is a frequent and welcome guest on radio, as well as having been showcased in newspapers, journals and magazines. Visit Val at valheart.com or contact her HERE.

 

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This article was previously published August 22, 2013, and was updated on July 9, 2022.
]]> https://valheart.com/top-24-pet-health-conditions-animal-communication/feed/ 0 3 Exercises to Master the Halt https://valheart.com/3-exercises-to-master-the-halt/ https://valheart.com/3-exercises-to-master-the-halt/#respond Fri, 08 Jul 2022 11:16:37 +0000 http://showhorseexpert.com/?p=493 This article was previously published December 3, 2013, and was updated on July 8, 2022.

Working to achieve the Square Halt

Although it’s sometimes sought like the holy grail by dressage riders, a square halt is not to be valued as an end in itself, but for what it tells you about your horse’s development.

Think of it as a measurement of progress. In fact, how a horse stands, either under saddle or in-hand, can tell you a lot.

Obtaining consistent square halts is one of the best ways to tell if your training is heading in the right direction.

If a horse is engaged and balanced before being asked to stop, he will inevitably halt square; his legs will be equally balanced underneath him.

More frequently, though, halts are anything but square. It’s common to see riders wiggling around in the saddle trying to “square up” their horse after he has stopped in a sprawled out position.

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 Instead, focus on the quality of work that precedes the halt.

Through the practice of setting your horse up to execute balanced stops, you’ll improve the halt and, more importantly, his overall body mechanics.

This will better his entire way of moving and performing.

Challenges you might face at the halt include:

  • The horse braces his neck and ignores your request.
  • The horse hollows his topline and loses his balance.
  • The horse becomes crooked or swings his body around.

The following three exercises will help alleviate any or all of these challenges.

They work by getting your horse to better use his body so that when you then ask him to halt, he won’t compromise his balance in the ways listed above.

Adjust Stride in Each Gait

Frequent adjustment of stride length within the trot, for example, keeps the hind legs active.

This prevents them from trailing behind the body.

Also, the practice of reducing your horse’s stride length and tempo helps keep him responsive and light on your aids, and eliminates any habit he may have of bracing his neck or pulling on the reins when asked for a downward transition.

After riding lots of transitions within the various gaits, it will be much easier to get a prompt and square halt transition.

  1. Establish a steady working trot, tracking right.
  2. As you ride around the track, ask your horse to slow down for four strides each time you pass A, E, C and B.
  3. After each clear downshift in tempo, resume working trot.
  4. Once these transitions are happening smoothly, ask for four strides of a faster, bigger trot at each of those letters.
  5. Ride a few laps around the arena this way. Then, return to riding transitions to a slower and shorter trot at the letters.
  6. Catch your horse by surprise and ride a gentle, smooth downward transition to the halt. Be sure to transition first to the slower trot like you were doing previously. When you feel him respond, complete the halt transition. Your horse should be soft, balanced and engaged.

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Ground Pole Square

One common cause of an unsquare halt is a horse careening through your aids when you ask him to stop—swinging his butt sideways, being late to stop, and falling sideways off his line of travel.

A good way to get control over his feet is by using a ground pole square.

This will help your horse organize his body by giving him a visual boundary.

Halting inside the box with a pole behind his hind legs can also cure the bad habit of taking a step back after stopping.

Repeatedly halting inside the space of the ground pole square allows your horse to practice clean halts without swinging sideways or stepping backward.

  1. Set up a square on the ground using four 8-foot poles.
  2. Develop a working trot and ride in a straight line toward the box.
  3. Ten meters from the box, transition down to a walk.
  4. Enter the box in a marching walk.
  5. Begin asking for the halt as soon as your horse’s front feet cross the first pole.
  6. Once his back legs have stepped into the box, you should be stopped.
  7. Stand quietly inside the box for several seconds with your horse remaining on the bit and attentive.
  8. Once this pattern is going smoothly, shorten the distance you walk into the box until you are trotting directly into it and halting.

Western Cloverleaf

If your horse initially stops square but then fidgets around and gets antsy or impatient, you can use the following exercise that many cowboys use to create balanced, quiet stops.

It asks your horse to work very hard for a short burst and then offers him the chance to rest quietly in the halt.

If he opts to fidget around instead of rest quietly, immediately hustle him back out on the pattern.

Keep doing this until you are able to finish the pattern, drop the reins, and not feel him move a muscle under you.

Sometimes this exercise requires patience and multiple repetitions, but it nearly always works.

It is far more effective than trying to discipline a horse for dancing around or giving stronger and stronger halt aids, which are increasingly futile.

It uses the horse’s forward energy to your advantage. He soon learns that it is a lot less work to stand still, and the halt becomes enjoyable rather than a bore.

  1. Starting from a standstill, take off in a brisk trot or canter around the first “leaf” of a four-leaf clover pattern. (In a 20-meter wide dressage arena, each leaf will be about 10 meters in diameter.)
  2. Keep hustling around all four leaves.
  3. Park your horse in the center where you started, drop the reins, and sit quietly.
  4. As soon as he moves a foot or fidgets, shorten your reins and immediately take off for another trip around the cloverleaf pattern.
  5. Repeat step No. 3.

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By practicing these exercises, you will avoid being one of those riders seen leaning off the side of her horse at the halt while trying to look under his belly to see if his feet are square.

You can rest assured that he will be square because you have conditioned his body for it. Remember, as long as your halts are square, your training is moving in the right direction.

Are you interested in learning how to communicate with animals?

Wouldn’t it be helpful to be able to have a conversation with your horse while training?

Then you’ll want to check out The Heart School of Animal Communication®.

Click Here  to see the courses – take a look and choose what most appeals to you.

If you are a newbie, then we highly recommend starting with the Beginning Core Foundations Course.

If you’re still not convinced of all the benefits of communicating with animals, click here to learn all the great reasons you should begin learning how now!

 

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Horses – just click on the picture below!


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This article courtesy of  HorseChannel.com

]]> https://valheart.com/3-exercises-to-master-the-halt/feed/ 0 20 Great Children-Friendly Dog Breeds https://valheart.com/great-children-friendly-dog-breeds/ https://valheart.com/great-children-friendly-dog-breeds/#comments Tue, 05 Jul 2022 07:29:53 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=7124 This article was previously published November 5, 2013 and was updated on July 5, 2022.

If you have kids, learning which are the child-friendly dog breeds is important when selecting your pet

You might know that caring for a dog can help children learn to be more responsible, but studies show that dogs also boost self-esteem in children, enhance social skills, and help them to be more cooperative and share. Whether you’re looking for a purebred dog or mixed-breed dog, here are a few that typically do well with children. Remember, an adult must always supervise interactions between any dog and children, and the kids must be taught to treat dogs gently and respectfully.

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Airedale Terrier

The “King of the Terriers” is hugely versatile, performing successfully as a hunter, guide dog for the blind, livestock herder, elegant show dog, and loving family pet. Airedale Terriers are smart, sensitive, and playful, making them fabulous companions for children.

Australian Shepherd

Australian Shepherds are active, intelligent “people dogs” who want nothing more than to be a part of the family. Happy to travel to kids’ baseball games, join in on fun outings like trips to the beach, and herd the kids around the yard, Aussies make wonderful companions for respectful children who are taught to behave properly around the dog.

Beagle

It’s hard to deny the Beagle’s rightful place in a fun-loving pack of “Peanuts,” though Beagles are more engaged and sincere than the ever-famous Snoopy and just as entertaining. This short-haired miniature hound loves to be a part of the family and to be involved in everyday things. He will follow little ones around the house and yard, keeping one eye on them and the other on mischief of his own. He needs a good parent to train him and teach him manners since he’s naturally a curious little fellow with big-dog ideas of his won.

Bearded Collie

Described as bouncy and exuberant—ideal for keeping happy kids active and moving— the Bearded Collie lives to be around children. With its long, unkempt coat and athletic build, the Beardie loves to participate in fun activities and sports, like jogging, running alongside a bicycle, hiking, and chasing sheep (get some!). The Bearded Collie’s strong sheepdog instincts can lead to its gathering (herding) young people or even nipping at their Nikes: parents must train the dog to know the difference between kids and ewes and supervise so that the dog’s nanny instincts are properly channeled.

Bernese Mountain Dog

For the family with children seeking a large dog, the Bernese Mountain Dog makes a docile, sweet-natured companion. With its long, silky black coat marked with characteristic white and rust, the Bernese stands up to 27.5 inches at the shoulder. It is a versatile outdoor dog whose smart and confident demeanor recommend it for the job of child’s companion. They are known to be able to do anything from pulling carts, herding cows, guarding the home, yard and farm, and even babysitting the kids.

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Bichon Frise

This animated powder puff is a lovely companion for older children, and fits perfectly in any household, from suburban living to big-city apartments. The beautiful, plush, snow-white coat is low shedding but needs regular professional grooming to maintain. The Bichon Frise might be suitable for people with dog allergies.

Boston Terrier

Playful, gentle, and affectionate, the Boston Terrier makes a great pal. Sturdy enough to enjoy rough play, they want to be with you and are not backyard dogs. This compact, smart breed is easy to care for, requires minimal exercise, and does best when his humans show gentle leadership.

Boxer

The handsome Boxer is as loyal and dignified as he is affectionate and energetic. When trained and socialized, Boxers are tireless and downright silly companions for youngsters. Supervise to make sure 50 to 85 pounds of Boxer don’t knock over your kids and their friends!

Bulldog

The lumbering, gentle Bulldog is both sturdy and slow—a great match for families with kids. Often referred to as the English Bulldog, this dignified dog breed is typically an even-tempered and agreeable fellow, and tends to form tight bonds with children.

Bullmastiff

Created using a blend of 60 percent Mastiff and 40 percent Bulldog, the powerful Bullmastiff combines the best of both dog breeds in a large, strong package. This dog breed is devoted to his family, adores children, and possesses a protective but mellow outlook, making the Bullmastiff one of the better extra-large breeds for city living.

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Bull Terrier

Like all terriers, the Bull Terrier is active and full of personality, and this sometimes comical breed is especially ready for fun. This is a substantial dog, weighing up to 70 pounds, and can be headstrong like a stubborn child. But with positive training, socialization, and inclusion in family activities, the Bull Terrier thrives as a loving companion.

Cairn Terrier

An active and super bright little dog—the  breed once followed the skipping Dorothy down the Yellow Brick Road—Cairn Terrier loves to be the center of attention…in real life and movies! They’ve been described as rugged and resourceful and do best as family dogs, provided they have a dog-smart parent to teach them right from wrong.  Since they will chase small animals, like squirrels and chipmunks, they must always be on lead when not in a safely fenced area.

Cavalier King Charles Spaniel

Nicknamed the “Comforter Spaniel” by British royalty who favored the dog breed throughout history, today’s Cavalier makes a devoted pet for gentle children and does not require a castle to keep him happy. Cavaliers can adapt to a little exercise or a lot, and the beautiful, silky coat is easily maintained with regular brushing and combing, so no professional grooming is required.

Collie

Even though most kids today haven’t heard of Lassie, the Collie remains the proverbial children’s dog due to the breed’s instinctive protective nature and the intelligence of a ten year old child. Collies like to take walks and run in the backyard, but they adapt to the family’s lifestyle and can be happy in any size home. The rough Collie requires more grooming than the smooth coat, but it’s essentially  amounts to just a few minutes a week.

Golden Retriever

The bright, smiling Golden Retriever is a medium-sized sporting dog, weighing in between 55 and 75 pounds, with a long, lustrous coat in various shades of “golden.” This breed has never met a stranger and views all youngsters as his designated playmates. The Golden is always ready for play, whether it’s galloping in the backyard, swimming on the beach, or hiking on a trail.

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Labrador Retriever

Lead a Lab to water and it will retrieve all day: balls, sticks, and even children who happen to go for a swim. Whether black, chocolate or yellow, the Lab’s kid-friendly nature has helped make him the most popular dog breed in the United States. Patient and gentle by nature, the Lab excels in a home with respectful children, and craves regular play and exercise to channel his exuberance for life.

Newfoundland

A devoted family companion dog with a sweet and even temperament, the Newfoundland has proved himself reliable around kind, well-behaved children. Although kids should never be allowed to climb on top of or ride on the backs of these gentle giants, Newfies are robust and engaged playmates, and delight in hauling children around in carts.

Poodle (Miniature and Standard)

Although Toy Poodles are too fragile for young kids, Miniature Poodles and Standard Poodles are excellent playmates for respectful children. Well-bred Poodles are active and intelligent, and revel in learning fun tricks or playing endless games of fetch in the yard. An added bonus: Poodles are dogs that don’t shed and might be suitable for people with dog allergies.

Pug

The Pug is as sturdy and big as a Toy breed gets. Weighing in at 14 to 18 pounds, the Pug is a compact little dog with tons of personality. Most Pugs are easygoing and playful, enjoying the attention of sensible children who recognize that the Pug is no plaything. In cool weather, Pugs are animated and entertaining friends for kids, but tire easier than larger dogs.

Weimaraner

No reason for the kids to be afraid of this ghost, the Weimaraner (called the “grey ghost” because of its distinct color) is an easygoing, tolerant family dog whose above-average intelligence makes him easy to train. Weims are naturally graceful and know how big they are, even if they attempt to snuggle with owners on small chairs on laps. Ancestors were bred to hunt, and today’s Weimaraner likes to be a member of the family pack.

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Learn How to Talk with Animals

Are you interested in learning how to communicate with animals?

Wouldn’t it be helpful to be able to have a conversation with your dog?

Then you’ll want to check out The Heart School of Animal Communication®.

Click Here  to see the courses – take a look and choose what most appeals to you.

If you are a newbie, then we highly recommend starting with the Beginning Core Foundations Course.

If you’re still not convinced of all the benefits of communicating with animals, click here to learn all the great reasons you should begin learning how now!

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Dogs – just click on the picture below!

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]]> https://valheart.com/great-children-friendly-dog-breeds/feed/ 4 7 Essentials to Keep in Your Dog’s First Aid Kit https://valheart.com/7-essentials-keep-dogs-first-aid-kit/ https://valheart.com/7-essentials-keep-dogs-first-aid-kit/#comments Fri, 01 Jul 2022 18:26:35 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=14708 Guest post courtesy of Beth Martel. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communication Enterprises Inc.

You may not have thought of having a first aid kit for your dog…

If you have a pet dog at home, you must be aware of his playfulness. Preparing your dog’s first aid kit and keeping it with you while traveling just like you carry one for yourself is vital if you want to keep your pet safe and well.

You can add a few essentials for the dog in your own first aid kit, or you can also buy the first aid kit that is specifically made for pets, available at pet stores easily.

This article will help you in assembling the first aid kit for your dog with the all items that are a must-add, and they will come to rescue in case of any emergency. You will no longer need to keep your dog sitting in one place like a good boy!

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Following is the list that you need to take to the pharmacy with you:

1. GAUZE PADS AND BANDAGE:

Gauze pads and bandages are essential items to be kept in every first aid kit, either it is yours or your dog’s because they are used for a broad range of wounds. They do not stick to the burns and also let the skin breathe, protecting the wound from the outer atmosphere so that it does not get infected.

Moreover, if your dog chews his bandage, make sure you buy a special dressing that has a bitter taste and prevents the dog from chewing it off.

2. COTTON SWABS:

Cotton swabs are small sticks with cotton on both ends, which are used for a broad range of purposes. Keeping them in your dog’s first aid kit is essential because the cotton swab may help you in the easy application of antibiotic ointments and other cleaning formulas.

3. ANTIBIOTIC OINTMENTS:

Antibiotic ointments are the most important item to be kept in your first aid kit because they will help you to treat almost every sort of wound or burn your dog gets in an emergency.

4. SCISSORS:

Whether you are putting a bandage on your dog’s leg, or you are  applying a medical tape after the dressing, you need a pair of scissors to cut the bandage, medical tape and many other types of fabric when you are in an emergency, and you cannot afford any delays. Therefore, having a pair of scissors in the first aid kit of your dog will come in handy at all emergency conditions.

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5. ICE-PACK:

Applying an ice pack to the injuries of your dog will rapidly reduce the pain and any swelling. It will also help the wound to heal quickly.

6. RECTAL THERMOMETER:

You must also keep a rectal thermometer in your dog’s first aid kit so that you can keep monitoring his temperature in the case of an injury or cold that your dog has caught. Make sure your dog’s temperature does not rise above 103 °F or fall below 100°F.

7. PET CARRIER:

You must also keep a pet carrier along with your first aid kit, in case your dog hurts his leg or finds it hard to walk due to some injury or burn. A pet carrier could be a lifesaver in such a situation for your dog and you both.

beth-martel-imageAuthor Bio:
This post was written by Beth Martel.
She is a mother of two, a medical professional and a humanitarian.

The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communication Enterprises Inc.

 

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]]> https://valheart.com/7-essentials-keep-dogs-first-aid-kit/feed/ 1 Numerology de-mystified & explained, It is shockingly simple, but can influence your life in more ways than you can imagine. https://valheart.com/numerology-de-mystified-explained/ https://valheart.com/numerology-de-mystified-explained/#comments Thu, 30 Jun 2022 10:11:49 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=14372 Numerology & Numbers, they’re fascinating little things aren’t they?

Not only are they all around us, every single day…

But they hold hidden clues that can help us decode life’s little mysteries…

While numbers often seem completely random or arbitrary, every now and then they have us scratching our heads with their paradoxical equations or significant “coincidences”.

Just take a look at these 4 facts about numbers and you’ll know what we mean.

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FACT #1:

In a room of 23 people, there’s a 50% chance that two of them have the same birthday. This is known as the Birthday Paradox.

(And don’t even get us started on the meaning behind the #23!)

 

FACT #2:

111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

(Woah.)

 

FACT #3:

If you write out Pi to two decimal places, backwards, it spells “pie”.

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(Creepy, right?)

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FACT #4:

When you add up all the numbers on a roulette table, you get the number 666.

(Need I say more?)

So what about the meaning behind the numbers of your name and birthday?

This is precisely what the science of Numerology helps you to understand.

See for yourself right here (THIS IS SO COOL AND IT’S FREE!) »

 

Unlike many other forms of divination, Numerology is NOT some strange science reserved only for psychics and mystics.

It is shockingly simple, but can influence your life in more ways than you can imagine.

I’ve been using my personal numerology report for years and I’m always astonished and so appreciative at how accurate, insightful and helpful it really is.

For instance, it warns me about pending problems so I can be better prepared to deal with them and won’t feel blindsided.

It tells me the best times to work on my business.

It tells me when the best times are to be with my family.

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And, it even tells me what the best day is for love and romance!

When I follow the guidance, it all works out brilliantly.

But if I try to force something in the wrong timeframe? It’s a lot harder, like swimming upstream (and I am not a salmon!)

Bottom line? I love it! I think you will too.

Check it out!

What do your numbers mean? Find out right here (you’re going to love this AND it’s FREE) »

Wishing you much love and a long, happy, healthy life,

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Val Heart

P.S. Be sure to take a look at this right away, I’m not sure how long this wonderful FREE personalized report will be available:

NOTE: Occasionally I will mention a product other than mine where I might receive some compensation for taking the time and trouble to tell you about it. I always research the product or company first and will only recommend it if I think it is truly worthwhile. But it has to be something I’m really excited about or believe will help you (and your pets). 

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]]> https://valheart.com/numerology-de-mystified-explained/feed/ 1 Blend Your Style Sense with a Pet Friendly Home https://valheart.com/blend-your-style-sense-with-a-pet-friendly-home/ https://valheart.com/blend-your-style-sense-with-a-pet-friendly-home/#respond Tue, 28 Jun 2022 01:01:26 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=10983 Make you home pet friendly without sacrificing style

Pet ownership in the U.S. is very popular, and the numbers are rising, making it a very pet friendly nation. According to the ASPCA, people in the U.S. own approximately 78 million dogs and 85.8 million cats. And, according to American Pet Products Association, an astounding $123.6 billion was spent on pet products in 2021. Pets are a member of your household and need their own space to play and sleep. But, you don’t have to compromise your aesthetically pleasing home to create a pet-friendly haven. Here are a few ways to keep your pet happy and safe while still keeping your signature style.

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Safety First

Most people buy a new home or adopt a pet without much thought as to how to make a safe and comfortable environment. For instance, putting a dog door with access to a busy street is a recipe for disaster and heartache. Hazardous substances like home cleaners also should be put in locked cabinets or completely out of reach of climbing cats and curious pups. Remember many plants and flowers are toxic to pets, even in small doses. Keep lilies and tulips out of your home.

Instead, consider getting cat grass to help your feline with digestion. You also can choose pet-friendly flowers to spruce up your home like African daisies, orchids and or roses. However, although they’re not toxic to animals, don’t let your pets get too used to eating plants in case it upsets their stomachs.

Sleep Spaces

According to a poll by Harris Interactive, 57 percent of people say they frequently let their pets sleep with them. While sharing a bed can offer a nice cuddle, it’s not necessarily right for all pets. Dogs need designated sleep spaces, much like their ancestors who slept in dog dens in the wild. Set aside blankets, pillows or an open crate to recreate the cozy feeling of a den. Arrange it near your bed or in proximity to reaching down and giving your pet a stroke to keep that close bond within reach.

For living areas, pick colorful throw pillows and blankets that can double as a cozy, pet friendly spot for your furry friends to rest. It’ll keep them happy and warm while giving your home a splash of color. Stay away from satin, velvet-enhanced fabrics or other difficult to clean materials.

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Comfy Windows

Add screens to your windows if you haven’t already. Cats can be tempted to chase after a bird or roll over during a nap and fall out accidentally. Skip the blinds as pets might be tempted to gnaw and ingest plastic corners or get tangled in the ropes. Instead, window treatments like drapes can help keep out the sunlight and give your pet a place to hide and snuggle for an afternoon nap.

Play Areas

Your pet is a member of your family, so indulge in designated fun and play areas. If you have cats, clear off high shelves so they can roam. Set up a corner of the kitchen, living room or bedroom for dogs and playful animals. Get plenty of toys, clear a space to run and add a place for a quick nap. Use a plastic storage container to quickly hide away toys or select a toy chest that blends with your favorite décor to keep things tidy.

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Dogs – just click on the picture below!

Be sure to leave a comment below!

This article was previously published MOctober 1, 2014, and was updated on June 28, 2022.

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]]> https://valheart.com/blend-your-style-sense-with-a-pet-friendly-home/feed/ 0 Do’s and Don’ts for Throwing the Perfect Pet Party https://valheart.com/dos-and-donts-for-throwing-the-perfect-pet-party/ https://valheart.com/dos-and-donts-for-throwing-the-perfect-pet-party/#respond Thu, 23 Jun 2022 07:31:53 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=8744 This article was previously published March 21, 2014, and was updated on June 23, 2022.

Pet party perfection – the Do’s and Don’ts!

Decades ago, dog birthday parties were not the norm. Today’s pet parents celebrate with gusto. In fact, party supplies are just one contributor to the total amount spent on dogs, cats and other companion animals in the U.S. each year, which the American Pet Products Association estimates at $55.5 billion for 2013.

 

If you have never thrown your dog a party before, or if you want to improve on your dog’s traditional birthday party, keep these do’s and don’ts in mind:

Do keep the location in mind when putting together the guest list.

A large yard or dog park makes the best location for a birth or adoption day party, but if using a small yard or indoor space, keep guests to a number that won’t create a crowded feeling. Dogs need room to run!

Do bring dog-friendly food and drinks.

Bring a birthday cake for the pups. You can find a variety of excellent recipes for making a dog-safe cake, or a neighborhood pet supply store may sell such cakes. If celebrating in summer, you can opt for doggie ice cream instead.

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Photo by Mackenzie Black via Flickr

Keep multiple bowls filled with fresh eater and bring beverages for the humans. Skip feeding them, though. You want the pups to spend the party playing, not begging for people food.

Do decorate.

Dog-themed decorations for kid parties work just as well when celebrating a dog’s birth or adoption day. Bone-shaped cutouts to hang from trees and paw-print balloons are typically among the offerings. To create a centerpiece for the table on which the cake will sit, tie balloons to a fresh floral arrangement. Take advantage of flower delivery and have one less errand to run, but check the toxic and nontoxic plant list on the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals website before placing your order.

Do ask for donations in lieu of gifts.

Your pup likely does not need any more toys. Ask guests to instead bring a monetary or product donation for your favorite local animal charity. You can even get a list from the organization ahead of time and include items on the invite that meet its specific needs. You also can suggest they make a donation in your dog’s name to a national charity such as Dogs on Deployment, which supports pet owners in the military, or the ASPCA.

Do plan fun activities for the dogs.

This can include bringing a bucket of balls—always have more than the number of pups invited to avoid fights—or a bubble gun like the one by Bubbletastic, which makes bacon-flavored, nontoxic bubbles. You can find it through online retailers such as Amazon.

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Photo by spliltojill via Flickr

Don’t invite dogs with known aggression issues.

Speaking of fights, do not invite animals with known aggression issues. You have a responsibility as host to create a safe environment for all of your guests. If unsure about a dog’s behavior, talk to the pet parent before extending an invitation.

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Photo by ralph and jenny via Flickr

Don’t let rough play escalate.

Rough play happens. At a dog party, overstimulation can cause a pup to take it too far. Keep an eye on guests as they play and do not be afraid to ask a pet parent to pull their dog away for breaks as needed. You can also learn more about rough play vs. dog fights and how to handle a fight safely if it happens with this helpful article from the ASPCA.

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Photo by edgygrrrl via Flickr

Don’t invite people who don’t like dogs.

This may seem like a no-brainer, but you may be tempted to include friends or family members who adore your dog but not others. Avoid doing so, or you will spend the party worrying about your four-legged guests giving them unwanted attention.

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Do you think you’re ready to throw a pet party now? Be sure to comment below!

Bio: Val Heart – Expert animal communicator, speaker, bestselling author & master healer, Val is often called The Real Dr Doolittle™ and Animal Communicator to the Stars. Founder of The HEART System™ for solving problems with pets. Get your Free QuickStart to AnimalTalk Course at http://www.animaltalkcoachingclub.com
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]]> https://valheart.com/dos-and-donts-for-throwing-the-perfect-pet-party/feed/ 0 The Best of Summer: 9 Pet Stories and Articles Fit For the Season https://valheart.com/the-best-of-summer-pet-stories/ https://valheart.com/the-best-of-summer-pet-stories/#respond Thu, 23 Jun 2022 07:04:31 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=10581 I’d like to share a compilation of my articles most relevant to summer:

In this collection of pet stories and informative articles, we’ve curated all the MUST know info for a fun and happy summer with your pets.

Top 10 Rated Dog Parks in Southeast United States – InfoGraphic

Looking for a great park to spend a summer day with your pet? Here are my personal faves – https://valheart.com/blog/top-10-rated-dog-parks-in-southeast-united-states-infographic/

10 Top Tips For Running With Your Dog

If you love to exercise and you’ve been wanting to get outside, summer’s the time to do it! Here’s how you can include your dog in your fitness routine. – https://valheart.com/10-top-tips-for-running-with-your-dog/

How to Keep Your Dog Cool This Summer

Don’t forget that as temperatures climb it’s important to keep your pets safe and cool. Here are our best tips! – https://valheart.com/blog/keeping-fur-babies-cool-this-summer/

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How to Build Your Own Pet Drinking Fountain

Want to make sure that your pet stays hydrated when the weather is hot? You can build them a drinking fountain all by yourself! Here’s how –  https://valheart.com/build-an-easy-diy-drinking-fountain-for-your-beloved-pet/

6 Tips For Traveling With Your Dog

You’re sure to create some pet stories of your own when you go traveling with your furry friends! I have some tips for making traveling with pets smoother – https://valheart.com/6-tips-for-traveling-with-your-dog/

Do’s and Don’ts for Throwing the Perfect Pet Party

Planning a Pet Party? Be inspired and see what it takes to pull of the perfect soirée for your fur babies! – https://valheart.com/blog/dos-and-donts-for-throwing-the-perfect-pet-party/

Dog Walking 101: Essential Training Tips & Gadgets

With the cold weather behind us, you’ll want to be out in the sunshine – and what better than to share that time with your dog. Go for a walk! – https://valheart.com/dog-walking-101-essential-training-tips-gadgets/

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Pets in vehicles: 11 things animal-lovers need to know

Most of us love the sunshine that summer brings, but we have to remember the flip side – heat can be dangerous, too. Study these tips to keep your pets safe – https://valheart.com/pets-in-vehicles-11-things-animal-lovers-need-to-know/

7 Fun Pet Friendly Vacation Destinations

Summer vacation! You’ve been waiting for months for this! But where can you got that will welcome your dog, too, so you’ll have your own pet stories to tell? We’ll help you figure it out! – https://valheart.com/7-fun-pet-friendly-vacation-destinations/

Bonus video: Cuteness overload!

And of course the ultimate food of summer – Watermelon! This kitty and his canine friends are addicted and it’s hilarious to watch! https://valheart.com/blog/youtube-video-kitty-with-a-watermelon-addiction/

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!

Are you interested in learning how to communicate with animals?

Wouldn’t it be helpful to be able to have a conversation with your pets to find out what they want to do this summer?

Then you’ll want to check out The Heart School of Animal Communication®.

Click Here  to see the courses – take a look and choose what most appeals to you.

If you are a newbie, then we highly recommend starting with the Beginning Core Foundations Course.

If you’re still not convinced of all the benefits of communicating with animals, click here to learn all the great reasons you should begin learning how now!

This article was previously published July 27, 2014 and was updated on June 23, 2022

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]]> https://valheart.com/the-best-of-summer-pet-stories/feed/ 0 The Missing Piece to Your Show Horse Team Solving Training Health and Performance Problems https://valheart.com/animal-communicator-helps-performance-show-horse/ https://valheart.com/animal-communicator-helps-performance-show-horse/#respond Tue, 21 Jun 2022 13:01:30 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=10268 I recently had the pleasure of speaking before a live, horse loving audience about the power of animal communication.  Learning how to connect, get in sync, enjoy the powerful feeling of being in a state of oneness with your horse…  Communication makes all the difference.

It is such a huge passion of mine to help under-performing show horses and their riders break through their struggles to reach top competition scores.  I’ve been called the missing link in the show horse support team and can often help improve show scores by more than 10 points in a very short amount of time.

I asked riders what they most wanted with their horse and they told me:

* To feel more comfortable and confident in their riding, improving their skills and performance with every ride

* To be able to truly love and completely trust their horse 100%, knowing they were doing their very best, giving the sport their all

* To experience being connected at a deep level with their horse in a state of true friendship with them

* To be at ease, enjoying a powerful feeling of unison, to communicate and understand each other so well they danced as one

I hope you enjoy this video of me sharing my love of helping show horses and their riders solve problems and reach new heights.

 

Is your horse acting out or going lame?

If you’re feeling frustrated because of bad behavior or poor performances, or are struggling with mystery lameness or illness, then you’re in the right place!  Get your FREE eBook: 7 Reasons Horses Act Out or Go Lame

This article was previously published June 3, 2014, and was updated on June 21, 2022.

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]]> https://valheart.com/animal-communicator-helps-performance-show-horse/feed/ 0 Expert Animal Communicator Helps Performance Show Horses - Dressage (Equestrian) nonadult Top 10 Rated Dog Parks in Southeast United States – InfoGraphic https://valheart.com/top-10-rated-dog-parks-in-southeast-us-infographic/ https://valheart.com/top-10-rated-dog-parks-in-southeast-us-infographic/#comments Tue, 21 Jun 2022 11:13:22 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=9379 This article was previously published June 25, 2014, and was updated on June 21, 2022.

Pups love going to dog parks!

Dogs have a basic need for the company of other dogs in order to be whole, balanced and happy.  Dog parks can be great places to socialize your dog or growing puppy.

Letting doggies off leash to romp and stomp and play games together is an excellent way for well behaved canines to let off steam.

After all, no matter how loving or how well we humans connect and communicate with dogs, we will never know what it’s truly like to be a dog.

We simply can’t romp on all fours with the best of them!  And no matter how well we can “speak dog talk”, it’s just not the same.

We are simply different species, there’s no getting around that.  What makes perfectly good sense to another dog may never make good sense to a human.

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 Dog parks should be well maintained and accessible.

They should enforce strict adherence to the rules.  They should be clean and provide lots of canine stimulation opportunities.

Because not all dogs are happily or properly socialized, it’s important to be a good watchdog (pun intended) to keep your pet and others safe.

You want to create a happy experience for all the dogs.  And you never know who you might meet up with either!

New human friendships can go hand in paw with new dog friends too.

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However, not all dog parks are rated equally.

I hope you have a great dog park close by that is safe, friendly, and well managed.

For dog lovers in the southeast corner of these United States of America, you have these top 10 locally rated dog parks available.

They are worthy of a visit.  Check them out!

They are a bit too far for my dogs Timmy and Samwise and I to visit, so let us know what you think, okay?  Enjoy!

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]]> https://valheart.com/top-10-rated-dog-parks-in-southeast-us-infographic/feed/ 2 4 Safe Pest Control Solutions For Your Pet And The Environment https://valheart.com/safe-pest-control-for-your-pet-and-environment/ https://valheart.com/safe-pest-control-for-your-pet-and-environment/#comments Tue, 21 Jun 2022 08:11:15 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=10660

This article was previously published August 5, 2014, and was updated on June 21, 2022

Pest control can be a challenge.

Keeping your home and yard pest free can be an uphill battle. It can be difficult to determine what pesticides are safe for you, your pet and the environment. According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, a recent study found one or more pesticides in 90 percent of sampled water, 80 percent of sampled fish and 33 percent of large aquifers. Harmful chemicals in pesticides can pose a danger to humans and animals. But, as USFWS also points out, they can also be beneficial in controlling disease-carrying pests and organisms as well as harmful weeds and insects.

Luckily, there are natural and safe pest-control solutions that won’t harm your pets or have other significant environmental impacts. Follow these tips to keep your home pest free while protecting your pets and wildlife from harmful chemicals.

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Seal Cracks and Crevices

Your first line of defense against pests should be to stop them from coming into your home in the first place. Seal off cracks in entryways and windows. The Natural Resources Defense Council suggests using silicone caulk to seal any cracks you might find in baseboards, electrical outlets, sinks and tubs, cupboards and anywhere else you might suspect pests are getting in. Even the tiniest crack can be an inviting entry for bugs and rodents.

MSN Money recommends keeping your home dry because pests love dampness. Check for leaks in pipes and appliances and seal them with caulk. Watch for water spots on the ceiling as this can mean there is a hole or damage in the roof that can let bugs in.

Keep Your Home (And Your Pet) Clean

The University of Arizona College of Agriculture and Life Sciences explains how important it is to keep a clean home to deter bugs and pests. Avoid using old cardboard boxes to store food and supplies. Instead, use airtight containers and store them on shelves off the ground. Clean under appliances often and use pest-resistant trash and compost bins.

Make sure pet food is stored tightly in bins and clean up any that spills. It is a good idea to use a raised feeder or feeding mat to keep your pet’s food off the floor where it will attract pests. Keep your pet’s area tidy and wash their bed and toys regularly. You should also bathe your pets often, especially if they spend a lot of time outside.

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Homemade Pest Control Methods

Some natural materials are pest deterrents and may help keep unwanted critters at bay. Natural Living Ideas recommends using some common items you might find in your kitchen or around the house to keep bugs and rodents awa y.  Here’s another great article; 14 Great Ways to Keep Spiders Out of Your House Naturally.

Check out this article on 15 plants that repel mosquitos

Placing blocks of natural cedar in your closet and attic will naturally deter moths and other insects. Citrus like orange and lemon peels repel spiders and mosquitoes that can be dangerous for your pet. Vinegar is a very effective natural cleaning agent and will also keep ants away. Some other natural bug deterrents include cinnamon, vanilla extract, and soybean oil.

Calling the Professionals

Sometimes natural remedies just aren’t enough and you’ll need a stronger method. If you have to call a service for serious pest problems, choose a company that only uses environmentally safe chemicals, and ask if they have a pet-safe procedure. For example, Waltham Services is well known for consulting entomologists to distinguish harmful and beneficial insects, and for using both non-chemical and Earth-friendly chemicals to make sure you are getting treatment that is safe for you and your pet.

Do your research before buying a bottle of pest spray or calling the big-name exterminators so you can rid your home of pests safely and naturally.

Be sure to comment below!

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Learning about critically endangered species

There are dozens of wildlife conservation groups asking for money, but many don’t know what’s at stake and why they should care. We hear about animals becoming extinct all the time. It’s a part of nature, some think. But, animal extinctions have a significant effect on our ecological systems. A balanced eco-system affects our food, water and climate.

Aside from the global benefits, wildlife also adds to the wonder and beauty of our world. If you’ve been to a zoo or taken an Australian wildlife tour or seen an African safari special on TV, you have probably been enamored with an awe-inspiring creature. These endangered animals add to the beauty of our world. Learn about these animals and you’ll be glad that organizations advocate for their survival.

Southern Corroboree Frog

This tiny frog is about the size of a fingernail and is one of Australia’s most endangered species. There are fewer than 30 frogs left in the wild as of March 2022. These frogs inhabit a small area on the Victorian and New South Wales border. Researchers believe that the chytrid fungi is responsible for the disappearing frogs, although it is not confirmed what is happening to them. According to Australian Geographic, the Sydney Taronga Zoo reintroduced 800 eggs into Kosciuszko National Park through a captive breeding program in 2012.

Image via Wikimedia Commons

Sumatran Rhinoceros

The smallest of the living rhinoceroses, Sumatran rhinos are the only Asian rhinos with two horns. These animals are victims of poachers who sell their horns to Asian medicine manufacturers. Sumatran rhinos used to have a robust population throughout Asia, but they have been ravaged in modern times. Two captive females have reproduced in the last 15 years, and these rhinos are considered critically endangered.

Photo by wAlanb via Flickr

Brown Spider Monkey

With its long limbs and prehensile tail, the brown spider monkey was built to dwell in the trees. This agile creature used to roam the forests of Columbia, but it has all but disappeared from those forests and remains critically endangered. Researchers recently found some brown spider monkeys within a protected forest in Columbia. Deforestation threatens the habitat of these rare mammals. With further conservation efforts in Columbia, the brown spider monkey could regain a stable population in Columbian forests.

Photo by Fir0002 via Wikimedia Commons

Limpopo Leopard

Conservation experts aren’t exactly sure of the status of the Limpopo leopard, a nocturnal species that uses camouflage to hide and hunt. We do know that this once-great population has suffered dramatically in recent decades. Population growth, disease, hunting and other man-made factors have impacted the leopard’s survival in the world. Conservation organizations are working to to better understand this mysterious species. The Limpopo Leopard Conservation project, conducted by the African Wildlife Foundation, tracks and documents behaviors and populations. This information will benefit the ultimate flourishing of this breathtaking African cat.

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Siberian Tiger

One of the most majestic species in the world, Siberian tigers are also one of the most endangered. A recent BBC report estimated that around 300 remain in the wild. China is doing its part to replenish this spectacular creature. Chinese zoos are raising around 6,000 Siberian tigers. Many of the tigers are placed in wilderness training programs to eventually be placed in the wild. Zookeepers feed these animals live chickens to establish their hunting abilities. Poachers are also to blame for the decrease of this tiger population.

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]]> https://valheart.com/four-critically-endangered-species/feed/ 0 Shape Our Children’s Futures By Teaching Them to Respect Animals https://valheart.com/respect-animals/ https://valheart.com/respect-animals/#respond Fri, 17 Jun 2022 08:53:58 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=14978 It goes without saying that humans love having pets.

With an estimated 86.4 million cats and 78.2 million dogs in households across the United States, and 9.8 million cats and 6.7 million dogs owned in the United Kingdom, it’s safe to say animals play an important role in the lives of many. The way we respect animals shapes the way we treat not only ourselves but others.

It’s not uncommon for young children to pull a cat’s tail or tug at a dog’s fur out of mischief but it’s up to us, as adults, to teach our kids to respect animals. Animals have feelings and deserve respect, because they make us better people.  So how can you teach your children to respect animals?

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1. Set A Good Example

Children are like sponges – they absorb everything they see and hear around them. They’re influenced by everything, even things you think they’re not paying attention to. Setting a good example is extremely important. If you respect animals, they’ll respect animals. Not shouting ‘stupid cat’ at the stray that runs in front of your car could make a huge difference in how your child grows up treating other felines. It is as simple as that.

2. Get A Pet

Whether it be a goldfish or a dog, children are forced to learn how to look after themselves and others quicker if they have a pet. Having to feed, clean and run around after their pets teaches them responsibility. It means that they grow up to become more considerate to others, self-sufficient and they are more likely to become law-abiding and valued citizens. Pets are also great companions so your child will become more sociable too.

3. Be Merciful

If you have a mouse in the house, don’t use inhumane traps such as glue traps. The glue is extremely painful for the mouse stuck on it and the trap itself doesn’t kill the mouse which means it can be alive for days, suffering. Try getting something like a Trip-Trap Mouse Trap which has enough ventilation for the mouse to survive until you realize it’s in there and can let it out in a field.

4. Observe Animals in Their Natural Habitat

Immerse yourself in the great outdoors by visiting parks, hiking and spending time in nature which can make a big difference. It helps your child develop a connection with the natural world and seeing animals that aren’t in captivity helps them to understand their place in the circle of life. Even watching ants go about their business in the back garden will help your child learn how to respect other living things.

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5. Visit Farms, Zoos, and Shelters

More and more often, farms, zoos and animal shelters are letting in children so they can learn more about all kinds of animals, from dogs to horses to penguins. In fact, some zoos have created week-long courses that give applicants the chance to gain practical experience in zoology and animal handling. But if you can’t do any of that, then listening to the talks and watching the animals as they go about their lives can have a huge impact on the way children see and react towards animals. Shelters often have information about where each of their animals came from before they were brought into the shelter, so children can also see the repercussions of negative actions towards animals.

In her research on the link between animal cruelty and children, Gail F. Melson, a professor of child development and family studies at Purdue University, found that 70% of violent prisoners (she lists Jeffrey Dahmer, the Boston strangler Alberto DeSalvo and the Son of Sam David Berkowitz as examples) had histories of serious and repeated animal abuse in their childhood. Even Professor Frank Ascione at the University of Denver, who assessed 1,433 children between the ages of 6 and 12, discovered that the 60% who had been exposed to violence abused animals. Perhaps teaching children from an early age that animals deserve the same amount of kindness we wish ourselves to be treated with will give them more respect for human life too.

Be sure to leave a comment below!

Guest post courtesy of Jenny Holt.  of The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communication Enterprises Inc. This article was previously published February 13, 2017, and was updated June 17, 2022.

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]]> https://valheart.com/respect-animals/feed/ 0 Dogs & Leadership – The Accidental Guru Radio with Dov Baron on The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™ https://valheart.com/dogs-leadership-the-accidental-guru-radio-dov-baron/ https://valheart.com/dogs-leadership-the-accidental-guru-radio-dov-baron/#comments Thu, 16 Jun 2022 19:02:28 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=58117 What Can Dogs Teach Us About Leadership?

Listen and find out in this entertaining interview with Dr Dõv Baron, The Accidental Guru radio show.

Leadership problems cost us big in more ways than most of us realize.

Whether we are struggling with authority figures in our lives, or struggling to be the authority for others, learning how to be a good leader is critical to our success.

If your company’s top management aren’t good leaders, then the employees will be more inclined to steal, commit fraud, act badly, not show up for work, or will leave for a better job somewhere else.

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If the relationship you’re in is suffering in some way, then chances are, there’s a leadership problem.

Whether it’s a personal relationship with family, friends, spouse or significant other, or it’s a business relationship with clients, customers, the boss or fellow employees, in every relationship, you are either leading or following.

All Pack roles are important, and you can trade hats when it’s appropriate – as long as you understand the rules of the game and are clear about which hat you’re choosing to wear and why.

I’ve been helping people with their dogs the world over for almost 20 years, and have had dogs in my life since I was a small child.

I’ve helped thousands of dogs the world over, and I’ve invested a great deal of time, energy and effort understanding and working with dogs and their people.

I’ve learned a lot from them.

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Dogs are truly special souls here to help us heal, reconnect, and show us how to be better humans.

People contact me every day desperate for insight into why their dogs are sick, ill or dying…. Why they behave in a dangerous or confusing way… They’re worried that they are missing something because their dog seems depressed or unhappy….

You know the dogs in your life try to communicate with you all the time.

They want to tell you what’s bothering them, where they hurt, what happened in their life, what makes them happy and how you can make their life easier, more fun, and healthier.

Listen and learn:

  • Why are dogs the perfect teachers and Leadership coaches for us and what can we learn from them that can improve our lives, our relationships, and in business, our bottom line?
  • What is the first question every dog wants to know that has to be answered properly in order for the relationship to blossom, and how does that relate to our other relationships?
  • What do you mean when you say that our dogs mirror us?
  • Let’s talk about teamwork and the rules of Leadership. Why do you say there is no I in Team, but there’s lots of L’s?
  • Why is it important for you to learn how to be the Leader of Your Own Pack?  Does doing that change the energetic consciousness of all your relationships?

Are you interested in learning how to communicate with animals?

Wouldn’t it be helpful to be able to have a conversation with your dog to discuss your roles in the pack?

Then you’ll want to check out The Heart School of Animal Communication®.

Click Here  to see the courses – take a look and choose what most appeals to you.

If you are a newbie, then we highly recommend starting with the Beginning Core Foundations Course.

If you’re still not convinced of all the benefits of communicating with animals, click here to learn all the great reasons you should begin learning how now!

This article was previously published May 22, 2019, and was updated on June 16, 2022.

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]]> https://valheart.com/dogs-leadership-the-accidental-guru-radio-dov-baron/feed/ 16 Dogs & Leadership – The Accidental Guru Radio with Dov Baron on The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™ #44 nonadult Buying a Dog Run: The Ultimate Guide https://valheart.com/ultimate-guide-buying-dog-run/ https://valheart.com/ultimate-guide-buying-dog-run/#comments Tue, 14 Jun 2022 21:56:33 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=41171 Let your dog run without running wild!

Keeping your beloved dog safe and secure should be one of your top priorities. Dog runs are the perfect solution for providing your dog with a safe and secure area to play outside. They have a number of benefits for both you and your pet and make for a worthwhile investment. Buying a dog run can prove to be a bit of a minefield, with many different factors to take into consideration including size, climate and the individual needs of both you and your dog.

Dog runs have a number of benefits for both dog and owner, including:

+ Keeping your dog safe and out of the way

+ Unlike cages, they provide your dog with plenty of space

+ Allows your dog to enjoy some fresh air

+ They can provide your dog with entertainment by filling them with toys

+ They’re a safe place to leave your dog unsupervised

When you’re thinking about buying a dog run, there are a few key points to consider. One of the most important factors to consider is the size of your dog. You want to make sure that your dog has enough space to run around and play, so the absolute minimum size of the pen should be 3ft wide, 10ft long and 6ft high.  If you’re buying a run for a puppy, it’s advisable to consider how big your dog will be when it’s fully grown so you’ll be able to get the most out of your money and not have to repurchase a run every few months.

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You should also consider where your dog run will be located. You want to choose an area of your garden that doesn’t get used very often, but you also want to make sure it’s close enough that you’ll be able to easily keep an eye on your dog.

Another important consideration is the climate you live in. If you’re living in a colder, wetter climate, then you may want to consider a dog run with a roof to keep your pooch protected from the elements.

You want to make sure that the dog run is a stimulating, safe place for your dog to spend time in.

To make it a fun and entertaining place for your dog, there are a number of steps you can take, including:

+ Filling it with toys and stimulating obstacles

+ Hiding treats in different areas of the run for them to seek out

+ Placing familiar toys and blankets in with them

+ Using positive reinforcement when your dog is getting used to spending time in their pen

The following infographic from Kennel Store provides you with the ultimate guide to buying a dog run to ensure you get the perfect one for your dog.

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Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Dogs – just click on the picture below!

Are you interested in learning how to communicate with animals?

Wouldn’t it be helpful to be able to have a conversation with your dog to find out what kind of dog run they would like the best?

Then you’ll want to check out The Heart School of Animal Communication®.

Click Here  to see the courses – take a look and choose what most appeals to you.

If you are a newbie, then we highly recommend starting with the Beginning Core Foundations Course.

If you’re still not convinced of all the benefits of communicating with animals, click here to learn all the great reasons you should begin learning how now!

This article was previously published January 30, 2018 and was updated on June 14, 2022.

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]]> https://valheart.com/ultimate-guide-buying-dog-run/feed/ 1 Animal Communication: Pretense or Reality? https://valheart.com/animal-communication-pretense-or-reality/ https://valheart.com/animal-communication-pretense-or-reality/#respond Mon, 13 Jun 2022 13:10:19 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=10831 Do you remember the first animal friend you ever had?  What was special about that relationship?  Did you believe that this animal understood you better than anyone else?  Did you sense what the animal was feeling?  Thinking?  Wanting? Did you realize that you were engaging in animal communication?

When I was a small child, I had a cat named Tiger.  He was a dark orange striped feline with a powerful purr.  He understood everything I told him and seemed to have a wisdom way beyond the adults that I knew.  I never questioned our conversations.  To me, they were entirely real.

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How did we communicate?

Well, I did talk to him, but he also spoke to me in subtle ways that went far beyond body language or vocalization.  Tiger communicated with me telepathically, and that’s how I communicated with him, too.  Unfortunately, he was killed by a car when he was only 4 years old.  Of course, I was devastated and I always honor Tiger as my first teacher.

Telepathic communication with animals has always been natural to me, and if you had an animal friend when you were very young, you might also have sensed or known what the animal was thinking and feeling.  This is natural for all humans.  It’s only when someone tells you that you’re making it all up that you begin to question your experience and even shut it down.

I was very lucky as a child because my parents told me I was pretending, which left the door open for me to continue to pretend.  Thus I maintained a greater degree of my natural telepathic abilities as I grew up.  Throughout my life, I always spoke with animals and felt that I understood them, too.  I just didn’t share these conversations with other people.  That is, until I got my first horse.

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When I finally got the horse I had wanted since I was a child, I was already in my thirties.  It seemed very natural to stand around the pasture with human friends and share “pretend” conversations about what the horses were saying to each other.  We did it without making any judgments about it and had many a laugh at the antics and perceived conversations among the horses.  We never questioned what we “imagined” the horses were saying, and in retrospect, I realize that we telepathically understood many of their interactions with considerable accuracy.

Some years later, while reading “Animal Talk” by Penelope Smith, I made a significant breakthrough.  It was as though I had had two rooms in my head, one full of conversations with animals and the other where none of that existed.  Suddenly, the wall between those rooms disappeared in one big puff of insight, and I knew the truth:  I had been speaking telepathically with animals for my entire life and all my pretend conversations with animals were real.

As a professional Animal Communicator, I’ve had telepathic conversations with a wide variety of animals

For example, I’ve had conversations with a pet tarantula, llamas, iguanas, rabbits, guinea pigs, snakes, a variety of birds, and the more frequent animal family members – cats, dogs, and horses.  Every animal I speak to is also my teacher, helping me to understand their unique perspective and expanding the ways in which I receive information.  As a result, I’ve learned that when I use my imagination and open myself to infinite possibilities, I am always shown exactly what I need to make telepathic communication flow more easily and accurately.

 

For example, a cat had stormed off in anger and disappeared from his home.  When I contacted him, he refused to speak with me because he was angry with his person.  To help them communicate, I pretended I could make myself like a telephone line so he could hear her voice through me.  She then apologized for upsetting him, and he could hear her do it in her own voice.  As a result, he returned home by the end of the week, which was exactly when he had promised he would arrive.

Another time, I needed to speak with 16 horses all at once, so I pretended that my head was like an old telephone switchboard.  I imagined connecting with each horse one at a time, and then plugging each one into the “board” creating a conference call situation.  Voila!  We were all able to have a conversation together, even though I wasn’t even at the barn at the time.  Now I frequently do “conference calls” for clients with multiple animals.

So I invite you to play a game with me right now.

Ready? Just read these instructions, then close your eyes, and allow yourself to experience whatever happens.

  1. Think about an animal who lived with you when you were a child.  Remember the animal’s name or face or even just what the animal felt like to touch.
  2. Holding that memory, close your eyes and pretend that the animal is with you right now.  Fill in as much detail as possible to make this seem real.  Take your time.  No need to hurry.
  3. Now, ask yourself this question:  “Right now, in this moment, what does this animal want me to know?”

That’s it.

What?  Your mind is protesting and raising all kinds of objections?

Ignore them!

You’re pretending, right?  So you don’t have to satisfy your mind’s objections.  All you have to do is play the game and see what happens.  If you take just a few minutes to do this exercise, you may receive an important message from the animal.

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Nedda Wittels, M.A., M.S., is a world renowned Animal Communicator, Master of Multidimensional Healing.  It is Nedda’s mission to make telepathic communication with animals and all other life forms as natural as breathing.  Learn more at http://www.RaysofHealingLight.com.

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!

 

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Guest post courtesy of Nedda Wittels. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communication Enterprises Inc. This article was previously published September 12, 2014, and was updated on June 13, 2022.
]]> https://valheart.com/animal-communication-pretense-or-reality/feed/ 0 How to Give a Dog a Pill: Conversation vs. Command https://valheart.com/how-to-give-a-dog-a-pill-conversation-vs-command/ https://valheart.com/how-to-give-a-dog-a-pill-conversation-vs-command/#respond Thu, 09 Jun 2022 17:00:46 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=83868 Have you noticed that your dog has a mind of their own?

Or thought “I need to give my dog this pill, it’s for his own good, why won’t he just take it?” Your next thought might be “But I’m not sure how to give a dog a pill!”

Then even when you decide on HOW to give your dog a pill, they don’t want to take it?

I recently heard from someone who wanted me to tell her dog to take their medicine without fighting her about it. She thought that service would be worth maybe $25.

That I should just tell my dog, “take your med” and my dog would do it, no discussion, no real understanding, no objections answered, no conversational dialogue.

Just do what I want you to do, period. Problem solved. Huh.

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 That would be nice, eh?

Wish I had a magic wand or superpower like that, don’t you?

If I did, I’d probably use it on the people I know who won’t do what I tell them to do, like my husband.

I personally think that would be worth a heck of a lot more than $25.

I could go around waving it at all the whackadoodles out there, they would straighten up immediately, and life would be so much better!

Fancy that!

Oh yea, I’d pay a lot more than $25 for such a wonderful tool and ability…

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But I digress…

Clearly, she has no clue what goes into changing a behavior like this one.

This isn’t mind control, it’s a conversation.

Her dog has a unique viewpoint all his/her own, and valid reasons for rejecting the medication.

Until we know what those are and have answered their questions so they can agree to take it politely and cooperate, we can’t possibly understand why they object in the first place, what’s not working for them.

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And until we understand that? Nothing will change. You’ll still be left wondering how to give a dog a pill, because trying to force it on them just doesn’t work.

Her dog has no choice but to continue to resist – trying to be heard, listened to, respected enough to be understood.

But, when we DO listen to them and discuss it – heart to heart, mind to mind – things can and do change for the better for all concerned.

Here’s a short list of what we could discover about how your dog feels about taking their medication through a conversation that would be much more helpful.

Things like:

  • The medication makes the dog feel sick(er), not better.
  • That it causes other problems than the health problem it’s intended to help with.
  • That it hurts the dog’s kidneys or liver or has other bad side effects.
  • That it gives them heartburn, or makes them feel dizzy, their heart races, they feel wobbly, not themselves at all and that is stressful.
  • That it is not what they need at all, it’s the wrong medication.
  • That the way the person is trying to get them to take it feels smothering, stressful, hurtful, causing resentment and frustration for everyone concerned.
  • That they feel forced against their will, and they don’t like that.
  • That they don’t even know why they’re being subjected to take the medication in the first place.
  • That it tastes bad or smells terrible.
  • That the real problem is something that the vet and person missed entirely, and if the humans would just LISTEN to the dog, they would find that out.
  • That they feel angry about it all, ignored, disrespected, cut off and somehow their attempts to be heard and get their message across are now causing them to be punished, like this is all their fault when in their opinion, the problem is the humans!

And so on…

Can you see how not answering these questions, having this conversation, would make all the difference in the world for both the person and their dog?

It could even wind up saving the dog’s life.

These are advanced animal communication skills and if you haven’t put in the time to learn how to talk with your dog, and enough practice to be able to do it well yet, then don’t give up.

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Dogs – just click on the picture below!

It just means there’s more to learn.

Yes, you will be able to have a conversation about these things and so much more.

Continue your training, practice, and acquire more experience in animal communication.

It’s a conversation worth having and a skill worth developing.

“A journey of 1,000 miles begins with a single step.”

Keep showing up and practicing, get proper feedback to keep you on track and learning from your mistakes.

There’s no substitute for training with (or hiring) an expert and getting the feedback that is tailored to you so that you can practice and learn – and yes, understand – more efficiently and effectively.

That’s what the Heart School courses and the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club (and of course 1:1 private mentoring) are all about.

Learn How to Talk with Animals

It’s easy to talk with animals, once you know how.

Yep, that’s how animal communication works.

These are the complex issues that my clients and students work on (and this is what I help them with in 1:1 private sessions and in live group coaching calls).

See you on the Heart School Campus!

BIG hugs and much love to you and your angels, teachers, guides and healers disguised as animals too!

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]]> https://valheart.com/how-to-give-a-dog-a-pill-conversation-vs-command/feed/ 0 Introduction to Ayurveda for Pets with guest Hetal Sheth https://valheart.com/ayurveda-for-pets-with-guest-hetal-sheth/ https://valheart.com/ayurveda-for-pets-with-guest-hetal-sheth/#comments Thu, 09 Jun 2022 17:00:18 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=41359 My Guest is Hetal Sheth, a Silicon Valley techie turned animal advocate.

Since founding her company, Curry n Pepper Ayurvedic Lifestyle for Pets, Hetal has been on a mission to create more happy and healthy dogs by increasing access to Ayurvedic resources. She reminds us that our pets have a spiritual path and deserve attention at the levels of mind, body, and spirit. In today’s chat, she shares insights into the ancient science of Ayurveda and the history and practice of using Ayurvedic techniques to heal animals.

In our discussion on Ayurveda for pets, we talk about:

1. Do animals have a have soul or a spirit?
2. What is Ayurveda and how does it help animals?
3. What is mind-body type and how do I determine my pet’s mind-body type?
4. Can you share a few tips to create balance in our pet’s life?
5. Does this practice work with Modern Veterinary Medicine?

Enjoy!

Have you ever wanted to learn to communicate with animals?  Get started today with my free eBook!

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!

This article was previously published August 22, 2018, and was updated June 9, 2022.

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]]> https://valheart.com/ayurveda-for-pets-with-guest-hetal-sheth/feed/ 2 Introduction to Ayurveda for Pets with guest Hetal Sheth nonadult Jin Shin Jyutsu Ancient Healing Art – Robin McKay on The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™ https://valheart.com/jin-shin-jyutsu-robin-mckay-real-dr-doolittle-show/ https://valheart.com/jin-shin-jyutsu-robin-mckay-real-dr-doolittle-show/#respond Mon, 06 Jun 2022 17:29:41 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=57955 Today on The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™ I’m talking to Robin McKay BScN., M.A.M. Energy Facilitator & Teacher.

Robin is a fellow animal lover and Jin Shin Jyutsu® practitioner who works with people and animals.

She is a retired Registered Nurse, whose career spanned from direct nursing care in Critical Care, then management in critical care, emergency medicine, and long term care, ending with teaching at a nursing school.

But in 2001, she took a turn in her journey to discover the balance of mind, body, and spirit.

Along the way, she was introduced to Jin Shin Jyutsu®, an ancient healing ART that balances the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual aspects of all living beings.

The more she practiced on herself and others, the more she realized that this balance is what allows us to be able to handle or deal with what our modern life throws at us.

As a lover of animals, she has been practicing on dogs and cats for 5 years, and in the past year has added horses to her practice.  The results have been quite dynamic in many cases, and she has recently spread her practice from Canada to the U.S.A.

She practices both hands on work as well as teaching self help and animal Jin Shin Jyutsu.  Her company is Energy Effects – www.energyeffects.ca

Jin Shin Jyutsu

You will learn:

  • How your personal tension energy can be transferred to your animals
  • Ways that your home environment can be impacting the heath of your animals. Is your home full of tension, negative energy or stress?
  • What causes a “blockage” in your energy flow, which can result in mental, emotional or physical illness, and how you can eliminate or reduce the “blockage”
  • What conditions Jin Shin Jyutsu will support
  • How Jin Shin Jyutsu personally helped Robin, you may be having the same issues!

 

Learn more about Robin McKay and Jin Shin Jyutsu at www.energyeffects.ca.

Are you interested in learning how to communicate with animals?

Wouldn’t it be helpful to be able to have a conversation with your pet to find out what how they are feeling and what healing they need?

Then you’ll want to check out The Heart School of Animal Communication®.

Click Here  to see the courses – take a look and choose what most appeals to you.

If you are a newbie, then we highly recommend starting with the Beginning Core Foundations Course.

If you’re still not convinced of all the benefits of communicating with animals, click here to learn all the great reasons you should begin learning how now!

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This article was previously published May 8, 2019, and was updated June 6, 2022.
]]> https://valheart.com/jin-shin-jyutsu-robin-mckay-real-dr-doolittle-show/feed/ 0 Jin Shin Jyutsu Ancient Healing Art - Robin McKay on The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™ #49 nonadult The 7 Stages of Aging on Horseback https://valheart.com/the-seven-stages-of-aging-on-horseback/ https://valheart.com/the-seven-stages-of-aging-on-horseback/#respond Mon, 06 Jun 2022 07:46:56 +0000 http://showhorseexpert.com/?p=499 Guest article courtesy of  HorseChannel.com. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communication Enterprises Inc. This article “The Seven Stages of Aging on Horseback” was previously published December 11, 2013 and was updated on June 6, 2022.

What do we mean by aging on horseback?

About once a week I trail ride with my good friend Debbie. We showed horses together for many years, and I’m really enjoying introducing her to the more laid back experience of trail riding. So when she called to cancel this week, I was surprised. Then she explained that she’d taken a tumble off her gelding while riding in the arena, and needed to take it easy for a few days. We were both disappointed, and together we lamented how our bodies just don’t withstand the insult of getting tossed from the saddle anymore.

“Let’s face it,” I told Debbie. “We’re getting older. When we fall off we don’t bounce.”

Indeed. Though we used to consider falling off just another aspect of horsemanship, nowadays we see it as something we’d really like to avoid. It has nothing to do with fear and everything to do with a loss of elasticity that occurs to human bodies on the other side of thirty. Yet because we’re horse crazy women we continue to ride, leading the non-horsey folks around us to think we’re suffering from some kind of dementia. So that you can understand this concept better—or maybe prepare yourself—here’s a little chart that explains it all.

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The Seven Stages of Aging on Horseback

Stage I:

Fall off pony. Bounce. Laugh. Climb back on. Repeat.

Stage II:

Fall off horse. Run after horse, cussing. Climb back on by shimmying up horse’s neck. Ride until sundown.

Stage III:

Fall off horse. Use sleeve of shirt to stanch bleeding. Have friend help you get back on horse. Take two Advil and apply ice packs when you get home. Ride next day.

State IV:

Fall off horse. Refuse advice to call ambulance; drive self to urgent care clinic. Entertain nursing staff with tales of previous daredevil stunts on horseback. Back to riding before cast comes off.

Stage V:

Fall off horse. Temporarily forget name of horse and name of husband. Flirt shamelessly with paramedics when they arrive. Spend week in hospital while titanium pins are screwed in place. Start riding again before doctor gives official okay.

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Stage VI:

Fall off horse. Fail to see any humor when hunky paramedic says, “You again?” Gain firsthand knowledge of advances in medical technology thanks to stint in ICU. Convince self that permanent limp isn’t that noticeable. Promise husband you’ll give up riding. One week later purchase older, slower, shorter horse.

Stage VII:

Slip off horse. Relieved when artificial joints and implanted medical devices seem unaffected. Tell husband that scrapes and bruises are due to gardening accident. Pretend you don’t see husband roll his eyes and mutter as he walks away. Give apple to horse.

Trust me.

Despite a lack of bounce-ability, aging on horseback isn’t so bad, as long as you know what lies ahead. And as long as you keep your sense of humor.

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]]> https://valheart.com/the-seven-stages-of-aging-on-horseback/feed/ 0 How to Keep Your Dog Cool This Summer https://valheart.com/how-to-keep-your-dog-cool-this-summer/ https://valheart.com/how-to-keep-your-dog-cool-this-summer/#respond Fri, 03 Jun 2022 05:55:37 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=8722 Stay safe, be cool

As it’s getting to be summertime, you’re going to need tips on how to keep your dog cool to keep them safe.

Did you know that a dog’s breath is 102 degrees with 100 percent humidity? They cool themselves by panting. But during the summer, it can be harder for them to get cool without some help from their owners. Keeping your dog in the heat, even in a dog house or shady area, can lead to heat stroke. Stay aware of the rising temperatures to prevent your pet from feeling the heat.

How Hot is Too Hot?

Because animals don’t process or react to heat in the same way as us, it can be difficult for owners to measure how hot is too hot for their pets. When walking on any surface, place your hand on it for 30 seconds first. If it hurts your hand, it will hurt their paws. Their paws can burn, blister, crack and even bleed if exposed to overly hot surfaces. And never leave your pet in the car, even with the windows rolled down. On an 85-degree day, the temperature in the car can reach over 102 degrees in just 10 minutes, according to the Humane Society. That is hot enough to do organ damage or cause death. Once a dog’s internal temperature reaches 109, heatstroke sets in. Take action at the first signs, including:

 

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  • Excessive panting
  • Red lips and gums
  • Increased heart rate
  • Excessive thirst
  • Staggering or Limping

Ways to Beat the Heat

  • Make your own frozen treats. Nothing cools you, or your pet, down better on a hot day than relaxing with something cold. Making them yourself is an inexpensive way treat your pet. Try a strawberry banana frozen delight from doggy dessert chef.
  • Take the dive together. If you have a pool, there is no reason why you shouldn’t take them in with you. Just be sure that they are good swimmers and there is a safe way for them to get out. Supplemental pool supplies like a pet pool ramp can ensure they have a safe way in and out of the pool.

 

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  • Lounge in the shade with some wet towels or a cooling mat. A dog’s blood circulates closest to the skin at the head, neck, and under-belly. Providing cold or frozen mats, water bottles or towels for them to lay on cools them faster, according to the RSPCA.
  • Provide a well-ventilated area. Because they sweat through their tongue and paws, smaller areas, such as a dog house, can become humid very quickly. On excessively humid days, it is difficult for them to cool off. Giving them a well-ventilated, shady spot and providing fans to circulate the air, can help keep them cool.

 

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  • Have water fun in all forms. Many water toys are available, such as the Hydro Ball, Bone, or Saucer that squirt your dog for some cooling fun. But simply filling a bowl with water or chicken stock, throwing in your pet’s favorite toys, and freezing it can give your pet plenty of frozen fun time too.

So, now that you no longer need to ask how to keep your dog cool this summer, give these tips a try! You dog will thank you.

Be sure to leave a comment below.

Bio: Val Heart – Expert animal communicator, speaker, bestselling author & master healer, Val is often called The Real Dr Doolittle™ and Animal Communicator to the Stars. Founder of The HEART System™ for solving problems with pets. Get your Free Ebook Hidden Secrets to Animal Communication HERE

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This article was previously published March 11, 2014, and was updated June 3, 2014.

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]]> https://valheart.com/how-to-keep-your-dog-cool-this-summer/feed/ 0 Cat Grooming Habits https://valheart.com/cat-grooming-habits/ https://valheart.com/cat-grooming-habits/#respond Thu, 02 Jun 2022 08:00:07 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=10295 Guest post courtesy of Kyle McKay. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communication Enterprises Inc. 

What do we know about cat grooming behavior?

Cats are notorious for their meticulous grooming behaviors. In fact, many felines spend approximately 50% of their waking hours grooming themselves.

Although this may seem excessive, instinctive grooming offers a number of key benefits:

  • Cooling– A cat’s saliva evaporates, taking body heat with it.
  • Oil distribution – Grooming disperses oils that block moisture and trap heat.
  • Claw maintenance– Cats also give themselves a mani-pedi, sprucing up their claws and pads. 
  • Healing assistance– Cat saliva has antiseptic properties that can help wounds heal.
  • Improved circulation– The bristles on a cat’s tongue stimulate blood flow.
  • Parasite removal– These bristles also remove any unwanted passengers from fur.
  • Relationship building– Cats clean each other to bond and show affection, also known as allogrooming.
  • Predator evasion– Grooming removes food particulates that could attract predators.
  • Stress reduction– Grooming also relaxes cats and helps minimize social conflicts.

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An Early Start

After giving birth to a litter of kittens, feline mothers lick their offspring for purposes beyond grooming and comfort. The mother-assisted grooming stimulates the kittens to release wastes and even start suckling. It’s not until about the fourth or fifth week after birth that the kittens actively groom themselves. Felines that grow up with their fellow littermates will often groom each other well into adulthood. 

Problematic Grooming

A cat who doesn’t groom itself sufficiently may encounter a number of health-related problems. On the other hand, over-grooming can be a sign the feline is experiencing high levels of stress, hyperthyroidism or even food allergies.

Unnecessary biting, gnawing and licking will lead to missing patches of hair and raw skin. These signs indicate an immediate problem. The condition of missing patches of fur is often referred to as psychogenic alopecia.  It’s advised that pet owners address the problem immediately before it becomes a major health threat to the feline.  

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A Healthy Coat

A cat’s coat should maintain a consistent sheen and feel soft to the touch. Some dander is acceptable, but too much can be a sign of poor hygiene. Giving your cat a bath once a month with feline-friendly soap will help remove extra oils and dander. Regular brushing removes dead, unwanted fur and keeps the undercoat free of matting. Furthermore, if you see black specks or dander, your cat may have fleas, and you should consult your veterinarian about treatment options.  It’s also a good idea to clean your cat’s ears regularly.  Here’s an excellent guide on Proper Cat Ear Cleaning.

Are you interested in learning how to communicate with animals?

Just think how rewarding it would be to be able to talk to your cat and find out what it’s thinking and feeling?

Then you’ll want to check out The Heart School of Animal Communication®.

Click Here  to see the courses – take a look and choose what most appeals to you.

If you are a newbie, then we highly recommend starting with the Beginning Core Foundations Course.

If you’re still not convinced of all the benefits of communicating with animals, click here to learn all the great reasons you should begin learning how now!

 

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Cats – just click on the picture below!


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]]> https://valheart.com/cat-grooming-habits/feed/ 0 New Pet 101 – Getting Started https://valheart.com/new-pet-101-getting-started/ https://valheart.com/new-pet-101-getting-started/#respond Tue, 31 May 2022 16:44:52 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=83830 Guest post courtesy of Jessica Sweet. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communication Enterprises Inc.

Thinking Of Getting A New Cat Or Dog? Here’s What You Need To Get Started

If you’re thinking of taking on a new pet, whether it’s a cat or a dog, then take a look at the following post.

We’re going to be covering everything you need to know from what nutritional needs they have, to what insurance you will need to help cover the costs of vet bills.

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Feeding Your Pet And Their Nutritional Needs

The nutrition needs of your pet and the best food to choose for them can depend on their individual needs.

For example, some dogs and cats can react differently to the same food, and some enjoy a certain type of food over others.

They could also have different digestive reactions to different types and brands of food.

Cats, in particular, can be picky when it comes to what types of food they will eat, so it could take trying a few different brands before you find one they enjoy.

In terms of their nutritional needs, cats need a diet high in protein, with added nutrients such as vitamins A, E, D, and K and thiamine and riboflavin.

For dogs, you need to make sure their food has added nutrition such as folic acid, vitamin D and A, and thiamine.

The range of options from Encore provide the nutritional needs your dog or cat will need, as well as being delicious.

Be aware that the majority of commercial pet foods have harmful ingredients in them you’ll want to avoid entirely if you want your new pet to enjoy a long and happy, healthy life.

Petsumer Reports offers independent research on many different commercial pet foods and treats, and is well worth getting.

Training Your Pet

When it comes to the training your pet will need, this can vary widely from cats to dogs.

Dogs tend to be a lot more demanding in terms of their need for training, whereas the training process with cats is relatively simple.

Aside from guiding your cat into using their litter tray (which they might naturally know to do anyway), they won’t require much training. Many kitty parents don’t bother with training beyond that.

However, cats can be trained to do many fun things so if you’re inclined, you can teach them games (which they love) and to stay away from climbing the curtains and using your sofa as a scratching post.

Dogs will need to be toilet trained, taught how to behave while on a walk, how to behave around food, and how to behave around people and in various situations so they are safe and act properly.

The training your dog will require will, of course, depend on their individual temperament. For example, some dogs may require more work on their recall, or to stop them from pulling on their leash.

Other dogs might have issues with being dominant, which is something that they should be trained on to avoid aggressive behaviour towards other dogs and humans.

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How To Keep Your Pet Safe

One of the most important aspects of taking on a new pet is knowing how to keep them safe.

Training them properly and managing their environment so they don’t have access to things that can harm them, it’s important that they be properly identified if something unforeseen happens.

You need to make sure they are wearing a collar with an identification tag, as well as being microchipped.

If you change your address or contact details, these need to be updated in the system.

Even if your cat lives inside, they could still escape so it’s best to fit them with a collar or microchip just to be safe.

Taking Out Insurance For Your Pet

Vet bills can be expensive so it’s a good idea to take out insurance when you take on a new pet.

The cost of your pet insurance will vary depending on the type of coverage you want as well as the age of your pet and any pre-existing health conditions they have.

You can either pay for your insurance in full for the year or pay it monthly.

Insurance can make the difference between being able to save your pets life and not break your checkbook, or having to put them down because you cannot afford the bills.

Ultimately, the premiums are small compared to the costs of surgery, accidents, or an illness.

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!

Would it be helpful to be able to have a conversation with your new pet to get to know them better?

Are you interested in learning how to communicate with your new dog or cat?

Then you’ll want to check out The Heart School of Animal Communication®.

Click Here to see the courses – take a look and choose what most appeals to you.

If you are a newbie, then we highly recommend starting with the Beginning Core Foundations Course.

If you’re still not convinced of all the benefits of communicating with animals, click here to learn all the great reasons you should begin learning how now!

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]]> https://valheart.com/new-pet-101-getting-started/feed/ 0 How To Become a Professional Animal Communicator – My Story https://valheart.com/professional-animal-communicator/ https://valheart.com/professional-animal-communicator/#comments Mon, 30 May 2022 10:57:16 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=41096 This article was previously published January 2, 2018, and was updated May 30, 2022

Have you ever thought about becoming a professional animal communicator?

If you love animals and you know how to talk to them, the idea of making a living as a professional animal communicator talking to pets can be very exciting!

You know your animals have secret lives, thoughts, feelings and wisdom. Professional animal communicators are trained to be able to hear them, understand them, and communicate with them so they share their innermost thoughts.Val Heart Expert Animal Communicator

I’ve been working professionally as an animal communicator since 1993.  And at this point in my career, I’m well respected as one of the top people in my field.  I’m a frequent guest on radio, I’ve been on tv, I’ve written books and am a contributing author to other books, and I’ve been a columnist for several publications.

I love teaching and working with people and animals all over the world, sharing the animal’s voices and wisdom, bringing more balance, peace of mind, joy and love into the hearts of my fellow animal lovers.

But it hasn’t always been this way.

Back in the early 1988, I started my own corporation doing market research and I was miserable.  It was a company I’d created after I graduated college with the help of 2 of my college professors and several of my student colleagues. Although I was pretty good at it, it didn’t make my heart sing.  And after 4 years of being in business, we closed the doors because I was dying inside.

I had contracted Lyme Disease and was very ill, in chronic pain, and I was getting sicker as time went on.  I was also married in an abusive relationship.  It was a very painful, difficult time in my life.

I didn’t know exactly what I was going to do, but I decided that whatever work I did do for the rest of my life would have to be meaningful in some positive, world changing way.

I wanted to do something that made a difference AND that made my heart sing.  

So I began praying and researching to find something I could do that would make that happen.  In all of my soul searching, I realized that the only area of my life that had consistently brought me joy was being with animals.  So I decided then and there to do something to improve the lives of animals in whatever way I could.

That single decision point opened up a whole new world for me. 

The first time I actually heard an animal talk was if it were a person talking to me….

I was with a friend who does animal body work. She wasn’t able to get a large knot to release from the mare’s hip she was working on. I heard the horse, named Valkyrie, make a comment about something my friend and I were talking about and I was startled, thinking “Who was that?”

Then I realized the horse was communicating with me!  professional animal communicator and horse whisperer

So I asked some questions to see if what I was hearing was accurate. It was.

Then I asked Valkyrie about her hip injury, and she ended up sharing with me the original experience and what happened. It felt very visceral to me as she was describing what had occurred.

Miraculously, as the horse shared her story with me, the muscle knot began to melt and disappeared completely right before our eyes!

My friend was so impressed, she started taking me with her to see her other clients. We discovered that my work communicating with the animals before, during and after her hands on work made a huge difference with the animals and their recovery process.

One day she took me to an Pre-Olympic Trial Dressage Competition at the San Antonio Rose Palace. 

While I was there, I met a Frenchman named JP and his extraordinary Grand Prix dressage horse. When JP heard that I could talk to horses, he immediately wanted me to work with his horse.  It turned out that Okzident would behave perfectly in practice, but would mess up his cues in the show ring.  JP couldn’t understand it.

So I asked Okzident what the deal was and what he told us was brilliant and to the point.

He said that he was tired of being overworked, that he wanted to be acknowledged for a job well done, and that he wanted an apology.  He knew that the only time he could “get back at” JP was in the show ring where he couldn’t be punished, and so he deliberately sabotaged their performance out of his anger.

When I told JP what his horse had told me, he offered an insincere apology to which Okzident turned his backside to us and swished his tail! Sport Horses Need Horse Whisperer

Once JP calmed down and considered what Okzident had to say, he realized that his horse was right on all accounts.  He offered a true apology the next go around to which Okzident went to him, put his head on JP’s chest over his heart, and accepted it.  They went on to win their competition!

Early the next morning I was awakened by a phone call from JP asking when I could come to Houston.  He had other horses and riders who needed my help!  And that was when I decided to go professional.

JP introduced me to Shirley Johnson who had competed in the Olympics. 

Shirley had gotten an expensive young Trakhener gelding and he was not doing well in training. She brought me in to work with him and I evaluated him.  Then, they brought in a vet specialist vet who also evaluated him.  Our findings were 100% in agreement, except for the 1 additional thing I found that the vet had no way of testing for.

Another very valuable Arabian dressage horse had almost torn his hind foot off in a trailering accident.  But he was so unpredictable, dangerous and fussy, usually there was no way that my bodywork friend could safely access the area she needed to work on without being in fear for her life.  In fact, she’d already told the owner that she wouldn’t work with him anymore.

Well, she thought that there was a chance he might cooperate if I worked with him first.  So she asked me to let him know what she was going to do and why she was doing it.

I carefully explained what we wanted to offer him, and asked him if he wanted the help.  I asked him to make certain promises of good behavior because she literally had to lay under his belly and get between his hind legs to reach the area to work on it!

He happily shook his head up and down, lifted his hind foot up where she could look at it, and then took a statue pose from which he did not budge one inch during the session.

I’m delighted to tell you she was able to do just that and he was completely cooperative. Instead of being retired and living in pain the rest of his life, he recovered and began competing in dressage again.

This was the start of an incredible journey working professionally with animals all over the world. 

I went on to work with world class Grand Prix dressage horses, hunter jumpers, cutting horses, and every horse in-between.

And of course, I’ve also worked with thousands of dogs and cats and birds and rabbits and ferrets and elephants and….  professional animal communicator Val Heart

I love my work, I love my clients, and I love the transformation I’m able to facilitate for them on so many levels.  Learning to communicate at the heart and energetic level, how to really listen to others, to grow spiritually and become enlightened through our interactions with the animals who share our world is often an epiphany experience… and I get to share that right along with each of my clients.

 

In my work with 10,000’s of animals it has been my experience that our animal friend’s issues are typically one or a combination of these four things:

  • An emotional issue
  • A health issue
  • A management issue, such as inappropriate training, wrong diet, wrong equipment, etc.
  • An emotional or health issue that is going on with YOU that your animal is reacting to negatively

Until there is direct clear communication with your animal, it isn’t possible to really know:

  • What they are feeling, feeling or experiencing
  • If there are other unknown factors
  • What happened from their unique viewpoint
  • Where they actually hurt, what kind of pain is it
  • What helps or doesn’t, and what makes things worse
  • What is truly needed, wanted and appreciated
  • What you, their caretakers, connection and involvement is and how humans contribute to the problems
  • How we can best assist them in recovery
  • Whether their saddle, bit, bridle, or other equipment is truly comfortable or if it’s interfering with their ability to focus, concentrate and perform to the best of their ability.

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Not answering these issues can cause disease, illness, mystery health problems, and behavior challenges, if it’s not taken care of properly and in a timely manner when it first crops up.

We do know that your animal always does what seems right to them — from their own viewpoint. They always do what makes sense to them.

But without communicating specifically and directly with your animal, we won’t know exactly what’s really going on, or how best to resolve things.

Some of the main benefits an expert (professional) animal communicator can help you with are:

  • Know what is happening with your animal- get to the root of any problem
  • Shorten recovery time
  • Resolve training problems
  • Solve health problems – illness, digestive problems, mystery lameness, skin problems, and other equine problems
  • Improve performance and show horse scores through animal communication
  • Deepen your relationship so that you both experience the joy and magic of feeling connected as a synergistic team

If you have an animal that is not doing as well as you think they might, then you owe it to them to give them a voice through animal communication.

When you take the time to listen to what your animal is trying telling you, then you can always achieve much better results.

After many years of solving problems with animals, I realized that I had created a unique proprietary system I call the HEART System(tm).

Briefly, the five key steps to solving any problem with every animal, the HEART system, are:

H – Hear:  first we need to hear your animal – invite them to tell us what’s important to them, if they’re in pain, are confused, suffered a traumatic experience, what they need

E – Evaluate:  next we need to evaluate their body, their management, their diet, their training program to be sure it’s right for them

A – Action Steps:  What action needs to happen to support them and you in creating the relationship of your dreams, to solve any behavior or training problems, to improve their health and well-being, to synchronize you with your animal so you can come into true partnership

R – Clear Resistance:  Change tends to create resistance, might feel risky, it can be emotionally charged, not logical, is fear based, yours and theirs.  If either of you is afraid, either consciously or unconsciously, then nothing you do together will be safe or easy.  So let’s clear that so you can get to the really good stuff.

T – Establish Trust:  everything you do with your animal revolves and centers on Trust.  If you’ve lost your animal’s respect, lied to them, didn’t follow through on a promise… from their viewpoint you are out of integrity and not to be trusted.  If that’s the case in your relationship, then you have some work to do to reestablish trust.  The good news is that when you know how to listen, to respect and to communicate with them, that goes a very long way in helping your animal decide if they can trust you.  And once you have trust back as a foundational part of your relationship, your animal will love you for it and will be that much better and be even more forgiving of your mistakes.  Plus, when you’re linked at the mind and heart, everything you do together gets WAY easier, is a lot more fun, and becomes a joyful experience.

I’ve covered this very briefly here.

Would you like to talk with me about how we can apply the HEART system for your pet so we can help them be their very best, avoid Professional Animal Communicator Val Heartcostly mistakes, and improve your relationship?  

Click Here For More Information 

When you Experience My System to Understanding Your Animal, You Can Stop the Expensive Guesswork That May wind up Costing Your Animal Their Life… and Empty Your Pocketbook

 

I only have space to talk to the first 10 people who apply, so be sure to get in as quickly as you can.

If you too feel the CALL to become a professional animal communicator, then I’d love to help you do exactly that!

Start with The Heart School of Animal Communication® to build your fundamental skills, then you’ll be ready to join the next Go Pro program for students!  

IMPORTANT!  Leave a comment below.  Why do you want to learn how to talk to animals?

Thank you for your  interest and love of animals!  Together we can make the world a better place for ALL of us.

 

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]]> https://valheart.com/professional-animal-communicator/feed/ 12 Angel Animals with Allen Anderson on The Real Dr. Doolittle Show https://valheart.com/angel-animals-with-allen-anderson-on-the-real-dr-doolittle-show-2/ https://valheart.com/angel-animals-with-allen-anderson-on-the-real-dr-doolittle-show-2/#respond Fri, 27 May 2022 17:18:27 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=41246 This article was previously published March 8, 2018, and was updated on May 27, 2022

Talking about angel animals

Val Heart Leading Animal CommunicatorI truly found a kindred spirit in Allen and Linda. They believe, as I do, that we should always view our animal companions with respect and appreciation. Because when you look into the eyes of an animal, what you will discover is a spiritual SOUL that is experiencing this lifetime as your dog, or cat, or horse.  For those of us who have witnessed and been forever blessed by an animal’s love, this is for you! Enjoy.

In 1996, Allen Anderson and Linda Anderson founded the Angel Animals Network in Minneapolis. Their fourteen books about the spiritual qualities of animals have been featured on Oprah.com, the Today Show, ABC’s Nightly News, BBC Radio, Washington Post, LA Times, Amazon.com’s Hot 100 and B&N’s Top 10.  The Andersons’ 2006 book about animal rescue won the prestigious American Society of Journalists & Authors Outstanding Book Award.  They received commendations from the Governor for their contributions as authors to the state of Minnesota.   Allen and Linda teach writing at the Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis and donate a portion of their books’ proceeds to animal welfare.

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Today we’re here to talk about their book called “A Dog Named Leaf“.

Allen shares with us some interesting facts and answers:

  • Why Allen wrote the book with his wife Linda.
  • Allen’s diagnoses of a brain aneurysm that could burst anytime and a blood clot aimed at his heart and the miracle of how these two conditions were discovered.
  • How Allen’s dramatic healing journey synchronizes with the adoption of an emotionally scarred dog who also needed to heal.
  • What role did animal communication play in the dual healing journey with Leaf and Allen?
  • How and why Allen and Linda started Angel Animals Network.

You should always view your animal companion with more respect and appreciation and when you look into the eyes of your beloved pet, You will see a SOUL that is experiencing this lifetime as your dog.

“A Dog Named Leaf” is available at bookstores and online nationwide and in libraries. Read the book with an open mind and heart, and change your life by knowing animals as the spiritual beings they truly are.  Subscribe to their free Angel Animals e-newsletter:  https://angelanimalsnetwork.wordpress.com/

 

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]]> https://valheart.com/angel-animals-with-allen-anderson-on-the-real-dr-doolittle-show-2/feed/ 0 Angel Animals with Allen Anderson | The Real Dr. Doolittle Show | Animal Talk | Podcast nonadult Service Dogs – Carol Lea Benjamin on the Real Dr. Doolittle Show™ https://valheart.com/service-dogs-carol-lea-benjamin-real-dr-doolittle/ https://valheart.com/service-dogs-carol-lea-benjamin-real-dr-doolittle/#comments Thu, 26 May 2022 19:18:39 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=41382 Today’s topic: service dogs

Today I talked to Carol Lea Benjamin, the award-winning author of books about dog behavior and training, including “Mother Knows Best”, “Second-Hand Dog” and “Dog Training in Ten Minutes”, as well as the Shamus-Award, winning “Rachel Alexander and Dash” mystery series about her service dog.

Carol has been awarded the Dog Writers of America’s highest honor, The Distinguished Service Award for Extraordinary Achievement and Communications Excellence and in 2003, she was elected to the Hall of Fame of the International Association of Canine Professionals for “a lifetime of dedication to dogs and their training.”

Her latest book, co-written with Denise Wall (who breeds and trials with Border Collies) is “Do Border Collies Dream of Sheep?”.

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Written in alternating chapters with Denise, who bred her dog, Sky, “Do Border Collies Dream of Sheep?” is the true story of how two littermates grow up and into their jobs, one to be a sheepdog, the other a service dog.

It is an exploration of how dogs’ instincts were passed down to them by their wild wolf ancestors, of how their personalities, characters, responses to us and the world they live in and even the games they play are informed and colored by the work they were originally bred to do.

And it’s the love story of humans and dogs, one that has passed the test of time.

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“Do Border Collies Dream of Sheep?” is the story she’s been wanting to tell since her first service dog, a rescue dog named Dexter, saw a need and volunteered to help in a way that, back then, no one knew a dog was capable of doing, thus becoming the first service dog ever to work with Crohn’s disease.

So this is also an exploration of how dogs help us when we are sick or in pain, electing themselves to do whatever they can to keep their mixed-species pack as healthy as possible, just as their ancestors have always done in the wild.

Enjoy!

And of course, get a copy of Carol’s delightful book from Amazon (click the picture below) or www.barnes&noble.com or www.outrunpress.com

 

Comments are welcome here and on her blog

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]]> https://valheart.com/service-dogs-carol-lea-benjamin-real-dr-doolittle/feed/ 1 Therapy Dogs - Carol Lea Benjamin on the Real Dr. Doolittle Show™ | Animal Talk | Podcast #39 nonadult Insider Secrets to Essential Oils with Pets! Val Heart & Anne Angelo https://valheart.com/secrets-to-essential-oils-with-pets-anne-angelo/ https://valheart.com/secrets-to-essential-oils-with-pets-anne-angelo/#respond Mon, 23 May 2022 16:30:50 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=11966 This is a replay of my Animal Communication Training  Series where I interview experts who guide you through various techniques in Animal Communication. If you don’t want to miss any of this How to Talk to Animals Training Series, then go here to register: https://learnhowtotalktoanimals.com/all-online-courses/professional-animal-communicator-class-series/ 

Insider Secrets to Essential Oils with Pets – Val Heart & Anne Angelo

Have you ever wanted to try using essential oils with pets?

If so, this is a free training you won’t want to miss!

I’m excited to have Anne Angelo join us for this week’s interview in the Animal Communication training series.

Anne Angelo is a professional animal communicator, Board Certified Animal Massage Practitioner, Reiki Master and children’s song writer who uses essential oils as a part of her work.

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As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Anne has worked extensively with animals suffering from anxiety, fear and other issues stemming from abuse histories. She combines her faith, intuitive skills, and her counseling background to assist animals in the healing process; whether as part of an animal communication, Reiki or a professional massage session.

Essential oils and aromatherapy have provided excellent results in Anne’s work and she often uses them to support animals during her sessions.

Today we are discussing one of my favorite topics:

Sharing The Joys Of Essential Oils With Pets

Anne will teach how you can use safely use essential oils for healing and problem solving with your pets along with what you MUST know before using essential oils with animals (especially cats) so you don’t hurt them.

She will even demonstrate her protocol so you can use them to make a difference with your pets (and yourself) right away!

Together WE can do our part to help our pets and animals live a natural healthy life.

If you enjoy this interview, I urge you to click the link below and Register for more wonderful interviews with other professional pet psychics in this Series!

PLEASE! Don’t keep this a secret!!

 

We can really use your support to help more pets and their people.  This is an unprecedented, collaborative joint venture based on my mission of reaching and teaching One Million animal lovers around the world how to talk to animals.

Share this with your animal loving friends now, okay?

You have to come – you know your pet wants you to.

Bonus: Once you’re registered, you’ll get access to future guest interviews too!

See you soon!

Val Heart, The Real Dr Doolittle
Host of the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club

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This article was previously published April 22, 2015, and was updated on May 23, 2022.
]]> https://valheart.com/secrets-to-essential-oils-with-pets-anne-angelo/feed/ 0 Insider Secrets to Essential Oils with Pets! Val Heart & Anne Angelo nonadult 10 Important Things You Must Know Before Hiring an Animal Communicator! https://valheart.com/10-things-you-must-know-before-hiring-an-animal-communicator/ https://valheart.com/10-things-you-must-know-before-hiring-an-animal-communicator/#respond Mon, 23 May 2022 16:22:07 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=10238 This article was previously published May 20, 2014, and was updated on May 23, 2022

How can you be sure you’re hiring the right animal communicator?

Animal communication has become really mainstream these days as more people are aware of telepathic communication between humans and animals. They know their animals have secret lives, thoughts, feelings, and wisdom. And that brings them to us, the Animal Communicator professionals, who are trained to be able to hear and understand them, to communicate with them so they share their innermost thoughts.

A few years ago, I was interviewed in a teleseminar

Many of the questions people wanted to know were all about animal communication:

  • how to find a good animal communication practitioner
  • how this works
  • how to prepare for and what to expect from their sessions
  • what about skeptics, and what to do if things go wrong.

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Because this is such an unusual profession, I want to help people get started.

Briefly, here are some of the critically important points that people need to know about this work:

1) The First thing is to realize that not all communicators are created equal!

Communicators are not trained equally for that matter. It takes many years of practice and seasoning to be a good animal communicator. Some of us are excellent at some things, and not so good at other things.

2) No one can make your animals change if they don’t want to.

And, sometimes the problem isn’t with them – it’s with their people, their situation, their management, their diet, background, breeding or training – or lack thereof! They always do what makes sense to them – from their viewpoint. Our job is to discover what their viewpoint is, then to work with you to help resolve the problem.

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3) Realize what the job actually is: animal communicators are trained to listen, telepathically, to animals.

This isn’t rocket science, and we do often make mistakes even though we are doing the best we can. We are not clairvoyant (usually), we do not predict the future, we don’t know everything, and we are not intending to read your mind – only your animal’s.  By the way, everything we do is considered confidential.

We should be able to accurately understand what your animal is feeling and thinking, what the main issues are from their viewpoint, and be able to present something useful – whether it’s confirmation of what you may already know (which is valuable in itself), uncover new information you didn’t know before, provide clarity regarding direction to proceed with the problem, and be able to answer your questions to the best of our ability.

Ultimately, we may not be able to fix your problem. Some problems simply aren’t fixable. If they do not want to change or see no need /reason that they can agree with, then they won’t.  You live and work with them 24/7.  To expect some stranger to make them be different when you continue to reinforce their bad behavior by rewarding it or not making the effort required to teach them anything different is not realistic.

4) What about skeptics?

I encourage people and my students to be skeptical. You should listen and observe with your heart, but not be so open-minded that your common sense falls out! Not everything that we receive telepathically is going to be 100% accurate — it’s unrealistic to expect it. The best psychics in the world are only about 80% accurate! However, you may notice a change in the animal’s behavior, mood, or well-being… or in how they respond to you or their environment. Often they will, just through communicating with them. Some of us do better than 80% at times, and sometimes we are off. Expect it. Nobody’s perfect.

5) If something feels off in your session or you are being told things you know are not true — then Please! SPEAK UP!!

Let us know! Don’t worry about hurting our feelings. We would much rather learn from your honest feedback, and be allowed to correct or explain than have you go away unhappy.

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6) The next important point to consider is this: We are all practitioners!

That means we are PRACTICING! Along with other professional practitioners — including veterinarians, doctors, and other medical professionals. We do our best to assist, given our experience, training, skills, and education.

7) So where do you find animal communicators?

I think that the best place to start is right here.

8) Do your research and choose a few animal communicators that appeal to you.

Then check them out. Everyone has their special area of interest and expertise. If you like the look and feel of their website, then contact them.

9) Interview them.

Ask them questions like: how long have you been working as an animal communicator? Tell them a bit about what you are dealing with. Ask them if they’ve worked with this kind of thing before. Ask what kind of preparation is needed for a session with them. While you interview them, listen to your own heart. IF you feel good with this person, then make an appointment.

 

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10) Do they have any kind of a Guarantee for their work?

What will they do if things go wrong, or you are unhappy with your session? For instance, a guarantee may be if the communicator is unable to establish clear and accurate communication with your animal in the first 15 minutes, then you won’t be charged. And YOU are the judge of that.

The goal of a communicator is to offer insight, clarity and guidance to help resolve problems between you and your animal friends. If at this point all feels good to you, then give them a chance and make an appointment. Many companion animals choose to spend their lives attempting to break through our barriers, help us heal and become reconnected with all life. Animal communication can change your life – and improve the lives of your animal friends.

 

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What are the most common cat diseases?

As a cat owner, one of your biggest priorities is making sure your fur buddy stays healthy for the long haul. However, sometimes that’s easier said than done. Since cats are naturally curious, they tend to get into trouble, eat things that may not be good for them, or have adventures with other cats. Any or all of these things can lead to a problem, an illness or a disease, and if you don’t know what to look for, you may miss a potentially serious condition.

One of the best courses of action is knowledge and prevention, and one of the best ways of prevention is learning about the 10 most common cat diseases. These common maladies include rabies, feline leukemia, diabetes, infectious peritonitis and several others. Knowing these diseases and their symptoms gives you a heads-up on figuring out what may be wrong with kitty, and whether or not a trip to the vet is warranted.

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Learning About The Diseases

Knowing about the diseases can be the difference between making good or bad decisions, and may also lead towards effective treatment. For example, if your cat has an upper respiratory infection, symptoms such as coughing and sneezing can generally be managed at home. For something like worms, which may cause bloating, blood in the stool or a potbellied look, a trip to the vet for proper diagnosis and deworming will be in order.

Your Cat Depends On You

Cats are generally low maintenance pets that sometimes need little or no specific vet care except for regular check-ups. But when they come down with an illness or a disease, they become totally dependent on you and the decision you make to get them well again. Essentially, you have become their primary caregiver, and it is a role you must accept if you choose to have a cat.

By learning about the most common cat diseases, you will positively impact the life of your cat. Let’s face it, the quality of life that your cat has, no matter how long they live, depends completely on you. They rely on you to feed them, water them and take care of them, even if they become sick. For that, they will give you a lifetime of meows and purrs, and for a cat lover, it doesn’t get any better than that.

 

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]]> https://valheart.com/10-common-cat-diseases-symptoms-infographic/feed/ 0 Destructive Behavior of Rescued Dogs Can Be Improved With Animal Communication https://valheart.com/rescued-dogs-with-animal-communication/ https://valheart.com/rescued-dogs-with-animal-communication/#respond Fri, 20 May 2022 17:39:51 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=83771 Can animal communication help rescued dogs with destructive behaviors?

Because if you’ve ever tried to help rescued dogs, you know they have their own unique set of needs, problems, issues and more.

This actually breaks down into three separate questions.

  1. Does animal communication work with rescued dogs?
  2. If so, how could it help specifically?
  3. Is there a way to talk rescued dogs out of destructive behaviors?

Let’s take question #1 first.

Does animal communication work with rescued dogs?

Yes, it makes a huge difference when you do it right.

So, let’s be clear what it actually means to communicate with dogs.

It means being able to connect heart to heart, mind to mind, psychically, intuitively, mentally, emotionally, telepathically, and energetically.

Knowing how to send and receive information back and forth in a dialogue conversation with animals.

Then, when you receive their information/messages back, knowing how to interpret them accurately and confidently.

It means understanding that dogs are sentient, intelligent, feeling beings who have memories, experiences, history, needs, wants, and desires, just like you do.

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You might be wondering – can anyone learn to communicate with animals?

Yes! Every animal lover can discover how and have a great time doing it, too, with amazing results (as you’ll soon see for yourself).

Here’s the thing: If you love animals, you are already connected.

If you use your intuition, then you can learn to focus it on the animal and hear their voice, see what they see in their minds eye, and feel what they feel, know what they know.

If you care about them – and you do – then you can easily learn the practical steps, the tried-and-true techniques, and how it works.

From there, like any other worthy skill, you practice to gain proficiency, confidence and accuracy.

You are born with the ability to send and receive information from others. In fact, you do it all the time every day, even if you’re not aware that you’re doing it.

Your intuitive abilities can be activated, developed, and grown with a bit of effort and training.

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Knowing how to speak to dogs on their level will make ALL the difference in the world in their ability to feel understood, their questions and concerns addressed in a way they understand, and their pains, fears, and anxieties known so you can help them heal.

Knowing what they need and want makes it easier for you to stop chasing your tail on expensive guesswork to solve dog problems you don’t really understand.

Because when you know their unique viewpoint and are clear about what drives their behavior?

And then, when you partner up together to work as a team that understands each other and are speaking the same language?

Everything changes. It is so much easier to solve the problems together when you speak each other’s language.

If you are open enough to consider and explore new concepts, different opinions and experiences, to see the world from your dog’s viewpoint, then you’re on the right track.

Intuitively speaking, you need to be able to use your basic 4 intuitive abilities:

Clairvoyance (see images in your mind’s eye),

Clairaudience (hearing others voices in your head),

Clairsentience (knowing things at a visceral level), and

Claircognizance (instantly understand concepts, connections and information).

Everyone has all four abilities, but most folks only use one or two and have to develop the others to be useful.

The way I teach animal communication is very practical, down to earth – no psychic woo-woo stuff required.

A little later I’ll tell you more about ways you can use communication to solve problems with dogs.

 

Now, question #2:

How can communicating with animals help with rescued dogs?

Okay, so let’s look at several real-life situations dog rescuers, fosters, rehabilitators, and shelter folks run into so you can discover what’s possible and how communicating can make THE difference between having happy, healthy, well behaved dogs, or not.

Remember too that happy healthy well-behaved dogs are much more likely to find and enjoy their forever homes.

First, let’s consider what happens for dogs who are rescued, and how you can help them through what is likely to be an unsettled stressful time in their life.

If you don’t understand what they’ve been through, then hearing their story from their viewpoint is the first step in their healing and solving behavior problems, like destructive behavior.

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I’ve seen destructive rescued dogs’ behavior change almost instantly once they’ve been heard and feel understood.

Consider the history behind each of these questions, and how critically important it would be to know the answers to help them.

And how not knowing the answers to these questions makes things much worse, for both the humans and the dogs too.

By the way, yes you can second guess and do testing and vet checks and the like to try and figure out the answers, but the truth is…

ONLY the rescued dogs will know the real answers to these questions. When you get the answers from the dog, you begin to bond and trust each other quickly…

The dog’s healing begins when they can let go of the past and come to terms with what’s happened to them and have some say in what happens next in their life.

FYI: these are the exact kinds of questions I ask rescued animals and that I teach my students how to do.

For instance:

  • Have they been abused? If so, what kind of abuse was it?
  • How long did it go on for? When did it start? Who abused them?
  • Were they neglected, ignored, yelled at or worse?
  • Trained or untrained? If they’ve had some training, what do they know how to do? If none, what is confusing to them and how can we make things easier for them to learn what they don’t know yet? Why is this important?
  • How do they feel, and are they in pain?
  • If so, where, and how bad is it on a scale of 1 to 10 where 10 is screaming agony? If is chronic pain, or intermittent?
  • What makes it better? What makes it worse?
  • What specific part of their body hurts, their teeth? Their head, as in headaches? Their paw, their tummy, their tail, their back…?
  • Why are they in pain, from an accident, injury, a kick in the head or tummy? Are they ill?
  • How is their vision and hearing, anything unusual we need to know about? (Because if they are blind or deaf, you need to know that!)
  • Do they know why they are here in the shelter, why they were rescued?
  • Are they grieving because their person died or was hurt, or because they’ve lost their home?
  • Are they upset because they don’t know what’s happened to their family (people and animals), or their companions?
  • Was their family in an accident, or did they just not come home one day?
  • How were they treated before, badly or did they feel loved?
  • Are they missing their pooh bear favorite toy, or snuggle blanket?
  • Are they angry because something happened?
  • Did they get lost, or were they tossed out in the street and abandoned?
  • What was their job before they came here, if any?
  • Do they have a purpose? A job to do here or left to do in this life? Or do they feel directionless, purposeless, worthless, or worse, ready to transition…?
  • What do they want to do with their life now?
  • Do they have any questions, concerns, problems they would like your help with?
  • How do they feel being here now, are they comfortable? Is the food agreeing with their tummy, or making them feel sick?
  • Would you like a forever home? What would that look like? Do you like other types of animals, like kitties and birds and ferrets and bunnies… what about human children? Or would you prefer to be an only dog? Do you prefer older people, or younger? How active would you like to be?
  • If you don’t have a purpose or a job to do, would you like one? What would that look and feel like?

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Get the idea?

When you can speak each other’s language, you’ll know the answers to all these questions and more.

For destructive dogs, you can find out what drives their behavior!

Is it coming from emotional, mental and/or physical stress? Are they destroying things because it’s personal to them – like taking out their anger on a specific kind of object?

Like doors and windows because they feel trapped and are desperate to escape confinement?

Or is it a reaction to pain? (Often a dog who is in pain feels comforted when they are with their person, but by themselves with nothing else to focus on the pain becomes unbearable and they “self-medicate” by chewing things and worse…)

Or is it a reaction to psychic attack or distress? A ghost, haunting or other unseen attack?

I once worked with a wonderful Chow dog named Simba who destroyed his kennel and broke teeth, bloodied his paws then he was left alone.

It turned out he was being haunted by a mischievous ghost and it was way worse when his people weren’t there to “protect him”. When they left, he panicked!

Once we cleared that, he slept for 24 hours straight! He hadn’t slept well in weeks, and was completely exhausted, as you might can imagine…

When he woke up, he was the fine, happy boi he’d been before this all happened. No more destruction, and he could be left alone without any problems anymore.

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But I digress…

So, let’s continue our discovery process using animal communication:

Were they punished for the behaviors in the past? If so, how, and what happened?

Do they understand the danger when they destroy (or ingest) things, or is it simply fun for them to tear things up, like a game?

What is their history about this, when did it first start?

Whew!

There’s no limit to what you can find out in a heart to heart, mind to mind conversation like this.

To be clear, knowing how to manage a conversation like this is an advanced skill and takes practice and training to be proficient.

Also, you need to know how to handle their answers.

What to do if they tell you they are in pain, or being attacked psychically, or feel purposeless, or don’t want to change their behavior.

These are all things I teach my students how to do, by the way.

Wouldn’t it be awesome if when rescuers took in a new dog they had someone on staff who is trained and proficient in communicating with the dogs to find out the answers to these questions?

That’s my dream! Someday soon we humans will be able to speak an animal’s language as a normal, commonplace thing.

Finally, question #3:

Is there a way to talk rescued dogs out of destructive behaviors?

First, you can only solve destructive behaviors when you know why they are behaving that way.

Then you’ll have a much better idea how to help them and you can work together toward that goal.

For instance, what if it’s a fear-based reaction?

By recognizing and talking with them about what they are really afraid of, you can help ease their mind so they can settle down.

By hearing their history, you’ll know what contributed to the problems in the first place.

Like bad training or lack of training, or negligence.

If that’s the problem you can engage in proper positive training to encourage them in the way you’d like them to go with their consent and appreciation, meeting them where they are and giving them exactly what they most need to stabilize.

By answering their objections, concerns, questions, and fears, they will feel heard and understood.

By giving them an important job to do, they can refocus.

By clear and easing the pain, they can take a nap.

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By knowing how to tell them when you’ll be back, and where you are going, and what you want them to do while you’re gone, they can have more certainty and stability in their life.

By finding out how long they can be left alone, and where they are most comfortable while they’re alone, you’ll know better how to manage your time.

By knowing if they only feel safe if they have companions present with them, and which companions they feel safest with, you’ll know how to manage that too.

What if it was you who had something important to say, you need to talk but the humans can’t hear you?

And now find yourself in a kennel or strange new environment, with other “damaged” dogs and clueless humans…

You are full of questions, anxieties, fears, concerns, but can’t get any answers?

What if nobody listens to you?

Doesn’t feel good.

There are lots of ways of clearing fear and healing the past, and that’s the heart of the work that I do with students and clients.

Imagine that.

The most efficient way I know of to help these dogs is by learning how to communicate with them.

Communication starts with loving animals, and that is where it all begins when you’re working to help rescued dogs recover, heal and find their forever home.

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I call it The Heart Wisdom Method for a reason.

Strong love energy will help you do exactly that.

And I know you love animals, so you’re already part way there!

Consider the fact that you were born with intuitive abilities, you already use them every day.

Why not use them to help better understand and communicate with your animals?

I believe ALL animal caretakers need to know how to communicate with animals.

Otherwise, how can you be a good animal caretaker if you can’t speak their language, hear their thoughts, know how they feel and what they need to be healthy, happy and fulfilled?

You cannot do the best job of being their best friend and caretaker, their rescuer tasked with helping them heal and find their forever home, if you don’t understand how to speak their language. Period.

It’s easy to learn too, so there’s really no excuse for not doing this if you have animals in your life.

When I first started communicating professionally in 1993, I discovered that animals always have very good reasons for their behavior.

Our job is to find out what those reasons are, what they’re thinking, how they’re feeling, and to know how to communicate clearly in a two-way, heart to heart, mind to mind conversation.
They are in your life for a reason. God’s gift on loan to you.

All animals are intelligent, sentient, feeling beings.

They know things that we don’t.

They feel pain, and get sick and injured like we do.

Starting with a love connection, then knowing the right questions to ask in the right way and timing for best results.

These are the complex issues that my clients and students work on (and this is what I help them with and teach)

The thought processes I’ve described in this post are the kind that I take my animal talk students through in The Heart School of Animal Communication® courses, in the BEST Online Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club’s Live Monthly Group Q&A Calls (for Gold and Platinum members), and the Heart Wisdom Masterclasses.

I recommend starting at the beginning with the complete Beginning Core Foundations Course to get your basics down.

From there, you’ll learn to be crystal clear on what exactly to SAY, HOW to say it, the right questions to ask in the right way and timing, how to convey that as a message they can understand, and how to listen to your animal in return. (that’s the Advanced Animal Talk Mastery Course)

And then? Time to practice so you gain proficiency and confidence in your ability to have these conversations with animals anywhere, anytime, about anything. (That’s what we do in the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club!)

Hands down, animal communication is the secret sauce behind successful rescues and rehabilitation, that turns destructive rescued dogs into well behaved, happy, healthy pups.

Here’s a link that explains more about the different programs I have, how they differ from each other, and the best sequence in which to go through them.
https://learnhowtotalktoanimals.com/all-online-courses/

Your animal needs you to be able to speak their language because they have important things to tell you every day…

And to do that, you must be open and clear enough to hear them and respond appropriately.

You could even save their life one day… or they could save yours.

Together we help make the world a better, happier, healthier place for all of us including all the wonderful rescued dogs!

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]]> https://valheart.com/rescued-dogs-with-animal-communication/feed/ 0 Best Friends Animal Society, Puppy Mills, Hoarding Cats with Dr Frank McMillan on the Real Dr. Doolittle Show https://valheart.com/best-friends-animal-society-real-dr-doolittle-show/ https://valheart.com/best-friends-animal-society-real-dr-doolittle-show/#respond Fri, 20 May 2022 16:08:42 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=5715 This article was previously published February 16, 2012, and was updated May 20, 2022.

Dr. Franklin McMillan started as the Director of Well-Being Studies at Best Friends Animal Society sanctuary in October 2007. As Director of Well-Being Studies, Dr. Frank assesses and studies the mental health and emotional well-being of animals who have endured hardship, adversity and psychological trauma. Through these studies, he hopes to learn what the effects of trauma are – the psychological injuries and scars – and how best to treat them in order to restore to these animals a life of enjoyment rather than one of fear and ongoing emotional distress.

His studies looking at the psychological health and behavior of the breeding dogs rescued from puppy mills and of dogs purchased from pet stores is land breaking. Currently he is studying cats from an institutionalized hoarding situation (the Great Kitty Rescue in Pahrump, Nevada), the psychological causes and effects of abuse in dogs, the emotional rehabilitation and recovery of the fighting dogs taken from the estate of former NFL quarterback Michael Vick, and measuring personality and quality of life in cats.

Before coming to Best Friends, Dr. Frank was in private practice in Los Angeles for 23 years. In addition, he was a clinical professor of medicine at the Western University of Health Sciences College of Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Frank is the author of “Mental Health and Well-Being in Animals”, the first textbook on the mental health of animals, and he has also written a book for the general public titled “Unlocking the Animal Mind: How Your Pet’s Feelings Hold the Key to His Health and Happiness”.

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Questions:

1. What is Best Friends Animal Society?

2. What is the No More Homeless Pets initiative?

3. Why do you believe that our pets’ feelings hold the key to their health and happiness?

4. Why is your study of dogs in puppy mills and their long-lasting, severe psychological harm being called a landmark study?

5. What are the key findings of your study?

6. What is cat hoarding and what are the effects on cats who have been hoarded?

7. What would you say to someone who is considering buying a dog from a pet store or online?


For more information, contact www.bestfriends.org

About Best Friends Animal Society®

Best Friends Animal Society is a nonprofit organization building no-kill programs and partnerships that will bring about a day when there are No More Homeless Pets. The society’s leading initiatives in animal care and community programs are coordinated from its Kanab, Utah, headquarters, the country’s largest no-kill sanctuary. This work is made possible by the personal and financial support of a grassroots network of supporters and community partners across the nation.

Become a fan of Best Friends Animal Society on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/bestfriendsanimalsociety

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]]> https://valheart.com/best-friends-animal-society-real-dr-doolittle-show/feed/ 0 Best Friends Animal Society, Puppy Mills, Hoarding Cats with Dr Frank McMillan nonadult Why Do Doodle Dogs End Up In a Rescue? https://valheart.com/why-do-doodle-dogs-end-up-in-a-rescue/ https://valheart.com/why-do-doodle-dogs-end-up-in-a-rescue/#comments Wed, 18 May 2022 18:33:20 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=81925 Why do Doodle Dogs end up in a Rescue?
guest post courtesy of Garrett Yamasaki; The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communications Enterprises Inc.

Doodle dogs are projected to be a famous designer breed, and a lot of celebrities endorse them. They look adorable and are often marketed as hypoallergenic and low-maintenance dogs.

In a fast-paced world, low-maintenance pets can seem very tempting. Other promises that breeders make are – they have a gentle temperament and are perfect for families with children.

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Source: Pixabay (https://pixabay.com/photos/dog-goldendoodle-road-hybrid-1677041/)

First let’s ask: so exactly what is a doodle dog?

Poodle mixes are often referred to as doodle dogs; they are a mix between a standard poodle and other breeds. The most common ones you would see in a rescue center are Goldendoodles and Labradoodles, but sometimes you will find other mixes such as Whoodles and Schnoodles. For more information about doodle dogs, visit We Love Doodles.

Why Poodle mixes end up in a rescue?

The first problem is that people often get Poodle Doodle mixes with unrealistic expectations. Breeders market them as low-maintenance and hypoallergenic dogs, like a worry free dog, right? Sounds good!  Not so fast…

The truth is that:

They need training and care just like every dog

The first reason is that, unlike what most breeders promise, Doodle mixes are high-energy dogs and require a significant amount of maintenance. If you don’t give them enough attention or get them sufficient physical activity, they will get bored and become destructive.

Their liveliness and cheerfulness can turn into reactivity and hyper-arousal if they don’t receive proper training in their early years. A Double Doodle needs at least two hours of training and exercising every day.

Most people bring home a Doodle dog to beat their boredom; little do they know that these dogs are not suitable for somebody with a slow-paced lifestyle. All those Doodle dogs that end up in a rescue were abandoned by their owners for not setting aside enough time for them. A person with 12-hour workdays would not be able to give proper care or attention to a Poodle mix breed.

 

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They cost you money

Second reason why there are many Doodle dogs in the rescue center is because of their maintenance cost.  In addition to proper training from early on and keep them from destroying everything in your home, there is another factor to consider.

There is also a need for taking them to a professional groomer every month, which will cost a substantial amount of money. Their coats need special regular care or they can turn into a matted, festering mess.

Health problems

Before cross-breeding, there is a need to perform genetic testing, which many breeders overlook. They see all the money they can make and breed willy nilly with no idea what they’re doing or concern for the long term consequences for the dogs.

That’s why mixing different breeds can produce pups with a lot of health problems. To make sure that physically sound puppies are produced, genetic tests need to be performed. But many shady breeders skip this part, producing litters that are unhealthy and unsound. Hence families who don’t have the patience or resources to take care of a sick pet dump them in shelters.

 

Why is Doodle Dog Rescue needed?

The popularity of these designer dogs has certainly become a curse for them. Pet lovers are drawn to them because of their excellent looks and teddy bear-like appearance. But these designer dogs are dumped in shelters and rescue homes.

The reality is that these dogs need as much care, maintenance, and training as any other dog. Even the hypoallergenic ones shed fur and require regular grooming.

Some of them, who are said to have a gentle nature, act wild; this is because of irresponsible breeding and poor training. Due to the great demand for these dogs, there are more Doodle dogs being produced than ever before. But these dogs are kept in unhealthy and inhumane conditions by backyard puppy breeders.  A sad, awful situation all the way around.

Several doodle rescue organizations such as Doodle Rescue Inc and IDOG rescues have stepped in to rescue these designer dogs from families who don’t want them anymore and from local shelters. They aim to find these creatures lovely homes and families willing to take care of these homeless doodle dogs.

They connect with volunteer workers and foster homes to help them find a perfect family for these mixed-breed dogs.

 

What’s Causing Poodle Mix Overpopulation?

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As you can see, the commercialization of designer doodle breeds are due to the market demand which is causing overpopulation. Many breeders and puppy mills are breeding these dogs on a mass scale to sell them and make huge profits. The pups and their parents are kept in horrendous conditions because these sellers’ sole aim is to make huge profits and spend less on their care and maintenance or long term quality of life.

And the sad part is that these helpless creatures end up with owners who think they have brought home a living toy that does not need any care or training. To make matters worse, many owners don’t neuter or spay their pets either… and some get into the breeding game themselves so they can make money too.  Who can resist buying a cute doodle puppy?

And so they become abused, neglected, and abandoned at local shelters or rescue homes. You can learn more at Care Of My Dog.

People who genuinely love dogs, are responsible and capable dog owners, who like the doodle dog breeds, and who want a new family member can adopt a doodle dog from a rescue, local shelter, or a doodle pet group instead of purchasing from a pet store, commercial breeder, or backyard breeder/puppy mill.

This will bring down the demand for badly bred doodles and the horrors of irresponsible over-breeding.

Finally, be sure to put ID tags, microchips and a collar on your pet if they get lost or are stolen. You can also support your local rescue centers and shelters by offering volunteering services.

 

How Can You Know if You’re Getting a Good Doodle… or not?

Communicating with dogs is a real thing.  Anyone can learn how.  Who better to tell you if the dog you’re considering getting is a good, healthy dog, or one that is in pain than the dog themselves?

They can also tell you what they’re thinking, what their history has been, if they got a good start in life… or not.

Are you having trouble with your Doodle? Help is available – click here to find out how to solve behavior and health problems.

Finding out if they have a purpose with you, and understanding what they need to be healthy and happy will make all the difference in the world.

Start here with your free ebook, Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Pets!

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Dogs – just click on the picture below!

Do you have or want a Doodle Dog?  Leave a comment below!

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]]> https://valheart.com/why-do-doodle-dogs-end-up-in-a-rescue/feed/ 1 Animal Communication and a Powerful Message from a Squirrel https://valheart.com/animal-communication-powerful-message-squirrel/ https://valheart.com/animal-communication-powerful-message-squirrel/#comments Mon, 16 May 2022 18:31:13 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=40935 This article was previously published August 22, 2017, and was updated May 16, 2022.

One day I was amazed to find this email from Adam in my inbox.

He made my day!  What a wonderful story of transformation and animal communication with another species, squirrels.

Squirrels have taught me many extraordinary things over the years.  Did you know they have songs?  A young squirrel taught me one of their songs and it blew my mind!

I’m delighted that Adam is now one of the special ones who can communicate with animals, along with me and many others around the world.  And because he is more open, he’ll discover even better how to tune in and connect.

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The wonderful thing is, once you’ve opened the door?  Other animal teachers will come…

 

 

Adam’s Story about Animal Communication and Squirrels:

We are not human beings on a Spiritual Journey but we are Spiritual Beings on a human journey.

That being said, I have an interesting story to tell you about my own interactions with the friendly neighborhood squirrels I was calling thugs before we had a heart to heart, or, meeting of the minds so to speak.

Last summer my backyard garden didn’t do as well as the year before and my cucumbers were failing miserably so when I caught a squirrel moseying around in my garden, he/she hightailed across the top of the fence and I threw a rock and only brushed him/her but it maintained its balance and I thought I made my point.

Wrong!

I have a front yard garden as well and the next day when I came out to check both, the cucumber garden had a small cucumber bitten in half right at my entrance to it. The message was loud and clear and I was livid.

Stay with me here Val and please read on as this is something that needed to happen to me.

I went inside and dug out my buried bb gun and some bb’s and loaded it up and the next squirrel I saw out there I plugged its ass! Wasn’t trying to kill it (and I didn’t) but to warn it and I know it had to have hurt like hell.

The NEXT morning I was standing on my front porch where a tree from next door leans into my yard and there was a squirrel on the biggest branch over my yard and looking directly at me with head down and flashing tail up began squawking at me while looking me in the eye.

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Initially I thought he was cussing me out in squirrel profanity (I did pick up a few profane words but don’t tell it that) turned around to go into the house and snag my bb gun but something caught me and I somehow tuned in to its frequency and the message was literally booming loud and clear.

They’re hunter/gatherers and their environment isn’t providing the sustenance they need to maintain an above zero BP like it used to and they’re “hoongree” and if I’d be so kind as to help them out with a few nuts or anything else they would try to stay away from my gardens and some other squirrel gibberish I couldn’t quite make out.

I know what being hungry is and if people get hungry enough, they’ll eat dog food and if they’re starving, they’ll ENJOY IT!

Suffice it to say that I immediately returned with nuts and to this day, I provide them with as much as I can in both front and back yards. They will eat cookies and dog food but prefer cookies and nuts or even carrots.

Sometimes when it’s most important or critical, I can pick up an animal’s message and that was one of them and I can tell you that it’s far more gratifying for me to feed them and have them walk right up to me than it was to shoot at them.

So now it’s just me and the squirrels and a wide open heart and a longing for our reunion. I felt I needed to share this with you Val because of what you’ve given to the Earth and all the people and animals you have touched both directly and indirectly.

Feel free to share my story.  God bless you more Val.

What you do MATTERS!

When we take time to communicate with the animals around us, it makes all the difference in the world. Not just to them but it helps make us better people.

I love hearing what you think, so be sure to post your comments.

Much love and big hugs to you and your beasties.

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]]> https://valheart.com/animal-communication-powerful-message-squirrel/feed/ 3 Animal Communication & a Powerful Message From a Squirrel nonadult How to Stop Cats From Fighting https://valheart.com/how-to-stop-cats-from-fighting/ https://valheart.com/how-to-stop-cats-from-fighting/#respond Mon, 16 May 2022 08:13:12 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=10988 Guest post courtesy of  Jenny Jackson. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communication Enterprises Inc. This article was previously published October 7, 2014, and was updated May 16, 2022.Jenny Jackson

You wish you could stop cats from fighting – is it a dream or can it be reality?

Cat-to-cat aggression is a common problem and there are a range of reasons why it can happen. Fortunately, there are also some things you can do to stop cats from fighting and bring peace into your home.

Dominance

If you have numerous cats in your home, it is important to understand the “pecking order”.

Cats don’t have the usual linear arrangement. There is always a top cat, then middle cats who share the same rank, and a bottom cat if you have that many.

The middle cats tend to squabble the most.

A good way to reduce bullying is to provide separate spaces and hiding holes for each cat and to feed them separately.

You might also need to separate the bully from its targets sometimes to give them a break.

If the problem is severe, your vet can give the dominant cat medication to calm it down. If one or more cats has become extremely fearful, your vet may be able to help with that too.

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Play aggression

Kittens are most likely to play fight.

Theories suggest that it helps kittens to strengthen their muscles, develop eye-muscle coordination and learn gentle social play.

Then about the time they reach 6 to 10 months, the interactive play with litter-mates becomes rougher and often ends with aggression.

Over time the aggression becomes more intense and longer. Eventually, the litter disperses.

This is natural behavior and often upsets owners to see their darlings getting rough with each other.

Eventually they should learn to tolerate each other.

As above, ensure they each have their own spaces and places to sleep.

Retaliation

When a new kitten is introduced to a mature, resident cat, the older cat may react aggressively.

In general, the older the cat, the more likely it will show this behavior when another cat is introduced.

The social kitten often continues to approach the older cat and it responds with frequent hissing, growling and swatting at the youngster.

When you introduce a new cat into a household, you should aim for mutual tolerance, rather than great friendship.

The retaliatory aggression can be minimized by putting the new cat in a room by itself for a few days.

You can use a towel to rub the resident cat first, then the new cat, then the resident cat, then the new cat, to help transfer odors.

Eventually you open the door and allow the two cats to find each other.

The room should now be a territory for the introduced cat and can serve as a safe haven when needed.

If the new cat is still a kitten, it can take several months for it to stop approaching the older cat, so opportunities for interaction should be kept to a minimum.

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Check with your vet

It’s a good idea to check if your cat is in pain, particularly if he or she has only recently become aggressive.

We can all get grumpy when we have a headache or backache.

This should be checked by your vet.

It’s also worth speaking to your vet if cat fighting is ongoing and getting out of hand.

Jenny is a cat lover and webmaster of http://www.great-pictures-of-cats.com.

You are welcome to reproduce this article on your pet or family related web site, as long as you reproduce the article in full, including this resource box and link to her website featuring photo and video galleries of beautiful cats.

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]]> https://valheart.com/how-to-stop-cats-from-fighting/feed/ 0 101 Dog Tricks: Special Guest Kyra Sundance on The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™ https://valheart.com/101-dog-tricks-special-guest-kyra-sundance/ https://valheart.com/101-dog-tricks-special-guest-kyra-sundance/#respond Fri, 13 May 2022 13:52:41 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=83734 Teach your dog tricks for fun and bonding!

Today I am so excited to be talking to world renowned professional stunt dog show performer Kyra Sundance. I first saw Kyra on the Animal Planet show Pet Stars  with her champion, world famous dog Chalcy and I was just blown away!

She and her dogs have performed on several TV shows, including The Tonight Show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, E.T., Worldwide Fido Awards, Animal Planet’s Pet Star and more, as well as the NBA Halftime Show.

Kyra has been nationally ranked in competitive dog sports and has also served as a trainer for dog actors on TV and movie sets.

She is an author with several books about dog tricks and training under her belt, including international best seller “101 Dog Tricks” which has been translated into 15 languages! Her most recent (at the time of our interview) is “101 Ways To Do More With Your Dog“, which really embraces her core tagline of DO MORE WITH YOUR DOG.

 

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We discuss in our interview why it is so important to spend time with your dog, how you can make learning fun and what the benefits are for both of you!

We also touch on:

  • How Kyra got into teaching dog tricks and performing
  • How to deal with frustrations when training (they will happen!)
  • Kyra’s forever dog, Chalcy
  • Making mistakes and correcting them
  • The #1 thing you need to know when teaching your dog tricks
  • Stories from working with canine talent on movie/TV sets

Kyra also talks about her Trick Dog Titling Program, where people can earn the rank of Novice, Intermediate, Advance or Expert. If you’re interested in exploring this program, visit her website.

You can learn how to talk to animals! 

Did you know? The secret sauce to successful dog training is animal communication.

You could have a huge head start on teaching your dog tricks if you could talk to him or her!

Knowing how to communicate with your dog is important, so take the time to discover how to speak their language.

When you can communicate, you can clearly tell them what you expect from them, and they can talk to you, too.

Start with this wonderful Free eBook: Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Dogs –  just click on the picture below to download!

 

Wouldn’t it be amazing to have a real heart to heart, mind to mind conversation with your dog to find out how they feel, what they need, clear up any confusion about their training, and even what they like to do while you’re not home?

Then you’ll want to check out The Heart School of Animal Communication®.

Click Here  to see the courses – take a look and choose what most appeals to you.

If you are a newbie, then we highly recommend starting with the Beginning Core Foundations Course.

If you’re still not convinced of all the benefits of communicating with animals, click here to learn all the great reasons you should begin learning how now!

Be sure to leave a comment below!

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]]> https://valheart.com/101-dog-tricks-special-guest-kyra-sundance/feed/ 0 Dog Tricks – Kyra Sundance on The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™ | Animal Talk | Podcast #25 nonadult Environmental Enrichment for Indoor Cats https://valheart.com/environmental-enrichment-for-indoor-cats/ https://valheart.com/environmental-enrichment-for-indoor-cats/#respond Fri, 13 May 2022 13:07:53 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=10968 Guest post courtesy of Dr. Jean Hofve. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communication Enterprises Inc. This article was previously published December 14, 2014 and was updated on May 13, 2022.

Why do many cat owners “limit” their pets to lives as indoor cats?

Cats are smart, and they naturally know everything they need to know about being a cat. However, they do not know about things like cars, dogs, infectious diseases, and other outdoor hazards. Like young children, cats need to be protected from dangers they can’t anticipate or handle. That’s why Little Big Cat recommends that cats be kept indoors, and not allowed to roam loose outside.  (See our article “Indoors or Outdoors” for more information.)

Now, many people think that this is cruel. They say that nature intended for cats to wander (and hunt, and fight!), and this is true. But nature is also cruel in its own way, and free-roaming outdoor cats tend to die young. In this modern society, we all have to make many accommodations in order to live safe, healthy lives, and this goes for our cats, too.

While keeping cats indoors it is the safest choice, this can create its own problems. A reader recently asked about converting a former free-roamer to an indoor lifestyle and in a recent newsletter, I told you about “OCD” (obsessive-compulsive disorder) in indoor cats. So how can we keep our cats not only safe, but also physically, mentally, and emotionally fulfilled? It’s vital to create an indoor environment that provides mental and physical stimulation as well as social interaction, to ensure our cats’ overall health and happiness. I’ve also found a great article that may be helpful in figuring out what your indoor cat dislikes. Give it a read!

Environmental Enrichment

That’s where “Environmental Enrichment” comes in. This term originally described the need to provide something besides a barren wire crate for highly intelligent primates housed in experimental laboratories, but it’s equally applicable to any confined animal, including stabled horses, zoo animals and, nowadays, pets that are housed primarily indoors. The Ohio State University is a pioneer of indoor enrichment for cats in particular; and they have recently expanded the concept to include dogs that spend most of their time inside.

Indoor enrichment has many facets that address the many needs and natural behaviors of cats. Besides the fundamental necessities of food, water, bed, and litter box, cats need to satisfy their sense of territory, social impulses, and perhaps most importantly, their hunter instincts.

Territory

For a cat, territory encompasses not only the square footage of your home, but the vertical dimension as well. Many cats like to climb; a high vantage point makes them feel safe. Cat furniture that provides shelves and climbing opportunities doubles as a visual and scent marker for the cat to scratch (and protects furniture from the same behavioral drives). Window shelves also allow the cat to watch the great outdoors without being exposed to its dangers.

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Safe Access

A secure outdoor enclosure is a good way to give your cat access to fresh air and sunshine without the dangers of roaming free. Click here to read about outdoor safety for indoor cats.

Hunting

Cats live to hunt. It is a hard-wired instinct that must be satisfied for our cats to be mentally healthy. The playful stalking and pouncing that so delights us in kittens is actually preparing them for survival as adults. Indoor cats don’t need to hunt to eat, but they still need to express those instincts.

Indoor Enrichment Tools

  • Play and treat balls (SlimCat, Deli Dome)
  • Cat grass
  • Play Therapy
  • Other exercises (prey facsimiles, rotate toys, walks)
  • Clicker training
  • Cat furniture
  • Climbing frames (KatWallks, Crazy Cat Wall)
  • Bird feeders, fish tanks, cat videos
  • Outdoor enclosures (Habicats, Catios)

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For more information on Dr. Hofve and her work with cats visit http://www.littlebigcat.com.
]]> https://valheart.com/environmental-enrichment-for-indoor-cats/feed/ 0 Pet-Safe Non-Toxic Cleaning Methods We Love https://valheart.com/pet-safe-non-toxic-cleaning-methods-we-love/ https://valheart.com/pet-safe-non-toxic-cleaning-methods-we-love/#comments Fri, 13 May 2022 10:48:29 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=58495 This article was previously published February 5, 2020, and was updated May 13, 2022

Keep it clean the safe, non-toxic way

Having a clean home is one of the best ways to protect your household from illness and allergies. However, using toxic chemicals to do the job is the equivalent of cutting off your nose to spite your face. Making the switch to non-toxic cleaning can reduce your exposure to harmful chemicals. That being said, our furry friends are often sensitive even to natural cleaning products. Here are the best pet-safe non-toxic cleaning methods we love.

Neem Oil for Floors

Neem oil is a vegetable-based oil derived from neem plants in India. This natural oil is frequently used as a non-toxic cleaning product, as well as a recommended ingredient when figuring out how to beat bed bugs. This natural cleaning product is a common ingredient in flea prevention shampoos in pets and is a safe alternative to tea tree oil.

Neem oil is a powerful pest deterrent, which makes it ideal for cleaning and polishing floors. When mixing potent natural cleaning products, dilute the oil with one liter of hot water to every 2 milliliters of neem oil. Be sure to keep your pets out of the area while it dries, and wipe up any excess with a cloth.

Vinegar for Surfaces

Vinegar is one of the most potent natural cleaners in the world and a must-have non-toxic cleaning product for pets. Vinegar can help offset mold growth, which makes it an excellent surface cleaner in the kitchen and bathroom. It’s non-toxic, and the pungent flavor will prevent your pets from wanting to lick it.

Mix vinegar with hot water at a ratio of one cup for every gallon, respectively. Vinegar is also a great cleaner for appliances that come in contact with food and beverages, such as a coffee pot or dishwasher. 

If your dog is struggling with training, vinegar is an effective spot treatment for urine, especially in carpets and rugs. Apply vinegar to the area, then add cornstarch after an hour so that you can vacuum it up.

Baking Soda Deodorizer

Baking soda is a tried and true odor eliminator and a non-toxic cleaning product for pets. You can sprinkle this on areas that have accumulated a pet smell, such as a litter box or dog bed. 

Baking soda is also a fantastic natural additive to the laundry to get pet smell out of fabric while boosting the cleansing effects of your detergent. 

Dish Soap and Baking Soda Stain Scrubber

For tough stains and spots, particularly around the stove and floor after cooking, sometimes you need a little elbow grease. Rather than rushing out and buying powerful chemicals, make a grime-fighting natural paste at home.

Mix baking soda and dish soap until it forms a paste and apply it to the area you want to clean. Let it sit for a while, then wipe off with a hot, wet cloth. You’ll be shocked at how effective this non-toxic cleaning product gets stains and hardened food residue off surfaces and dishes.

Lemon Juice and Water Window Cleaner

Window cleaners are typically rife with chemicals. When looking for non-toxic cleaning products that are safe for pets, look no further than the fridge.

Create a window cleaner with lemon juice and hot water. You can also make a streak-free spray version by soaking lemon peels in a blend of one-part alcohol to one-part distilled water. As dogs love to put their noses on glass and check out the world outside, it’s especially important to use a non-toxic window cleaner.

Cola Toilet Cleaner

If you have a pet who considers themselves a connoisseur of toilet water, then the harsh, toxic chemicals in toilet bowl cleaner should be avoided at all costs.

Instead, use soda as a dirt-fighting alternative. Cola is especially useful. Pour in a can, leave it for an hour, then give it a scrub with the toilet brush and flush away. The bubbles and acidity lift grime and remove stains better than chemical cleaners.

Using these pet-safe cleaning products will help keep your whole household healthy and safe.

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]]> https://valheart.com/pet-safe-non-toxic-cleaning-methods-we-love/feed/ 1 Top 10 Tricks and Toys to Keep Your Dogs Busy When They’re Alone https://valheart.com/top-10-tricks-and-toys-to-keep-your-dogs-busy-alone/ https://valheart.com/top-10-tricks-and-toys-to-keep-your-dogs-busy-alone/#respond Tue, 10 May 2022 21:09:11 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=83699 Guest post courtesy of Tammi Avallone. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communication Enterprises Inc. 

Busy dogs are happy dogs, so how do you keep your dogs busy when you can’t be home?

Work and social commitments mean that many dog owners have to leave their furry friends home alone sometimes. So, how do you ensure that your dog doesn’t get frustrated and lonely when you’re not around?

Read this guide to discover our top 10 best tips, tricks, and toys to keep your dog busy when he’s alone.

1. Make Their Crate Comfortable

Your dog is much more likely to settle down and sleep if he has a comfortable, well-equipped crate to relax in.

It’s true that some dogs fret when confined inside a kennel, so they will need to be trained to accept their crate as a safe den, a sanctuary they can relax inside. How to do that is beyond the scope of this post however, so if your dog needs help feeling happy in their “den”, then please get them the help they need first.

For dogs that are okay in their crate, provide your pet with a comfy bed or mat, a few interactive toys, and a crate safe water bottle so that he doesn’t get thirsty or dehydrated while you’re not around.

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2. Provide A Seat with A View

Your dog is much less likely to get bored if he has a seat with a good view of what’s going on around him.

If your dog stays in his crate while you’re out, try to put the crate in a spot where your pooch can see out of a window.

The backyard or street outside can provide your dog with all-day entertainment, simply watching the world go by.

3. Set Up a Scent Game

Did you know that your dog’s sense of smell is around 40 times more powerful than yours?

For that reason, scent games are great fun for most dogs!

So, if you can hide a few treats around your home or in your dog’s crate, he’ll be kept amused for hours hunting them down.

You can also buy puzzle games that the dog has to solve to get at the tasty rewards hidden inside the game.

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4. Fill Ice Cubes with Treats

A fun, interactive game for dogs is to fill a bowl with water and dog treats and pop it in the freezer.

The next day, put the bowl in your dog’s crate or kennel. As the ice melts, the treats appear!

Your dog will also amuse himself by licking the ice to get at the treats, hydrating, and cooling himself at the same time.

That’s a simple yet highly effective, affordable solution that your dog will love!

5. Dog TV

Some dogs enjoy watching TV alongside their owners. If your pup falls into that category, you can use that to keep him amused while you’re not around.

Dog TV is an excellent way of keeping your pup entertained throughout the day while you’re out.

You can tune in to DOG TV on YouTube. Place your dog’s crate where he can see the television or computer screen and set up your furry friend’s favorite show to keep him entertained!

Many dogs love the sound and sight of other dogs playing on the TV. However, not all pups are interested in the telly, so bear that in mind if you decide to try TV as entertainment for your pup.

6. Interactive Puzzles Keep Your Dog Busy

There are lots of dog puzzle games to choose from, most of which allow your pup to amuse himself without your intervention.

Take a stroll down the toy aisle at your local pet store to check out the range of toys, and you’re sure to find something that will amuse your pup for hours.

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7. Get Neighborly!

If you have friends and neighbors who have dogs, ask if they would be interested in taking turns in sharing playdates. That’s an excellent way to keep your pup entertained and socialized and enables everyone to help each other.

Everyone in your neighborhood can pitch in by looking after a few dogs each day, walking them, playing games, feeding and watering them  if necessary, and generally interacting with the pups to prevent separation anxiety.

8. Hire A Pet Sitter or Dog Walker

If your neighbors are not an option, you could hire a pet sitter or dog walker.

A dog walker will take your pet out with other pups for a walk or a trip to the dog park, saving you the job when you get home from work and keeping your pooch happy and entertained, and exercised too.

9. Make an Outdoor Kennel and Run

If you have plenty of outside space, you might want to set up an outdoor kennel and run. That way, your dog can choose whether to spend his day dozing in his kennel or playing outside in his run.

Of course, your property must be secure so that your pet can’t escape, and you shouldn’t leave your pet outside all day if he’s a barker and you have near neighbors.

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10. Provide Your Dog with Plenty of New Toys

Most dogs have a selection of favorite toys that they love to play with. That means those toys quickly succumb to wear and tear and need replacement from time to time.

Worn toys can become choking hazards pretty quickly as they begin to degrade. So, make sure your dog has plenty of new, safe toys to play with.

One More Tip on Keeping Your Dogs Busy and Happy

When you must go out and leave your dog home alone, using these tips and tricks to keep your dog busy can help prevent behavioral problems, such as separation anxiety, from developing.

Finally, before you leave your pet alone, take him out for a walk or play games with him in your backyard to burn off excess energy. That way, your pup is more likely to settle down and sleep when you head out.

Bonus: Tell Your Dog Where You’re Going and When You’ll Be Back

Before you leave, talk to your dog and tell him where you’re going, why it’s important, and when you’ll be back.

It’s also helpful to give him a job to do! What do you want him to do while you’re gone?

Knowing how to communicate with your dog is important, so take the time to discover how to speak their language.

That way they can tell you what they are thinking, how they feel, and what they need to be happy.

When you can communicate, you can address their concerns, worries and fears. And you can solve problems before things get bad. Because if your dog isn’t happy, you won’t be either.

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]]> https://valheart.com/top-10-tricks-and-toys-to-keep-your-dogs-busy-alone/feed/ 0 Toxic Plants: Protect Your Horses from Plants That Kill https://valheart.com/toxic-plants-protect-your-horses/ https://valheart.com/toxic-plants-protect-your-horses/#comments Mon, 09 May 2022 18:35:01 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=5726 Guest post courtesy of Pat Raia: Keep Your Horse Safe From Toxic Plants. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communication Enterprises Inc. This article was previously published February 14, 2012 and was updated on May 9, 2022.

Toxic plants don’t always show up where you expect them

One spring a few years ago, four horses on a Colorado farm began losing weight and developed photosensitization (a condition characterized by sensitivity to sun exposure) and neurologic signs. A thorough physical exam and blood work helped veterinarians determine the horses had extensive chronic liver disease, and a liver biopsy confirmed typical signs of pyrrolizidine alkaloid poisoning. These alkaloids are typically found in groundsels such as tansy ragwort, fiddle neck, and rattle pod. However, none of these plants were present in the horses’ pasture.

But when the horses’ owner broke open a bale from the hay supply he had been feeding all winter, he noticed significant amounts of broad, hairy leaves that were eight to 12 inches long. These leaves were identified as hound’s tongue, a noxious weed in many areas across the country that contains significant quantities of pyrrolizidine alkaloids. Hound’s tongue remains toxic even when dried in hay. These alkaloids have a cumulative effect on the liver, and after eating the contaminated hay over the winter, the horses developed chronic irreversible liver disease. Eventually, all four of the affected horses were euthanized because of liver failure.

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Hound’s tongue is one of myriad plants toxic enough to cause illness and even death in horses. So it’s important that owners recognize poisonous plants growing in or near their horses’ pastures and prevent their animals from ingesting them.

According to Carey Williams, PhD, extension specialist and associate director of outreach at Rutgers University’s Equine Science Center, horses generally avoid eating poisonous plants, especially when more palatable choices are available.

“Most poisonous plants have defense mechanisms–syrup or sap that’s very bitter or spines and thorns that make them uncomfortable to chew or swallow–so horses will generally avoid them, especially if they have lots of good-quality hay and good-quality pasture available to them,” she says.

Even so, some harmful plants are attractive to horses at certain times of the year.

For example, wilted red maple leaves are among the plants most toxic to horses. But they can be hard for horses to resist because the leaves’ high sugar content draws the animals. Horses can be exposed to red maple leaves in the fall when drying leaves blow into pastures. Ingesting 1½ pounds is toxic in a horse; three pounds is lethal.

“Red maple has an oxidant that destroys hemoglobin–red blood cells,” says Anthony P. Knight, BVSc, MS, Dipl. ACVIM, professor and veterinary extension agent in Colorado State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences and author of “A Guide to Plant Poisoning of Animals in North America”. “Horses will present with weakness, jaundice, and anemia, and urine may turn dark brown as the body filters out the dead cells.”

Other plants outside pastures can be toxic to horses as well–ornamental plants used in landscaping, such as rhododendron, azalea, and yew, for example. The latter ornamental plant is an evergreen, so it and other evergreens remain toxic year-round because they never lose their leaves. Between 10 and 15 ounces of yew leaves are sufficient to kill a 1,000-pound horse.

Oleander is a leafy, flowering drought-resistant plant often used in ornamental landscaping in California and across the Southern states to Florida. It contains cardiac glycosides–naturally occurring compounds that can cause colic, loss of coordination, profuse sweating, difficulty breathing, abnormal heart function, muscle tremors, and potentially death from cardiac failure.

“A few mouthfuls of oleander leaves can be fatal to a horse,” says Knight. “The toxin is similar to digitalis (a drug that comes from the foxglove plant and is prescribed to certain heart patients); it works on the heart, affecting normal heart rhythm.”

Often these plants are introduced into a horse’s environment via a well-meaning neighbor. “A farm might have a neighbor right next door, and the neighbor might clip rhododendron, azalea, or Japanese yew plants and put the clippings in the pasture thinking, ‘I’ll feed the horses,” Williams says. The best thing an owner can do to prevent this from happening is to talk with neighbors and ask them not to feed the horses anything, including lawn and garden clippings.

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Some weeds and wildflowers put horses at risk for poisoning as well, says Knight. One such plant found nationwide is the weed Senecio, also known as groundsel. Senecio’s toxic effects can take a month or more to appear in horses, but clinical signs of Senecio-related poisoning are generally easy to identify, Knight says.

“Senecio gradually destroys the liver, causing the owner to see weight loss, jaundiced eyes, and in white skinned areas photosensitization that looks like severe sunburn,” he says. At this stage, there is no effective treatment or way to reverse the liver damage.

The effects of water hemlock ingestion, for instance, are much more immediate. Found just about everywhere in the United States where there is water, this is one of the most poisonous native plants. It contains the unsaturated alcohol cicutoxin in all parts of the plant, especially in the roots and stem base. The toxin causes severe stimulation and paralysis of the nervous system. The plant is highly toxic; two or three ounces can kill.

Depending on the area of the country, other plants can be a problem when horses are forced to consume them because little good quality pasture or hay is available. For example, locoweed in the Western states can cause irreversible neurologic signs in horses; Russian knapweed and yellow star thistle will cause permanent brain damage.

Detection and Prevention

Owners need to be extremely sensitive to changes in their horses’ appearance and behavior in order to detect possible plant poisoning. “It’s important to know your horse well–what is normal for your horse,” Williams says. “And if you suspect the horse has ingested something toxic, call your veterinarian right away. Then call your extension agent to walk the pasture with the veterinarian to find the culprit.”

Both Williams and Knight advise owners to know their horses’ environments well, too. “The first thing people should do is walk their pastures to see what kind of plants are growing there to identify the ones that are toxic to their horses,” Williams says. To help identify poisonous plants in your pasture, take a look at the list.

“And anytime you find a plant you can’t identify or are not familiar with, take a digital photo of the plant and e-mail it to your extension agent,” says Knight. Your county extension agent can even come out to the farm and identify toxic plants prevalent in your region.

Williams says owners also can minimize the risk of toxic plants growing in their pastures if they create buffer zones between neighbors’ properties and their own. Not only do these zones separate horses from toxic plants residing next door, but they also allow owners to control plant growth without violating property lines.

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“If you move a fenceline three to six feet inside your own property line, you know where you can clear cut without encroaching on your neighbor’s property,” Williams says. “Six feet may seem like a lot if the pasture is small, but it will make it easier to control toxic plant growth in your pasture.”

Owners who use herbicides to keep toxic plants from invading pastures should be sure that herbicidal preparations are manufactured to be effective on the plants they specifically want to destroy. Read labels carefully, and be strict about following manufacturers’ application directions. Owners who use herbicides should also faithfully follow manufacturers’ directions for restricting grazing on treated pastures. Wear waterproof gloves before removing poisonous plants from your property by hand, and immediately dispose of any toxic plants in a location where horses cannot access them.

Don’t forget that plant toxins can lurk in the barn as well.

Black walnut trees are among many cultivated trees that are toxic to horses. Bedding made of shavings derived from black walnut wood is dangerous and can cause laminitis (inflammation of the laminae–interlocking leaflike tissues that attach the horse’s hoof to the coffin bone within it) in horses simply from standing in it. “Bedding that is only 20% black walnut shavings is toxic to horses and can cause laminitis,” Williams says. “Know what your bedding is made of and where it comes from. Don’t risk it.”

Likewise, Knight advises owners to be on the lookout for toxic plants that could have been incorporated into bales when hay was harvested, such as the hound’s tongue that poisoned the Colorado horses. “Examine the hay before you feed it,” Knight says. “Ideally purchase certified weed-free hay to reduce the risk of toxic weeds such as hound’s tongue, which can often invade hay meadows.”

He also warns owners to inspect the bottoms of hay feeders or buckets for plant seeds and clean out the feed bunk regularly. “Some horses are ‘bottom feeders’; they eat the seeds that fall to the bottom of the feed bucket,” he says. “Some seeds (e.g., jimsonweed seeds) can be toxic.”

Both Knight and Williams say owners can minimize chances their horses will be exposed to toxins in hay and bedding by purchasing those products from familiar local dealers. Likewise, owners who add supplements to their horses’ diets should always purchase them from reputable manufacturers and follow feeding directions carefully.

“Doses in herbal supplements are very small, so they are not likely to be harmful if owners follow the directions,” he says.

Take-Home Message

Keep your horse healthy with the information in “Understanding Equine Nutrition”.

Despite owners’ best efforts, horses can still ingest poisonous plants. If this happens, try to identify the plant your horse ingested and contact your veterinarian right away.

“Besides calling a veterinarian immediately, there’s not much an owner can do except remove the horse from the suspected source–be it the hay or the pasture,” says Knight.

Ultimately, both Knight and Williams remind owners that a quality diet helps minimize plant poisoning risks. Though some horses might sample the potentially poisonous plants they find in their pastures, most will not ingest these ill-tasting plants in quantity as long as lush grass and quality hay are available.

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]]> https://valheart.com/toxic-plants-protect-your-horses/feed/ 4 Easing Stress for Yourself & Your Pets in Challenging Times https://valheart.com/easing-stress-for-yourself-and-your-pets/ https://valheart.com/easing-stress-for-yourself-and-your-pets/#respond Mon, 09 May 2022 17:45:42 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=58580 This article was previously published March 26, 2020 and was updated on May 9, 2022

Easing stress doesn’t have to stress you out!

Easing stress in times of trouble is one of the most important skills you can have.  Being able to do that though?  Easier said than done.

More bad news is that you transmit to your pet what you’re feeling.  When they’re paying attention they always know what you’re thinking, how you’re feeling, and they know when you’re stressed.

But it’s so confusing to them because it makes no sense from their viewpoint.  Where’s the bear?  Is the tiger hiding in the tree?  What are we in danger from again?  Explain it to me so I can help!  

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Bottom line is:  When you’re stressed?  They are too.

Stress used unwisely and without purpose in a true fight flight survival situation becomes a degenerative energy that takes its toll on us in more ways than one.  Our immune systems can’t function properly which makes us more vulnerable to illness.  Blood pressure goes up.  Our body’s maintenance systems go offline during the perceived “emergency” that never ends…

When you factor in the Human Animal BodyMind Connection where they act out and reflect or mirror our stress for us?  Or carry our illnesses for us?  Ouch.

Seriously.  Not good.

Did you know?

One way to help yourself (and your animals) right NOW during the Coronavirus scare, ease the stress you’re feeling and other challenging times in our lives is to simply limit and reduce your stress.

How?

It’s easy: Try deep breathing.

When done right, deep breathing can help lower blood pressure and provide an almost immediate sense of calm, according to the Mayo Clinic.

This can ease stress and help protect your immune system.

And broadcasts to everyone around you including your animals that you’re okay.

When they get the message?  They can relax too.

And it only takes a minute to do.

Breathing deeply and slowly sends a message to your body (AND your animals) that “all is well,” even when the world outside is frantic…

This is my favorite easing stress technique!

A simple, effective form of deep breathing is “box breathing,” with 4 parts of equal length, like a box.

Try it now.

Watch this and follow along…

  • Breathe in for 4 seconds.
  • Hold your breath for 4 seconds.
  • Breathe out for 4 seconds.
  • Hold again for 4 seconds.
  • Repeat up to 4 times total.

That’s it.

Please give it a try right now. Just do it.

…

I’m waiting… and breathing with you…

…

Did you do it???

How do you feel now?

Better? A bit more peaceful? More present? A little clearer??

You’re welcome!

Tip: Put this email in a safe place and refer back to it every time you’re feeling stressed.

It’s a proven way to feel better fast.

Stay safe. Be well.

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Another fantastic way to ease stress with animals is learn how to TALK to them about what’s going on.  You know things they don’t know, and they knows things you don’t know.  Open the lines of communication heart to heart, mind to mind, so you can partner up together.

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]]> https://valheart.com/easing-stress-for-yourself-and-your-pets/feed/ 0 Biggest Mistake Dog Owners Make Training a Dog https://valheart.com/biggest-mistake-dog-owners-make-training-a-dog/ https://valheart.com/biggest-mistake-dog-owners-make-training-a-dog/#respond Fri, 06 May 2022 21:21:14 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=83628 What is the Biggest Mistake Dog Owners Make?

I just came across this fantastic free online workshop on training a dog from the K9 Training Institute that I recommend that you sign up for right away.

This is the first workshop of its kind that is designed to help “normal” dogs like yours have the same level of calmness, obedience and impulse control as service dogs.

The workshop was a complete eye-opener for me and helped me understand why regular dog owners often have so much difficulty and frustration training their dogs.

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Giving Your Dog a Job to Do

One of the many things I learned from the workshop is the biggest mistake that most dog owners make with their dogs is that they don’t give their dogs work to do.

The reason service dogs are so well-behaved is that they always have work to do.

Now, by “job” or “work”, I don’t mean that a service dog is always doing something physical in nature. (And I’m not referring to their life’s purpose which is a whole other thing…)

Instead, what I mean is that when you give a service dog the hand signal for the DOWN cue for instance, here’s how the service dog would have been trained to think:

“My owner has now given me the job of lying down. So I will remain lying down here in this exact spot until my owner tells me to do something else, because the job that my owner wants me to do for her right now is to lie down. I can do that!”

So unlike most “normal” dogs who think of DOWN as just a trick that they have to perform for a few seconds after which they can do whatever they feel like, service dogs think of DOWN as a serious job that they have to do with commitment, dedication and purpose until they get their next job from their owner.

As you can imagine, it’s a dramatically different mindset!

And THIS mindset is the reason service dogs are so well-behaved, and so many “normal” dogs (even if they know cues like DOWN or SIT) are not.

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Training Your Dog to Have the Same Mindset as a Service Dog

The good news is that you can train your dog to have the same mindset as a service dog as well.

That’s precisely where K9 Training Institute’s free online workshop comes in.

It helps you to train your dog using the exact same techniques used by the service dog training industry.

It’s conducted by Dr. Alexa Diaz (one of the top service dog trainers in the U.S.) and Eric Presnall (host of the hit Animal Planet TV show “Who Let the Dogs Out“).

Frankly, the techniques described in the workshop are groundbreaking – I haven’t seen anyone else talk of these techniques.

This is because it’s the first time ever (at least that I know of) that anyone has revealed the secret techniques used by the service dog training industry to train service dogs.

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The tips shared in this free workshop work on ALL dog breeds – from small breeds like Pomeranians and Chihuahuas to large breeds like English Mastiffs and Great Danes.

Also, puppies as young as 6 weeks old, and previously untrained adult dogs as old as 13 years, have been successfully trained using these techniques.

It’s not a live workshop – rather, it’s a pre-recorded workshop, which means that you can watch it at your convenience.

However, while the workshop is free right now, I am not sure if it’s going to be online for long, so please check it out as soon as you can.

Here’s the link again for the Free Dog Training Workshop.

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]]> https://valheart.com/biggest-mistake-dog-owners-make-training-a-dog/feed/ 0 Important Safety Tips On Traveling With Pets In Your Car – by Amber Kingsley https://valheart.com/safety-tips-traveling-with-pets-in-car/ https://valheart.com/safety-tips-traveling-with-pets-in-car/#comments Fri, 06 May 2022 18:49:32 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=14477 Guest post courtesy of Amber Kingsley. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communication Enterprises Inc. This article was previously published August 31, 2016, and was updated on May 6, 2022

Traveling with pets? Be safety conscious!

Just like our two-legged children, our four-legged friends need to be properly restrained and protected when riding inside vehicles.

As a matter of fact, more states are enacting laws about how animals must be transported when riding in an automobile.

In Hawaii for example, pets are forbidden from traveling on their owner’s lap and in New Jersey, drivers could face fines of up to $1,000 for the “improper transportation” of an animal.

The safest place for a human child to ride in a car is in the back seat and the same is true for canines and cats.

Remember that airbags are designed for full-grown adults and not children or critters, which could cause them serious injuries.

The best mode of transportation for an animal is inside of a crate specifically designed for travel when riding in an automobile.

Crate training is a relatively simple process, and this could save their life in case of an accident.

 

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Reasons to stay on the safe side

Safety considerations to remember that should help you choose this important option include:

  • They won’t be able to escape through a broken window and risk being struck by a passing motorist since they’re safely confined.
  • Should you be unresponsive following a collision, emergency personnel will be able to quickly retrieve your animal and keep them safe until you’re conscious.

Safely inside their crate, this type of confinement almost eliminates the risk of them being struck by a flying object during an accident, preventing a common and potentially deadly injury.

Harnessing Safety

Another popular method of keeping them safer while driving is using a harness to safely secure them to the seat.

There are also specially designed car seats available for dogs and cats that perform the same function.

You wouldn’t drive around with your child unbuckled and unprotected, so the same should be true for your four-legged best friend.

Stinging Surfaces

We all know by now not to leave an animal in a car unattended, not even for one minute, especially during hotter months.

But sometimes we forget about how hot some surfaces become when the thermometer rises.

Recently, a study found that when the outside temperature reached 95℉, not only did the heat rise inside the vehicle, automobile seat surface can easily top 140℉.

Other surface temperatures were measured at:

  • Sidewalks, which were ringing in at 125℉
  • Red bricks registering at 135℉
  • Black asphalt baked at 140℉

Think about these temperatures before exposing your animal to them, especially when entering or exiting a vehicle.

When visiting the beach for example, if you’re wearing shoes, be sure to check the temperature of the sand before your dog must walk across these often scorching surfaces.

Be sure to bring along an extra blanket or towel for them to relax in the shade if they’ll be exposed to the sun for long periods of time.

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Health & Welfare

Depending upon where you’ll be traveling with pets, whether or not you’ll be crossing state lines or even a country’s border for that matter, be sure your pet has a check-up and all their vaccines are current.

Take this paperwork with you so you can prove your animal is healthy enough to travel and research what possible shots they may need in order to go to a specific location before you embark on your journey.

With a little forethought, some proper planning and added safety measures, we can all ensure our pets will arrive safely with us to our intended destination.

Don’t put your pet in any added danger when you hit the road and protect them with the same regard as any type of precious cargo.

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]]> https://valheart.com/safety-tips-traveling-with-pets-in-car/feed/ 4 Effective Dog Training Using Body Language – You Need to Try This! https://valheart.com/effective-dog-training-using-body-language/ https://valheart.com/effective-dog-training-using-body-language/#respond Wed, 04 May 2022 19:24:45 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=83626 If You Have a Dog, Or Are Getting One, This is For You

Dog training is certainly the hardest part of owning a dog, but it can also be one of the most rewarding parts when you do it right.

It can be very frustrating having a dog that is not housebroken, barks excessively, keeps pulling on the leash during your walks, doesn’t respond whenever it’s called, or jumps up on people.

You’ll be fed up, because it’s pretty exhausting to keep trying to make them listen. You’ll wonder how professional dog trainers help dogs behave exactly the way they (the trainers) want them to.

But hiring a trainer can be quite expensive, and to be honest, you don’t really need to. I’ll explain how in a minute.

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First, let me talk about WHY your dog seems to be so hard to train…

The reason you are having so much difficulty training your dog is that you’ve been doing dog training the outdated way.

It’s not your fault though. The fault really lies with all the bad dog training information that’s out there on the Internet and elsewhere.

Most people start training their dogs using verbal cues or commands like SIT, STAY, etc. Because that’s what they have been taught to do by numerous books on dog training and by all the videos they’ve seen on the Internet.

 

Here’s the problem – that’s exactly how NOT to train a dog!

Why?

Because the science of animal behavior says that starting your training using verbal cues sets your dog up for failure.

Dogs that are trained only using verbal cues never get trained properly. Or at least, the training doesn’t last long.

So what’s the best way to train a dog?

The science is very clear on this – dogs are best trained by using body language. Now, this doesn’t mean that you should never use verbal cues.

What it means is that you should always START your dog training using body language.

Later on, you can bring in a verbal cue to reinforce your dog’s training.

That’s it? Yeah, that’s it 🙂

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So how do you train your dog using body language?

I came across this fantastic free workshop from the K9 Training Institute that helps you learn how to do just that.

The workshop is designed to help “normal” dogs like yours have the same level of calmness, obedience and impulse control as service dogs.

It’s conducted by Dr. Alexa Diaz (one of the top service dog trainers in the U.S.) and Eric Presnall (host of the hit Animal Planet TV show “Who Let the Dogs Out“).

Frankly, the techniques described in the workshop are fairly groundbreaking – I haven’t seen anyone else talk of these techniques.

This is because it’s the first time ever (at least that I know of) that anyone has revealed the secret techniques used by the service dog training industry to train service dogs.

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In the free workshop, you’ll discover:

    1. How to train your dog using body language, rather than verbal cues
    2. The 3 key techniques that service dog trainers use to train dogs, and how you can use them too
    3. The most important step that “normal” dog owners have been missing (this is very important to get your dog’s attention, and it works 100% of the time)
    4. How to stop bad behaviors like excessive barking, pulling on the leash, jumping, etc.
    5. Why a lot of dog owners are unable to establish the amazing bond that service dog trainers have with their dogs

The tips shared in this free workshop work on ALL dog breeds – from small breeds like Pomeranians and Chihuahuas to large breeds like English Mastiffs and Great Danes.

Also, puppies as young as 6 weeks old, and previously untrained adult dogs as old as 13 years, have been successfully trained using these techniques.

It’s not a live workshop – better, it’s a pre-recorded workshop, which means that you can watch it at your convenience.

However, while the workshop is free, I am not sure whether it’s going to be online for too long, so please check it out as soon as you can.

Here’s the link again.

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]]> https://valheart.com/effective-dog-training-using-body-language/feed/ 0 4 Top Tips to Improve Your Dog’s Diet https://valheart.com/4-top-tips-to-improve-your-dogs-diet/ https://valheart.com/4-top-tips-to-improve-your-dogs-diet/#respond Wed, 04 May 2022 19:06:09 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=83637 Guest post courtesy of Jessica Sweet. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communication Enterprises Inc. 

What’s in your dog’s diet, and can it be improved?

Are you a fan of beagles, or are chihuahuas more your thing?

Perhaps you’re a lover of the big dogs like the Newfoundland, or prefer a medium-sized pooch such as a Staffordshire bull terrier?

Whatever breeds you love, it’s safe to say we’re a nation of dog lovers!

If you have your own canine companion, you’ll want to do everything in your power to keep them happy, healthy, and lead a long and fulfilled life.

A big part of this comes down to your dog’s diet, what you fed them.

Just like you would promote healthy eating to your kids, your dogs can benefit tremendously from following a balanced diet.

To help you make the right choices, here are some useful tips you can try out today.

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Natural is Best

Feeding your dog a diet made with natural, real ingredients can do wonders for their general health and wellbeing.

A natural diet promotes heart health, increases energy levels, and makes your pooches coat shiny and glowing.

One place you can get natural good quality pet food is from Applaws who are one of the leading providers in the US.

They sell a variety of products, such as lamb in gravy, beef in broth, and chicken bone broth that your dog is sure to love.

(They have natural cat food too in case your pooch has a feline bff in the house… )

Avoid Cooked Meats

When you’re at the dinner table devouring a tasty meal, you’ll be forgiven if you’ve scraped your leftovers into your dog’s bowl from time to time.

However, while you may think you’re keeping your dog happy, cooked foods aren’t the best for their health and wellbeing.

While cooked meats won’t do a lot of harm, it’s always best to stick with raw as much as you can.

Say No to Gluten

When you’re next at the grocery store, have a look at the ingredients in generic dried pet food.

You’ll be surprised to find how much of it contains gluten.

This gluten may be used to stop lower-class fats from spoiling, but it can be incredibly harmful to your dog’s kidneys and liver.

Also, gluten is one of the leading causes behind your dog passing wind that kicks up a stench, which is no good for anyone!

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Don’t Overfeed

It’s easy to think that overfeeding our dogs will keep them happy and satisfied.

But, if they’re not getting enough exercise, you’ll find this leads to weight gain and poor health.

Let’s be honest, dogs would eat until they were sick if they had a choice, so we understand if you give in to their pleading begging puppy dog eyes.

However, when it comes to following a healthy dog’s diet, it’s time to put your foot down and only feed them at mealtimes.

It’s estimated that between 25-30% of the general dog population is obese. To avoid yours falling into this statistic, it’s time to make some changes.

When it comes to pleasing man’s best friend, we need to ensure they’re getting the right vitamins, minerals, and nutrients.

Your dog can’t exactly feed themselves (provided their food is stored out of sight!), so it’s up to you to read all the above and make necessary changes so they’re following a healthy, nutritious dog’s diet.

How do you know if the dog’s diet you’re offering is good for them or hurting them? 

The only way to know for sure that the food you’re feeding them is right for them is to ask them.

Learning to communicate with your dog is the best way for them to tell you if their tummy hurts, or it gives them a headache, or if they have another concern.

They can also tell you if they love it and makes them feel great!

Are you interested in learning how to communicate with animals?

Then you’ll want to check out The Heart School of Animal Communication®.

Click Here  to see the courses – take a look and choose what most appeals to you.

If you are a newbie, then we highly recommend starting with the Beginning Core Foundations Course.

If you’re still not convinced of all the benefits of communicating with animals, click here to learn all the great reasons you should begin learning how now!

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]]> https://valheart.com/4-top-tips-to-improve-your-dogs-diet/feed/ 0 Pet Insurance: Because They’re Worth It https://valheart.com/pet-insurance-because-theyre-worth-it/ https://valheart.com/pet-insurance-because-theyre-worth-it/#comments Mon, 02 May 2022 13:27:23 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=6539 This article :Pet Insurance: Because They’re Worth It” was previously published January 25, 2013, and was updated on May 2,2022

Dear fellow canines and friendly felines,

I’m writing to you today to let you know that if many of you are like me – your human loves you but doesn’t always know how to spend their money on us the right way. We’ve sent the message before— we’ve shredded distasteful plush toys, urinated on gaudy furniture and place mats that we don’t like, and we’ve turned our noses at their bland interpretations of “cuisine.” But we all know they don’t speak our language, and when it comes to our health, sometimes they don’t know how to separate our “I’m in pain” whimper from the “Throw the ball!” whimper. Our signals go unheard often with serious repercussions.

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Well, I’ve recently discovered the one commodity that we won’t chew up, and will save us and our humans a lot of confusion and money—pet insurance and financial assistance programs.

There are groups of smart humans out there that know we tend to swallow things that we shouldn’t eat, get into scuffs with the riffraff, and just need to run until something breaks. Accidents they call them.  Far too often, one silly mistake ends up being our last. Pet insurance companies prepare our humans for the emergencies that we just can’t help ourselves to. The majority of plans involve only a small monthly fee, a little paperwork, and requires us to be healthy for a year with no preexisting conditions, just like human insurance! They should probably get it while we are young, so that when things get crazy (and they will) we don’t also hurt our humans’ wallet.

Pet insurance resources

You can visit www.petinsurancereview.com to get all the details regarding dog insurance, cat insurance, get quotes, make a claim, find vets and find links to the majority of US Pet Insurers like VPI, Petplan USA, Healthy Paws, and ASPCA, among others. According to the website, “you have to pay your veterinary bill and then submit your claim to your insurance company for reimbursement. (This is because pet insurance is considered a form of property insurance.)”

Here are some another great resources to help you with your pet insurance needs;  https://365petinsurance.com  and https://www.consumeraffairs.com/pets/pet-insurance/

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Also, there are other financial assistance programs regarding emergency pet help financed privately or through grants:  Angels 4 Animals, Brown Dog Foundation, Cats in Crisis, Care Credit Card, HandicappedPets.com and The Mosby Foundation, just to name a few.

So go easy on your human, and paw up a Google search for pet insurance next time you’re licking cereal off their face in the morning. You’ll be happier and healthier, and your human will save money for more treats and plush toys (eventually they’ll find the right one). Bark loud, it’s your health!

Sincerely,

Rex

This post comes from Angie Picardo at NerdWallet, a site dedicated to helping pet lovers save money at www.nerdwallet.com

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]]> https://valheart.com/pet-insurance-because-theyre-worth-it/feed/ 2 5 Tips for Rescuing an Anxious Dog https://valheart.com/5-tips-for-rescuing-an-anxious-dog/ https://valheart.com/5-tips-for-rescuing-an-anxious-dog/#respond Fri, 29 Apr 2022 19:27:05 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=83630 Guest post courtesy of Jessica Sweet. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communication Enterprises Inc. 

Rescuing an Anxious Dog: Tips for the First Week

Rescuing a dog is an amazing and selfless thing to do, but a lot of dogs will have gone through some form of trauma, resulting in an anxious dog that might take some coaxing to feel comfortable around you in its new home.

Anything you can do to help the dog make an easier more stable transition into its new home is worth doing. We’ll be covering a few key tips for bringing your new rescue dog home and what you’ll need to consider. Read on for all the details.

Anxious Dog Calming Tip #1: No visitors to begin with

Visitors can be stressful for a new dog. They’re already getting used to their new owner or owners and are probably quite bewildered to say the least. They will need time to feel safe in your home.

Adding a new unknown person to that mix will not help calm them. So, to your little niece who wants to meet your new puppy, although she promised to be gentle, she will have to wait a little bit longer.

You can make it easier on your dog by keeping visitors to small groups, too.

If you’re not sure, keep a look out for signs of stress, like whining, yawning, drooling, licking, shedding, panting, and more. If your anxious pooch is stressing out, then back off and put them in a safe, no visitor zone so they can calm down and relax.

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Anxious Dog Calming Tip #2:  Take time to dog proof the home

There is a lot of trouble that dogs can get into around the home, but most of them are easily avoidable by proper preparation.

Some quick moves around the house can make the home dog-proof.

For example, you will need to fix any breaks or weakness in the fencing that might let them become a flight risk.

Keep lilies, ivy, aloe vera and other toxic plants from your dog, as well as medication or cleaning products.

Put away any electric cords they might try to chew, and any children’s toys that might choke or poison them.

It might be helpful to also get some pet insurance to keep your dog protected in the case of an emergency. Pet insurance provider Petgevity offers coverage on up to £15,000 in vet fees if your dog gets into an accident.

Anxious Dog Calming Tip #3: Increase your dog’s time alone

Whether your dog likes it or not, you can’t in fact be with them every minute of every day. And if you give them that impression by being around all the time, you are likely to induce some separation anxiety in them. Which means, when you are forced to go to an appointment and have to leave them alone, they’re going to panic while you’re away.

You can avoid this in the first few weeks by slowly increasing your time away from them. Give them a tasty chew, and leave for something unimportant, so that you can come back whenever you want. Stay calm when you come back so that you are giving the impression that you always were coming back. Eventually they should believe you.

Anxious Dog Calming Tip #4: Set a routine and stick to it 

Dogs love consistency, which supports stability and predictability so they can calm down.

Wandering away from consistency and stability early on is likely to cause them to panic.

Therefore, it’s important that you establish a routine early.

Set a time for their food, for sleeping and dog walking and stick to it to help keep them calm. They need to know what to expect so they can relax.

This helps turn them from an anxious dog into a happy, relaxed one.

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Anxious Dog Calming Tip #5: Listen to the shelter

Shelter staff have more experience than you, generally speaking. You’ve maybe looked after a few dogs in your lifetime.

But they’ve looked after hundreds, and among those is great variation on temperaments and behaviours.

Shelters also tend to test the dogs they take in, looking at how they react to other dogs, to people they don’t know, etc. so listen to your shelter’s representative.

They have spent time with your anxious dog and know what will set them off and what will calm them down. It will save you a lot of grief trying to work it out for yourself.

BONUS TIP: Learn to communicate with your anxious dog

The biggest challenge an anxious dog has is their human doesn’t know how to speak their language. That means that their fears, concerns, worries and questions go unanswered.

Learning how to communicate with animals will make the biggest difference and accelerate the bonding process.

Because once you know their viewpoint, their history and background, and understand what is driving their anxious behavior, you can address it correctly and not wait for them to figure things out on their own.

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Dogs – just click on the picture below!


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]]> https://valheart.com/5-tips-for-rescuing-an-anxious-dog/feed/ 0 Emotional Support Animals: What You Should Know https://valheart.com/emotional-support-animal/ https://valheart.com/emotional-support-animal/#respond Fri, 29 Apr 2022 12:11:18 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=41252 Guest post courtesy of Trevor McDonald. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communications Enterprises Inc. This article was previously published March 16, 2018 and was updated on April 29, 2022.

If you were considering enlisting the service of an animal companion for a medical reason, particularly, a psychological or mental condition, an emotional support animal can help alleviate your symptoms and improve the overall quality of your everyday life. This is what you should know about emotional support pets:

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The definition of an emotional support animal (ESA):

An “emotional support animal” is defined as an animal that provides therapeutic benefits, comfort, and emotional support for an owner with a psychiatric or mental condition – such as PTSD, depression, or anxiety – and aids them to function normally by easing the conditions’ symptoms. They can even be recovery pets for former addicts. One example of a circumstance that makes an ESA’s service valid is if a person diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder needs to remain calm in public areas. The ESA can relax their owner’s nerves by their presence alone when the owner begins to feel anxious or highly-stressed, which lowers the chances of them suffering a sudden panic attack. Lastly, you can register any domestic animal, not only cats or dogs, as an ESA.

An emotional support animal and a service animal perform specific tasks

Upon first impression, it may seem that an emotional support animal and a service animal are the same animal – but in actuality, they are drastically different from one another! As mentioned before, emotional support animals can be any domesticated animal, but service animals are strictly dogs. Furthermore, an emotional support animal’s duties are limited only to providing emotional and psychological support. A service animal both eases psychological discomfort as well as physically assists their owner with a disability. An example of a person who needs a service animal is someone with a chronic condition like cerebral palsy. Their service animal helps them with tasks that are sometimes difficult to do on their own such as pull out their wheelchair or reach for medication.

Emotional support animals and service animals have different legal rights

The legal rights and laws of service animals are protected under the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), which enable them to be present with their owners at all times. Emotional support animals can only board an airline with their owner or be an exception for housing accommodations that have a “no pet” policy. Public areas, such as restaurants, do not have to allow emotional support animals into their business.

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Evidence that your animal is an emotional support animal must be provided by a medical professional

An emotional support animal must be licensed, and the owner should always have physical proof on them at all times. Unlike a service animal, an ESA is not required to wear a vest, but it highly recommended that they do. Regarding a current issue today, the title of “emotional support animal” has been abused on multiple occasions by individuals who simply want to take their pet with them wherever they please. As a result, many complaints have been made in airports against so-called “emotional support animals” who misbehave and cause disturbances on the flight. Emotional support animals are necessary companions for some people. Registering a normal pet as an ESA should always have a medical reason. Otherwise, doing so causes great harm to those with legitimate disabilities.

Emotional support animals are not formally trained

One can register their animal as an ESA under the recommendation and approval of their medical provider. Emotional support animals do not require formal training of any sort. However, it is imperative that they be obedient, have a good temperament, possess adequate social skills, and are house-trained. If not, an emotional support animal can become a nuisance or threat to others.

Pets are wonderful creatures, and it’s incredible that they can also be a service animal or emotional support animal. If you have any psychological or mental condition, an emotional support animal will only be of great benefit to you. Aside from being a supportive animal at the end day, they also become a lifelong friend.

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Bio: Trevor McDonald is a freelance content writer who has a passion for writing and is currently writing for Sober Nation. He’s written a variety of education, travel, health, and lifestyle articles for many different companies. In his free time, you can find him running with his dog, playing his guitar or enjoying fitness activities outside.

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]]> https://valheart.com/emotional-support-animal/feed/ 0 Emotional Support Animals: What You Should Know - Val Heart nonadult Find Money for Life-Saving Pet Surgery https://valheart.com/find-money-for-life-saving-pet-surgery/ https://valheart.com/find-money-for-life-saving-pet-surgery/#respond Fri, 29 Apr 2022 07:58:55 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=10928 This article was previously published September 24, 2014, and was updated April 29, 2022

Pet surgery is nearly always an unexpected expense

Once you’ve had a furry friend living with you for long enough, it becomes part of your family. And like family, if it were to ever be injured or ill, you want it to get the best medical treatment possible. Where do you turn if your animal needs life-saving pet surgery and you don’t have the money on hand to pay for it?

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One of the first things you can do is look at your assets.

Assets include tangible things you own, so take a look around your home. Advertise for a yard sale in venues like local papers, online on Craigslist, and physical signs and sell some gently used items. If you have big ticket items you don’t need, like some furniture or a bicycle, consider using Craigslist or eBay. You will get to keep all of the money if you avoid selling through consignment stores.

If you have been contributing to a Roth IRA, breathe a sigh of relief. Because Roth IRA contributions are made with money you have already been taxed on, you can withdraw your contributions at any time without penalties, even if you have not reached retirement age. However, if you withdraw some of your earnings in addition to the amount of the contributions you made, you will be subject to taxes and penalties on the earnings portion – so be sure that you have kept good records of your contributions over the years for your tax advisor. If you are over 59.5 years old and have had your account for more than five years, you can begin withdrawing contributions AND earnings without any taxes or penalties.

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If you prefer not to touch your retirement savings but have an annuity or structured settlement, think about selling future payments for a lump sum up front. If your veterinarian can give you a sense of how much money you need for the surgery, representatives at a company like J.G. Wentworth can help you decide if you want to sell all payments, or do partial buyouts to cover the cost and still let you continue monthly payments in the future. Keep in mind this process can take up to three months, so you want to get started soon.

Alternatively, instead of using your assets, you could add to your income by picking up part time jobs. Bartending and waiting tables are more lucrative options thanks to cash tips, especially if you have some experience. Babysitting can pay up to $15 per hour, so canvas the neighborhood and let parents know you are looking for work. Since you are already familiar with the world of pet care, advertise your pet-sitting services for people who either work all day or who want to get away for a long weekend. If you have pent up creative skills, sell some of your wares on sites like Etsy.

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Or you could consider reaching out to charities that grant funds for pet surgery. These include Care Credit, Paws for a Cure and The Pet Fund.

Keep in mind that of the top 10 surgeries for dogs, the average cost of the cheapest surgeries is close to $1000, and can go up to $8000; the top 10 feline surgeries tend to be slightly cheaper, but still run into the hundreds of dollars, reports PetInsurance.com. Given that 1 in 20 pets require some sort of pet surgery, according to the VPI group, once you make it through this round of surgery, you may want to think about purchasing pet insurance to help you handle the cost in the future.

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]]> https://valheart.com/find-money-for-life-saving-pet-surgery/feed/ 0 Horse Clicker Training with Amanda Martin on the Real Dr Doolittle Show™ https://valheart.com/horse-clicker-training-amanda-martin-real-dr-doolittle-show/ https://valheart.com/horse-clicker-training-amanda-martin-real-dr-doolittle-show/#respond Mon, 25 Apr 2022 18:58:39 +0000 http://showhorseexpert.com/?p=22322 This article was previously published January 24, 2018, and was updated on April 25, 2022.

Have you heard of Clicker Training?

Amanda Martin, the first UK approved “The Click That Teaches” Instructor (who was trained by Alexandra Kurland) has been training horses since the early 2000s and has been teaching since the mid 2000s.

Shortly after buying her first stallion, Amanda came across clicker training and immediately recognized that this would be a fantastic way to train her stallion.

She headed out to the barn with the book “The Click That Teaches“, a clicker in hand and a pocket full of treats and made some wonderful discoveries.

She discovered that training with a clicker is incredibly powerful, that it is an effective communication tool for horses and handlers, and that the horses responded with great enthusiasm.

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The Click That Teaches

Now thanks to Amanda, and “The Click That Teaches” program, horse owners all over the UK and EU/Europe are able to build a solid relationship with their horse where the horse is a willing and enthusiastic partner in the training.

Through clinics, lessons and online training courses, she is helping horse owners everywhere discover that clickers can help them create happy, eager horses who love to train.

As a result she is also creating very happy horse owners who love spending time with their horses.

Amanda also teaches clicker training at universities and colleges throughout the UK and is also a faculty member for the Equine Clicker Conference in the UK.

Amanda answers some very important questions:

  • What is Clicker Training, and who is Alexander Kurland?
  • Does this method work for all horses?
  • Clicker training was still considered to be relatively new when you first began learning it. Have things changed in horse training since then?
  • Is the clicker good for all aspects of a horses training?
  • Is there a limit to what a horse can be taught through this method?

Everyone loves their horse

That means we want to have a great relationship with our horse.

At the S.M.A.A.R.T. Horse Company we aim to help you build that relationship.

To help build that relationship it’s important to be training for emotional changes in our horses just as much as behavioral changes.

We can change behavior but that does not mean the horse has shifted how they feel emotionally about performing behavior.

To learn more about Amanda and about this training method for horses check out this website!

Are you interested in learning how to communicate with animals?

Then you’ll want to check out The Heart School of Animal Communication®.

If you want to learn how to talk to animals yourself, and you don’t want to waste a lot of time, energy and money chasing your tail on expensive onsite coursework, then Val can help!

The Heart School Method of teaching animal communication is designed to give you exactly what you need to open, explore and master the telepathic energetic communication channels between you and animals.

Can you imagine how great your life and relationship with your animals will be when you know how to speak their language?

Let Val show you how easy it is to hear your animal’s voice and access their wisdom.

Click Here  to see the courses – take a look and choose what most appeals to you.

If you are a newbie, then we highly recommend starting with the Beginning Core Foundations Course.

If you’re still not convinced of all the benefits of communicating with animals, click here to learn all the great reasons you should begin learning how now!

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]]> https://valheart.com/horse-clicker-training-amanda-martin-real-dr-doolittle-show/feed/ 0 Horse Clicker Training with Amanda Martin | The Real Dr. Doolittle Show | Animal Talk | Podcast #97 nonadult Can Iodized Salt Help Make Your Horse Healthier? https://valheart.com/iodized-salt-can-make-your-horse-healthier/ https://valheart.com/iodized-salt-can-make-your-horse-healthier/#comments Fri, 22 Apr 2022 02:06:01 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=10546 This article was previously published February 9, 2015, and was updated with new information on April 22, 2022

Does iodized salt help support a healthy horse?

.All full-sized horses require at least one ounce (2 tablespoons) of iodized salt per day.

As the iodine content of grass is way too low to measure, and with so much of the nutrition in the soil stripped away or contaminated these days, your best bet is to rely on supplementation, either from salt or other sources, to ensure your horse’s needs are met.

The ideal diet for a healthy horse is one that contains 1 to 6 mg of iodine daily, which keeps the thyroid gland working properly.

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However, remember that as many supplements and fortified feeds already contain iodine, you need to be sure of exactly how much your horse is consuming, as too much in the diet can have the opposite effect and actually damage the thyroid gland.

Iodized salt is a great way to add iodine and provide the much needed salt.

One teaspoon of iodized table salt contains 0.4 mg of iodine (3 tsp = 1 Tablespoon = 15 ml) and it’s as easy to obtain as picking up granulated salt from the grocery store, which comes in both iodized and non-iodized versions.  Additionally, be sure that you only use iodized salt from reputable sources that guarantee their iodine analysis in writing.

Here’s a little help as you navigate the field:

* Blue and red salt blocks contain iodine

* White and brown salt blocks generally do not

* Sea salt, kelp, and other natural salt sources can vary tremendously in their iodine content

Be sure to read the labels carefully and protect your horse’s health.

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Looking for more advice on optimal nutrition for your horse?

For more than 20 years, Dr. Juliet Getty has taught and consulted on equine nutrition. Her comprehensive book, Feed Your Horse Like A Horse: Optimizing Your Horse’s Nutrition for a Lifetime of Vibrant Health, is available in hardcover and CD through her website, Getty Equine Nutrition.  Horse owners and managers will find a library of helpful articles, the “Ask the Nutritionist” forum, and a calendar of appearances, teleconferences and interviews; register at the website for Dr. Getty’s popular (and free) monthly e-newsletter, “Forage for Thought.”

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]]> https://valheart.com/iodized-salt-can-make-your-horse-healthier/feed/ 1 How to Use the Intuitive Gift of Clairsentience with Animal Communication https://valheart.com/clairsentience-with-animal-communication/ https://valheart.com/clairsentience-with-animal-communication/#respond Thu, 21 Apr 2022 20:49:18 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=83554 If you have the intuitive gift of Clairsentience, then keep reading to find out how to best use it!

If your primary intuitive ability is clairsentience, then you know first-hand how difficult it can be to explain how you know what you know, for reasons I’ll get to in a minute.

But, if you haven’t awakened or gained proficiency using your clairsentient abilities – especially with your ability to communicate with animals – then you will have difficulty receiving and/or interpreting many of the animals’ messages when they share them through the gift of clairsentience.

You might be wondering, what is clairsentience, and how do I access it?

Recently, we focused on ways to access/activate, grow, and use clairsentience in the Heart Wisdom Masterclass (for Platinum Club Members).

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This is important because you need ALL 4 of your main intuitive abilities open, activated, and available to communicate with animals if you wish to become proficient.

Let’s review, the 4 main intuitive gifts are:

  1. Clairvoyance (the ability to visualize images in your mind’s eye monitor),
  2. Clairaudience (the ability to hear their thoughts inside your head),
  3. Clairsentience (the ability to feel what they feel, resonating with them at a visceral level so you just “know” what they know)
  4. Claircognizance (the ability to download instant clarity, big picture style, with full conscious awareness).

Everyone has all of these abilities; you are born with them.

Whether you’ve activated them and are using them with proficiency is another story.

To communicate clearly and easily with animals, you must meet them where they are. So if they are clairsentient and you haven’t developed your ability yet, then you won’t be able to understand what they’re trying to tell you. That’s not good….

 

What’s the difference between each of them?

Consider for a moment the idea of hitting a thumb with a hammer.

There’s a difference between hearing about it, reading about it, or seeing it happen, versus experiencing it actually happening to YOU in real time.

Clairvoyance

Clairvoyance would be the experience of seeing it – that could be reading about it in a book or story, or seeing a sticky note with the words “hit thumb with hammer”. Watching someone do it in a video or seeing it happen to someone else.

It’s not a visceral experience, it’s mental. Imagery only.

A concept. It may not be in real time, meaning it happened long ago, or could happen in the future.

It’s just an image. Hammer time clairvoyance example

 

Clairaudience

Clairaudience would be the experience of hearing it happen to someone else – so in the video you hear a fleshy whack as the hammer hits, someone yells ouch, then a few cuss words perhaps.

Claircognizance

Claircognizance would be the Big Picture experience of knowing why it happened, getting the vector and angle and size and even the hardness of the hammer and type of hammer (Is it metal? Wood?

Stone? New hammer, or old rusty hammer?

A pin hammer, a child’s plastic play hammer, or a big sledgehammer, the kind that crushes rocks and bones?).

Who’s holding it, why do they have it, why did they hit the thumb, is it their thumb or someone else’s thumb, was it an accident or intentional?

Instant knowing of the thumb itself, was it a young person’s thumb, older person, an experienced carpenter or inexperienced.

Was it an accident or intentional?

How hard was the thumb hit?

Top of the thumb or side or underneath?

Did it break a bone or bleed, or bruise or crush?

When did it happen?

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What was the hammer holder thinking at the time, and what did the hammered thumb recipient think?

Claircognizance is the experience of knowing all of this and more in an instant.

We explored claircognizance in a Heart Wisdom Masterclass, by the way. Platinum Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club members have immediate access to the recording in their Masterclass Recordings Vault. 

Clairsentience

Clairsentience is the experience of feeling it happen to YOUR thumb in real time. FEELING the experience in your own body, the jarring pain, the screaming nerve endings, the blood rushing to the wound, sticking your wounded thumb in your mouth or calling for help in an emergency situation.

Clairsentience is visceral, a personal experience, not mental at all. It’s all feeling, in real time, like it’s happening right now.

Do you get the difference?

If all your senses are active and working for you, you can get all of this information at once.

How incredible would it be to use ALL 4 of your senses with animals and access this kind of information, and discuss things with them.

For them to share what they know, what they saw, what they heard, and yes, what they felt.

Honestly, it’s life changing.

Highly sensitive empathic people are intimately familiar with clairsentience, because we FEEL so much, and a lot of it isn’t ours.

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Clairsentience is perhaps the most powerful of all 4 senses, the most direct and fastest method of communication.

And yet it is the hardest of the 4 intuitive senses to explain to someone else – or defend.

That’s because it is visceral, beyond thinking, it’s knowing how something feels, and may not come with any real thinking to help explain it.

You have to process the information, figure out where it came from (is it yours or someone else’s).

And then, how to interpret the information properly.

Sometimes what you feel and know is beyond explanation, and yet you trust your knowing 100%.

To be sure, these are advanced skills.

Yep, that’s how it works.

These are the complex issues that my clients and students work on (and this is what I help them with).

The thought processes I’ve described here are the kind that I take my animal talk students through in The Heart School of Animal Communication® courses and in the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club, including the Masterclasses.

For instance, all 4 senses are introduced along with ways to access, activate, and build on them in the Beginning Core Foundations Course.

Then the Advanced Animal Talk Topics Course shows you how to use them in various situations, like when your pet doesn’t feel well, or is behaving badly, or preparing to transition.

This Masterclass Series is designed to help you gain proficiency so you can master your senses.

Want more training in accessing, activating and using all your intuitive abilities?

I’m glad you asked!

In our Intuition Development Heart Wisdom Masterclass series we explore the intricacies and nuances of all the senses, including claircognizance – how it works, how it feels, how to use it, grow it, access it, and more.

My intention is to train and guide highly sensitive animal lovers, so you advance to the highest level possible, become proficient with all your intuitive abilities, and even be a successful professional practitioner if that’s your passion and calling.

The Masterclasses are for Platinum Club Members Only, so if you’re not a Platinum member yet… it’s not too late.

>> Click HERE to find out how

Your animal needs you to speak their language sooner rather than later. They have a lot to tell you.

See you on the Heart School Campus!

BIG hugs and much love to you and your angels, teachers, guides and healers disguised as animals too,

Barb and Val

Val “Intuition Is My Superpower” Heart, Founder of The Heart School of Animal Communication® and host of the BEST Online Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club at LearnHowToTalkToAnimals.com, with Barb “Co-Pilot” Cotta, Club Moderator & Student Liaison

 

Did you know that every month we donate to a favorite top- rated animal charity on behalf of our Platinum Club Members?

To date, we’ve supported Best Friends Animal Society, Klaudia’s Cat Sanctuary in Cyprus, the African Wildlife Organization, and many more.

Thank you for making it possible to support the causes we believe in, making the world a better place for all of us.

 

What is the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club?

A complete, uniquely different online portal with everything you need to grow your intuitive skills, improve and advance your communication abilities at your fingertips.

Why is that important?

So you can help animals when they don’t feel well, clear up confusions, know when they have something important to tell you, and for when it’s time to ease their transition.

Our Club community is full of loving big- hearted people just like you who are committed to growing, healing and evolving through the gift of Heart Wisdom Animal Communication.

The BEST Online Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club is THE place to be, if you’re serious about growing your intuition and healing abilities along with your communication skills.

 

Choose from 2 levels of Club Membership

Elite Platinum Membership:

You are serious about mastering your communication and healing abilities, want to be (or are) a professional who wants support, mentoring, and more advanced training. The best choice for students who want it ALL including the Heart Wisdom Masterclass series with immediate access.

Gold Membership:

Gold is the smart choice for personal coaching, opportunities to earn private Student Breakthrough Laser Sessions with Val (reg $125), Live Q&A Calls each month and so much more. Still just $4 for 4 weeks if you get in right now before the dues go up.

 

Find out how to join us >> HERE <<

 

Here’s a sample of the Heart Wisdom Masterclasses:

  • Advanced Communication Mentoring – Claircognizance
  • Developing ALL Your Intuitive Abilities – Clairsentience
  • Developing ALL Your Intuitive Abilities – Clairvoyance
  • Developing ALL Your Intuitive Abilities – Clairaudience
  • Advanced Communication Skills and Mentoring
  • Communicating with Pests
  • Communicating with Problem Cats
  • Communicating with Microbes, Parasites and Genes
  • Exploring the Paranormal, 6th Sense, Working with Ghosts and more
  • Communicating and Healing with Farm Animals
  • Finding Lost & Missing Animals with Guest Tim Link
  • Soul Repair Healing for People and Pets
  • Communicating with Trees and Plants
  • How to Quicken Your Connection & Improve Your Accuracy
  • Advanced Communication Q&A Mentoring
  • Advanced Group Communication Exercises
  • Behavior and Problem Solving
  • Chakra Balancing Series – Parts 1, 2 and 3
  • Time Travel and Shapeshifting
  • And so much more!

Why is Being a Member of the BEST Online Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club Member Important?

You got an animal communication course but maybe you’ve not been practicing or receiving proper feedback so you can grow… you’re isolated, alone, nobody to help you or answer your questions… maybe you got stuck or feel blocked? Maybe you quit or gave up because you didn’t have expert affordable guidance, no safe place to practice growing your skills and abilities… Or you just needed to learn more so you can expand and develop your skills.

Let’s change all that.

As a Club Member you get:

  • Live monthly Q&A Coaching Calls is THE place to be for growing your intuitive abilities. Your chance to ask me your burning questions, get help with your pets, on the spot coaching with an expert communicator, experiential group communication exercises, and much more! Only for Gold and Platinum members.
  • Earn Free Private Student Breakthrough Laser Coaching with Val (reg $125) Being accountable to your journey and your commitment to animals pays off big time. Only for Gold and Platinum members.
  • Monthly Heart Wisdom Masterclasses are for beginning and advanced students who want to go deeper, further and faster. Training topics in an experiential teaching style, and with personal access to me. This level of unique advanced training isn’t available anywhere else. New topics are revealed every month and chosen from what YOU want to learn more about. Platinum Club members only
  • All Heart Wisdom Masterclass Vault Recordings are all available on demand for Platinum members (value $127 each). Included FREE with Platinum Membership.
  • Q&A Coaching Call Recordings are available for Gold & Platinum members! Access recordings on demand, FREE for Gold and Platinum Members.
  • Enjoy practicing communicating with over 100 animal teachers in our community and improve your intuitive telepathic skills, abilities, accuracy and confidence. All members
  • Access to the Heart School Community of Club Members 24/7/365. Ask questions, get support, find someone to talk to your own pet for you when you feel stuck, make friends, and reach out to help them with their pets. Connect with us in the Club Forum and/or our private Facebook group. We are a loving, safe community. You’re not alone anymore. All members
  • Intuition Development & Resources is in your Club Welcome Module. Play any of the many games to help you develop your own intuition and have fun doing it! All Members
  • Awesome BONUS trainings just for joining us, including the Stress Busting Rx Quick Connect Meditation and more. All Members
  • New trainings are released every month to teach you how to be a better animal caretaker and communicator. All Members
  • Featured Animal Teacher – communicate with the new Teacher each month and get feedback to inspire and delight you! Gold and Platinum members can nominate their pet to be Teacher of the Month. It’s an amazing experience and a ton of fun.

About Your Animal Talk Coach, Val Heart

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Val Heart got her start in animal communication more than 25 years ago when an injured mare spontaneously told her why the wound on her hip wouldn’t heal.

Through the conversation, Val and the owner were astonished as the wound simply disappeared right before their eyes as she shared her story!

Today, Val is a leading animal communication expert, internationally recognized pet psychic and master healer and teacher.

Val can help you learn how to create a magical bond between you and your animal and get at the root of what is really going on in their life.

Not the typical animal communicator or teacher, her specialty is healing and solving problems with pets through a uniquely powerful spiritual journey.

Students find her training to be life changing and profound.

If you want to learn how to talk to animals yourself, and you don’t want to waste a lot of time, energy and money chasing your tail on expensive onsite coursework, then Val can help!

The Heart School Method of teaching animal communication is designed to give you exactly what you need to open, explore and master the telepathic energetic communication channels between you and animals.

Can you imagine how great your life and relationship with your animals will be when you know how to speak their language? Let Val show you how easy it is to hear your animal’s voice and access their wisdom.

Be sure to leave your comment below!

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]]> https://valheart.com/clairsentience-with-animal-communication/feed/ 0 Horse Whispering: 12 Things You Didn’t Know About Elise Gaston Chand https://valheart.com/horse-whispering-about-elise-gaston-chand/ https://valheart.com/horse-whispering-about-elise-gaston-chand/#respond Mon, 18 Apr 2022 23:31:27 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=83572 Is Horse Whispering For Real?  

Yes it is!  Listen in as I chat with author and horse whispering horsewoman, Elise Gaston Chand.  She is also the host of the popular podcast Because of Horses!

Elise wrote the book about how parents can help their horse crazy kids. 

She is a horsewoman with over 30 years experience in horse management, breeding, competition, and industry marketing and advertising.

Elise herself was a horse-crazy kid raised by non-equestrian parents, and is raising a young daughter who shares her love. She lives in Texas. Her podcast is www.becauseofhorses.com

So I asked her to tell us what she’s learned as a horse whisperer.

She also shared the heartbreaking backstory about how she came to write her book, A Parent’s Guide to Riding Lessons:  Everything You Need to Know to Survive and Thrive with a Horse Loving Kid. 

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OMG!  Being a big “horse crazy” kid myself, she really touched my heart.

In our chat she tells her personal,  heartwarming and extraordinary story about her life with horses.

She says your child is genuinely “horse crazy” if she:

    • Draws horses every time a pencil and piece of paper are at hand.
    • Has read every horse book in the library but wants her own copies of them all so she can read them again.
    • Can watch movies about horses over and over and over and over . . .
    • Wants nothing but Breyer model horses for gifts and actually plays with them.
    • Uses a variety of equine-related words that make no sense to you (liver chestnut, withers, cannon bone, piaffe . . .)
    • Urges you to overtake horse trailers on the highway so she can catch a glimpse of any horses inside.
    • Urges you to slow down when you drive past horse farms so she can avidly study the occupants of the fields.
    • Has been caught dressing up the family dog in a close approximation of a bridle, saddle pad, and saddle.
    • Frequently pretends her bike is a horse.
    • Can imitate equine neighs, snorts, and squeals with surprising realism and is often seen pawing at the ground, stamping her foot, and tossing her “mane.”

She says it was written specifically for those overwhelmed parents of children who just have to be involved with horses.

Expert equestrian Elise Gaston Chand enlightens readers who might feel intimidated by their child’s love of horses and desire to learn to ride, while maintaining a total focus on safety, education, and fun.

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Parents want to support children’s activities, but that can be difficult when they don’t know where to begin, what it will entail, and how much it will cost.

Now, parents are given the essential information they need to decide how serious their child is about horseback riding, how committed they themselves will need to be, and what amount of time and resources will have to be allocated.

They learn how to find a reputable teacher and stable, what to look for in a horse, how to encourage children and inspire them to do their best, and how to keep up with horse-crazy kids who know way more than their parents about all things “horse.”

Today we’re also discussing:

      • Our love of horses, how we got started working with them
      • About abuse in the horse show industry
      • Communicating with horses

Watch and be inspired, then post a comment below.

You’ll love her stories!  She made me cry… and laugh too.

And if you know anyone who has horse crazy kids?  Share this with them now — they’re gonna need the help.

Join Elise on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Because.of.Horses/

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]]> https://valheart.com/horse-whispering-about-elise-gaston-chand/feed/ 0 Because of Horses Elise Chand and Val Heart Discuss Important Equine Topics nonadult Moonglow the Race Horse and the Collective Herd Consciousness , Part 4 https://valheart.com/moonglow-race-horse-collective-herd-consciousness/ https://valheart.com/moonglow-race-horse-collective-herd-consciousness/#respond Mon, 18 Apr 2022 15:47:10 +0000 http://showhorseexpert.com/?p=22188 This article “Moonglow the Race Horse and the Collective Herd Consciousness , Part 4” was previously published August 16, 2017, and was updated on April 18, 2022

Once upon a time there was a race horse named Moonglow… This is part four of her story!

In Part One, I told you how Moonglow went from a super depressed, miserable two year old Appendix filly doing very badly in training, to a successful race horse who loved the game and found a great deal of joy in racing.

In Part Two, you cried with me when Glow’s knee chipped and she had surgery which ended her racing career. Saving her from the auction block, she chose to become my horse and together we bravely began our new lives together.

In Part Three, you laughed with me as Glow and I created our extraordinary relationship to partnership through the art of playing awesome games together.  And that day she happily put her head in my arms after sharing how she’d been abused was hugely emotional moment for us both. 

Then the Big M Day came.   It was finally time to move!

She was leaving her home where she grew up to be closer to me at a brand new stable.  We were so excited!

Something truly extraordinary happened the first day she was turned out in pasture with the new herd at the new barn.

The experience blew my mind and taught me an incredible technique I still use today to change lives with miraculous results.  I can’t wait to tell you about it!

Glow relocated to her new stable without a hitch.  She loaded beautifully and happily came off the trailer, excited to check out her new home.  After walking around meeting and greeting, she stretched out and ran a bit in the round pen.

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Together we explored her roomy box stall and said hello to her new neighbors.

It was late by the time we got there, so she only had a little time to orient before nightfall and dinner.  I left her to get settled in, delighted in how things were going so far.

The next morning, according to the stable’s management routine and our agreement, she was turned out into a 30 acre pasture to run with the rest of the herd.

Later that afternoon I got a call that scared me silly.

“Moonglow has been hurt.  We don’t know what happened but it looks like the other horses beat her up pretty badly.  

She was the last horse to come in from turnout, which means she has the lowest status in the herd.  We’re worried, you need to come.  How quickly can you get here?”

O.M.G.

My heart in my throat and tears in my eyes, I took off from work and raced to the stable.  When I saw Glow, I felt devastated.

Her head hung low. She was horribly depressed.

She had a big bleeding gash in her hind leg and bites all over her neck and shoulders and sides.  There was a big nasty kick mark in her ribs.  Her leg was swollen.

Her spirits were as low as I’d ever seen.

As I started treating her wounds, I asked her what had happened.

What she told me made my heart ache…

She said, “I was all excited to go out with the others and make friends, but they don’t like me.  They attacked me!  Why did they do that?  I’m so depressed, I don’t know what I did wrong.”

I felt her pain and assured her I loved her, that we would figure this out together.

So we discussed it.

The more I learned about her attitude and shocking ignorance of proper herd etiquette, the more I realized something incredibly important.

Glow had only ever been with the herd she grew up with which included her mom and aunts and cousins and grandmother.

I found out that she was never actually taught proper herd etiquette because she’d never had to fight for a place in a herd.  She’d always knows where she fit and the status quo was just that, the status quo.

It was like a child growing up in a very small town who then was moved to the big city and ganged up on by the big kid bullies.

So as I prayed and asked for guidance on how to help her, I intuitively “downloaded” something unusual and exciting and completely out of the box from the normal way of thinking and problem solving.

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I’d learned how to tap into the Akashic Records, so I knew that the information Glow needed to know was probably available to us from that information source.  It’s like the unifying energetic source repository, a giant library with every story ever told from the beginning of time.

So my first thought was to tap into the Akashic Records and see if I could teach her what she needed to know… a daunting task since I’m not a horse!

But then, as I tuned in to begin doing my research, something else was revealed to me that rocked my socks off!

I discovered that there is a Collective Horse Group Consciousness.

This energy matrix field includes everything that is needed to be known about what it means to be a horse.  All horses are born sharing this group consciousness and they contribute their experiences and spirits to it as well.

The bad news is, similar to how we can become disconnected from the internet or have a program or app go bad and have to be re-installed, sometimes this information can be lost or disconnected or corrupted in some way.

And that was it!  The Eureka moment when I knew exactly what was wrong for Glow and how to fix it.

Group consciousness energy network matrixes are pretty amazing.  Based on quantum physics, when we connect with these matrixes, we tap into all knowing and experiences collected and inherent within that living consciousness.

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Who we are at our essence is a unique soul consciousness animated in physical form that is connected with other consciousnesses in a shifting, energetic state of being.  When we connect with other consciousnesses, we merge energetically into the network and the information known by that group is available to us.

However, often the wounds as well as the gifts inherent in the group consciousness will begin to express through us too.

In the BodyTalk System of Healing, we work with healing various aspects of these broken or dysfunctional networks (for more info, see my Everything You want to Know About BodyTalk Healing for Animals article)

Fundamentally, our bodies are a direct reflection of our consciousness, both individual and of the groups we are connected to.

When we have behavior issues, dysfunctional ways of thinking, pain or disease, sometimes the best and fastest way to fix them is to simply modify the consciousness.

It’s like editing the movie being shown from the projector onto the big screen.  Change the script/movie and it changes what shows up on the screen.

The results when we do it right are almost instantaneous and could even be considered miraculous!

Okay, back to Glow.  Once I understood what was needed, I told her what we were going to do.  She felt so relieved and happily agreed.

And so I began an information download for her.  (If you’ve seen the Matrix movies, you’ll remember that they downloaded information straight into their brains from a cable.  What I did for Glow was exactly like that energetically, only without the cable!)

The process took quite some time to complete.  When I left her to go home, I felt hugely excited at our little experiment.

The stable owner asked me what I wanted to do about turnout the next day and I told her to turn Glow out again with the herd.

Aghast, her eyes wide, she looked at me in astonishment.  “Are you sure?”  She couldn’t believe I was willing to risk my mare again, and so soon!?

I asked Glow, just to be sure, and she said “YES!  I want to go.  I’ll be ready.”

Anxiously the next day I waited, worried any minute I would get another call from the stable telling me something even worse had happened.

And I waited.  And I worried…

Had I made the wrong decision?  Was I crazy?  Did the download work?  What was happening?

No calls all afternoon, the phone was silent.  So after work, I went out to the barn to see how my horse child had done with the bullies on the playground.

The stable owner smiled with a huge grin on her face.  She said she couldn’t believe it.  Glow not only held her own with the others, she wasn’t injured again in any way.

And, even more important, when the horses lineup to come back in, they line up by themselves based on herd hierarchy “status” order.  Meaning, the Alpha Mare comes in first.  The next highest status horse comes in second, and so on.  Believe me there are a LOT of problems if you try to bring in a lower status horse ahead of the higher status horses!

So… Where was Glow ranked in the herd?

She was third.

No fuss, no muss.  Bada bing, bada boom!  Done.

Peaceful, content and more than a little pleased with herself, Glow made friends that day based on her newfound knowledge of herd etiquette.

She never again had problems with herds and was always fairly close to the top of the status hierarchy.

I was so proud of her!!

Next it was time to find a trainer for her, and for me to begin riding lessons.

And that’s a tale for another day.

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Click on Start Here. If you are a newbie, then I highly recommend starting with the Beginning Core Foundations Course. The Advanced Animal Talk Mastery Course is awesome and includes many of my favorite, most powerful healing techniques along with many specific topics that every animal talk student needs to know how to deal with successfully.

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]]> https://valheart.com/moonglow-race-horse-collective-herd-consciousness/feed/ 0 Pet Communication: Understanding the Importance of the Heartmind Connection https://valheart.com/pet-communication-the-heartmind-connection/ https://valheart.com/pet-communication-the-heartmind-connection/#comments Tue, 12 Apr 2022 01:08:27 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=8566 This article was previously published February 9, 2014, and was updated on April 12, 2022

Did you know that your pet is talking to you telepathically and energetically all the time?

They are using their own communication – pet communication – just begging for you to understand them.

I believe everyone is equipped to feel, connect and communicate with their animals.  That does not mean pet owners are always interested in learning, which is tragic when you consider the consequences of poor communication, misunderstandings and lost opportunities for growth, healing and evolvement.

Did you know that all animals communicate telepathically as well as through their body language and vocalizations? All beings, including humans, are born understanding how to feel and connect with others energetically over a distance. It is our first language, an innate gift.

Telepathic, energetic communication is the foundation for all communication whether it’s between humans and humans, animals and animals or humans and animals.

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Telepathy is considered the true universal language.

Experts agree that approximately 92 percent of all communication comes through energy exchanges, body language and intention. Only 7 percent comes through the spoken or written language. Can you imagine how much information you are missing by not being more open and receptive to the world and beings around you?

Professional pet psychics, also called animal communicators, have simply learned how to connect with animals through the magic of the heartmind connection.  But anyone who loves animals can learn how to connect and communicate too.

The truth is that when we are born, we innately feel and share information with everyone and everything around us through the energetic morphic field.  But as we age, we may consciously forget how to communicate telepathically.

As we grow up, we are taught spoken and written language, which is valuable in itself.  But the other more subtle means of communication become largely unconscious and lost to many of us.

Most pets feel that we humans are very dense, not too bright, difficult to reach telepathically and seem to be cut off from the world around us. They often tell me as a professional pet psychic that they feel sorry for their human friend and don’t know why they seem unable to ‘hear’ them…

The sad thing is they are right.

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Dogs, for example, usually become very good at using their body language to get across to us what they want or need. What do your dogs have to do to get your attention to demonstrate what they want?

Do they fiddle with their bowl or bring it to you when they’re hungry?  Do they paw your knee, bark and then run to the door to demonstrate what they need you to do so you’ll let them outside when they need to go to the bathroom?

Do they look very intently at you for long periods of time, like they are trying desperately and urgently to tell you something very important?

You know they do, and yes, they are trying to tell you something.

You can learn pet communication!

Learning animal communication is an exciting journey into the self, the nature and reality of our world, a behind-the-scenes look at the many complex interconnections between us all, and the real truth about relationships. It’s also about discovering how to connect at deeper levels with other beings…more importantly, your animals.

Learn How to Talk with Animals

It’s important to know how to connect with your animal at a deeper level. Like humans, animals can experience an assortment of emotional and physical challenges which affect their health, well being and behavior. Since they don’t use the same spoken language we do it’s often a guessing game trying to learn how to help them when they are experiencing emotional, mental or physical distress.

As with all problems, the place to start is with a conversation.  They need to be heard, listened to and respected. What they tell you can make a huge difference in how quickly you can help them, in what actions you decide to take on their behalf, and how much money it will cost you, if any.

Learning to communicate with your pet – pet communication – can transform and deepen your whole relationship, allowing and encouraging them to connect with you. As you learn to see and respect them as intelligent, responsive beings with spiritual qualities you can admire and learn from, you’ll begin to know them at a much deeper level. And they’ll delight in responding to you because now they know that you’re more intelligent and interesting than they thought!

 

Val Heart Expert Animal CommunicatorAuthor: Val Heart is a leading animal communication expert, speaker, bestselling author & master healer.  Val is often called The Real Life Dr. Doolittle™ and Animal Communicator to the Stars.

She is also the Founder of The HEART System™ for solving problems with pets and the Heart Catalyst for underperforming show horses to achieve their true potential. Learn how to talk to animals yourself!

Grab your copy of my FREE eBook; Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals!

 

 

References:
Purdue University http://www.purdue.edu/
US National Library of Medicine: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=corriveau%20LA

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]]> https://valheart.com/pet-communication-the-heartmind-connection/feed/ 3 Pet friendly interior design https://valheart.com/pet-friendly-interior-design/ https://valheart.com/pet-friendly-interior-design/#comments Mon, 11 Apr 2022 08:30:41 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=10533 This article was previously published July 11, 2014, and was updated on April 11, 2022

Making your home a pet friendly space

For many people, pets are not just cute little animals that occasionally enhance the quality of their lives; they are members of the family. For these people, it is just as important that their home considers the comforts not just of the human family members, but the animal ones too.

For the animal’s comfort

Pet friendly homes should not be designed purely for aesthetic considerations alone. While it is important that a home looks good, a pet can become stressed if they feel uncomfortable; they may develop neuroses, such as excessive grooming causing skin problems, or worse still, take an opportunity to leave and not come back. Most domestic pets respond well to routines and will therefore feel most comfortable if they have a designated place to sleep and eat. Cats will sleep anywhere, as the poem said, but dogs may benefit from a basket placed in a corner of the living room, or a cubbyhole fitted with a blanket in the kitchen.

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Decorating a pet friendly home

The first design element to consider is the floor. Animals can be mucky creatures, so carpet is not a good choice for the flooring. Far better to have a floor that can be cleaned easily and quickly, such as laminate or hardwood flooring, or ceramic or vinyl tiles. To add a spot of warmth to floors, throw a colorful rug down.

Paint is always a good choice for the walls as it can be easily touched up if a pet does put a muddy paw on it. If the pet is a cat, avoid textured wallpaper on the walls. To a cat, this serves the same function as a scratching post, and wallpaper will soon become torn by their claws.

In regards to pet friendly furniture, the same principle as floors applies. Pets will undoubtedly emulate their human owners and decide their place is on the sofa, but their coats and paws can cause a great deal of damage to fabric upholstery, not to mention the dirt they will leave behind. Leather sofas make an excellent choice for homes with pets as they can be wiped clean, and small scratches can be rubbed away with the use of a buffer. Alternatively, opt for seating which has removable, washable covers.

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Windows

Cats and dogs love to see what is happening in the world outside the home, and windows can be tricky for people with pets. Those above ground level pose particular problems as cats can fall out of windows (definitely not pet friendly!), and despite their reputation for always falling on their feet, they may hurt themselves or worse. A good way to prevent this happening is to install fitted shutters which still allow a room to be aired and illuminated, but will act as a barrier.

Keeping tidy

Pet food on show in the kitchen can look unsightly; a recent innovation is to have the kick space beneath kitchen cabinets adapted so that it opens to reveal a sliding shelf that holds the dishes. This can then be pushed back and hidden once the pet has finished eating to keep the kitchen tidy.

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!

Are you interested in learning how to communicate with animals?

Then you’ll want to check out The Heart School of Animal Communication®.

Click Here  to see the courses – take a look and choose what most appeals to you.

If you are a newbie, then we highly recommend starting with the Beginning Core Foundations Course.

If you’re still not convinced of all the benefits of communicating with animals, click here to learn all the great reasons you should begin learning how now!

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]]> https://valheart.com/pet-friendly-interior-design/feed/ 2 The 5 Pet Essentials That Every New Pet Owner Needs https://valheart.com/the-5-pet-essentials-every-new-pet-owner-needs/ https://valheart.com/the-5-pet-essentials-every-new-pet-owner-needs/#respond Thu, 31 Mar 2022 19:21:15 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=83506 Guest post courtesy of Jessica Sweet. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communication Enterprises Inc. 

Don’t forget these five pet essentials when you welcome a new furry friend into your life!

It is always a tremendously exciting moment when you know that you are going to be bringing a new pet home.

This is something that will change your life for the better.

You are adding a new member to your family, and if you have children, then you know how special this will be for them.

We saw a lot of people giving up their pets last year, that is so sad.

Remember that adopting a pet is for life, it’s a big responsibility and shouldn’t be entered into lightly.

There are things you need to think about beyond the lifetime commitment.

It is important to remember that you need to pick up plenty of essentials before you can settle your new pet in.

Here are the most important things that you need to invest in to ensure their (and your) happiness, health and well-being.

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A Good Bed

Even if you are hoping that your new pet will be sleeping on your bed before too long, a nice soft pet bed is crucial.

Remember that your new arrival will need to have their space, and their bed is the cornerstone of that.

You should also get them a few blankets that are clearly theirs.

The Right Pet Food

When it comes to food, there are always going to be myths about what animals prefer.

The cliché is that dogs will eat whatever they are given and that cats are incredibly fussy and will turn their nose up at almost anything.

The most important thing to remember is that the right or wrong food choice can have an impact on your pet’s health.

You may also want to do your research on where the food has been sourced.

Reveal Pet Food gives cats what they need with responsibly sourced, tasty ingredients loaded with protein.

For Kitty, a Proper Litter Tray (box) And Plenty Of Good Quality Litter

Finding the right place to put the litter tray is just as important as finding the right tray itself.

Do your research on the right size for the animal you are adopting (for example, cats often need trays with tall sides as they will kick to cover their messes).

Finding the right pet litter may be a bit more of a process.

Recycled wood pellets are a good place to start.

Otherwise, you can think about the finer, gravel-type options. But beware the fine dust in the clumping versions because they will inhale it when they scratch around in there, and ingest it when they lick it off their fur.

Imagine it clumping inside their nostrils, mouth, throat, lungs, and gut? That’s not good and can cause all sorts of health and respiratory problems.

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Food Bowls

This is another area where there may be a little bit of trial and error.

Dogs may be less fussy, but it is a good idea to make sure that you are consistent with their food bowls as this will help enforce a routine and help with reward training.

Cats can be a lot pickier.

Some prefer an elevated feeding area, whereas others prefer a flat dish close to the ground (particularly if they have long, sensitive whiskers).

Stainless steel or ceramic lead free bowls are much better than plastic, as they can be cleaned properly.

Plastic food and water bowels can leach chemicals into the food, and it harbors bacteria and fungus, not recommended as part of your cats daily nutrition I assure you.

Lots Of Toys

Another item on the list of pet essentials is toys.

One of the most important things to remember is that a bored animal is not a happy animal.

Make sure that you have plenty of toys ready to go and have a wide range of different options.

Different animals and breeds will have varying needs when it comes to playtime.

For example, dogs will need toys that are stimulating and durable enough for their teeth.

Experiment with different options to try and get a feel for the kind of toys your new pet loves.

They will let you know what they are enjoying.

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!

Are you interested in learning how to communicate with animals?

Then you’ll want to check out The Heart School of Animal Communication®.

Click Here  to see the courses – take a look and choose what most appeals to you.

If you are a newbie, then we highly recommend starting with the Beginning Core Foundations Course.

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]]> https://valheart.com/the-5-pet-essentials-every-new-pet-owner-needs/feed/ 0 Dog Walking 101: Essential Training Tips & Gadgets https://valheart.com/dog-walking-101-essential-training-tips-gadgets/ https://valheart.com/dog-walking-101-essential-training-tips-gadgets/#respond Mon, 28 Mar 2022 18:49:37 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=14551 Dog Walking 101: Essential Training Tips & Gadgets was previously published October 26, 2018 and has been updated with new information.

Dog walking can often seem like a chore or just another thing you don’t have time to do. But taking the time to walk your dog can be good bonding and training time for you and your pet, which makes it all the more essential. Here are a few ways to make it easier:

Allot Time for Your Walk

Dogs need about 30 minutes to an hour of exercise time every day, with their ideal walking time being in the morning. You can track this time and your own personal exercise on your smartphone. Most smartphones come with health tracking apps, like the Health app available on the Apple iPhone, that allows you to track a variety of health related information.

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Use a Walk as Training Time

As The Vets explain to us, “Taking the time to train your dog on your walks is a smart way to get them to see you as their leader“. Choosing when to reward your dog is one way to enable them to respect you. Be intentional about when you let them sniff around or relieve themselves. It’s important that you only allow this after they’ve behaved themselves while walking and that you don’t allow them too much reward time. Feeding your dog after your walk together is also a good way to teach good behavior. Your dog will behave more reliably in the future if they see their meal as a reward.

Rule the Walk

When you’re out walking your dog, make sure to always walk in front of them. This reinforces the idea that you are their “pack leader,” which encourages them to behave. Using a short leash is also important because it gives them less room to run around on you. If you have multiple dogs, using a tangle resistant, double leash is a great way to make sure there isn’t any squabbling or time taken from you walk in order to detangle them.

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Gear Up with Gadgets

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The unfortunate reality of having a dog is that they might get loose sometimes. Luckily, there are new collars that feature GPS trackers so you don’t ever have to lose your dog again. The Tagg GPS Pet Tracker sends you text and email alerts when your dog gets out. The Garmin Astro is geared more towards tracking hunting dogs, so it features a hand held GPS device and lets you see your dog’s movements.

Much like the fitness trackers for humans, the FitBark tracks your dog’s activity each day to make sure they’re living a happy and healthy life. It also tells you the last time they were fed right on your phone, so you never have to forget or overfeed again.

If you live in a particularly rainy, snowy or dangerously hot area and don’t feel comfortable dog walking outside on some days, look into getting a dog treadmill like the PetZen. If you already have a full-sized treadmill in your home, you can still practice healthy leader habits by setting up your dog’s treadmill right next to yours so you never have to lose a day of training.

 

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The workshop is designed to help “normal” dogs have the same level of calmness, obedience and impulse control as service dogs.

It’s being conducted by Dr. Alexa Diaz (one of the top service dog trainers in the U.S.) and Eric Presnall (host of the hit Animal Planet TV show “Who Let the Dogs Out”).

Frankly, the techniques described in the free workshop are groundbreaking – I haven’t seen anyone else talk about or teach these techniques.

This is because it’s the first time ever (at least that I know of) that anyone has revealed the techniques used by the service dog training industry to train service dogs.

And more importantly, how any “regular” dog owner can apply the same techniques to train their own dogs to become as well-trained as service dogs.

It’s not a live workshop – rather, it’s a pre-recorded workshop, which means that you can watch it at your convenience.

However, while the workshop is free, I am not sure whether it’s going to be online for too much longer, so please check it out as soon as you can.

Here’s the link again to sign up for the free Train Your Dog workshop!

Much love to you and your special puppy and doggo pal(s),

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Val “We Love Dogs” Heart

Note: Occasionally I will mention something very cool that I believe in other than my own stuff where I might receive some compensation for taking the time and trouble to tell you about it. Please know that I always personally research the product, event or company first and will only recommend it if I think it is truly worthwhile. I am personally involved in improving health care for people and pets, so I know this stuff works.

Guest Post: The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communication Enterprises Inc.
]]> https://valheart.com/dog-walking-101-essential-training-tips-gadgets/feed/ 0 Your Ability to Communicate With Animals Depends on 2 Things https://valheart.com/communicate-with-animals-depends-on-2-things/ https://valheart.com/communicate-with-animals-depends-on-2-things/#respond Fri, 25 Mar 2022 12:52:34 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=83482 Wish you could communicate with animals better?

Trust me: YOU CAN.

If you have difficulty receiving and/or interpreting animals’ messages, thinking and reasoning through that difficulty isn’t likely to make it any easier.

The stuck spot resides in your intuition system and that’s where it needs to be addressed.

Let me explain…

Receiving and interpreting animals’ messages correctly depends on 2 things:

1) Your ability to quiet your mind and connect with animals from the heart, and

2) Your ability to use all 4 of your intuitive abilities.

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Said another way, sending a message is really easy once you get your basics down and get clear.

I teach how to do that in the Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Pets ebook and then go much deeper in the Beginning Core Foundations and Advanced Courses.

Interested?

You can find those at www.LearnHowToTalkToAnimals.com

After learning how to do that, the next most important – critical – step is to be open enough to RECEIVE their messages back to you and INTERPRET them correctly.

That requires having ALL your intuitive senses active and functioning properly.

What are the 4 intuitive abilities you need to communicate with animals?

They are the gifts of:

1. Clairvoyance (the ability to visualize images in your minds eye monitor)
2. Clairaudience (the ability to hear their thoughts inside your head)
3. Clairsentience (the ability to feel what they feel, resonating with them at a visceral level so you just “know” what they know)
4. Claircognizance (the ability to download instant clarity, big picture style, with full conscious awareness)

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Everyone has all of these intuitive abilities – you are born with them.

Whether you’ve activated them and are using them is another story.

In my Beginning Core Foundations Course, I refer to them as Signature Intuitive Styles of communication because they are the foundations for your ability to talk with animals.

It is necessary to have and use ALL of them in order to become proficient at animal communication.

Animal communication students must have at least one of their intuitive senses open and relatively active.

We call that your primary intuitive ability, the one that comes easiest to us.

But here’s the thing:

You have to develop ALL of them, so you don’t miss anything.

That’s because you have to meet animals where they are; if their primary intuitive method of communicating is one of your dormant intuitive abilities, then you won’t be able to receive their message properly, if at all.

That’s like wanting to listen to music but being on a talking show instead.

No music happening there! You’re on the wrong channel.

It’s also important to have a still, quiet mind and to connect at the heart.

When you’re so full of your own thoughts and feelings, haven’t done your inner healing work and activated all your intuitive abilities, it is really hard for an animal to get a word in edgewise.

If that’s you, then doing this will take a bit more work to do right, and if you care what your pet is thinking and feeling, this is WORTH DOING.

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Animals send messages to you all the time.

It disappoints them when you don’t “get” it and respond. After a while, they stop trying.

I’ve had many animals tell me that their human was very dense, and that they worried about their person’s intelligence.

It’s not natural or safe from their viewpoint to be so cut off from your intuitive senses… and you know what?

They’re not wrong.

That’s why learning to communicate with animals the Heart Wisdom way is a spiritual journey to becoming your best self.

Yep, that’s how it works.

These are the complex issues that my clients and students work on (and this is what I help them fix).

The thought processes I’ve described here are the kind that I take my animal talk students through in The Heart School of Animal Communication® courses and in the BEST Online Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club, including the Masterclasses.

Hands down, THIS is the secret sauce behind successful animal communication.

Want more training in accessing, activating and using all your intuitive abilities?

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I’m glad you asked!

Our Heart Wisdom Masterclasses explore the intricacies and nuances of developing your intuitive abilities. How they work, how they feel, how to use them properly, how to activate, grow and apply them, and much more.

My goal is to help highly sensitive animal lovers advance to the highest level possible and even go professional if you’d like to do that.

The Masterclasses are for Platinum Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club Members Only, so if you’re not a Platinum member yet… it’s not too late.

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Your animal needs you to speak their language sooner than later. They have a lot to tell you.

Questions?

Need a little help with your pet, feeling a bit stuck when you try to communicate with animals, or, you just want to advance to greater proficiency?

This is for you!

See you on the Heart School of Animal Communication® Campus!

BIG hugs and much love to you and your angels, teachers, guides and healers disguised as animals.

>> If you haven’t started learning how to communicate with animals yet, it’s time to get started. Let me show you how HERE:

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!


The whole roadmap to becoming proficient so you can communicate with animals is laid out for you. Click and discover all you need to know about where to begin, how it all works, taking you on an exciting journey from newbie to professional if that’s your heart’s desire and passion.

You pet needs you to speak their language. They have a lot to tell you!

Enjoy!

Be sure to leave your comments below!

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]]> https://valheart.com/communicate-with-animals-depends-on-2-things/feed/ 0 Helpful Tips: 8 Ways to Focus Your Mind https://valheart.com/helpful-tips-8-ways-to-focus-your-mind/ https://valheart.com/helpful-tips-8-ways-to-focus-your-mind/#comments Wed, 23 Mar 2022 10:47:03 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=80951 8 ways to focus your wandering mind

Do you know the difference between ‘hearing’ and ‘listening’?

Hearing is simply recognizing and identifying a sound. Listening requires making an effort to understand the meaning of the sounds you’re hearing.

Just like people, pets always know when you’re really listening… or when you’ve tuned them out.  

If you don’t know how to focus your mind you’ll miss out on their messages and opportunities to connect, heal, evolve and grow.

Communicating with pets takes patience, training, and an ability to blank out everything around you. 

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Here are 8 tips that will help you focus your mind…

Losing focus happens to the best of us…

It’s true, my mind will wander sometimes. I’ll be having a conversation with a friend or an animal when I suddenly realize I have no idea what they just said. I had drifted off daydreaming. 

Maybe you’ve fallen asleep while meditating or struggled to pay attention while your boss explained a new procedure at work. 

It’s natural to have these lapses in concentration, in particular if you’re already feeling under the weather, or just tired in general. But there are ways to tackle your wandering tendencies. Here is how to focus your mind.

1.  Add a deliberate distraction

While there isn’t a consensus on the matter, there’s a growing body of research stating that having some noise in the background improves your powers of concentration. 

Whether it’s instrumental music or ‘white noise’, introducing a planned distraction into your atmosphere actually helps you focus.

2. Go ahead and daydream

Pause to allow thoughts and feelings to surface so you can process them. Even if it’s completely unrelated to what you were trying to do, this can invigorate your focus when you return to the task.

Don’t think of it as “wandering away” from the task at hand…treat it as time to regroup.

Pro Tip: When communicating with animals, you might need time for the messages to percolate through your subconscious mind’s filter until it’s clear and ready for your attention.

 

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3. Identify and eliminate stressors

This is just a good life tip for everyone. If you want to know how to focus your mind, give it a clear space in which to do its best work. 

Try some mental imaging and put each concern or problem at a distance, but someplace accessible so you can look at it again later. Mentally put the distractions…

  • in a drawer or bucket
  • on a boat out on the water while you sit on the shore
  • on a shelf in another room

Don’t worry, you are not throwing your problems away! Instead, you are just tucking them out of sight so you can devote your energy to the task at hand.

 

4. Grab a cuppa coffee

Not surprisingly, researchers have found a link between caffeine and improved cognition. Just be careful, because too much of this stimulant, which produces dopamine in your system, can interrupt your sleep and actually make you too jittery to be attentive.

There are other options if coffee is not your thing! Try a square of dark chocolate for a boost of serotonin and a dose of antioxidants.

Even the act of making yourself a cup of coffee or getting a piece of chocolate gets your body moving and creates a planned distraction to give your mind a break.

5. Doodle 

It might look and feel like a waste of time, but studies have proven that taking a minute or two and doodling improves focus. Doing so allows thoughts to come together. 

Keep it simple: shapes, patterns, and designs work best!

Pro Tip: When you’re communicating with animals, imagine giving them the pen and let them doodle through you. This could allow their messages to pop through the images you’re doodling on the paper while you idly doodle through your thoughts.

6. Breathe and count

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Whether you follow the Buddhist practice of “Anapanasati” or another technique of mindful breathing, you’ll find clarity in taking time to breathe with intention. 

Start simply: Slowly inhale (1,2,3) then hold (1,2) and slowly exhale (3,2,1). Repeat this pattern until you feel the cleansing sensation in your mind.

Beyond the spiritual benefits of grounding yourself through breathing, science tells us your brain is getting a much-needed boost of oxygenated blood. It’s hard to know how to focus your mind when it’s running low on fuel…

7. Monitor your wandering 

Be gentle with yourself when you realize your mind is wandering. That being said, make an effort to bring it back to the task as soon as you realize you’re drifting.

Try acting as a third-party observer when your mind wanders off. Make a mental note of it like you’d notice your kitten suddenly chasing a butterfly or your dog picking up a scent to pursue.

With practice, you’ll discover that you catch yourself more quickly and get yourself back on track more quickly, too.

8. Chew gum

Believe it or not, chewing gum can increase your attention span and make you more alert. 

Are you in a stressful environment?

Chewing spearmint gum has been shown to relieve the stress that can cause your mind to wander. 

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The Bottom Line on the Power of Focusing

Whether you’re having a meaningful conversation with another person or with your pets, they deserve your full and undivided attention.

When communicating with animals it’s especially important to maintain your focus. Some of their intuitive, telepathic messages can be subtle and fleeting impressions.

You don’t want to miss them so pay attention, breathe, go still, connect and FOCUS.

They could be important clues to the pet’s health or mental well-being or a message about your health and well-being.

Play around with these different strategies and find the ones that work best for you. 

Like any muscle in your body, flex your mental muscles to build up their strength and resilience…then you’ll be ready to explore meaningful conversations with your pets.

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Did you find this article useful? Here are some more to help focus your mind: 

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]]> https://valheart.com/helpful-tips-8-ways-to-focus-your-mind/feed/ 1 3 Love Lessons From Your Animals by Val Heart https://valheart.com/love-lessons/ https://valheart.com/love-lessons/#respond Tue, 15 Mar 2022 17:11:18 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=14928 This article “3 Love Lessons From Your Animals by Val Heart” was previously published January 31, 2017 and was updated on March 15, 2022

Have you ever experienced being loved unconditionally?  

Without reserve or embarrassment, from someone who doesn’t care about your weight, whether you have makeup on, if you’re having a bad hair day, or have issues, woundings or baggage?

They don’t worry about whether you had a bad day at the office, had a argument with someone, or are Love Lessonshurting? 

In our society, as we grow up, we received many subtle and not so subtle messages about being bad, how we get the wrong answer sometimes, and we suffer many painful and embarrassing experiences, all of which make us feel we’re unworthy of being loved.

In self-defense, we learn to hide our hearts so we can fit in and conform so we can try to feel loved.

This is a very hurtful pattern that often continues throughout our lives, until we learn to face our demons and can make new decisions about our worth, value and ability to be loved.

It can be hard to find a safe, non-threatening place to really feel love and let that in to help heal our hearts.

Fortunately for animal lovers, our animals are here to teach us about how it feels to be loved unconditionally.

Our animals teach us love lessons

They demonstrate day after day what it means to care about someone without fear of rejection, to be in relationship with others without judgment, how it really feels to be embraced and loved with a whole heart, and offer the experience of being welcomed exactly as we are.

Who better to teach us about unconditional love than a puppy, kitten, or horse?

I was recently speaking with an environmental engineer, a scientist and researcher dedicated to helping corporations reduce and eliminate their toxic emissions so they leave a smaller footprint on the planet.

This handsome, grey haired gentleman was used to being logical and scientific, and didn’t show or share his emotions easily.

But he started telling me about his dog, how she greeted him with exuberant joy every time he came home.

He commented that his wife and children had never welcomed him like she did.

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And he had tears in his eyes as he reconnected with how it felt to be greeted with such love, acceptance, and a wide open joyful heart after a hard day at work.

It lifted his cares and troubles, and helped him feel whole again.

Our wonderful animal teachers and companions are in many ways our best friends, our partners, and are the ones who know us better than anyone else.

They often choose to spend their lives with us helping us heal, loving us when we’re sick or sad…

Helping us in every way they can, they share our life experiences, and continually demonstrate what unconditional love really means.

Animals contribute to each of us and our planet in so many ways.

The wild ones keep the circle of life strong, each one contributing in their way to everyone else.

The native people knew that in order to stay healthy personally, and within their community, they must stay connected with the animals, treating them with respect and honor, listening and learning from them on many levels.

  1. Take a little time out each and every day to listen to and respect your animal teachers. Pay attention to what they are telling you.
  1. If they are ‘out of balance’, acting out in harmful or destructive ways, then notice where in your own life you may be out of balance or are incongruent within yourself.
  1. If they are offering their unique viewpoints, sharing love or joy or simply being themselves, then flow with them with gratitude and honesty. Open your heart and let their love and light shine into all the dark corners of your soul and spirit, body and mind.

This is the gift that our animals give us every day if we let them, if we take time to connect with our hearts, feel our gratitude and appreciation that they are in our lives.

We just need to pay attention to the love lessons they give us.

We rediscover our connection with the planet and our own Divine nature when we reconnect with other beings – and doing that makes us better humans.

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]]> https://valheart.com/love-lessons/feed/ 0 Shamans & Animal Talk: Animal Soul Connection and Solstice Meditation, Val Heart and Susan Francis https://valheart.com/shamans-animal-talk-animal-soul-connection-solstice/ https://valheart.com/shamans-animal-talk-animal-soul-connection-solstice/#respond Fri, 11 Mar 2022 09:43:30 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=12001 This article “Shamans & Animal Talk: Animal Soul Connection and Solstice Meditation, Val Heart and Susan Francis” was previously published April 23, 2015, and was updated on March 11, 2022.

Welcome to the Animal Communication Training Mini Series!

This is a replay of my Animal Communication Training  Series where I interview experts who guide you through various techniques in Animal Communication. If you don’t want to miss any of this How to Talk to Animals Training Series, then go HERE

I’m Val Heart, your host for this Series.

I’m also the founder of The HEART System for Solving Problems with Pets®, bestselling author, and a leading animal communication expert at valheart.com and learnhowtotalktoanimals.com

My guest today is Susan Francis.  We are exploring the Solstice/Christmas/Chanukah/Kwanza Season.  Have you wondered how animals can help you connect with the light?  2015 was a Critical New Year, and the winter solstice is the glorious time when we begin to emerge from our journey into darkness.  Having faced our shadow, we reconnect with our light in this season.  And more than ever, this is a personal as well as a planetary pilgrimage we are on.

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In this video, Susan and Val discussed how 2015 would be a year of a huge amount of opportunity for individual as well as collective consciousness change– and it would of course contain is challenges as well (sigh).  Our own animals, as well as wildlife, can teach us better than any at this time of shift how to see our true path and find our strengths, even in the times of seemingly insurmountable odds.

Many lightworkers and shaman are tired now, it is time to restore, refocus and rejoice as we enter a lighter time.

  1. How should we complete letting go of our journey through the dark this fall:  what do we need to leave behind?
  2. Whats most important to know about connecting with our light in the coming year:  what do we most need to embrace?
  3. What unique gifts to animals share to help us along this journey:  what are four simple steps they teach us?
  4. How can we help animals do the same at this critical time on the planet?
  5. A solstice visualized meditation to guide you along your way into your connection with the light for the coming year with the help of animal guides.

You have to come – you know your pet wants you to.

Together WE can do our part to help our pets and animals live a natural healthy life.

If you enjoy this interview, I urge you to click the link below and Register for more wonderful interviews with other professional pet psychics in this Series!

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We can really use your support to help more pets and their people.  This is an unprecedented, collaborative joint venture based on my mission of reaching and teaching One Million animal lovers around the world how to talk to animals.

Share this with your animal loving friends now, okay?

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Host of the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club

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]]> https://valheart.com/shamans-animal-talk-animal-soul-connection-solstice/feed/ 0 Shamans & Animal Talk: Animal Soul Connection and Solstice Meditation, Val Heart and Susan Francis nonadult Animal Acupuncture – Dr Tom Ingegno on The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™ https://valheart.com/animal-acupuncture-on-the-real-dr-doolittle-show/ https://valheart.com/animal-acupuncture-on-the-real-dr-doolittle-show/#respond Mon, 07 Mar 2022 17:15:03 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=57951 This article was previously published May 8, 2019, and has been updated with new information.

In today’s episode of the The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™, we’ll learn about Animal Acupuncture

Tom Ingegno M.S.O.M., L. Ac. is a licensed Acupuncturist and Certified Animal Acupuncturist in New York and Maryland.

He has a long list of impressive credentials, including being part of Baltimore’s TV 25 program on Men in Science and has lectured for several Johns Hopkins groups.

He helped treat FEMA rescue workers for both pain and emotional stress during the New York 9/11 rescue effort. He also treats companion animals including dogs, cats and horses.

He’s worked with several Baltimore rescues groups, and has even been a consultant to the Maryland Zoo.

Tom has performed acupuncture on a rescued Pit Bull from Michael Vick, Camels in Egypt and a Giraffe at the Maryland Zoo, in Baltimore. He has been published in the North American Journal of Oriental Medicine (NAJOM) as well as the Baltimore Dog Magazine andHealthyLivingNYC.com.

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!

You will learn:

  • How acupuncture can be used to treat zoo animals
  • How acupuncture can help with rescued animals, even pit bulls
  • What conditions can be treated with acupuncture and what results you can expect
  • How animal acupuncture works
  • Whether animals are harder to treat than humans – you may be surprised
  • Who should consider acupuncture: both humans and animals
  • Situations where acupuncture is not the best healing option
  • Typical questions people ask about acupuncture – chances are your question will be answered
  • Special animal acupuncture tips that you can use yourself at home
  • How you can find a local acupuncturist – acupuncture can be a powerful and relaxing experience for your pet!

Many animals enjoy their treatments and improve quicker than humans with the same conditions.

For more information about animal acupuncture for pets or acupuncture humans please check out Tom Ingegno’s website 

You can also get his book, You Got Sick – Now What? on Amazon.

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]]> https://valheart.com/animal-acupuncture-on-the-real-dr-doolittle-show/feed/ 0 Animal Acupuncture - Dr Tom Ingegno on The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™ | Animal Talk | Podcast #48 nonadult Taking a Stand for Animal Intelligence Intuitive https://valheart.com/animal-intelligence/ https://valheart.com/animal-intelligence/#comments Mon, 07 Mar 2022 15:34:54 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=41006 This article was previously published October 13, 2017 and was updated on March 7, 2022

What a great opportunity it was to talk with Jessica Ardeal!

We’re taking a stand for animal intelligence and giving audiences around the world the chance to learn from experts sharing stories and insights to confirm intuitive, subtle senses.

Accessing the universal consciousness, a unified field of energy between humans and animals where understanding can take place non-verbally.

Animals are leading us to a greater humanity. All we have to do is stop to listen and trust our own intuitive voice.

animal-intelligenceFrom Jessica Ardeal, Intuitive Pet Parent Event Host:

“As a newly certified BodyTalk for Animals colleague and the host of The Intuitive Pet Parent Event, I’m honored to speak with Val Heart!

She is one of the original BodyTalk for Animals practitioners and began practicing BodyTalk in 2001.

Val studied and worked with Sandy Davis, the original founding creator of Animal Talk, a BodyTalk specialty course I traveled to Montana to study in 2011 as a Certified BodyTalk Practitioner.

It’s an honor to speak with one of the women who has helped pioneer transformational healing for pets and their people.

She combines BodyTalk for Animals with the power of animal communication!

How cool to come full circle in this interview!

I’m so excited that I get to speak with one of the great animal communicators of our time!

A lifetime student, Val continues to learn new methods of healing, performance enhancement, training and bodywork for humans and animals.

She is also one of only a few healer therapists worldwide to have learned The Fernandez BodyMind Assessment (TM) Method, considered the missing link in our healthcare system today.

A top practitioner in The BodyTalk (TM) System for people and animals, she is certified at the advanced PaRama level.

Studying with many other master teachers, learning how to facilitate healing and return to wellness for people and pets, she also trained with the world-renowned animal communicator Penelope Smith.

Val also received her certification to teach the Basic Workshop on How To Communicate With Animals.

She is listed in Penelope’s International Directory of Accredited Telepathic Communicators.

After the interview

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After our interview, I told her, “Wow, Val! That was like being on warp speed ahead in Star Wars lol!

I enjoyed the ride! You are a rock star!

It makes my heart sing to have connected with you☆☆☆ …

I send all of my good energy to your VISION to reach and teach 1 million animal lovers and more so we can change the world!!!

Love it ♡♡♡  Thank you for sharing your love and light with the world.”

Cheers to a new era of evolution!”

I can’t wait to share with you this video about Animal Intelligence!

Listen and learn as we discuss our experiences resolving energy imbalances, correcting behavioral concerns, and enhancing the Spiritual and intuitive bond with your dog, cat, horse, bird and other animal family members.

More about Val:

Val Heart is called the real life Dr. Doolittle.

She is a leading animal communication expert and animal communicator to the stars.

She has been a featured expert on ABC, NBC and Fox News, as well as in People Magazine, My S.A., and Great Day S.A.

Val is the founder of The Heart School of Animal Communication®.

She created the HEART System, a 5-step program for solving problems with pets, it works with every pet, every time.

Her specialties include intuitive life guidance, training, Quantum Leap therapies and BodyTalk healing for animals and people to transform health and wellness.

Learn more about her work www.ValHeart.com

Do you want to learn how to talk to animals yourself?

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!

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]]> https://valheart.com/animal-intelligence/feed/ 2 Taking a Stand for Animal Intelligence Intuitive Pet Parents with Val Heart & Jessica Ardeal nonadult Powerful Role of Imagination in Learning Animal Communication https://valheart.com/role-of-imagination-in-learning-animal-communication/ https://valheart.com/role-of-imagination-in-learning-animal-communication/#comments Mon, 07 Mar 2022 04:18:36 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=8606 This article was previously published January 28, 2015 and was updated on March 7, 2022

Learning animal communication can, at times, be quite challenging. Not because it’s hard to learn – it’s not!

In fact it’s easy for any animal lover to do once they know how to connect and tune in.

The challenge is to get out of your own ego (head) and move into feeling, being open in your heart.

When you are listening to your animal solely from your own brainiac perspective, you are simply not open to receiving information from others.

The helpful “left brain” takes over with judgment, logic and over-analysis.

When that comes into play it tends to muck up your receptivity which is your intuitive side, sometimes known as the gestalt, or “right brain”.

The first thing to do to communicate with an animal is this: set aside all of your preconceived notions about what should happen when you communicate.

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If you don’t, you can easily get stuck in your expectations.

When you do that, you will have blocked your animal’s thoughts and feelings.

You will go completely off track.

You’ll find yourself frustrated and your animal disappointed.

Instead, notice when you begin thinking about what you should be able to hear, what you wish you could see or feel, what you want your animal to tell you.

Stop yourself right then and there.

Come back to your center, ground your energy and breathe deeply.

Then try again.

This time, instead of getting trapped in your left brain, try using your imagination.

Imagine you are one with your animal.

Let yourself feel how it feels to be their size, weight and body type.

What does the world look like from their perspective?

What does your fur or hair or fins or scales feel like?

How do you move about?

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What do your senses tell you about the world around you?

This process helps you understand animals from their perspective, with minimum interference and misinterpretation.

It fosters communication, compassion, understanding, harmony and oneness with other beings, whatever their species.

To learn animal communication you need to practice often!

Frequent meditation is very helpful so that you can clear your mind, be open, receptive to new thoughts and feelings.

Adopting lifestyle changes that support your connection with nature, allows you time to unwind and unravel your busy mental activity, quieten the sometimes overwhelming static of busy brain, talking head syndrome.

TIP: Remember that you may not hear an audible voice in your head.

Animals often don’t respond at all the way you think they will or expect them to.

Animals also want to be heard, respected, and listened to like they’re important and wise, just like we do.

You may see a flash of color or an image on your internal mental monitor.

You may have a gut feeling or a visceral reaction.

Or you may simply have an uncanny knowing that you won’t be able to explain.

Animal communication can come in many different forms.

You’ll just know.

Many beginning students get worried, thinking this is just their imagination.

It can start out that way.

But that’s okay.

It can feel like just your imagination at first.

I promise that if you stay with it and keep practicing being fully present with animals, then at some point there will be a shift.

You will notice that all of a sudden you’re thinking thoughts that don’t seem to be your own because they are so unusual.

You may feel an emotion that comes from seemingly nowhere – that’s also not your own.

You’ll begin to have a real, true, honest knowing of that animal beyond your expectation.

Their viewpoint, their wisdom and their thoughts will start making more sense to you.

And if you just keep breathing and being one with the animal, you’ll be astonished at the depth and quality of the information you’ll be receiving!

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Try This Practice Exercise:

Choose an animal to focus on, ask them to help you, and then imagine that you are them.

Take a moment to imagine that you can intuit how it feels to be them.

See how things look from their viewpoint.

What is it like to play, walk, run, and jump like they do?

How does it feel to sit like they sit?

Or, to eat what they like to eat?

Use your senses and allow the information to come to you without questioning it too much.

The experience of connecting and communicating with an animal will begin to unfold for you.

And when you do this right?

I promise that animal communication will change your life.

Want more?

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If you’re ready to dive in then check out the How to Talk to Animals: Beginning Core Foundations Home Study Course.

This technique is taught in more depth, along with all the other fundamental basics that every animal communication student needs to know.

Go here to get started

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Author: Val Heart is a leading animal communication expert, speaker, bestselling author & master healer. Val is often called The Real Life Dr Doolittle™ and Animal Communicator to the Stars.

© Copyright, Val Heart & Friends LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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]]> https://valheart.com/role-of-imagination-in-learning-animal-communication/feed/ 1 Bladder Stones and Urine Crystals in Cats – Is There a Cat Food That Helps Prevent Urinary Problems? https://valheart.com/bladder-stones-and-urine-crystals-in-cats/ https://valheart.com/bladder-stones-and-urine-crystals-in-cats/#respond Fri, 04 Mar 2022 23:12:16 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=83430 Guest post courtesy of Sarah Welson. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communication Enterprises Inc. 

Can your cat food help prevent bladder stones and urine crystals in cats?

As a pet parent, it is a huge mistake to underestimate the power of proper nutrition on your cat’s health.

With the right diet, you can prevent urine crystals and bladder stones.

Read more to learn about the foods that can help prevent urinary problems for your cat.

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Why are cats prone to urine crystals and bladder stones?

Wild or feral cats don’t usually have these problems, so the blame lies with we, their caretakers, feeding them unhealthy food.

In some cases, both bladder stones and urine crystals in cats are caused by the ingestion of excess minerals.

It is important to provide cats with a proper diet to keep them from developing these conditions.

Both urine crystals and bladder stones can be excruciating for felines.

Studies have proved that minerals like calcium, phosphorus, and magnesium can cause your feline to develop urine crystals and bladder stones.

While cats need vitamins and minerals, they just need them in small quantities.

AAFCO feeding guidelines recommend that adult cats get 0.6% calcium, 0.5% phosphorus, and 0.04% magnesium in their total diet.

But that is not all.

Even the ingestion of excess protein may be responsible for these two health problems for felines.

Additionally, an imbalance of the pH level of your pet’s urine may be responsible for forming urine crystals.

Unfortunately, this pH imbalance may be the result of kidney disease.

As a cat parent, you need to ensure that your pet is fed a nutritionally balanced diet that complies with the AAFCO feeding recommendations.

Is there a cat food that will help prevent urinary problems?

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I’m glad you asked, but before we get to that, remember to always serve your pet water in sufficient quantities to prevent urinary problems.

By doing this, the excess minerals that your cat may have consumed will be reduced.

Likewise, introducing more wet food into your pet’s diet can help increase its water intake and prevent urinary problems.

In a study of 6 cats, the dietary moisture intake of the cats involved was increased.

Subsequently, the researchers found that the higher proportion of wet food in their diet increased their daily water intake.

Additionally, their urine became more diluted, reducing their risk of forming calcium oxalates compared to felines on lower-moisture diets.

That’s a small study, but it’s significant and an easy step to take going in the right direction.

Tips on choosing the best cat foods

Different cat food brands exist, but not all of them are suitable or healthy for your pet.

There are various factors to consider when choosing the right cat food to improve your pet’s urinary health.

It’s always important to give your pet a nutritionally complete diet to prevent urinary problems.

This means that whatever pet food you give your pet should meet the guidelines recommended by the AAFCO.

If you are a raw feeder or choosing canned cat food, you should buy cat food brands that offer nutritionally complete cat diets.

Similarly, buy cat kibble that is meat-based and nutritionally complete and balanced.

If you do feed dry food, be sure that your cat is drinking enough water.

Ensure that whatever cat food you choose for your cat is low in carbohydrates.

Excess carbs can cause other health conditions like diabetes in felines.

Also, be sure to provide your pet with clean water after every meal.

Lastly, special vet-approved diets that help prevent urinary problems exist.

These are called therapeutic diets, and they usually work for treating bladder stones.

But you should get your vet’s approval first before administering this diet to your pet.

What ingredients you should avoid

Cats’ nutritional requirements differ from ours.

So sometimes, ingredients that are safe for humans are unsafe for cats.

For instance, the biologically appropriate diet for felines is meat.

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Cats don’t need high amounts of carbohydrates since they can get the energy they need from protein.

So, avoid foods that contain high amounts of carbs.

Also, avoid cat foods that contain many synthetic minerals and chemical preservatives.

And when you choose a supposedly meat-based cat food for your pet, ensure that it does not contain animal by-products.

Animal by-products are substandard ingredients, and they cannot provide the essential nutrients your pet needs.

Lastly, never use onions or garlic whenever you make homemade cooked food for your pet!  These two ingredients are toxic to cats.

Conclusion

Now, you should know better than to feed your cat with excess minerals and vitamins.

A wonderful resource for cat parents is Petsumer Reports.

This investigative service has evaluated 100’s of cat foods so you can see things which are good or bad about the food you’re feeding your cat, so you can make wise choices on your cats behalf.

If your pet is suffering from urinary crystals or bladder stones, increase the daily water intake.

That can help dissolve or pass the stones.

With the right diet, you might be able to prevent and treat your pet’s urinary problems.

However, your pet may need to remove the stones through surgery.

So, consult your vet to discuss the options available for treating your cat.

Be sure to leave your comments below!

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]]> https://valheart.com/bladder-stones-and-urine-crystals-in-cats/feed/ 0 Creative Dog Training – Margaret Davis on The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™ https://valheart.com/creative-dog-training-margaret-davis/ https://valheart.com/creative-dog-training-margaret-davis/#respond Mon, 28 Feb 2022 18:07:48 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=58113 Previously published May 2019; updated February 2022

Today we’re talking with renowned Birmingham dog training expert Margaret Davis.

Margaret has spent pretty much her entire life working with dogs and advocating for their welfare.

Her father is the famous veterinarian Earl M. Jones.

He received the Albert Schweitzer Medal for his contributions in crafting and implementing the Animal Welfare Act of 1966, so as you can imagine, Margaret was a real kennel brat.

In 1984, Margaret started Creative Dog Training (CDT), teaching an obedience class to four clients and their dogs in the middle of the vet’s office.

By 1990, she had three employees; by 2000, she had 20.

In 2005, she opened CDT’s second location.

Now, on any given day, 60-70 dogs are in daycare at each of CDT’s locations.

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CDT offers a wide range and variety of classes and services for dogs and the people who love them.

Margaret trained the Golden Retriever in the Brett Favre Wranglers Jeans commercial.

She has trained and handled the dogs that played Toto in two different productions of the Wizard of Oz as well as the dogs that played Belle in The Miracle Worker and Sandy in Annie.

She also selected and trained Hero, the Chelsea Fire Dog that rode on the truck and went into schools with the Chelsea firefighters to help educate children on fire safety.

Margaret was instrumental in establishing Birmingham’s first off leash Dog Park.

She supports local dog rescue groups and she provides a free dog training class for every dog adopted.

The CDT website also provides Trainer Blogs, sixty-four different Training Podcasts, and Training Tips as well as a message board and a forum in which people can ask the trainers questions.

The website is an invaluable educational tool and emblematic CDT’s commitment to “helping dogs by educating people.”

We covered many topics that all dog lovers can relate to, such as:

  • What do you mean by “helping dogs by educating people”? Do you think of a dog as a person?
  • Why is it so important for dogs to have dog friends?
  • Can a dog be spoiled?
  • Can an old dog be taught new tricks?
  • Do you exclusively use positive reinforcement training?
  • What is the hardest dog to train?
  • Who is the hardest human to train? Can a dog fail obedience school?
  • What is basic respect training and why does it matter?
  • What do you mean by love, trust, and respect?
  • How can humans know when a dog is stressed?
  • How do you use Reiki when working with dogs?

Key points dog lovers should know:  Dogs use their bodies to communicate their state of being and their intended behavior.

Most people can read dogs well enough to know when they are happy, excited, playful, or relaxed.

Humans who truly learn their language will know when a dog is stressed, aggressive, submissive, anxious, fearful, frustrated, irritated, depressed, etc.

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Dogs – just click on the picture below!

Dogs pick up on our energy and react to our emotions, so it is important to project positive feelings when dealing with dogs.

Dog training means far more than teaching a dog to sit.

It is teaching a dog to respond to commands (for example, “wait” and “leave it”) that can protect him from potential danger.

It is teaching a dog the manners he needs to truly be a part of his owner’s life (e.g., going to the bathroom outside; leaving something alone when told; interacting pleasantly with guests).

It is teaching a dog to obey commands (e.g., “come”) that will enable him to enjoy off-leash freedom at the park or lake.

Dogs need to accept and actively play with dogs.  They need canine friends.

Visit: www.creativedogtraining.com Enjoy!

.Be sure to leave your comments below!

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]]> https://valheart.com/creative-dog-training-margaret-davis/feed/ 0 Creative Dog Training - Margaret Davis on The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™ | Animal Talk | Podcast #38 nonadult Miracles of Healing in Spirit, Soul and Body for You and Your Pet https://valheart.com/miracles-of-healing-in-spirit-soul-and-body/ https://valheart.com/miracles-of-healing-in-spirit-soul-and-body/#respond Fri, 25 Feb 2022 00:59:41 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=83380 Have you ever seen actual miracles of healing?

I have.

I remember hearing stories about how Jesus healed the sick and manifested fishes and loaves and walked on water and performed miracles, even raising the dead.

Did you ever wonder HOW he did that?

Or wanted to be able to do it yourself?

Jesus said that his followers would be able to do greater things than he did.

Really?

Okay! I’m IN.

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But… HOW exactly do I do that?

Nowhere in the Bible or at Sunday School was I taught how.

In fact, I don’t recall any real miracles happening at church either… which led me to question things, and, continue seeking answers.

That’s when I became more spiritual than religious, following the healing path journey to enlightenment and empowerment.

For 50 years I have searched out the most powerful healing techniques and therapies I could find, and became certified in many of them.

And yes, they helped… some much more so than others.

But it wasn’t enough.

I knew there was more…

So, when I found the Elite Soul Repair and Spirit Healing work, I checked it out.

Guess what?

THIS is it.

And so, I became certified in this wonderful work.

Now I’m capable of doing ALL this for myself and for my clients:

Downloading and manifesting things straight from Source (God).

Facilitating miracles of healing for people and pets within minutes.

Healing water, turning it from nasty, stinky, unhealthy, unpalatable water full of contaminants into whole, healing, energized water – and not just for a glass but for a whole house.

Commanding demons to leave and unraveling curses and witchcraft and the like.

Healing old karma and clearing out negative soul contracts.

Repairing mutated genetic code (RNA/DNA and chromosomes), replacing old unhealthy cells with new healthy cells.

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Optimize immune function to super human levels.

Restoring optimal functioning of glands, organs, and systems.

Realign to the energy of prosperity and abundance, clearing financial blocks.

There’s so much more…

When it comes to restoring true health, so you not just survive, you thrive, Soul repair and Spirit healing is a uniquely different and powerful type of healing that will change your life dramatically on every level.

This is Twelfth Dimensional Soul Repair and Spirit Healing work, and it is absolutely amazing as you can see.

Here’s how it works:

First:

We focus on clearing the nasties out of your space and heart, off your Soul so they stop draining you.

And then your Spirit can heal.

When your vitality is high enough, your body naturally realigns and heals.

You also learn how to connect with Heaven and Earth, the Divine Masculine and Divine Feminine, and realign your polarity and magnetic frequency.

When we do it right, you can cross the frequency barrier that is also called the “veil between worlds”, and access higher dimensional energies.

Next:

We clear out the old karma and get rid of negative soul contracts, mind control, and restore your healthy genetic code.

For folks struggling with cancer or an immune system that’s not working properly, I download the anti-cancer energies and frequencies (and teach you how to do that yourself…).

Third:

You learn how to detach and clear obsessive, worrying thoughts and seal energy drains and leaks.

Depressions, suicidal thoughts, anxiety, panic attacks, addictions, ADD… it dissolves and starts going away by this point.

Fourth:

You discover how to shield properly and transform negative energies into love, so they don’t drain you ever again.

Finally:

you learn how to perform “miracles” of your own.

 

At first, I’ll do most of the work FOR you, and then I’ll teach you how to do it yourself on your own, for the rest of your life.

You’ll get the most from this if you have done therapy, you understand the concept and importance of doing inner work, you have at least a basic understanding of energy healing, you meditate consistently, and you are spiritually minded.

There are very few Spirit Soul Healers who can work at the Twelfth Dimension in the world; I am now one of them.

Love is what heals, and you do that vibrationally from your heart.

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If this resonates with you, then perhaps it’s time to heal and repair your own Soul and Spirit.

Check out the 30 Day Intensive Soul Repair and Spirit Healing Program (for pets AND people too):  << HERE >>

Let’s celebrate your return to health and well-being next!

 

P.S. Does this work for animals too?

You betcha!

I’ve had many animals walk away from deaths door…

I’ve helped heal mystery lameness issues…

Cancer tumors dissolved…

So, if you need your soul repaired and your spirit and body healed, or your animal’s health problems solved, this is your chance and this is what you’ve been looking for.

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]]> https://valheart.com/miracles-of-healing-in-spirit-soul-and-body/feed/ 0 Meat Jerky Treats Recipe for Dogs https://valheart.com/meat-jerky-treats-recipe-for-dogs/ https://valheart.com/meat-jerky-treats-recipe-for-dogs/#comments Thu, 24 Feb 2022 14:01:02 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=6070 Meat jerky treats made the right way! Here’s a great recipe for dogs.

Did you know that a few years ago, a popular brand of Jerky Chicken Treats was killing dogs?

Many well intentioned pet parents believed we were offering what appears to be a healthy treat, when in fact, the manufacturers had screwed up (again) so badly that they were killing and harming dogs with their negligence.

Don’t you hate that?

They used to be my Miniature Schnauzer Einstein’s favorite treat, but guess what?

One of the issues was they were somehow contaminated, and it wasn’t just the chicken jerky either.

One of the nasty side effects was kidney failure, which is one of the top causes of pet illness and deaths today.

In fact, my Einstein almost died of kidney failure. He was in the ER Vet Clinic for 3 months!

Fortunately, through that terrible experience, I learned a few things.  Like, how to get him well again.

for instance, I decided to cook for Einstein. Homemade healthy food with quality human grade ingredients was the start, along with healing, homeopathics, and other changes in the way I’d been managing his environment.

So when I saw this simple recipe in Penelope Smith’s ezine, I had to share it with you and add a few of my own culinary ideas to it.

Instead of buying commercial dog treats, why not make your own?
SO simple to do, and so much healthier too.

Here’s the basic recipe for dogs to make Jerky Treats using chicken (or any meat except pork):

  • Cut boneless chicken breasts into thin slices (or turkey, lamb, beef, bison, etc, however I don’t recommend using raw pork)
  • Optional: Sprinkle on a tiny pinch of herbs or spices (powdered garlic is Einstein’s favorite, see below for more ideas).
  • Place meat slices on a lightly greased cookie sheet.
  • Bake at 180 degrees until meat strips are dry (at least three hours or more).
  • The jerky can be stored in airtight containers or plastic bags, or can be frozen.

Herbs and spices that are safe for dogs:

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Cinnamon

  • Regulates blood sugar
  • Fights heart disease
  • Anti-inflammatory
  • Antifungal

Turmeric

  • Relieves arthritis
  • Anti-inflammatory
  • Improves gut health
  • Boosts brain function

Ginger

  • Digestive aid
  • Helps nausea
  • Anti-bacterial

Basil

  • Antioxidant
  • Anti-inflammatory
  • Relieves arthritis
  • Reduces stress

Coriander

  • Helps nausea
  • Relieves intestinal gas
  • Anti-diarrhea
  • Anti-parasite

Fennel

  • Detoxifies
  • Digestive aid

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Dill

  • Improves appetite
  • Digestive aid
  • Relieves intestinal gas
  • Relieves constipation

Peppermint

  • Relieves intestinal gas
  • Treats diarrhea
  • Soothes upset stomach
  • Helps with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)

Parsley

  • Antioxidant
  • Soothes upset stomach

Oregano

  • Antibacterial
  • Antifungal
  • Helps with diarrhea and indigestion
  • Anti-inflammatory
  • Antioxidant to boost immune system

Garlic

  • Antibiotic
  • Boosts immune system
  • Antibacterial
  • Antifungal
  • Anti-parasite

Bone Appetit, Y’all!

So, what’s your pet’s favorite treat?

Did you know that your pet can tell you what they like to eat?

You can learn how to talk with animals – and I can teach you!

It’s important to be able to speak their language and communicate with your animals every day. They have a lot to tell you.

Start by downloading my FREE Ebook: Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Dogs – just click on the picture below!


Or dive into the complete Talking With Animals program with my Beginning Core Foundations Animal Communication Course.

Maybe you’ve already begun your journey in Animal Communication. If so, it’s time to go to the next level.

Everything you need to learn how to communicate with animals is HERE!

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]]> https://valheart.com/meat-jerky-treats-recipe-for-dogs/feed/ 9 How to Talk to Animals – Animal Communication Training Series Introduction https://valheart.com/how-to-talk-to-animals-animal-communication-training-interview-series-introduction/ https://valheart.com/how-to-talk-to-animals-animal-communication-training-interview-series-introduction/#respond Wed, 23 Feb 2022 11:36:34 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=12024 Have you always wished you could talk to animals?

Introducing the Professional Animal Communicator Interview Series

This is a replay of my Animal Communication Training Series where I interview experts who guide you through various techniques in Animal Communication. If you don’t want to miss any of this How to Talk to Animals Training Series, then go here to register:  https://www.learnhowtotalktoanimals.com/all-online-courses/professional-animal-communicator-class-series/

Guest speakers galore!

This begins an exciting new series of how to talk to animals training with the best professional animal communicators and pet psychics in the world. Join me and my guests as we discuss how animals communicate telepathically with each other and how humans can learn to speak their language, to hear their voices, to learn from their wisdom.

In our short 10 to 25 minute chats, we’ll be discussing how to use animal talk to solve pet behavior problems, enhance training and performance issues, healing animals, how to ease transitions, how to reconnect with pets in the afterlife, and much more.

Some of the exciting topics we’ll explore include:

  • Healing animals
  • A heartwarming reunion of elephants separated for many years
  • Animal massage
  • How your own inner peace is connected to your animals
  • Why interspecies communication is so important
  • Animal reiki and soul to soul connections
  • and many more!

Animal communication, also called dog or cat or horse whispering, is an important skill every animal lover needs to know.  And with a little coaching and practice, you can learn how to talk to animals yourself.

If you thought learning how to talk to animals telepathically and energetically is hard, or something you can’t do, you’re wrong.

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Animal Communication is easy!

Especially when you know the 3 Fundamental Principles every animal uses to communicate.

This animal communication training will get you started quickly and with the right foundation to grow your innate skills and intuitive gifts on.

Learn these 3 Principles first, then, when you’re ready to learn how to send messages to animals, go to https://www.learnhowtotalktoanimals.com/all-online-courses/animal-talk-coaching-club/

Together WE can do our part to help our pets and animals live a natural healthy life.

If you enjoyed this video, I urge you to click the link below and Register for more wonderful interviews with other professional pet psychics in this Series!

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PLEASE! Don’t keep this a secret!!

We can really use your support to help more pets and their people.  This is an unprecedented, collaborative joint venture based on my mission of reaching and teaching One Million animal lovers around the world how to talk to animals.

Share this with your animal loving friends now, okay?

You have to come – you know your pet wants you to.

Bonus: Once you’re registered, you’ll get access to future guest interviews too!

See you soon!

Val Heart, The Real Dr Doolittle
Founder of The Heart School of Animal Communication® and Host of the BEST Online Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club
https://www.learnhowtotalktoanimals.com/all-online-courses/animal-talk-coaching-club/

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!


Please share your comments and insights about this episode in the comments below.
To sign up for the next episode in the series, be sure to register here: https://www.learnhowtotalktoanimals.com/all-online-courses/professional-animal-communicator-class-series/

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Enjoy this article? Here are three more of my most popular articles about animal communication:

Speaking to Animals Changed My Life: The Day a Horse Spoke to Me
5 Responsibilities For a Professional Animal Communicator
How Visualizing Can Improve Animal Communication

]]> https://valheart.com/how-to-talk-to-animals-animal-communication-training-interview-series-introduction/feed/ 0 How to Talk to Animals - Animal Communication Training Series Introduction nonadult What Do You Give Someone Who Lost a Pet? https://valheart.com/what-do-you-give-someone-who-lost-a-pet/ https://valheart.com/what-do-you-give-someone-who-lost-a-pet/#respond Tue, 22 Feb 2022 02:18:21 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=83328 Guest post courtesy of Angela Worley. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communication Enterprises Inc. 

What do you give someone who lost a pet?

Giving gifts to people who are grieving the death of their pet is challenging, and there’s no one-size-fits-all solution.

If you’re trying to figure out what to give someone who recently lost their pet, here are some gift ideas that might be helpful and/or thoughtful.

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Empathy Gifts

The best thing you can do for someone who’s experienced loss is to be there for them.

Let them talk about their feelings, give them space if they need it, and don’t rush them through their grief.

One of our readers shared an important reminder in our comments: Please don’t feel like you have to make anyone feel better.

Showing up and sharing your heart with someone else is enough.

This leads us to… gifts!

One way of showing support during difficult times is with these thoughtful pet loss gifts that say “I’m here for you”.

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Activity Gifts

If your friend or family member recently lost a pet, you’re probably looking for gift ideas that will help them through their time of grief.

You can help with that.

If your loved one enjoyed spending time with their furry friend by playing fetch or otherwise engaging in physical activity, it may be appropriate to give them something related to those activities.

If they liked hiking, gift them with some equipment or items to enhance their next trip.

Or maybe they have other hobbies that involve pets – like horseback riding – so consider getting something fun for them and their new pet (if they have or are getting one) together.

Perhaps they’ve got another type of pet now that’ll love having new toys as well!

Book Gifts

Don’t underestimate what books can do for mourning pet owners.

When you lose someone close to you, many people give flowers or a tangible gift like chocolate or jewelry.

Although those are nice gestures and will definitely be appreciated, your loved one might find solace in reading about others who have experienced similar losses.

Here are some of our favorite titles that touch on mourning pets:

  • Losing My Best Friend by Jeannie Wycherley
  • Dog Heaven by Cynthia Ryland
  • Goodbye, Friend: Healing Wisdom for Anyone Who Has Ever Lost a Pet by Gary Kowalski

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Something personal

If you’re not sure what to give, then something personal may be in order.

Some people don’t want anything that reminds them of their deceased pet, though, so it’s a good idea to check with them first..

This could mean giving them photos or mementos from when they had their pet.

A picture is worth a thousand words and these memories might help ease some of their grief. Plus, it may encourage them to look at old photos and preserve those memories for future enjoyment.

For example, if your friend has plenty of older photographs or home movies featuring his dog before he passed away, then putting together a DVD slideshow that includes those images might make for an appropriate gift: just make sure to check with your friend first before you start going through all his family albums!

Service gifts

If you’re looking for gift ideas for loss, try thinking about providing service instead of giving something tangible.

Consider your time and talent as gifts.

The idea is to show them that you care—and nothing shows that more than taking action rather than sitting on your hands waiting for something perfect to come along.

Because you don’t have much time to think about it, coming up with ideas for gifts to give after a pet has died can be challenging.

I hope these few gift ideas help you out.

Remember: what’s most important is that you’re there for your loved one who is grieving the loss of their pet, regardless of the gift you choose.

 

Did you know that you can still communicate with pets who have crossed over?

When an animal makes their transition, their Soul still exists in spirit form. They are still “alive”, they just don’t have an earthly body anymore.

You can learn to communicate with them just as easily as the pets who still live with you, OR, you can hire a professional communicator to communicate with them for you.

Learn How to Talk with Animals

Are you interested in learning how to communicate with animals yourself?

Then you’ll want to check out The Heart School of Animal Communication®.

Click Here  to see the courses – take a look and choose what most appeals to you.

If you are a newbie, then we highly recommend starting with the Beginning Core Foundations Course.

The Advanced Animal Talk Mastery Course is awesome and includes many student favorite, powerful healing techniques along with specific training topics that every animal talk student needs to know how to deal with successfully.

If you’re still not convinced of all the benefits of communicating with animals, click here to learn all the great reasons you should begin learning how now!

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]]> https://valheart.com/what-do-you-give-someone-who-lost-a-pet/feed/ 0 Cats as Coworkers – Fun Infograph of 9 Famous Office Cats https://valheart.com/cats-as-coworkers-famous-office-cats/ https://valheart.com/cats-as-coworkers-famous-office-cats/#respond Mon, 21 Feb 2022 18:45:00 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=14428 Meet a few of our celebrated and famous office cats that have stalked some of the most prestigious offices in the world!

As you can see from the infographic, many of these furry felines have worked in train stations, warehouses and even with the police.

In fact, many famous office cats have taken on other jobs helping people too, from library cats to coffee house cats, to therapy cats and more…

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 Which is your favorite office cat?

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Of these famous felines, my personal favorite is…

Stationmaster Tama head of Kishi Train Station in Japan!

 

All Famous Office Cats Have Job Descriptions

The only question is, how did they decide what to do and how to do it.  If you haven’t discussed this with them yet, then it’s time and yes, you can.

Do you know what your office cats job is?

Even better, how do you negotiate their job description if you don’t like what they’re doing or would prefer they do something else?

What if they aren’t helping in your office, but are disruptive to their fellow coworkers… leaving dead (or almost so…) mice in your chair or desk or break room… That’s not good.

You need to learn how to speak cat.

Seriously, did you know you really can learn how to communicate with your furry feline friend?

Start here by downloading your copy of our free ebook: Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Cats – just click on the picture below!

Do you need help with your cat?

A professional animal communicator can find out what your cat is thinking, how they feel, and what they need or want.

So if your kitty stares at you trying to mind meld, but you just don’t get what they’re trying to tell you…?

Sound familiar?

Time to get some help understanding them.  Click here to find a professional cat whisperer to help you.

Be sure to leave your comments below!

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]]> https://valheart.com/cats-as-coworkers-famous-office-cats/feed/ 0 “I Love Being Home Alone,” Said No Dog Ever! https://valheart.com/i-love-being-home-alone-said-no-dog-ever/ https://valheart.com/i-love-being-home-alone-said-no-dog-ever/#respond Wed, 02 Feb 2022 08:07:17 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=11924 Newsflash: Dogs don’t like being left home alone.

You get a twinge of anxiety when you leave your little buddy home alone for the day. But this probably isn’t even close to how much anxiety your dog feels when he or she sees you walk out the door.

Anxious dogs whine, sweat and drool around the time of your departure. They bark when you leave (and while you are gone), they won’t eat when alone and have accidents indoors. Extreme anxiety can be dangerous for your pup, and some dogs are even known to break teeth by chewing on their metal crates, shatter windows when trying to escape and leave pools of drool on the ground.

Depending on the level of stress, you might need to talk to a dog behaviorist for the best formula for your personal success. But in the meantime, try a few of these strategies to ease your dog’s mind while you are gone.

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Create a Pleasing Atmosphere

The human/pet relationship energizes the home and naturally offers good Chi. But, when you leave the house and your pet is alone, that energy can turn into panic. To avoid this, create a safe space for your dog to feel comforted. Supply your puppy with an Aspen pet sofa where he or she alone sleeps, for instance. Then, train him or her to relax there when everyone is home so he or she knows it’s a safe place to go while you’re away.

You also might want to block your dog’s view of the outside through your front window with long drapes or blackout shades. Diffusing bright light can ease your dog’s nerves, and if your pup doesn’t have that constant view, he or she might stop waiting at the window for you and incessantly barking, which the neighbors complain about.

Problem Solving with Pets

Play Dog-Friendly Music

Commonly, pet owners leave the TV or radio on, thinking it is comforting to their pooch. But, animal hearts beat to a different drum, according to Charles Snowdon, an animal psychologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dogs recognize different tunes, pitches, tones and tempos, so human music may not be ideal.

BioAcoustic Research & Development (BARD) collaborates with animal behaviorists and vets to promote positive sound therapy for dogs as well as using music for animal behavior training. You might try “Music to Calm Your Canine Companion, Vol. 1” to help ease your dog’s anxiety.

Provide Stimulation When Together

Channel your dog’s physical energy and engage his or her mind by exercising your dog for 30 minutes a day. Take your dog on a brisk walk or play a long game of fetch to tire him or her out before that crucial time of departure.

Also, keep a routine. This way, your dog will learn that when you go, you will always come back. And, if your pup can count on you returning, getting treats, going on a walk and cuddling, his or her anxiety will lessen.

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Don’t Make a Fuss

Don’t make a big deal when you leave. Be calm and don’t gush over the fact that you’re leaving. Say the same phrase like “See ya later, alligator” when you leave the door in a strong, matter of fact manner. Also, do not indulge in excitable greetings upon return. Keep it low key.

Give your dog some space when you are together, as well. You are in charge, and you don’t want your dog to be too dependent on you.

Support confidence and independence in your little buddy by not being overly sensitive to his or her insecurities. If you constantly allow your dog to be at your feet, you might be aiding in the anxiety when you leave.

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Dogs – just click on the picture below!

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]]> https://valheart.com/i-love-being-home-alone-said-no-dog-ever/feed/ 0 7 Fun Pet Friendly Vacation Destinations https://valheart.com/7-fun-pet-friendly-vacation-destinations/ https://valheart.com/7-fun-pet-friendly-vacation-destinations/#respond Sat, 29 Jan 2022 17:39:12 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=8651 You CAN have a pet friendly vacation!

You love going on vacation, but the sight of your faithful dog staring out the door when you leave is too much to bear. This time you’re taking your pets with you, and you’re planning on giving them the time of their lives. With the American Veterinary Medical Association reporting that more than 75 million Americans own pets, there are many places dedicated to catering to your furry friends. Pack up the car and leave room for the pets this time around, as you indulge in the best pet vacation ever.

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 Baker’s Sunset Bay Resort

Baker’s Sunset Bay Resort on the shoreline of Lake Delton gives you a stellar resort atmosphere while still allowing you to bring your pets along. Many pet-friendly hotels tend to be on the lower end of quality, so finding a resort that’s happy to host your dog or cat is always a fantastic find. More importantly, Baker’s Sunset Bay Resort is located in the Wisconsin Dells, which has many outdoor pet-friendly activities such as swimming in the lake or hiking along the trails.

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Fort Collins, Colorado

If you are thinking about a road trip, a stop in Fort Collins is a wonderful respite for the two and four-legged members of your family. As Cesar’s Way describes, the town is brimming with dog-friendly activities. Many of the local brew pubs welcome pooches on the outside patio, and both New Belgium Brewery and Funkwerks let your pups accompany you into the tasting room. When it’s time to get into Mother Nature, head to nearby Horsetooth Reservoir for a hike and fun in the water; if your dog loves to swim he or she will have a great time splashing around. For lodging, check out The Best Western University Inn; half of the rooms are dog-friendly.

San Diego Dog Parks

San Diego loves dogs, and is home to more than 10 off-leash dog parks. These parks are all over the city, including one sand and surf play area in Ocean Beach, giving you and your dog a chance to meet a variety of dogs for fun activities. San Diego also has many areas where dogs are allowed on a leash, such as hiking trails and scenic valleys. Your dog does need to be current on vaccines and licensed before using these dog parks. If you can’t find a pet-friendly hotel in the San Diego area use AirBNB to find independently offered rooms, apartments and even full houses. In many cases, you pay less than a comparable hotel room would cost you.

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British Columbia, Canada

For families who are looking to get away from their local extreme summer temps, British Columbia is a cool and relaxing place to visit. As Pet Friendly Canada notes, the Canadian province also boasts plenty of dog beaches. The site is also a great resource for lodging that allows pets; choices include rustic cabins, family-friendly motels and even swankier hotels. If you and your dog like getting out on a boat, there are ample places to do that in British Columbia; imagine afternoons relaxing on a motorboat and fishing while your dog happily keeps you and your family company. One word of advice: to avoid having to get your Canadian boating license once you arrive at your destination, visit a website like SafeBoater.com prior to your departure. There, you can get all of your necessary permits and licenses that you’ll need for your trip up North.

Acadia National Park

On the whole, national parks are great places to take your dog, although they aren’t all created equal when it comes to accessibility. Acadia National Park in Maine gives you the opportunity to take your dog bird-watching, hiking and picnicking with you. This vast national forest is particularly spectacular in the fall, when all of the trees change their vibrant colors with a show you have to stick around the northeast to see.

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Cape Cod, Massachusetts

If you live on or near the East Coast, a road trip to Cape Cod is a great way to spend a summer vacation with your dog. While not all of the beaches will allow pets Orleans, Wellfleet and Truro do. Cape Beach Dog is a terrific resource that features not only a complete list of dog-friendly beaches, as well as which campgrounds, motels, restaurants and cabins allow pets. If you are ready to stretch your legs after a long car ride, be sure to visit the Cape Cod Rail Trail; the walk covers 22 miles of old railroad and meanders through pet-friendly beach towns. To stay hydrated and ward off hunger, there are plenty of places to stop along the way to eat and drink, and you can walk as little or much of the trail as you wish. For lodging, the Quality Inn Cape Cod is one of many dog-friendly and comfortable places to sleep.

Mutt Lynch Winery

Think dogs and vineyard visits never go hand in hand? Mutt Lynch Winery has something to say about that. The owner of this vineyard is a staunch animal activist who supports local animal rescues and organizations, along with allowing dogs to wander with you whenever you take a vineyard tour. In addition, many of the wines are dog themed, adding to the claim that your dog is welcomed here instead of merely tolerated.

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]]> https://valheart.com/7-fun-pet-friendly-vacation-destinations/feed/ 0 Amazing Grays Horsewoman and Author Lynn Baber on The Real Dr. Doolittle Show https://valheart.com/amazing-grays-lynn-baber-on-real-dr-doolittle-show/ https://valheart.com/amazing-grays-lynn-baber-on-real-dr-doolittle-show/#respond Mon, 24 Jan 2022 23:16:12 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=83218 Amazing Grays Horsewoman and Author Lynn Baber on The Real Dr. Doolittle Show

Is there a Real Dr Doolittle? Yes, there is! Welcome to our Show on Talking to the Animals!

I want to teach you what I know so you can learn how to talk to your animals, why it’s important to hear your animals viewpoints and how reconnecting with animals makes you a better human. Reconnecting with animals helps us be better humans, and is an exciting journey into Self, the nature and reality of our world, a behind-the-scenes look at the complex interactions between us all. Any animal lover can learn how to communicate with animals, you can too! Learn how to connect at the heart for a magical bonding experience with your animals.

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Note from Val: As I heal, grow and evolve, I’ve gone from being an affirmed atheist at twelve years old, to becoming firmly and richly Spiritual in my beliefs.  I’ve learned to embrace, have faith in and profound trust in a power bigger than myself. Some call that power God, some (like world famous speaker Mike Dooley) call it The Universe, some refer to it as Source or Spirit.  In my deeply moving and inspirational discussion with Lynn Baber, I’ve found a kindred soul.  We share a deep, heart centered belief that the Divine is very active behind the scenes of our lives.  That Force guides us, blesses and teaches us, and is mirrored through our animals.  Whatever your belief is, I know you’ll find much to celebrate in our discussion that will help you wherever you are in your life.  Enjoy!

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Lynn Baber reduces complex issues down to matters of simple choice, whether the topic is lynn-baberfaith, relationship, animals, politics, or society. After a career as both a business and equine professional, Christian author Lynn Baber retired as a National and World Champion breeder and trainer, having judged horse shows in both the United States and Europe.

Lynn’s work centers on Transformative Relationship, Worthy Leadership and building faith to overcome fear.  She openly shares lessons learned through personal experience with domestic violence, hopelessness, serious family illness, failure, perseverance, success, and becoming fearless.

A Director of Amazing Grays Ministry, Lynn teaches under the brand Christian Horse Training.  She lives in Weatherford, Texas, sharing the barn with her husband, six horses, three dogs, three cats and two goats.

 

amazing-grace-book-coverLynn teaches that nothing is truly important if it doesn’t involve relationship with someone else.  Transformative relationship is the treasure at the end of the rainbow. All seek it but few find it. Relationship with animals – and horses in particular – is the best treasure map available on earth because animals never rejected God’s plan in favor of their own. Animals live in the real world, not the virtual world we see around us. Animals, unlike people, don’t lie to themselves or each other. Transformative relationship is, by definition, transformative. Spirits, lives, and vision are changed. Such relationships are based on simple foundations, but “simple” and “easy” are not synonymous.

 

Listen in and be inspired as Lynn answers these questions: 

  • Why did you write your book Amazing Grays, Amazing Grace?
  • What is the similarity between the relationship with your horses and the one you have with God/Spirit/The Universe?
  • What have you learned about the habit of success or failure?
  • What can we learn from our horses about living our purpose?
  • What is the relationship between faith and fear?

Interested in purchasing Amazing Grays, Amazing Grace? Clicking on the picture of the book will take you right to it on Amazon!

 

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Ready to learn how to talk to animals yourself?  

Click Here to head over to Learnhowtotalktoanimals.com.  Take a look and choose what most appeals to you.  If you are a newbie, then I highly recommend starting with the Beginning Core Foundations Course.  The Advanced Animal Talk Mastery Course is awesome and includes many of my favorite, most powerful healing techniques along with many specific topics that every animal talk student needs to know how to deal with successfully.

SHARING IS GOOD! My mission and passion is to improve the lives of animals the world over by helping humans learn how to speak their language, understand their viewpoints, and heal. After all, our love of animals helps us learn how to be better humans, and the more balanced and healthy we are, the more balanced and healthy they can be too. Would you help me reach more animal lovers? Please forward now!

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]]> https://valheart.com/amazing-grays-lynn-baber-on-real-dr-doolittle-show/feed/ 0 Lynn Baber Christian Horse Trainer & Author of Amazing Grays | The Real Dr. Doolittle Show nonadult Multidimensional Healing With The BodyTalk System for Animals and People By Val Heart https://valheart.com/bodytalk-system/ https://valheart.com/bodytalk-system/#respond Sat, 22 Jan 2022 21:14:09 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=14861 Healing is possible with the BodyTalk System

Stacie was nervous and unsure of what to expect, dreading that Val Heart might confirm the bad news.  Her friends, family and vet told her she was crazy, that she should just put her sick cat to sleep and get it over with.  But something told her that wasn’t the right answer. Her sister had badgered her for months to ask me for help and she’d finally given in.  She called Val for animal communication help because she wanted to find out what was really wrong and what her cat really needed from her.

Her heart breaking, she was losing sleep, couldn’t focus, and was having trouble working.  A young woman, her own health was bad and getting worse.  Her doctors had been unable to help her because they weren’t sure what was wrong with her.  She was at her wits end, feeling like she was on the verge of a nervous breakdown.  Her family didn’t know what to do to help her but were extremely concerned.

When Val spoke with Stacie’s cat, we discovered that she was in bad shape primarily because of a very poor diet of commercial ‘junk food for cats.’  Her human thought she was giving her a good food brand, but in fact it was full of chemicals, preservatives, by-products, coatings, dyes and flavorings.  The cat’s digestive system was collapsing under the toxic load, and her kidneys were in danger of giving up altogether.

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Compounding the problem was all the worry, fear and fretting her human was doing which wasn’t helping things.  Cats typically are here to serve us by protecting us psychically and emotionally.  When we are out of balance, overwhelmed with stress, or under some kind of psychic or emotional attack, our cat companions will act out, telling us to wake up and pay attention.

Our animal companions are in many ways our best friends, and they often know us better than anyone else.  They choose to spend their lives with us, helping us heal, loving us when we’re sick or sad or mad, often showing us what unconditional love means.  They touch our hearts and help us find our way when we’re lost.

Unfortunately, they also mirror our issues and wounds, reflect our pain, stress and anger, sponge our grief, sadness and dis-ease into their own bodies.  When they get sick or act out with behavior that is inappropriate or even life threatening, they are asking for help, telling us that the load they are carrying for us is more than they can bear.

The good news was that Stacie’s cat friend wasn’t ready to die, but simply needed an improved diet, less worry and emotional upset, and they both needed a few healing treatments with the BodyTalk System for animals and people.

What is BodyTalk for Animals?

The BodyTalk System, developed by IBA Global Healing, is an astonishingly simple, safe and effective form of holistic therapy that allows the body’s energy systems to be re-synchronized so that they can operate as nature intended.  Each system, cell and atom is supposed to be in constant communication with each other at all times, allowing us to be adaptable and flexible in life.

The benefits of a Heart Style BodyTalk session are especially designed for animals and the entire family too.  As is the case with human beings, exposure to stress can lead to disease and malfunctioning within an animal’s body. The understanding that animals deserve their own type of BodyTalk inspired the evolution of BodyTalk for Animals.

Through exposure to the stresses of day-to-day life, these lines of communication become compromised, leading to a decline in physical, emotional and/or mental health.  It is critical that these systems be perfectly balanced for the body to effectively coordinate the billions of synchronized activities per second that are necessary to maintain optimum health.  Reconnecting these lines of communication enables the body’s mechanisms to function at optimal levels, preventing disease and rapidly accelerating the healing process.

The BodyTalk system for animals can be used as a stand-alone therapy to help with many health problems, or be seamlessly integrated into any health care system to increase its effectiveness and promote faster healing.  It is non-invasive, objective in application, and works quickly and effectively on humans and animals alike.

BodyTalk for animals in combination with animals communication and intuitive scanning has proven to be extremely helpful in addressing many behavior problems, as well as many common health problems such as allergies, environmental sensitivities, dyslexia, chronic viruses and infections, depressed immune systems, brain trauma and dysfunction, sugar metabolism disorders, arthritis, musculo-skeletal pain, emotional, behavioral and psychological problems, among many other problems.

Stacie said:  “Literally, after a thirty-minute conversation with you, my entire life changed.  In giving my cats a voice during their physical and emotional challenges, you shed a powerful light on my own situation. You gave me the precise information I needed to experience a dramatic shift in consciousness that has promoted healing on all levels for me and my cats… I cannot believe how much you have impacted my life in just two brief sessions!”

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In addition to Val’s animal communication and intuitive scanning services, as an advanced PaRama level BodyTalk practitioner she also specializes in Human Animal BodyMind Connection and Assessment work.  Her unique understanding and application of the BodyTalk™ System of healing therapies for both humans and their animal companions is often an extraordinary experience with amazing and fast results.  Because of the Human Animal BodyMind Connection mirroring principle, Val often requests that the human caregiver/owner receive treatment first, then works with their animals to get the best results as quickly as possible.

When should you consider getting a BodyTalk for Animals session?

Val’s Heart Style Healing Sessions are the perfect place to begin if you are:

  • Afraid your pet is suffering from pain, dementia/senility, or health problems and your vet hasn’t been able to help them beyond a certain point
  • Worried they have something important to tell you about their health but you can’t figure out what it is
  • Puzzled by your animal’s health issues and need help with getting to the root of the problems so they can heal
  • Losing sleep afraid your pet is getting ready to make their transition and you don’t know how to help them feel better, what they want, or how much pain they’re in
  • Alarmed that your pet had a bad reaction to a vaccination and want to help them heal
  • Facing surgery or a veterinary procedure and want to prepare your pet properly so they get through it as quickly and easily as possible
  • Heartbroken knowing your pet has suffered abuse or trauma that is affecting their health, happiness and well-being and want help restoring balance and rehabilitation
  • Working with imbalanced sheltered, rescued or fostered animals and want them to heal so they have the best possible chance at finding their perfect forever home
  • Afraid your pet is mirroring your stress, illness or old patterns and want help healing so you can both be healthier and happier
  • Wondering about past lives and its effect on current day health and well-being
  • Dreading your pets coming transition and need help determining whether an animal is ready to pass over and how so you can ease the pain and suffering
  • Struggling with health challenges or stressful situations in your own life

 

If you and/or your animal friends could use a profound level of healing through the BodyTalk system for animals, click here to make an appointment.

Bio:  Val Heart, The Real Dr Doolittle™, animal communicator, empathic behaviorist, master healer. Val specializes in healing chronic pain, illness, trauma, training, behavior, performance, euthanasia. Get your Free Report: 10 Things You Must Know Before Hiring An Animal Communicator

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]]> https://valheart.com/bodytalk-system/feed/ 0 The Bodytalk System - Part 1 - What is BodyTalk? nonadult Soul Repair and Spirit Healing https://valheart.com/soul-repair-and-spirit-healing-testimonial/ https://valheart.com/soul-repair-and-spirit-healing-testimonial/#respond Fri, 21 Jan 2022 19:57:22 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=83191 Is it possible to heal chronic fatigue, pain, high blood pressure, depression, and cancer with Soul Repair and Spirit Healing?

Check out what happened for Marie:

“Hi, I’m Marie Halff, emeritus museum trustee and trustee of the G.A.C. Halff Foundation, former Chairman of the Board for the San Antonio Museum of Art.

I am happy to share this testimony of my experiences with Val Heart.

She has made such an enormous difference in my life that I want others to know of her miraculous abilities.

I have been consulting with Val for at least twenty years.

At first, she helped me with my dogs.

We worked with their fears and with behavioral problems and more.

When I lost them from time to time, she was able to communicate with them and to help me cope with their loss.

And when I got more puppies, she helped us with bonding, behavior, and training.

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In the last few years, I began to suffer with poor health, including aches and pains, high blood pressure, and chronic extreme fatigue.

I felt like I’d been poisoned sometimes, it was so bad.

The doctors weren’t helping even though I sought both alternative and traditional care, did all kinds of tests, change in diet, medication, supplements, and therapies.

I’ve had cancer which was in remission, but a new lump had recently appeared on my neck that worried me.

I was plodding along, barely getting through my days, feeling like I was dying, really depressed.

I was even talking to the doctor about having back surgery.

I felt fragile, emotionally and physically.

Val had helped me keep going with alternative therapies and BodyTalk healing in the past, but it just didn’t feel like it was enough anymore.

Then Val started learning a new healing protocol that excited her, and at one point she offered to “heal” my tap water for me with a new kind of energy technique.

And since my tap water has always been terrible, it smelled and tasted bad for years, I said yes.

She asked me to taste it before she did the work and yes, it was yucky.

Then afterward, to my astonishment, it tasted delicious!

No more odor either.

I was so excited I was bouncing off the walls!

I decided to do her Heart Wisdom Soul Repair and Spirit Healing Program, and she has opened up a whole new world of high level, Twelfth Dimensional meditating with love.

The results are astounding.

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From the very first session, I noticed that the terrible pains I’d been living with were drastically reduced.

I felt very perky and didn’t ache all over anymore.

I told Val that if it never got any better than that, I would be so happy!

I may not use all the correct words in describing the process, just like I am not sure that I am doing everything “by the book” when I meditate.

What I do know is that the first thing that happens when I begin the meditation process, is that a huge smile begins to form on my face and I actually feel taller, lighter, like I’m floating.

Afterwards, I feel strong, empowered, no more pain, and energized.

The lump on my neck disappeared.

I feel sharper mentally, full of enthusiasm.

And, I am so appreciative of the Universe, Val, and everything in it.

It’s been such an amazing experience.

I’m now able to do all the things I’ve been wishing I could do for ages but was unable to.

I feel like a dynamo again!

I am so glad that I did the Soul Repair Program with Val.

I intend to follow up with booster sessions from time to time to keep me focused and continue my learning.

It is truly life changing.”

 

That’s a Miracle!

You may be wondering: how did that happen? Let’s talk about what it took to turn all that completely around for her.

First I had to clear and neutralize the nasty energies that had been draining her soul and vitality.

We are all exposed to bad juju – it’s in the media, in our society, movies, music, radiation, extreme low magnetic frequencies, “mind control”, including scalar psychotronic technologies (wifi, satellite waves, embedded energetic programming, and more).

There’s more.

There are also nasties in the guise of evil entities, witchcraft and sorcery like curses, hexes and spells, and energy leaks among other things.

Do these things exist beyond fairy tales and movies?

Aren’t they just stories, myths or fables?

Nasties do exist, and no, they are not just stories.

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The stories and so called “myths” are based on truths and no amount of hiding or pretending otherwise will help you here.

In fact, the nasties would love for you to pretend they don’t exist… it’s easier to drain your vitality and control you that way.

It’s like having a bunch of freeloading bums and gang members invading your home, stealing your possessions, breaking your stuff, eating all your food, and making a huge mess in your “home”.

And if you are unaware and undefended, they can and do make you very sick.

Traditional and alternative medicine only helps to a point, and sometimes not at all or can even make it worse.

The only way to restore true health is to kick the nasties to the curb – get them out of your space entirely and keep them out.

Know how to transform negative energy into love energy so it empowers you and you don’t live in fear anymore, feeling powerless and helpless.

Discover how to detach from obsessive worrying thoughts and painful emotions, upset, anger, and suffering.

Know how to patch up the energy leaks so your Soul doesn’t leak like a colander anymore.

And, be able to easily shield yourself properly so the nasty bits don’t sneak back in when you’re not looking.

When you do, everything changes for the better.

Next, with a clean energy slate to work with and HIGH vibrational 12th Dimensional power, I restored her original Divine Blueprint for health, wisdom, and prosperity.

Here’s the thing: You cannot heal and repair the Soul and Spirit, and work with Divine Blueprints or repair genetic codes or perform miracles with lower level energy.

And you definitely cannot kick the nasties out of your space – and keep them out – with anything lower than 10th Dimension vibrational energy.

Demons and evil entities, some black magics and sorcery typically resonate at the 9th Dimension level.

So your Soul’s sovereign power must be greater than theirs or they just laugh at you, grinning while they gobble down more of your stuff as they gleefully muck up your inner space and cause all manner of chaos in your life. And that’s when it got even more interesting because Marie began feeling better fast.

With her first Soul Repair session she felt amazing, happy, light and joyful.

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The pain was mostly ALL gone, and she felt energized!

In fact, she said that if it never got any better than that she would be delighted with the wonderful improvements in how she felt.

As we went, she got better and better at doing this work until she was well capable of keeping her energy high and clear on her own.

Which is the point of the Soul Repair and Spirit Healing 30 Day Intensive Program – teaching you how to do this for yourself for the rest of your life.

A note about pain, illness and diseases:

As your Soul heals and your vitality raises, you’ll notice the discomfort levels will change.

Healing is a journey, and some things can change almost instantly.

Other things take a bit longer to do.

Everything is energy, ALL energy can be healed and transformed.

The only thing that stops you doing so is your mind and your beliefs, so be aware of your thoughts and beliefs, and be willing to change them as you heal, evolve and grow with greater Truth and discernment.

About your thoughts:

Your mind is the only thing that can block or stop or reverse your healing.

That’s why we do this work with a STILL MIND, it’s all vibrational done from the heart.

Your body parts are intelligent living beings and they listen to you.

If you “claim” your pain or illness, your body thinks you want more of that.

So, if you say, “My pain” or “my bad knee/back/___” or “I’m sick” or “I have cancer” or whatever, then you are attaching to that, owning it, and making it even more real for yourself.

Be aware of your thoughts and words and choose them wisely.

Words have power, it’s called “spelling” for a reason!

Speak encouragingly to your body, thank it for knowing how to heal, apologize for all the poor choices you’ve made that have contributed to the problems.

That includes bad decisions, accidents, struggles, conscious and unconscious.

Ask your body’s forgiveness.

Then, invite, command, and envision your body healing.

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Feel gratitude and appreciation for it doing so.

As always, feel gratitude, appreciation, and love to the Universe for helping you make it so.

Love is what heals, and you do that vibrationally from your heart.

If this resonates with you too, then perhaps it’s time to heal and repair your own Soul and Spirit.

Check out the Soul Repair and Spirit Healing Program for yourself (and your pets too): << HERE >>

Let’s celebrate your return to health and well-being next!

Feel your love.

Expand it.

Share it.

Repeat.

You’ve got this.

If you need your Soul Repaired and your Spirit and Body Healed, or, your animal’s healed, behavior improved, problems solved, then go here to find out more:

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]]> https://valheart.com/soul-repair-and-spirit-healing-testimonial/feed/ 0 How to Keep Your Pets Safe from Coyotes https://valheart.com/how-to-keep-your-pets-safe-from-coyotes/ https://valheart.com/how-to-keep-your-pets-safe-from-coyotes/#respond Thu, 20 Jan 2022 18:23:22 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=58864
Guest post. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communications Enterprises Inc. 

Coyotes can be attracted to your home or pets for any number of reasons, so you should always do what you can to ensure you have some preventive methods to repel wild creatures and discourage potential dangers. Some really simple and effective ways often recommended or mentioned by the Humane Wildlife Control Society to repel coyotes (and many other kinds of animals) include but are not limited to:

Fences

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A pretty obvious and effective way to clear out unwanted pests is through the use of a fence around your property or pet’s environment. You should try to get something sturdy, but you don’t have to go out of your way to build a fortress either. Just something that won’t fall over if tackled by a running animal.

It’s best that you aim to have it around 5 to 7 feet tall while also ensuring it is deep enough in the ground to keep out burrowing animals who’d otherwise try to sneak in from below. Around 2 feet deep should be enough.

Keep yard clear of food

Another simple solution is to ensure your backyard or garden isn’t full of leftover food or garbage as this can attract not just coyotes but any other kind of wild animal that may be living nearby.

You’ll also want to make sure that any outdoor bowl or eating area is also clean as you don’t want any coyote to try and fight your dog as they try to steal their food. A clean yard can deter nearly any kind of animal as they’ll be unable to find either food or wanted nesting materials.

Maintain vigilance and use a leash

This applies when taking a walk outdoors with your pet. You’ll always want to keep your dogs on a leash so you can keep them from running off into the woods chasing after a small animal or large predator.

Similarly, you’ll also want to keep a good eye out on your surroundings at all times as your dog might accidentally try to search a burrow or nest which could easily provoke an attack even in your own backyard.

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Be wary of keeping water outdoors

Animals can be attracted by water as much as food if it happens to be a particularly dry season that’s been making it hard for wild creatures to stay hydrated. Don’t leave water bottles out as mentioned above with the yard cleaning, but also try to keep any water bowls inside. Feeding your pets indoors can prevent many issues and will simplify any future cleaning required to keep your yard safe.

Use simple devices to scare off coyotes

A good way to repel coyotes is by using timer or motion-activated sound and light devices that will scare animals from getting too close to your pet or house. But, try to keep things as straightforward as possible as using too many devices could scare coyotes to the point of violence and wild behavior.

You want to trigger flee responses not fight ones by making it seem like going near your pet or house isn’t worth it. It’s also important to avoid rigging up anything that could hurt a coyote because that may also provoke dangers from either fighting for survival, or just from the hassles of dealing with a corpse in your yard.

Overall, these are some of the easiest ways to keep a coyote from trying anything funny with your beloved pets. Protecting your pets is not difficult, as these are all simple things you can do or should have easy access to. For more information on how to keep coyotes away, click here.

Another way to help your pet with coyotes is to learn to speak their language.  View all of my Animal Communication Courses here
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]]> https://valheart.com/how-to-keep-your-pets-safe-from-coyotes/feed/ 0 5 Essential Reasons Why People Adore Having Goldendoodles https://valheart.com/5-reasons-why-people-adore-having-goldendoodles/ https://valheart.com/5-reasons-why-people-adore-having-goldendoodles/#respond Tue, 18 Jan 2022 23:20:47 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=83172 Guest post courtesy of Ashley Lipman, a certified goldendoodles lover and one of the award-winning writers at Study clerk. She discovered her passion for providing knowledge to readers worldwide on topics closest to her heart. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communication Enterprises Inc.

Having a great dog is something that all canine lovers enjoy.

We just wouldn’t feel complete without them in our lives.

Whether you have them as a companion, to play sports with, to protect your home, or even to simply play with, there are plenty of reasons having a dog is a great choice.

And with the fact that almost 70 million American households own a dog, there is no doubting how much we love them.

While there are plenty of breeds (both purebred and mixed), one of the most popular is the Goldendoodle.

This blog post is going to explain why this poodle and golden retriever mix is so beloved and the reasons people adore them so much.

Goldendoodles Are Friendly and Gentle

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The temperament of a Goldendoodle is one of the main reasons that they are so popular.

They are a very friendly dog breed and will be happy to meet other people and dogs.

They are very happy and silly and are generally a joy to have around.

In addition to being friendly and lovable, these dogs are also very gentle.

Some can be protective, but they are certainly not a dog breed you need to worry about being aggressive in most cases.

If you want to better understand these dogs and their temperament, be sure to learn about the Goldendoodle’s personality on Pride & Prejudoodles.

They are Incredibly Cute

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Another reason that Goldendoodles are so popular is because of how cute they are.

As a puppy, these dogs look like little teddy bears and often look more like a stuffed animal than a real animal.

Even when they get out of the puppy stage, they still look incredibly cute and cuddly.

While all dogs are cute, many owners will say there is something special and different about Goldendoodles.

They Shed Much Less Than Other Dogs

While no dog is truly hypoallergenic and never sheds, Goldendoodles are about as close as you can get.

This comes from their poodle side, as most poodles don’t shed very much at all.

This is because poodles have hair instead of fur, so it doesn’t fall out and instead, will grow consistently.

While a lack of shedding is great for a clean house, it also means you need to groom these dogs fairly often to keep them comfortable and stop their hair from getting too long.

Smart Dog Indeed! They are Highly Intelligent.

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The intelligence that Goldendoodles have is another reason why so many people love having them as pets.

Both poodles and golden retrievers often appear on lists dedicated to the smartest dog breeds, so this dog has intelligence from both sides.

You can teach them things many other dogs will struggle with, and with how they act sometimes almost seems human-like in their responses to things and how they behave.

Of course, intelligent dogs can get bored easily, so ensure you are giving your Goldendoodle a lot of mental and physical exercise to keep them entertained and challenged.

They are Easy to Train

Training a dog is one of the biggest duties of any good owner.

They need to know where they are allowed to go to the bathroom, the things they are allowed to do, and need to be well-behaved.

While some dogs can be nightmares to train, that isn’t the case with Goldendoodles.

Because they are eager to please their owners, most Goldendoodles can be trained incredibly easily. It is easy to train them away from bad habits, and it doesn’t require a lot of work or effort to train them, either.

We hope this article has helped you learn a little more about Goldendoodles and why they are such a popular mixed breed.

Learn to Speak Your Dog’s Language

Just like with any dog breed, it’s important to learn to communicate with your goldendoodle.

Start by getting your FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Dogs – just click on the picture below!


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Guest post courtesy of  Jessica Sweet. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communications Enterprises Inc. 

If you’re a runner, chances are you’ve thought about taking your dog along for the ride. After all, it can be a great way to get some extra exercise and spend quality time with your furry friend.

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Evidence suggests that dog ownership decreases the risk of cardiovascular conditions and improves our overall mood by alleviating stress, anxiety and loneliness – call it puppy love!

But if you’re new to all of this, you might not know where to start. You also need to know whether your dog would enjoy – and be capable of running – or not.  Not all dogs love it!

In this article, we’ll be taking a look at factors that will determine if your dog is suitable or not, as well as providing a few top tips for running with your dog to help make your runs together as enjoyable as possible.

Is your dog suitable for running?

Before we start, it’s important to remember that not all dogs are created equal – it all depends on breed, age, health, and personality. Older dogs will no longer have the stamina they once had, and it is advisable to not run with a puppy as the growth plate at the end of their bones is still growing.

Some breeds like Huskies, Retrievers, Labradors and Border Collies are all suitable candidates as running partners built for speed and endurance, whereas brachycephalic (short nosed) breeds such as Pugs and Bulldogs are more prone to breathing difficulties, meaning it is not safe for them to run for extended periods of time.

Corgis, Dachshunds, or any dog with shortened or bowed limbs will find it challenging to keep up with their human companion and are at greater risk of back injuries (intervertebral disc disease).

Lastly, it’s important to check with your veterinarian to assess their current fitness levels and examine any medical conditions. Running is a high-impact, cardio-intensive exercise and if your dog is suffering from arthritis, obesity, or elbow/hip dysplasia these will greatly affect their ability to run. Canine rehabilitation is an effective way of providing pain relief through a combination of physiotherapy treatments for dogs such as massage, acupuncture, and ultrasound.

Top tips for running with your dog

1. Start slowly

If you’re just starting out, it’s important to go slowly at first. Your dog needs time to get used to running alongside you, and if you push him or her too hard too soon, you could end up with an injured pet. Start by taking short walks or jogs, before gradually increasing the distance over time as your dog gets more comfortable.

2. Invest in the right gear

A good lead and sturdy collar are essential as they will help keep your dog safe and ensure you have complete control. Look for a lead that’s durable and adjustable, so it can be tailored to your pup’s size and breed. If you’re running in an area with traffic, you may also want to consider a reflective vest for your dog.

3. Choose the right route

Make sure to choose a route that’s suitable for both you and your dog. If there are lots of distractions or busy streets, it might not be the best place to run. Try finding a park or quiet neighbourhood where your dog can roam free.

3. Stay hydrated

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It’s important for both you and your dog to stay hydrated when exercising, so make sure to bring along plenty of water. You may also want to pack a few treats for your pooch as hunger can set in quickly, especially on long runs.

4. Be aware of your surroundings

When you’re running with your dog, it’s important to be aware of your surroundings and keep an eye out for potential hazards. This includes keeping an eye out for other dogs, as well as cars and cyclists.

5. Respect other runners

If you’re running in a busy area, be sure to respect other runners and give them plenty of space. Remember that not everyone is comfortable running around dogs, so try to keep your furry friend close by at all times.

6. Take regular breaks

It’s important to take regular breaks running with your dog. After every half hour of exercise, make sure to take a break for at least five minutes. This will ensure you and your dog remain in peak condition when running with your pup!

7. Keep an eye on the weather

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Keep an eye on the weather before embarking on exercise with your dog. Dogs with thick coats can overheat easily in hot or humid conditions, whereas frozen icy pavements in colder temperatures increase the risk of an injury.

8. Bring your phone along for emergencies

It’s always worth bringing along some emergency contact details – along with antibacterial wipes and bandages – just in case something goes wrong while running with your dog. Make sure to have your phone charged and bring a portable charger if necessary.

9. Reward good behavior

Of course, reward your pup with plenty of treats when they behave well on runs. This will help keep them motivated and ensure that running with you is always a positive experience.

10. Have fun!

Did you know that dogs experience ‘runner’s high’ just like humans? Both of you are each other’s sources of motivation and they’ll be wagging their tail, ready to run like the wind with you!

By following these tips, you and your dog can start enjoying healthy runs together in no time! And who knows – you might even end up becoming a regular fixture on the local running scene.

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]]> https://valheart.com/10-top-tips-for-running-with-your-dog/feed/ 0 Get the WoofTrax Walk for a Dog App and Make a Difference https://valheart.com/why-use-wooftrax-walk-for-a-dog-app/ https://valheart.com/why-use-wooftrax-walk-for-a-dog-app/#respond Thu, 06 Jan 2022 03:11:36 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=83143 The WoofTrax Walk for a Dog app is Perfect for Helping Pets, With or Without a Dog

Did you know that you can help out the pets in your community, even if you don’t have any pets yourself?

Sure, if you’re a dog owner or professional dog walker, chances are you already have the popular Walk for a Dog app from WoofTrax.

But…no dog? No problem. Whether you’re an animal lover, an avid hiker, or you walk to work, you could be part of something amazing…

…you could help the furry companions in your community!

With this unique, free app, you could be racking up the miles and racking up donations for one of the hundreds of shelters across the country.

You already knew that walking is one of the best kinds of exercise you can get…

…make something good even better!

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Why Walking Your Dog Rocks

There are so many benefits to regular walks with your dog.

Your physical health will get a boost...and so will your dog’s.

Did you know?  A shocking 50% of dogs in the US are considered overweight, and that leads to so many health problems – joints, digestion, bladder, heart, and mind.

Your dog is completely reliant on you for their fitness, and walking is one of the most pleasant and easiest ways to give them the workout they need.

Your mental health gets a shot in the arm, too. Studies show that people who walk their dog regularly feel better and are more resilient when times get tough.

Dogs that get regular exercise have better mental health, as well. A bored dog can be a bad dog…they need to burn energy and be stimulated. If you don’t provide the stimulation, they’ll go looking for it in the kitchen garbage can or your shoe rack.

A dog’s human is their total universe. A walk together is time spent bonding with your dog…they prize this opportunity above all else. The more time spent with Rover the more settled and content you’ll both feel.

So, you’re already out walking with your best friend…now why not make a difference in another dog’s life while you’re at it?

What is WoofTrax?

Would it surprise you to know that over 3.3 million dogs end up in shelters in this country? While the numbers are dipping, that’s still an alarming number of fur babies that need care and attention.

Good shelter care and animal rescue operations cost money, and now more than ever, donor dollars are challenging to come by…everyone is tightening their belts.

WoofTrax launched their free fundraising Walk for a Dog app in 2013 with the simple premise that pet parents would want to help other pets who don’t have a family of their own…and they were already going for lots and lots of walks.

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The app converts daily dog walks into donations for local animal shelters and rescues. You have the option of choosing a shelter or rescue in your community or gifting your walks to one of the many organizations across the country.

It’s as easy as 1-2-3:

    1. Download the app.
    2. Choose the charity you want to support.
    3. Start walking!

If you like, there’s the option to enter your dog’s information, and you can also join WoofTrax on Facebook. There’s a whole community of pet lovers waiting to meet you and your fuzzy friend and see photos of your travels.

The app is driven by advertisers, sponsors, and private donors, and there’s no minimum to the mileage before the donation kicks in. Even running to the corner store for a quart of milk or taking Buster to pop out for his bathroom business counts on the Walk for a Dog app!

You don’t have to own dogs to be a friend to dogs

The “Petrepreneur” of WoofTrax, Doug Hexter, and his team wanted to provide a service that would get people and pets moving so they’d enjoy a healthier, happier life. According to Hexter,

The idea behind the app is to provide an incentive for dogs and their humans to bond through exercise while simultaneously harnessing that energy for social good.

They know that when people and pets get together, great things happen.

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Even if you don’t have a pet – maybe you’ve recently said good-bye to your faithful companion or you just can’t make the commitment to a dog right now – you can make a difference to the organizations that are working hard to help pets in need.

Do you have a niece or friend with a beloved dog? Choose a shelter in their town as your charity of choice.

Or choose “Walk for Cassie” when you’re setting up the app and your donations will go to one of the many organizations helping homeless pets in your community.

These organizations – most of which rely heavily on volunteers and donations – are providing meals, beds, life-saving healthcare, public education, and advocacy for pets who’ve been abandoned by their humans…

If you’ve got a fitness tracker on your wrist already it’s simple to download the Walk for a Dog app – on Google Play and iTunes – and make your miles on the streets and trails go even farther for our furry friends.

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Dogs – just click on the picture below!


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]]> https://valheart.com/why-use-wooftrax-walk-for-a-dog-app/feed/ 0 The Essential KEY to Solving Pet Problems Most People Don’t Understand https://valheart.com/essential-key-to-solving-pet-problems/ https://valheart.com/essential-key-to-solving-pet-problems/#respond Fri, 24 Dec 2021 16:16:54 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=83099 Just a typical day at the office for me solving pet problems…

Q: “Why does Buddy without Prozac get a crazy look in his eyes and want to tear someone’s face off?”

Me: *nods* “When we communicate with Buddy, he can tell us why he does that.

That’s the first step in solving every behavior problem.”

Them: “Oh, really? That’s great!”

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Different Q:

“Why does he act afraid when we have had him since he was 4 weeks old and he has never been abused?”

Me: “When we communicate with him, he can tell us why he does that.

We’ll find out what he’s responding to that you can’t see (and don’t understand yet), and why his behavior makes perfect sense to him.”

Them: “Oh, I guess that’s true. I’d love to know what he’s thinking.”

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Yet another Q:

“My cat is a good boy. The only thing I am having trouble with is getting him to understand not to scratch on the sofa.

He has a cat tower covered in carpet and two scratching posts, but I can’t seem to get him to use them.

He prefers the furniture. He already destroyed one sofa. How can I get him to stop?”

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Me: “Only he knows why he’s doing that, so our first step is to communicate with him.

When we do he can tell us why his behavior makes perfect sense to him and why he doesn’t like using the cat tower and scratching posts. What it is about the sofa that makes him want to scratch it instead.

And we can explain why this is a serious problem for you, so he understands how you feel, too.

After that, we can go to work redirecting his behavior so we can solve this expensive issue.”

Them: “Oh, really? That makes sense. When can we start?”

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Are you starting to sense a pattern here? There’s a theme, see if you can find it.

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Here’s another Q:

“Is there a guarantee that your communication (and/or healing) service will fix my animal (or me)?”

Me: “Actually, no one on this planet can make guarantees of results. Because no one has a crystal ball.

I’m not in control of everything that affects you and your animal, OR, what you choose to do with the information, coaching, healing, and intuitive guidance.

And no, this isn’t just about me and my services – that’s true for everyone in every field of practice, whether they are doctors, lawyers, or your veterinarian.

This work isn’t rocket science, and I’m not ‘selling’ widgets guaranteed to perform in a certain way.

These kinds of Soul Journey life experiences and lessons and evolvement are uniquely personal, for YOU and your animal.

My job is to serve you and be in alignment with your highest best good for all concerned.

To solve pet problems, I use my 30 plus years of professional experience, extensive education, and advanced training, along with my proprietary systems and processes to solve problems with pets.

I am very good at communicating, healing, and guiding my clients (and students) to get the results you want as quickly as possible.”

Client: “Oh, I get it now.”

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Consider this both a comforting message and a kick in the pants.

The first thing to do to solve the pet problems you are facing applies to EVERY problem you could have.

As long as you’re telling yourself the story that you’re the only one who has a certain struggle and that there should be a one-size-fits-all solution to make your pet behave better, like a magic pill or applying mind control, that gives you an excuse to hide from the answer.

So… no more hiding.

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It’s time to communicate!

I am using frequent, regular emails and my Facebook presence to share every tip I can for helping you solve all kinds of problems with animals (and yes, it works with people too).

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The first answer, in every case and with every situation involving pet problems, is to communicate with them.

In fact, communication is where every problem-solving adventure begins whether the problem is with your coworker, spouse, kids, and yes, your animal.

Communication is so important, it is the first step in the HEART System, my 5 Step Process for solving problems.

My hope today is that if you’ve been telling yourself that you can’t apply those teachings because you/your animal are “different,” you’ll now start to see the teachings with new eyes.

Because when you communicate and better understand each other’s viewpoints, you come into alignment and partner up to solve problems together as a team.

When we listen to them, they feel heard, respected, understood… just like you.

Now everything gets easier because you can understand them by speaking their language.

No more expensive guesswork!

They can tell you exactly how they feel and what they think, why they do what they’re doing.

Sometimes the problem isn’t so much with them as it is with YOU, the signals you’re giving off, your thinking, your inadequate caretaking, the stress you’re living with, your wounds, and your confusion/cloudy thinking.

Often, it’s about using the wrong things like the wrong cat tower in the wrong place….

Or a painful bit or saddle fit issue (or other unknown pain problem) for your horse…

Or the wrong harness or collar for your dog, or wrong training approach…

Or feeding the wrong food or treats, things that make them sick or act out…

Or it’s an unknown element like hidden pain or the unseen that must be dealt with.

But you wouldn’t know any of that until you talked with them in a heart to heart, mind to mind conversation.

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I can teach you how to talk with animals!

That’s why my Heart Wisdom work is so unique and includes a wide variety of therapies, healing techniques and expertise.

I discovered early on in my 30 plus years of professional experience that just doing animal communication isn’t always enough to get you where you want to go. We need more.

Those extra bits are discovered and solved in the other 4 Steps in the HEART System Process.

Still, the conversation, connecting in the right way, asking the right questions in the right way and timing is critical to your success.

It is fascinating, because every animal has their own unique story… just like you do.

Imagine that!

There’s a lot to discover if you want to communicate clearly once you get out of your human centered viewpoint.

When I first started solving behavior problems with animals, and teaching students how to do it too, I discovered that they always have very good reasons for their behavior.

Our job is to find out what those reasons are, and to learn how to communicate clearly in a two-way, heart to heart, mind to mind conversation.

Start with a love connection and communication.

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These are the complex issues that my clients and students work on (and are the kinds of things I help them solve).

The communication and problem-solving processes I’ve described here are the kind that I take my private clients and coach my animal talk students through in The Heart School of Animal Communication® courses and in the BEST Online Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club’s Live Classes.

If you know what you want your animal to do but you’re not communicating clearly enough to solve those problems, I help you to really pin down how to connect mind to mind, heart to heart…

From there, let’s be crystal clear on what exactly to SAY, HOW to say it, the right questions to ask in the right way and timing, how to convey that as a message they can understand, and how to listen to your animal in return.

Hands down, THIS is the secret sauce behind happy, healthy, well-behaved animals.

And if your pet is happy, then you’re happy, right?

That’s why my students (and clients) discover that communicating with animals the Heart Wisdom way is a life transformational, spiritual journey of healing, evolving and growing. ​ ​

These are the complex issues and advanced intuitive skills that I use with my clients and students. ​ ​

Remember…​ ​

All you have to do to be good at communicating with animals is to learn what you don’t know yet, practice, and do the inner work.​ ​

Seriously, I can coach students all day long about animal communication and healing so you can enjoy extraordinary conversations and interactions with animals.​ ​

To do that, we have to increase your awareness, and grow your ability to understand.

​ ​At the end of the day, there’s no substitute for actually working with someone and getting the feedback that is tailored to you so that you can practice and learn – and yes, understand each other – more efficiently and effectively.​ ​

Got it?

​ ​Because if you can’t talk with your pet as easily as chatting with your best friend, then now’s the perfect time to learn how to communicate. ​ ​

The Heart Wisdom techniques I’ve described in this email are taught in The Heart School of Animal Communication®, which offers a mixture of self-study material, opportunities to practice communicating with other animal lovers and their animals, and coaching calls with me.​ ​

If you’d like to experience similar training, support and coaching to what were described in this post, and advance your intuitive skills, I recommend starting sooner than later.

Now, you have a choice to make.

  • Option A: Learn how to talk with animals yourself so you can solve your own problems with pets… (find out how to do that HERE, starting with your free ebook)
  • Option B: Hire an expert to sort things out for you 1:1 privately… (find out how to do that HERE under 1:1 Work with Val)
  • Option C: Get expert coaching in the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club HERE
  • Option D: All of the Above.

Whatever you do, do it sooner rather than later.

Imagine how your life will change when you have peace, clarity, confidence, and a clear connection with animals, and you can communicate with animals anytime you wish, easily solving your own problems.

Your thoughts? Questions?

Be sure to leave your comment below.

Wishing you and your pets health, love, and good relationships!

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!

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]]> https://valheart.com/essential-key-to-solving-pet-problems/feed/ 0 5 Tips for Bonding with Your Dog to Encourage Loyalty and Obedience https://valheart.com/5-tips-for-bonding-with-your-dog-loyalty/ https://valheart.com/5-tips-for-bonding-with-your-dog-loyalty/#respond Thu, 09 Dec 2021 22:12:13 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=83058 Tips for Bonding with Your Dog
Guest post courtesy of Sam Ellison. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communication Enterprises LLC. 

Whether you’ve grown up around dogs or you’re a first-time dog owner, there are countless lessons to learn about how to best train your dog to encourage bonding with your dog as well as obedience and loyalty.

Owning a dog can be an incredibly rewarding experience and it’s worth making sure you’re doing everything the right way.

There are lots of things you can do to bolster this bond between you and your faithful hound, so consider these tips we’ve put together to build up a better understanding between you and your dog.

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Teaching Tricks

This is a perfect way to keep your dog both entertained and focused, and this combination of factors will ensure that your dog has the dedication to listen to you and the motivation to do so by having fun.

This isn’t just a means of having some cool party tricks up your sleeve, however.

Teaching your dog to do tricks is an essential step in exerting your authority and taking charge of your dog’s activities.

Teach them a combination of fun and useful tricks to keep them engaged and interested in the training.

Things like fetching a ball encourage play while also getting them used to recall whereas teaching them to walk to heel and sit can increase their obedience in serious or unsafe situations when you need them to stick close to you.

Training like this takes time and patience but committing yourself to this can really pay off in the end.

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Keep Playing

If you spend too much time giving orders you might find that your dog will start to lose interest, not dissimilar to a child.

Break up training sessions with play where you can both let loose and have fun.

Go for a run with your dog or throw their favorite ball for them.

A bit of rough and tumble is also okay as long as you make sure you remain in control, and it doesn’t get too carried away.

Remember, dogs play with each other using their teeth, and when this is done gently it’s perfectly safe, but dogs tend to be able to handle this biting play a lot better than people.

It will be worth training this behavior out of your dog by stopping play if they begin to use their mouths.

You may be able to handle some gentle biting but if your dog decided to play with someone that wasn’t used to it, if they bit too hard or lost their “bite inhibition” instincts, it could be misread as violence and dangerous behavior.

Reward Them

When your dog does well in recall or correctly responds to any other command, it’s important to reward them.

This will give them a good idea that if they listen to you, it’s going to be a positive time for them.

When out on walks it’s worthwhile having some treats with you and try to mix up the types of treats you offer them as they could get bored of having the same ones over and over again, reducing their desire to comply.

You can find lots of great treats for your dog from online shops like Time For Paws, including some healthier, natural treats.

Avoid providing these treats to your dogs, no matter how cute they are being, if they’re not doing something for you.

If you do feel like giving them a treat just because you love them to pieces, make sure you precede it with a simple command like sit or paw to show them that treats must still be earned in some way.

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Offer Praise

Dogs respond well to an authoritative, yet kind voice, so find the balance between laying down the law when playtime is over and offering a loving hand when they respond positively to your command.

Avoid negative responses to their actions however, as making your dog fear you is not only cruel but it’s going to weaken your bond significantly.

Instead, praise them when they do well in training or respond to your recall commands.

Loyalty through fear is not true loyalty.

It is the unconditional love that they have for you which will strengthen that bond and loyalty.

Petting and vocal praise is enough to initiate wags and happy feet in your pup, and there are plenty of studies that indicate that our dogs have a better understanding of this praise than we thought.

Spontaneous Activities

As the process of bonding with your dog continues, you might find that you end up getting into a particular routine.

However, while this might sound great, it can actually be slightly detrimental when this routine is followed day after day without any changes.

Instead, while can maintain most of your routine, try breaking it up with variety and spontaneous activities to keep your dog alert and focused.

Your dog will also remember that they have a reliance on you for safety and security, further increasing the bond you both share.

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Just as important as knowing how to bond with your canine friend, it’s also important to learn to communicate with dogs. To help you with that, download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Dogs – just click on the picture below!

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]]> https://valheart.com/5-tips-for-bonding-with-your-dog-loyalty/feed/ 0 Can Old, Bad Karma Make You Sick? Repairing Your Soul, Healing Your Spirit https://valheart.com/bad-karma-repairing-your-soul-healing-your-spirit/ https://valheart.com/bad-karma-repairing-your-soul-healing-your-spirit/#respond Wed, 24 Nov 2021 02:24:59 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=83016 What is Bad Karma, and how can the “Unseen” cause so many problems?

Jessica, a business owner from Sacramento, California said:

“For the past 10 years I have been dealing with anxiety that at times has been debilitating.

I feel like I am not able to live my life.

I always have this feeling of uncertainty, worry, feeling alone, depression, like there’s a boulder on my chest.

It makes me angry, sad, and depressed, which only exacerbates the issue.

I have tried everything I can find to help (doctors, therapists, pharmaceuticals), I even removed certain foods from my diet, but nothing is working.

And if it did help, it didn’t last for long before I am right back where I started, or worse.

I’m not the type of person who wants to take a pill for the rest of my life to mask or put a band aid on what could truly be causing this within me.

What can I do?”

Can you relate?

Here’s what you are missing:

The reason your health is failing and you’re depressed, sick or in pain is that in spite of everything you’ve tried doing to heal, you’re still being attacked, sickened and drained by the unseen.

No drug or doctor can help you with that.

One example of this is old karma.

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So many ailments or dis-eases are influenced (caused) by bad karma.

You might be surprised what some of them are:

  • Chronic fatigue
  • Depression
  • Suicidal tendencies
  • Panic attacks
  • Anxiety
  • Cancer
  • Arthritis
  • Knee or hip problems
  • Diabetes
  • Heart problems
  • Memory loss
  • Addictions
  • Respiratory problems,
  • Viral infections
  • Genetic problems
  • Autoimmune problems…

The list goes on.

Bad karma can be a big block to healing, thriving and living well – in other words, to simply being happy.

So how does bad karma make you sick, depressed, or cause pain?

We all have karma.

It’s basically the lessons, memories, and life patterns we carry with us from lifetime to lifetime that are attached to our soul.

And because karma’s attached to our soul, we have to remove it.

That isn’t easily done using the normal methods, and it isn’t talked about often because most folks don’t know how to work at this level.

At a certain point, old karma becomes nothing but soul baggage and head trash.

Let’s examine bad karma in more depth.

In other lifetimes (and maybe this one too), we suffered trauma, or caused it.

By playing both roles, victim and perpetrator, martyr and manipulator, we learn how it feels to experience life in the various roles from both sides.

The idea is for us to heal, evolve and grow into our highest best self and to do that, we need to have experiences to learn from.

We don’t evolve in a vacuum.

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To understand this properly you need a bigger picture overview of your soul’s Hero Journey and the role of Karma.

Let’s say you have been attacked physically, involved in accidents with severe and debilitating injuries… these things could have happened to you before in a past life.

Or maybe you could have caused them to happen to someone else.

Perhaps last time around, you attacked someone, or caused injury or an accident, and were unforgiven, or can’t forgive yourself or the ones that cause harm to you.

So, the wound is unresolved at the soul level.

That means you could be attacked, injured or in similar accidents or incidents in this lifetime.

You could be in emotional, mental, or spiritual distress from abuse, abandonment, rejection, neglect, or mistreatment…

Perhaps you caused emotional, mental or spiritual distress, or perpetrated abuse and mistreatment to others in a past life.

So now it’s your turn to feel how that feels.

Maybe you died from a respiratory illness or heart problems last time around and left unfinished business, an unfulfilled purpose…

This lifetime you will likely be more susceptible to respiratory or heart problems…

Have you ever had what I call “broken record” thoughts, going round and round in your mind, all the old arguments, feelings of regrets, shame, guilt, anger, fear, despair…?

They can drive you crazy, interrupting your sleep, making you tired and grumpy and out of sorts… they take a toll on your health, emotional and mental well-being.

And that will continue UNTIL you’ve healed the karmic pattern, repaired the wounds on your soul, clearing the unseen that has been draining your spirit and vitality, sabotaging your health and well-being….

Imagine what could happen if you got to the root of the problem and cleared the old karmic patterns off your Soul?

At that point you get to carry the GIFTS and treasures forward from the lessons, drop the rest in the trash, recycling it back to source.

The burden and weight are removed, you feel light, relaxed, relieved and joyful.

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That extraordinary shift doesn’t go away like with the usual therapies either; it’s a permanent upgrade on your soul’s journey.

Your health improves dramatically, your mood is sunny and optimistic, light and bright.

People comment on how you’re glowing, your energy is so bright and beautiful.

Now you’re ready for new experiences, better lessons, able to thrive more, attract loving supportive relationships, enjoy more FLOW in your life, harmony and ease.

Illness and pains dissolve away, and those drugs, pain killers, or supplements you were taking…?

You won’t need them. Think how much money, energy and time you’ll save.

Your Post Traumatic Stress from accidents, attacks, wounds, conflict, broken and dysfunctional relationships… the things you’ve not been able to let go of?

They melt away and disappear forever.

Depression is gone.

It has no negative effect on you anymore.

Old karmic patterns continue on and on and on and on…

They aren’t healed by just saying “be healed,” or “oops, my bad, so sorry, please forgive me whoever you are…” or “I don’t want to do this anymore, please make it stop!”

And nobody else can release them for you.

You have to do it yourself once you know how.

At the heart of our health and well-being is the fact that we are spiritual beings with souls, embodied physically. To find and clear the root cause of illness, we have to go to the soul.

If your soul strength is weak, your vitality drained, undermined by karmic and other unseen patterns, you simply won’t have enough energy to heal.

Your soul’s essence on a scale of 1 – 100% should be at least 90% or better to be healthy and strong, happy and yes, even prosperous.

The sad thing is that the average is only 45%, which reveals why so many are so very ill these days…

20% or below?

People at this level (or close to it) have a desperate feeling that they must do something fast to change this around quickly.

They feel helpless and hopelessness, knowing they are just waiting to die.

Time to get your affairs in order.

When your Soul is strong, your body has exactly what it needs to heal naturally, quickly, easily.

So, find and clear those unseen blocks, repair your soul and revitalize your spirit, and…

Voila!

You’re healthy, happy, and well.

Easy peasy, lemon squeasy.

So now that you know this, how do you access and release old karma so you can heal?

I’ll tell you how it works when I meet with a client.

We go through a process that’s similar to a guided meditation, except that it’s probably very different from any meditation you’ve ever done.

It’s about stopping all thought, moving into your heart, connecting with your Divine Blueprint, recalling your power, and reconnecting with your soul.

Because karma is attached to your soul, you have to be IN your soul and empowered at a high enough level to release and clear it vibrationally.

Which is the only way to do that, and no, nobody else can do it for you no matter what they tell you.

I’ve had clients tell me that some shaman or healer healed their soul for them.

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They felt better for a little while but then it was even worse than before.

And for healers that don’t know what they’re doing, not working at a high enough dimensional level and without proper spiritual shielding, it can backlash on them causing much harm.

That’s because you have to do this work yourself. It’s YOUR soul, not theirs.

By renouncing negative karmic patterns, canceling and revoking old soul contracts, transforming old emotions and memories of failure, false teachings and imprinting from the SOUL level, you set your soul free.

The truth is, your body can heal, quickly and easily.

At first, I do the process for and with you, but you’ll learn to do it for yourself so you can stay strong the rest of your life.

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Health comes easily when we are in our full soul vitality and have repaired our spirit.

Diseases disappear.

Pain eases and goes away.

Strength and energy come back.

Joints repair.

Organs and glands and bones heal and realign.

My clients always notice a difference in their very first session, and by their fourth session, if they do the work as I teach them, their diseases and pains can disappear completely.

You don’t have to be sick or in pain anymore.

These are just a sample of the high level, Twelfth Dimensional processes, coaching, and healing I do with my private clients.

This is the initiation and the sacred healing journey I take my clients through in the 4 week Heart Wisdom Elite Soul Repair and Spirit Healing 1:1 program.

Given that this program provides a full healing with instruction in how to keep yourself healthy for the rest of your life, the investment is quite small.

Compare it to the costs of surgery, chemo, radiation, repeated doctor visits and medication for the rest of your life, not to mention lost opportunities with family and your career, living with soul sucking depression, chronic pain and fatigue.

What would it mean to you to recover your health, to be thriving, fully alive and happy?

Here’s how the high level Elite Soul Repair and Spirit Healing Program works, and how to get started

Interested?

Click the link and answer the questions on the page to see if it’s a good fit for you.

If it’s a good match, I have room for just 2 new clients each month for this program.

Contact me to see when my next Healing Soul Repair Program starts.

“Make the rest of your life the best of your life.” ~ Dr. Eric Thomas

Wishing you and your pets health, love and good relationships,

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Val “Elite Master Soul Healer” Heart

P.S. Imagine how your life will change…

When you aren’t struggling with pain, depression, dysfunctional relationships, mood swings, illness, or anxiety.

When your career and finances are back on track and prosperity comes naturally.

When your Soul and Spirit aren’t “leaking” energetically and you’re no longer being drained by the unseen.

Will this help your pet heal too?

You betcha!

CLICK to see more about this extraordinary, one of a kind Soul Repair Program

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]]> https://valheart.com/bad-karma-repairing-your-soul-healing-your-spirit/feed/ 0 Can Negative Emotions Hurt My Pet or Block Animal Communication? https://valheart.com/can-negative-emotions-hurt-my-pet/ https://valheart.com/can-negative-emotions-hurt-my-pet/#respond Wed, 24 Nov 2021 02:17:19 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=83030 Positive vs Negative Emotions – ALL Emotions Are Important!

People who are learning to communicate with animals will sometimes start to worry that if they share their strong “negative” emotions, it will hurt the animal.

So, let’s think about that a sec…

There is a way to hurt them that way, which I’ll get to in a minute.

But for the most part, the bottom line is that you can share what you’re feeling without fear of hurting them as long as your intention is pure and clear.

And besides, they already know how you’re feeling.

In fact, sometimes they know what you’re feeling BEFORE you are consciously aware of it yourself!

No sense in trying to hide or pretend otherwise.

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Let’s unpack this further.

First, it’s important to express emotions in general – stuffing them down is actually harmful… to YOU, and your animals, too, because it confuses them.

The truth is, you are broadcasting your emotions to everyone around you, every moment of every day.

And yes, some of us are a bit better at masking or suppressing than others (but that’s not necessarily a good thing as I’ll share in a moment)…

Good, happy, positive emotions…

Darker, “negative”, painful emotions…

All of them, the whole kit and kaboodle, a – z and everything in between…

Fundamentally, you are a spiritual, energetic being having a human experience, just like animals are spiritual, energetic beings having animal experiences.

Having, feeling and experiencing emotions is a huge part of who you are, and much of your power, vitality and soul’s strength is accessed through them.

Suppressing or trying to hide emotions doesn’t work. It’s a temporary defense at best.

And stuffing emotions causes health problems and confusion because it forces those energies deeper into the body where they can stagnate, tangle up, and become degenerative to your health and well-being.

Resisting feeling your emotions just causes them to persist…

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Stuffed emotions drain your energy, causing fatigue, confusion, pain, illness, and worse…

Especially if they get lodged in an important organ, gland or system, which they always do.

I know because listening to them, making sense of what they’re trying to tell you, clearing and healing emotions so you can recall your power, restore health, and live a good life is largely what my healing work is all about, and why I’m so effective in what I do.

That’s especially important when it comes to communicating with animals who can read your emotions and energy like a book.

Animals understand emotions, because they feel them too.

After all, they are sentient, highly intelligent, reasoning, feeling beings.

Yes, they sometimes feel sad… and glad… and happy… and even mad.

They also know how to get, well, UN-sad.

You’ll discover the truth of that in the conversation with them.

They can help you with your emotions, so when you share be sure to ask for and listen for their feedback and advice back to you.

Animals know that Emotions = Energy in Motion. (Our own intuitive E=MC squared animal heart wisdom formula! But I digress…)

Energy (in the guise of feelings/emotions) is supposed to move, shift, change and evolve, because it’s dynamic.

Don’t be afraid of your emotions.

Use them wisely. Learn from them.

Feel what you feel honestly, directly… face it squarely, lean into it.

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Then, express your emotions from a place of congruence and alignment with someone who loves you, someone you know “gets” you, someone you feel safe with.

Who better to share with than your pet? Who better to be your sounding board?

Your committed listener, who loves you unconditionally?

Your guide, angel, teacher and healer disguised as an animal?

When you do that with animals, then sharing “negative” emotions doesn’t hurt them.

They are there for you, they get it.

And that holds true, unless…

You’re completely UNconscious about what you’re feeling, dishonest with yourself and others, are out of alignment, incongruent, and not willing to go any deeper or be responsible for sharing and processing your feelings in a healthy way.

Doing that forces your animal to react, respond, act out and mirror that emotional energy back to you.

And it blocks and limits your communication. It’ll get you stuck every time.

That’s the Human Animal BodyMind Connection at work, and that’s a topic for another day.

Finally, let’s talk about your intentions in sharing. What is your intention?

What do you want to have happen?

Is it possible you want to hurt your pets by pushing your strong, dark, emotional energy onto them, punishing them with it, forcing them to react and respond and mirror it back to you, with no intention of healing, shifting, or letting it go, or forgiving? (narcissists and energy vampires, that means you).

That’s nasty… don’t do that.

Maybe you’re so angry that shoving your puppy’s nose in the mistake they just made in the house is how you decide to “share” your emotions?

Nononono… that is an awful way to potty train your dog and is an abuse of your authority, power and leadership (parenting) role.

 

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Using your emotional energy to hammer someone like Thor smashing bad guys is a terrible way to behave on the whole, especially when it’s your pet who is NOT a bad guy or gal.

So, if your intention is to override, smother and otherwise punish your pet, then yes, there’s a strong possibility of hurting them, and of breaking their trust in you.

That’s the wrong way to do this.

Here’s the right way to share emotions to get the best results that don’t cause bad things to happen.

Consider that if your true intention is to:

  • Unburden your heart
  • Share a struggle you’re going through
  • Ask for their help with something
  • Clarify consequences of bad choices
  • Get help making better decisions together
  • Problem solve or brainstorm solutions to situations
  • Find out what they know that you don’t know yet…

Then you’ll wind up bonding and understanding each other at a much deeper level.

Imagine that.

Advanced Tip: Hold your emotions lightly, like holding a little bird. If you hold it too tightly, it hurts. Listen to it, then let it “fly” away when it’s ready to go, and let go.

That’s when the shift happens.

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Communicating with animals the Heart Wisdom Way is all about healing, evolving and growing into your best self.

Knowing your intention and goals for a conversation with your animal can be tricky, especially when you feel too much, are overwhelmed, are in a dark place and can’t find your way out of the emotional h*ll hole you’ve found yourself trapped in.

It’s one of the things I coach people through in our mentorship program for animal communication students.

Helping you process and heal your emotions is one reason animals are in your life as God’s gift to you… it’s part of their purpose after all.

The only caveat to this is when your soul or consciousness is fragmented, you’re possessed or influenced by dark energies/entities draining your spirit, health and vitality.

In that case you aren’t just sad, depressed, maybe even suicidal, suffering PTSD or worse.

You’re in deep spiritual doo doo.

Your soul and spirit need to recover and no amount of sharing how you feel with your pet or therapist or doctor is going to change that or get you out of the doldrums.

You may feel temporary relief at first, but then you go right back down the hole into suffering.

I talk about how to how to heal those kinds of Soul Repair and Spirit Healing problems HERE

Bottom line on sharing emotions with animals through animal communication is this.

Learn How to Talk with AnimalsIf you can’t be upfront and honest about what you’re feeling, then the animal thinks they can’t trust you to be honest and up front with them either.

That’s why my students (and clients) discover that communicating with animals the Heart Wisdom Way is a life transformational, spiritual journey of healing, evolving and growing.

These are the complex issues and advanced intuitive skills that I use with my clients and students.

Remember…

All you have to do to get good at communicating with animals is to learn what you don’t know yet, practice, and do the inner work.

Seriously, I can coach students all day long about animal communication and healing so you can enjoy extraordinary conversations and interactions with animals.

To do that, we have to increase your awareness, and grow your ability to understand.

At the end of the day, there’s no substitute for actually working with someone and getting the feedback that is tailored to you so that you can practice and learn – and yes, understand each other – more efficiently and effectively.

Got it?

If you can’t talk with them yet, then now’s the perfect time to learn how to communicate.

The Heart Wisdom thought processes I’ve described in this post are taught in The Heart School of Animal Communication®, which offers a mixture of self-study material, opportunities to practice communicating with other animal lovers and their animals, and coaching calls with me.

If you’d like to experience similar training, support and coaching to what were described in this post, and advance your intuitive skills, I recommend starting HERE

Do it now. Your animal needs you to speak their language sooner rather than later. They have a lot to share with you too.

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If you’d prefer to work with me 1:1 to solve the problems you’re struggling with, visit www.ValHeart.com

Be sure to leave your comment below.

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]]> https://valheart.com/can-negative-emotions-hurt-my-pet/feed/ 0 Crossing over the Rainbow Bridge with Guest Cindy Brody https://valheart.com/crossing-over-the-rainbow-bridge-death-dying-and-our-beloved-animals-in-transition/ https://valheart.com/crossing-over-the-rainbow-bridge-death-dying-and-our-beloved-animals-in-transition/#respond Mon, 01 Nov 2021 15:52:03 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=11957 Our topic today is: Crossing over the Rainbow Bridge: Death, Dying and our Beloved Animals in Transition

Hi!  I’m Val Heart, the Real Dr Doolittle, Animal Communicator to the Stars, bestselling author and founder of The HEART System for Solving Problems with Pets®.  I’m also the founder of The Heart School of Animal Communication® and host of the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club.  Welcome to my series of live interviews with my professional animal communicator colleagues!  We want to bring you into our world, help you know what we know, see what we see when we communicate and work with animals.  Today, we’re discussing transitions and the rainbow bridge.

My next guest in the Animal Communication Mini-Training Series is Cindy Brody

Cindy has been an animal communicator for over 30 years and is know for her CinergE healing. She often helps people whose animals are ready to make their transition out of this life, often referred to as “crossing the rainbow bridge”.

In our short, easy to fit into your day chat, we’ll be discussing:

  1. How to talk to animals that have passed away
  2. The messages they often have for us.
  3. Do animals mourn their passing?
  4. Are animals reunited with loved ones?
  5. Will they come back to us?

Enjoy!

 

We can’t wait to hear what you think about it too. So watch the Show and then leave a comment for us, okay? We really do want to know what’s on your mind.

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Stay tuned for more! My next guest interview is coming soon…

Ready to learn how to talk to animals yourself?

Look on the Menu above and click Start Here!  Take a look and choose what most appeals to you.  If you are a newbie, then I highly recommend starting with the Beginning Core Foundations Course.  The Advanced Animal Talk Mastery Course is awesome and includes many of my favorite, most powerful healing techniques along with many specific topics that every animal talk student needs to know how to deal with successfully, including how to deal with the loss of a pet.

What’s next?

If you enjoyed this interview and aren’t already registered for the whole series, I urge you to click the link below now and register for more wonderful interviews with other professional pet psychics!

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PLEASE! Don’t keep this a secret!!

We can really use your support to help more pets and their people. This is an unprecedented, collaborative joint venture based on my mission of reaching and teaching One Million animal lovers around the world how to talk to animals.  When we do that?  We WILL change the world.

Share this with your animal loving friends now, okay?

You know your pet wants you to, right?

See you soon!

Val Heart, The Real Dr Doolittle
Founder of The HEART System for Solving Problems with Pets®    www.ValHeart.com
Host of the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club and Founder of The Heart School of Animal Communication®
www.LearnHowToTalkToAnimals.com   www.AnimalTalkCoachingClub.com

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]]> https://valheart.com/crossing-over-the-rainbow-bridge-death-dying-and-our-beloved-animals-in-transition/feed/ 0 Crossing over the Rainbow Bridge: Death, Dying and our Beloved Animals in Transition nonadult Why Learning to Be In Communion and Communication with Animals Is Your Fastest Path to Peace, Inner Power and Authentic Leadership https://valheart.com/communication-with-animals-fastest-path-to-peace/ https://valheart.com/communication-with-animals-fastest-path-to-peace/#respond Wed, 27 Oct 2021 00:24:00 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=82970 Hi!  I’m Val Heart, the Real Dr Doolittle, Animal Communicator to the Stars, bestselling author and founder of The HEART System for Solving Problems with Pets®. I’m also the founder of The Heart School of Animal Communication® and host of the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club.

Welcome to my series of live interviews with my professional animal communicator colleagues! We want to bring you into our world, help you know what we know, see what we see when we communicate and work with animals.

My next guest in is Animal Communicator, Author, Natural Horsewoman, Inventor of the Walk In Sync™ No Choke Dog Harness and Animal “Heeler”, Alecia Evans!

I promise, you really don’t want to miss this.

Alecia_Evans_2_She’s amazing, and I’m delighted to share her journey with you.

In our short, easy to fit into your day chat, we’ll be discussing:

Why Learning to Be In Communion and Communication with Animals Is Your Fastest Path to Peace, Inner Power and Authentic Leadership

We are eager to bring you into our world and share this awesome work (and our hearts) with you:

1. What drew her to Communing with Animals?

2. What was the specific access point that opened her natural gifts?

3. What was her biggest breakthrough when she became aware of the power of communication with Animals?

4. How has her life forever changed as a result of this information?

5. How can you access and use the biggest awareness for yourself and your own animal companions?

 

Do this nextWe can’t wait to hear what you think about it too. So watch the Show and then leave a comment for us, okay? We really do want to know what’s on your mind.

 

Stay tuned for more! My next guest interview is coming soon…

If you want to buy a No Choke Harness, I recommend this one! 

 

Ready to learn how to talk to animals yourself?  Look on the Menu above and click Start Here! Take a look and choose what most appeals to you.  If you are a newbie, then I highly recommend starting with the Beginning Core Foundations Course.

The Advanced Animal Talk Mastery Course is awesome and includes many of my favorite, most powerful healing techniques along with many specific topics that every animal talk student needs to know how to deal with successfully.

What’s next?

If you enjoyed this interview and aren’t already registered for the whole series, I urge you to click the link below now and Register for more wonderful interviews with other professional pet psychics!

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Grow Your Abilities for Communication With Animals

Read Before Hiring a Communicator Would you like to have live coaching with me to answer more of your questions or help you take this further? The Heart School of Animal Communication® will teach you how to communicate with animals.

And as a member of the BEST Online Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club, you can practice communicating and get good feedback to improve your confidence and accuracy by talking with any of our well over 100 animals in the club.

Animals need us, and we need them.

Together we make the world a better place, and to do that, we must be able to speak their language.

There’s a reason they are in your life.

When you join us don’t expect the “usual” experience.  Expect more.

It’s time to take your love of animals and animal communication intuitive skills to new levels.

Because here’s the thing: If you can’t communicate now, you won’t be able to be there for them in the way that they need you to be, or when they most need your help.

See you on Campus!

Be sure to leave your comment below!

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]]> https://valheart.com/communication-with-animals-fastest-path-to-peace/feed/ 0 Animals are the Path to Peace, Inner Power & Authentic Leadership with Alecia Evans nonadult Avoid Vague Messaging – 2 Issues Affecting Clarity in Animal Communication https://valheart.com/avoid-vague-messaging-in-animal-communication/ https://valheart.com/avoid-vague-messaging-in-animal-communication/#respond Thu, 21 Oct 2021 23:53:10 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=82889 We all probably know that vague messaging is a major reason why it can be hard to communicate.

And when it comes to animal communication, that’s especially true.

Most people, though, don’t realize that there are two separate and distinct reasons for vague messaging:

1) You’re sending a vague message.

That is natural. Everyone starts out with a vague idea of how to properly formulate and deliver an easily understood, energetic, telepathic message to an animal. That’s because you haven’t yet clarified exactly what you want to tell them, or, how to go about explaining it in a way that makes sense to them.

2) You’re not receiving or interpreting their messages back to you correctly.

Animal communications are not vague, in the sense that they don’t know what they want to express. But if you’re blocking or are misinterpreting it, then you are not meeting them where they are, as a neutral receiver – meaning your own inner landscape is cluttered, busy with your own thoughts and feelings, and you’re confused.

It could also be that your main 4 intuitive senses aren’t open to receive.

Another thing that often happens is that the messages you receive aren’t what you’re expecting, so you gloss over them, ignore what the animal sends you, and disconnect, thinking that the animal doesn’t want to talk to you… When nothing could be further from the truth.

Your animals are desperate to talk to you, every day, about all kinds of important things!

It’s important to note that I only fix problems #1 AND #2. (yep, both of them)

 

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How do we fix problem #1:

Consider what you want to tell them first, and why it’s important. Get CLEAR.

How can you describe it – like, how would you tell it to a child? (and yes, animals are easily as smart as human children, often way more intelligent but that’s a story for another day…)

The point of the “how would you tell a child” exercise is more to help YOU get clear on your messaging.

Next, why is this important to YOU…. and even more importantly, why is it important for THEM?

That’s the part that needs to be clear from the get-go for the animal, otherwise, why should they pay attention to you? What’s in it for them?

Next, get clear about HOW to send that message energetically, heart to heart, mind to mind.

There are 3 steps to sending a message: video

  1. See it in your mind’s eye using your mental monitor, like watching a video start to finish.
  2. Feel what you would feel if it were really happening right now, which gives the story context.
  3. Say it; speak out loud and in your head the story, like a narrator.

Capice? See it, Feel it, Say it.

Easy peasy, lemon squeezy.

For example, you want your pet to stop waking you up at 2 or 3 am.

Why is that important? To them and to you?

You’d prefer them to wake you at 7 am, which is when you want to start your day as well rested, not sleep deprived and cranky, and also unhappy with them.

Makes good sense to me!

Tell them about it properly and discuss it with them so you know why they are waking you up, and you’re golden.

Like what happened for one of my students:

“I was living with my brother when his girlfriend and her older cat, Nellie, moved in with us. We all got along well. Within the first year, they decided to go on a winter hut trip, which meant they would be gone for a week, and she asked me to take care of Nellie.

I wasn’t happy when she told me that Nellie woke her up in the wee hours (1-2am) every night for a snack but I agreed without complaint. My sleep was and still is a big priority in my life.

After preparing for bed on the first night, Nellie followed me to my bedroom, but I stopped and turned to address her after I crossed the threshold.

She sat down and looked at me. I explained verbally that my sleep was important to me, and I didn’t want her to wake me up so I was going to shut my door, which I proceeded to do.

Seconds after my head hit my pillow, I received a very clear (clairvoyant) image in my head and a (claircognizant) knowing that Nellie would agree to not waking me if I agreed to the set up in the picture I received.

I literally bounced up and out of bed instantly, walked over to the door and opened it.

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The clairvoyant image and what I was looking at in front of me were exact replicas. I saw my open door and Nellie curled up in the center of my doorway on the outer side of the threshold in a specific sleeping position.

I also knew that Nellie wanted to feel a sense of security that an open door provides. The exact duplicate images were astounding.

So, I left my door open every night for a week and Nellie slept in the same place every night without waking me once.

I’ve been jazzed about animal communication ever since!”

And that’s how it works.

You can also explore worst case scenarios with them so they understand the consequences of their actions, things that you know but they don’t.

Another example, working with 2 show dogs, German Shorthaired Pointers, who were chasing cars.

Gorgeous dogs, oh my goodness…

The problem? They were behaving badly, with cars.

Chasing cars is a fun dog game with deadly serious potential consequences.

Their loving human parents were terrified they’d get hurt, but had been unable to corral their dog’s extra-car-ricular activities (oh, what a terrible pun!).

These normally very well-behaved dogs ignored their human’s increasingly desperate screams to come, heel, stop it, come back, WATCH OUT!!!

Enter ME into the picture, expert problem solver with pets.

Fifteen minutes into the communication session, they were sitting with rapt attention at my feet listening to the story I told them about the dangers of chasing cars.

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I answered their questions, addressed their concerns… we discussed the situation like civilized beings do…

And they never chased another car in their life.

Game over. Bada bing, bada boom, all done.

So why are people having this problem?

Based on my almost 30 years professional communicator experience speaking with thousands and thousands of animals and helping thousands of clients and teaching thousands of students, I’ve discerned that a huge reason for the lack of results with animal communication efforts is that the people in question fell into category #1 above.

They didn’t truly know what they wanted to say, how to say it properly, and weren’t connected in the first place.

Whereas the people who get great results have a lot of experience communicating with animals of all kinds (as in, “practicing in safe supportive community where they get proper guidance and feedback to grow their skills”), and are clear about what they want to say, and follow the steps as I teach.

What’s really disturbing is that many of the animal communication students who come to me for help and/or training were never taught how to do this correctly. which almost perfectly explains why some get results and some don’t.

There’s a lot more to discover if you want to communicate clearly once you get out of your human centered viewpoint.

So, what about problem #2?

Receiving and interpreting their messages back to you correctly.

Sending a message is really easy once you get your basics down and get clear. The next most important – critical – step is to be open enough to RECEIVE their messages back to you… and INTERPRET them correctly.

That requires your intuitive senses being active and open. They are the gifts of:

Clairvoyance (see images in your mind’s eye),

Clairaudience (hearing their voice inside your head),

Clairsentience (resonating with them at a visceral level so you just “know” it) and

Claircognizance (instant clarity, big picture style, conscious awareness).

Most people have at least one of their intuitive senses open and active. It’s important to develop all of them so you don’t miss anything.

It’s also important to have a still, quiet mind and to connect at the heart.

If you’re so full of your own thoughts and feelings, haven’t done any inner healing work or inner explorations of your own psyche and inner parts… it is really hard for an animal to get a word in edgewise.

If that’s you, then doing this will take a bit more work to do right, and it’s SO WORTH DOING.

Animals send messages to you all the time.

It disappoints them when you don’t “get” it and respond.

Get out of your own way, and stop blocking them.

Stop glossing over what you do get.

Pay attention, get quiet, activate your intuitive abilities and notice with your subtle senses, and you’ll understand exactly what they’ve been trying to tell you.

Imagine that.

When I first started solving behavior problems with animals, and teaching students how to do it too, I discovered that…

They always have very good reasons for their behavior.

They know how they feel, what helps, what makes things worse, what they need from you.

They know things you don’t.

Our job is to find out what those things are, and to learn how to communicate clearly in a two-way, heart to heart, mind to mind conversation.

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Start with a love connection.

(That’s why I call this the Heart Wisdom Method, fundamentally it’s all about LOVE, Babycakes!)

These are the complex issues that my clients and students work on (and this is what I help them fix).

The thought processes I’ve described here are the kind that I take my animal talk students through in The Heart School of Animal Communication® courses and in the BEST Online Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club’s Live Monthly Group Q&A Calls (for Gold and Platinum members).

If you know what you want your animal to do but you’re not communicating clearly enough to solve those problems, I help you to really pin down how to connect mind to mind, heart to heart…

From there, let’s be crystal clear on WHAT exactly to say, HOW to say it, the right QUESTIONS to ask in the right way and timing, how to CONVEY that as a message they can understand, and how to LISTEN to your animal in return.

Hands down, THIS is the secret sauce behind successful training, and well-behaved animals.

Want more information about the Heart Wisdom Method of communicating with animals?

Beginners and advanced students and practicing professional communicators are welcome!

Your animal needs you to speak their language sooner than later. They have a lot to tell you.

Your thoughts? Leave your comments below!

I make this easy as 1-2-3 for big hearted, spiritually open animal lovers!

You can read more about how I can help you as a private client >> CLICK

Or go HERE to continue your communication education.

Imagine how your life will change when you have peace, clarity, confidence and a clear connection with animals, and you could communicate with animals anytime you wish.

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Enjoyed this article and animal communication? Here are three more to help you:

Who’s your spirit animal? The truth may surprise you.

Clairaudience and 7 Ways to Grow Your Intuition

Exploring animal telepathy: How to send a powerful message in 3 easy steps.

]]> https://valheart.com/avoid-vague-messaging-in-animal-communication/feed/ 0 You CAN Talk To Animals! Your Invitation To Learn Animal Communication https://valheart.com/you-can-talk-to-animals-learn-animal-communication/ https://valheart.com/you-can-talk-to-animals-learn-animal-communication/#respond Thu, 21 Oct 2021 23:50:51 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=82907 If you love and care about animals, then you need to do this!

If you love animals and want to know what they think, how they feel, solve behavior and training problems, relieve pain and improve health, ease transition, reconnect with them in the afterlife, and find them when they reincarnate, then learning how to talk to animals is for you!

It’s a great fit for all open-minded pet parents and anyone working with animals, including pet sitters, trainers, groomers, rescue/shelter/foster people, veterinarian, vet techs, and behaviorists.

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I teach my unique Heart Wisdom “LOVE” Method of learning animal communication in an online, easily accessible school (including basic, advanced and special topic self-study courses plus opportunities to practice what you’re learning in our coaching club).

As you learn, you’ll be going on an all-encompassing, spiritual journey to heal, evolve and grow into your best self.

Easy as 1-2-3 with the Heart Wisdom Methods, here’s how it works:

First: Your journey begins here.

Start with a course teaching how to understand your inner psyche, how to connect with your guidance, and activate your intuition (a prerequisite for being able to communicate with animals).

Then the course gives you an introduction overview to animal communication so you can understand what it is (and what it’s not) and how it actually works in a very practical, not a ‘woo-woo’ kind of way.

You’ll learn about the 4 main intuitive abilities and how to develop them, how to send and receive, then correctly interpret the animals’ messages to you, how to connect and begin a conversation.

I call this the Beginning Core Foundation Course and you can get started with it for $497, or as little as 3 payments of $177

Second: Practice to grow your skills.

Next, we provide an online membership group (currently with over 100 members all over the world and growing) where you can put your training from the course into practice. This will involve communicating with other animal lovers and their animals via an online portal and getting feedback from each animal’s person (who knows them best) on how well you connected with the animal and how accurate you were in the information you received.

I call this the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club and we have 2 levels of membership – Gold at $47/month and Platinum at $97/month

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Gold members get live Q & A Coaching Calls with me, can earn Student Breakthrough Laser Coaching sessions, and their animals are eligible to be Featured Animal Teachers.

Elite Platinum members get all the benefits of the lower levels plus live Heart Wisdom Masterclasses on a wide variety of important advanced topics. Many Platinum members are professional animal communicators or on their way to achieving that goal.

Third:  Advance your skills.

For those who want to continue the journey and really master their skills, we offer an advanced course that gives even more details on how to have successful conversations, including what to say, the right questions to ask to move through stuck places in the conversation and get results.

This course provides examples of how to handle conversations of specific and sensitive topics such as how to help your animal when they’re in pain, favorite techniques for healing, how to work with behavior problems, with groups of animals, domestic and wild animals, preparing for and easing transitions, and reconnecting in the Afterlife (20+ different scenarios are included).

I call this the Advanced Animal Talk Mastery Course and you can purchase it for $497 or 3 payments of $177

To get the best results from these programs you:

  1. Are a spiritual person and have a positive mindset toward learning and self-improvement.
  2. Are willing to do what it takes to learn and grow your intuitive abilities and will commit to doing the simple yet powerful lessons and exercises as I’ll teach you (which will feel more like new explorations and adventures with animals than doing “work”!).
  3. Are interested in developing and using your intuitive abilities.
  4. Are interested in or are doing meditation. You may do yoga, reiki, or other healing modalities.

Given that this program provides full animal communication training and expert coaching for Gold and Platinum Club members, intuition development lessons, and instruction in how to help animals in all stages of life, the investment is quite small, especially compared to the costs of hiring professional communicators to do these things for you.

If you wish to follow your passion for animals and have your own practice being the voice for animals, it will prepare you to launch your own successful career as an animal communicator.

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Compared to the expense of going to college or a vocational school, this unique foundational education and training prepares you for an exciting, fulfilling career helping animals and the people who love them.

Or you can simply enjoy being able to talk to animals as a hobby or to help and better understand your own pets.

If interested, email me (see Contact Me email in my profile) and we’ll have a quick chat to see if this is a good fit for you.

With your inquiry, please include answers to the following question:

  1. Why do you want to learn how to communicate with animals?
  2. Tell me briefly what your history learning animal communication is (newbie? Had some training, and if so, what was it?)
  3. On a scale of 1 – 100 where 100 is best, how much do you use your intuition on a daily basis?
  4. Have you worked with other communicators, either hired professionals or in other training programs? If so, who did you work with and how did it go?

Imagine how your life will change when you have peace, clarity, confidence and a clear connection with animals and you could communicate with animals anytime you wish.

Wishing you and your pets health, love, and good communication.

Val “Making This Easy as Pie” Heart

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!


P.S. If you are feeling stuck or blocked in any way with your communications or developing your intuition, then this is what you’ve been looking for.

Find out more about The Heart School of Animal Communication® courses and the BEST Online Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club HERE

As always, all my courses are fully guaranteed.

Dedicated to changing the world one animal lover at a time…

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Who’s your spirit animal? The truth may surprise you

Clairaudience and 7 Ways to Grow Your Intuition

Exploring animal telepathy: How to send a powerful message in 3 easy steps

 

]]> https://valheart.com/you-can-talk-to-animals-learn-animal-communication/feed/ 0 How Spirit Healing and Soul Repair Saved Oscar: Amazing Dog Story https://valheart.com/how-spirit-healing-and-soul-repair-saved-oscar/ https://valheart.com/how-spirit-healing-and-soul-repair-saved-oscar/#respond Thu, 07 Oct 2021 22:02:20 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=82873 Never underestimate the power of animal communication, soul repair and spirit healing!

Check out what happened for Oscar, an older pit bull.

He was found in his kennel with a hugely swollen hind leg, unable to stand or walk.

When I communicated with him, it was clear he’d been bitten by a venomous snake, and that he’d also injured his spine.

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It was touch and go.

The first vet cleaned the wound and treated him as best she could, but she thought that he should simply be euthanized. There was no hope for his recovery.

The second specialist vet said that oxygen therapy could help the gaping leg wound revealing muscle and bone, but that Oscar also had a large tumor on his spleen in addition to the paralysis.

And again, the recommendation was to euthanize.

But Oscar told me and his mom that he wasn’t done here. His purpose was not complete, and he wanted to stay and heal.

Would we help him?

Vet #2 told her in no uncertain terms that Oscar wasn’t a candidate for rehab because of the spleen tumor, and a bed sore, in addition to the original foot wound.

She prayed, and felt clear guidance encouraging her to take a different path. And she started looking for a rehab vet to help him learn to walk again.  She found someone willing to evaluate him…

So, she took him out of that ER clinic, and off they went to rehab.

AND, his mom assigned me the case, so I started doing high level intensive, Twelfth Dimensional Soul Repair healing with Oscar.

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And here’s what happened next:

“In the middle of our first meeting, the rehab vet evaluated him to decide whether to take him as a client/patient.

And she said, Oscar is getting stronger because Oscar sat up and acted normal! That’s the first miracle.

The vet did acupuncture on him per her protocols. 

Afterward, she called and said she had him standing up with a towel and he took steps on his own with his back legs.

Thanks for working with him. No doubt in my mind with GOD working through you we’ve got him from two vets saying it’s grave to where he is today.

Much Love! GOD Bless!”

Miracles do happen, and this, my fellow animal lover?

It’s a flat-out miracle.

The following week, we had more good news:

Update on Oscar’s progress!

After numerous Soul Repair and Body Spirit Healing sessions, and water therapy and acupressure at the K9 Rehab clinic…

Oscar is able to sit up and walk with just a bit of help standing up.

A couple of days ago his loving Mom told me that he is now swimming on his own in his rehab sessions and is making huge progress.

Wahoo!

And just a few days ago, we got another update…

Oscar is now walking and swimming on the water treadmill on his own with a bit of help balancing. And he can walk a short distance by himself, too, before needing to sit and rest.

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That’s huge progress! A living, breathing miracle.

This is why I feel so blessed to be able to do the Soul Repair and Spirit Healing Program for Pets and People.

Sending more love to Oscar and his devoted mom.

More updates coming soon…

Thank you for loving and caring about – and talking to – animals, AND trees and plants and all living sentient beings who share our world.

Together we help make the world a better, happier, healthier place for all of us.

In case you’re wondering, I used many of the same techniques I teach students in the Heart School and Heart Wisdom Masterclasses.

See you on the Heart School Campus!

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!


We love you and your wise angels, teachers, guides and healers disguised as animals,

Be sure to leave your comment below!

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Did you enjoy this article? Here are 3 more for dog lovers:

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5 Surefire Ways to a Happy Healthy Dog
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]]> https://valheart.com/how-spirit-healing-and-soul-repair-saved-oscar/feed/ 0 Inspiring Professional Animal Communication Training with Susan Francis and Val Heart https://valheart.com/inspiring-animal-communication-susan-francis-and-val-heart/ https://valheart.com/inspiring-animal-communication-susan-francis-and-val-heart/#respond Wed, 29 Sep 2021 23:16:48 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=82864 Do you love elephants? Me too!! You’re going to love this!

My special guest in the Professional Animal Communication Training Series is…

Professional Animal Communicator, Pet Psychic and Colleague, Susan Francis!

This heartwarming, inspiring animal communication training chat with Susan Francis is WAY good. (Tip: Get Kleenex!!)

I felt like I’d found a kindred soul when I first connected with Susan Francis.

She describes herself as a bit of a Sherlock Holmes because she helps solve animal mysteries baffling their humans.

While Susan uses telepathic communication, she is also a medium and clairsentient, and a top reader on an international psychic line for both people and animal and even appeared on PBS.

What makes Susan unique is her background in Chinese medicine and her ability to intuit blocks and imbalances in meridians and organ systems and even homes, as well as Susan Francisher use of acupressure, all of which she learned from a Buddhist/Taoist master.

Today we’re going to talk about how our pets are urgently trying to show us how to restore our personal balance and harmony in this harried world… and how that can help our planet as whole.

On World Animal Day, marches are held all around the planet to protect elephants from their imminent extinction due to the bloody ivory trade.

These marches are particularly important in the United States, the second largest buyer of blood ivory (after China) where legislation is at hand.

Susan will help us explore our spiritual connection to elephants, and how we may relate to them directly, while offering a variety of actions on both the inner and outer planes to help these beloved and magnificent friends

In this interview you’ll discover what your pet is trying to teach you about personal healing, planetary harmony… and elephants!

Listen and be inspired, intrigued and moved as we discuss:

  • What your animals are telling us about healing and harmony
  • How are they teaching us about planetary imbalances as well
  • Why we are focusing on elephants in this overall picture today
  • What we can do in our roles as animal communicators to enhance the needed healing
  • What resources are available and the specific steps you could take to help

Please share your comments and insights about this episode in the comments below.

Find out more about Susan Francis here:  https://harmoniouspetsandpeople.com/

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Animal Communication Training Courses

Are you ready to learn how to talk to animals yourself?  Click Start Here!

Take a look at the courses and choose what most appeals to you.

If you are a newbie, then I highly recommend starting with the Beginning Core Foundations Course.

The Advanced Animal Talk Mastery Course is awesome and includes many of my favorite, most powerful healing techniques along with many specific topics that every animal talk student needs to know how to deal with successfully.

What’s next?

If you enjoyed this interview and aren’t already registered for the whole series, I urge you to click the link below now and Register for more wonderful interviews with other professional pet psychics!

To sign up to be notified when the next episode in the series is ready, be sure to register here:

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If you’re already registered, then keep an eye on your inbox for the next announcement.

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PLEASE! Don’t keep this a secret!!

We can really use your support to help more pets and their people.

This is an unprecedented, collaborative joint venture based on my mission of reaching and teaching One Million animal lovers around the world how to talk to animals.

When we do that?  We WILL change the world.

Share this with your animal loving friends now, okay?

You know your pet wants you to, right?

See you soon!

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!


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Why Interspecies Communication is so Important Personally & Globally
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]]> https://valheart.com/inspiring-animal-communication-susan-francis-and-val-heart/feed/ 0 Animal Communication: Animal Talk Interview Series With Val Heart and Susan Francis nonadult 4 Reasons Why an Animal’s Aura is a Powerful Tool in Animal Communication https://valheart.com/why-an-animals-aura-is-a-powerful-tool/ https://valheart.com/why-an-animals-aura-is-a-powerful-tool/#respond Sat, 25 Sep 2021 02:06:53 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=82844 Today let’s answer another great question from an animal communication student.

Patricia asked, “When we do our group practice communications, you always instruct us to notice the animal’s aura, their energy, what color, and how big the aura is. What does it mean when we get different colors, and what does this have to do with animal communication?”

Answer: This actually breaks down into four separate questions.

  1. What does the animal’s aura mean?
  2. Why is noticing their energy important?
  3. What do the various colors mean?
  4. What does this have to do with animal communication?

First, let’s define what an “aura” actually is:

“The distinctive atmosphere or quality that seems to surround and be generated by a person, thing, or place. Or, in spiritualism and some forms of alternative medicine, … the emanation surrounding the body of a living creature and regarded as an essential part of the individual.”

For our purposes today, just know that it’s simply the energy field connected to the physical body.

If you are trained in using your subtle sight, it can easily be seen and felt. If not, just like learning how to communicate with animals, it can be learned.

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So, first question: What does the aura mean?

It means we’re alive and is partially a measure of our life force energy strength.

Everyone has energy, animals included.

We are all spiritual energetic beings disguised in physical body suits.

Second question: Why is this important?

When we check the animal’s aura, we are checking their life force energy, health, and strength.

A weak aura means the animal’s spirit and probably their health is failing.

When we’re communicating with an animal, knowing THIS is a big clue as to what kind of questions we should ask them, and can change the nature of the conversation entirely.

Advanced Animal Talk Student TIP: Ask the animal to tell you what they see when they look at YOU or their person. Very interesting what you can find out!

It could even help save their life, or yours.

Keep reading and see how this all comes together.

Third question: What do the various colors mean?

Ah! Now it gets even more interesting.

Color is a FREQUENCY. You see it because it’s vibrating at a certain level, and the light (life) force energy is being refracted like a prism to various degrees.

That’s true of both physical colors and subtle, energetic, “aural” colors.

Dr Darius Dinshah made studying color spectra chrome frequencies his life’s work. He wrote the book Let There Be Light, in which he describes how he healed all kinds of illnesses by simply using the right light frequencies.

You know how UV lights are now used to disinfect surfaces and hands in hospitals and such?  We have Dr Dinshah to thank for that.

We also have a UV light embedded in our air conditioning system to neutralize pathogens in the air. How cool is that?

We could be here all day talking about the extraordinary nature of color, but for today…

Let’s talk about Chakra colors which should be clear, strong, vibrant colors if they are healthy.

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What’s a Chakra?

The term Chakra refers to the 7 major chakras, the 7 sub chakras within each major chakra, and all the minor energy chakra centers in the body.

Chakras control the functioning of various organs and systems. If a chakra is failing or blocked, then you know that the organ or system associated with it is failing.

So yes, they are important. (SO important that I devoted 3 Heart Wisdom Masterclasses teaching the intricacies on this topic, how to identify them, how they function, how to work with them, how to balance them, how to improve them… if you’re interested those are all in my Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club Masterclass Archives.)

We can use Chakras as a way to gauge the health of the individual.

If the colors are dull, muted, muddy, or the wrong color for that area of the body, you know something is very wrong and out of balance.

It can also mean their Wei Qi is weak, torn, shredded, or missing entirely.

What’s Wei Qi?

It is your shielding, the energy that emanates from your skin like your birthday energy suit. It can be felt from 1/8th of an inch from your skin, and in strong individuals up to 1 to 2 inches or more. It’s palpable.

Try this right now: Hold your hand, palm side down, about 3 inches or more over an area of your body, say your thigh.

Slowly let your hand get closer, closer to your skin but don’t actually touch your skin.

Stop the instant you can feel the energy coming off your thigh. Or when your thigh can feel the energy from your hand.

You may feel heat. You may feel tingling. It may be subtle and barely noticeable, or it may be very strong.

Bonus points if you try this with another person and let them give you feedback. (Comment below about what you discover!!)

Martial artists work with this one a lot, to strengthen it.

A weak Wei Qi can barely be felt or seen, and yes, can be missing entirely.

A strong Wei Qi field keeps the body protected behind what is virtually a force field.

I remember an astonishing story of a famous martial artist, an elderly gentleman in his 80’s, who had developed his Wei Qi field all his life. He did demonstrations inviting people to attack him and try to cut him with sharp blades.

His Wei Qi was so strong they couldn’t touch him.

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Another martial artist with a strong Wei Qi field was in a terrible multi car pileup on the highway. His car was crunched from front to back, resembling a crushed soda can.

They had to use the jaws of life to cut him out of the car; nobody held any hope that he was still alive.

To their amazement, when they cut it open enough, he simply unfolded himself and stepped out, completely unharmed. Not a bruise, not a scratch, nothing broken, unfazed.

What most of us would call a miracle? That, my friend, is a strong Wei Qi!

I used Wei Qi to heal migraine headaches!

When I first started working with this years ago, I was having terrible, twice a week, several days at a time, migraine headaches.

The kind of migraine headaches where I could only sit in the dark, drooling on myself, the thought of food made me throw up, with my head hurting so badly only banging it on the wall helped alleviate the pain for a fraction of a second… yea, it sucked.

I’d been studying Tai Chi Chuan and Chi Gong with a master teacher.

One day, I felt inspired to tune into my energy field and to my astonishment, I saw that I was completely missing all my Wei Qi field from my shoulders up.

That meant that my head and neck energy field was completely gone, no protection, no coherence in my field, completely vulnerable and exposed.

Somewhere along the way, unseen forces had ripped it away.

There was also a puncture wound (energetic) in my third eye area, and a smaller similar wound at my left temple.

I clearly “saw” the holes, and they were pretty deep.

And yes, those were the areas that hurt the most… throbbing, stabbing (literally, pun intended).

So, I figured out how to:

  1. Restore my Wei Qi (I reactivated it, similar to switching on a light switch, and cleared what was in the way of it being strong and vibrant).
  2. Next, I used my Magical Healing Goo technique (like using energetic wall putty) to seal the puncture and other wounds. I know, funny name for such a powerful technique.

This is something I teach all my students how to do in my Advanced Animal Talk Mastery Course and in the Heart Wisdom Masterclasses.

I also used my Wei Qi Clone & Patch healing technique, incredibly useful, quick and easy to do (also taught in the Masterclasses).

As soon as I was done, the headache was completely gone.

Gone.

And it didn’t come back.

So…

Last question: What does this have to do with animal communication?

You can quickly check an animal’s health and well-being by taking a look at their aura once you know how.

Strong vibrant colors? Great!

Weak, muddy, or non-existent colors? Not so great.

If the energy is out of balance or weak, thin, non-existent…, ask them about it and let them tell you how it feels in that area.

  • How long has it been like that?
  • What happened to cause it to be that way?
  • How is it connected to their physical body parts, and which specific areas is it reflecting?
  • What do they need to feel better?

I’m famous for my ability to find health problems before they turn into a crisis, and this is one of the ways I do that.

For example…

Ivan, the Thoroughbred ex racehorse turned gentleman dressage horse, was off and on lame. But it was a mystery lameness because nobody could figure out what was wrong.

He told me he had a fracture in his hoof coffin bone from a bad bruising step on a rock. It hurt when he did certain things that stressed it, but not all the time.

I scanned the area (medical intuitive scanning) and found the break in his energy field.

The vet took yet another look at the hoof but couldn’t see it. They thought I was crazy.

3 months later, it got bad enough that the vet could finally find it on the x-ray, exactly where I told them it was, and Ivan finally got the rest and care he needed to recover.

Imagine that. 🙂

The physical body follows the energetic blueprint.

So, if the “aura” energy is off, the body will be too.

In a guided process, I teach my students how to simply transform the weak energy into strong, balanced, love energy.

Clearing and transforming energy can happen in 30 seconds, give or take a few.

I believe ALL animal caretakers need to know how to communicate with animals, and how to help them feel better.

Learn How to Talk with AnimalsOtherwise, how can you be a good animal caretaker if you can’t speak their language, hear their thoughts, know how they feel and what they need to be healthy, happy, and fulfilled?

You cannot be their best friend, advocate, and caretaker if you don’t speak their language.

And part of the language we all speak is energetic.

It’s easy to learn too, so there’s really no excuse for not doing this if you have animals in your life.

They are in your life for a reason. God’s gift on loan to you.

All animals are intelligent, sentient, feeling beings.

They feel pain and get sick and injured like we do.

Our job is to find out what they’re thinking, how they’re feeling, and to know how to communicate clearly in a t
wo-way, heart to heart, mind to mind conversation.

And their aura tells you a lot about them, things you may never have thought to ask about.

These are the complex issues that my clients and students work on.

The thought processes I’ve described in this post are the kind that I take my animal talk students through in The Heart School of Animal Communication® courses, in the BEST Online Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club’s Live Monthly Group Q&A Calls (for Gold and Platinum members), and the Heart Wisdom Masterclasses (find out how to access the Masterclasses HERE).

I recommend starting with the complete Beginning Core Foundations Course.

And then learn about energy, healing, and all the rest…

If you’re interested in learning more or have questions, either comment below or contact me HERE.

Your animal needs you to be able to speak their language because they have important things to tell you every day…

Thank you for loving and caring about – and talking to – animals, AND trees and plants and all living sentient beings who share our world.

Together we help make the world a better, happier, healthier place for all of us.

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!


.Be sure to leave your comment below!

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Speaking to Animals Changed My Life: The Day a Horse Spoke to Me
5 Responsibilities For a Professional Animal Communicator
How Visualizing Can Improve Animal Communication

]]> https://valheart.com/why-an-animals-aura-is-a-powerful-tool/feed/ 0 Do You Have a Stubborn Dog? You Are Missing a Vital Piece of the Puzzle! https://valheart.com/do-you-have-a-stubborn-dog/ https://valheart.com/do-you-have-a-stubborn-dog/#respond Tue, 21 Sep 2021 21:50:03 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=82838 Do you have a stubborn dog who is difficult to deal with?

You throw the ball, but he can’t find it. Then he never looks back at you for help, instead searching endlessly without success on his own, ignoring your calls.

Overly sensitive to touch, skittish, fearful…

Not like the other dogs, he seems disconnected and not bonded with you, in a world of his own…

If you could only talk to him, and find out why he behaves that way… sigh

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But… Wait!! What’s that? You CAN communicate with your pet??

If you could talk with him, mind to mind, heart to heart, then you’d know exactly why he does those odd things he does.

You’d know how he feels, whether he is in pain.

What is he afraid of?

He could tell you, so you don’t have to guess about it any longer.

Imagine being able to talk to your dog!

One of my students tells her story about how she discovered something the vet, the trainer, the doggy day care/kennel people and his owner all missed completely – the surprising, vital piece to the puzzle – and how that changed this wonderful dog’s life forever, for the better.

This student said: “My favorite clairsentient experience happened one year ago when I was working at a dog kennel.

While overseeing the energy and behaviors of 15 dogs in an outdoor yard, I gathered information from a coworker in an adjacent yard on a few dogs I had never met before, one of which was a sweet, 18-month-old, large, white male mix.

She mentioned that he was a very stubborn dog and she had trouble dealing with him. This piqued my curiosity.

I began by observing him and then playing with him by throwing a ball. I saw why she used those words, but I felt strongly that I was missing a vital piece of the puzzle.

Throughout our play, I noticed that he jumped and let out a small yelp when I touched him from behind. I have met dogs who were overly sensitive to touch before, but I saw it as a possible piece to the puzzle.

Additionally, he never looked back at me for help when he didn’t see the direction of the ball when launched; instead, he searched endlessly on his own for it without success, ignoring my calls to offer him guidance.

Within less than 12 minutes of engaging with him, I KNEW why.

I refer to these experiences as downloads from Source because they come to me in a flash… I threw both arms up in the air and verbalized out loud what I KNEW to be true:

“You’re deaf!”

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I tested it by dropping an empty metal bowl on concrete at the opposite end of the yard so that I didn’t overly startle all the dogs. He was the only dog that didn’t react to or look in the direction of the noise.

I told the owner of the kennel, and she confirmed his deafness for herself and then passed the information onto the humans when they picked up the dog at the end of the day.

They were in disbelief. They had no idea.

They said their vet had no idea.

And, worst of all, their dog trainer had no idea and had been using a shock collar on the poor dear, which explained his jump and yelp in response to unexpected physical stimulation.

I’m most happy about instantly changing the kennel staff’s response to this dog from frustration to deep compassion, that the shock collar was out of the picture for good, and that new training techniques would be used.

This is why animal communication has been my passion throughout my life.

I want to help humans understand their animals better and, as a result, improve as many animals’ lives as possible before I leave this earth.

As a pet sitter, I see the manifestation of so many animals’ behavioral issues and I would love to communicate with every animal so I can bring light, understanding, and healing into human and animal connections.

To that end, I have been practicing Val’s guided meditations from her wonderful courses and in the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club (compassion, gratitude, and curiosity seem to be powerful tools for me) before working with each animal.

To my surprise, while writing this, I realized that because I’m asking them questions (auditory mode), I have been assuming that their answers will come to me via clairaudience, but I’ve had zero success so far.

So, I’m curious and hoping to get some insights to this question…Is there one particular “clair” communication pathway that the majority of animals tend to use when communicating with humans?

Going forward, I will open myself to all modes, but it would be helpful to know if there is one mode that animals favor.”

OMG!! This literally brings tears to my eyes, well done!

The 4 “Clairs”: Clairvoyance, Clairsentience, Claircognizance and Clairaudience

My answer:  I believe the ‘clair’ that sparked for you with the deaf dog (NOT stubborn dog!) is claircognizance. That’s an immediate understanding of a situation, which is what happened.

Clairsentience is more when you have a visceral gut knowing, closely related to an empathic response where you feel it in your own body.

They are so very close, it’s sometimes hard to distinguish the 2 ‘clairs’ from each other, which is why in the Beginning course I lump them together for simplicity’s sake when I teach about awakening and using ALL your primary 4 ‘clair’ intuitive abilities.

You’ve been assuming your primary ability is clairaudience but given your experience with it I’d say it’s not your primary ability.

Clairsentience/claircognizance is.

Because you speak to them in one way doesn’t mean they have to respond in the same way even if they understand your words or thoughts.

They’ll respond in whatever way is easiest for them.

Your job is to meet them where they are.

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They are all individuals, so there is no one way they all communicate.

Again, that’s why I teach you to open and use/access ALL your intuitive abilities (taught in the Beginning Core Foundations Course). Otherwise, you’ll miss things.

So, if they are clairsentient, then you won’t hear words or see images. You will feel their answers, easy to do once you shift into feeling mode and get out of your head.

If they are clairaudient, then yes, you’ll hear words and their voice, or thoughts or concepts.

If they are clairvoyant, then they’ll send images.

You can also ask them to do one or the other to help you understand them.

“Show me a picture, what did you see when that happened? Where were you? What was around you at the time?” or “How does that feel when that happens?” or something like that…

Anyone else want to learn how to communicate with animals and improve your skills and intuitive abilities?

We are all born with natural intuitive abilities – often you don’t even realize when you are using them.

Just think how much more effectively you could communicate with animals if you could consciously harness those abilities.

In addition to benefitting pet owners, animal caretakers – zookeepers, veterinarians, shelter workers, trainers, pet sitters and walkers, wildlife rescuers (the list goes on and on) – could find their jobs so much easier and more rewarding if they learned to communicate with animals.

After all, animals are intelligent, sentient, feeling beings who have good reasons who have good reasons for behaving the way they do. How will you be able to help them if you can’t understand them?

Our job is to find out what those reasons are, what they’re thinking, how they’re feeling, and to know how to communicate clearly in a two way, heart to heart, mind to mind conversation.

Starting with a love connection, then knowing the right questions to ask in the right way and timing for best results.

These are the complex issues that my clients and students work on. (and this is what I help them with and teach).

Awesome and life changing, for people and the animals we love! 🙂

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I can teach you!

The thought processes I’ve described in this post are the kind that I take my clients and animal talk students through in The Heart School of Animal Communication® courses, in the BEST Online Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club’s Live Monthly Group Q&A Calls, and the Heart Wisdom Masterclasses.

I recommend starting at the beginning with the complete Beginning Core Foundations Course.

Hands down, THIS is the secret sauce behind successful training, and well behaved, happy, healthy animals.

Continue your educational journey to find out what you don’t know how to do yet.

I explain more about how this works HERE

Your animal needs you to be able to speak their language because they have important things to tell you every day…

And to do that, you must be open and clear enough to hear them and respond appropriately.You could even save their life one day… or they could save yours.

Thank you for loving and caring about – and talking to – animals, AND trees and plants and all living sentient beings who share our world.

Together we help make the world a better, happier, healthier place for all of us.

Interested? Comment below with your questions and we’ll see if it’s a good fit for you.

Imagine how your life will change when you have peace, clarity, confidence and a clear connection with animals and you could communicate with animals anytime you wish.

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Why Interspecies Communication is so Important Personally & Globally
How Visualizing Can Improve Animal Communication
Animals As Teachers: What Animals Can Teach Us – Val Heart with JJ Flizanes

]]> https://valheart.com/do-you-have-a-stubborn-dog/feed/ 0 Codependency: Another Word for a Negative Soul Contract https://valheart.com/codependency-negative-soul-contract/ https://valheart.com/codependency-negative-soul-contract/#respond Thu, 16 Sep 2021 17:15:10 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=82814 Have you ever heard the term ‘Soul Contract?’

If there’s someone (or multiple someones) in your life who you always find yourself doing things for at the last minute, even though they don’t do things for you, because you’re worried about pleasing them or disappointing them or losing them, here’s what might be going on:

You could actually have what’s known as a “negative soul contract” with this person.

Until you clear that, you will never be free and empowered to make better choices and decisions for yourself and get unentangled from a seriously dysfunctional – even toxic – relationship.

So, what is a negative soul contract?

And how exactly does that work to muck up your relationships through what’s often referred to as codependency (or it’s nasty cousins also known as addiction and depression)?

To understand this properly you need to understand the bigger picture overview of…

Your Soul’s Journey, Reincarnation, and the Role of Soul Contracts.

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First, we are spiritual beings having human experiences.

Your soul is eternal. It’s the energetic essence of your being.

You are wearing a physical suit which you put on when you were born, and you take off when you’re done with it and transition back to your soul essence.

Next, understand that we incarnate to explore being in a physical form for a wide variety of reasons.

A simple example are folks who love food. They could be choosing to explore the sensations of taste, smell, texture, flavor, and so on, none of which is available to them in Soul Spirit energy form. They have to incarnate to taste and chew and swallow and digest and… you get the picture.

Now let’s consider soul contracts and how all that fits together.

Our souls travel in what’s known as a ‘soul circle’, which is a community of souls banded together like soulmates to explore these lifetimes together.

Yes, you can have many soulmates, some of them are disguised as animals which is why animals feel so close to our hearts…

And yes, codependence can show up with animal relationships too. (I teach about this in the Barometers of Our Souls course, exploring the mysteries of the human animal bodymind connection).

We have agreements (contracts) with each other as to what we intend to learn or help teach each other in a lifetime.

The best soul contracts are to our highest best good, for all concerned. They can have a single purpose (to do ONE thing for each other) or a lifetime purpose of growing, evolving, and healing together.

For our gourmand (foodie) example, one soul agrees to become a chef this time around.

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Another chooses to be the person happily consuming their food but their role here could be as the restaurant owner hiring the chef, or a family member who they cook for every day, or restaurant goer, or food blogger.

Okay, so in our various lifetimes, we trade roles.

Seems pretty good so far, so how can that go badly, and what does this have to do with dysfunctional toxic relationships and codependence?

Well, maybe this time around we are exploring martyrdom, victimhood, power plays, abuse, or manipulation. You choose to play the martyr or victim, and someone else plays the abuser or manipulator.

And that’s fair because in our last lifetime, we chose the role of the abuser, and they played the victim… and so on.

You get the idea.

We keep going until we graduate the lesson and fulfill our soul contract. It dissolves, and we choose something new to work on next.

Simply put, soul contracts are any binding agreements, promises, oaths, or vows that you entered into, like marriage or partnership, a business, a purchase, familial oaths made by someone in your family, religious vows (like a vow of poverty, silence, or a vow of chastity… that kind of thing).

Like a promise you made in the heat of the moment, like “I’ll always look out for you, love you, protect you, keep you safe” as a protector, parent to a child, sibling, guardian, or lover.

But in the next lifetime, you traded roles and can’t do that “role” anymore even though you still feel compelled or obligated… it no longer makes sense.

Or when, in the heat of the moment (or even in jest) you said, “I swear _____ (fill in the blank)” …

Be careful. Words have power, that’s why it’s called “spelling”.

Or maybe you made a promise to “make something right so help me God”, but you were unable to do so for reasons beyond your control or ability.

And if that time came and went lifetimes ago but you’re still bound by your promise even though it’s not helpful or wanted anymore at this point…?

That’s not good.

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Negative soul contracts are when a life contract with someone went sideways, didn’t process completely so it was marked “incomplete and still owed…”.

Negative soul contracts weigh on our SOUL, because an outstanding energy tie, or “soul debt” binds us together and forces us into behavior patterns we feel powerless to resist or change.

Negative soul contracts can also come into effect when we were coerced or blackmailed or tricked into agreeing to something when we were powerless or helpless or thought that we had no other options or choices at the time…

These things don’t just dissolve on their own or when we transition.

We “swear” or agree or sign them (or someone does on our behalf like an authority figure over us) then they are connected to us vibrationally….

They continue until we actively rescind, transform, and renounce them from our soul in the right way.

So, someone who you’re struggling with may still “feel” that you owe them for an unfulfilled agreement. They are likely not consciously aware of it, and yet, the pattern continues.

That can show up like someone stealing from you, betraying you, undermining you, sabotaging you.

They may lash out at you unexpectedly, blind side you for no known conscious reason.

What if your great great grandpappy swore a family oath to revenge a wrong as the patriarch of the family/tribe/clan, then guess what? You’re also bound by that familial contract… (remember the infamous feuding families known as the Hatfields and the McCoys?)

You feel obligated to come when someone calls, do their bidding whatever and whenever they say, your needs are unimportant, you’re powerless to do anything different.

Perhaps you were an indentured servant or slave to them in a former life…

Or you’re still trying to earn their love or respect from lifetimes ago…

Often the contract isn’t so much about a single person as it is a universal promise or agreement. Like swearing fealty to a government (think Queen or King or other authority figure).

Or becoming a member of a religious or cult organization or secret society.

Contracts continue until they are removed, or a time limit and expiration date were clearly included in them.

Fascinating, isn’t it?

These soul contracts aren’t released by just saying “I don’t wanna do that anymore,” or “oops, my bad, what do I owe you”, or “how can I make this go away?”

And nobody else can release them for you, you have to do it yourself, from your SOUL, once you know how. Like, I can’t forgive your mother for you, you have to do that yourself.

Because from your soul’s perspective, the contract must be completed one way or another.

It’s time to learn a new lesson and clear the old to make way for new contracts that are in better alignment with the highest levels of love and light, to your best interests and for all concerned.

It’s time to recall your power.

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The question becomes… How do you do that exactly?

It can be helpful to identify the root cause of the problem, where it came from. Talk therapy can help, reading about it can be interesting, but I find it takes a long time to sort things out while nothing much changes.

And if you don’t clear it the right way, then even if you do manage to change something in your relationship it’s like stretching a bungee cord – it takes a lot of effort and it can snap back into place because you’re still tied together (or it can start showing up with other people in your life as a repeating karmic pattern).

I’m happy to tell you there’s a faster, better way to transform this and it doesn’t require tapping (EFT), talking about it for years in therapy or with the person you’re entangled with (who sometimes won’t even talk to you about it), reading countless books on the subject, doing drugs, or distracting yourself with addictive, self-destructive behaviors.

To clear it completely, like we do when we clear old karma, we have to work from the soul level from the Twelfth Dimension.

When we do that, everything changes in a minute, maybe two…

Literally.

Because these things drain your vitality and soul, which is partly why you have felt powerless to change, depressed, confused…

And so the first thing to turn this around is repair your soul, revitalize your spirit, and take your power back.

Next, from your soul I guide you to find and clear the negative soul contracts draining your vitality.

And then? We simply rescind and transform them energetically.

That’s right. Everything is energy, and all energy can be transformed.

All contracts can be rescinded, amended, broken, or renegotiated, no penalties or interest apply when it’s a soul contract. It’s either active, in force, or it’s null and void.

And no, you don’t need anyone else’s permission to do so. You don’t have to fulfill an agreement if it’s no longer in alignment with your highest best good.

That’s a universal truth.

If there’s old karma attached, then that has to be dealt with too in a similar way.

In no time at all, you’ll feel healthier – happy and clear. Pesky things like illnesses or chronic pains you’ve been struggling with will start to disappear.

Your relationships become loving and supportive.

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The person you’ve been tied to in a codependent relationship changes too.

They either heal and evolve along with you because the negative soul contract is now complete and they can move on, ready to do something more positive with their life…

Or they leave your life because they aren’t ready to heal and evolve yet. Which is also a good thing.

It’s like you’ve been in a tug of war game (your relationship), pulling against each other on the rope (the contract), and when you simply drop the rope and stop playing (rescind the contract)?

The game ends. Done. Contract complete.

They can either stand there holding the rope wondering what just happened, or they can look around to find someone else to play with, or they can drop it and go do something more productive with their life.

Through the targeted soul repair and spirit healing work that I take you through, you gain emotional, mental, physical and spiritual freedom and the power to stop any further energy drains from negative soul contracts and the other unseen elements that cause illness, dysfunction, unhappiness, weakness, and pain.

Imagine that.

This is the initiation and the sacred healing journey I take my clients through in the 4 week Heart Wisdom Elite Soul Repair and Spirit Healing 1:1 program.

The investment for this life changing health transformation offer ranges between $5k and $10k based on the weight of the case and needs of the client.

Beyond clearing negative soul contracts and old karma, you may also be suffering from other unseen problems like evil influences, curses, hexes or spells, witchcraft, black magic, and/or demonic possession cases which require a great deal more work and risk to remove, or maybe you feel cutoff from God.

Your investment covers the risk to me personally of removing the dark forces from your soul because they are aggressive and don’t want to be dislodged. Like taking a zebra away from a lion who is enjoying feasting, that lion will then attack me when I remove it.

Given that this program provides a full healing and rebalancing all your relationships, with instruction in how to keep yourself healthy, strong and vital for the rest of your life, the investment is quite small especially compared to the costs of being in dysfunctional and toxic relationships, the costs of surgery, chemo, radiation, repeated doctor visits and medication for the rest of your life, not to mention lost opportunities with family and your career, not being able to have healthy relationships, feeling unhappy, unloved and disrespected… losing everything.

This work also reverses depression, suicidal tendencies, and clears addictions.

What would it mean to you to recover your well-being, and enjoy great relationships?

You can read more about the Soul Repair and Spirit Healing Program HERE

Contact me to learn more and to see if this program is the right fit for you.

If it’s a good match, I have room for just 2 new clients each month for this program.

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Wishing you and your pets health, love, and good relationships.

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]]> https://valheart.com/codependency-negative-soul-contract/feed/ 0 How Open Do You Have to Be? Animal Communication Tips https://valheart.com/how-open-do-you-have-to-be-animal-communication-tips/ https://valheart.com/how-open-do-you-have-to-be-animal-communication-tips/#respond Thu, 09 Sep 2021 23:20:40 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=82791 Today let’s answer a question from an animal communication student

A student asked, “To learn how to hear my pets I feel I need to be open. Is this true? And if it is, I need help with tearing the guard wall down, so I can truly communicate with them.”

Answer: This actually breaks down into three separate questions.

  1. Do I need to be open to hear my pets?
  2. If so, how open do I need to be in order to communicate?
  3. If I have to be open but I have a guard wall up – how do I tear the guard wall down?

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Let’s take #1 first: Do you need to be “open” to hear your pets?

Yes, you do.

But… what does it even mean “to be open to hear your pets”?

It means being open psychically, intuitively, mentally, emotionally, and energetically.

A lot of folks are afraid to be that open, fearing that something bad might happen to them. That it would make them vulnerable, or they might get hurt.

There are lots of reasons people might think that, which I’ll get to in a minute.

If you are open enough to consider and explore new concepts, different opinions, and unique experiences, then you’re on the right track.

The way I teach animal communication is very practical and down to earth – no psychic woo-woo stuff required. 😉

A little later I’ll tell you more about the reasons we may feel afraid to be open, how it stunts our growth and hurts us, blocks our healing and spiritual journey… and why we put up blocks to being open (those guard walls) in the first place.

And most importantly, what to do about it.

Now, question #2: How open do you need to be?

Psychically speaking, you need to be open to receiving information from the world around you. You already receive information all the time, on various levels, but most folks aren’t conscious about how they know the things they do.

Being “open” psychically does NOT mean you are channeling anyone or anything or are opening yourself to bad juju, because when you do that, you could get hurt. (To be clear, I do not recommend engaging in psychic channeling or mediumship.)

That’s because when you use your psychic powers, it means you are “relating to or denoting faculties or phenomena that are apparently inexplicable by natural laws, especially involving telepathy or clairvoyance. “

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Okay, so let’s translate that for real life situations.

For instance, look across a crowded room at a stranger (or friend) and notice what feelings and impressions you get. Often, you’ll pick up that they have a busy mind, are distracted, or that they feel lost, or angry, or afraid, or sad…

Perhaps you’ve thought of someone and then out of the blue they contacted you.

Maybe you touched a book at the bookstore and instantly felt repelled by it, or drawn to pick it up.

Intuitively speaking, you need to be open to using your basic 4 intuitive abilities: clairvoyance (seeing images in your mind’s eye), clairaudience (hearing others voices in your head), clairsentience (knowing things at a visceral level), and claircognizance (instantly understand concepts, connections, and information).

Everyone has all four abilities, but most folks only use one or two and must develop the others to be useful.

Mentally speaking, you need to be open-minded enough to consider another being’s viewpoint, but not so open-minded that your brains fall out and you lose all common sense!

Emotionally speaking, you need to be open enough to feel someone else’s feelings beyond your own feelings.

Energetically speaking, you need to be open enough to observe, witness, and connect with an animal’s energy, aka their life force and soul essence.

Finally, question #3: If I have to be open but I have a guard wall up – how do I tear the guard wall down?

First of all, what is a guard wall?

A guard wall is a shield or a defense mechanism that protects sensitive souls from being becoming more hurt or wounded than they already are.

For example, if you’ve been punished for speaking your truth, then you learned not to speak up around that person/those people anymore. You suppress yourself, keeping your mouth shut, biting your tongue. You’re guarded around that person or in other situations that feel similar.

If you’re with someone who drains you energetically, so that you feel fatigued and need a nap after being with them, often people will put up a guard wall of protection.

You need a shield to defend against an energy vampire.

If you’re with someone who’s trying to tell you things you don’t want to hear, then you block what they’re saying. That’s a guard wall.

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Other examples would be if your boss emails you and says, “I need to see you in my office in 5 minutes” and you don’t know what it’s about.

You go into that meeting guarded. Are you about to get fired? Or praised and promoted? You don’t know, but you want to protect yourself.

Or your partner says, “We need to talk later.”

You’re instantly anxious, guarded and defended.

Like with bullies or abusers, you know to keep your guard wall up. They are dangerous to be around.

So, we’ve all had guard walls up at one point or another in our lives!

How does this apply to the guard walls that we put up with animals – those walls that block us from communicating?

Well, fear is a major reason why we put up guard walls when an animal has something to tell us.

We’re afraid to know what they have to say.

We’re afraid they’re going to tell us something painful or worrisome or emotionally devastating.

Like that our spouse is cheating, or there’s abuse going on.

This one is very personal for me.

Because it was my cats who told me my husband of 17 years was having an affair. They came to find me in the kitchen and told me to go check his email when he stepped away from his computer… (and yes, animals are super intelligent and know things we don’t)

And there I found the evidence in the many steamy love letters they’d been writing to each other.

That started a whole new, happier chapter in my life’s story for which I am so grateful.

Or maybe they tell you that they’re hurting, in pain… or are getting ready to pass.

You’re going to have a guard wall up if you don’t think you can handle what they might tell you.

You don’t want to know, you’re afraid to know. You’re trapped thinking you can’t or don’t want to hear that.

Fingers in your ears… looking away… desperately trying to keep your guard walls up so you can distract or delay bad news… potentially heart-breaking news…

Very understandable. Nobody likes bad news.

But ultimately keeping your guard wall up isn’t very helpful for you or your animal.

How do you take the guard wall down so you can communicate with animals and be there for them when they need you the most?

First, recognize what you’re really afraid of. What do you think they’re going to tell you?

And then be willing to hear what they have to say.

John Wayne said, “Courage isn’t the absence of fear. It’s being afraid and saddling up anyway.”

Remember that. Courage isn’t the absence of fear. It’s choosing to stay present, be open, and listen, even if you feel afraid.

Be brave. Make a choice and be willing to hear what they have to say.

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What if it was you who had something important to say and you were blocked or repressed, and nobody wanted to listen to you?

Doesn’t feel good.

In fact? It does your animal a disservice to keep your fear and guard walls in place, because it shuts them out.

There are lots of ways of clearing fear and that’s the heart of the work that I do with students and clients.

The most efficient way I know of is soul repair energy transformation.

Ultimately, fear is just one of many emotions we all have.

Emotions are “energy in motion”. They speak to us all the time, conveying information…

Some of it is important. Other emotions are simply energy shifting in the ever-changing kaleidoscope of our lives.

Everything is energy, which means everything can be transformed.

In a guided process, I teach my clients how to simply transform the fear energy into love energy.

When we do that, we don’t have to unpack it, we don’t have to journal about it, we don’t have to tap it out or do a lot of talk therapy (though I do use these kinds of tools now and again when appropriate).

Clearing and transforming fears can happen in 30 seconds, give or take a few.

For example…

I’ve had many animals bring their human to me for communication. My client was terribly afraid of their pet dying and wasn’t handling things well.

When I talked to the animal, they simply said:

“Please help my human overcome their fears! I’m not ready to die even though I look like I’m on my deathbed. I just can’t let my person live in terror and dread of the day when I finally do cross over. There’s nothing to be afraid of.”

And then the animal went on to live many more months or even years in some cases, perfectly fine. The vets agreed it was a miraculous recovery.

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Often in my experience, animals don’t have anything terrible to say at all, and in fact?

Theirs was a message of gratitude, or a simple request they wanted fulfilled, or they had a bit of information that could help their person get the next promotion or date the right person or…

When we bust the fears, we discover that we can handle what was requested or needed.

Like the German Shepherd who was behaving oddly. She told us that the teenage daughter was planning her suicide and asked for help saving the girls life.

If we hadn’t listened?

There would have been a tragedy in the family… but because we took time to hear the dog’s viewpoint, the daughter got the help she needed before it was too late.

Healing your fears quickly so that you can take that guard wall down and communicate with animals is what I do in my ‘how to talk with animals’ programs in The Heart School of Animal Communication®.

So, here’s the thing: communicating correctly with animals isn’t about getting hurt, it’s nothing to be afraid of, and you don’t need walls to block or stop you from doing so.

Communication starts with loving animals, and that is where it all begins.

I call it The Heart Wisdom Method for a reason.

Strong love energy will help you do exactly that.

And I know you love animals, so you’re already part way there!

Consider the fact that you were born with intuitive abilities, you already use them every day.

Why not use them to help better understand and communicate with your animals?

I believe ALL animal caretakers need to know how to communicate with animals.

Otherwise, how can you be a good animal caretaker if you can’t speak their language, hear their thoughts, know how they feel and what they need to be healthy, happy, and fulfilled?

  • Shelter, rescue, foster animal people…
  • Veterinarians and all their staff…
  • Zoo, sanctuary, and wildlife rescue and rehabilitation people…
  • Dog and horse trainers…
  • Cat people of course…
  • Pet sitters and dog walkers…

You cannot do the best job of being their best friend and caretaker if you don’t understand how to speak their language. Period.

It’s easy to learn too, so there’s really no excuse for not doing this if you have animals in your life.

When I first started communicating professionally in 1993, I discovered that they always have very good reasons for their behavior.

All animals are intelligent, sentient, feeling beings.

They know things that we don’t.

They feel pain and get sick and injured like we do.

Learn How to Talk with AnimalsThey are God’s gift on loan to you and they are in your life for a reason. Our job is to find out what those reasons are, what they’re thinking, how they’re feeling, and to know how to communicate clearly in a two-way, heart to heart, mind to mind conversation.

These are the complex issues that my clients and students work on. (this is what I help them with and teach)

Imagine that. 😉

The thought processes I’ve described in this post are the kind that I take my clients and animal talk students through in The Heart School of Animal Communication® courses, in the BEST Online Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club’s Live Monthly Group Q&A Calls, and the Heart Wisdom Masterclasses.

I recommend starting at the beginning with the complete Beginning Core Foundations Course.

If you want to be open to communicate but feel blocked or have guard walls up, I can help you to really pin down how to bust through your fears, connect mind to mind, heart to heart…

From there, let’s be crystal clear on WHAT exactly to SAY, HOW to say it, the right questions to ask in the right way and timing, how to convey that as a message they can understand, and how to listen to your animal in return.

Let’s get that guard wall down so you can connect and communicate with animals.

Hands down, THIS is the secret sauce behind successful training, and well behaved, happy, healthy animals.

Continue your educational journey to find out what you don’t know how to do yet.

I explain more about how this works HERE

Your animal needs you to be able to speak their language because they have important things to tell you every day…

And to do that, you must be open and clear enough to hear them and respond appropriately.

You could even save their life one day… or they could save yours.

Thank you for loving and caring about – and talking to – animals, AND trees and plants and all living sentient beings who share our world.

Together we help make the world a better, happier, healthier place for all of us.

Interested? Reply and we’ll see if it’s a good fit for you.

Or you can just go HERE and get started right now.

Be sure to leave your comment below!

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Who’s your spirit animal? The truth may surprise you.

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Exploring animal telepathy: How to send a powerful message in 3 easy steps.

]]> https://valheart.com/how-open-do-you-have-to-be-animal-communication-tips/feed/ 0 You Are Not Communicating With Animals As Clearly As You Think You Are https://valheart.com/not-communicating-with-animals-clearly/ https://valheart.com/not-communicating-with-animals-clearly/#respond Fri, 03 Sep 2021 22:03:28 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=82774 Are You Communicating With Animals As Clearly As You Think You Are?

Are you struggling with to communicate with animals?

I’ve been thinking about animal communication a lot lately and help students improve their intuitive skills and abilities.

Often, new animal lovers come into our community by starting with my free ebook, Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Pets.

It’s a great book teaching the 3 Fundamental Principles at the core of ALL animal communication and how to SEND messages to animals in 3 easy steps.

Then they discover that communicating with animals is a bit more complicated and nuanced to master if they want to enjoy heart warming, two-way conversations, so they need to learn more and advance their skills.

To which they sometimes respond with annoyance, “What? I don’t know it all yet? Do you want me to spend money on my education? I just want more free stuff. Why can’t you help me for free?”

To which I respond, “Would you like some cheese with your whine?!” ​

It’s sort of like a beginning medical student thinking they should be operating on patients in their first semester of college.

That got me thinking about times when I used to get so annoyed that the wrong people would get on a consultation call with me or ask about working with me.

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I realized that I needed more clarity in what I was trying to say so I could communicate better.

When the wrong people used to ask to work with me, it would frustrate me because I’d been very clear about who should apply and who shouldn’t.

I wonder how they could have thought that they met the criteria, which led to my thinking about other, unrelated times when I became annoyed with others for not doing what I expected or told them to do.

Like people not following my instructions, doing the opposite of what I said, and then being upset when they didn’t get the results they wanted.

Like when clients come to me and say they worked with another professional communicator and didn’t get the answers they needed because “the animal didn’t want to talk about ‘that‘.”

Say what? That’s ridiculous. That just means the communicator didn’t know the right questions to ask in the right ways to encourage the animal to talk about it.

I’d internally rage about how incompetent I thought they were.

But I finally realized that I played a massive part in who I was attracting and how the people in my charge performed.

It took having the shoe be on the other foot a few times for me to realize this and connect the dots.

Like when people got angry at ME for doing things that I had no idea were against rules or boundaries.

Like when folks got upset with ME for asking a question they didn’t want to answer or had already explained when I wasn’t paying attention.

Or when someone would correct me for “mistakes” that I made because the leadership had been weak.

(Like in partner dance, following a lead’s move improperly when I never learned how to do that.)

What I want to communicate here is that you don’t communicate as clearly as you think you do.

None of us do.

Communicating clearly and precisely with people is incredibly challenging.

And it’s especially true when you’re communicating with animals, which is an intuitive telepathic art form.

And to communicate with animals, you need an expert coach to guide you, help you focus your mind, mediate between you and your pet, and lovingly correct your efforts to understand each other.

Then?

Everything changes.

Here’s why you’re struggling to communicate with animals.

If you’re struggling to understand and communicate with your pet (or any animal), something you’re saying or doing is causing that to happen.

Because animals are not stupid or clueless, they’re just as smart as you are. They’re responding to:

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  • What you’re giving them to work with
  • How you’re connecting or blocking them (how clear and aligned or misaligned you are with your message, which gets very confusing on multiple levels.)
  • What energy (emotions and thoughts) you’re sending to them
  • How able you are to feel your heart and your emotions (vs. being limited to your head trash and blind spots)
  • How open (or not open) you are to what they have to tell you
  • How active your four main intuitive abilities are so you can meet them where they are
  • Your confidence and experience engaging in the two-way conversation so that there is a back and forth dialogue
  • Knowing which questions to ask in the right way
  • Understanding how to properly interpret the subtle nuances of what they send back to you

And yes, there’s way more to animal communication than you might imagine.

So if you’re getting crickets when you try to communicate with animals, it’s either because you’re not connected at all (oops, kinda like butt dialing your phone and they on the other end are saying hello? hello? but you don’t hear them because your phone is still in your pants pocket or purse…)…

Or you are just plain communicating wrong – which means you’re missing something, and it’s important.

With a bit of expert guidance to help you get unstuck, everything gets easier and better and so much more effective.

The experience of miscommunicating does NOT mean you are incapable of communicating or that you should stop trying or not take the next step in your education to discover what you don’t know yet!

It means that if you’re going in the wrong direction, more speed won’t help.

I can help improve your communication with animals.

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You know the coaching, mentoring, and healing work that I do with paying students and clients goes way beyond the surface level. That’s why they pay me the big bucks!

To do this right, we have to address the real reasons why people struggle communicating with animals consistently, what’s in the way of your growing your confidence and accuracy.

And that’s where the heart of my genius zone really is.

Our Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club’s monthly Live Q&A Coaching Calls and the Heart Wisdom Masterclasses go deep into these topics.

These experiences are where people can start to understand that I have an ocean of knowledge and insight in my brain that is worth the money.

Learn How to Talk with AnimalsThere are deeper reasons why people don’t take these seemingly simple actions to free up their intuitive abilities with animals.

It’s like they’re terrified of letting go of control, getting into their heart, and feeling deeply.

Or they’re experiencing anxiety that’s not allowing them to calm their nervous system and honor their OWN intended needs.

It might be that they can’t assess or decide the relative importance of the animal’s message, so they end up ignoring and glossing over what they’re getting (and being stuck in their head, unable to move beyond the initial impressions).

Those are some of the complex issues that I coach people on.

And they’re the things they should be going deep into in their communications.

I’ve realized it is critical that my students and clients have experience *in spiritual and healing matters* because that understanding is what we draw on to clear the internal rubble and get you into the right space where communicating with animals is magical, effortless, and flowing.

Imagine that.

Got it?

Not sure yet how to communicate at this level?

Continue your educational journey to find out what your next step is at The Heart School of Animal Communication® curriculum. HERE

Join the Club and you can speak up and post your question for the next Live Q&A Coaching Call the second Saturday of every month so I can coach you personally (for Gold and Platinum Club Members Only).

Thank you for loving and caring about – and talking to – animals, AND trees and plants, and all living sentient beings who share our world.

Together we help make the world a better, happier, healthier place for all of us.

See you on the Heart School Campus!

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Why Interspecies Communication is so Important Personally & Globally
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Animals As Teachers: What Animals Can Teach Us – Val Heart with JJ Flizanes

]]> https://valheart.com/not-communicating-with-animals-clearly/feed/ 0 How Grieving a Pet Improved My Animal Communication Abilities https://valheart.com/grieving-a-pet-improved-my-animal-communication/ https://valheart.com/grieving-a-pet-improved-my-animal-communication/#respond Fri, 27 Aug 2021 21:22:57 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=82723 Preparing for a transition, knowing when to let your pet go and when to fight for them instead are some of the hardest decisions every animal lover caretaker must face.

Then ultimately grieving a lost pet is a process that is never easy. When you lose a pet, it can leave you feeling alone, lost, and confused… broken hearted.

What do you do when you’re grieving a pet?

The biggest thing that helps is to communicate directly with them so you KNOW what they want, what they need, what helps and what makes things worse so you’re not just guessing, hoping you’re doing the right thing.

Do you struggle to communicate with your beloved pet, to hear their voice, understand their viewpoint, or is it something that comes naturally to you?

Here is Lisa and KC’s story about how she used animal communication to help her when grieving a pet.

Lisa said, “I lost many cats during my years as a pet lover, and all of them left me feeling devastated with a long period of mourning and unresolved feelings of guilt, anger, sorrow.

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Then I read about animal communication and that it was important for animals to choose when they will pass away and when they have to go, and that oftentimes they need to say goodbye to their companions and deliver last messages.

So I decided right then and there that I needed to learn animal communication so that when my other pets pass on, I could know their heart, understand what they were going through, and honor their wishes”.

The Heart School of Animal Communication® changed my life.

Learn How to Talk with AnimalsI searched the web and found Val Heart’s The Heart School of Animal Communication®. I immediately enrolled in the Beginning Course and I loved it so much that I got the Advanced Animal Talk Topics Mastery Course (really exciting and fascinating!).

I also enrolled in the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club so I could practice and develop my skills, improve my confidence and accuracy.

And by the way, I have met a great bunch of like-minded souls who all believe in animal communication.

Finally! I didn’t feel alone anymore.

Then the time I was dreading and preparing for finally came.

KC’s Story – Here’s what happened…

My 18-year-old cat, KC, was in end-stage kidney disease. She developed a large lump on her neck, which later spread to her chest. KC stopped eating and drinking, and wouldn’t come to me anymore.

My heart flooded with sadness, thinking she was ready to go. I was grief-stricken once again.

But in my pain, I was blocking my ability to talk with her, so I knew I needed help with this one. I knew that grieving an animal isn’t easy and that I just couldn’t do it alone this time.

I called Val up to have a consultation because I had to find out if it really was KC’s time to go, or if I was mistaken.

Val quickly “opened up” the channels of communication between herself, KC, and me.

We first talked about my feelings and fears over KC passing away so I would have more clarity about what was important to me. 

Then Val tuned into KC and began the conversation.

To my complete surprise, when Val ask if she was ready to go…

KC said that it was NOT her time to go yet! She wasn’t ready.

So Val helped us create a “signal” KC could give me so that I would know when she was ready and it was time to put her to sleep.

The signal was that she would put her paw on my hand, something she had never done before, ever.

After that, Val gave me some important messages from KC: “Don’t mourn me before I am gone, just be with me. It is solely up to me to determine when I will pass.”

At that point, I felt a deep sadness, but also a feeling I never experienced in this situation before. I felt acceptance, love, respect, and a “oneness” with her.

I couldn’t believe it, but I felt relief and a measure of peace for the first time.

My ability to communicate with animals improved.

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KC rallied back and she had some very good days and some bad days. We wound up enjoying another 3 weeks together.

During this time, my ability to communicate directly with KC improved greatly. We spent time “being with each other” although it was tough seeing her wither away before my eyes.

The day before she passed, we took our last walk together. She walked further than ever before.

She told me, “you need to enjoy this too; feel the earth beneath your feet.” With her permission and guidance, I carried her some of the way.

Then unexpectedly, she told me she wanted to go visit the house next door, the one that was put up for sale.

Why did she want to go there? It was out of our usual path…

“She wanted to go on an adventure for the last time.”

And so we went. We took our time. She sniffed and chewed grass, and took in nature’s scents.

When she decided to return, she wanted to walk back by herself.

KC’s Final Goodbye

The next morning, I got up to feed my other cat and KC some food, but she wouldn’t eat. She was curled up in a ball just looking at me. I told her that I was going back to bed for an hour.

When I woke up, she looked at me, meowed, got up and walked over to me quickly, and walked over my hand, then turned back to sit down.

Astonished, I said, “KC, are you trying to tell me that this is your time, or did you just walk on my hand by accident?”

As she turned away to lay back down, I put my hand next to her paw. She quickly reached out and touched my hand again, then she collapsed.

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I think it took every ounce of strength for her to give me that signal, because after that she could not lift her head.

She clearly said, “This is it. It’s Time.”

I asked her why she waited so long and she said, “I needed to leave on my own terms.”

I couldn’t believe she gave me the signal. Not once, but twice!!!

On the way to the vet, I held her in my arms while my roommate Janet and I talked to her. We shared all the different memories we had of her.

When it was her time to go, I just caressed her as the tears came down and told her that she could leave, that I would be okay, and to promise to come back to me to tell me that she was alright..

She thanked me for loving and supporting her, and allowing her to go on her own terms.

And so she did.

Animal communication can take you a long way toward peace, acceptance and healing when grieving a pet.

Grieving a pet is not easy. I still miss KC, but I am not blinded by grief and anger to the point of being “incapacitated” like I always was prior to working with Val.

Instead, I am at peace with her transition. I honored her last wishes.

Her gift to me was to impart significant life lessons. Now, when I feel sad, I have wonderful memories to draw upon, and they make me feel better.

I know that I will be able to communicate with her and my other pets that passed away. And I will be able to be there for my pets in a meaningful way when it’s their time to go too.

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KC’s transition and everything that transpired was a life changing, affirming moment for me, thanks to Val.

If you are dealing with an aging pet, one that has health problems, or want to communicate with your pet about transitioning, or if you are grieving a pet that has passed away, Val can help you.

She is genuine, sensitive, and has a sense of humor that you can’t help but smile at. Her ability to connect with animals is uncanny. Give Val a call. She changed my life. I am confident that she can change yours too.”

Do you need help on your animal communication path?

Do you have tears in your eyes too?

KC and Lisa’s story touches me deeply.

If you’re still not sure you want to learn animal communication, then take a moment and ask your animal how badly they want to bring you into their world, share their thoughts, feelings, and experiences with you and to share their wisdom and unique viewpoints with you…

Every day they have things to say, even when they’re getting ready to cross over.

Like Lisa and KC, animals communicate with us energetically and intuitively by sending thoughts, and visual impressions and by sharing feelings.

Click HERE to learn how to talk to animals yourself using the Heart Wisdom Methods of Animal Communication at The Heart School.

Got it?

Good. Now, what is your pet trying to tell you today? Leave your comment, tell us your story below.

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11 of the 27 Brilliant Reasons to Learn Animal Communication
Why Interspecies Communication is so Important Personally & Globally
Adopting a Shelter Dog: 6 Ways to Bond

]]> https://valheart.com/grieving-a-pet-improved-my-animal-communication/feed/ 0 How Horse Whispering Could Have Saved the Day: 1 Horse’s Olympic Story https://valheart.com/horse-whispering-1-horses-olympic-story/ https://valheart.com/horse-whispering-1-horses-olympic-story/#respond Fri, 27 Aug 2021 00:47:27 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=82758 Horse Whispering: it’s not just a myth.

Have you ever had your horse balk or refuse to do what you were asking? (or your cat or dog or bird or…)

Most all horse people have experienced what could be considered willful, resistant, sassy horse backtalk at times.

It’s how we respond that makes all the difference in the world, and taking time to communicate with them – the time honored tradition of horse whispering – is THE KEY to rapid recovery, reconnection, and partnering up properly.

Did you see the big kerfuffle over the melt down of the German pentathlete (and her coach) in the show horse jumping competition in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics?

Rider Annika Schleu was in first place going into the round, but in a fit of anger she beat her horse when he balked, spurred him mercilessly, and then carried on crying and behaving terribly, whipping and abusing Saint Boy.

To make matters worse, her idiot coach actually punched the horse!

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Annika lost far more than the gold medal.

If only she’d known how to communicate, instead of resorting to beating, whipping or forcing.

If only she’d stopped to regroup, to listen to her horse so she understood what he was trying to tell her.

And if only they’d talked it out together like a TEAM, like beings who loved and cared about each other would have…

If only…

Now, to be fair, according to the Olympic protocol, during the show jumping portion of the modern pentathlon, riders do not use their own horses for the discipline, but instead draw one of eighteen at random and are given only 20 minutes to warm up before competing.

One of the riders, Annika Schleu didn’t place while riding Saint Boy when he refused to jump no matter how much she dug her spurs into him and whipped him. Her coach, Kim Raisner was disqualified and kicked out of the Olympics after punching Saint Boy.

What would you have done?

What if you were frightened or knew something terrible would happen if you did what you were being asked to do, would you want someone to beat you until you moved forward?

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So many beautiful, talented horses are turned into nervous, ulcer ridden, spooky, angry, dangerous horses… Instead of being big hearted and full of good will to their person, they fear their riders, the very ones who should be partnering with them, the people they should be able to trust.

Instead of feeling confident and capable, they become so spooked they are dangerous to be handled, lashing out in their fear and frustration…  then the rider gets on…?

How can that go any which way but badly?

Honestly, this breaks my heart, and is so unnecessary!  It’s insanely bad human behavior.

If you need to beat and spur your horse forward there is a problem. 

Your horse is trying to tell you something is seriously wrong.

I want the old days of “breaking horses” to be behind us. 

Real equestriennes, like all real animal lovers, are the ones who say, “I need a mental health day for myself, or for my mount” from a place of deep respect and communion and connection.

My vision is to live in a world where we ALL know how to communicate with animals. Every animal lover can learn how to talk with animals, especially using my method of Heart Wisdom Communication teaching.

It’s easy to do, once you discover how.

I believe every animal caretaker of any kind, from vet to vet tech to shelter or rescue worker to pet parent to wildlife rescue to zoo people, and yes, every equestrienne from trainer to breeder to coach to rider to groom, no matter what sport or activity they do with their horses (or just the simple enjoyment of having horses as gorgeous pasture ornaments) needs to know how to speak their animals language.

Here’s what could have happened had Annika or her coach Kim known how to communicate with Saint Boy:

First, instead of taking their 20 minutes to physically “warm up”, they would have approached Saint Boy with love and respect, connecting with him as a fellow spiritual being disguised as a horse.

They could have introduced themselves, instead of just jumping on his back and going at it.

They could have asked him how he was feeling, was he hurting anywhere.  The answer to this question would have made a huge difference in what was to come.

Any confusion about what was going on? They could have talked about this together.

He could have told them about his stress, his homesickness, how he was off his food a bit.

How his mouth hurt from riders jerking on the bit and a sore tooth…

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How shaken he was, how unsettled and unstable he felt at the Olympic games.

How afraid he was, and why.

How the heat was affecting him.

How his back hurt, his hind end, left knee and shoulders were aching.

How his head hurt. How his neck felt out of alignment, and the vaccines he’d been subjected to were inflaming his body, stiffening his neck muscles, and making him feel hot and a bit ill.

(All of which is true by the way. I know because I communicated with him…)

They could have sympathized instead of treating him like a vehicle, simply a means to accomplish their ends.

He could have rested with them, relaxed and settled, feeling safe.  Trusted them to be his friend.

Then they could have talked about the course, the obstacles, envisioning riding them perfectly, in harmony.

Discussed any tricky spots together. Synchronized their breathing, understood each other and merged so they could dance and easily fly over the jumps like they’d been practicing this forever.

Saint Boy could have told them whether he felt empowered and capable of jumping… and given them a green light to give it a try, feeling loved and supported and encouraged…

Or he could have said, “If I try to jump this course, we’re both going to get hurt because I can’t do it.  I hurt too bad and I’m too spooked and scared to even try.”

When you do this right, you win your horse’s respect, love and his/her big heart of goodwill.

They’ll do everything they can to keep you safe, and you can trust them.

If he still didn’t feel capable of jumping after a heart to heart conversation, then they could have accepted it and reported that Saint Boy wasn’t sound, perhaps started again with a different horse who was having a better day.

Annika could have simply slipped off the horse’s back, given him a kiss and a hug, led Saint Boy around the arena waving to the spectators and led the horse out of the arena.

She would have won far, far more than gold – she would have won the love of every single person who loves horses.

And the love of horses everywhere who have been abused, disrespected and punished for trying to communicate.

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Saint Boy’s rider didn’t just miss out on a medal.

She missed an opportunity to show everyone what true equestrianism should be about and to become a legend whilst doing it.

What I want to communicate here is that animal whispering is an intuitive energetic art form, using telepathy, heart to heart, mind to mind. 

It’s easy to learn with expert guidance, and everyone can do it.

Because your horse (or dog or cat or…) is not stupid or clueless (although it can certainly seem that way at times). 

They’re just as smart as you are.  They feel, they remember, they understand the world in different ways than you.

If you’re getting resistance and pushback and nothing changes, it’s because you’re not listening and are communicating badly!

Animal communication done right goes way beyond surface level and it’s the secret sauce behind successful training and harmonious, loving, SAFE, incredible relationships between people and their horses.

And extraordinary performances in the show ring too.

Problem Solving with PetsI know this because I’ve been communicating with animals professionally, solving problems with pets with the 5 Step HEART System, and teaching animal communication students how to communicate with animals successfully since 1993. 

I got my start working with underperforming show horses, hunter jumpers, cutting horses, race horses, Olympic riders, Grand Prix dressage horses, and endurance horses… getting them in the Winners Circle. 

How will you know what they are thinking or needing if you don’t speak their language properly and ask them? 

There’s a lot to learn if you want to communicate clearly and the first step is to get out of your human centered viewpoint and discover how to connect.

Animals ALWAYS have very good reasons for their behavior. Our job is to find out what those reasons are, and to learn how to communicate clearly in a two way, heart to heart, mind to mind conversation.

Starting with a love connection. 

These are the complex issues that my clients and students work on (and this is what I help them fix).

Imagine that.

The thought processes I’ve described in this post are the kind that I take my animal talk students through in The Heart School of Animal Communication® courses and in the BEST Online Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club’s Live Monthly Group Q&A Calls (for Gold and Platinum members)  AND in my private work with show horse clients.

If you know what you want your animal to do but you’re not communicating clearly enough to solve those problems, I help you to really pin down how to connect mind to mind, heart to heart…

From there, I’ll guide you to be crystal clear on what exactly to SAY, HOW to say it, the right questions to ask in the right way and timing, how to convey that as a message they can understand, and how to listen to your animal in return.

I’ll tell you what your pet is thinking, and what’s needed to be in alignment together so the problem gets solved quickly.

Hands down, THIS is the secret sauce behind successful training, brillia+45nt performance, and well behaved, happy healthy animals.

Learn How to Talk with AnimalsWant more information about The Heart School online courses and Club? 

I make this easy as 1-2-3 for animal lovers with The Heart Wisdom Methods.

The folks who will do especially well with this are spiritually open and have some degree of intuitive abilities. 

You may be empathic, highly sensitive, or practical, down to earth wanting the step by step, tried and true techniques that really work.

If you meditate, do reiki or practice yoga, you get bonus points because you’ll be a bit further along in your intuitive development than newbie beginners starting from scratch.

Beginners and advanced students – especially folks wanting to make animal communication your career – are welcome!

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You should already have a copy of my free ebook to get started (if not, it’s on the site).

Your animal needs you to speak their language sooner than later. They have a lot to tell you. 

If you’d prefer to work with me 1:1 to solve the problems you’re struggling with for your horse, I recommend my Bad Horse Makeover and Rehabilitation Program (I have one for dogs too…).

You’ll find details about how I work, why my work is completely different than other communicators, and how quickly I can get you and your horse happy again –> HERE

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Horses – just click on the picture below!


Remember to leave your comments below!

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]]> https://valheart.com/horse-whispering-1-horses-olympic-story/feed/ 0 Experiencing the Loss of a Pet: Peach’s Story https://valheart.com/experiencing-the-loss-of-a-pet-peachs-story/ https://valheart.com/experiencing-the-loss-of-a-pet-peachs-story/#respond Fri, 20 Aug 2021 21:31:03 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=82653 Losing a pet is painful, but it’s easier if you can talk to animals.

Have you ever experienced the loss of a pet?

All animal lovers will go through this heartbreaking experience at some point in their life.

I certainly have – and it’s not easy. Here’s what I learned when I lost Peach.

Experiencing the Loss of a Pet: Peach’s Story

My elderly tuxedo cat Peach was out exploring our neighborhood one day as she had been doing for almost 20 years… but she didn’t return like she’d promised.

‘So I called her – vocally, mind to mind, and heart to heart (like I teach my students in The Heart School of Animal Communication®) – but she didn’t answer.

To be honest, that’s not terribly unusual because she’s blocked me out of her mind at times before when she was in the middle of a hunt or asleep or sunbathing with the “do not disturb” sign on.

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Recently she’d been showing a few symptoms of confusion, dementia perhaps? Not awful, just noticeable at times, and not terribly surprising for a still spry, energetic, almost 20 year old cat.

But when I still couldn’t find her after another few hours passed, I knew something was wrong.

Later I heard her voice in my head, feebly, “Where are you? I’m heading home, but everything is dark, and I can’t see very well. I’m hurting.”

In a panic, I headed out to look for her, following her voice and feeling my way to her.

And then I saw her and my heart fell in dismay, something was terribly wrong with her.

Stumbling and lurching and panting, heading home as best she could.

Hurriedly I went to her. When I held and examined her, I saw that her head wasn’t right.

I assured her I was there now, and she was safe. She relaxed in my arms feeling my love for her, knowing she’d made it “home.”

I gave her a little water and secured her in a towel inside her carrier. Then, I called our vet as we raced to his office.

I used animal communication to find out what happened to Peach.

“What happened, Peach?” I asked while I drove as fast as I dared, tears in my eyes.

She told me she was hit by a car when she wasn’t looking. She hadn’t even noticed where she was at the time. She’d felt disoriented, dizzy, and a bit confused.

She stumbled, then wham!

It had knocked her out.

The vet confirmed that her head was broken, her cranial bones were a mess, and she had a concussion. The injuries were severe.

With sadness and respect I confirmed with her that it was her time to go, and she said yes.

She felt complete and ready to cross over, her purpose here with me fulfilled.

And so I said goodbye to my dear friend of twenty years that day.

Through my tears, I prepared her by explaining what we would do to help ease the pain. I told her that all would be well in a moment. And so it was.

I felt her Spirit lift out of her body and the pain fade away. I felt her gratitude, joy, and love.

And I heard her voice in my head as strong and clear as a bell afterward so I knew she was all right.

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Peach taught me many things about living a good life, speaking up for yourself, asking for what you want.

She taught me SO many lessons, from the time I adopted her as a tiny kitten who’d been thrown away in a dumpster and then rescued by my roommates.

Before I came into the picture and adopted her, she’d got stuck in a car engine at 8 weeks old, and broke her leg. The cast was as long as her body, but it didn’t slow her down in the least.

She was a survivor. She loved to torment the roommate’s dog, climb the curtains, and scare the living bejeebus out of us by leaping out from hiding places on the stairs.

When we watched television, Peach would sit up beside us on the sofa, upright on her haunches like a squirrel, and help herself to our popcorn, spearing one kernel at a time on her claw and munching away before grabbing the next kernel.

She gave me the best life and health advice, relationship guidance, and marriage and career counseling. She was never wrong. Not once.

She was the wisest cat I’ve ever known.

I’m so grateful she was in my life. Peach was a true gift from the Universe.

I still hear from her occasionally, and I know I’ll see her again someday.

Loving and caring about animals isn’t just about learning to speak their language, but it helps.

It’s about helping those in pain and suffering who need a voice in their recovery, a say in what happens to them. Of course, that goes for human caretakers and the animals themselves.

We went deeply into this topic in one of our fabulous Heart Wisdom Masterclasses, How to Help People through Grief and Pet Loss with special guest co-teacher Holli Shan, Certified Pet Loss Counselor.

Our animal communication students learned how to cope with the loss of a pet, and how to assist others through the process of loss and grief too.

It is one of those critical “intuitive tools” in your animal communication toolkit to have ready when you need it.

More than that, it’s a Life Survival Skill for yourself and your pets when it’s their time to cross over.

When you are good at communicating with animals, you’ll be able to help guide others through what can be one of the darkest times in their life too.

This level of Masterclass training isn’t available anywhere else.

If you’re a Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club Platinum Member, then be sure to look for it in the Heart Wisdom Masterclass Archives because it was awesome!

If you’re not a Platinum Club Member yet, then you’ll be glad to know it’s not too late to join us!  Click HERE to find out more 

Don’t expect the “usual” masterclass or workshop or club experience. Expect more.

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There’s no accident we are in this together.

After all, this journey isn’t just about discovering how to communicate with animals.

It’s about helping those in pain, those who are suffering, and those who need a voice in their recovery.

It’s about being the voice for animals with their own stories to tell and wisdom to share.

Take time to listen – and talk – with an animal teacher today. They know things you don’t.

Be Kind.

Be compassionate.

And most of all, keep loving animals no matter what.

“Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future.” ~ Robert H. Schuller

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Do you want to learn animal communication and talk to animals yourself?

Well, if you’ve always wanted to talk to animals but just can’t seem to do it, there are some things you need to know.

It’s not always an easy thing to learn animal communication – it takes patience, skill, and a deeper understanding of the animal psyche as well as your own human psyche (how your brain and your intuition work).

Think of successful animal communication like a riddle (meaning, “how to interpret and put their meaning together in a way that makes sense to you”).

That’s because often animals don’t “talk” in complete sentences (or at least, you won’t hear it that way). They share impressions, images, concepts, attitudes, emotions/feelings, and yes, sometimes words.

First, here are specific mindset steps that help position you to solve the communication riddle.

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To talk to animals successfully, consider the different viewpoints and how the intuitive messaging system works

Here’s a riddle to demonstrate what I mean:

You’re pushing your car and stop in front of a hotel. Suddenly, you realize you’re bankrupt.

Where are you? (Stop reading now and see if you can figure this out.)

Go ahead. I’ll wait.

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Give up?

The answer: You are on a Monopoly board game.

With riddles and as is sometimes the case with animal communication, the answers are always obvious – in hindsight.

The answers are not so obvious when you feel stuck and blocked trying to figure out the riddle, or when they don’t seem to want to answer your questions, or they answer a different question (or ask you a question), or you simply don’t know how to get them to connect with you in the first place.

That, my animal loving friend, is what I call a riddle.

So here’s the thing:

To solve animal communication riddles, sometimes you have to ask different questions and eliminate options using the power of focus and clarification.

  • “Is this car a Chevy?” No.
  • “Can you drive this car the way you drive a Chevy?” No.
  • “Is the car a toy?” Yes.
  • “Is the hotel a hotel you can stay in like a Marriott?” No.
  • “Is the hotel one inch tall?” Yes.

You get the idea.

Only by asking many questions do you arrive at the specific conclusions: a toy car and a miniature hotel. Ah Ha!! You’re bankrupt because you’re on a Monopoly board game! 

It’s the same way when you talk to animals.

All true success formulas are like this: a set of specific keys to unlock the questions using principles (i.e., guiding questions) to get the answer/truth along with greater understanding and clarity.

I can teach you how to talk to animals, it’s easy using the Heart Wisdom Method.

You get those keys in the Beginning Core Foundations Course when you are just starting to learn animal communication.

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When you’ve got the basics down and are improving your intuitive skills, you’ll get more focused and specific keys to help you master animal communication in the Advanced Animal Talk Mastery Course.

Another critically important key in your journey is to get expert coaching when you get stuck, and you’ll get that in the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club.

When you are ready to go professional and help people with their animals as a career, I give you those keys too!parrot-3601194_1920

Also, every animal communication student needs a unique set of keys to help you know how to guide the conversation.

This uniquely wonderful course is full of fabulous keys called The Heart of the Conversation, 7 Step Blueprint for Successful Conversations with Animals.

It’s a deep dive into the specifics of asking the right questions in the right way and timing for best results.

It works for all communication with all beings and even for your inner dialogue for healing, evolving, and growing into your best self.

It’s included as the free Bonus Training with the Advanced Animal Talk Mastery Course because it’s that important. It’s a MUST HAVE KEY for all animal talk students.

Or you can get it all by itself in The Heart School of Animal Communication® Courses.

Check them all out HERE.

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!


For today, I encourage you to open up your questioning and jump outside the box of limitations.

Have the courage to try asking different questions In different ways AND From different perspectives and viewpoints than your own.

Animals are in your life for a reason.

You only discover who they are by communicating with them, and you’ll use ALL your intuitive KEYS to do that.

You’ll be surprised – maybe even delighted – at what you discover!

Have fun!

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Speaking To Animals About Their Behavior Problems
How the BodyMind Connection Improved My Animal Communication Skills
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Here’s my story of how I discovered the fact that animals can mirror and reflect us through the phenomenon I call the Human Animal BodyMind Connection.

It’s the hidden secret that very few animal lovers know about but it affects you and your pet. Here’s why it’s critically important to factor it in when you’re trying to solve health or behavior problems.

So here’s what happened…

The heartache of not being able to solve pet problems weighed so heavy that I quit.

“No, I won’t accept your money. I haven’t earned it“, I said to my client, who was trying to give me a wad of cash.

She said, “I don’t know what you’re talking about! You communicated with my four ferrets, three bunnies, six cats, and our dog! I know things about them now that I didn’t know before, and I like working with you. Please, take the money!”

I’d just spent two hours talking with her animals. My accuracy was excellent. It was around 90% or better (which is impressive because the best psychics in the world have tested at approximately 80%).

But the problem was, their bad behavior didn’t change. It was breaking my heart.

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I tried using all the animal communication skills I knew, but I’d failed to change the pet’s behavior. Her pets were not behaving nicely, there was aggression and even danger to her family going on… not good.  But nothing I did seemed to help much.

My pride and my drive to not just communicate but to SOLVE problems with animals was biting me in the butt.

So in total despair, I quit.

I stopped doing animal communication work for almost a year after that heartbreaking moment of despair, and I worked to sort myself out.

I gave it a lot of thought. I realized that I had been trying to help the animals as individuals, ignoring the human part of the equation because the truth was, I had never felt safe or comfortable with people. And it just wasn’t working.

Guess what I found out?

People are a huge part of the puzzle! Talk about a lightbulb moment!

That’s when I discovered the phenomenon I call the BodyMind Connection between people and their pets.

It was clear that I had to find a way to help people improve their health, balance, and well-being in order to be successful in helping their animals improve their health and behavior.

As I considered more deeply how people and their pets were connected energetically – what their purpose was in being together – I found the bridge to solving problems.

The more I embraced this extraordinary, hidden and mostly unknown phenomenon, it changed my life.

What is the Human Animal BodyMind Connection?

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The BodyMind Connection is how the person and the animal mirror and reflect each other, carry each other’s wounds and illnesses, and act out each other’s stress.

A behavior or health problem can be a shared issue when two or more beings are healing together. It can be a life lesson, a purpose, or sometimes even the very essence of what’s brought them together. But, until you acknowledge the heart, nothing will change.

There was also the environment, the animal’s management, the food they ate, medications, the person’s caregiving, or lack thereof. What else was going on in their lives to contribute to the problems at hand?

Hidden inner wounds had to heal. We had to reveal past lives, clear resistance, and overcome self-sabotage.

A few months later, I awoke to the realization that animal communication was only the start of a problem-solving process.

It was the first step. After that, I had to do more work to go deeper in order to solve issues like behavior, training, performance, and health problems.

I forgave myself for not being perfect, for making mistakes, and for not knowing everything yet.

I started talking to animals and practicing animal communication again, but this time with the intent to discover what was missing.

I had to consider the energetic, physical, emotional, mental and yes, even spiritual connections between the person and the animal, which I eventually came to call The Human Animal BodyMind Connection.

The journey to learn what I didn’t know yet.

I studied, trained, and got my certificate in alternative healing therapies in the Lionheart Institution (patterned from the NASA research scientist Barbara Brennan’s School of Healing).

I studied the BodyTalk System of Healing Animals and People, learning anatomy, consciousness, energetics, family constellation work, chakra balancing, physiology, and body chemistry (for clearing allergies, toxins, viruses, bacteria, and more). In addition, I discovered how to heal scars and adhesions, repair Wei Qi, and uplevel cellular repair and body genetics.

I received my certification at the PaRama level after taking hundreds of hours of training programs and practicing with people in my first ever local human healing office.

Talk about a massive leap of faith! Having my own private practice clinic was crazy, fun, exhausting, and oh so worth every minute of it.

I had clients piling into my practice back-to-back with extraordinary stories of healing. And yes, people brought their animals to me too.

I met Dr. Ernesto Fernandez, an instructor in the BodyTalk System.

He taught me his BodyMind Assessment approach, which he called the missing link in healthcare. I worked with him for four years to learn his system before he proclaimed me ready to practice his techniques, which I incorporated into my own Quantum Leap therapies.

I trained with Charlene Doyle in her extraordinary neuromuscular work. We healed lameness, structural problems, and more.

I’ve made mistakes. Not every single being I’ve worked with has healed 100%, but I keep studying and training to uplevel my skills.

That’s how the H.E.A.R.T. System of Solving Problems With Pets (and people) came to be.

At this point, I helped solve over 90% or more of my client’s problems.

And for the rest? I keep searching and working for the answers because I know they’re there if I just look hard enough and go deep enough.

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Here’s the thing about mistakes.

It’s by falling down that we learn.

Even though things may not be perfect initially, you get better and better every time you receive feedback and apply it.

“You’re going to suck, but the more you do something, you’re going to suck less.” Garrett J White

You gain confidence by doing things.

You can’t steer a car to get anywhere if you’re idling or in park. You have to be in motion.

Your brain seeks guidance from your heart’s wisdom and intuition.

If you ask yourself, “Why can’t I do this?” Your brain will give you reasons why you can’t do that.

But if you ask yourself, “How can I do this?” Your brain goes to work finding reasons, support, connections, and ways to do that!

We don’t fail. We learn. You can choose to believe that you can or cannot do something, either way, you’ll prove yourself right.

Choose your thoughts wisely.

Excuses or results, you decide.

People think they need to have the confidence to do something before they do it, but it’s by starting, trying, and falling, that we learn. Even though things may not be perfect initially, you get better and better every time you receive feedback and apply it.

You can have results, or you can have excuses, but you can’t have both.

If you want something, find the time. Make a commitment to show up and do it. Soon you’ll discover it’s not as inconvenient as you were telling yourself.

It can become your lifeline and your joy, and soon everything changes.

Always.

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You can find out more about The H.E.A.R.T. System for Solving Problems with YOUR pets and how to unravel the somewhat complicated BodyMind Connection “soul knot” between you and your animals HERE

If you’re interested in discovering how to communicate with animals yourself, visit our Heart School of Animal Communication® Curriculum and Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club Membership options HERE.

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There’s an excellent chance that you don’t communicate with animals as clearly as you think you do.

I got to thinking today about times when I’ve coached private clients and animal talk students who would get so annoyed because when they tried to communicate with their animals about stopping an annoying behavior, but their pet didn’t change.

In their mind, they’d been very clear about what they wanted their pet to do.

“Stop jumping up on people!”

“Stop dragging me down the street on the leash!“

“Stop biting / scratching / walking over me, dagnabit!”

“Don’t go over the fence (or outside), it’s dangerous out there (Ms Kitty and Puppy Boy, I’m talking to you!)”

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“You did not just growl/snap at that kid/stranger/visitor/grandma/me! We talked about this – Stop that right now!”

“Quit licking me! Argh”

“Please stop barking! You’re driving me crazy and the neighbors are complaining…”

“Stop spooking at nothing! What’s wrong with you?! Just do what I want you to do, when I want you to do it, okay?”

“Would you just eat your food, already? Why are you so picky, I paid a lot of money for that food.”

And so on…

From the human’s perspective, that seemed very clear. A reasonable request.

 

What was their animal’s problem?

This led to my thinking about other, unrelated times when I got annoyed with others for not doing what I expected or told them to do.

Like, people at work not following my instructions for data entry.

Like, my husband when I asked him to pick up his tools, finish the “thing” he was working on, or clean up his space.

Like, the kids not taking their bath and going to bed on time.

Or leaving their toys and trash everywhere for someone else (me) to clean up.

Like, dirty dishes not taken back to the kitchen but being left for me to find days or weeks later with mold growing on them.

I’d internally rage about how incompetent they were, how they were deliberately trying to ruin my life, or mood…

It felt like my needs weren’t important to them, and how they didn’t love me because they didn’t listen to me?

I’m not proud to admit any of this!

But I finally realized that I played a huge part in what was happening, and how the animals responded.

 

It took having the shoe be on the other foot a few times for me to realize this and connect the dots.

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Like, when I was riding my horse Taylor in a lesson and he wouldn’t pick up the left lead on canter. I got so upset! I just kept asking him to do it right, more and more forcefully, over and over and over and…

With our trainer there yelling at us for not doing it right.

Later when I calmed down and talked it over properly, Taylor told me that my intention didn’t match my actions. I thought I was giving him the right “cues” but in fact I was doing the exact opposite and blocking him from picking up the correct lead.

My bad.

So embarrassing…

I corrected myself, and he easily did what I’d been asking him to do once I got out of his way.

Much apologies and many carrots were owed to make that one right.

Like, times when people got angry at ME for doing things that I had no idea were against rules or boundaries.

Or when I was corrected for “mistakes” that I had actually been led into making because the leadership had been weak.

What I want to communicate here is that you don’t communicate as clearly as you think you do.

None of us do.

 

Communicating clearly and precisely is actually incredibly challenging.

That’s true of talking with people, and it’s especially true when you’re speaking to animals.

If your animal is misbehaving, there is something you’re saying, thinking, or doing that’s causing that to happen, or contributing to it.

Because your animals and other people are not stupid or clueless (although it can certainly seem that way at times).

They’re just as smart as you are. They feel, they remember, they understand the world in different ways than you.

And they’re responding to what you’re giving them.

 

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If you’re getting resistance and pushback and nothing changes, it’s because you’re communicating badly!

Which means you’re weren’t listening to them, answering their questions to their satisfaction so they can agree with you, or respecting their viewpoints and concerns.

Likely you thought “laying down the law” or telling them what YOU need would make them do what you wanted instead of what made sense to them from their viewpoint.

And besides that, you ignored your part in the equation (Human Animal BodyMind Connection) for how they are mirroring and reflecting you, your stress and your wounds.

And that’s a whole ‘nother topic beyond the scope of our chat today.

One other thing… you’ve been focusing on what you didn’t want, not on what you DO want.

 

You may have heard the saying “What you focus on expands?”

Your pet sees what you’re focusing on in your mind’s eye, and thinks you want more of that.

“Okay… if you secretly want me to jump / bark / growl / nip / etc, I can do that…”

Did you forget to be clear about what you really DO want?

They’re smart but how could they know what you really want unless you are clear about telling them that in a way they can understand?

Oopsie.

Honest mistake, but very confusing from the animals viewpoint.

 

Animal communication done right goes way beyond surface level.

I know this because I’ve been communicating with animals professionally, solving problems with pets with the 5 Step HEART System, and teaching animal communication students how to communicate with animals successfully since 1993.

The truth is that if people just follow the basic animal communication tips of “tell them what you want” in a one-sided conversation, the animal is not going to suddenly change their behavior.

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There are actually way deeper reasons why your animal doesn’t take these seemingly-simply actions to behave better. It’s much deeper, and more nuanced.

Knowing these things will make the difference between being a so-so, frustrated, less than average animal caretaker/communicator and mastering animal communication, along with the gift of enjoying well behaved, loving, safe and trustworthy animal partners.

For instance…

They may know things you don’t know and aren’t aware of, like…

That person they growled at? They may have bad juju, are thinking about hurting you, or they are alarming in some way that makes your pet feel uncomfortable, anxious, stressed.

So they are warning them to stay away.

OR, YOU don’t feel safe with the other people, your stress level goes up, you stop breathing with anxiety or fear, and so they feel the need to act out to protect you.

Your energy and body language, even if subtle or unconscious, is telling them to do that.

And if we looked closer and asked them, we’d also find how you’re rewarding the behavior, because your animal knows.

 

Behavior that persists is being rewarded. That’s true of people and animals too.

So…

What about that person they keep jumping on? What you don’t know is that that person loves it when the animal does that, and encourages and even rewards the behavior in some way.

Or maybe the person really needs more love and connection, because they feel lost or lonely or disconnected or depressed… and when you pet greets them with such abandon and obvious delight, it feels like a soothing balm to their spirit.

When they drag you down the street? You let them, so it must be okay. You must want them to lead you, not escort you.

Maybe you let them lead you in other ways at home too, or tell them they’re in control in many subtle ways you don’t even realize. Why not out on walks too?

They often will bite, scratch, or invade your personal space because you are invading their space and haven’t set clear boundaries in the first place.

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You’re not listening to them when they try to talk to you…, or you’ve exceeded their tolerances in some way and they’re trying to give you a wake up call to pay attention, dummy!

When Ms Kitty leaps over the fence to go on a grand adventure, she’s following the call of the wild and honoring her need to explore her world. She smells things you don’t, and hears things you don’t.

Does she know what danger is from your perspective? What you’re afraid of?

Has she agreed to not go over the fence no matter what? No, she hasn’t.

Animals lick humans for many reasons, including lapping up our skin salt, oils and pheromones, or they think we need grooming, or ingesting your scent so intimately is comforting…

Barking? What specifically are they barking at and why is that important to them? What do they hope to accomplish by barking? Until you know that, just “barking” back at them to shut up won’t help.

Horses (and kitties and dogs too) don’t just spook at nothing without reason. One show horse who wouldn’t go into a certain area of the arena told me he saw ghosts there who told him to stay away.

 

What does your animal know or sense or perceive that you do not? Find out.

Healthy animals don’t normally not eat food, there is a reason why they are picky. Their liver or kidneys aren’t good, their digestion is failing, they’re sick, they have pain (ulcers? tumors?), tooth problems, the food is bad (smells like chemicals or yucky bits), maybe it’s making them sick or they feel nauseous, they have headaches…

There’s one more reason animal’s behavior doesn’t change when you try to communicate with them.

You aren’t connecting properly in the first place.

You didn’t explain the best case scenario and the worst case so they can understand what you know that they don’t and why this is important, to them as well as you.

Or, they didn’t agree with you, and you didn’t stick around in the conversation long enough to find out why so you could partner up to fix things together so you’re both happy.

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Once you do that?

Ah! NOW you’re a team.

Now you’re no longer in conflict.

Now they see and know what to do, why to do it in a way that works for them…

They want what you want.

Their needs are met.

And now everything gets easier.

 

There’s a lot to learn if you want to communicate clearly once you get out of your human centered viewpoint.

When I first started solving behavior problems with animals, and teaching students how to do it too, I discovered that they always have very good reasons for their behavior.

Our job is to find out what those reasons are, and to learn how to communicate clearly in a two way, heart to heart, mind to mind conversation.

Starting with a love connection.

These are the complex issues that my clients and students work on. (and this is what I help them fix).

Imagine that. 😉

The thought processes I’ve described in this post are the kind that I take my animal talk students through in The Heart School of Animal Communication® courses and in the BEST Online Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club’s Live Monthly Group Q&A Calls (for Gold and Platinum members).

If you know what you want your animal to do but you’re not speaking to animals clearly enough to solve those problems, I help you to really pin down how to connect mind to mind, heart to heart…

From there let’s be clear on what exactly to SAY, HOW to say it, how to convey that as a message they can understand, and how to listen to your animal in return.

I also help you find what’s in the way from the Human Animal BodyMind Connection perspective so your pet doesn’t have to keep mirroring you or acting out your stress and imbalances.

 

Want more information about the Heart School online courses and Club?

I make this easy as 1-2-3 for big hearted, spiritually open animal lovers with The Heart Methods.

Beginners and advanced students – especially folks wanting to make animal communication your career – are welcome! Click HERE to start.

Be sure to pick up your copy of my free ebook to get started. Your animal needs you to speak their language sooner than later. They have a lot to tell you.

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]]> https://valheart.com/speaking-to-animals-about-their-behavior-problems/feed/ 0 Why Interspecies Communication is so Important Personally & Globally https://valheart.com/why-interspecies-communication-is-so-important-personally-globally/ https://valheart.com/why-interspecies-communication-is-so-important-personally-globally/#respond Tue, 27 Jul 2021 18:55:13 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=82663 Talking about Interspecies Communication on The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™

Hi!  I’m Val Heart, the Real Dr Doolittle, Animal Communicator to the Stars, bestselling author and founder of The HEART System for Solving Problems with Pets®. I’m also the founder of The Heart School of Animal Communication® and host of the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club.

Welcome to my series of live interviews with my professional animal communicator colleagues!

We want to bring you into our world, help you know what we know, see what we see when we communicate and work with animals.

My next guest in the Animal Communication Mini-Training Series is Professional Interspecies Communicator, Kate Solisti!

Kate Solsti PicKate has been a professional communicator for 22 years. She has taught animal communication, nutrition and meal planning for dogs and cats and holistic healing techniques for all animals in the US and in Europe.

She has 5 books published in seven languages and is a sought after lecturer and spokesperson on animals.

She was the keynote speaker at the British Association of Homeopathic Veterinary Surgeons meeting, various Whole Life Expos, been a guest faculty member at the International School for Professional Horsemanship in Belgium.

Kate has spoken at the National Association of Professional Petsitters conferences, given many dog & cat raw food “cooking” classes at Whole Foods and other venues, spoken on Flower essence therapy for animals for the Lang Institute of Canine Massage and the Boulder School of Massage, to name a few of her events.

Our topic is all about:

Why interspecies communication is so important personally & globally

*In our short, easy to fit into your day chat, we’ll be discussing:

*Positive things happening for animals around the world, including the Lion projects in Africa, Elephant/Rhino Rescue and rehab in Kenya.

*How each of us can make a difference and how learning to open one’s heart to communicating with all non-verbal beings heals the person and the     planet

*How you can align your body, mind and voice to communicate clearly with animals, and be more open to listening so you can hear them at a deeper level

*The planet and all living beings need us to step into this connection now, before unconscious humans make Earth uninhabitable for life.

*Connecting soul to soul or higher self to higher self. It’s all about Love & Connection vs fear and separation.

*The planet and all living beings need us to step into this connection now, before unconscious humans make Earth uninhabitable for life.

*Conscious connection of a small group of people around the world has a quantum effect on the masses.  Together WE can help change the world.

 

 

Do this nextWe can’t wait to hear what you think about it too. So watch the Show and then leave a comment for us, okay? We really do want to know what’s on your mind.

Stay tuned for more! My next guest interview is coming soon…

 

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]]> https://valheart.com/why-interspecies-communication-is-so-important-personally-globally/feed/ 0 Animal Communication: Val Heart & Kate Solisti Discuss Why Interspecies Communication is Important nonadult Animals As Teachers: What Animals Can Teach Us – Val Heart with JJ Flizanes https://valheart.com/animals-as-teachers-what-animals-are-here-to-teach-us/ https://valheart.com/animals-as-teachers-what-animals-are-here-to-teach-us/#respond Thu, 22 Jul 2021 01:11:12 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=82590 Animals As Teachers

Have you ever wondered what your animal is trying to tell you?

Or, wished you could watch and see how animal communication actually works?

Maybe you wished you could put a microphone upside your pets head so you could know what your pet was thinking?

It’s astonishing what can you learn when you start to see your animals as teachers.  They have many messages for you, and are trying to tell you things all the time.

After my first visit with Empowerment Strategist and Amazon best-selling author JJ Flizanes on her Spirit, Purpose & Energy Podcast Show, I was thrilled to come back and discuss this very idea., .

 

Listen to our fascinating conversation as we talked about:

The 4 different “clairs” – clairvoyance, clairaudience, claircognizance and clairsentience – one can resonate more strongly than another in individual humans and animals.

We also discuss such topics as:

  • Common misunderstandings about communicating with animals
  • Much of communication is energy rather than written or spoken
  • How learning to communicate with animals enhances your communication with humans, too
  • Learning to trust yourself, that you can listen to your instincts
  • What we can learn from animals if we are open to listen to our animals as teachers

I also shared several exciting – mind blowing – stories about times animals have been healers, teachers, angels and guides.

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Just think, very soon you could be celebrating hearing your animal’s voice for the first time

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Wouldn’t it be great to feel their gratitude for changing their lives for the better?

After all, with a little guidance ANYONE who loves animals can learn to communicate with them.

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]]> https://valheart.com/animals-as-teachers-what-animals-are-here-to-teach-us/feed/ 0 What Animals are Here to Teach Us with Val Heart nonadult How Visualizing Can Improve Animal Communication https://valheart.com/how-visualizing-can-improve-animal-communication/ https://valheart.com/how-visualizing-can-improve-animal-communication/#respond Thu, 22 Jul 2021 00:47:48 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=82612 Are you good at seeing things using your mind’s “mental monitor”, Or like Sherry, do you struggle with visualizing things?

Sherry asked, “I have never been able to see with my mind’s eye. All is black. I’ve developed a good memory to help me with this. This condition is Aphantasia, and it is rare. As visualizing is a big part of communicating with animals, is it possible to do this if I can’t visualize?”

Many people have difficulty visualizing with their mind’s eye, so if you struggle with visualizing too, please know that you’re not alone in this experience.

The great news is, you don’t have to visualize to communicate with animals. It helps, but it’s not the only way.

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And, like with all intuitive abilities, you can develop your clairvoyant abilities with a bit of practice and proper guidance.

For the folks I’ve coached personally and done intensive healing with who’ve struggled with visualizing as they learn animal communication, I’m delighted to report that they’ve been able to reconnect this intuitive gift successfully and heal.

It’s sort of like turning your desktop computer on but forgetting to turn on your monitor. Or the power went out, and you didn’t realize it’s turned itself off (which just happened to me last night with this last storm that passed through).

It’s still all black and unresponsive. So you sit there all frustrated, wondering why the heck you can’t see anything. Why isn’t it working!?

Well, your monitor is just turned off! monitor

You reach out to turn the monitor on, and everything comes to life in full color!

Whew, all is well in the intuitive kingdom again.

Yes, it can feel just like that when you have your visualizing breakthrough.

Then you CAN visualize things much more easily, which helps you communicate with animals IF the animal is primarily clairvoyant.

Visualizing helps animal communication, but there are other ways to communicate with animals too.

Don’t get hung up on the idea that you have to visualize because that’s not true at all!

In the Beginning Course, I teach many other ways to access and develop all your intuitive gifts, including clairvoyance, clairaudience, clairsentience, and claircognizance.

We continue that journey in the Advanced Course so you can start mastering your ablities.

Remember: your other intuitive abilities are also available once you’ve awakened and activated them, and you’ve practiced to improve your confidence.

Try using your other intuitive abilities and subtle senses to meet animals where they are, and you’ll feel for yourself how well it works for you.

How to practice visualizing

Let’s try something and see what happens.

Take a nice deep breath. Clear your mind and go still.

Focus with love toward your pet (yes, right now, whether you’re together in person or not).

Feel your connection with them, heart to heart. Feel the connection energetically and vibrationally, not mentally.

What changes when you do that?

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Did you feel a shift in any way? Did you feel relaxed, hear a thought, notice an energy flow, or feel a different emotion?

It can be very subtle at first, so pay close attention.

How does your body respond?

Do you feel more tension or an energetic windup? Or more peaceful, calm, centered?

Is your attention drawn into a new area?

Are you aware of anything different when you hold a soft, open focus toward your pet?

All of this is a deeper level of communication, and yes, it can take a bit of training to know how to interpret what you’re getting correctly.

Sometimes it’s impossible to read the label from inside the bottle, meaning you can’t see or make sense of it for yourself even though communication is happening right under your nose.

In that case, you need an expert to help guide you. To “read the label” from the outside so you can get it properly.

Then you’re off to the races having a great time using more of your intuitive animal communication abilities.

If you’re struggling with visualizing, I can help.

If you’re still struggling, come to the next Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club’s Live Q&A Coaching Call so I can guide you in a group setting and everyone can learn along with you.

Your other option is to get a private healing/coaching session HERE so I can help you clear the blocks and heal.

Thank you for loving and caring about – and talking to – animals.

Together we help make the world a better, happier, healthier place for all of us.

The Heart School of Animal Communication® and host of the BEST Online Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club at LearnHowToTalkToAnimals.

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]]> https://valheart.com/how-visualizing-can-improve-animal-communication/feed/ 0 5 Surefire Ways to a Happy Healthy Dog https://valheart.com/5-surefire-ways-to-a-happy-healthy-dog/ https://valheart.com/5-surefire-ways-to-a-happy-healthy-dog/#respond Thu, 22 Jul 2021 00:37:45 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=82600 Guest post courtesy of Jessica Sweet. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communications Enterprises Inc.

How to Keep Your Pup Happy and Healthy

Let’s be honest, dogs are the best. With those cute puppy eyes and adorable little paws, how could you not want one? In fact, scientific research has even shown that owning a dog, or frequent interaction with one, can actually reduce stress and help balance out emotions. So, really, why invest in a therapist when you could just hang out with a happy healthy dog?

But, while owning a dog can have amazing health benefits, it’s important to remember they will require a certain level of support and care. To fully reap the benefits of dog ownership, it’s important to keep your pup healthy and happy. As a first-time dog owner, this may seem like an overwhelming task, but our easy tips will have you mastering it in no time!

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1. Do Your Research

Without education and research, it can be difficult to know what your dog might need. How do you know how much exercise they require if they can’t tell you directly?

Well, fortunately there’s an easy way to find out. Yep, you guessed it, the internet.

The best way to find out what your dog needs is to research the breed online and find out what the professionals suggest.

If your dog is a mixed breed and you are unsure of what exact breeds it is, we suggest using a dog DNA tester. These are easy to use and can be found on a variety of different sites.

Additionally, if you’re still finding it difficult to find the right information for your dog, you may want to contact your vet or location of purchase or adoption.

Doing your research is essential in keeping your dog happy and healthy as each breed often requires different levels of care. For example:

Doing your research before getting your dog can also aid with choosing a dog that suits your lifestyle.

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2. Find the Perfect Food

It’s no surprise that one of the main contributors to dog illness is poor nutrition.

Feeding your dog with the wrong food can result in reduced quality fur, decreased energy and a variety of illnesses as well as increased vet bills and even dying before their time.

Additionally, feeding the right food and correct quantity can help maintain a healthy bodyweight which has been linked with a 20% longer life span.

It’s important to research and ask your vet what the best food plan might be for your dog, but remember that vet’s typically have had little training in nutrition so don’t let them be the final word on your dog’s food.  Vets get approximately one hour of training in vet school, and the rest of their education comes from the big dog food companies whose primary purpose is to sell more dog food.

You don’t want to be feeding your dog 4 times a day with fish croquets if they actually only require one meal and are allergic to fish, for example.

For optimal dog health, we highly recommend choosing food made with high-quality animal protein, cooked veggies and organic grains.

Like humans, dogs need protein, carbohydrates and fibre to ensure a healthy gut.

However, dogs do not make amalyze, the enzyme needed to break down cellulose so if you feed them veggies or fruit they’ll need help assimilating it.  Normally, in the wild a dog gets this from the prey animals they eat providing partially digested grains, veggies and fruits.

A great way to be sure they’re getting the right nutrients is to supplement their food with specific organic probiotics and enzymes for dogs.

Native Pet is an easy-to-use online store that offers organic, nutrient rich probiotics for all types of dogs.

Not only do they target different dog needs, but these organic probiotics for dogs also help promote good gut bacteria.

With a range of different sizes and prices, pre and probiotics come very highly recommended.

 

3. Keep Them Active

Keeping your dog active is essential to their wellbeing.

Going on long walks and getting outside is the ideal time for them to get mental stimulation, physical exercise, socialization, and opportunity for behavioral training – all of which are key for a happy and healthy dog.

If you don’t have a garden or yard, it may be a good idea to choose a dog that will need less time outside.

Additionally, you will want to set aside certain times of day to walk your dog.

While you may decide that you don’t want more than one dog, it’s still important for your dog to be socialized.

This is vital for moments when your dog might meet other dogs or people and will help ensure they don’t become overstimulated or rowdy.

Walking your dog will help with this process as your dog will have a chance to meet other pups and learn how to interact.

Making dog friends is also a great way for your dog to build confidence.

Depending on your dog’s breed, walking alone may not be enough for your dog.

Larger dogs may require more play time and stimulation.

If you are finding it hard to know what kind of activities you should be doing with your dog, you can always check out The Animal Foundation’s guide to your dog’s playtime and activities.

Some great playtime ideas include:

  • Fetch
  • Food dispensing puzzles
  • Suspended balls
  • Automatic ball launchers

4. Toy Safety

While there are many dog toys on the market, not all of them will be suitable for your dog.

The suitability of the toy will be dependent on the size and breed of your dog.

For example, some dogs should not be given harder toys as it could negatively affect their teeth or gums.

The best way to find out what toys are suitable for your dog is to check with a vet and do your research online as well as watch your dog closely to be sure it’s working for them.

Although you can reduce the risk of unsuitable toys, as there are no regulations on materials for dog toys, it can be difficult to know for sure the safety of a toy.

As a result, we advise supervising your dog when you provide them with a new toy.

It’s also important to alter or avoid objects that are not completely dog-proof.

This includes items which your dog may want to play with but are not specifically designed for dog use.

For example, you may want to remove any ribbons or small parts which could come off and be swallowed, and that includes ropes and rawhide chews.

 

5. Vaccines and the Vets

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To ensure the safety of your dog and others around them, it’s important to ensure your dog is vaccinated properly but is not over vaccinated unnecessarily.

The best way to make sure they’re current and have the appropriate antibodies in their systems is to attend regular check-ups with the vets. Much like humans, dogs need their check-ups too!

This is essential in ensuring your dog is healthy and happy.

With many illnesses unrecognizable to the eye, going to the vet can help avoid missing any important health conditions.

This is especially important as your dog gets older, as many health conditions may occur during old age. These might include issues such as:

  • Cancer
  • High blood pressure
  • Urinary tract issues

Speaking to a vet about your dog’s breed may also highlight medical conditions that they could be more prone to.

This way, the vet can look out for issues and reduce the likelihood of them occurring. For example, pugs are predisposed to having skin infections, seizures, blindness and difficulty walking.

While owning a dog can be beneficial to your own mental health and general wellbeing, it’s important to remember that they will also require a high level of care.

However, this can be easily achieved with the right commitment and a loving owner.

When caring for a dog, you should always look out for warning signs that could indicate health or happiness issues.

Although you might be doing everything right, there may be a bigger health problem that needs to be looked into.

But with these tips, a good vet, and lots of love, you should have many years of loving companionships with your happy healthy dog.

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]]> https://valheart.com/5-surefire-ways-to-a-happy-healthy-dog/feed/ 0 Talking to Animals Successfully Depends on Three Things https://valheart.com/talking-to-animals-successfully-depends-on-three-things/ https://valheart.com/talking-to-animals-successfully-depends-on-three-things/#respond Wed, 07 Jul 2021 00:51:55 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=82548 Do Animals Understand When You’re Talking to Them?

“When you’re talking to animals, do they understand you?”

This is a common question I get – and the answer is a bit complicated, so let’s unpack that for you today.

Animal communication and growing your intuition, accuracy, and confidence isn’t easy. Although you’re born with intuition, learning to use it properly isn’t something you can learn how to do in a day.

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When we want to understand our animals better, solve problems together, and learn to speak their language with certainty, knowing how animals best understand your messages so you can deliver them in a way they can understand what you’re saying is important. And vice versa – so that when they talk back, you can understand what they’re saying, too.

One of my gifts is that I can communicate clearly and effectively with animals so: 1) they understand me perfectly without any confusion whatsoever from anywhere in the world, and 2) I can easily explain complicated topics, so they grasp them fully.

When we do that, we get the best possible results from our conversations every time.

So, to answer the question:

When you’re talking to animals, how you communicate the message is important

How you communicate your message depends entirely on your animal’s familiarity with you and your language, your words and their meaning, and your attitudes and beliefs.

Their history, training, and experience with you (and other humans) is helpful too.

Animals do understand some words. They think of them as “vocalizations” or expressions. To be sure, they get some words more than others, especially when put into context, which makes it easier to understand.

They also observe your physical cues through your body language. But what they’re paying attention to, and which many people miss completely, are three things.

Animal communication depends on these three things:

1) Your energy

Your energy determines how in alignment and congruent you are, if there are distracting things in your auric field, how connected – or disconnected – you are, and what your intention is.

2) Your Mental Monitor

What are you holding in your mental monitor? Some call it your third eye, both visually and sound-wise. It’s what you’re focusing on internally in your head.

3) Your feelings

Your feelings give context to your story (context is a big deal!)

Remember: you transmit 90% of your communication through energy and telepathy, not the written or spoken word.

Consider these two scenarios when someone is talking to animals:

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1) I’m asking my dogs if they’d like some doggy ice cream and, if so, which kind. I speak it out loud, AND I imagine the ice cream in my mind and see them licking it. I feel happy/delighted with that experience and I can even taste and smell it myself!

2) I’m asking my dogs if they’d like some doggy ice cream and, if so, which kind. I speak it out loud, AND I imagine the ice cream in my mind and them licking it. But then I see/feel/sense them feeling sick, yucky, vomiting it up on the spot like it is a toxic poison, their tongue swells up, there’s a horrible headache pounding in their head. I feel terrified, scared, horrified, in shock and trauma drama. I can even taste it myself, and yes, it makes me feel sick too. I’ve stopped breathing with dread.

Same scenario, same words, and same starting story – but with an entirely different message, right?

The above scenarios illustrate the importance of CONTEXT combined with the message/story you’re speaking out loud.

You convey context through feelings, images, thoughts, energy and impressions, attitudes, and beliefs. When you do this right, your animals GET your message.

Then, be prepared because they may have questions, concerns, feedback, stories of their own to tell you, so pay attention.

Remember: good animal communication is never a one-sided story. It’s a two-way conversation.

So after you master delivering congruent messages with proper context, it’ll be time to learn how to receive and interpret their messages back to you.

There are three simple steps to talking to animals and sending telepathic messages with context are:

See it, feel it, and say it (verbally and in your head).

So let’s look at that a little closer.

Speak it out loud to help you focus on your story instead of bouncing all over the place, which is confusing. A game of mental ping pong is not what we’re going for here!

Use your energy and inner voice wisely, so your message is congruent, clear, and properly aligned with the context you wish them to get.

Emotions are energy in motion. Feelings are what help the animal make sense of your words, intent, and the story.

With practice and experience, you’ll get good at it and won’t need spoken verbal words to communicate, you can just think it in your head once you’ve connected with them and they’re paying attention.

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Now, give it a try and see what happens. I recommend using a different story!

When you’re good at this, talking to animals starts to become easy! You can easily find out:

  • Why your pet behaves the way they do and how to solve behavior problems together.
  • What they think about you, your date, your mate, your family, your friends, who’s in alignment with you, and who they can’t trust.
  • How they feel, if they have pain, where the pain started, what helps and what makes it worse, etc.
  • If they are getting sick or are sick and what they need to feel better.
  • When it’s time to transition, and how they want to go, when they want to go, so you have no guilt or regrets later.
  • What the afterlife is like on the other side, so you know what they’re up to between lifetimes.
  • How, where, and when they will reincarnate, and what body type they’ll choose.
  • What their purpose is, how they reflect or mirror you in the Human-Animal BodyMind Connection, and how to stop them from taking on your illness, stress, or disease, which could end their life prematurely.

The list of what you can find out when you easily speak their language is endless and fascinating.

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]]> https://valheart.com/talking-to-animals-successfully-depends-on-three-things/feed/ 0 Soul Spirit Animals: Communicating With Deceased vs Living Pets https://valheart.com/soul-spirit-animals-communicating-with-deceased-vs-living-pets/ https://valheart.com/soul-spirit-animals-communicating-with-deceased-vs-living-pets/#respond Fri, 25 Jun 2021 01:51:21 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=82477 Is There A Difference Between Animal Communication With Alive Versus Deceased Pets?

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard that there isn’t a difference between communicating with live animals versus animals who have transitioned or crossed over who are now in Spirit.

In my experience, that’s not true. There IS a difference, and it’s a distinctive, important one.

Some folks think that you can’t communicate with animals who’ve crossed over. Also untrue.

I even heard one person say that beings who die become demons. Why she thinks that, I still haven’t a clue. How can cute little big-hearted love of your life Fluffy, an angel, guide, healer, and teacher disguised as an animal and sent here as God’s gift to you, all of a sudden become evil just because they left their body when they passed away?  Again, UNTRUE.

Goodness, where do folks come up with this nonsense?!

I’ve also heard that some religious or spiritual gurus teach that animals don’t have souls or spirits. That couldn’t be further from the truth either. That idea comes from egocentric human arrogance. It’s based on outdated, narrow-minded notions about humans being the only (or highest level of) intelligent species on our planet. Again, UNTRUE, blatant nonsense designed to help humans feel superior.

Awakening to the true nature of the extraordinary range and variety of sentient intelligence in the world all around us, the “Divine” Soul Spirit in all living beings, is one of the most important things you can do in your journey to healing, growing and evolving into your highest, best Self.

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What is the difference between communicating with physically alive versus deceased pets who’ve transitioned to the other side… and what is soul & spirit essence?

If you love animals, you’ll likely have experienced grief and sadness when they passed, and would love to reconnect with them.

You cared about their health and well-being when they were alive in a physical body. You still do even though they’ve made their transition.

Like you, their Soul Spirit continues. It is eternal and infinite.

What are they doing now? Where did they go? Are they still around?

Can they still hear you, and will they talk to you? When are they reincarnating if they are, and if they do come back, how can you find them again?

If you are learning how to communicate with a deceased pet, you need to know these things. There’s a lot of false teaching out there about this, so let’s set the record straight.

We are all multi-dimensional, spiritual, energetic Soul Spirit beings having physical experiences here on Mother Earth.

The above is true, without exception, for all beings regardless of body type. We are far more than our physical bodies appear to be, and we can choose body types depending on our reason for incarnating.

How do I know?

The reason I know this is true is that I’ve communicated with close to 100,000+ beings in all different body types, both living and in spirit form, and this is what they’ve taught me over and over again.

I cannot discount the truth of it, no matter what the religious or so-called spiritual gurus teach or what “holy” text it came from.

That means your Soul Essence Spirit existed long before the physical body.

The physical body also takes the genetic code given from the parents and creates itself, cell by cell.

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Our physical form follows the energetics and Soul Spirit Blueprint, not the other way around.

You and your pet have also had experiences in this lifetime that shaped you mentally, emotionally, energetically, and physically. Those experiences partially formed and affected your personality.

However, you came into this body with a big part of your personality already established from past lives and experiences through your Soul’s evolution.

While living here incarnate (in a physical body), you have the fun of “driving” your body around, making it do things and go places so you can experience life on this planet, learn lessons to assist your evolution, which is the point of incarnating in the first place.

At some point, you’re complete with your purpose, and it’s time to go back to being a Soul Spirit without a body again, which is your true state of Beingness.

Communicating with a living animal means we have to account for all these things.

Of course, there are other differences between communicating with living physical animals and Soul Spirit animals. You can touch a living pet physically and energetically, sending and receiving messages telepathically (defined as intuitively sharing “energetic information” mind to mind, heart to heart).

Unlike a Soul Spirit animal, they have a body so they can communicate through body language and vocal expressions, and they can also be easily distracted by things going on around them, just as you can. They can also be affected by their environment – bad food, toxins, hormonal imbalances, genetic mutations, injuries and pain.

So be aware of that if you try to communicate with an animal in a physical body without getting their attention and focusing properly. I teach you how to do that in the Beginning Course.

Because you’ll not get very far if you don’t have a direct connection to them, heart to heart, mind to mind. It can be a very confusing and frustrating missed communication experience in that case.

Many things can affect and influence animal communication in a live animal.

Like you, an animal’s neurochemical makeup, current pain level, suffering, or exuberance can influence how they’re feeling in their body. When you are working with animal communication, you need to remember to allow for this. They can temporarily “forget” who they are and why they came here, just like you can.

Soul Spirits without a physical body don’t forget who they are. They have access to their total Soul Spirit’s wisdom and knowledge, past lives, other dimensions in time and space, and so much more.

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Animals in a body can resonate more with what’s called their “lower Self,” just like you.

Lower Self means their ego influences them, their need to be safe in the moment, and their territorial concerns. Their emotions can be both “negative” and “positive,” not to mention their ‘stinking thinking’ or old programs.

Their body limits them in things they can and cannot do.

A Soul Spirit is in true Soul Essence form.

When you communicate with a Soul Spirit Being (one without a current body), they don’t have the physical body’s limitations anymore.

They are in true Soul Essence form and can go anyplace they want, whenever they wish – anywhere in space and time, and they can access other dimensions.

They are restored to their Higher Self knowing when they leave their physical body (unless they get stuck through trauma drama).

Animals aren’t afraid of death or dying; they know it’s simply the transitional phase of going to a sort of Spiritual Disneyland where they can choose their next experience for their Soul’s evolution, just like you can.

How to use animal communication to communicate with a Soul Spirit Being

  1. To communicate with a Soul Spirit Being, first get quiet and focus. Tune into your heart just like you do for a living pet.
  2. Next, call them vibrationally from your heart, with an image of them in your mind. It’s a bit like calling a friend on the phone. Your animal has a unique frequency signature.
  3. Feel your love for them, which is your connection to them and what sends up the beacon signal into the Universe so they can find you to reconnect and have a chat.
  4. Wait for them to connect back with you. It may take 30 seconds or less, or a few more minutes, depending on how far away their Soul Spirit is from you and what they’re doing. Be patient.

Like the sun exists even though you can’t see it 24 hours a day every day, trust that they’re there, and they will be glad to communicate with you no matter how long it’s been in linear time for you since they left.

Tips on how to develop your animal communication skills to experience the difference for yourself

Learn How to Talk with Animals

1) Develop your intuition and learn how to communicate with animals using the Heart Wisdom Methods to accelerate and guide you in your evolving journey.

2) Practice communicating with both living pets and pets who’ve crossed over by joining the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club so you can practice and get feedback from 100’s of animals.

3) Advance and master your intuitive abilities so you are confident and accurate, and so you know how to help animals at all walks of life, living or those who have crossed over.

Discovering and experiencing the difference for yourself in communicating with animals alive or deceased in Soul Spirit form is the BEST way to learn anything.

Is it time to take the next step on your path?

The Heart Wisdom Method makes it easy as 1-2-3, as you’ll discover for yourself.

See our Curriculum and Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club Membership options HERE.

I’m looking forward to guiding you on your extraordinary journey

Discover if you’ve got what it takes to communicate with animals!

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How I Use Animal Communication to Heal Back Injuries in Dogs
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]]> https://valheart.com/soul-spirit-animals-communicating-with-deceased-vs-living-pets/feed/ 0 How Cat Communication Prepared TuffyTiger To Go Outside Safely https://valheart.com/cat-communication-prepared-tuffytiger-to-go-outside/ https://valheart.com/cat-communication-prepared-tuffytiger-to-go-outside/#respond Thu, 17 Jun 2021 23:14:54 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=82465 The day TuffyTiger wanted to go outside.

In my recent post about cat communication, you got to meet the darling tabby kitten TuffyTiger and learned the amazing story of how this tiny feral ball of feline fluff with gorgeous green eyes came to live with me.

Here’s what happened next!

After TuffyTiger took up residence with us, I kept her inside the first few days to make sure she felt comfortable and safe. I wanted her to bond deeply with her new family (me, my husband and our other cat Peach), and to accept and know where her new home was.

Because she had been a feral kitten and had never lived inside a human house before, I expected her to want to go outside. So we agreed that she would let me know when she felt ready to explore the great outdoors.

Fortunately, I lived in a neighborhood where it was pretty safe for cats to be outside. We were on a cul-de-sac, so there wasn’t much traffic. Dogs are on leashes here, and my neighbors are kitty friendly.

But to my surprise, she didn’t want to go out. Weeks passed and she was perfectly content to be a house kitten…

But then one day, she did.

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How I Used Cat Communication to Prepare TuffyTiger For The Big Outdoors and the Dangers She Would Face

Tuffy went to the patio door and meowed, calling me. When she had my attention, she said, “I’m ready to go out now.”

The big day had arrived!

I proceeded to use my cat communication telepathic abilities (just like I teach my clients and students in The Heart School of Animal Communication®) to tell her about all the dangers for outside cats and how to keep herself safe.

I replied, “My, what a big girl you are. Now we need to talk about the dangers of being outside, so you know how to keep yourself safe in this neighborhood. And we also need to talk about wearing collars because all loved kitties with good homes and people who care about them wear one. They are important, and they tell people that you belong somewhere. Finally, so I don’t worry myself sick about you, we need some ground rules. You must always agree to come when I call you no matter what. You must also agree not to go very far if you go outside of our yard. And I want you to promise to always be home by dusk because, after that, it’s not safe anymore for little kitty girls like you.”

She asked lots of great questions and concerns, and I was able to answer them all to her satisfaction.

Finally, I quizzed her to be sure she understood everything we’d discussed.  She passed her tests with flying colors.

Such a smart girl!

Next, we checked out her new collar. It was a lovely soft breakaway collar. It had her name tag on it and a little green bell that tinkled when she walked. She let me put it on her with no fuss, and she agreed to come back as requested.

I opened the door. It was a proud mama moment. I confess I felt a bit scared for her and what might happen, but I’d done all I could to educate her so she would make good decisions and choices, and understood the consequences of going outside and what could happen.

Ultimately, her happiness was super important and as she assured me, going outside was important to her.

Happily she strolled outside…

And later she came back, exactly as requested. What a relief!

But…

Something was missing….

Where was TuffyTiger’s collar?

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The Case of the Missing Collar

“Tuffy, what happened to your collar?”

“It felt tight. I didn’t like it, so I got it off.”

“Oh. I’m sorry I got it too tight for you. Okay, we’ll fix that.”

Off I went to get a new collar.

When I put it on her I made sure to loosen the new collar a bit more and sent her on her way outside again.

She came back without the collar…

What happened this time?!

She’d deliberately lost it. Again!

The next time I carefully fitted the third new collar on her, I decided to make better use of my cat communication skills and to find out the deeper reasons why TuffyTiger kept coming losing her collar. If it was uncomfortable or something else was going wrong, then we had to fix that!

I asked, “How does that feel now?”

“Too tight!” she whined. “I feel like I’m choking…”

I loosened it some more…, but again she complained, “Still too tight, Mom!”

So I loosened it even more… To my dismay, I could literally get my entire fist through it by the time she was happy.  It literally hung open down to her knees.

She said, “That feels okay now.”

Seriously?

I thought, OMG, she’s going to lose this in a heartbeat! sigh

But I was wrong!

Tuffy never lost her collar again.

It finally felt just right, and she was careful to keep it on knowing that her name tag was on it and how important that was “just in case.”

How to Use Animal Communication to Work in Partnership With Your Animal

So here’s the thing:

When you communicate with animals using the Heart Wisdom Methods, you are working in partnership with your animal.

Animals have thoughts, feelings, intelligence, and viewpoints all their own. They can even help you heal.

Animals are sentient beings who have a purpose with you. It’s your job to learn to speak their language, to understand their viewpoints, to listen to them.

To have happy, healthy animals, everything can’t just be good for you from your human viewpoint.

Take a moment to consider your animal’s input and point of view, and pay attention so you can hear their voice.

The bottom line is, if things are not good for them, then they’re not good, and that won’t work.

Find a way to make it better.

What is your animal communication style? Find out here.

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At some point in our lives as devoted pet owners, we will experience the loss of our beloved animal family members.

After such a devastating loss, it is human nature to not only emotionally grieve that loss, but to mentally and physically mourn as well.

Your grief process is not only normal, it is also part of being human and the healing journey.  You are not alone.

Grief as a Process

Grief is a process as well as a feeling and an emotion. Grieving is something that we go through when a loved one has passed on.

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It doesn’t matter if the loved one was a human or an animal companion. My teacher, Teresa Wagner says “Grief is indifferent to the species lost”.

I would also add to that we grieve so very deeply because we loved just as deeply. What matters is there is an emotional bond between two beings.

Also, everyone will experience grief in their own way. For some, grief is for a short time because the passing was expected and the bereaved has had time to prepare themselves.

For others, the passing of a loved one may be unexpected or sudden, and will likely take longer to work through a person’s grief process.

Grief is Normal and Understandable… and Valid

The most important thing to remember is that for people who are grieving, their feelings are not only completely and totally NORMAL, they are UNDERSTANDABLE!

It’s well within your right to cry, yell, punch pillows or even just be silent (among other things).

Two wonderful coping methods that have helped me and may help others are to either journal about how you feel or draw it out (if you like drawing). Remember, no one needs to see your writing or your artwork – it is for your own path to healing.

Grief has no timeline. Everyone’s grief process is their own and it is important to honor that.

For some people, they need to tell the story over and over again until they are done. For others, they prefer silence.

Both of these methods are NORMAL and ACCEPTABLE coping mechanisms. This is a process and each individual will work through it in their own way towards healing.

If the bereaved person wants to do a memorial or something to honor the memory of the animal who has passed, they can create the memorial as a reminder of the animal as they lived, and to make them smile or “lift their spark” when thinking of their beloved animal companion.

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Platitudes are Never a Good Idea

When other people tell someone who is grieving the loss of a beloved pet that “It’s been 6 months, you should be over that by now. Afterall, it was just a dog,” they are being more hurtful than helpful.

If you, as the bereaved, have experienced something like this, you can tell that person their comment isn’t helpful, or you can ignore it outright, depending upon your relationship with the other person.

This is one of those moments where platitudes are rarely helpful. Would you believe I’ve heard about people using this exact same sentence when someone else’s father died? If you wouldn’t want someone to tell you this while you’re grieving, then consider not saying it to someone else while they are.

Remember to Care for Yourself

The main thing to remember during your grief process is that it’s important to be gentle with yourself during this time.

Take the time to rest, drink plenty of water and nourish your body with healthy foods, and don’t be too concerned about eating comfort foods now and then if it helps you.

You are undergoing a difficult, emotional time. As humans, we come with a complete set of emotions. It is healthy to allow yourself a grace period to feel all of the feelings you were born with. What exactly “feeling the feelings” looks like will vary from person to person. It all depends on you; be kind to yourself.

If your sadness and grief lingers and you have trouble recovering, let me help guide you through this.  Click HERE for information on how to get started on your road to recovering and healing your broken heart.

Have you lost an animal?  What did you do to heal?  Be sure to leave your comment below!

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CBD Oil has shown a lot of potential in the medical and pharmaceutical industries for both people and animals.

Extracted from the cannabis plant, CBD is one of the organic compounds that possess multiple advantages to increase and improve health care regimes. Many people use CBD oil for its relaxing and soothing properties. But can you use CBD oil for dogs, too?

Both humans and dogs have an endocannabinoid system that regulates the body and keeps it in a state of balance. This system controls and affects our brain, eyes, heart, and mood. Our bodies produce cannabinoids, and these react with cannabidiol from cannabis to create various effects on the body.

CBD has a tranquilizing and soothing effect on the body. It alleviates pain and regulates the system by reducing stress, aiding digestion, and serving multiple other issues.

The logic is predominantly similar in dogs as organic CBD oil reacts with the endocannabinoid system of dogs and produces effects to help dogs deal with anxiety, pain, stress, and much more.  Learn more here!

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Purposes of CBD for Dogs

1. Seizures and Epilepsy

Akin to humans, dogs are also prone to seizures and epilepsy. CBD works as an Antiepileptic drug to counter outbreaks in dogs. Unfortunately, common Antiepileptic drugs cause harmful effects to the kidneys and other vital organs. While the dosage needs to be accurate, clinical trials show how these seizures can be reduced and prevented with the help of CBD oil. This therapy is most effective when the CBD content in the blood reaches high levels. Multiple variants of seizures in dogs from various substances and environmental occurrences are preventable using CBD Oil.

2. Pain and Inflammation

One of the most common benefits of CBD is its ability to reduce pain and inflammation. Dogs are also prone to body pain and inflammatory conditions such as back pain and arthritis. Organic CBD oil helps to reduce these conditions by blocking the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines and increasing the production of anti-inflammatory effects. Organic CBD oil reduces swellings, nerve pain, and bone cancer pain. CBD oil has shown no side effects on mobility while reducing arthritic pain in dogs.

3. Heart Health

CBD Oil is known to increase general well-being in dogs. It supports the heart by regulating blood flow and maintaining a balanced system. In situations of stress or anxiety, CBD oil reduces blood flow and heart rate to bring the body back to a state of balance. Dogs who have suffered strokes can also benefit from CBD oil as it improves blood flow to the brain.

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Generally, prescribed medications for joint aches and other problems in dogs cause side effects. They deteriorate soft tissues and damage the liver. CBD is a natural anti-inflammatory product that does not carry this risk. It binds itself to receptors in the brain that stimulate the immune system to reduce pain and inflammation. CBD oil also helps the body produce more cannabinoids naturally. That reduces the chances of future inflammation problems such as sprains, strains, ligament tears, and the probability of pain.

5. Cancer Issues

CBD, in general, has improved health and reduced the probability of cancer cells multiplying in the body. Unfortunately, many dogs face cancer at later points in their lives—dogs undergoing treatment face many health challenges. CBD reduces the growth of tumors in the body. It also increases the sensitivity of cancer cells which allows other treatments to have more effect. CBD oil can help kill cancer cells by blocking their production while also reducing cancer-related pain.

6. Anxiety

Anxiety can manifest itself in various ways in dogs, such as fear, aggression, separation, etc. CBD has a natural ability to reduce anxiety and relax the body. CBD has been effective with anxiety concerns by regulating serotonin levels in humans and dogs.

7. Safety Concerns

CBD is safe for dogs. Organic CBD does not tamper with the psychological structure of dogs and does not produce any psychoactive effects. CBD is free from THC and only acts on the body to regulate its functions. CBD does not harm dogs in any way. The only visible effect CBD can have is increased sleep patterns.

8. Allergies

Dogs are also prone to skin allergies and conditions. CBD helps promote the growth of new skin cells and helps prevent dry and itchy skin. It is advantageous because the endocannabinoid system affects the skin, and CBD helps keep the skin moist and healthy. CBD can be used both internally or externally on dogs to tackle skin conditions.

9. Pain

The most common use of CBD is pain relief. CBD is a natural product that alleviates all types of pain from joint aches, general body pain, muscular fatigue, and soreness. CBD binds itself to receptors in the brain and changes how a dog’s system reacts to pain. This change also helps to deal with nausea and sleepiness.

10. Activity

By relaxing the body and decreasing stress, anxiety, and aggression, CBD improves health and keeps dogs active. It acts as a mood booster by regulating bodily functions and promoting a healthy system. A healthier dog is always a happier dog. CBD helps keep dogs active by maintaining a state of balance and controlling situations of stress or pain.

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Conclusion

Evidence clearly shows how beneficial CBD is for dogs. Numerous dog owners prefer using CBD oil over other medical treatments due to its organic and natural tendency to relieve ailments.

It keeps the body healthy while preventing conditions that dogs are generally prone to experiencing. It is necessary to consult a vet to understand your dog’s needs and requirements before giving them CBD oil as different dogs have different conditions. It’s critical to administer the correct type of oil with the required dosage so that the effects are long-lasting and visible. CBD has proved to be a natural alternative to keeping dogs healthy and happy.

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]]> https://valheart.com/10-purposes-of-organic-cbd-oil-for-dogs/feed/ 0 Crate Training Tips: A Definitive Look At Crates & Harnesses https://valheart.com/crate-training-tips-definitive-look-crates-harnesses/ https://valheart.com/crate-training-tips-definitive-look-crates-harnesses/#respond Wed, 16 Jun 2021 16:21:31 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=41209 Guest Post courtesy of Amber Kingsley. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communications Enterprises Inc. 

As dog lovers, we all know the importance of training (for example, crate training), especially when it comes to housebreaking and basic obedience. Pet experts and veterinarians agree when it comes to the necessity of putting dogs on a regular schedule along with proper diet and exercise routines. But when the subject of certain training techniques comes into question, sometimes opinions are split on two popular practices, the use of crate training and harnesses.

When it comes to this controversial disagreement, why do some animal activists conspire to end crate training altogether? Organizations like PETA, condemn this practice because they think that caging your critter is the equivalent of putting them in prison. When it comes to canines, they completely dismiss the concept that dogs are natural “den” animals and the vast majority of them feel safe and secure inside these types of temporary confines, the key word being temporary.

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 What Defines a Cage

If you were to Google “pros and cons of crating,” you’ll likely find only one negative aspect, the prison concept as described above. This is where owners leave animals confined for extended periods of time, but that’s on the owner and not the pet. That’s not what these types of carriers are meant to accomplish. When you think about it, they’re really a place for an animal to sleep and relax that happens to come equipped with a convenient door with a latch and a handle on top.

Unfortunately, it appears very cage-esque at first glance.  

Think of it this way, what if your beloved pet has a medical issue that necessitates them to be caged or confined? Even a simple trip to the vet requires you to keep them contained for safety reasons.

Wouldn’t you rather your precious pet be comfortable within this environment rather than having to thrust them inside unexpectedly? Training a dog or cat to be crate-friendly is a relatively simple process.

News flash: it doesn’t mean you have to close and lock the door every time they go inside.

Harnessing a Habit

Harnesses often come under fire for all the wrong reasons too. They’re more adjustable, offer better control and are much more comfortable than traditional collars without the risk of breaking or misaligning their neck.

Again, the controversy usually comes from owners who don’t understand a multi-faceted harness compared to a simple collar. It’s not as difficult as it may seem.

Similar to crates, safely controlling your canine or feline far outweighs any concerns of a perceived notion of confinement. Once again, a quick Google search will find that many pet owners are unnecessarily concerned about restrictions and the aspects of a pet feeling trapped. 

When compared to traditional collars, harnesses don’t choke the animal. You can also clip them to a seatbelt in an automobile which helps them be safer in case of an accident.

If you do decide to try the harness route, be patient.  Get a harness with a front clip on the chest versus clipping the leash to their back.  Which in the case of dogs turns them into sled dogs who can easily drag you down the street!

Hopefully, all of this will put to rest some of the myths and uncertainties some people may have had about the use of these helpful training and safety devices.

Photo courtesy of Shutterstock and Amber Kingsley

 

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]]> https://valheart.com/crate-training-tips-definitive-look-crates-harnesses/feed/ 0 Animal Communication: What Is Your Intuitive Style? https://valheart.com/animal_communication_what_is_your-intuitive_style/ https://valheart.com/animal_communication_what_is_your-intuitive_style/#respond Fri, 04 Jun 2021 21:09:48 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=82173 You want to be able to talk with animals – but how?

Animal communication may come easier to some people than others, but it is an intuitive skill that can be learned.

After all, you were born able to feel energy and send messages to other beings. This ability is your birthright, whether you’ve ever used it consciously or not.

Most people just forget how it works as they grew up.

There are many different ways in which you can communicate with these sentient beings.

Have you seen this?

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This principle also works with animal communication (and yes, pets are people too).

That’s why I teach you to meet the animal where they are…

Because if they’re saying things to you that you can’t hear, that’s your bad. It’s time to make some inner intuitive adjustments.

What does that really mean, to meet with them where they are?

It means to connect with them on their intuitive level, like tuning your radio (if you’re old school like me), or, adjusting your satellite dish so you’re on the same wavelength energetically.

Next, develop ALL your intuitive Signature Styles because their style may not be your primary style, so you need to be versatile… (taught in the Beginning Core Foundations course)

That’s important for animal communication.

Why?

So you better match their frequency. And so you can hear, feel, sense and see what they are thinking, feeling and sending you.

Otherwise?

Messages go right over your head and you’ll miss them entirely, sitting there wondering why they’re not talking to you, feeling all frustrated…

Thinking you can’t communicate, or they don’t wanna talk to you, when that’s simply not true at all.

And that’s just sad.

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Let’s unpack that a little bit more so you can better understand how animal communication works.

For example, let’s say you’re clairvoyant (you can see pictures in your mind’s eye) but not very  clairaudient or claircognizant or clairsentient.

You send an image or video of what you want your pet to do, like use their litter box or bring you a specific toy or stand still.

But your pet is more clairsentient (they resonate with information at a deep visceral level not a mental one).

That means they missed seeing the image you sent, and instead are trying to feel and make sense of your energy. They are aware of your deeper feelings, attitudes and beliefs. They know something is going on with you, but the message is unclear, muddled, murky.

For you? Your head is so full of thoughts you can’t hear their voice if they speak to you. And your bodymind is closed off, full of too many emotions you’ve not healed yet, so you cannot receive or sort out their messages with any clarity.

See what I mean?

What if instead, you send the visual images, feel the feelings that go with the message, and, speak the words about the story out loud and in your head? All together, like that.

And you keep your mental monitor turned on, your mind quiet so you can hear them in your head, and your body tuned in and connected, heart to heart, mind to mind.

You’re now aligned, congruent, in harmony and flow with them.

Voila!

Messages come through like magic, easy and effortlessly.

The key is to get out of your head, into your heart, clear your energy field, transform your emotions, so you can grow all your intuitive abilities and yes…

Learn How to Talk with AnimalsMeet them where they are.

That’s exactly what I taught Platinum Club Members in our last Masterclass on Soul Repair and Spirit Healing for Pets and People.

Together we help make the world a better, happier, healthier place for all of us.

When you join us in the BEST Online Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club, don’t expect the “usual” community experience.

Expect more.

Take your animal communication and intuitive skills to new levels.

See you on The Heart School of Animal Communication® Campus!

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]]> https://valheart.com/animal_communication_what_is_your-intuitive_style/feed/ 0 4 Communication Styles to Listen With Your Heart, Not Your Mind https://valheart.com/4-communication-styles-to-listen-with-your-heart-not-your-mind/ https://valheart.com/4-communication-styles-to-listen-with-your-heart-not-your-mind/#respond Fri, 04 Jun 2021 20:29:20 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=82328 4 Communication Styles to Listen With Your Heart, Not Your Mind

There are many different communication styles you can use to communicate with both pets and humans.

Everything that I’ve learned about talking with humans I learned from communicating with animals.

Animal communication and human communication are more similar than you think, and it may surprise you to find out that you can use both human and animal communication styles interchangeably.

Here’s What You Need to Know About Communication Styles

Have you noticed that people often aren’t genuinely listening anymore?

Consider Heart Wisdom Nugget #1: Listen With Your Intuitive Heart, Not Your Mind.

We are too busy thinking about what we want to say and wishing the other person will hurry up and stop talking so that we get our chance to talk.

Many people also tend to react or feel triggered and upset by what the other person is saying.

You know it’s true!

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We spend most of our attention in a conversation formulating our responses before the other person has even stopped talking. We become lost in our heads, trapped in the inner clutter of our thoughts, betrayed by our feelings or overwhelmed by our other emotions, stuffed chock full of our internal chaos.

Not a very effective communication style, wouldn’t you agree?

It’s time to declutter and re-organize our inner space for greater understanding, harmony, peace, and health.

You Need to Listen to Animals, Too!

The truth is, animals hate it when we aren’t truly listening to them. They feel disrespected, overruled, ignored, and unimportant.

When this happens, they withdraw in their anger, suppressed and depressed.

Is it any wonder they act out or get sick? If you’ve ever tried to express your heart and mind to someone who treated you that way, you know exactly how it feels.

The key to animal communication is listening to them and understanding why they may feel the way they do.

So what could you do differently for greater understanding and communion in the conversation? How can you use different communication styles to connect mind to mind, heart to heart?

4 Communication Styles to Help You Communicate With Animals

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There are different layers of listening that go along with the four different styles of intuitive abilities.

I call them Signature Intuitive Styles. (Students learn how to access and develop them in the Beginning Core Foundations Course)

They are:

  1. Clairvoyance: Being able to visualize information using your mental “third eye” monitor through impressions, internal videos, images and colors
  2. Clairaudience: Being able to hear something not audibly with your ears, like hearing a voice in your head that’s not your usual mental chatter
  3. Clairsentience: Being able to feel and receive energetic messages in your body at a visceral level, through a largely unconscious connection where the information isn’t filtered or processed through your mind initially
  4. Claircognizance: Being able to know something with a deep and/or broad level of understanding without knowing how you know that, like intuitively downloading the entire blueprint for a car engine’s dynamics, or where the break in a system is located.

We all have intuition. If you’ve begun developing and working with yours, then take a moment to consider which intuitive style is your best gift? Which is your worst or least used? What’s your “go to” ability?

Your goal is to become fluent in all these communication styles because it’s essential to meet animals and people where they are.

If they’re clairvoyant and you’re clairsentient, you’ll miss 90% of the information and will struggle to understand each other.

It’s a little like tuning a radio dial. If you’re not on the same channel, you won’t understand each other clearly. You might just get a lot of static or nothingness, and then you feel blocked or stuck.

TIP: Consider the difference between physical listening versus subtle listening.

Physical Listening vs. Subtle Listening

Physical listening is more about body language. It can look like facing the speaker, maintaining soft focus eye contact (or looking away), matching your breath with theirs, or mirroring their body language.

Try this: Open your arms with your hands in a relaxed position instead of hugging your chest with your arms or having a tight fist which are defensive postures. It feels different, doesn’t it?

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Subtle intuitive listening is more about observing the energy, the flow (or lack thereof), the underlying emotion beneath the words or body language. It is the unspoken or messages between the words.

The Importance of Non-Verbal Communication

Research has shown that approximately 90% of all communication is non-verbal. That’s true of the written word as well as the spoken word.

Notice the intention behind the communication, both yours as the listener or receiver, and theirs as the speaker or sender, and vice versa when you trade roles. Tune in and activate your intuition.

When you do, red warning bullshit flags offered from your Inner Guidance or your intuitive subconscious can alert you when the speaker is untrustworthy, is out of alignment, or is not telling you the whole truth.

Warning flags can also tell you when something is wrong, incongruent, out of integrity, when you’re in danger, or when someone isn’t trustworthy.

Your intuition also tells you when you receive insights, needed information, when you are loved, respected, and when you are safe.

There are more levels and layers to discover and activate, as you’ll find when you practice listening with your whole heart and active intuitive senses.

The bottom line is, the better use you make of all your senses – including your intuitive senses – the better person and communicator you’ll become. You’ll also improve your animal communication abilities as well.

What will you discover by listening at the deeper, consciously awakened levels? Give it a try and report back.

Thank you for loving and caring about – and talking to – animals.

Together we help make the world a better, happier, healthier place for all of us.

And that is worth talking about!

Click here to learn the three fundamental principles of animal communication.

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!

Want to Learn More About Your Intuitive Communication Styles?

Let me help you improve your animal communication skills so that you can open up to animals, communicate with them, and welcome new pets into your home. Through animal communication, you can tap into your pets’ experiences and grow a closer soul connection with them.

I am called the Real Dr. Doolittle, Founder of The Heart School of Animal Communication® & the BEST Online Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club ®.

Get your free ebook, Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Pets HERE.

If you’d prefer personal coaching: Choose the consulting plan that fits your needs – animal communication, problem-solving, healing, or intuitive guidance.

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]]> https://valheart.com/4-communication-styles-to-listen-with-your-heart-not-your-mind/feed/ 0 Learn to Talk with Animals: Val Heart on the JJ Flizanes Podcast! https://valheart.com/learn-to-talk-with-animals-val-heart-on-the-jj-flizanes-podcast/ https://valheart.com/learn-to-talk-with-animals-val-heart-on-the-jj-flizanes-podcast/#respond Thu, 27 May 2021 17:20:38 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=81865 Have you ever wondered how animal communication works, or wished you could see a LIVE demonstration of how talking with animals works?

Do you want to learn how to talk with animals too?

Ever struggled to solve a difficult behavior problem with your pet?

Here you go!

That’s exactly what we did when I sat down with Empowerment Strategist and Amazon best-selling author JJ Flizanes on her Spirit, Purpose & Energy Podcast Show.

You’ll hear about my amazing journey to becoming the Real Dr Doolittle, Animal Communicator to the Stars.

Listen in as I talk with animals LIVE!

JJ’s cat had the most perplexing and difficult behavior problem and she asked me for my help. I didn’t hold anything back, so this is your chance to listen in to find out how I did that on her Spirit, Purpose & Energy podcast show.

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Listen to our fascinating Talk With Animals conversation as we discussed:

What caused me to initially became an animal communicator, and what the journey has been like.

How to talk with animals using the 4 “clairs” – clairvoyance, clairaudience, claircognizance and clairsentience.

The 3 Easy Steps in sending a message to an animal.

Then, listen in as I worked with JJ and Domino her cat LIVE to solve a perplexing and difficult behavior problem on the spot.

Disclosure: I had never communicated with Domino before this, and it was my first time to talk with JJ too. In fact, as you’ll hear, I didn’t know anything about the problem they were struggling with beforehand. After the Show, JJ told me that Domino’s behavior had changed for the better with much improvement. It was clear Domino was doing her best to follow through on the requested changes as we’d discussed when we talked with her.

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Would you like to learn to talk with animals so you can help solve problems like this one?

If being an animal communicator interests you too, here’s what to do:

1) Get your basics down first so you know how to talk with animals

Start with our Beginning Core Foundations Course and begin your learning journey.

2) Practice to improve your skills, confidence and accuracy

The Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club was created for you!

The only way to improve your intuitive abilities is by practicing in a safe community with expert guidance. Moreover, as a Club member you will practice and improve your confidence. You’ll improve your accuracy along with developing your intuition, connecting with community for support. Subsequently, you’ll have many wonderful opportunities to talk to a wide variety of animals so you can get proper feedback.

There are two levels of membership to choose from.

Gold membership is for students who want live guidance in the monthly Live Q&A calls.

Most of our “go pro” students are Elite Platinum Members. They get the entire Heart Wisdom Masterclass series and opportunities to be coached by me one on one, as well as Live Q&A monthly calls, and ongoing training.

3) Advance your skills to a mastery level so you know how to handle anything you encounter

The Advanced Animal Talk Mastery course will teach you how to apply your communication skills in more advanced animal situations.

A year or so from right now, you could be celebrating how many people and pets you’ve helped! After all, wouldn’t it be great to feel their gratitude for changing their lives for the better?

Or, you could simply enjoy communicating with your animals and have a great time. After all, ANYONE who loves animals can learn to speak with them!

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!


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]]> https://valheart.com/learn-to-talk-with-animals-val-heart-on-the-jj-flizanes-podcast/feed/ 0 The Importance of Clearing Your Mind to Communicate With Animals https://valheart.com/the-importance-of-clearing-your-mind-to-communicate-with-animals/ https://valheart.com/the-importance-of-clearing-your-mind-to-communicate-with-animals/#respond Wed, 26 May 2021 22:45:10 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=82119 Clearing your mind is no easy task, especially if you’re the type of busy minded person who tends to ruminate and overthink things.

And when it comes to animal communication, an unclear mind can severely hinder your ability to communicate with them.

Did you know that as many as 90% of the thoughts you think are “reruns” of thoughts you’ve already had before?

When you try to communicate with animals, you are making the effort to hear their thoughts, feel their feelings, tap into their experiences.

One of your goals is to experience a quiet, peaceful, open, attuned mind so you can receive the information accurately.

But a quiet still mind can seem impossible to achieve at times. Here’s why, and what to do about it.

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Why You Struggle With Clearing Your Mind

If you are overly full of your thoughts, then other beings’ thoughts can’t get in easily. You are suffering from mental clutter, confusion and the dreaded affliction of the Busy Mind Syndrome.

But there is a way to easily and heartfully watch the changing images and listen to the endless flow of inner voices without becoming involved with them.

Here’s one of the most important things you should know when it comes to clearing your mind: Thoughts have little power over you unless you give it to them.

Your real source of balance and clarity lies in remembering that you are more than the chatter you hear in your head.

You Are Not Your Thoughts

When you realize you are more than just the thoughts in your head, you also start to realize that you are also the presence of mind that knows these thoughts and the space of awareness in which all these many thoughts coalesce and dissolve.

When we hold our thoughts lightly like wispy cloud formations dancing in the deep clear sky of mind, we can see through them to the creative intelligence that underlies and sustains them.

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With mindfulness and a compassionate, gentle, patient smile, you can choose which thoughts or voices to follow and which to let pass by.

IMPORTANT: Don’t take any of your inner monkey mind chatter voices too seriously. Don’t try too hard, you’ll only block yourself. And, don’t be judgmental of your efforts. You are learning, mistakes are normal and how you discover what works and what doesn’t.

Learning How to Clear Your Mind

Learn to sit quietly in the babbling brook of your mind, resting like a rock in the stream. Do not try to stop your thinking. The harder you try, the worse it will get, and then you’ll be off chasing thoughts again.

Let them stop by themselves.

If something comes into your mind, let it go in and let it go out. It will not stay long if you don’t engage with it. It’s like observing an ever evolving kaleidoscope of changing mental scenery.

When you try to stop your thinking, it means it bothers you. Do not be bothered by anything. Just notice what comes up, observe and witness your thoughts but don’t hook onto them or feed them.

It may appear that a thought came from outside your mind, but actually, it is only the waves of your mind. If they don’t bother you, gradually they will become calmer and calmer.

Many sensations will come and go, many thoughts and images arise, but they are just waves from your mind.

If you leave your mind as it is, it will become calm. This mind is called the Big Mind.

Got it? Let’s give this a go so you can experience it.

Practice Clearing Your Mind By Using This Exercise

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Begin by sitting quietly. Focus your attention with mindful breathing.

Build the strength and continuity of your attention by breathing your mindful awareness into this moment. Let it continue as an unbroken stream of awareness into this next moment and the next.

Each moment and each breath, stay fully focused and mindfully present. Focus on the stream of your thoughts. Notice when a thought is a memory of the past.

Notice when a thought is a fantasy of the future. Then return your attention to the flow of breath.

Notice when a thought is the present. Be Aware: Don’t hitch a ride on any of your thoughts!

Notice the excursions of your mind into memories and future fantasies. View your thoughts as clouds floating through the sky of your mind, or maybe different taxicabs racing here and there in the city of the mind.

Let them come and go as a neutral witness observer.

After a few minutes, reflect to yourself: has my attention been drawn more to memories of the past, to fantasies or plans for the future, or balanced more in the present?

The KEY is to become fully present with the desire to learn, to BE without judgment or criticism, and to notice the world within and around you.

Practice this daily, and you’ll discover your powers of mindfulness will grow, and you’ll gain more insight into how your mind and beingness works.

Understanding Your Thought Patterns Opens Up Your Mind for Animal Communication

Understanding more about your patterns of attention opens up new areas of connection in both the micro and macro worlds around you.

Knowing more about what’s yours and what’s not yours is the critical piece in knowing when you’re receiving communication from other beings. Clearing your mind allows you to know and understand who you are, which opens the path for you to communicate with animals.

You are a spiritual being having a human experience, exactly as are the animals and other beings spiritual beings having animal (or other embodied) experiences.

How do you feel now?

Comment below and let me know what just changed for you.

Need Help Clearing Your Mind?

Let me help you clear your mind so that you can communicate with animals, hear their thoughts, feel their feelings, tap into their experiences and grow a closer soul connection with your companion.

I am called the Real Dr. Doolittle, Founder of The Heart School of Animal Communication® & the BEST Online Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club.

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!


If you’d prefer personal coaching: Choose the consulting plan that fits your needs – animal communication, problem-solving, healing, or intuitive guidance.

For more helpful tips on focusing and clearing your mind, click here.

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Is My Dog Happy? Here’s How to Know For Sure
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]]> https://valheart.com/the-importance-of-clearing-your-mind-to-communicate-with-animals/feed/ 0 How I Use Animal Communication to Heal Back Injuries in Dogs https://valheart.com/animal-communication-to-heal-back-injuries-in-dogs/ https://valheart.com/animal-communication-to-heal-back-injuries-in-dogs/#respond Sat, 15 May 2021 02:13:59 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=82060 How I Used Animal Communication to Heal Teddy the Dog’s Injuries

Back injuries in dogs can make us feel sad, emotional, and even helpless. If you’ve ever witnessed your dog suffering through an injury like this, you know what I’m talking about.

In fact, it’s darned painful to see a pet go through any kind of health problem. But sometimes, an injury can have a silver lining. Here’s Teddy’s extraordinary story.

The Story of Teddy’s Back Injury

Out of the blue, Shari’s 18-month-old English Sheepdog Teddy couldn’t lift his head. He was playful the day before, but then? He was barely able to stand, his hind end kept collapsing out from under him, and he could hardly get around at all.

The first specialist Shari saw said he needed a hip replacement, which Shari couldn’t afford. Besides the fact that she simply couldn’t believe that was the real problem. Teddy was only a year and a half old! So she sought a second opinion.

The second specialist decided Teddy needed both hips replaced, not just one.

What?!

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The third specialist said there was damage in his low back and hips, and he needed back surgery in addition to getting his hips replaced.

These were all hugely expensive, horribly painful procedures, with no guarantee that they would solve the problem. Even worse, none of the specialists could agree on what was wrong or what to do to fix it.

Shari was at a loss for what to do. Teddy was so young and had been perfectly healthy. Why in the world would he need his hips replaced or spine surgery, or both?

It didn’t make sense. What was really going on here?

How Animal Communication Saved Teddy From Unnecessary Surgery

Shari contacted me in despair, fearing she’d have to put Teddy down soon due to his back injuries. It was breaking her heart to watch him in so much pain.

When I spoke with Teddy, I used animal communication to ask him how he felt and where the pain was coming from.

 

To our astonishment, he said it was his NECK that was hurting him. It turns out that none of the specialists who had examined him had ever even thought to look at his neck!

When I scanned his body (using Intuitive Medical Scanning as I teach in the Heart Wisdom Platinum Club Masterclasses), I found the problem: cervical vertebrae (C5).

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It was fractured.

Because the problem was in his neck, he couldn’t feel or control his hind end very well.

The problem wasn’t ever in his hips or low back.  As is often the case, they were only symptoms of the real issue much higher up in his spine.

Why couldn’t he lift his head?

Because it hurt too much and his neck was unstable, not because of his hips or back. His hips were collapsing because of his neck injury, not the other way around.

Had the surgeons worked on his hind end and low back, he most likely would have been paralyzed and his neck would still have been severely hurt… a frightening situation indeed.

Solving the Mystery of How Teddy Was Injured

Even though I was able to determine where Teddy’s real back injury was coming from, we also needed to know how he got injured.

So, just like I did when I asked him where the pain was coming from, I used animal communication to ask him how it happened.

Teddy told me that he and his best friend were roughhousing and wrestling together. Then she jumped on his shoulders really hard. He felt a pop in his neck. The pain hit him, it radiated out through his entire body, and it got worse and worse until he could barely move.

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When I told Shari what he told me, she remembered them playing and confirmed that yes, in fact, it was right after that when the problem started.

Interestingly enough, Shari also said to me that she was experiencing neck problems of her own.

The Human Animal BodyMind Connection Phenomenon

As an animal psychic, I can connect with animals to find out what is going on in their minds and bodies.

One of the fascinating things I often see is that when one (the pet or person) is injured, sick, or acting out, that the other (pet or person) has a matching problem or pattern.

I call this mirroring effect the Human Animal BodyMind Connection Phenomenon.

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It didn’t surprise me when Shari exclaimed that she also had an injury in her neck, at that same vertebrae! In fact, she had been disabled because of it and lived with excruciating pain every day because of it.

With this connection at work, Shari and Teddy were mirroring each other energetically and physically.

That means that the Heart Wisdom healing work I did next needed to be for both of them.

After their session, Shari reported with delight that within just a few minutes Teddy had gotten up, was able to lift his head, and started walking more normally.

She also reported that her neck felt a lot better than it had in a long time.

After only three healing sessions, Teddy returned to his loveable, active, adorable, happy self.

Shari felt great too!

I’m delighted to report that they both went on to make a full recovery.

Healing mission accomplished!

Would You Like Healing For Your Pet?

Do you need help healing a back injury or any other type of animal injury? Get a session with me HERE.

Let me use animal communication to heal your pet and also help you grow a closer soul connection with your companion.

I am the Real Dr. Doolittle, Founder of The Heart School of Animal Communication® & the BEST Online Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club.

Click and choose the consulting plan that fits your needs – animal communication, problem-solving, healing, or intuitive guidance.

Have you ever struggled with healing a back injury in your pet? Be sure to leave your comment below!

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]]> https://valheart.com/animal-communication-to-heal-back-injuries-in-dogs/feed/ 0 How Animal Communication Helped a Doctor Heal https://valheart.com/how-animal-communication-helped-a-doctor-heal/ https://valheart.com/how-animal-communication-helped-a-doctor-heal/#respond Sat, 15 May 2021 01:43:28 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=82004 How Animal Communication Helped Dr. Joey and His Companions Heal

Has the death of one of your animal companions ever lead to the rest of your pets behaving badly, falling into depression, or your losing control?

Well, you’re not alone. A lot of people feel this way. Here is one of their stories about how a doctor found healing relief along with better behaved dogs.

When Dr. Joey Lost His Forever Pet Soulmate

Imagine for a moment that you are a doctor. You have a thriving medical practice in South Padre Island, Texas, USA, you care deeply about your patients. You genuinely love your work, helping people feel better.

You’re single and have four dogs at home who are your best friends.

One of your dogs is so close to you that you swear she is your forever pet. You feel as though she is your soulmate. You are bonded at the heart and mind at such a deep level; she’s your angel on earth.

Then, tragedy strikes as your forever dog dies.

Your heart breaks, shattering into a million pieces. The grief is so intense that your world implodes, becoming a dark, heavy, and very painful place to exist.

Despite the agony in your soul, you somehow manage to keep going.

After all, you have three other dogs to care for and a busy practice filled with patients who need you.

But, to your dismay, the remaining three dogs become unruly and completely out of control. They start fighting amongst themselves. Instead of being sweet and friendly like before, they are now aggressive with strangers and other dogs.

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Instead of escorting you on your daily walks, they attack every little thing and are running you ragged, dragging you down the street.

Everything seems to be falling apart. No matter what you do, they don’t listen to you, and you feel helpless and out of control. Instead of a welcome sanctuary, the place you go to for comfort, rest, and love, you dread going home.

 

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It’s a nightmare situation… What do you do?

Then, on top of everything, you discover that you have bone marrow cancer.

The world tilts off its axis, and you fall into a more profound, darker depression, struggling to hold things together.

One day a friend tells you to contact an animal psychic – someone who knows animal communication and healing, and who can help you find out what’s going wrong with your dogs.

So you do, even though you don’t expect much good to come of it. But this person comes highly recommended, so despite your misgivings, you decide to give her a chance.

That’s where I entered the picture.

 

How Hiring an Animal Psychic Solved All of Dr. Joey’s Dog Behavior Problems

Communicating with the dogs heart to heart, mind to mind, revealed the stress, confusion, and other underlying problems that they had been valiantly trying to figure out how to handle all by themselves.

Like their beloved dad, they were also grieving, perplexed, and feeling like their person didn’t love them anymore. They were lonely, sad, and lost.

Just a short time later, with my help, they were all once again well-behaved, settled, confident, and happy. Dr. Joey began to feel better too as he found peace and closure with the loss of his forever dog.

He began practicing my simple, no-nonsense rules with the dogs, and they started communicating better with each other on a daily basis.

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Animal Communication Changed Dr. Joey’s Life

Just a few months later, I got this wonderful note from Dr. Joey:

My Bone Marrow Cancer Is Gone!

“Yesterday was the one-year anniversary of my forever pet, Satin’s passing. I have successfully moved my clinic this summer. AND my health has received a Miracle! NO more cancer of the bone marrow! My dogs, Duchess, Zoey, and Zena are all doing fine. I cannot tell you how much you have changed my life and my dogs and how I have become alpha once again. Thank You!” ~ Dr. Joey Laske, South Padre Island, Texas

Wow, right?

 

I’m Not Just an Animal Psychic… I’m a Soul Healer for Pets and People.

What you may not know is that I don’t just work with animals.

Learn How to Talk with AnimalsCalled The Real Dr Doolittle, I’m also a Professional Pet Problem Solver, the leading Spirit and Soul Healer for Pets and People, and the world’s best Heart Wisdom Animal Communicator.

Using the brilliance of The HEART System for Solving Problems with Pets® which I created, I’m highly trained and certified in many alternative healing modalities, I offer medical intuitive scanning, and advanced PaRama level (advanced) BodyTalk System for people and pets.

All of this together accelerates the healing process dramatically at all levels, for people and yes, pets, to guide you through a wide variety of circumstances and situations.

Like happened with Dr. Joey, I guide people to improving their relationships, survive and thrive through breakups or divorce, support them through the pain of death, grief, and loss, so they can live healthier, happier lives.

 

Your Forever Pet May Be Your Messenger

There are many benefits to having pets, and one of them is that they can help humans heal.

Pets often act as messengers to bring their human’s broken, confused, and injured heart into a healing space. That’s when they feel their heart’s wisdom encouraging them to work with me.

Because, at the heart of it all, coaching and healing people and pets is my genius zone.

Take a moment to consider:

  • What is the most pressing challenge or concern you have with your life?
  • What does your forever pet need help with right now?
  • If you could experience a massive breakthrough as Dr. Joey did, would you take action?

Hire an Expert to Help You On Your Path to Animal Communication and Soul Healing

Perhaps it’s time for you to get the help you need too.

Click and choose the consulting plan that fits your needs – communication, problem-solving, healing, and/or intuitive guidance.

I’m here to improve your and your pet’s health and wellness.

Animals have voices, feelings, wisdom, and spirits just like we do. They are messengers. When things are wrong in their world, they need you to listen to them, to honor and respect them, and to learn from them so you can both grow, heal and evolve into your best, healthiest, happiest Self.

And that’s what it’s all about.

“Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open.” – Alexander Graham Bell, Inventor.

Everyone has an innate intuitive sense that they can develop, deepen, expand on, and improve. Being able to speak to animals and heal your soul is not something that you can do alone. It takes expert guidance from like-minded people.

Find out if you have what it takes to be an animal communicator HERE.

Do you have a forever pet? Be sure to leave your comment below!

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!

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Speaking to Animals Changed My Life: The Day a Horse Spoke to Me
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]]> https://valheart.com/how-animal-communication-helped-a-doctor-heal/feed/ 0 Speaking to Animals Changed My Life: The Day a Horse Spoke to Me https://valheart.com/speaking-to-animals-changed-my-life-horse-spoke-to-me/ https://valheart.com/speaking-to-animals-changed-my-life-horse-spoke-to-me/#respond Fri, 30 Apr 2021 23:18:04 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=81973 The Day a Horse Spoke to Me

Speaking to animals has always come naturally to me, but there are still times when my animal communication abilities amaze me.

One day in particular always comes back to me.

It was the day a horse spoke to me.

I realized my true gift of speaking to animals on a cold and rainy January day.

I was standing in a barn with my friend Charlene, holding her Percheron mare. Valkyrie was a gorgeous horse, with a lot of attitude and a big personality.

Charlene is famous for her ability to heal bodies using neuromuscular bodywork with animals and people. And today, she was working on releasing a huge muscle knot wound the size of my fist on Valkyrie’s left hip.

Charlene had no idea how it got there, but it was painful and sore. It had been that way for months and wasn’t shifting no matter what she tried.

And Valkyrie was a bit grumpy and depressed about it all.

As she worked, we discussed the problems that one of Charlene’s dogs Beau (she raised German Shepherds at the time), was getting into, who I had only briefly met when I arrived at the barn that day.

All of a sudden – and to my astonishment…

I heard Valkyrie’s voice in my head clear as a bell.

Valkyrie said, “That crazy dog thinks he’s the boss and is very hardheaded, determined, and opinionated. He thinks he’s smarter than you!”

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My eyes wide, I said to Charlene, “You may think I’m crazy, but Valkyrie just told me that Beau thinks he’s the boss and that he’s hardheaded and opinionated, and he’s smarter than you!”

Charlene looked at me and replied, “Well. that makes sense.”

She thought for a moment and then asked me what Valkyrie thought she should do about it.

Using her Boss Mare confidence, Valkyrie told Charlene (through me) exactly what to do to solve the behavior problems Beau was acting out.

Charlene got a sparkle in her eye and a lift in her spirits as she called Beau over to her. She did what Valkyrie told her, and before you know it, Beau was doing precisely what Charlene wanted him to do and when she asked. Problem solved, easy as that!

We turned back to Valkyrie and thanked her for the help. She nodded her head and nudged Charlene.

So when Charlene went back to work on her hip, she wanted me to ask Valkyrie what happened to her hip. I did and proceeded to have my mind blown even more!

Valkyrie showed me what happened to her hip.

Valkyrie took me inside her memories, and showed me what happened. It was like watching a 3D movie.speaking to animals 2

She was in a dusty area. I could smell the hot caliche dirt and feel the heat of the sun beating down. It was high summer in San Antonio, Texas. Several men were trying to load her into a trailer.

She didn’t like the men, and she didn’t want to get on that trailer.

Angry, Valkyrie lashed out at them. In her head, she was screaming, “No! Not now, not ever, go away and leave me alone!” In the commotion, she managed to bang into a metal gate on her left hind side, which is where the injury came from.

At that point in the story, Valkyrie’s head came down, and her whole body relaxed. As bodyworkers often say, “The issues are in the tissues” because…

Right before our eyes, the knot on her hip melted away as she told her story and released it.

It was one of the most amazing experiences I’ve ever witnessed in all the years I’ve been speaking to animals. I’ll never forget it.

Valkyrie had finally gotten a chance to have what happened to her heard and respected. She shared something that troubled her. She felt understood, and then she was able to release the pain of it and heal.

I thought to myself, how many other animals in pain have been trying to be heard, respected, understood?

How many times have I struggled, trying to be heard, respected, and understood?

Have you?

That day with Valkyrie was a turning point in my life and career.

That was in 1993, and it was the turning point in my life’s story and journey.

Today I’m called the real-life Dr. Doolittle, leading animal communication expert and animal communicator to the stars. I am a bestselling author/co-author of several books. I have been a featured expert on ABC, NBC, Fox News, and People Magazine, My San Antonio, Great Day San Antonio, and many others (you can learn more about me and my story here).

Valkyrie and thousands of other animals like her helped me create the H.E.A.R.T. Wisdom System for Solving Problems with Pets.

You can learn how to do this too!

Here’s the thing that most people don’t know about learning animal communication.

Learn How to Talk with Animals

Speaking to animals teaches us how to better communicate with people too, and that process is a spiritual healing journey to become your best self.

My vision is to help change the world to be a kinder, more loving, compassionate place for all species.

I want ALL animal lovers to know how to communicate with animals and understand that animal communication can help us change our relationships with animals – and the people around us.

Someday soon, I hope people will look back on this time in history and feel sadness and amazement that humans could ever have acted so badly towards animals. They’ll feel astonished that we didn’t know how to communicate with the sentient, living world around us, the beings who share our planet.

Communicating and speaking to animals will become commonplace, an intuitive gift that everyone accesses and uses for the good.

Can you imagine a world like that? That’s the world I want to live in.

I believe animals are angels, teachers, guides, and healers. They are gifts on loan to us from God.

They are in your life for a reason. Like you, they have a purpose.

If you’re struggling with speaking to animals, click here for a mental technique that helps me when I myself am struggling.

 Learning animal communication well requires expert guidance.

All animal lovers can learn how to communicate with animals because, like all our other gifts and talents, everyone has an innate intuitive sense that can be developed, deepened, expanded on, and improved.

Speaking to animals well – confidently and accurately – requires expert guidance. It’s critical to practice with like-minded people as you grow your abilities. When you join us in the BEST Online Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club, you’ll get just that and so much more! I also offer private student coaching to guide you in the right direction through the path of animal communication.

Why is learning how to speak with animals important to you?

Be sure to leave your comment below!

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!

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]]> https://valheart.com/speaking-to-animals-changed-my-life-horse-spoke-to-me/feed/ 0 Communicate With Animals Using These 3 Techniques https://valheart.com/communicate-with-animals-using-these-3-techniques/ https://valheart.com/communicate-with-animals-using-these-3-techniques/#respond Fri, 30 Apr 2021 00:23:58 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=81964 3 Ways to Better Communicate with Animals

The only true way to know if an animal is sad, depressed, lonely, or bored… or if they are in pain, or have a headache… or, the classic, “how do I know if my pet is happy?” is by communicating directly with them.

When you can communicate with pets, it becomes easier to answer these questions and really understand how your pet is doing. Until you do that, you cannot know for sure how they feel or what they think, you can only guess and hope for the best.  As they say, hope isn’t a good strategy if you care about how your animal is feeling and what they need.

Do you know how to communicate with animals? It’s time to learn.

Last time I taught you how to know if your pet is happy.

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Today, let’s answer another question from the Animal Talk Mailbag.

Jocelyne asked, “I would like to be able to communicate better with my two dogs. I would love to talk to them and know that they understand me. And I would love to understand their every need better. How can I do that?”

The short answer is, COMMUNICATE WITH THEM!

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!

First Let’s Review These Important Tips on How to Communicate With Animals

How do you know anything about anyone else until you talk to them and find out what they’re thinking, how they feel, what they need, and whether you understand each other?

You have to communicate with them.

Whether you are a beginning or advanced animal talk student, you may sometimes feel blocked, disconnected, or unclear when trying to communicate with animals.

That’s pretty normal, so don’t let yourself get discouraged or quit trying.  All you need to learn is how to clear your stuck and blocked bits.

How to Clear Your Communication Blocks When You Are Struggling to Communicate With Pets

The first thing to do when you are struggling to communicate with pets is to identify where the problem is and clear it. (Hint: it’s not in them, because any intuitive blocks, stuck spots or limitations are all yours. When you own that, you can correct it…).

The answer to clearing your blocks, stuck spots, or limitations lies in one or more of these four key areas:

Your Intuitive Senses

Your intuitive senses aren’t all active or available, so part of your intuitive “toolkit” is offline just when you need it the most. You’ll learn how to access, grow and develop all your intuitive senses in the Beginning Core Foundations Course.

Your Human Viewpoint

You aren’t meeting them where THEY are because you’re stuck in your narrow human, ego-centric viewpoint. Try becoming one with the animal. The Beginning course teaches this technique too, and it’s the fastest, easiest, most direct method of communication. It’s also one of the most fun to do!

Your Lack of Clarity

You aren’t clear enough yet to receive and interpret their messages properly with minimal misinterpretation or interference.  So when they tell you things, the messages can’t get through your monkey mind chatter, mental roadblocks, or emotional stockpiles. The best thing to do here is get expert coaching and you’ll soon discover how to do this quickly and easily by skipping to the head of the class.

You Are Focusing In the Wrong Way or Place

You were focusing somewhere else, so you completely missed their responses. It’s kind of like when you’re not paying attention properly to driving, and then don’t remember how you got from A to B. You zoned out. Like, you were looking for the color blue and totally missed the reds and greens and yellows and oranges and purples and the rest of the rainbow.

Or, you were expecting to hear their voice in your head, but instead they showed you an image or shared a feeling that you missed entirely because you only had your subtle ears open but not your heart or mental monitor. Listen to the signals your pet is sending you, and make sure you are 100% focused on them in the way they are communicating with you.

Remember that true communication is so much more than words.  It’s energy, with feelings and impressions and concepts, attitudes and beliefs, going way beyond the bounds of normal human conversations.  Expect more when you talk with animals, both of them and of yourself.

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Here Are 3 Ways to Better Communicate With Animals So That You Do NOT Miss Their Messages Ever Again

1. Be open, fully present, and stay connected

2. Be focused and clear with a quiet mind and open heart.

3. Don’t gloss over what you receive.

I’m always amazed at how much information students are glossing over and missing when they communicate with pets.

When I coach students personally, it’s frustrating because the information is right there – dancing at the edge of their awareness. Sometimes students completely dismiss, suppress, or ignore it! That’s like throwing the baby out with the bathwater…

The truth is, you are receiving intuitive information from animals all the time. It’s right under the tip of your nose, at the edge of your conscious awareness.

Pay attention to being open, connected, fully present, and focused. Focus with a quiet your mind, from your heart space

Remember: what you “gloss over” or ignore when animals talk to you is where you get stuck. Like a conversation with your boss or family member, you zoned out.

It’s never a case of not being able to communicate with animals, because you were born knowing how to do this, you’ve only forgotten how.

It’s always a case of missing and glossing over their messages.

Slow Down and Pay Attention

The bottom line is, if you gloss over your intuitive insights and messages, you’ll zone out and block an animal’s messages. Pretty soon, your pet gets tired of trying to talk to you when all you do is blow them off. That sucks.

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Animal communication and intuitive “hits” come through energetic impressions, images, pictures, feelings, concepts, telepathic thoughts, beliefs, compassion, and much more.

Their messages are not always grammatically correct sentences or distinctly unique voices in your head. They will often not match your expectation of how communication should feel or be like, and they may not tell you what you want to know or answer your questions directly, either.

Your animal may not want to talk about what you’re asking them, or they may not like the way you’re asking it, or your attitude behind why you’re asking.

They may have something else that’s way more important to tell you, or be answering a much bigger question that you’re not open to receive yet.  And they may not tell you in words.  Instead it comes through impressions, feelings, images, energy exchanges.

Be sure that what you’re paying attention to is what they want to talk about. Ensure that your mind is not being egocentric and self-centered, which is an essential thing to remember when you communicate with animals.

Animals know things you don’t that can change your life and help you solve problems together.

They can tell you why they do the things they do, why it makes sense to them from their unique viewpoint.

They can tell you when it’s time to transition and what they need to ease the passing.

And they can talk to you from the other side.

Now put it to the test and do it!

Find an animal to practice with (preferably not your own pet because that’s way harder when you’re first learning how to communicate with animals).

If you’re still not convinced of all the benefits of communicating with animals, click here to learn all the great reasons you should begin learning how now.

Grow Your Abilities to Communicate With Animals

Read Before Hiring a Communicator Would you like to have live coaching with me to answer more of your questions or help you take this further?

The Heart School of Animal Communication® will teach you how to communicate with animals.

And as a member of the BEST Online Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club, you can practice communicating and get good feedback to improve your confidence and accuracy by talking with any of our well over 100 animals in the club.

Animals need us, and we need them.

Together we make the world a better place, and to do that, we must be able to speak their language.

There’s a reason they are in your life.

When you join us don’t expect the “usual” experience.  Expect more.

It’s time to take your love of animals and animal communication intuitive skills to new levels.

Because here’s the thing: If you can’t communicate now, you won’t be able to be there for them in the way that they need you to be, or when they most need your help.

See you on Campus!

Be sure to leave your comment below.

 

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4 Easy Steps To Choosing a Name for a Kitten

]]> https://valheart.com/communicate-with-animals-using-these-3-techniques/feed/ 0 Is My Dog Happy? Here’s How to Know For Sure https://valheart.com/is-my-dog-happy-heres-how-to-know-for-sure/ https://valheart.com/is-my-dog-happy-heres-how-to-know-for-sure/#respond Wed, 21 Apr 2021 22:44:30 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=81905 Is My Dog Happy? Here’s How to Know Your Pet’s Happiness

As a professional communicator I get a lot of questions about how pets of all kinds are feeling and what they are thinking including dogs, cats, horses, birds, rabbits, ferrets, and yes, even lizards and snakes and…).

Like this great question from Rosemary: “Is my dog happy?”

How can you know for sure if your dog (or cat or any other pet for that matter) is happy?

You can play the guessing game, watch their body language, give them treats, good food, loving care, affection, shower them with attention…

But you cannot know for sure if they’re happy until you ask them!

Consider different children receiving the same kind of attention and care. Sometimes they may feel happy all the time, and sometimes they don’t, and some kids never feel happy no matter what you do. There’s something missing for them.

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Think about it this way: How do you know anything about anyone until you talk with them directly and find out?

It’s a serious problem that can lead to bad behavior, ill health, and even your furrkid running away from home!

People often underestimate the importance of asking questions when problem solving and connecting with others. But without asking the right questions in the right way and timing, how can you discover what the real problem actually is, and work to find the right solutions together?

 

Is My Dog Happy? Is My Cat Happy? What About My Horse, or Bird, or…? Ask!

Who else could possibly know how your pet feels except them?

What many people struggle with when it comes to gauging pet happiness by asking them questions is just how to ask them questions. They also struggle with actually listening to, receiving and interpreting the signals their pet is sending them.

There are different ways to ask animals questions. Some techniques work better than others depending on your intuitive abilities and skills.

How to Engage in a Conversation With Your Pet to Improve Your Pet’s Happiness

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The ability to engage in a conversation like this depends on your intuitive senses and how active, open and functional they are.

The Heart School of Animal Communication® Beginning Core Foundations Course teaches you what all the basic senses are (both subtle and physical), what the 3 main intuitive senses are, how to use your senses with animal communication to better understand your pet, and, how to grow and develop all of your senses no matter what your primary intuitive sense is.

Once you know how to connect energetically and telepathically at the heart and mind level, get and keep their attention, and the proper way to send messages to animals, the next step is to learn how to receive and interpret their responses accurately.

How to Receive and Interpret Your Pet’s Responses

For today, consider how your dog (or any animal) might respond to the question, “are you happy?”

Clairvoyants

For clairvoyants, pay attention to the kind of images they send back to you. Are the images happy, lighthearted images with loving, content, and joyful feelings and colors? The answer to your question then would be a resounding: “YES, very happy, thank you very much!”

Or are they sending more sad impressions, darker colors with heavy, depressed, or closed-off emotions?

In that case, you guessed it. Your animal is not happy.

Clairaudients

For clairaudients, notice how you hear their voice in your head. How does it feel? How does it sound? Thank about how it is different than your own mental voice. Listen to what they tell you from a neutral witness observer mode from your heart, so you receive a clean, clear message with minimal mental interference.

For instance, they might say:

  • “Yes, mom/dad, I’m happy.”
  • “No, I’m not happy.”
  • “What do you mean? I don’t understand the question.”

Clairsentients

For clairsentients, notice how you feel as you focus on and share the question. Information for you comes through your gut and heart knowing then later is processed by your head.

Consider how does your body respond to theirs when you tune in and connect?

Do you feel love, joy, peace, or contentment deep within your being reflected back to you? A sense of ease?

Or do you feel a sense of agitation, frustration, anxiety, or nervousness?

 

Become One With an Animal

Another technique to gauge pet happiness is the extremely powerful, fastest, most direct communication method: Become One With an Animal (taught in the Beginning Course).

When you are ONE, you’ll have access to many of their thoughts, feelings, sensations, and so much more.

 

Bonus Tip: Ask a Different Question

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If you don’t get much of a response to the question you’re asking, try asking a different question. In this case, asking “Is my pet happy” or “Are you happy” is perhaps too general or broad a question.

Are you asking if your pet is happy with its life? Are they feeling happy because they feel good? Happy when they eat what they want? Are they happy to have you as their person? Happy when the sun shines and they can run around outside?  Happy when you stroke or pat them in a certain way, or, when you leave them alone? Are they happy with their food or new bed? Happy with a sun bath and a nap when you’re away?

Happy with what exactly?

See where I’m going with this? They need more context.

Reframing the question to be more specific becomes the bigger and perhaps better question, resulting in a much more meaningful conversation.

If you’re struggling with communicating with your pet, try using a picture. Click here for tips on how to do that.

Of course, the next question if they say that they are not happy is: “Why? What’s not working for you? Tell me more!”

Your job is to find out what it is and help them fulfill it, so you can both be happy. For that, you’ll need to grow your abilities a bit more.

Got it?

Great!

Using all of these techniques, the next time you ask, “Is my pet happy?” you will have the answers you seek! Put it to the test and do it!

 

Grow Your Abilities to Communicate With Animals

Learn How to Talk with Animals Would you like to have live coaching with me to answer more of your questions or help you take this further?

While you’re learning how to communicate, it’s critically important to practice with like-minded people and have expert guidance. It’s the only way to build your confidence and accuracy and get unstuck and unblocked when needed.

When you join us in the BEST Online Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club, don’t expect the “usual” community experience.

Expect more.

Because here’s the thing: If you can’t communicate well, you won’t be able to be there for them in the way that they need you to be when they need you.

Find out if you have what it takes to become an animal communicator here. For more tips on how to change animal behavior through communication, click here.

We love you and your wise teachers and healers disguised as animals.

Be sure to leave your comment below!

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!


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]]> https://valheart.com/is-my-dog-happy-heres-how-to-know-for-sure/feed/ 0 Communicating With Animals: Student Stories About Animal Talk https://valheart.com/communicating-with-animals-student-stories/ https://valheart.com/communicating-with-animals-student-stories/#respond Wed, 21 Apr 2021 21:00:47 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=81855 What Happened? The Exact Moment My Students Realized They Were Communicating With Animals

Did you know that communicating with animals is more common – and easily doable – than most people think?

Well, it is, and that’s why I decided that today’s post would be a storytime about animal talk. These are a wonderful series of true epiphany stories when my students realized that they really are able to communicate with animals.

Here is Patty’s story about her first time communicating with animals:

“The first time I remember receiving a message from an animal was a couple of years ago when my mare, Willow, injured one of her legs. I wasn’t expecting a response. I just was talking to her as I always did and asked her what happened to her leg. Next, I got the image of her running in the pasture and slipping in the mud, which resulted in the injury. I didn’t think much of it when I first got the image, but it kept coming back into my awareness.

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In a conversation with another animal communicator about Willow shortly afterward, she confirmed that the image was coming from Willow as an answer to my question. I realized that maybe I really could have a two-way conversation with other beings! It really works!”

Isn’t that amazing?

Communicating With Animals Can Happen Just Like That

Here is Angelica’s story about the day she realized she was an animal communicator:

“The other day, I pulled a pair of jeans out of the closet, and my oldest cat gave me a strange meow… I heard myself saying, “You don’t think I should wear these?”

He did the strange meow again and again with the following few pairs that I pulled out. Finally, I pulled out a newer pair, and he did a much sweeter, softer meow and put his head down and closed his eyes.

I could hardly believe I was getting fashion advice from my cat!

Later, at my meeting, a friend told me how nice the jeans looked on me. Confirmation from the Universe!”

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He sounds like a kitty fashionista to me!

Animals know so much more than you think. They are constantly communicating with us.

You might be an animal communicator without even knowing it.

How Kathy Realized She Was An Animal Communicator

Here’s another beautiful story from Kathy:

“I first tried animal talk on my little spoiled rotten chihuahua, Tuffy. As he sat on the ground looking up at me, I told him I was trying to learn how to talk to animals and needed his help.

Would he please tell me something, anything to let me know he knew we were communicating?

He got up and walked away as I heard him say, “That’s just silly.”

I heard that! So I said out loud to him, “I’m NOT being silly!”

He turned around immediately and ran back to me and jumped up on my legs staring at me with big wide eyes as if OMG, you heard me!?!

I got so excited yelling Oh My God, Oh My God!! You could tell we were both in shock. AND to confirm I really did hear him say that, he was the guest pet on one of the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club Q&A Calls and one of the ladies described him perfectly. She said that at the end of the talk, he stated that “Humans are so silly.”

That’s when I knew for sure I could talk to animals, and they could speak to me. I have had many wonderful conversations since then with Tuffy, and he now sits and cocks his head to listen to me when he wants to talk. I love being able to do this.”

Animal Talk Can Be Funny, Too!

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“I tried to connect with the leader of a group of parrots in my backyard. They were all walking in a straight line like you might expect ducks followed by ducklings to do. I was so amused as it looked like a parade of parrots. I asked if there was a leader of the group I could speak with.

Two of them immediately turned around and came towards me right at the same time. They began to peck at each other, and each one said that they were the leader. Arguing back and forth between themselves cracked me up!

I said that was fine and offered to speak to both of them. But, they couldn’t agree, and then all of them flew away.”

 

Have You Ever Had a Moment When You May Have Been Communicating With Animals?

Now, you may have just had an Ah-HA lightbulb moment!

So take a second and think back. Maybe you realized that you’ve also had an experience where your animal was talking to you or when you were communicating with animals.

Every animal lover should know how to communicate with animals (find why here). Learning how to use all your intuitive gifts and skills is more important than ever before because more people are becoming conscious of animal intelligence, sentience, and wisdom.

The intuitive gift of animal communication is your birthright, whether you’ve shut down your abilities or not.

You were born able to feel energy and send messages to other beings.

It’s your primary language.

All you need is the right path for your journey. You are an animal communicator – you may simply just be on the wrong path.

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!

“When the student asks the right questions, the teacher appears.”

If you tried to do it like you think others are doing it and it didn’t work for you, it doesn’t mean you can’t do this. It means you’re simply on the wrong path with the wrong teacher or course or are going about it the wrong way, for YOU.

Everyone engages in animal talk differently – and your path may be completely different than another person’s path.

This isn’t my first rodeo, as they say in Texas. I’ve been working at this, learning, discovering, and practicing communicating with animals since 1992 (you can learn more about my story here!).

I’ve spent a lot of time with animals (over 60 years and counting), educating myself to learn how to hear their voices and then working to build intuitive muscles for animal communication.

You can do this too and with my help. It won’t take you 30+ years of practice to make it happen!

Begin now. You’ll see it’s easier than you may think.

Learn How to Talk with AnimalsFundamentally, there are three paths to discovering how to become an animal communicator.

Which path is your best path?

Choose wisely, because taking the wrong path won’t help you. It will only waste your time, energy, and resources.

Find out which of the three paths is yours. You can also find out what it takes to be an animal communicator here.

Find out if YOU have what it takes. 🙂

Learn more about what we have to offer in The Heart School of Animal Communication® to guide you on this extraordinary journey here.

Have you experienced communicating with an animal yet?

Leave your comment below and tell me your story!

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Did you enjoy this article? Here are some more all about communicating with animals:

How Animal Talk Students Save JoJo the Dog from Dying
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]]> https://valheart.com/communicating-with-animals-student-stories/feed/ 0 How Animal Talk Students Save JoJo the Dog from Dying https://valheart.com/how-animal-talk-students-save-jojo-the-dog-from-dying/ https://valheart.com/how-animal-talk-students-save-jojo-the-dog-from-dying/#respond Tue, 06 Apr 2021 15:36:33 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=81801 Let me tell you the story about JoJo.

She’s a much loved Border Collie who suffered a terrible injury in a bizarre accident…

Border Collies are a herding breed that can be very single-minded. Once they have a task in their heads, even something that seems trivial to us, they can’t be deterred. Many families purchase or adopt Border Collies and don’t anticipate their need for constant activity. They have a need to “herd”, and for mental as well as physical stimulation.

When JoJo met with accidental misadventure, our animal talk and Heart Wisdom healing methods taught in The Heart School of Animal Communication®’s Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Elite Platinum Club came to the rescue to facilitate her road to rapid recovery.

It’s one thing to hear me talk about all my success stories. After all, as The Real Dr. Doolittle, I help all manner of creatures heal from their physical and mental injuries every day.

It’s another thing altogether to have the honor of sharing the success achieved from the wonderful acts of Heart Method communication and healing my Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club students can carry out after learning how to talk with our animal companions.

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 JoJo’s story

One of our Platinum Club Members, Angela, asked The Heart School of Animal Communication® Coaching Club Student Community to rally together to help with an especially difficult situation.

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JoJo had been in a terrible accident, running head first into a tree. While we didn’t learn all the details of her situation, we understood that she was suffering from a severe neck and back injury… She couldn’t walk, couldn’t hold up her head, she simply collapsed.

She was in a great deal of pain. Eating was a challenge with her appetite being virtually non-existent, and she was struggling to control her bowel movements, meaning she required constant attention and assistance for normal daily activities.

Her family was heartbroken. The vet had tried everything and they feared the worst for her. Nobody wants to see their pet suffer, but it’s also incredibly tough to decide to let them go.

The vet advised them that the most humane option was to put her down. Imagine the pain and suffering the family would experience having to euthanize their pet?

But thanks to our Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club Student Angela, AND the rest of our student Club members who banded together to communicate with JoJo along with offering her advanced healing techniques they learned in the Heart Wisdom Masterclasses…

JoJo made a rapid recovery!  The videos of JoJo racing around the yard and navigating turns and stops is heartwarming and a joy to see.

Angela JoJos after animal communication and healing

 

Her report to us warmed all our hearts as we celebrated her return to health.

The healing power of animal communication

We were so thrilled to hear about JoJo’s recovery and the crucial role Angela – and the Heart School of Animal Communication® Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club’s world wide community – had played in her rehabilitation.

The positive energy, support, communication and healing was critical to saving her life and her recovery.

Not only did she survive the massive injuries… she is now thriving.

What a Proud Mamma Bear Moment!

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Through my teachings, my students were able to talk to her, heal her, and transform her life.

JoJo’s family was delighted, and Angela and our participating animal talk students experienced, firsthand, the thrill I always get from engaging from animal communication and Heart Wisdom Healing.

Animals have so much to share with us if we’ll only ask the right questions and then listen to their answers, and educate ourselves properly.

Knowing how to guide the conversations for a successful experience is the key to making a difference in someone’s life.

Would you like to become an Animal Communicator?

Have you felt like you would like to see into an animal’s mind and know their soul?

Have friends described you as empathic or highly sensitive?

Are you clairvoyant, clairaudient, or clairsentient, or think you might be?

Do you love animals and want the best for them?

If you answered yes to any or all of those questions, you’ll love this.

I’ve devoted my life to honing my intuitive senses and sharing that knowledge with people just like you. I’ve embraced skills as a professional animal communicator, and it brings me tremendous joy and fulfillment being the voice for animals.

If you’d like expert personal Elite Healing for you or your pet, start HERE! 

And if you’d like to explore the world of animal talk yourself, join me for one of my online classes and find out if it’s the right path for you. A whole new world is waiting for you just around the corner!

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]]> https://valheart.com/how-animal-talk-students-save-jojo-the-dog-from-dying/feed/ 0 5 Responsibilities For a Professional Animal Communicator https://valheart.com/5-responsibilities-professional-animal-communicator/ https://valheart.com/5-responsibilities-professional-animal-communicator/#respond Mon, 05 Apr 2021 23:08:17 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=81782 If you’re reading this, then you most likely feel it is part of your soul’s calling and purpose to be an animal communicator, either as a professional practitioner or as a hobby.

Perhaps you have a very deep kinship with these beautiful, sentient, feeling beings, who are true to themselves, intelligent, and very wise. Let’s begin by asking some questions…

As an animal communicator:

• Do you wish you could do more for the animals?
• Do you ever feel responsible for an animal in need?
• Do you feel like it’s your job to fix things for both the animals and their caretaker(s)?
• Do you ever feel drained, sad, or depleted after a communication session because of trying so hard to solve the problems to get the desired outcome?
• Do you ever feel discouraged by the results of your sessions?

If you can answer yes to any of these, you are not alone!

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When an animal is not acting like themselves, and is in distress, acting out with bad behaviors or in obvious discomfort even though their family has done everything they can…

When they’ve gotten no good answers or real help with the issues they are struggling with…

The animal’s person will often turn to a professional animal communicator as a last resort.

That’s because the one thing they haven’t tried yet is to find out what the animal is thinking or feeling, or what they need to get better from their own unique viewpoint.

Animals do know how to communicate, and they do it very well. However, because they don’t communicate in the same way as humans, with spoken language, humans often misunderstand, ignore. or entirely miss their questions, needs and desires, feedback and signals.

This can become deeply disheartening to the animal and their family. It results in not knowing what to do to help each other.

As an animal communicator, unless we are qualified as a veterinary professional, it is not our job to diagnose. We don’t have that training, and it’s important that this is understood clearly from the start.

We do, however, have a way of talking with the animals to find out from their perspective what might be happening inside and outside of their bodies. Animals have a wonderful way of sharing energy by showing how they feel, and vibrations of pain or discomfort can be received from telepathic communication with them.

Various energy therapies can be offered through communicators specifically trained in such modalities with great success once the real issues are identified.

Thank goodness for the animal’s guidance and voice!

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Animals know what they need, whether it be on a conscious or a higher soul’s level.

That’s one of the beautiful things about animal communication, a gift actually, and one I am truly grateful for.

To communicate telepathically, and on an energetic level, you must tap into your empathic abilities and use your intuitive senses.

It is not uncommon for a highly sensitive empath to take on a client’s (or animal’s) pain, especially if you don’t know how to release that energy after a session.

Because you want to help so much, you can feel your client’s hurts, confusions, and angers. Therefore you may feel responsible for solving the issues and making everyone happy.

I fell into this mindset and it was horrible!

For such a long time, I felt so alone and overwhelmed.

I thought it was just me and one of my many ‘faults’ for not fixing everyone’s problems and making everyone happy.

But then, one day, we had our monthly Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club Platinum Heart Wisdom Masterclass with Val Heart and my fellow students.

Guess what?

We had the opportunity to talk about this very topic! It was comforting to learn that I was not alone in feeling or thinking this way.

Other students started sharing how they felt about their discouragement and self doubt about doing this wonderful work that we do. They shared how they felt so responsible for their clients (both animal and human) too, and sad when they couldn’t change everything for the better.

Together with Val’s expertise and sharing of her experiences in our conversation, we were able to talk things through. We received guidance to help ourselves and each other evolve and grow.

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It was enlightening and healing on so many levels.

What woke me right up was when I told the group how I felt responsible for my client’s outcome, because there are some that come to me from a space of a last resort.

“My pet is lost! Canyou find them?” they might ask, or “Please! I need your help immediately!”

I would start to feel responsible, and it would hurt so much because I could feel their pain, frustration and desperation.

Val asked me; “Where did you get the notion that you’re responsible for the outcome of everyone and everything? Have you been holding onto this idea for a long time?”

Holy moly! Those words struck a chord of awakening within me!

How can I possibly be responsible for the outcome of another’s journey?

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I realized then that I was actually taking something that didn’t belong to me. It’s not my job to fix anyone, it’s their responsibility.

My eyes opened wide, and we all clearly witnessed just how much pressure I was putting on myself when doing this. Gheesh!!!

That’s when I decided that if I allow myself to stand in my own divine power, remembering my role is in being a conduit of energy and a messaging service as an animal communicator, that then, and only then, can I serve both myself and my clients in the best way possible.

If I keep feeling responsible for everyone and everything, how does that help them (or me)?

I wish to serve and do so in the way that is in the highest and the best for ALL. If I do not allow them to own their piece of their life’s journey and lesson, I am not helping. In fact, I am hindering.

That was a huge ‘aha’ moment.

So, I decided to become accountable and created a helpful list of what I am responsible for – and what I am NOT responsible for – that I could use and refer back to all the time.

It’s a reminder for me. If I ever fall off and go back to this previous internal paradigm, I can get back on track with ease.

This was a real game changer for me. If you ever find yourself experiencing things in this way, you too can know that you are not alone.

There are simple strategies to use, so that you can become the best version of yourself. Share your gifts of communication and servitude to those who need your help and your intuitive gifts.

Here are the 5 Main Responsibilities of an Animal Communicator

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The Bottom Line

Sometimes we don’t know why clients call us in to assist and facilitate a part of their journey. However, we know are called in for a reason. There is something for everyone, including us as animal communicators, to learn, grow and evolve from these experiences.

When we remember who we are and what our job actually is as a conduit of energy as animal communicators, we can then serve ourselves AND our clients in the best way possible.

When we become authentic to this journey, remembering the 5 steps noted above, we can create the space and intention for standing in our power, our worth, and our ability to help, guide, and be there with LOVE.

What is the one best thing we can ever do for our clients?

We can LOVE them with our whole heart and show up fully present, ready to facilitate the conversation. That’s a great place to start solving problems of any kind for anyone.

Thank you for making a difference in the life of animals and their humans!

Author: Marybeth Haines, The Gal Who Speaks With Animals.

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How do these 5 responsibilities resonate with you? Leave your comment below!

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]]> https://valheart.com/5-responsibilities-professional-animal-communicator/feed/ 0 Do You Have a Lame Horse But You’re Not Sure Why? https://valheart.com/do-you-have-a-lame-horse-but-youre-not-sure-why/ https://valheart.com/do-you-have-a-lame-horse-but-youre-not-sure-why/#respond Mon, 29 Mar 2021 22:00:27 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=81815 Are You Trying To Figure Out How To Help Your Horse Recover From Lameness or Injury?

If you look back at the lineage of racehorses, you’ll see a distinguished bloodline.

Thoroughbreds – or “hot bloods” as they’re also known – are fascinating, spirited, and intense. They arrived in America from Great Britain in the late 1700s and are a sought-after breed, known for their vibrant personality and competitive, unsinkable spirit.

Because like most horses everywhere, they’re fiercely competitive and driven, and they’re also prone to injury.

Horses are known for powering through those injuries, even if it means enduring pain, to the point of breakdown.

Like any high-performance athlete, they push their bodies to the limit in competition, and they don’t always pump the brakes after they’ve left the racing circuit.

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Such was the case for Ivan, a retired racehorse who found his way home but became lame suddenly for no known reason.

How do you assess and help a horse recover from injury, especially mystery lameness?

When conventional medicine fails the animal and its owner, it’s wise to turn to animal communication. Horses, like every animal on the plant, have important messages to share… all you have to do is listen.

After all, who else knows how they feel, what happened, and what they need to feel better?

Time to get it straight from the horse’s mouth, so to speak.

Why was Ivan the ex-racehorse in pain?

Ivan was a lovely, sweet-natured, large bay Thoroughbred ex-racehorse.lame horse 3

His owner, Sharon, knew that Ivan was trying to tell her something… but what?

They’d spent so much time together after she rescued him from the butcher block at auction.

She’d retrained him and ridden him for many wonderful years. There was deep mutual love and respect between the two of them.

But suddenly, he began to limp.

Sharon called the vet. But an examination didn’t reveal anything wrong, and Ivan seemed to recover.  So they went on about their work together.

The very next day, Ivan started limping again. Puzzled, Sharon called the vet yet again, who again checked his hoof, did various flexion tests… they did an x-ray…

Nothing.

And Ivan seemed fine, again.

Days passed, and suddenly Ivan couldn’t support weight on his one leg at all. Deeply alarmed, Sharon called me in frustration.

What was she missing? What was the vet missing?

I came to see Ivan and asked for permission to do a Heart Wisdom MRI intuitive scan…using my subtle intuitive sense to go through his entire body using energy.

What can you learn from a Heart Wisdom Intuitive scan?

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Communicating with Ivan heart to heart, mind to mind, he shared how his hoof would hurt sometimes when he stepped “wrong”, but at other times it seemed fine with no pain.

The pain was sharp and stabbing when it hurt. He remembered stepping hard on a rock in pasture when he was playing, but couldn’t recall anything else that might have made his hoof hurt.

That helped us know that 1) there had been an injury, and 2) the rest of his body was probably fine so we didn’t need to worry too much about other areas just yet.

Then, I refocused to find the root of the problem.

Scanning deeper and deeper through the tissue and bones and hoof wall, I could sense some swelling, a bit of inflammation… I kept going. And then?

There it was…

A hairline fracture in one of the coffin bones.

It’s what Ivan was trying to tell Sharon all along.

When the hoof was stressed with weight or working or the surface he was walking (or trotting or running) on, the bone fracture shifted and stretched, threatening to break altogether. When the hoof was relaxed and at ease, the pain was gone.

To be sure, I scanned the rest of the leg, the shoulder, the neck, hips, back to see anything else that might be contributing to the issue. But the rest of his body was sound.

Sharon again called the vet back out, but try as he might, he couldn’t see anything wrong with the hoof with his equipment.

Sadly, Ivan suffered from the pain of that increasingly bad fracture for another three months before the vet finally could find the injury with his machines.

The problem was exactly where he had told us it was.

By that time, the fracture was so extreme it was clearly visible in an x-ray and Ivan was bad lame. He had been suffering all this time, doing his best to perform even though he was hurting.

I was heartbroken that Ivan had to suffer for so long… but Sharon was grateful that I had exposed the problem, and apologized for ever doubting me.

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More than any other domesticated animal, horses will power through the pain. And not necessarily because they’re “pleasers” like a Golden Retriever that wags its tail no matter how bad they feel, or your Siamese cat that purrs even though they are sick.

Horses are hard-wired for survival – to run from the lion no matter how much pain they’re in – and they’ll ignore the signs their body is sending them until they reach the breaking point. They’ll develop arthritis, ulcers, inflammation, and yes, hairline fractures and with no one listening to them. Their only choice is to keep going until they can’t continue.

They do try to tell you when something is wrong. Like Sharon, she intuitively felt Ivan was asking for her help, but like many animal owners she didn’t know how to communicate with him. She wasn’t able to understand his messages on her own.

It’s your job, as their caregiver, to watch for those signs.

If you know your horse is suffering but you can’t identify the root of the problem with conventional medicine, it’s time to talk with them or find someone who can.

Animal communication enriches your relationships

Sharon learned from her experience that having a conversation with Ivan would illuminate her understanding of his struggles so she could partner up and help him feel better.

While horses are among the more stoic creatures, they aren’t the only ones who have information to share with us…

Your cat, dog, parakeet, rabbit, ferret or lizard observe the dynamics in your household and have unique viewpoints with much wisdom to share. They are attuned to the energy in your house, and they pick up signals that might be invisible to you.

Take the time to listen to their input. If you don’t know how to interpret their messages, you can enroll in one of our classes and begin discovering how to communicate with animals yourself.

A lame horse opened the window for Sharon to the wonderful world of communicating with animals… and it changed her life and Ivan’s life for the better.

Is one of your pets displaying abnormal behavior? They are trying to tell you something too.

It’s time to learn how to listen.

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Has your horse communicated with you? Leave a comment below, we’d love to hear about your experience.

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3 Tips for Changing Animal Behavior Through Communication
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]]> https://valheart.com/do-you-have-a-lame-horse-but-youre-not-sure-why/feed/ 0 What You Need to Know About Remote Viewing And Animal Talk https://valheart.com/what-you-need-to-know-about-remote-viewing-and-animal-talk/ https://valheart.com/what-you-need-to-know-about-remote-viewing-and-animal-talk/#respond Mon, 29 Mar 2021 21:07:13 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=81812 One way to improve your intuition, confidence, and accuracy is through the practice of remote viewing. This is especially useful with animal communication work because remote viewing can access other places and times.

In some ways, remote viewing can act as a gateway, allowing us a greater understanding of the animal. It helps us learn what they have experienced that may have led to their distress, upset, or anxiety.

It can even help us get to the root of their bad behavior. Whether it’s using your closet as a bathroom, attacking other dogs at the park, suddenly forgetting how to navigate hurdles in an equestrian ring, or hiding under a rock all day.

Similar to the practice of Astral Projection (out of body experiences), remote viewing can open up another realm of possibilities. It can help us understand and remedy situations for pets and their caretakers.

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Taking your intuition to another level using remote vision

We’ve all experienced those intuitive flashes of insight…

Those moments when our foresight told us what was about to transpire.

Many well-known entrepreneurs and business people such as George Soros, Conrad Hilton, and Thomas Edison, have talked about these moments of illumination.

What if I told you that it was possible to harness that ability?

There are people born with natural psychic ability. I was born with this ability, and I have learned to channel it over time. In doing so I have helped animals – and their owners – overcome fear, anxiety, and dysfunctions of all kinds.

And, remote viewing is a skill you can learn. Once you’ve awakened and activated your intuition and consciousness, you can open up your senses to a whole new world.

There are Two Types of Remote Viewing: Parapsychology and Controlled Remote Viewing

1. Parapsychology Remote Viewing:

Most psychics do this in a free random kind of way, whatever seems to work for them. Their accuracy can be more hit or miss.

For instance, when you partner up with your spirit guide, you can go anywhere including going beyond the boundaries of time and space.

I confess, as a pet psychic using parapsychology approaches is one of the ways I work with animals. However, when I learned Controlled Remote Viewing, my accuracy and confidence skyrocketed.

(For more training on working with your spirit animals, totems, or guides, check out my masterclasses!)

2. Controlled Remote Viewing:

remote viewing 2The other approach is called Controlled Remote Viewing (CRV).

Lyn Buchanan teaches that learning to do this in a laboratory setting with controls and strict protocols is the best method.

In his words, it avoids “waffling, BS, and pumping the client for information” which can often happen with psychic work. It also greatly improves the accuracy, results, and confidence in the work.

CRV only uses “targets” that are concrete in nature and is much more specific and down to earth than the much more generic and less meaningful term, remote viewer.

Once you have mastered the basics of CRV, you would participate in a series of double-blind, independently judged remote viewing trials to test your skills. And that is when your confidence and accuracy in your intuitive abilities can soar!

Remote viewing: the Tasker, the Source, the Conduit

The remote viewing experience can be broken down into three component parts – or “stakeholders” in the process. Each of them has an important role to play.

1. The Tasker

This is the person with a question about a specific place, event, or object.

During the remote viewing session, they must not ask any leading questions in order to not lead the Conduit astray. If this happens, then the viewing could lead to less than desirable or reliable results.

For example, if the Tasker asks the conduit to find the criminal, the treasure, or the bomb, then they have overlaid the task with emotional details. This makes it impossible to keep a clear mind and be open to other possibilities. It gets in the way.

Rather, what the Tasker could say, is that the target is a person, “man-made”, an event, an activity, or is biological.

If the Tasker has fulfilled their role correctly, then the Conduit can discover for themselves what there is to find from a neutral witness mode of observation and report back.

2. The Source

This is an undefined and hotly debated source of the answer.

The Source is usually provided from coordinates or other specifics that can be tracked and identified in other ways.

3. The Conduit

The Conduit brings information from the source to the tasker in as unpolluted and accurate a condition as possible. Providing an eye witness account via mental and physical means.

The tasked site may be hundreds of miles away or years removed into the past or future. As such, the Conduit often finds missing or hidden information that is not readily available from other sources.

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Remote viewing is a learned skill

Everyone has had a moment of prescience. But imagine if you could harness those lightning bolts of understanding to help people and animals?

What if you could turn that electricity into pure knowledge and understanding?

You can try to master remote viewing on your own, or you can join one of our classes and explore the full range of intuitive abilities you might possess that allow you to communicate with animals.

Have you ever had an out of body experience, or done remote viewing? We’d love to hear about it!  Leave a comment below.

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Animal Communication and Telepathy – The Mental Video Technique to Communicate With Animals
Your 4 Step Astral Projection Guide
Exploring Animal Telepathy: How to Send a Powerful Message in 3 Easy Steps

]]> https://valheart.com/what-you-need-to-know-about-remote-viewing-and-animal-talk/feed/ 0 TuffyTiger Taught Me How to Purr – It Was Magical https://valheart.com/tuffytiger-taught-me-how-to-purr-it-was-magical/ https://valheart.com/tuffytiger-taught-me-how-to-purr-it-was-magical/#respond Mon, 22 Mar 2021 22:28:13 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=81794 My Cat TuffyTiger Taught Me How To Purr

Have you ever wondered, “If only animals could talk… boy, the things they could tell us!”

Well they do talk, and yes, the things they tell us are fascinating.

People often ask me what animals are telling me as a professional animal communicator, sometimes eagerly, and sometimes with trepidation…

If you’ve learned to communicate with animals already, then you know there are ways to tap into their wisdom as a source of knowledge and understanding. And once you open an intuitive heart channel, communication and healing of both body, mind and spirit can flow both ways.

Here’s one of the many things I learned from my cat, TuffyTiger.

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Learning how to ‘purr’ teaches you how to work with energy, bless your space, heal, and stay grounded

Have you ever wondered how cats purr?

Science and research haven’t got a clue how they actually do it.

They know what exact frequencies cats purr at, and how beneficial those frequencies are for healing. In fact, there are medical devices available now that use those same frequencies to accelerate healing, like for broken bones, which they learned from cats.

But they don’t know HOW cats purr. Fascinating.

So I was naturally curious…I wanted to dive into a pleasure principle that my cat – TuffyTiger – seemed to enjoy and was so good at.

We started by communicating, heart to heart, mind to mind, like I teach in The Heart School of Animal Communication®.

Then, I asked if she wanted to tell me anything. What was on her mind?  Anything worrying her, or that she thought I should know?

TuffyTiger replied:

Why do humans struggle so?

You are scary with all your tensions, upsets, and illusions…your rush-rush and hurry-hurry energy is so weird and unnatural and unhealthy.

Slow down.

Reconnect with all of life, be centered and grounded.

Spend some time each day purring.

It is good for you and the space around you.

Show affection to those you love and care about.

Take time to play games with them, to explore and connect in a lighthearted way.

Remember to feel the life energies all around you and be at peace.

I thanked her for her profound insight and wisdom, and considered how I could apply her gentle suggestions to improve my life.

After a bit, I noticed that she was purring…

I asked her, “I don’t understand purring…will you teach me how?”

She slow blinked at me…

As we know, when a cat trusts you enough to give you a slow-blink, it’s a true sign of affection and communication.

Then my brilliant Teacher disguised as a tabby cat instructed me to get quiet and lay beside her stretched out on the bed. And so I did.

“Pay attention and follow along, doing exactly what I am doing...” and she demonstrated purring loudly for me.

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Learning how to purr is about learning how to be still, flow and focus

TuffyTiger and I quietly lay side by side, her intense, beautiful green eyes mostly closed.

She said,

Breathe with me, like this…and send energy through your body like this…

What she taught me next was mind-blowing!

She showed me how she opened and closed the energetic and physical gateways in her body, flowing energy with force through the channels inside, until the vibrations were so strong her body hummed and her purr could be felt, the sound heard clearly across the room.

I did my best to imitate her and kept working at it until she said I was starting to get it…

But she said that I should keep practicing… So apparently I made a good start on it that day, and not surprisingly, I still have much to learn about purring.

I have to say, purring felt amazing!

I could feel my body shift, my mind go quiet, and my focus expand. My energy improved, my fatigue dropped away, I felt renewed.

How exhilarating!

By that time we were so connected at the heart and mind and body that I could sense and hear slight noises that before only she could hear with her exquisite ears.  And we both reacted at the exact same time and in the same exact way.

It was so funny!

As I processed what had just happened, I glanced at her the same time she glanced back at me and we smiled at each other.  It felt like we were bonded at the soul level, one spirit, one mind.

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Many times since then, I have been reminded of her words, gentle guidance, and wisdom.

And when I’m gifted with the presence of a purring kitty, I quickly tune in and connect with them, allowing the powerful healing energies to go deep and wide into my body.

Take time to listen and talk with an animal today…to understand their viewpoints.

Be kind.

Be compassionate.

And most of all, use your big heart and keep loving animals.

Pets are often mistaken for creatures that answer only to their stomachs and their instincts. But they’re actually complex, highly intelligent beings with thoughts, feelings, memories, insights, and observations to share.

Consider this: cats only meow at humans, not at other cats. They try to talk to us, and feel sad and frustrated when we don’t understand their messages. They’ll purr when they’re in pain to self-soothe and help heal their own bodies, and to bless their space and share their love with others.

Dogs don’t always bark to sound an alarm. Sometimes, it’s a joyful greeting, or a questioning, or they are calling for help.

Horses will nibble at your arm or nudge you because it’s the only way they can make a connection with you on their terms and get your attention.

Have you ever felt that your pet is trying to tell you something?

That’s because every creature communicates and has a lot to say, for those willing to take the time to listen.

If you would like to learn the art of purring or any other means of animal communication start at The Heart School of Animal Communication®.

You’ll embark on a life changing spiritual journey with the Heart Wisdom Method.

If you need help with your pet or healing, go here to find out more… and your pet may heal you in the process.

Make the rest of your life the best of your life. ~ Dr. Eric Thomas

Do you have a story about purring or kitties or communication with animals? Please leave a comment below.

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]]> https://valheart.com/tuffytiger-taught-me-how-to-purr-it-was-magical/feed/ 0 Healing From Trauma Requires Focus and Training https://valheart.com/healing-from-trauma-requires-focus-and-training/ https://valheart.com/healing-from-trauma-requires-focus-and-training/#respond Tue, 16 Mar 2021 22:40:45 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=81626 Healing from trauma requires focus, guidance and expert training

Are you trying to heal from traumatic wounds, or, “trauma drama”?

Do you feel stuck in the past, reliving old traumatic episodes?  Are you suffering from post traumatic shock syndrome, unable to move forward with your life?

You may now know this, but pets can also suffer from trauma, just like humans.  And, they can also feel and react to your trauma, suffering along with you…

….but often they are not be able to express it in a way you understand so you can both heal, evolve and grow.

There are helpful ways to communicate with the animals about trauma, whether it’s your own trauma or theirs – and some not so helpful ways.

These are specific, uniquely different, powerful healing techniques you can use that will help you and your pet heal, refocus, and move forward in your lives.

You may not feel the truth of this right now… but it is possible to heal even after suffering a great tragic loss, shock, or other devastating traumatic events.  And it works whether they are from your current life or happened in a past life.

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Why learn ‘Trauma Healing and Recovery’ techniques?

There are many different signs of trauma in animals…things that you might mistakenly chalk up to spite, ill-temper, or rebellion.

But if your show horse is suddenly ignoring your commands – despite hours of training – your cat starts using your closet as a toilet – after using the litterbox faithfully for years – or your dog is snarling at people who come to the door and stealing food off the kitchen counter – when they’re normally sweet…

These are signs of trauma. Something is seriously wrong in their world, and without help?  It’ll just get worse.

If these strange and uncharacteristic behaviors are accompanied by obvious symptoms of an illness like kidney failure or an allergic reaction to a new food, for example, consulting a veterinarian is the first thing you should do for your pet.

But your pet doesn’t usually understand or project feelings like spite or vengeance. So if they’re not physically sick, then their changing behavior is a signal of a deeper emotional or mental (or spiritual) problem.

Look past the behavior and get to the root of the problem

I’ve been healing and communicating with animals for over 3 decades, and have understood the joy and pain they experience…

One of the starkest reminders I got was during the devastating 2018 California Camp Fire.

I had clients who’d lost all of their possessions and had witnessed, firsthand, unimaginable scenes of humans and animals suffering.

They had three precious minutes to find their two dogs and cat and escape, fleeing for their lives.

They were all traumatized…understandably.

I was able to guide all of them through the process of grieving their loss, shedding their guilt about having to suddenly and forcibly evacuate their pets without time to explain why… of having to manhandle them into the vehicle.

The sorrow of losing their home and possessions was devastating. And yes, they knew that many others had lost so much more than their possessions because they’d lost their lives and loved ones too.

In their session we worked closely together to heal from the trauma so they could move forward and do what needed to be done.

I answered the questions the animals had, and their concerns.

And they all shifted from feeling terrified, angry, depressed, and unable to cope or focus on the present or future… to being fully present, empowered, feeling love and gratitude.

When they were finally allowed to return to what was left of their home, and they were able to bring their pets back home with them.

And this time, the five of them surveyed the destruction and were all able to talk about it. They found a sense of calm and peace, and purpose.

The animals were able to process losing their territory, empathize with their owners, and their caretakers were able to let go of the guilt and regrets.

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Healing from trauma requires focus

In my classes, I teach many techniques to help you help others – and yourself – by focusing your thoughts and energy.

One of my valued sources of inspiration is The Power of Focusing. It’s an excellent book written by Ann Weiser Cornell that explains the potential for healing we have within ourselves through the power of focus.

She encourages us to seek wisdom and peace through a gentle journey of self-discovery.

Once you have harnessed that power, you can heal.

And you can guide others on the healing journey too, with both the people and animals in your life (if you know how to communicate with animals).

Healing from trauma requires focus and a willingness to keep an open mind and heart, and to ask the right questions, in the right way and time, for best results.

Whether you’ve lost loved ones in a fire, hurricane or flood, suffered injuries in an accident or been hurt by a loved one, remember that your pets are suffering alongside you.

It’s possible to form a deeper bond with your pet that goes beyond them simply obeying your commands…. They need to heal, and want to help heal you too.

When you enroll in our classes, we’ll teach you the techniques necessary to tap into your intuition, the animal’s wisdom, and help you make the most of your healing abilities.

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!

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]]> https://valheart.com/healing-from-trauma-requires-focus-and-training/feed/ 0 Do You Have What It Takes To Be An Animal Communicator? https://valheart.com/do-you-have-what-it-takes-to-be-animal-communicator/ https://valheart.com/do-you-have-what-it-takes-to-be-animal-communicator/#respond Tue, 16 Mar 2021 20:46:15 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=81761 Eddie asked, “Can you tell me what to do to turn pro as an animal communicator?”

You might be wondering, too…

After all, you love animals; you care about their health and well-being. You are interested in learning how to talk with them. You know they have a voice and a rich inner life, and they have messages for we their humans.

Have you considered this?

When you’re good at communicating with animals, maybe the idea of changing careers and making a good living talking with pets could feel very exciting for you!

It was all new and exciting to me when I first started exploring animal communication back in 1992. I’m so very glad I decided to be the one who went for it.

Tens of thousands of animals and the people who love them have been changed, inspired, blessed by the decision I made that day.

But here’s the thing, YOU have a massive advantage over me when I started…

The trail has been blazed, and it’s your turn to walk it!

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You have an advantage because I had no idea anyone else was communicating with animals professionally when I started. Isolated and figuring it out all by myself, I’d never even heard of anyone who could talk to animals.

It certainly wasn’t listed in my high school career counselor chart as an option alongside “nurse” or “teacher” or “doctor” or “lawyer” or…

Even if you insisted you wanted to work with animals in some capacity, your guidance counselor would most likely steer you towards veterinary medicine or assistant, dog trainer, groomer…

Nobody taught me how to be an animal communicator, and there wasn’t anyone around to ask questions either.

I didn’t know anything about limitations and energy blocks or the Human Animal BodyMind Connection phenomenon complications.

Or how to work with clients successfully.

Or how to launch and manage a professional communicator practice.

I certainly didn’t know of anyone who had a full-time business doing this important work either.

It all sounded kinda “out there”…

When I told people that I wanted to talk with animals as my career.  They’d look at me like, “Yep, she’s a crazy pants!”

When I was growing up, the only person who talked to animals was a fictional character – Dr. Doolittle.

The internet barely existed at the time – it certainly wasn’t what it is today. Google didn’t exist, neither did Amazon, YouTube, nor did I have Siri to show me the way.

So, I just did my own thing without worrying about what was right or what was wrong. Heck, there was no right and wrong…it was all new!

I was exploring extraordinary possibilities going into the unknown as a pioneer in a completely new field.

But it felt right, so I just went for it. The animals became my teachers, and I grew more of my intuition and abilities and tried different things to see what happened. .

Some experiments worked beautifully, and some…not so well.

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This is the way to learn from my mistakes so you can be successful as an animal communicator

I’m not perfect and I’m made many mistakes along the way.

But what I’m really good at is finding the lesson in the mistake, the gift in the experience, and choosing how I want to grow from it so I improve.

And improve I have!

I even learned how to teach animal lovers to awaken their Inner Guidance Systems and become an animal communicator. Then I created the Go Pro Program for Successful Animal Communicators to show you how to be successful doing work you love helping animals and being their voice.

I’ve mapped it all out, so you don’t have to do it the hard way as I did.

It hasn’t always been easy; some days were much harder than others. I quit a couple of times, when it just got too difficult, and I felt lost and all alone with no one to help me.

But I couldn’t stay away for long… the animals were calling me for help.

I’ve never regretted my decision to become a professional animal communicator. I was born to do this.

Sort of like where you may be today.

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!

Follow these steps to become an animal communicator

If being an animal communicator interests you too, here’s what to do:

1) Get your basics down first

Start with our Beginning Core Foundations Course and begin your learning journey.

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The Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club was created for you!

The only way to improve your intuitive abilities is by practicing in a safe community with expert guidance. As a Club member you will practice and improve your confidence and accuracy along with developing your intuition, connecting with community for support. You’ll have many wonderful opportunities to talk to a wide variety of animals so you can get proper feedback.

There are two levels of membership to choose from.

Gold membership is for students who want live guidance in the monthly Live Q&A calls.

Most of our “go pro” students are Elite Platinum Members, so they get the entire Heart Wisdom Masterclass series, opportunities to be coached by me one on one, the Live Q&A monthly calls, and ongoing training.

3) Advance your skills to a mastery level so you know how to handle anything you encounter

The Advanced Animal Talk Mastery course will teach you how to apply your communication skills to many different animal situations like:

  • How to handle health problems
  • How to find and soothe pain
  • How to modify behavior and resolve training challenges
  • How to work with groups, domestic and wild animals
  • How to know which questions to ask at the right time and way for the best results
  • How to ease transitions
  • How to reconnect with animals in the afterlife

…and much much more.

4) Time to Go Pro!

When you’re ready and your communication skills are very good, it’s time to launch your practice. The best way to do that is through my Go Pro! Business Building Program for Successful Animal Communicators so you’ll know how to set up your business correctly and avoid making the mistakes that cause so many practitioners to go out of business within just a few years.

You’ll learn:

  • How to attract and manage clients
  • What to charge for your services
  • How to setup premium services to attract great clients who become your raving fans
  • How to market correctly so your ideal clients can find you
  • How to set up your website and social media presence
  • How to manage your finances
  • How to schedule clients so your business works for you
  • …and much, much more

 

Many professional communicators don’t make a very good living doing this because they don’t set up or run their businesses the right way. Their mistakes take them down, and they struggle without help or guidance… until they give up and go back to their day job.

Don’t let that be you!

The professional communicator journey is fun and rewarding, but it isn’t always easy

I have to be honest with you.

The going-professional journey isn’t for the faint at heart or for people who won’t do the work of learning and growing their skills.

But I’m here to tell you that if you love this work as much as I do, it won’t feel like work at all.

It will be a joy, a passion, full of love…and you’ll find that you can’t not do it!

This is a job that you awaken each day eager to go to work, delighted to help more people with their animals, and where you can go to bed at night feeling satisfied that you made a difference in their lives.

A year or so from right now, you could be celebrating how many people and pets you’ve helped and feel their gratitude to you for changing their lives for the better.

Or, you could simply enjoy communicating with your animals and maybe your friends, too, as a hobby, and have a great time doing it.Learn How to Talk with Animals

 

Nothing will happen if you don’t start your journey… it’s time to take the next step on your path.

You can see everything we have to offer in The Heart School of Animal Communication® to guide you on this extraordinary journey – here.

We are looking forward to celebrating your success!

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Did you enjoy this article? Here is some more all about animal communication:

5 Steps to Communicate With Animals Using a Picture
11 of the 27 Brilliant Reasons to Learn Animal Communication
Every Animal Lover Needs to Know How to Talk to Animals

]]> https://valheart.com/do-you-have-what-it-takes-to-be-animal-communicator/feed/ 0 True Animal Connection Comes From Compassionate Communication https://valheart.com/animal-connection-from-compassionate-communication/ https://valheart.com/animal-connection-from-compassionate-communication/#respond Thu, 11 Mar 2021 19:52:55 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=81740 One of my most impactful memories, one that galvanized the belief that I had a special, life-changing gift with animals, – a true animal connection – goes back decades.

I have since embraced the fact that I can communicate with animals, listen to them, learn from them…give them comfort and receive comforting myself.

This particular encounter left me with a profound sense of awe and gratitude…one of my most lasting, memorable animal connections.

The day a baby elephant tried to eat me – sort of…

It was a hot, sunny Texas day, and my parents took me to the petting zoo.

There were goats and chickens, a llama, a pony, and a pig!

And then in the corner, I saw her…

…a beautiful baby elephant as tall as I was.

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Like a moth to a flame, I hurried over until we were eye to eye, her deep brown eyes gazing into my blue eyes.

I heard her sweet voice in my head and felt her emotions and thoughts…I made an animal connection.

But what she told me broke my heart.

She said, “I’m lonely.”

That beautiful little creature was profoundly lonely.

She told me that all the humans crowding around her were so confusing…

She was being touched for hours and hours every day by so many people – adults and children alike.

But none of them could hear her questions and concerns.

She was worried, wondering where her mother was…elephant calves can spend up to five years with their mothers before setting out on their own. I doubt this calf was five…she was on her own too soon.

And she was getting hungry too…was the food inadequate at the petting zoo? Or was she too anxious to eat when she had the chance?

Sigh.

But then she felt my love

When she felt my love and concern and caring and knew I could hear her, she reached out in relief and grabbed my arm in her trunk.

All of a sudden, she grabbed me and stuffed MY WHOLE ARM in her mouth, all the way up to my shoulder!

In the blink of an eye, I found myself standing shoulder-deep in an elephant’s mouth!

Oh my gosh!

One little girl screamed and ran away crying, thinking the elephant was going to eat me.

Others started giggling…

I didn’t care.

I stood there with her, suckling my arm gently, smiling as her eyes danced with joy, and I saw her wonderful sense of humor. She was mischievous, for sure…but also wanted a heart and mind connection with another soul.

Our true animal connection and soul-bonding gave us a sense of camaraderie between species.

She was so relieved to have met a kindred spirit, a sister from another mother, and our hearts were lifted as we loved each other.

I felt amazed!

Touched…

I felt humbled and experienced an upswell of gratitude for my gift

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And I was delighted that I could bring comfort to her that day because I was open to communicating with animals…

I was willing to make a soul connection and listen to her from a deep part of my heart and mind.

We stayed like that for a long time while the other kids chattered and ran around.

She told me about her day, about her mom.

I told her about my life, too. I was struggling emotionally…dealing with feelings of isolation and misunderstanding.

So was she…and amazingly, we had found one another. We enjoyed the bond…

That was until one of the attendants saw what was happening and pulled me away from her.

I didn’t want to go.

She didn’t want to let me go.

The moment touched me deeply and left my arm and sleeve a soggy mess.

I didn’t care.

What are the animals in your life trying to tell you?

I still remember that experience with a sense of awe, joy, and wonder…and delight.

And over the years, I’ve had countless conversations with horses, birds, dogs, cats…and always felt like I learned something about myself while learning about them.

Animals can be healers – and can be healed – through genuine communication.

If you are open to the possibilities, you can be trained to have those deep conversations with your pets or other animals in your life.

That time at the petting zoo made me realize that the beautiful baby elephant left a lifetime animal connection imprint on my heart.

Try to remember these essential things as you embark on your animal communication journey:

Take time to listen and talk with an animal today…to understand their viewpoints.

Awaken your intuition and open your senses.

Be kind.

Be compassionate.

Keep learning from them; they have much to teach you.

When you discover how to communicate with animals yourself in The Heart School of Animal Communication® and join the BEST Online Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club, don’t expect the “usual” community experience.

Expect more.

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!


Take your animal communication skills to new levels.

Because here’s the thing: If you can’t communicate, you won’t be able to be there for your animals in all the ways that they need you to be.

Have you ever experienced a connection so deep it changes you?

I want to hear about it! Please post your story in the comments below

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]]> https://valheart.com/animal-connection-from-compassionate-communication/feed/ 0 4 Easy Steps To Choosing a Name for a Kitten https://valheart.com/4-easy-steps-to-choosing-a-name-for-a-kitten/ https://valheart.com/4-easy-steps-to-choosing-a-name-for-a-kitten/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2021 09:07:22 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=7095 Congratulations on getting a fluffy feline new bundle of joy!

So now you are considering your choices for a name for a kitten…

Despite their reputation as aloof and independent, cats will learn their names and respond to them if they feel right to your kitty. But don’t expect them to be as enthusiastic about it as a dog might be.

It’s true that cats are very independent creatures that don’t require the same training as your golden retriever or basset hound, but they are still sentient beings that form a unique bond with their person and family.

Giving them a good name, and then teaching them to respond to it in a positive way, will help with that bonding…

There are some common misconceptions about what kind of name your cat will want and be happy with

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4 guidelines to consider when choosing names for a kitten…

Whether it’s a glance, a flick of the ear or tail, or even coming to you when they’re called, cats do react to their names when they know and like them. It takes a little more persistence than training your dog to respond to their name, but it can easily be done.

Here are some things to keep in mind when thinking about naming your new furry feline family member:

1. General tips for name choices

Some sources say that the best names for a kitten end in the sound “ee”. They say that kittens and adult cats respond to them more readily, names like:

Smokey, Misty, Pinky, Fluffy.

I can tell you from personal experience, though, cats will respond to a name you reinforce with them, regardless of the sounds, IF they like the name.

It’s recommended that you restrict the name to no more than three syllables.

For instance my cat, Priscilla, knew her name perfectly well and always responded to it. It fit her personality, and in fact, she told me what her name was which helped a great deal.

And it’s also interesting to note that cats seem to like longer vowel sounds, rather than short. So, Marty or Smartie is preferable to Mickey or Smitty.

Having said that, pick a name that is meaningful to you, a name you’ll enjoy saying out loud for at least 10 years, probably many more if you’re lucky.

Put your heart in your voice, because your cat will pick up on the warmth more than anything. And, with the right positive reinforcement training and repetition, your cat will learn to love – and respond to – the name.

Unless you’ve chosen a name they hate or that is derogatory or disrespectful, in which case, all bets are off.

 

2. Once you’ve picked a name, stick with it

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This is the most common mistake people make when naming their cats.

They pick a name like “Mrs. Bottomsworth” because it’s cute, but then some of the family members call her “Mrs. B”, some call her “Bottoms”, some resort to just calling her “Kitten”.

And then they’re perplexed when the cat doesn’t respond to their commands…, er, “requests” really. Kitties don’t really like being commanded about anything.

Language acquisition requires consistency and repetition, for humans and for animals.

So, when a new word is used in different contexts, is it any wonder that your cat doesn’t come when you call or give you their attention when you are seeking them?

It’s one of the best reasons to keep the name short – you’re less likely to abbreviate it and your kitten will learn their name more quickly.

 

3. Use their name wisely

This rule applies to both cats and dogs.

A name should never be used in a harsh tone of voice that implies punishment.

So, when training your cat, saying its name gently, smiling, and with love while you’re having a snuggle on the sofa, and then shouting it angrily at the top of your lungs when they’re on the kitchen counter sends mixed messages.

It’s possible to teach your cat basic commands – down, no, off, stop – and your tone of voice will be a cue to the meaning – but their name should never be part of negative reinforcement.

They will respond to that kind of feedback the same way a dog would. Why would they come running to you when you call their name in an angry voice, and then punish them with more harsh words? I’d run away too if I was them.

However, many cats respond very well to the sharp hissing sound “Pshhst!”, like air being let out of a tire suddenly.

It’s enough to get their attention, you can remove them from the situation, gently – take them down from the kitchen counter or stop them from peeing on your carpet and moving them to their litter box – without using their name as part of the discipline.

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4. Reward your cat for responding to their name

When choosing names for a kitten, remember that, like litter box training, it will require positive reinforcement – and patience for them to learn when and how to respond.

When you first bring your kitten home, spend time cuddling, and playing with them while repeating their name. If they come to you spontaneously, greet them by their name. When feeding them, say their name.

If they come when you call, be sure to have a treat, or be prepared to spend a few moments giving them attention – scratches behind the ears, under their chin, stroking their back – while saying their name in a warm and loving tone.

 

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A cat’s name is important to them

Just like us, cats identify with their names. They understand that it makes them part of your family, and with time and care, they’ll respond to their name just as warmly as your loyal dog.

Choose the name carefully, take the time to train them to answer to it in a positive way, and enjoy the companionship they provide when they feel loved, safe, and valued.

Be sure to ask your cat if they like the name, and listen carefully for their response.

You’ll know when you get the right name because they’ll show you positive affection and attention in a good way when you say it.

If you choose a name and they consistently ignore you and refuse to respond to it no matter what, then you’ve chosen the wrong name. Start over and keep trying until you find what suits them best.

Cats have a great deal to say if you’re willing to listen.

If you’d like to learn how to communicate with your feline family member on a deeper level, visit The Heart School of Animal Communication® and find out how you can take your communication intuitive skills beyond the surface.

And if you’re having trouble with your kitty? Let’s sort that out with a private Animal Healing Problem Solving session so all is well as quickly as possible.

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Want to learn more about cats and kittens? Check out these articles:

5 Ways Cats Show Affection
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]]> https://valheart.com/4-easy-steps-to-choosing-a-name-for-a-kitten/feed/ 1 Adopting Your First Shelter Dog: 4 Tips for a Smooth Homecoming https://valheart.com/adopting-your-first-shelter-dog-customizable-dog-beds/ https://valheart.com/adopting-your-first-shelter-dog-customizable-dog-beds/#respond Thu, 04 Mar 2021 21:11:49 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=81726 The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communication Enterprises Inc. This article was previously published March 4, 2021 and was updated on March 28, 2023.

In the market for a furry forever friend?

There are plenty of excellent reasons why you should consider adopting one from a shelter. In addition to being a better option than patronizing factory-style puppy mills, adopting a rescue dog ensures that you save the innocent life of a loving animal. Contrary to popular belief, many shelter dogs have also already received the necessary training, making it much easier to make them part of your home. Finally, you may even save money by doing so. Many of them have already been vaccinated, spayed/neutered, and even microchipped. One important thing to consider is whether or not you have the space for the dog you’re eyeing, as well as all the custom pet products (like customizable dog beds) that they’ll need to stay healthy and happy. Fur babies tend to take up a lot of room, so you’ll want to be sure that you have enough.

Bringing any new pet home will always present a number of challenges, though, whether you’re a first-time pet parent or one who’s had years of experience. Rescue animals will need to go through a process called “decompression” in order to de-stress from the taxing environment of a shelter and adjust to their new surroundings.

As their new owner, it’s your responsibility to make sure that they’ll be able to go through this experience as smoothly and as comfortably as possible. You can do so in many ways, from establishing positive associations to giving them spaces of their own in the home by furnishing them with their very own customizable dog bed and everything else in between.

To help you get a head start, here’s how to make sure that your new rescue dog feels safe, warm, and welcome in their new digs:

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Ask the Right Questions

Choosing to adopt a dog from an animal shelter is not only a major decision, but it’s a big step that shouldn’t be taken lightly. Even if you’ve fallen in love at first sight with a pup that you think might be your new best friend, there are still many things that you need to consider before you can bring them home with you.

First, think of the logistics. Do you own your place, or are you a renter? If you are renting, you’ll want to read your lease’s fine print.

Check to see if there are any restrictions with regards to the weight or breed of the pets allowed.

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Prepare Your Home for Their Arrival

Before bringing your new furry bundle of joy home, you’ll also want to make sure that it’s safe for them to be there. Potentially hazardous home decorations and toxic substances all need to be put away and out of reach.

It’s also a good idea to make a full sweep of the house for plants that may not be pet-friendly.

To keep your new pet from ingesting anything they shouldn’t, you’ll also want to invest in trash cans with lids and make sure to keep them tightly closed at all times. Other items that your pets should never gain access to include cleaning solutions, electronic cords, lawn care products and tools, and small toys.

It’s also a good idea to designate your new pet’s personal space before they arrive. It should be somewhere that they’ll be able to access freely, but away from noise and excessive activity. Make sure the temperature is at a comfortable level, too. Mark the space with a dog bed, teepee, crate, or pen. You should also leave their toys and other comfort items there.

Give Them Time to Acclimate

On average, it can take a shelter dog between four to six weeks to get used to their new environment. After this, you’ll see them come out of their shell and start to showcase their true personality.

Throughout this time, you’ll have to stay patient and understanding. You simply cannot expect your new fur baby to take to you or your home overnight. You may suffer from a few sleepless nights before they get used to their customizable dog beds, and your new pet may not be perfect.

However, you can rest assured that all of this effort you show them will not go unrewarded. If you give them the chance, your shelter dog will learn to love you unconditionally. Don’t rush the process, and both your family and your new addition will surely be happier for it.

Communicating with them all the along the way will quicken your bonding and accelerate the process of discovering who each other is and what your needs are so you can trust and love each other.

It’s normal to experience some behavior problems in the beginning, but they can easily be sorted out once you know what they are thinking and how they feel.

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Keep Calm and Let Them Come to You

Many of the dogs that come out of animal shelters often have issues when it comes to trusting people. This is especially true if they’ve been abandoned before. Your new rescue pet might exhibit skittish, nervous, or hesitant behavior when you bring them home as a result.

It’s best not to take this personally.

Instead, focus on making your home as calm and soothing as you can while they get used to every new sight, sound, smell, and movement in it. Don’t overdo it with toys and treats and keep your affection measured those first few weeks. Instead, wait for your new fur baby to come to you. This helps build a relationship that’s based on mutual respect, only made better by love and care.

There is a prevalent misconception that bringing a shelter dog home is a difficult and exhausting ordeal. While it’s true that it is no mere walk in the park, though, choosing a rescue dog isn’t really any different from bringing home a new puppy.

Both are huge responsibilities that require your love, patience, and time. So, don’t be scared! Visit your local shelter today and give an abandoned animal a new lease on life. It could very well be that they wind up giving you a new lease on life too!

.Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Dogs – just click on the picture below!

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]]> https://valheart.com/adopting-your-first-shelter-dog-customizable-dog-beds/feed/ 0 New Dental Tips for Your Cat and Dog for Strong Teeth https://valheart.com/new-dental-tips-for-your-cat-and-dog-for-strong-teeth/ https://valheart.com/new-dental-tips-for-your-cat-and-dog-for-strong-teeth/#respond Wed, 24 Feb 2021 21:20:19 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=81678 How do you feel about putting your fingers in your pet’s mouth?

Normally I can safely and happily put my fingers in my horse’s mouth or dog’s but I prize my healthy intact fingers too much to attempt sticking them in a cat’s mouth.

If you happily brush your dog’s or cat’s mouth regularly, congratulations! You’re awesome and your companion’s health is better for it! However, if you’re like many of us, focusing on teeth cleaning isn’t the priority it should be.

For healthy mouths, remember that the right kind of chew bones are a dog’s teeth’s best friend. For more on choosing and introducing the safest and best bones to your feline or canine best friend, see the following article.

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In some cases, raw meaty bones and raw chicken necks for cats aren’t practical or possible for your companion or your lifestyle. I for one don’t love the idea of little Fluffy Kitty hiding under the bed chewing on a raw chicken neck. If I had a heated garage, I might give them a whole Cornish game hen and let them chew and eat it to their heart’s content. But, I don’t. So what’s a furr mother to do?

Lucky for us, there are some marvelous ways of reducing the bacteria that turns to plaque in their mouths.

1) Brushing

Yes, brushing is a great way to get rid of the bacteria and help keep their teeth and gums healthy. Be sure you’re not using a toothpaste with lots of additives like sorbitol or maltodextrin. Here’s some tips from Dr. Karen Becker about introducing toothbrushes to cats that works for puppies and sensitive dogs as well.

 

2) Sprays and additives to drinking water

“Leba III” is a spray that’s been around since 1994 because it works. Check it out here. Here’s another company/product line to check out: Healthy Mouth I like the ingredients for horses and dogs, but I’m concerned about clove in the feline formula. Clove is not a safe oil for felines. Also, with an additive to water, you might not be able to use it with a water filter if you have a water fountain for your cats or dogs.

 

3) Powders

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I recently discovered that one of my favorite companies, In Clover (makers of “Optagest”) has a lovely “BioBrilliant” Dental Health Powder. I just started my cats on a sprinkle yesterday and this morning. So far so good taste-wise. It’s goat milk based with coconut, green tea, papain, Aspergillus, inulin and other herbs. Check it out here.

4) My Favorite Doggy Dental Hygiene Chews

I’m not a big fan of most of the so called dental chews or “greenies” out there because most aren’t made with very good ingredients, AND, I don’t think they work well at all anyway.

Then, I noticed a friend’s dog at the local dog park one day and asked her how she kept her doggo’s teeth so white and clean.  She told me about OraVet.  They have a dog dental chew bone with a special ingredient delmopinal that is excellent at reducing plaque and tartar.

Delmopinol works to form a preventive barrier that blocks bacteria, and the future formation of plaque and calculus (tartar) that builds up over time.  It also helps reduce bad breath, a nice bonus.

So I tried it with my older Border Collie Timmy and was amazed at what a fantastic job it did.  In short order, his teeth are nicely white, plus, he loves the chews.  And so does his brother lab mix Samwise (although Sam will eat pretty much anything).  The next time we saw the vet for a checkup?  They didn’t even need teeth cleaning.

Not all dogs do well with them, but they are worth a try.  My dogs do very well, with the only side effect being green bits in their poo the next day.

Remember, none of these are a substitution for deep (below the gum) teeth cleaning that you need to have done for your beloveds periodically.

These are suggestions for keeping their mouths as clean as possible between vet visits, just as brushing and flossing is for us between visits to the dentist.

Deep teeth cleaning recommendations range from yearly to every three years, This is done under anesthesia and there needs to be blood work and a health check done before your companion undergoes any procedures requiring anesthesia.

Be aware that some animals are sensitive to anesthetics which can accumulate in their systems. Spread out any deep cleanings/surgeries to be on the safe side and work with a Homeopath/homeopathic remedies to mitigate reactions and side effects.

Although they are harder to find, there are pet dentists who can work without anesthesia.

An Animal Communication and healing session can help to determine the condition of your companion’s dental and immune system health. If you’re considering a deep cleaning. let’s do a session to check and prepare them properly. Both of you will be more relaxed that way and less stress for you and your furrkid is always a good thing.

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]]> https://valheart.com/new-dental-tips-for-your-cat-and-dog-for-strong-teeth/feed/ 0 Why Do Cats Like Cat Caves So Much? https://valheart.com/why-do-cats-like-cat-caves-so-much/ https://valheart.com/why-do-cats-like-cat-caves-so-much/#comments Fri, 19 Feb 2021 00:39:18 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=81687 Guest post courtesy of Howie Robleza. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communication Enterprises Inc. 

It’s quite a source of fascination to consider what fearsome predators lurk beyond the cute and lovable behaviors of our adorable felines. They are one of the most efficient predators in the world. Yet, they express such endearing needs for safety, warmth and snugness. Hence their love of cat caves.

But what is it about these enclosed retreats that they love so much? Let’s take a closer look at how their needs are met by either frantically darting into – or casually sauntering into – their beloved cat cave.

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Warmth

Interestingly, our feline friends originated from the desert and maintain a body temperature of around 101.5°F (38.6 C). That is is a good few degrees higher than our own. Consequently, they tolerate warmer temperatures with relative ease and struggle more in colder weather. They always seek out a warm spot to cozy-up in or a fire to sprawl in front of.

Cat caves are made using big tufts of felted wool and are designed to be self-warming. This means that both the thermostatic nature of wool combined with the shape design of the cave promote enhanced warmth using the cat’s own body heat. Snug-alicious!

Security

It’s no secret that cats love small, enclosed spaces and a cat cave provides just that. Firstly, cats feel vulnerable as they sleep. This is why they curl up into a ball to protect their tummies and find an enclosed spot where they feel less exposed to potential threat. Being almost completely encapsulated by a cat cave gives our furry friends the ultimate sense of safety in which to enjoy a good sleep or chill-out session. They feel at ease when hiding, which is also why they love high up, secure cat window perches, as their behavior has evolved specifically to avoid becoming prey to something with bigger teeth and claws than their own.

Peace and quiet

The knock-on effect of feeling so secure is the heightened relaxation they can enjoy when relieved of the pressures of needing to be highly vigilant. In addition to this, feline stress can peak when amongst the noise and busyness of a family home. Retreating to the solace of a cozy cat cave is therefore an ideal way for your cat to de-stress and enjoy some blissful peace and quiet.

Our Fit Pets explains that feline stress is a significant component/trigger of most common behavioral problems and even some more common diseases. For this reason it’s important to provide a safe, snug sanctuary for your cat to retreat to. They need a break, away from the hustle and bustle of the home.

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Vantage point

As mentioned, cats may seem like fierce and confident hunters, but they are certainly aware of their vulnerability and will typically choose a stealthy vantage point when tracking prey. This is the same when they sleep; it matters to your cat that their sleeping position is a sensible one in the event of an attack.

Even when playing, your cat will enjoy their cat cave as they mimic hunting behaviors; and darting in and out of the cave opening can be a fun way to do this.

Cat caves allow for the protection from attack on all sides but one – the opening – in which they are peering out, ready to pounce! This feels like a great vantage point for cats in which they can relax, safe in the knowledge that they are in prime position for defence or attack.

For the love of wool!

Cats love to chase around a ball of wool. They also seem to be mysteriously attracted to wool in general. No one knows exactly why. Animal behaviorists’ best guess is that it has something to do with lanolin – a natural oil present in the fibers of sheep’s wool.

It’s possible that cats love the scent and taste of lanolin because it reminds them of their mother. Perhaps it’s simply because it is an animal by-product. Whatever the reason, cats do love wool. Being that many cat caves are made from wool, it’s yet another reason for a cat to love them!

Final thoughts

So, there you have it – cats love their cave because it provides them warmth, security, peace and quiet and a strong vantage point, plus they get to be surrounded by their mysteriously favorite material. Providing such a retreat whether bought or made yourself is an important component to ensuring that your cat feels safe and loved, and enables us to keep our cats near whilst they fulfil their need for solace.

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How do you react when your pet goes missing?

I can tell you how I reacted.

At first, I was heartbroken and worried. He was a member of my family – our furbaby. His presence added joy, love and richness to our lives. The thought of never seeing him again overwhelmed me with sadness. What if he was hurt or injured, lying in a ditch somewhere? Shudder…

But when I refocused, and tapped into my abilities as a pet communicator, aka animal whisperer. I opened up an energetic telepathic connection between me and my lost dog, and I found him, and he made it home safely.

Here’s how it all happened.

“Val, Timmy is missing.”

My husband had taken our Border Collie Timmy 20 miles out of town to a friend’s ranch. They were enjoying an afternoon on 40+ acres of pasture and forest…

Timmy was playing with the ranch dog, Rascal. They were bounding and wrestling, tails wagging. They ignored the chickens and tumbled around the property like happy kids at play.

All was well until a herd of deer ran by – not an unusual occurrence, but an irresistible novelty for our dog Tim.

Naturally, Tim the Tracker – hard-wired to herd – gave chase.

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He transformed from a playful puppy to a black-and-white streak, ears perked up, tail arched…

In a flash, he was gone.

My husband called out to him. He waited and called again, waited and called again… for over an hour he waited hoping Tim would come back.

But Timmy was busy answering his instincts. The deer had to be herded, and he was on the job. Anyone who owns or knows Border Collies can relate to how focused they can be…it can be delightful most of the time, and infuriating at other times!

Finally, my husband decided to drive back into town and the rancher promised to keep an eye out for him. They could only hope that Timmy would make his way back to the ranch and his buddy Rascal.

Otherwise, it was out of their control.

That’s when I got the call from my husband, “Val, Timmy is missing.”

Emotional roller coaster of worry

I hope you’ve never been in this situation, but if you have, you can relate to the emotional rollercoaster ride.

Your imagination runs wild with all the bad scenarios that could happen to them…

They may be lost forever.

It’s a nightmare of a situation to find yourself in…

…it’s not something any animal lover wants to experience, ever.

  • Do they need help?
  • What if they got run over?
  • What if a wild animal ate them for lunch?
  • Are they hurt?
  • What if a bad person shot or killed or poisoned or trapped them or…?
  • What if they get sick, or thirsty and hungry?
  • How can you find them and bring them home safely?

I pushed aside the fears we all experience when we’ve lost a pet…for minutes, hours or days…

Because, fortunately, I know how to communicate with animals!

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So instead of freaking out and worrying myself sick, I quickly tuned in and chatted with Timmy.

I focused my inner antennae and mental monitor, stilled my mind and dropped into my heart space.

Then I reached out to him using my pet communication abilities heart to heart, mind to mind.

Once I connected with Timmy, exactly like I teach my students in The Heart School of Animal Communication®, we talked on and off all day long.

He told me where he was, and what he was doing. He assured me he was fine, and not hurt or injured.

Whew! That was a relief to hear. I made suggestions and offered guidance as to how to get home.

But there was a big problem

But here’s the thing…

He was a very very long way from home.

It scared me to think he might try to walk back over 60 miles on his own through the crazy San Antonio traffic.

The ranch was about an hour’s drive away, so I cautioned him not to try to walk home. Instead, it would be best if he just went back to the ranch with Rascal and waited for us. We would come to get him.

He said he would.

I told my husband what was going on and he was finally able to relax a bit.

And, for the rest of the day, Timmy had a grand adventure! He hunted and scouted and chased things. He swam in the river and pretended he was a wild dog of the plains!

But then…?

The fun got a little old and he got hungry…and tired…and hot.

His feet were sore.

He longed to be home enjoying his supper and a nice nap with his favorite people, me and my husband. And now it was 10:00 pm…

I told him to just go back to the ranch.

But what he told me next was worrisome…

He confessed that he’d gone so far and in so many different directions…with dismay and some embarrassment, he admitted that he was lost.

He didn’t know where the ranch was anymore. Timmy felt worried and it was getting late. He was getting more tired and hungry.

Time to switch to Plan B.

lost dog 3I told him to find the nearest house with good people in it and go up to them. Using my communication technique, I asked him to be polite and mind his manners, to do what they told him to do.

I assured him they would take care of a lost dog until the morning when they would call us after reading his collar tag.

But then it hit me…uh oh!

Urgently I asked, “Timmy, are you still wearing your collar? Please tell me you didn’t lose it!”

“Yes, Mom, I have my collar.”

Whew!

The kindness of strangers helped our lost dog

Sure enough, Timmy found a lovely couple, who called us in the morning to say they had our furrkid.

They assured us he was unharmed, well-fed, and was a champion house guest. They even asked if they could keep him!

As welcome as his new friends had made him, he told me he was anxious to be home again. We were anxious to see him again, as well.

I’m so grateful that I had the ability to talk with him during this challenging time…I was able to guide him and help him find a safe place to rest.

How would you have handled this situation?

Would you have been able to reach your lost dog and bring them home safely?

We can give you the skills you need to communicate with your furbabies when they go missing.

Start with our Beginning Core Foundations Course. It will teach you how to tune in and connect.

We offer advanced and special topic courses, and also host the best online The Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Elite Platinum Club designed to help you develop your skills and improve your confidence and accuracy too.

It’s a new and different Heart Wisdom way for students eager to deepen their intuitive skills, maybe even make a great career doing this important work… without spending a fortune on training or a ton of time on extensive coursework.

Everything you need to know is here.

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]]> https://valheart.com/your-lost-dog-found-through-animal-communication/feed/ 0 3 Reasons to Choose a Good Cat Diet https://valheart.com/making-sure-your-cat-eats-healthily/ https://valheart.com/making-sure-your-cat-eats-healthily/#respond Mon, 15 Feb 2021 10:34:33 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=6291 When‌ ‌you‌ ‌think‌ ‌about‌ ‌your ‌cat’s diet,‌ ‌do‌ ‌you‌ ‌think‌ ‌that‌ ‌any‌ ‌food‌ they’ll eat ‌must be ‌good‌ ‌food?‌ ‌

While‌ ‌it’s‌ ‌true‌ ‌that‌ ‌cats ‌will‌ ‌often gobble‌ ‌down‌ ‌things‌ ‌that‌ ‌we‌ ‌consider‌ ‌junk food,‌ ‌it‌ ‌doesn’t‌ ‌mean‌ ‌you‌ should‌ ‌feed‌ ‌them‌ ‌scraps‌ ‌or‌ ‌bargain‌ ‌food.‌ ‌Feeding a good cat diet is important for your feline friend’s health and well-being.

Often cheaper cat food has ingredients in it that are unsafe, full of toxic preservatives, humectants, and flavoring agents to entice cat to eat it.

You‌ ‌might‌ ‌be‌ ‌saving‌ ‌money‌ ‌in‌ ‌the‌ ‌short‌ ‌term,‌ ‌but‌ ‌you’ll‌ ‌be‌ ‌setting‌ ‌yourself‌ ‌up‌ ‌for‌ ‌hefty‌ ‌vet‌ ‌bills‌ ‌in‌ ‌the‌ ‌long‌ ‌run,‌ ‌and‌ ‌also‌ ‌creating‌ ‌serious‌ pain and ‌discomfort‌ ‌for‌ ‌your‌ ‌furry‌ ‌companion.‌ ‌

After all, they‌ ‌are‌ ‌an‌ ‌important‌ ‌member‌ ‌of‌ ‌your‌ ‌family.  Cats are known as healers, and they often ‌have‌ ‌‌different‌ ‌way‌s ‌of‌ ‌sharing‌ ‌their‌ ‌affection‌.‌ ‌

3‌ ‌reasons‌ ‌to‌ ‌choose‌ ‌a‌ ‌healthy‌ ‌cat‌ ‌diet‌ ‌

Cats,‌ ‌like‌ ‌humans,‌ ‌won’t‌ ‌thrive‌ ‌on‌ ‌a‌ ‌fast-food,‌ ‌high‌ ‌carbohydrate, kibble‌ ‌diet.‌ ‌

Eating the wrong cat diet, they can‌ ‌fall‌ ‌victim‌ ‌to‌ ‌arthritis,‌ ‌diabetes,‌ ‌heart‌ ‌disease,‌ ‌kidney‌ ‌disease,‌ ‌liver‌ ‌disease,‌ ‌and‌ ‌obesity,‌ ‌just‌ ‌like‌ ‌people.‌ ‌

The only difference between us and felines is, once they’re living in captivity, they have very little control over their diet. Cats rely on us to provide them with healthy food, especially when they are living indoors.

Cats are natural predators…their diet has to mimic that fact, so here are three reasons to choose a good cat diet that will extend your pet’s life.

1. Dental health

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Just like humans, many health complications emerge in house cats with poor dental hygiene.

Your cat might have bad breath – which is unpleasant – but the infections that can cause halitosis might be much more serious than you think for their immune system and overall health.

Kittens lose their baby teeth between four and six months. During that time, there are gaps in their mouth that are bacteria magnets.

You probably go to the dentist regularly, to be sure your teeth and gums are in good shape.

But how is your cat maintaining their oral health? They need good quality food and treats that aid in removing plaque and stimulate their gums to maintain the strength of their teeth and the cleanliness of their mouth.

2. Cats are carnivores

Like it or not, your cat is a hunter, a predator, a carnivore. They will never do well with a vegetarian or vegan diet.

So, while you may have chosen to eliminate meat from your diet and have replaced the protein with bean, meat alternatives, and supplements, your cat needs animal protein.

It’s a source of a vital amino acid – taurine – that aids in the development of strong muscles, including the heart.

A fish-based cat diet may work well – it’s loaded with Omega fatty acids that fuel your feline’s body…and suits their digestive system. However, most fish has been contaminated with heavy metals and other nasty toxins or parasites, and is very unhealthy. Offering fish as an occasional treat to a healthy cat should be fine, but beware a steady diet of it.

Avoid foods that have an excess of fillers, like wheat and barley. They might fill your cat’s belly, but they won’t provide the protein they need for healthy development. And they may lead to obesity and diabetes, and many other problems.

Also, cats naturally are designed to hunt and eat their prey raw, which has not been baked in an oven or processed at high heat in a tin can. Prey creatures have blood, moisture (water) and partially digested food in their intestines, bones and organs and so much more.

When you decide what to feed your kitty, go with wet high quality food, not dry cardboard style kibble. Some cats do well enough with quality wet food, and some do better eating raw food.

3. Cats need hydration

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There’s nothing wrong with feeding your feline dry food diet occasionally as a treat or food topping. It’s easier to store, usually less expensive, and you have more options for ingredients that suit your cat’s palate.

But remember, they also need ready access to water, and they can overload on carbs, just like us…so follow the instructions on the package and pay attention to your kitty’s needs.

On the flipside, the wrong wet food can rob your cat of the roughage they need to keep their digestive system running smoothly. You’ll often see outdoor cats and dogs eating grass…they’re simply trying to get their guts working again so they can clean up their insides.

If you have an indoor cat, consider keeping cat grass (or add some other source of fiber to their food) that will help them keep their digestive tract on track.

Your cat can’t go to the grocery store

Your cat has basic dietary needs…and then they develop their own tastes, just like children. In fact, there is a phase as they grow up where they learn what’s good to eat and what’s not good to eat, and after that it can be quite difficult to change their mind about what’s acceptable and what’s not!

However, unlike your kids who will grow up and be able to shop on their own and satisfy their taste buds, and – hopefully – make wise dietary choices…

Your cat can’t do the same thing. It’s up to you to communicate with them, explain why various foods are good for them and why some aren’t, and then fulfill their dietary needs.

You might think that good quality food is too expensive, that it’s too much trouble to research the alternatives…

…but think about the pain you might put your cat companion through if they end up with kidney stones, ulcers, or abdominal cancer because you’ve overloaded their body with toxic food.

Cats are designed to hunt and eat little bits during the day, but free grazing (eating whenever they wish) with a poor quality kibble is a bad idea. Smaller more nutritious wet food meals make for a healthier, long lived kitty.

It helps if you can talk to your cat, and find out what suits their palate, and what meets their nutritional needs, and what makes them feel sick or causes pain.

Remember, your cat goes through growth phases, just like we do. Food that suits them at six months won’t keep them fit when they’re five years old…or ten, or twenty.

You can set your cat up for a long, healthy life without stressful visits to a veterinary clinic by feeding them a quality cat food diet.

If you’d like to learn more about feline health, reach out to us.

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]]> https://valheart.com/making-sure-your-cat-eats-healthily/feed/ 0 Soul Groups: Reincarnation & Soul Contracts with Animals https://valheart.com/soul-groups-reincarnation-soul-contracts-with-animals/ https://valheart.com/soul-groups-reincarnation-soul-contracts-with-animals/#respond Sat, 13 Feb 2021 01:21:25 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=81662 Are Your Pets Members Of Your Soul Group?

Have you considered the possibility that animals are part of your soul group?

If you’re just beginning your journey towards understanding reincarnation – and the karma and soul contracts you’ve made along the way – it might be hard to understand at first.

Our Heart Wisdom Masterclasses delve deeply into the philosophy with practical steps and techniques. I encourage you to explore them. But for now, let’s examine the basics.

This deeper understanding will enrich your life, and also help you and your pet with the transition from one life – the one they share with you in the present – to the next. And it will help you through your own soul journey as well, and find them when they come back to you.

Making soul contracts with your pets

As mentioned, I teach masterclasses on this topic among others, along with many wonderful animal communication techniques you can use. Those are in theAdvanced Animal Talk Mastery, Coping with Pet Loss, and the Paws Before Dying courses in The Heart School of Animal Communication®.

For today, let’s talk first about the Human-Animal BodyMind Connection… that remarkable energetic link we share with other beings.

Others in your life, including your animal can act as mirrors for your soul (Barometers of Our Soul). When you suffer, feel stressed, are in pain or ill, they can mirror, reflect and manifest or act that out for you… until you get the lesson and heal, evolve and grow.

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As humans, we’re not always attuned to what’s really happening energetically beneath the surface.

Sometimes we see our pet’s bad behavior or illness as only something to do with them. We completely miss our connection to the problem. If you’re not trained to understand and communicate the messages the animals in your life are sending you, and know how to reverse these patterns, then the behavior, illness, and stress persists.

For example…

My cat, Peach, mirrored the pain and frustration my husband and I felt in our struggling marriage, to the point of critical illness. She had gotten so sick and was in so much pain that she was unable to walk or climb even a single step anymore. Peach Master Cat Teacher

At one point I realized she was trying to absorb our stress thinking it was part of her soul contract to help us with this.

She was sponging the dark negative emotional energies into her own body to help “lighten our load”.

Once I realized what was going on, I sat down with her. I told her it wasn’t her role to do that, and to please stop.

I expressed gratitude for her care and love and what she was trying to do to help us…, but told her that her efforts were misdirected.

She was adding to our stress because we were so concerned about her failing health. She was not helping.

I promised her that we wanted to take full responsibility for our own stuff. We would be responsible to do what we needed to do to heal and repair our relationship. But in order to do that, she had to give back what she’d taken into herself on our behalf.

Renegotiating that soul contract agreement between myself and Peach eased the strain for all of us. She quickly recovered her health completely.

Seriously, within 24 hours she was able to jump up onto the table again. She went on to live another 8 years!

How do you interpret reincarnation?

soul group 2Depending upon your faith and cultural background, your interpretation of reincarnation might take a different form than someone else’s. And that’s fine.

If you’re not a believer in the notion at all, that’s okay.

I’ve personally spent thousands of hours preparing animals and their people for transitions, easing and finding peace with the process, communicating with them on the other side.

We always explore the soul contracts they’ve made with their caretakers, the members of their soul group (colony or flock or herd or pack or…). We can always renegotiate what’s not needed or is not working knowing what we know now and how we’ve evolved.

I believe we can choose to return and reincarnate after our corporeal body has died, or not. And if we do come back, it won’t necessarily be as the same type of animal or species or sex… a soul will choose its next physical vessel based on the soul contracts it made when passing through their prior life or multiple lifetimes and on what’s needed next.

Some choose to stay in Spirit form for a long time.

Soul spirits often have other things to do once they’ve left their body. In many cases they don’t need or want an incarnate physical body weighing them down or limiting their ability to travel through time and space.

Others come back quickly into their next physical body. They find us to continue our journey together because they are part of our soul group.

Remember, we are all spiritual beings having physical experiences in this dimension. Their Spirits can communicate with you no matter where they are physically – and what space-time plane they occupy at any given moment.

All you have to do is connect with them, open the channel, and engage in the conversation to discover the messages they have for you.

I believe there are Angels who are in charge of helping us find our next body and life journey best suited to help us learn important life lessons. And we have soul contracts with the beings that travel with us through each lifetime, those are agreed upon in advance for specific soul growth, lessons and evolving purposes.

Once you understand reincarnation, what will you do with the knowledge?

If you can embrace the notion that we all go through a process of planning out and agreeing to sacred contracts before each incarnated lifetime, you’re on your way to a higher plane of existence.

Learn How to Talk with Animals You’ll discover that the point is for us to continue evolving. This is where the karmic lessons we want to learn are agreed to, as well as the experiences we want to have during this lifetime.

With this deep understanding, you’ll begin to evolve. And you’ll see your animal – and human – companions as a soul group partly because you recognize them each lifetime even if they take on different body types and sexes. You’ll begin to see that their presence in your life fulfills a very specific purpose.

Sometimes, the beings in your soul group will teach you harsh lessons – what not to do and who not to become – as a warning to steer you clear of mistakes along the way.

Other times, they’ll fill you with joy and remind you who you truly are.

By the same token, you may find yourself meting out punishment to someone who has hurt you, or befriending someone who conducted themselves like your enemy. That’s karma at work.

Consider the concept that prior to leaving your last life, you may have made a soul contract to return and right the wrongs you may have done… or reconcile wrongs done towards you.

You’ve met your soul group before

soul group 3This is the key to embracing reincarnation: you are, most likely, traveling in a soul group. This group includes the animals in your life.

Yes, there will be overlap in your groups that throw unknown variables into the mix of your group. However, I propose that you are swimming in a pond with the same fish…over and over.

Collectively, you’re all trying to “get it right” this time around. You’ve heard the saying about “a reason, a season, or a lifetime” of encounters. Each one is an opportunity to evolve, heal and grow.

This encapsulates reincarnation.

We are all here, mingling with the same Spirits, in different bodies, all trying to fulfill our reason for being.

Many Eastern religions believe that once you’ve fulfilled your purpose – completed the terms of your soul contract – you are no longer reincarnated on earth. Your Spirit is fulfilled and you are free to travel to another plane of existence in time and space as you wish.

Others believe the journey is perpetual and never ending. It can certainly feel that way at times!

Either way, every encounter you have with the people, animals and events around you gives you the opportunity to listen carefully, meditate and contemplate.

Have you completed your soul contract or fulfilled your karma?

Is it time to renegotiate the agreements and choose something new and different this time around?

You have the power to do that.

Your pets are trying to share knowledge they’ve brought from their prior existences, teaching you things you’ve forgotten, or maybe they need your help this time around.

It all begins with the conversation, heart to heart, mind to mind.

Do you know how to listen to and communicate with your soulmates?

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!

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]]> https://valheart.com/soul-groups-reincarnation-soul-contracts-with-animals/feed/ 0 5 Steps to Communicate With Animals Using a Picture https://valheart.com/5-steps-to-communicate-with-animals-using-a-picture/ https://valheart.com/5-steps-to-communicate-with-animals-using-a-picture/#respond Tue, 09 Feb 2021 01:28:44 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=81642 A picture really is worth a thousand words

Did you know you can communicate with animals through a picture of them…?

It’s true… if you take the time to fine tune your intuitive animal communication skills.

If you’ve taken any of The Heart School of Animal Communication® classes, you’ll know how to use these techniques already, but if not, then here are five simple steps you can take to build your intuitive skills.

First, you’ll need a quiet space free from distractions. Using a still mind focus, meditation practice helps create the appropriate inner peace and calm around and within you.

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 1. Begin with a big belly breath and let your mind be still

Like any meditative exercise, begin with a nice, deep, belly breath. Inhale, hold your breath, listen and count five heartbeats. Shift away from your head and let your mind go still, then move your awareness into your heart center space.  Let yourself be in tune with its rhythm as you let everything else go for now.

2. Get grounded

Now that you’re following your heart’s rhythm, ground and center yourself by feeling Mother Earth’s energy beneath you. Connect energetically to her by sinking your energy roots deep with love and appreciation.

3. Open yourself up to the energy

Next, feel your connection with the animal through the energy that connects us all. Then, focus on the picture. Commit the image to your mind’s mental monitor. You should have nothing on your mind but the animal’s image through which their energetic frequency will be able to shine through.

4. Pause the video

Think of the photo as a video that’s been paused, and that single frame of the animal’s life film has become a snapshot in time. With that still frame image in your mind, let yourself pick up any immediate intuitive impressions. Hold whatever you get very lightly and allow them to come to you as they will without judgment or analysis. Align yourself to be in harmony and flow with the animal.

5. Then, press play

When you’re ready, press PLAY on your mental video monitor to start your ‘movie’. Activate all your intuitive senses. Press play on the video and let the animal come to life as they step out of the “frame”. Notice when they breath, how they move, where they look and feel your connection with them.

Next, if you ask the right questions once you’re in tune with the animal, their answers can be very enlightening and thrilling.

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TIP:  To communicate well with animals you have to ask the right questions in the right timing for the best results

Perhaps you’ve been asked to reach out to an animal for a specific reason – they, or one of their human family members, have suffered a trauma and they’re displaying signs of discomfort.

However, an animal’s behavior can also change because of chronic stress, boredom, or physical illness.

Once you’ve established your connection with the animal, begin your conversational journey…

Start with a greeting, introduce yourself. Signal to them that your intent is to achieve mutual understanding from respect and love. Create a space of calm and mutual appreciation…and embrace a sense of wonder and curiosity.

Next, ask questions, and be specific. If they’re troubled, talking to someone who understands and sympathizes, and who wants to get to the heart of the matter to help them, can feel very reassuring.

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Is there something I can help you with?

Is there something you think you can help me with?

What is your favorite thing to do?

Who is your most important person?

Do you have other animal friends in your home?

Tell me about your home…how it smells, the room you like the most.

What is your job in your home, your purpose?

It’s up to you to be aware of their aura, their energy. What color is their energetic field – their aura? Notice, how big is it?

Meet them where they are, and be attuned to the ways in which they perceive – and communicate about – their surroundings.

Are they clairvoyant…sending images?

Or more clairaudient…can you hear their voice?

Perhaps they’re clairsentient or claircognizant.

If you could touch them, how would they feel? Would their fur or skin or feathers feel soft or rough? Is their body warm, hot or cool?

If you could hear them, how would they sound? Would they have a light voice, a strong voice, high-pitched, or a deep rumble?

For more guidance on asking the right questions in the right time for best possible results, get The Heart of the Conversation 7 Step Blueprint for Successful Conversations With Animals course.

 

Remain open to the possibilities when you communicate with animals

Animals are spiritual, sentient beings, just like us.

Their means of communication is a bit different than humans, but if you open your heart and mind to the possibilities, you can share a deep understanding…

…and enjoy a rich and fulfilling bond that will last many lifetimes.

Because it’s true.  Animals have access to information that we don’t.

This is a wonderful intuitive skill to master, as you’ll learn by practicing.

Give this a go and share what you discover below.

What do you know now that you didn’t know before?  What have the animals revealed to you?

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11 of the 27 Brilliant Reasons to Learn Animal Communication
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]]> https://valheart.com/5-steps-to-communicate-with-animals-using-a-picture/feed/ 0 Elephant Story: The Amazing Story of Ginny the Elephant https://valheart.com/elephant-story-amazing-story-of-ginny-the-elephant/ https://valheart.com/elephant-story-amazing-story-of-ginny-the-elephant/#respond Sat, 30 Jan 2021 22:44:47 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=81595 Once upon a time, I took my group of animal communication students to the San Antonio Zoo.

Animal Talk Students at San Antonio Zoo

Their instructions were to wander around and find animal teachers to practice communicating with for about an hour. Then we were all to meet at the elephant enclosure because there was a very special elephant there named Ginny I wanted to introduce them to. I also wanted to tell them an amazing elephant story – Ginny’s story.

They had learned how to best connect and open the conversation. Some of the students, being highly sensitive and empathic like myself, were worried.

What if the animal’s story was heartbreaking? What if they were in pain, or angry or grieving or sad…? And what if their misery was more than they could bear?

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I understood their concerns. I’ve felt them myself and have often had students tell me they were afraid to work with rescued, abused or sick, transitioning animals… for the same reasons.

But here’s the thing…

Whatever is happening or has already happened for the animal is part of their story. What they need is the ability to communicate and be heard so they can heal and let it go.

It’s not your job to take on their stuff when you open a channel to communicate.

Your job is to give them a way to be understood, to feel compassionate, loving attention, to create a heart centered space for listening and caring, and THAT is such a precious gift.

Many times healing occurs, positive changes occur that were unexpected, and right before your eyes (if you do it right), you can see them become more fully present, they heal, they grow, they breathe a big sigh of relief, and they let the past go.

It’s a miracle to witness, and heartwarming beyond belief.

So, kleenex in their pockets, hearts open and available, with loving and clear intention set, off they went!San Antonio Zoo Big Cat

When we met back at the elephant enclosure later, they were delighted with their experiences. Some animals ignored them, they were too lost in their own world and weren’t interested in talking to a human.

Other animals were so appreciative of having been heard, they were excited and delighted.

They said things like, “Wait, did you say something? You, a dense human, can hear me? That can’t be right… I thought humans were too unaware to communicate. Seriously, you really are talking to ME? And you can hear me too??  OMG! Let me go get my buddies!”

And other animals would come running up eager to witness the miracle of a human who could hear them and talk their language.

So much fun!! And the stories they told? Oh my.

Heartwarming! Inspirational! Touching! Wow.

Today I have another story to tell you.

A few weeks earlier I’d been called by a zoo docent to come help them with one of their elephants.

Ginny, the 50 year old matriarch of the small elephant herd at the zoo, had killed their head handler.

Nobody else had been there when it happened, so there were no witnesses. Only the evidence of carnage left behind.

When I arrived, they had her in chains, in a metal cage barely big enough for her body. She stood there dejectedly but proud, quiet and withdrawn. Resigned and waiting for her fate to be determined.

The handlers and management hadn’t decided if they would have to kill her or not.

Why had she gone rogue?

Was she dangerous?

Would she hurt anyone else?

What happened for her to have killed that man?

Before they decided what to do with her, they wanted me to talk to her and find out exactly what happened.

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So I walked in to find all the humans sitting in a circle waiting for me. I greeted them, sat down and took my place.

I had just a moment to greet Ginny, whom I’d never met before, and offer her my assurance that my intention was to be her voice, and that I truly cared what happened to her.

They didn’t give me any more information than you know right now, so I closed my eyes and tuned into Ginny, asking her to tell me what happened.

She told me that the man was often abusive to her and her family herd. That he’d not been there for very long, but was unloved and unliked. That he often showed up reeking of alcohol and acting badly, strangely, unpredictably.

That fateful day she decided she’d had enough. He’d hurt and terrorized them long enough.

It was her job as matriarch to protect her family, and so she made the hard decision and acted.

She simply and calmly reached out to him, grabbed him around his waist, picked him up and held him high, turned him upside down, and smashed his head onto the ground hard enough to crack his skull open.

And that was that.

She took a big breath, and I thanked her for telling me.

I relayed her story to the people present.

They had tears in their eyes as they listened, and then they looked at each other.

They told me that yes, he was abusive and yes, he was often drunk. Nobody liked him. Nobody mourned him.

They asked me what Ginny’s intentions were towards the rest of them… would she hurt them if they let her go?

When I asked, Ginny said, “No, you are all kind and good hearted people. I mean you no harm. I only want my family to be safe and respected.”

With a few more assurances from her that they were in fact safe, they eagerly released her chains, opened the cage and let her go free.

We all had tears in our eyes as she reached out to thank those nearest to her with a soft touch of her trunk.

The look in her eyes…. well, I tear up just to remember it honestly.

And so she continued on as the matriarch of the herd. She never hurt anyone else.

That brings us back to where we started… It was just a few weeks later when I was there at the Zoo with my students.

After the students finished their conversations with animals, we had all agreed to reconnect at the elephant enclosure.

We were at the far end of the enclosure sitting on a bench in the shade. We chattered away talking about our extraordinary experiences.

Then… I spotted Ginny at the opposite end of the enclosure far away from us.

She had been eating by herself way back away from the crowds.

But all of a sudden, she got real still… and stopped chewing.

She held her head up, then looked right at us across the enclosure as her ears came up with excitement.

Next she reached down and gathered a large pile of hay in her trunk and carried it as she walked all the way over…

And then she stopped, right in front of us!

Ginny the Elephant at the San Antonio Zoo

As she faced us, she dropped the hay and began munching.

She greeted us lovingly, welcoming us to her home. She answered many of our questions, and the students were delighted to hear her sweet, kind voice.

All of a sudden one of the elephant handlers came running over to us in alarm.

They said, “What are you doing to that elephant!? She never pays any attention to the tourists and zoo visitors. Why is she interested in you lot?”

So we told her the story, and as soon as she knew who I was, she wanted to shake my hand, hugging me. With tears in her eyes she thanked me effusively for my help in saving Ginny’s life.animal communication pets

And that is why I do the work I do.

It makes a difference.

And that is why I founded The Heart School of Animal Communication®.  It’s why I host the BEST Online Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club and offer courses to teach animal lovers how to communicate with animals yourself.

The great news is that you don’t have to be physically with me in person like my original small band of animal talk students.

The Heart School courses and Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club are all online. That way you can participate from wherever you are.

Start with your Free eBook to begin your journey to communication with animals:

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What is the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club?

Simply put, it’s a complete, uniquely different online portal where you have everything you need at your fingertips to grLearn How to Talk with Animalsow your intuitive skills, improve and advance your communication abilities.

So you can help animals when they don’t feel well, are confused, have something important to tell you, and for when they’re ready to make their transition.

A private, loving, unique community of people just like you who are committed to growing, healing and evolving through the power of Heart Wisdom Communication.

The BEST Online Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club is THE best place to be if you’re serious about improving your intuition, healing ability, and communication skills.

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Please share with anyone you think might be interested or would appreciate Ginny’s heartwarming story.

Have you ever had a life changing experience with an animal?  Leave a comment below!

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The Extraordinary Soul Connection I call The Human Animal BodyMind Connection

 

]]> https://valheart.com/elephant-story-amazing-story-of-ginny-the-elephant/feed/ 0 Your 4 Step Astral Projection Guide https://valheart.com/your-4-step-astral-projection-guide/ https://valheart.com/your-4-step-astral-projection-guide/#comments Sat, 23 Jan 2021 01:16:22 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=81582 You’ve probably heard of people having an Out of Body Experience (OBE) – often when going through extreme circumstances such as cardiac arrest, in crisis situations, or at the height of giving birth.

People consistently report their consciousness leaving their corporeal bodies, of floating above themselves, witnessing the events happening around them as a third party observer.

Did you know that you can consciously direct those experiences at will?

You can! When you know how, you can choose to leave your body and take your spirit – your consciousness – to another place

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An Astral Projection Guide

When you choose to travel energetically without your physical body you are practicing Astral Projection.

It’s an intentional OBE that assumes the existence of a soul or consciousness – an astral body – that is separate from the physical body and capable of traveling throughout the universe.

It’s an ability you can develop with time and effort.

Here is a brief guide that will assist you in your journey. When you enroll in our classes, you’ll be able to get an in-depth understanding of Astral Projection. This just scratches the surface…

1. Focus on your breathing

Either sit down or lie in the most comfortable position possible. Turn off your phone, remove all distractions. Then, take deep, controlled breaths.

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Breathe in and out slowly and deliberately. With each exhale, let your mind empty of all thoughts beyond the sensation of breathing.

You will notice your body becoming numb – you’ll experience a sense of disconnection. This is natural. Your spirit is being released from its corporeal body. Maintain your focus…don’t allow other thoughts to creep into your mind.

After a while, you’ll experience a sensation like a heavy wave, or blanket, rollover your body. You might even lose awareness of your physical body.

Don’t panic or get excited…and don’t fight it.

2. Enter the vibrational stage

At this moment, you’ll start to shift your consciousness into a different vibrational frequency – your Astral Projecting is beginning.

If you’ve never done this before, this transition might be slightly disorienting. Here’s how the next moments of your journey will unfold.

  • You’ll feel your body start to vibrate and shimmer.
  • Don’t panic! This is a natural reaction to your transition.
  • Stay focused, block out distractions or feelings of fear.
  • Let the vibrations pass over you, like a warm blanket on a cold night.
  • Don’t move your physical body, as tempting as it may be.
  • Don’t try to think about anything beyond your breathing and your journey.

Once this has settled in and you’re at the vibration stage, you can start to exercise your willpower. There are several ways of doing this, so it’s down to you to find the way that works best for you.

3. Visualize yourself moving…without physically moving

This is the point in your Astral Projection guide that you have to take a leap of faith. You need to lift yourself into your new relaxed energy state out of your physical body.

It won’t be easy.

Here are some exercises you can do to experience this next state of being…

  • Imagine your hand expanding and contracting without actually moving your hand. Focus on the feeling until you can almost see or feel your hand moving.
  • Imagine your hand moving up slowly.
  • Imagine a bar or rope above or in front of you and visualize reaching out to grab it with your mind.
  • Engage your willpower to push or lift out of your corporeal body.

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!

4. Rise from your body

Your mind will fight this…so don’t be alarmed or discouraged if it’s drawn back to your physical body.

There’s no limit to the number of times you can exit your physical being and explore the universe as a spirit. However, it’s healthy to maintain a balance between the physical world and the astral world.

During your first explorations, try looking at familiar things in your home from a different angle. Read the spine of a book on your shelf and, when you return to your body, check to see if your mind saw the same thing when it was separated from its physical vessel.

When you’re ready to return to your body, simply ‘think’ it…your physical and spiritual selves are under your control at all times, despite the Hollywood movies that make us think otherwise!

Your spirit and physical body are connected by a silver tether. Nobody can sever that tie…you’re free to explore knowing that you can always return to the physical world.

Following this Astral Projection guide takes focus and commitmentLearn How to Talk with Animals

It’s not easy to explore your Astral being. But, if you want to be an effective animal communicator, the ability to travel to other places in your mind will help you understand the animals you’re trying to help.

Imagine if you could travel to the paddock of a frustrated dressage horse and take in their environment, without interfering in their world directly.

It’s possible to harness your Astral being in order to explore other realms and gain a greater understanding of animal behavior.

You can try to master Astral Projection on your own, or you can join one of our classes and explore the full range of abilities you might possess that allow you to communicate with animals.

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Horse Sense for Humans with Lisa Murrell & Schelli Whitehouse
Exploring Animal Telepathy: How to Send a Message in 3 Easy Steps

 

 

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Beyond the embarrassment of having a dog that jumps on every guest at the door, or a cat that uses your living room carpet as a litter box when you have the neighbors over for dinner, bad pet behavior can cause serious harm.

A dog that obsessively chews shoes or furniture can do damage to its digestive system and teeth. A horse that shies and bolts without warning can run themselves, and their riders, into fencing or traffic, getting hurt in the process

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These bad behaviors are a sign though, not of a “bad” pet, but of a pet experiencing distress, anxiety, pain, or illness.

As their human – their caregiver – it’s your job to learn how to read those signs and communicate.

Three tips for effective animal communication

When you enroll in our classes, you’ll be guided through the five stages of The Heart Wisdom Method of animal communication:

HEART Wisdom Method for Learning Animal Communication

  1. Hearing their voice
  2. Exploring concepts, ideas, thoughts and more
  3. Awakening your intuition
  4. Removing barriers, limitations, and stuck spots
  5. Talk together to build trust and teamwork

Today we’re going to take a quick look at the first important tip: hearing your pet.

Your pet can give you physical cues, but can you hear their non-verbal cues? The Human-Animal BodyMind Connection is constantly at work connecting you energetically and mirroring what’s going on for each of you beneath the surface…

And with compassion and a desire to understand what’s troubling your pet, you can learn to really hear their voice so you know what they’re thinking and feeling.

1. Be their new best friend and learn their viewpoint.

If you sensed that your human best friend was troubled or suffering, you’d sit them down and ask very specific questions, right?

Do the same with your pet. Once you’ve turned in heart to heart, mind to mind, ask them:

  • Are you in pain?
  • Do you feel misunderstood or confused?
  • Are you afraid of something – is it fear for me or for you?
  • Is their human asking them to do something they’re physically not capable of doing?
  • Do they have a better way of doing something but feel ignored and dominated?

You want to understand the backstory to their struggles.

Smokey the cat had become a complete terror. He was stealing food off the kitchen counter, sticking his face in people’s drinks…behaviors he hadn’t ever exhibited before. He was being a very “bad” cat.

But, his backstory and viewpoint was this: he and his family had been displaced by the California Camp Fire.

His humans hadn’t realized how badly the upheaval had upset Smokey. He was scared, bored in his new home, missing his territory, and was acting out his stress.

The simple act of hearing his backstory gave him peace and opened the door for healing. And his behavior changed naturally back to the wonderful, loving, feline companion he’d always been.

2. Explore the worst-case scenario

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Now that you know the source of the problem – the backstory – you can explain to your pet the consequences of their bad behavior.

You’re not intending to terrify them… simply explain to them what could come of their actions in ways that they may not have known or considered before. You know things they do not, just like they know things you do not.

Years ago I worked with two beautiful Dobermann show dogs that loved to chase cars. Their owners were extremely concerned, rightly so. But no matter how loud they shouted at the dogs as they were running down the street, the dogs just ignored them.

A heart wisdom conversation with the dogs revealed the excitement they felt chasing after a moving object…and they loved it when their owners “barked” encouragement at them while they chased their prey.

It had become a competition between the two of them as to who could run faster and they felt proud when they “ran the car off”, clearly having “scared it away”.

I explained to them the physical dangers of being hit by the car. The car wasn’t a sentient being like a rabbit or a fox. In fact, it didn’t even know they were there and could care less if it did!

The car would do nothing to avoid a collision with them…and the human driving the car might not see them running alongside their vehicle.

The car could suddenly without warning turn and run over them, maim or even kill them.

When they truly understood the physical danger they were in – and the emotional toll it was taking on their owners – they agreed to stop. And so they did.

3. Explore the best-case scenario

Allow your pet to explore their best possible choices in these situations… what would that look like? How would they feel? How would their person feel if they behaved better?

Show them the scene again, mind to mind, in the way that would make their person happy and relaxed. You can even ask them to suggest ways to be even better, because they may have ideas you’ve not considered yet.

Be open to what they know. Animals have a unique perspective on the world around them…and they’re keen observers of the humans in their life. They are uber aware of instability, and have a hyper sensitivity to it when they don’t know what’s going on, or why.

Is there something happening in their home that steals their happiness? Marital or family discord, constant moves from place to place?

You don’t have to cater to your pet’s every whim. Sometimes explaining to your pet that you have to move to follow jobs that pay the bills and keep you both housed and fed is a necessity…

Understanding both viewpoints, yours and theirs, helps ease the upset change can cause for you both.

Read Before Hiring a Communicator

Renowned entrepreneur and dressage rider, Kendall SummerHawk, acquired the Grand Prix horse of her dreams – an Andalusian stallion named Druso. She hauled him from Florida to her home in Tucson.

Problems started with Druso the day he arrived. He was dangerous, fussy, and aggressive. And when 1200 lbs of power is aggressive, there’s cause for concern.

Thinking that gelding him would help, he then foundered and went lame. The vet was out of ideas and Kendall was frustrated, frightened, and sad. What had happened to her champion dressage partner?

When I talked to Druso, he told me that he hated Arizona, missed his home in Florida, and felt like his rider wasn’t showing the leadership he needed to feel confident.

When he was then castrated, it was the final straw. He felt angry, betrayed, and had no one to turn to for comfort. He was miserably unhappy.

Once we understood how he felt, and Kendall offered a heart felt apology, he began to recover.

When we asked him what his best-case scenario was, he wanted to have a true partnership with Kendall…a deep bond. So Kendall talked to him, shared her vision for the two of them and her regrets that she hadn’t considered how he felt about being torn away from his familiar home.

That was the turning point for Druso and Kendall. He had found his purpose, and Kendall had found the exceptional forever dressage horse she had hoped for.

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When studying animal behavior, make sure you hear what they’re saying

Animals have a great deal to say if you just learn how to listen. When you take our online courses and masterclasses, you’ll learn the Heart Wisdom techniques for tuning your hearing to their messages.

Not only will animals teach you about the world as they perceive it– they’ll share insights about you and the ways you interact with the world as well.

If your cat is shredding your houseplants, or your dog follows you obsessively around the house, don’t assume they’re doing it to annoy or inconvenience you.

Learn to look beyond the “bad” animal behavior and see animal behavior as a sign of something going wrong in the body – or mind or soul – of your pet. Or, perhaps something they perceive is going wrong with you that they’ve been trying to tell you…

And if you are frustrated and worried about your pet, let’s talk with them and find out what they’re thinking and how they’re feeling so we can resolve the issues between you.

By learning and practicing the HEART Method of Animal Communication as taught at The Heart School of Animal Communication®, you will have a deeper understanding of your animals, improve your relationship and better support their needs.

Thousands of animal lovers LOVE the HEART Method of Animal Communication. Join us?

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Horses – just click on the picture below!

 

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]]> https://valheart.com/3-tips-for-changing-animal-behavior-through-communication/feed/ 2 The 12 Best Jobs for Dog Lovers https://valheart.com/the-12-best-jobs-for-dog-lovers/ https://valheart.com/the-12-best-jobs-for-dog-lovers/#comments Sun, 10 Jan 2021 04:43:52 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=81536 You’re a dog lover… why not make a career out of your love for dogs?

You enjoy nothing more than spending quality time with a furry puppy by your side, so why not make a living and get paid for your “dog loving”? Dust off your resume, get a doggy day or night job, and you’ll never have to work for a living. So now you’re wondering, what are the best possible jobs for dog lovers?

1. Veterinarian

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Becoming a veterinarian is what most folks think of when they consider a career working with animals.  In fact, it’s one of the most popular jobs choices for career day kids. Sadly, not many of them actually follow through on their dreams.  Because just like becoming a human doctor, you don’t just learn how to be a veterinarian in a few hours of study.  It takes a multiple year commitment to the education before you can do this.  It’s a highly skilled profession that will take you 8-10 years of study.

Stick with it and you’ll be rewarded with what many consider the most prestigious animal career. You’ll get to spend your days working with a wide variety of animals, improving and saving the lives, and yes, helping them cross over when it’s time.

An alternate choice is to become a veterinary technician. It just takes a two-year course of training, then you can assist in daily veterinary tasks.

 

2. Dog Walker

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Do you like walking in the park with dogs?  Because becoming a professional dog walker could be your thing!  Lots of people need help exercising and socializing their dogs because they don’t have the time or ability to do it themselves.  Find a client, say hi to their pup, grab their dog’s leash and have fun!  And yes, get paid for it.

Lots of dogs may be left alone while their people go do other things, like go to work for a living.  Their doggos and pup pups need attention and company. You can save the day, help them feel better, and enjoy being with a wide variety of dogs without having to pay for their daily care and foot their food bill.

For a little variety in your daily walks, click here to find dog walkers near you.

 

3. “Pawtographer”

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Love dogs and you love taking pictures?  Then this is the job for you!  Take Rover’s stunning shots to rave reviews with a career in canine photography!  Lots of dog parents want their pups on social media including Instagram, but aren’t very good photographers… You could be the answer to their prayers.

If catching Rover and Spot’s best glam look is your specialty, then look no further.  This is a job designed especially for you. Put your portfolio together with your dog’s buddies or other dogs from the dog park.  Then start spreading the word to get paid gigs.  Consider the fun of being the special guest for weddings with dogs, doggie parties, and glam boutique shoots.

 

4. Dog Sitter

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You love dogs and you love sitting? Here’s a great idea that could be perfect for you!  Be a professional dog sitter. Help a fellow dog lover parent out and take care of their pooches while they are on vacation or away on a trip.

Hang out with the pack day or night, several days at a time or just occasionally.  It’s a nice break for you, for which you’ll be well paid.  Did you know you can meet and dozens – even hundreds – of pups in your side hustle as a dog sitter?  Oh yea.  You’ll be having fun and scratching your doggie love itch at the same time.

Get the Poop Scoop on Pet Sitting as a Career or Hobby HERE 

 

5. Pet Store Sales Associate

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Pet stores are fun places to be, and as a store sales associate you won’t have to be an expert to enjoy spending time helping at the local pet store.  All you need is a cheerful, animal loving personality, and a willingness to help out other animal lovers.

 

6. Dog Trainer

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How good does it feel when you ask your dog to do something, and they actually DO IT!?  “Sit” and Rover actually sits?  You’re a dog training miracle is what you are!

Other dog parents are clueless as to how to get their dogs to behave.  If you have a talent for training, then you can feel delicious satisfaction as a dog trainer. This job takes some serious dedication, patience and a keen eye for behavior, with a healthy dollop of canine psychology to boot.

Then, you’ll be able to train all levels and kinds of dogs, at all sizes and breeds a wide range of important skills. Take them from puppy basic obedience training, and good ground manners on the leash, to proper and consistent recall, to playing with the big dogs at dog shows like Crufts and the Westminster Kennel Club!

Check out Positive Dog Training Tips HERE

Listen and learn from celebrity dog trainer and bestselling author, Kyra Sundance on The Real Dr Doolittle Show HERE 

 

7. K9 Officer

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There are police officers and then there are a whole separate breed of K9 officers and their handlers who are a step apart from the rest.  K9 Officers and their handlers always have each other’s backs, to track and take down the bad guys and keep the streets safe for innocent civilians.

If you’re considering this career you must be able to work well with these highly trained specialized dogs.  You’ll be responsible not only for training your trusty K9 special agent but also will be caring for them at all times. Then you get to drive around with your dog at work all day, hanging out, and yes, getting paid well for it too.

You’ll first get experience as a regular police office. Then, you’ll get months of special training with your dog to prepare you both in how to handle situations that can arise in the field.  Chasing down and tracking suspects, sniffing out and locating evidence, finding bombs and narcotics… These kinds of highly trained dogs are unique.  They are driven and keenly intelligent.  And they have a keen extraordinary sense of smell.  What an amazing career you’ll have, one you’ll feel proud of.

 

8. Dog Baker / Chef

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Dogs deserve better than dry, flavorless kibble that doesn’t meet their nutritional needs. Today’s dogs are begging for a higher standard with human grade food. That’s where you come in with chef-inspired meals, with wholesome healthy organic ingredients.

Today’s discerning dog parent wants great canine chefs with innovative, sound baked goods and/or gourmet top shelf meals to take Rover’s dining experience to a whole ‘nother  level.  If you enjoy baking and cooking, then this super fun, fabulous career can start right in your kitchen.  And lucky for you AND for your live in dog taster, you can take this career to the bank as well as the dining room!

Find out what it’s like to be a dog chef!  Check out this interview with Cooking For Dogs with Chef Gayle Pruitt on The Real Dr Doolittle Show with Val Heart HERE

 

9. Groomer

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While some dogs are born cute and have no need for the occasional trim, other messy coat fluffies have to work at it. That’s where your scissors and keen eye for balance and style comes in.

You can even specialize in transforming diamonds in the “ruff” in desperate need of a bath and an easy care trim. Did you know you can get on-the-job apprenticeships for training? Yep, you can get paid to learn the ropes from a pro groomer.

 

10. Canine Agent

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Do you enjoy seeing dogs in movies, television and videos? They didn’t get there by accident just because they’re cute. Those animals have their own agents and trainers.

As a canine agent, you get paid for discovering furry four legged superstars. Consider the famous story of Bonny the Shih Tzu. Plucked from Craigslist, this four-legged star of “Seven Psychopaths,” landed on her feet walking on the red carpet thanks to a dog lover agent who discovered her brilliance and guided her to stardom.  Do you have a clever, dashing and well-trained dog?  Then you could become their agent and manage for your canine A-lister career.

 

11. Work at a Shelter

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One of the most important jobs for dog lovers is helping the homeless, abandoned and rescued find new forever homes. Volunteers don’t get a paycheck, but staff members do.

Both can give you a happy high and a big healthy dose of warm fuzzy feelings when you make another living being’s life better. Volunteers keep animals company, build morale and become a temporary family for animals looking for a permanent home.

Staff members keep things running so pet parents can find their forever dog, and the dogs can find a happy home.  You just can’t put a price on that, and it’s definitely time well spent!

 

12. Become an Animal Communicator

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Dogs and all animals communicate mind to mind, heart to heart, using energy and telepathy. You were born knowing how to do this, but like most people may have forgotten as you grew up.

Do you have what it takes to be an animal communicator?  Find Out HERE 

Being able to communicate with dogs is THE most important animal job skill you can have no matter what other job you decide to do. Veterinarians, trainers, groomers, dog walkers, pet sitters and all the rest depend on your ability to know what the dog is thinking and feeling.

 

Being able to ask them questions, explain procedures, discuss behavior problems and training, and prepare them for what’s to come makes you not only a better dog lover and guardian, but also makes you more effective at your work with dogs.

So no matter which dog job career you choose, make learning how to talk with dogs your first step so you can access their hidden inner world of thoughts, needs, and feelings!

The Heart School of Animal Communication® teaches you the Heart Wisdom Method so it’s easy as 1-2-3!  

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Dogs – just click on the picture below!


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]]> https://valheart.com/the-12-best-jobs-for-dog-lovers/feed/ 2 Traveling With Animals Doesn’t Have to be Stressful https://valheart.com/traveling-with-animals-doesnt-have-to-be-stressful/ https://valheart.com/traveling-with-animals-doesnt-have-to-be-stressful/#respond Thu, 24 Dec 2020 20:30:28 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=81480 Holiday travel is going to look different for everyone this year and in years to come…

While we all won’t necessarily be going away for Christmas or family visits, the stress that comes along with the season won’t go away, it will just change. Traveling with animals can also mean going on trips, vacations, moving and relocating temporarily.

The thing that won’t change is the fact that your pet will take its cues from you. The Human Animal Body Mind connection exists all the time… in good times and bad.

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We all know that traveling with animals can be challenging at the best of times…

Your stress level – and theirs – will escalate if you don’t work together through things that come up in partnership.

 

Ways to tell your pet is stressed out by the holidays (or trip)

You’ll know your pet is feeling your stress. Here are some common signs:

  • Your dog
    • Barks mindlessly at the Christmas tree
    • Starts jumping on your guests
    • Suffers separation anxiety when you go out of their sight
    • Steals food off the counter, or your dinner plate
    • Changes eating and bathroom habits
  • Your cat
    • Climbs the Christmas tree, knocks off ornaments
    • Steals or knocks food off the kitchen counter, tries to eat off your plate
    • Hides the whole time you have company
    • Changes eating and bathroom habits

Some of these cues can be misunderstood as ‘holiday’ excitement. Some people think it’s cute and quirky for a cat to scale a Christmas tree…

…but it’s really a sign that they’re feeling great anxiety and they don’t know how to cope with it. And you’re exposing them to serious harm.

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Whether you’re traveling with animals or just spending the holidays at home, there are some simple things you can do to de-stress the animals in your life. We’ve created this 1-hour presentation to guide you through the steps you can take to ease your pet’s anxiety.

These tools and tricks are as much for you as they are for your pet. If you’re both feeling at ease and calm during this stressful time, that feeling will stay with you long after the holidays are over.

You’ll have a more emotionally stable, peaceful and contented home.

Watch this video and learn the 10 critical skills for reducing stress – yours and theirs.

You will discover:

  1. How your animals are already giving you feedback – and how to respond correctly to minimize stress, danger and frustration.Learn How to Talk to Animals
  2. Tips for getting and keeping a more emotionally stable home environment so they can connect with others in a more meaningful way.
  3. The 3 top clues that let you know your animals are stressing out – and steps you can take to help them avoid developing serious behavior issues.
  4. Why learning and using animal communication is so important and how it helps create more security and understanding – plus an easy way to get started talking with your animals right now.
  5. How to explain to your animals what’s going to happen and what’s expected of them, avoiding more stress and confusion.
  6. Finding out what is important to your animals about the holiday, and sharing with them why the holiday is important to you.
  7. How to ask your animals for feedback or concerns.
  8. How to check their stress levels and offer time outs to calm down, discuss problems and resolve them together.
  9. Tips on how to own and be responsible for your own stress levels, because you know your animals reflect you.
  10. How to put yourself in their shoes, imagine the experience from their viewpoint so you can make a plan to do something about that on their behalf from a place of calm, assertive confident energy.

Traveling with animals doesn’t have to be stress-filled

Your pets are a member of your family. You want to include them in all your adventures – but not if it’s going to fill them with stress and anxiety.

Take the time to watch this video. And if you want to learn more about what your pets are telling you about themselves – and you – explore the enriching world of pet communication.
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Want to learn more about your furry companions? Check out these articles:

Are There Any Real Benefits of Having Pets?
Coping With the Holidays: Tips for Beating Stress in Dogs & Cats
Holidays with Dogs: 14 Reasons Why Dogs Brighten Our Holiday Season

 

]]> https://valheart.com/traveling-with-animals-doesnt-have-to-be-stressful/feed/ 0 Traveling with Animals - Stress Busting Tips for a Safe Trip | The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™ nonadult Are There Any Real Benefits of Having Pets? https://valheart.com/how-pets-enrich-our-lives/ https://valheart.com/how-pets-enrich-our-lives/#comments Wed, 23 Dec 2020 23:00:55 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=6592 Let’s talk about the unexpected and surprising benefits of having pets in your life.

Did you know that there is a powerful bond between animals and humans?

One of the more beautiful and unifying aspects of humanity is witnessing the extraordinary lengths some animal lovers will go to for their animal companions.

Non animal lovers may not get it at all… yet.

So here’s the thing:  They enjoy a mutual, deep bond and connection that is hard to explain or define, but it doesn’t make it any less real or tangible.

Many people have learned the benefits of having pets. And a pet of any kind, whether it’s a cat, dog, horse, lizard, or bird who feels loved and secure, will bring great joy to their human.

While some pet owners go to extravagant lengths for their fur babies – throwing them elaborate weddings or birthday parties or dressing them up in awesome costumes – even the simple act of acknowledging their loyalty and love for you is a gift that will reap a lifetime of rewards.

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Pets are a window to our soul

One of the many benefits of having pets is when they show you who you really are.  They do that by reflecting, mirroring and acting out aspects of your inner self.  And when you pay attention to their messages they can help you become a better person.

This is the phenomenon I call The Human Animal BodyMind Connection and it’s an extraordinary thing that once you understand it, it will change your life.

They have no capacity for spite or guile.

When you listen to them, what are they saying about how you’re caring for yourself… and them?

They will innately reflect your sense of health and well-being. They are attuned to your energy – mind, body and emotions – and can send you messages about brewing problems long before others can perceive signs of trouble.

And, they can be a great comfort during times of stress, isolation or loneliness.

 

Health benefits of having pets

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We’ve all heard clichés like, “Dogs are man’s best friend.”

But have you wondered why? I’ll tell you my belief…

Dogs are loyal to a fault.

Animals find joy in the simplest, smallest things.

They have no need for excuses or pretense, they are only ever being themselves.

They go to sleep unencumbered by daily worries and wake up every morning with a clean slate, ready to take on the world with fresh eyes and spirits.

Their buoyancy, resilience, devotion, determination, and optimism are infectious.

Yet, many animals also have an innate sense when someone is in need of support. They don’t always take on the worry…they simply reach out to comfort a person in pain.

Not every dog, cat, or horse will be a therapy animal who trains for care in a hospital, as a service animal or companion during times of crisis…

But you should know that your pet is picking up signals from you at all times.

Your horse will sense the tension in you and try to make sense of it, then decide how to help you with that.

Your dog will follow you around the house when they read negative energy trying to figure out what’s wrong and how to help you.

You might think they’re being a pest – especially when you’re feeling agitated.  Stop and receive the gift of their love for what it is, and have a conversation with them about what’s bothering you.  You’ll feel better for it, and when you know how to talk with animals they’ll be able to tell you what they think too.

 

Animals understand when things are going wrong, but they lack the power to fix them… or do they?

Countless studies have shown that there is healing power in having a cat purr on your lap, having a dog rest their head in your lap, having a horse remain still while you stroke their face.

Research has revealed that the bond between people and their pets increases fitness, lowers stress, and bring joy to their owners. Some of the many benefits of having pets are that people enjoy:

  • Decreased blood pressure
  • Decreased cholesterol levels
  • Increased opportunities for exercise and outdoor activities
  • Decreased triglyceride levels
  • Decreased feelings of loneliness
  • Increased opportunities for socialization

(Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Pets won’t let you withdraw, isolate, or cocoon all alone

It’s very difficult to socialize in today’s world…and that can magnify depression, anxiety, and a sense of isolation.

Your pet needs your care and attention during good times. They need to play games with you, go for walks with you, learn from you. And, during bad times they still need all those things, but can sense that things aren’t right, when you’re in pain.

When your dog becomes obsessed with bringing you a toy, or seems to be nagging you to go for a walk, listen to them.

Your cat might be circling your home office chair, pouncing on your computer, intent on distracting you… but really, they’re probably telling you it’s time to change your focus.

Often they’ll notice that your breathing has become shallow, your circulation is weakening, and your energy is faltering… it worries them.  Time to take a break!

Time spent caring for a pet releases serotonin and dopamine, two hormones that trigger a pleasure response.

Pets are highly intuitive creatures. And the more time they spend with you, the better they get to know you and become attuned to your lows and highs.

The benefits of having pets go beyond heroic rescue dogs

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We all have a picture in our mind of German Shepherds finding lost children in the woods, highly trained Golden Retrievers who have learned to sense seizures in their owners, therapy dogs that visit hospitals to comfort patients…

But pets don’t have to be doing “heroic” deeds to be a hero in your life, and they don’t have to all be dogs either.

Birds, bearded dragons, horses, chickens all make a difference.

Believe it or not, watching your goldfish swim in and out of their little castle for 10 minutes lowers your blood pressure, and your stress.

Having a pet…

  • forces you to focus on someone vulnerable outside yourself, and make the effort to tend to their needs which helps you tend to your own needs as well
  • gets you outside for some exercise because after all, enjoying nature and getting offline is critically important for your own health and well-being as well as theirs
  • makes you step away from the computer and simply play, lighten up, refresh and reboot so you can reconnect

Whether you get an iguana, a beagle, a Siamese cat, or a parakeet, you’ll enjoy the benefits of having pets in your life.

Take the time to learn how they communicate with you…they have insights to share if you’re willing to listen and learn.

Tell us about YOUR pet! Post in the comments below and let’s celebrate your love of pets and what a difference they have made in your life.

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!

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The Extraordinary Soul Connection Between People and Animals

3 Tips to Help You Choose the Right Dog

How To Become a Professional Animal Communicator – My Story

]]> https://valheart.com/how-pets-enrich-our-lives/feed/ 4 Learn How to Puppy Proof Your House in 5 Easy Steps https://valheart.com/how-to-puppy-proof-your-home/ https://valheart.com/how-to-puppy-proof-your-home/#comments Wed, 23 Dec 2020 17:23:43 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=6116 There are few things more exciting than bringing home a new furry family member, especially at Christmas or other gift giving times.

It’s a chance to build a strong bond with an intuitive being that will be completely devoted to you. But do you know how to puppy proof your house in preparation for the new arrival?

Imagine preparing your home for a visit from your friend and her toddler…or a baby who’s just learned to crawl or toddle about getting into everything they shouldn’t.

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That’s what you’re signing up for when you bring home a puppy.

But while you and your friend will be there to monitor their child, and comfort them when they’re distressed – or gently distract and guide them when they get in trouble – you must realize and accept that YOU are the sole source of safety, guidance, and comfort for your puppy’s needs.

And unlike your friend and her baby, your puppy will be with you every day, all day long for the rest of their life.

It’s important to consider the physical and emotional health of your new pack member…

If you do intend to surprise your children with a pet this holiday season, make sure to think past the initial “big surprise” of Christmas day and to the days and months and years after that.

 

How to puppy proof your house in 5 easy steps

Pets bring great joy and unconditional love to a home…and, in the early going, a certain amount of chaos.

But it doesn’t take long for them to weave themselves into your life and form a bond with you.

Get off on the right foot with your new family member by taking these five steps to puppy proof your house.

 

1. Make your puppy feel at home.

Your puppy has an acute sense of smell…it’s one of the key ways in which dogs interpret the world around them.

If you’re getting your puppy from a breeder, ask them to put a towel, blanket or pillow from your house into the puppy’s kennel where they sleep a few days before they come home with you. It will help them learn your scent, and then give them something familiar on their first few nights away from their kennel. It will also gather scent from their mother and siblings which will also be comforting their first time away from their birth home.

If you’re adopting a dog from a shelter, they’ll probably send you home with a blanket or toy that has been with the puppy since they arrived.

Everything will be new and foreign to them…any olfactory cues you can give them to make them feel safe will ease the transition.

 

2. Assess the risk in your home.

Just like having an inquisitive toddler in your home, puppies don’t know about the hazards to their health…and since they’re teething, they’ll lick, chew or sample anything.

You might look a bit silly, but go around the house on your hands and knees and interpret your living space from your pet’s perspective. Consider putting child locks on kitchen and bathroom cupboards, and be mindful of doors that can’t be closed securely…

Can they nudge open the laundry room door and get at the detergent pods or fabric softener sheets?

Do you leave your shoes or slippers laying around? Beyond the inconvenience and frustration of having your favorite loafers chewed beyond repair, they’ll be ingesting toxic material that could lead to serious health issues.

Can they get their noses into the garbage can? Remember, something that smells like garbage to you might smell like a delicious treat to your inquisitive, perpetually hungry puppy.

And, speaking of meals…

 

3. Choose the menu carefully.

It’s true that puppies will eat just about anything…but that doesn’t mean they should.

Be sure to get a supply of the food they were eating before they left their kennel or shelter, and slowly blend in the food you intend to give them during their early development. Their digestive system will need time to adjust to the new food.

You’re welcome to feed your puppy table scraps as long as the food scrap is healthy for them, AND as long as you use proper training to guide them in how to behave.

If not, they’ll develop bad habits around your dinner table and in your kitchen when they start to associate the smell of human food with their meal routine and handouts.

Don’t give your puppy the benefit of reason, either. They’ll quickly inhale chocolate, onions, grapes and raisins without knowing they can be toxic to their system.

Don’t try to cut corners with their diet. Just like humans, healthy food leads to better overall health…so if you think you’re saving money by feeding them an economical (cheap) brand of kibble, you’re setting your puppy up for poor health along with big vet bills down the road.

 

4. Minimize electrical hazards.

Puppies are little predators at heart. Every cord looks like a snake or lizard to them…something to conquer and consume.

Invest in some cable ties, cable covers and mounting hardware to keep cords fastened securely to the wall, or under rugs and furniture where they can’t be reached by curious chewing machines.

As you will discover, they’re teething and, like a baby cutting new teeth, will look for anything to gnaw on to relieve the pain and ‘scratch that itch’…

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5. Safeguard the china.

There are a variety of reasons a dog will wag their tail. It’s not always a sign of pleasure…sometimes it can be a signal that your puppy is feeling anxious or threatened.

Whatever the reason, a puppy tail can be a recipe for disaster. And, they’ll get the zoomies and bound around the house with reckless abandon.

Healthy happy dogs don’t have a vindictive bone in their bodies…so it won’t be fair to get angry with them for anything they might knock over and break if you left it in harm’s way.

When you can’t modify the behavior, modify the environment.

Move anything breakable out of their reach…china, ornaments, photos, even your Christmas tree should be decorated with your puppy in mind.

If you really want to puppy proof your house, you’ll give up some of the features that they can’t help attacking or knocking over.

Later when they’ve settled into adulthood and know the house rules, you might be able to bring them out again.

 

Now you know how to puppy proof your house!  You’ve set yourself and your dog up for a long happy healthy life togetherRead Before Hiring a Communicator

Dogs have a uniquely wonderful way of interpreting their environment. If you take the time to puppy proof your house with your dog’s sensibilities in mind, you’ll enjoy a wonderful, safe relationship with them.

Give them time, and a safe space, to adjust to their new surroundings. And try to put yourself in their shoes – or paws – when looking around your home.

They won’t be wild, uninhibited risk-seekers for their whole lives. Be patient. The time you invest in the early going will pay off down the road.

And, check the dryer before you start a cycle…puppies love little caves, and dryers look like the perfect space to take a nap!

If you’d like to learn how to form a more meaningful bond with your dog, consider learning how to hone your skills.

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Want to learn more about your fluffy companions? Check out these articles:

10 Best (Healthiest) Dog Foods To Prevent Taurine Deficiency
How to Build Your Own Pet Drinking Fountain
Traveling with Animals – Stress Busting Tips for a Safe Trip on The Real Dr. Doolittle Show

 

 

 

 

 

]]> https://valheart.com/how-to-puppy-proof-your-home/feed/ 2 Have You Learned to Access Your Akashic Records? https://valheart.com/have-you-learned-to-access-your-akashic-records/ https://valheart.com/have-you-learned-to-access-your-akashic-records/#respond Fri, 18 Dec 2020 01:54:45 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=81440 Have you learned to read your Akashic Records?

Have you ever encountered angels in your life, or had experiences you didn’t understand?

If you had free and full access to all knowledge, events, and memories in this and other lifetimes so that you could understand the meaning of your encounter, would you want to?

I didn’t fully understand the power of tapping into buried memories and cosmic information until I learned about accessing the power of Akashic records.

Once you’ve learned to harness that power, you have an opportunity to help yourself and animals – and their caretakers – heal from traumatic experiences and more.

It happened to me… and I’ve been a witness and facilitator countless times when humans and animals have found understanding through their willingness to explore Akashic records.

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Proof that we can recall our Akashic memories… in slow motion.

When I was 7 years old my parents and I drove into town to pick up a new television.

I was sitting in the back of Daddy’s green pick-up truck, exposed to the wind and elements and the swaying of the vehicle’s movement. Of course, in 1965 there wasn’t a safety net in sight because it wasn’t illegal for kids to ride in the back of trucks.

Back then, none of us gave too much thought to leaping into the bed of a truck to get around town any more than heading out for a hike in the woods or to the far end of the pasture.

It was my birthday, and I was excited about the adventure.

We were happily driving through a 4 way intersection when another vehicle ran the red light and T-boned our truck.

The impact threw me completely out of the back of the truck and sent me skidding across the pavement on my back. I landed and glanced up just in time to see the truck careening out of control, spinning, flying towards me and just about to run over me…, and I was sure I’d be crushed.

The next thing I knew I was laying on a grassy side of the sidewalk, not far from the street. And I watched wide eyed as the truck slammed to a stop at the curb by my feet just a few feet away.

I had road burns from sliding across the asphalt – I still have the scars – and I was in shock.

Eyewitnesses couldn’t ‘remember’ seeing me make the journey from skidding across the road to laying on the grass, safely away from the accident.

They insisted I had landed on the grass, but couldn’t explain the road burns and gravel dug into my back from sliding across the pavement.

I never understood the truth of what happened. It made no sense.

It was a miracle I was still alive and relatively unhurt.

Years later, I explored the memory of that incident using Akashic techniques – and the details became clear to me.

As I had been skidding painfully across the road, the truck careening on a collision course towards me, time froze.

Two angels appeared. They conferred, decided I still had a purpose to fulfill, that it wasn’t my time to die.

So they lifted me gently and lovingly placed me out of harm’s way on the grass.

And then time resumed normally.

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Reading the Akashic Record of a frightened horse

Fast-forward.

I was called to help solve the mystery of an accident involving a young horse. She had arrived back at the stables without her rider, stirrups flapping. She was panicked and the people at the barn were horrified.

It took some time for them to locate the rider. She was unconscious and suffering from serious internal injuries, a concussion, broken bones…

She was transported to the emergency center in an Air Med helicopter, still unconscious.

As the doctors worked to stabilize the rider, I was asked to talk with the mare to find out what had happened.

Through a combination of animal communication with the horse and accessing the Akashic Records, we were able to ‘slow down’ the recording she had in her mind of the entire incident.

Learn How to Talk to AnimalsThe mare was able to recall the entire experience in slow motion. She had sensed a predator and was feeling very nervous. Suddenly she picked up a strong scent that made her feel extremely vulnerable and in danger, and she spooked sideways.

Her rider, not understanding the mare’s behavior, reined her in more tightly trying to control her, and that simply made the mare feel even more scared and vulnerable.

While her rider was chastising her for the bad behavior, the horse felt something bite at her leg, and she bolted to the side again and lost her footing.

She panicked and reared over backwards, tumbling them both to the ground in a heap. The mare landed on top of her rider and, in her desperation and panic, stepped on her rider several times getting on her feet again so she could escape the danger.

Her instincts told her to return to the stable as quickly as she could…leaving her rider injured and unconscious on the trail.

The young mare’s instincts had been correct about the danger. A mountain lion had passed across the trail and was stalking them… and there were venomous snakes in the area too.

But her rider hadn’t listened to the mare’s warnings, and hadn’t acknowledged her fear. Instead, she had chastised her and tried to exert more control.

So, when a copperhead snake struck at her fetlock, she went into survival mode.

Because they didn’t have a rapport, the mare felt misunderstood and alone and reacted in a way that put the rider in danger.

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There is a human animal bond that should be unbreakable

Animals don’t behave with spite.

They have clear and valid viewpoints and reasons for what they do and how they behave.

If you have developed a healthy rapport with them, they won’t set out to harm you. And in fact, they will often go out of their way to keep you as safe as possible.

If they’re acting out against your wishes, it’s because they have a message to share that you’ve not heard, understood, or acknowledged yet.

I’ve learned to tap into the Akashic Records, for both human clients and our animal companions. Those records can reveal the back stories for greater understanding of pain and trauma, and are part of the healing journey.

Would you like to learn how to explore your memories, or your pet’s, so that you can enjoy a more fulfilling relationship?

Our Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club’s Heart Wisdom Masterclass will guide you through accessing your own Akashic records, and assist you in exploring the past trauma, experiences, information and karma that impacts your life.

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Learn more about animal communication with these three articles:

Talk to Animals and Watch the Amazing Results! How Animal Communication Saved the Lives of 49 Fawns
Five Benefits of Animal Communication
Animal Communication Can Fix the Problems You’re Having With Your Pets

]]> https://valheart.com/have-you-learned-to-access-your-akashic-records/feed/ 0 Separation Anxiety in Pets is Manageable https://valheart.com/separation-anxiety-in-pets-is-manageable/ https://valheart.com/separation-anxiety-in-pets-is-manageable/#comments Fri, 18 Dec 2020 00:33:55 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=81425 How to manage separation anxiety in pets

Do you have to travel for work, or to see family?

There are so many things to consider before you leave your home for a holiday or a convention, or a night out, or…

…and, if you’re leaving a four-legged companion behind, you have some extra considerations.

Imagine if you simply left your young children all alone with no word about where you were disappearing to, or when you’d be back, or who would care for them while you were gone.

No instructions on what to do – or not do – or how to contact you for help if they need it.

You just left, without being sure their needs, questions, and concerns were met.

Not good.

If you do that to your fur-family member, they could experience separation anxiety, triggering bad behavior, and poor health.

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But separation anxiety in pets is manageable and avoidable if you take the right approach.

It doesn’t even have to be a trip. It can be a change in your daily routine – like going to the office, then working from home for several weeks, then going back to the office.

Consider that switching up your routines without talking to your pet about it is just like changing your shift rotation and not telling your husband and kids!

Pets, like the human loved ones in your life, deserve to be ‘kept in the loop’.

They’re relying on you, and when you change your patterns and habits with no notice or proper provision for them, they must try to change along with you.

Unfortunately, their coping mechanisms can be more destructive than the ones your family might employ…

Preventing separation anxiety in pets takes thought and care

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You are your dog’s entire world… anxiety can affect them much more severely than other more independent minded pets.

And while cats try to sell themselves as aloof and disinterested unless you’ve filled the food dish or cleaned the litterbox, they care about your schedule, too.

You might think that boarding your horse at a farm across town is a better option than your small paddock because of the space to roam and company of other horses…but they’ve become accustomed to a certain daily pattern.

You are part of their herd. Time spent apart from you can be stressful if they don’t know what’s happening or why, or have questions or concerns.

I’m not suggesting that you can never switch things up in your routines, or leave your pet with a sitter or at a kennel…but they need to be told what’s happening, and why.

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!

 

Treat your pet like someone who deserves to know what you know

Separation anxiety in pets arises when your pet feels like they’ve been left in the dark. So, before you make any change to your schedule – permanent or temporary – be sure to give them the details.

That means, you have to tell them:

  • What to expect
  • When things will happen
  • Who’s involved
  • What you need from them
  • How you want them to behave
  • How long you’ll be gone or how long this change will last
  • Whether they’ll be in a kennel or cared for in their home
  • When you’re coming back

Giving your pet the courtesy of an explanation about how their environment or patterns are going to change will prevent separation anxiety…and the side effects.

Is your pet suffering from the stress of separation anxiety?

If you have a good rapport with your pet, they’ll be settled and content as you prepare for the change in your routines.

But, if you haven’t taken the time to communicate with them about your shared experiences, they’ll exhibit some very clear signs that they’re anticipating something bad to happen.

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1. Panting, zoomies, peeing in all the wrong places.

Dogs will cool themselves after a good workout by panting. And the zoomies can be a sign that your pet is feeling happy and carefree.

But are they panting constantly, even though your home is a comfortable temperature?

Are they ricocheting off the walls and furniture…everytime you come into the room?

Have they thrown up their food by the door, or chosen a new bathroom that isn’t the litterbox or yard? Maybe your closet, your pillow, or behind the sofa?

Many of these behaviors can be signs of an underlying medical condition, like potential heart failure or an infection.

Consult the best veterinarian near you if things like bladder control or vomiting are a problem. Here’s a directory of great veterinarians that might prove useful to you in your search.

But then take a big step back and evaluate what your pet might be trying to tell you if you’re in the middle of a big life change.

2. Going full mannequin.

Resist the urge to think, “Wow, I can’t believe the dog has been laying still for so long. It’s great that they’re so disciplined.”

If you’re trying to identify separation anxiety in pets, complete stillness isn’t necessarily a sign of calm…

It could be that your pet has ‘shut down’ and is frozen because of their anxiety.

They’re trying to reboot themselves. Their seemingly good posture and attentiveness can be a sign that they’re feeling extremely scared. They aren’t sure how to cope with their fear.

Like a deer in the headlights, they’re trying to process the situation and don’t want to move until they’ve got a plan of action.

3. Going full Tasmanian devil.

Your anxious pet is feeling left out and, rather than retreating, they go on the offensive in an effort to get your attention.

They suddenly start to shred the furniture, steal food off the kitchen counter, randomly bark at people walking by the house.

You’re preoccupied with the changes in your life, and this kind of bad behavior can lead you to conclude that you suddenly have a bad pet.

The anger you start to feel simply creates a negative feedback loop.

Your pet was already anxious, and now their human is angry…it’s a downward negative spiral into a nasty rabbit hole that can be difficult to climb out of.

Learning how to effectively communicate with animals can ease their stress…and yours

There’s no need for either of you to feel anxious about time spent apart.

Dogs, especially, are highly social pack animals. If you’ve found a good boarding place or day care for them to spend their time while you work or are gone on holiday, they’ll leap out of your car to race into the kennel.

And when you come back to get them they’ll be equally delighted to greet you and leap back into your car with equal enthusiasm and trust to go home again.

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No matter whether it’s your dog, cat, horse or bird, the key is communication.

It doesn’t take long for a pet to become highly attuned to your sense of well-being. And… while it might seem misguided, they genuinely want to ease your stress and pain.

They’re hoping you’ll pick up on the signals they send when they’re feeling anxious or suffering, too.

Word to the wise: Don’t disappoint them when they need you the most.

Whether you consult a pet communicator, invest time learning how to talk to animals yourself, or simply make an effort to read your pet’s signals with more intention, you’ll have a richer relationship.

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Did you enjoy this article? Here are three more you may find interesting:

Are You Listening To The Dog Signals You’re Being Sent?
Are Animals Healers? The Healing Power of A Cat’s Purr
11 of the 27 Brilliant Reasons to Learn Animal Communication

 

]]> https://valheart.com/separation-anxiety-in-pets-is-manageable/feed/ 2 10 Best (Healthiest) Dog Foods To Prevent Taurine Deficiency https://valheart.com/10-best-healthiest-dog-foods-to-prevent-taurine-deficiency/ https://valheart.com/10-best-healthiest-dog-foods-to-prevent-taurine-deficiency/#respond Thu, 03 Dec 2020 07:09:03 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=81313 You don’t have to be a pet nutrition expert to understand the importance of a balanced diet for dogs.

In your own life, you strive to achieve a healthy diet (for the most part). You eat fresh fruits and vegetables, lean proteins, and healthy fats. You can make your own dietary choices, but your dog relies entirely on you to provide for his nutritional needs.

Nutritional deficiencies are just as big a problem in dogs as they are in people. They are just harder to diagnose.

Many deficiencies don’t present with obvious symptoms, as is the case with taurine deficiency. Taurine is an essential nutrient that supports heart health and function.

It is very important to make sure that your dog gets enough taurine in his daily diet.

In this article, we’ll explore the subject of taurine deficiency in dogs. We’ll talk about what taurine is and why your dog needs it. We’ll also dig deeper into the grain free dog food debate. You’ll see our top picks for the best taurine rich foods for dogs.

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See below for the 10 BEST Dog Foods to combat Taurine Deficiency!

 

The Importance Of Taurine For Dogs

As you may remember from high school science class, amino acids are the building blocks of protein. There are twenty different amino acids out there.

Your dog’s body is able to synthesize or create about half of them on its own. The remaining 10 amino acids are celled “essential” amino acids because they must come from your dog’s diet.

Here are the 10 essential amino acids your dog needs:

  • Arginine
  • Histidine
  • Isoleucine
  • Leucine
  • Lysine
  • Methionine
  • Phenylalanine
  • Threonine
  • Tryptophan
  • Valine

As you might notice, taurine is not on this list of essential amino acids. Your dog’s body is capable of synthesizing taurine, but production slows down as the dog ages.

Add to this the fact that taurine is widely distributed throughout the body and used in high concentrations and you can see why taurine deficiency becomes a concern for so many dogs.

 

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Not only is taurine not an essential amino acid, but it is not even a traditional amino acid in that its primary function is not to serve as a building block for protein. Rather, the dog’s organs and tissues contain abundant stores of taurine. Here are some of the specific benefits linked to taurine:

  • strengthens the heart muscles and supports vascular function
  • promotes reproductive health
  • fights obesity and helps control diabetes and related complications
  • supports healthy vision and protects the retinas
  • defends the liver against oxidation from free radicals

Any dog has the potential to develop a taurine deficiency, though it is most common in large and giant breeds. Some breeds that are predisposed to this issue include Doberman Pinschers, Great Danes, Boxers, Golden Retrievers, Cocker Spaniels, Dalmatians, and Newfoundlands.

There is also some concern that dogs on grain-free diets have a higher risk for low taurine levels.

Are Grain-Free Diets Bad For Dogs?

Over the past year or two, there has been a great deal of controversy surrounding grain-free diets for dogs. In July 2018, the FDA announced that they were investigating reports of cases of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) in dogs following a grain-free diet.

The original report notes that the underlying cause of DCM remains unproven but suggests a genetic component. In many of the reported cases, dog foods listed high levels of potatoes and multiple legumes. Those were standards in the average grain-free diet for dogs.

This begs the question, are grain-free diets bad for dogs?

Before answering this question, let’s take a quick look at the history of grain-free diets. They first began to appear on the pet food market about 10 years ago. These diets were originally marketed for dogs who were allergic or intolerant to grains (dogs that were then and are still in the minority).

For dogs who had been suffering from food allergies and digestive symptoms, grain-free diets presented an effective treatment that resolved their symptoms and, boy, were those dog owners happy!

Similar to what’s been happening with the gluten free movement for people, dog owners who found that grain-free dog food really helped their dogs shouted it from the rooftops. Eager to see the same improvements in their dogs, many dog owners switched their dog to a grain-free diet.

The problem is that many of the dogs who went grain-free had no medical or nutritional need to do so. The fact remains that grain-inclusive diets (specifically whole grains) are very nutritious and generally very digestible for dogs.

Unless your dog has a grain allergy or intolerance, there is NO NEED to go grain-free.

Unfortunately, what usually happens with trends happened here… It became a common misconception that grain-free diets are inherently better for dogs.

With the FDA’s investigation, it has become clear that the unnecessary feeding of grain-free diets may actually be harming dogs. Researchers are still exploring the link between grain free dog food and cardiomyopathy.

However, it is common knowledge that dog foods that get most of their protein from plant sources (like legumes) contain less taurine than high-quality, meat-based dog foods.

Now you have a better understanding of grain-free diets and the role they play in taurine deficiency. You’re ready to start shopping for a new dog food! Keep reading to learn what to look for in the best dog food with taurine.

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What To Look For In A Good Dog Food For Taurine Deficiency

Your dog’s minimum nutritional requirements do not change, regardless of taurine deficiency. He still needs a diet right in premium animal protein with balanced levels of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids. Digestible carbohydrates and dietary fiber support healthy and regular digestion while fresh fruits and vegetables provide natural sources of key nutrients.

Here are some things to look for in the best dog foods high in taurine:

1. High-quality animal protein.

Protein is the most important nutrient for any dog. It is also one of the best foods high in taurine. Meat, eggs, and seafood provide the richest natural sources of taurine. They are also complete proteins, containing all 10 essential amino acids.

2. Type of meat.

Animal proteins contain higher levels of taurine, though it is important to choose the right one. Larger animals like cows have lower levels of taurine than smaller animals like fish. Also, dark meat has a higher concentration of taurine than white meat (as do organ meats).

3. Moderate healthy fat content.

Fat provides your dog with a concentrated source of energy. Your dog also needs a balance of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids for healthy brain function, strong immunity, and good coat condition.

4. Digestible carbohydrates.

Your dog’s body digests animal products better than plants. Whole grains and fresh vegetables are still digestible, though, and provide a rich source of nutrients for your dog. Unless your dog is allergic or intolerant to grains, a grain-free diet is NOT necessary.

5. Complete and balanced nutrition.

Look for the AAFCO statement of nutritional adequacy on the label that confirms the product will meet your dog’s minimum nutritional requirements. Synthetic vitamins and chelated minerals help support balanced nutrition.

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With this information in mind, you’re ready to start shopping around for the best dog food with taurine.

If you’re not sure that the level of taurine in dog food is going to be enough to resolve your dog’s deficiency, talk to your vet about a taurine supplement for dogs.

Understanding your dog’s nutritional needs is part of your basic responsibilities as a dog owner.

The more you understand about your dog’s needs, the better you can provide for them.

If your dog is getting older or comes from a large or giant breed, taurine deficiency should be a concern.

Talk to your veterinarian and consider switching your dog to one of the dog foods with taurine we’ve reviewed above.

 

What Foods Contain Taurine For Dogs?

Taurine is one of twenty amino acids your dog’s body needs for healthy function. Though it may not be an essential amino acid (one your dog’s body can’t synthesize), production slows with age and the body uses so much of it that many dogs become deficient. Plant foods do not contain taurine. Meat, eggs, and seafood provide the richest natural sources of taurine for dogs.

What Causes Taurine Deficiency?

Taurine deficiency doesn’t cause any outward symptoms in dogs. Nevertheless, it can contribute to other health problems that do produce symptoms. The primary health problem associated with low taurine levels is dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). DCM is a form of heart disease in dogs that primarily affects large and giant breeds because they produce less taurine than smaller dogs on a similar diet. Researchers estimate that diet is a factor for 20% to 30% of cases of DCM. Choosing a high-taurine diet may help treat or prevent this disease. Breed predisposition is one potential cause for taurine deficiency – it can also be related to an inherited disease called cystinuria. Cystinuria increases the formation of stones in the dog’s kidneys, ureter, and bladder.

What Is The Best Taurine Supplement For Dogs?

Before giving your dog a taurine supplement, it is a good idea to get your veterinarian’s approval. If your dog has dilated cardiomyopathy or has been diagnosed with low taurine levels, consider a supplement. One of the top taurine supplements on the market is VetriScience Vetri-Cardio Canine Bite-Sized Chews. These supplements support the heart muscle, reduce oxidative stress, and boost overall cardiovascular function. They also contain essential amino acids like arginine with added coQ10 and magnesium for cardiac support.

How Much Taurine Should Be In Dog Food?

If you’re looking for the best dog food with taurine, look for one that features animal, rather than plant, proteins. Generally speaking, the average level of taurine in dog food is about 0.13% dry food matter. If your dog’s diet isn’t enough to meet his needs for taurine, you can give him a supplement.  The recommended amount is up to 1,000 mg per day for every 40 pounds of your dog’s body weight.

The 10 Best Dog Foods For Taurine Deficiency

If you want your dog to remain healthy and happy for as long as possible, you need to feed him the highest quality dog food you can consistently afford.

Some pet nutrition experts recommend rotating your dog’s diet several times a year and I’m personally a big fan of variety.

This will reduce the risk for food allergies, which may be a good idea if your dog is predisposed to taurine deficiency and you want to avoid having to switch to a grain-free diet. If you’re simply looking for the best dog food with taurine, read on for our recommendations.

 

Here’s our top 10 picks for the best dog food for Taurine deficiency:

  1. Nom Nom Fresh Pet Food
  2. American Journey Salmon & Brown Rice Protein
  3. Merrick Classic Healthy Grains Chicken + Brown Rice Recipe
  4. Instinct L.I.D. Recipe with Real Lamb
  5. Nature’s Logic Canine Duck & Salmon Meal Feast
  6. Holistic Select Adult Health Anchovy, Sardine & Salmon
  7. The Honest Kitchen Whole Grain Chicken Recipe
  8. Simply Nourish Lamb & Oatmeal Recipe
  9. VICTOR Ocean Fish Formula
  10. CANIDAE All Life Stages Multi-Protein Formula

1. Nom Nom Fresh Pet Food

 

  • Human-grade ingredients NomNomNow Dog Food
  • Added Fruits & Veggies
  • 50% off First Order

Overall Best Dog Food for Taurine Deficiency: The quality of the ingredients in your dog’s food is directly related to its impact on his health. Low-quality ingredients are harder for your dog to digest which means that he won’t get as many nutrients from it.

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NomNomNow is a fresh food delivery service that uses only the highest quality natural ingredients in their formulas to ensure that your dog gets the premium nutrition he deserves.
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Choose from four protein-rich recipes featuring lamb, chicken, turkey, and beef with fresh fruits and vegetables and supplemental nutrients for balance.

Each recipe is vet-crafted and prepared fresh. Then it’s sent to your door with easy-to-follow feeding instructions to ensure that your dog gets the energy and the nutrition he needs.

To maximize your dog’s taurine intake, choose the turkey recipe. This recipe features dark-meat turkey as well as taurine-rich organ meats like turkey heart and turkey liver. Make note that this is a grain-free recipe, but it is not legume-heavy. It only contains lentils: the 7th ingredient listed.

  • Pros: Customize your dog’s meals, fresh food delivered to your door, made with wholesome natural ingredients, vet-crafted for premium quality
  • Cons: Expensive compared to most commercial diets, limited number of recipes to choose from

Read Also: Nom Nom Fresh Pet Food Review 2020

 

2. American Journey Salmon & Brown Rice Protein First Recipe

 

  • Well-rounded, balanced diet American Journey Salmon Sweet Potato dog food
  • Real, deboned salmon as the first ingredient
  • Balanced blend of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids

Most Affordable: As a responsible dog owner, you want to do what’s best for your dog, but you have to operate within your own limitations.

WHY YOU SHOULD BUY
If you’re concerned about the cost of your dog’s food, choose a brand that is known as much for the quality of their products as for their affordability – American Journey.

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From Chewy’s in-house brand, this American Journey Salmon & Brown Rice Protein First Recipe Dry Food is a great choice if you’re looking for the best dog food with taurine. It features fresh salmon as the primary ingredient. Salmon is a rich source of protein and taurine as well as omega fatty acids.

This recipe also contains menhaden fish meal for supplemental protein and digestible whole-grain carbohydrates like brown rice. This formula contains fresh fruits and vegetables, providing natural sources of essential vitamins with chelated minerals ensuring optimal nutrient absorption.

Overall, this formula provides 25% crude protein and 15% crude fat with a balance of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids.

  • Pros: Fresh salmon rich in protein and taurine, digestible whole-grain carbohydrates, affordable price tag, fresh fruits and vegetables, blend of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids
  • Cons: May be too high in fiber for some dogs, plant proteins are a main ingredient

3. Merrick Classic Real Chicken & Green Peas With Ancient Grains Dry Food

 

  • The first ingredient is real poultry Merrick Real Chicken Dog Food
  • Scrumptious recipe
  • Unique blend of whole grains like brown rice, barley and quinoa

Most Popular: If you’re at a complete loss for what to feed your dog, you can always go with a popular brand like Merrick. Merrick has a long history of producing high-quality, nutritionally balanced diets for dogs like this Classic Real Chicken & Green Peas with Ancient Grains Dry Food.

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Merrick has a long history of producing high-quality, nutritionally balanced diets for dogs like this Classic Real Chicken & Green Peas with Ancient Grains Dry Food.

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This recipe features fresh chicken as the main ingredient with chicken meal, turkey meal, salmon meal, and chicken liver as supplemental sources of both protein and taurine. This recipe contains whole grains like brown rice and oatmeal with supplemental fiber and essential nutrients from green peas, quinoa, and barley.

It also contains fresh fruits and vegetables to provide natural sources for key nutrients with supplemental vitamins and chelated minerals for complete and balanced nutrition. You’ll also be glad to know that this formula contains probiotics to ensure healthy and regular digestion as well as optimal nutrient absorption. If your dog is allergic to grains, try one of Merrick’s grain-free recipes.

  • Pros: Real chicken first ingredient, contains ancient whole grains, rich in protein with moderate fat, fresh fruits and vegetables, synthetic vitamins and chelated minerals, probiotics for digestion
  • Cons: Doesn’t specific light or dark meat chicken

4. Nature’s Variety Instinct LID Grain-Free Recipe With Real Duck

 

  • Limited ingredient recipe Instinct GF Dog Food with Duck
  • Made with grass-fed lamb
  • Made in the USA

Best Dog Food for Taurine Deficiency and Sensitive Stomach: If your dog suffers from food allergies or a sensitive stomach, you may want to switch to a limited ingredient diet. LIDs reduce the risk of triggering food allergies because they contain a shorter list of ingredients and usually contain novel sources of protein and carbohydrate.

WHY YOU SHOULD BUY
This Nature’s Variety Instinct LID Grain-Free Recipe with Real Duck contains a handful of main ingredients including duck meal and fresh duck, two animal-based sources of dark meat which are rich in taurine

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This formula also includes a blend of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids for skin and coat health as well as freeze-dried duck for a boost of flavor and nutrition. This recipe is supplemented with essential vitamins and chelated minerals to ensure complete and balanced nutrition with 3.5% fiber for healthy digestion.

  • Pros: Real duck as main ingredient, limited number of main ingredients, rich in omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids, supplemented with vitamins and chelated minerals, freeze-dried duck for flavor
  • Cons: Main source of fat is plant-based, peas may contribute to the protein content

More Top-Rated Dog Foods For Taurine Deficiency

If the dog foods high in taurine listed above don’t quite meet your requirements, don’t worry – there are plenty of other options to choose from. Here are some more of our top picks:

 

5. Nature’s Logic Canine Duck & Salmon Meal Feast

 

  • 100% natural formula Natures Logic Duck & Salmon Dog Food
  • Probiotics and digestive enzymes are added
  • MSG-free formula

If you want to give your dog the best of the best, try this Nature’s Logic Canine Duck & Salmon Meal Feast. This formula features several concentrated sources of taurine-rich protein including duck meal, turkey meal, and salmon meal.

WHY YOU SHOULD BUY
This recipe contains probiotics to boost your dog’s digestion, helping him absorb as much nutrition from the food as possible while minimizing digestive issues. This formula contains a whopping 38% protein and 15% fat with 5% fiber.

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It is a highly digestible formula featuring whole grains like millet as well as dried fruits and vegetables to provide a boost of natural nutrition. This recipe contains probiotics to boost your dog’s digestion, helping him absorb as much nutrition from the food as possible while minimizing digestive issues.

This formula contains 38% protein and 15% fat with 5% fiber. It is packed with natural meat flavor and is minimally processed, completely free from low-quality fillers, additives, and by-products.

  • Pros: Concentrated sources of animal protein, 100% natural ingredients, digestible whole grains, dried fruits and vegetables, probiotics for digestion, 38% protein
  • Cons: Very expensive compared to average kibble

6. Holistic Select Adult Health Anchovy, Sardine & Salmon Meals Recipe

 

  • Healthy fruits and veggies Holistic Select FG Salmon Anchovy & Sardine Dog Food
  • Includes antioxidant-rich superfoods
  • With Omega-rich ingredients

If you’re looking for a high-quality dog food packed with natural sources of taurine, try this Holistic Select Adult Health Anchovy, Sardine & Salmon Meals Recipe. Made with anchovy, sardine, and salmon meals, this formula is taurine-rich and packed with premium animal protein.

WHY YOU SHOULD BUY
Made with anchovy, sardine, and salmon meals, this formula is taurine-rich and packed with premium animal protein. It contains plenty of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids as well as sources of live, naturally occurring microorganisms to support healthy and regular digestion.

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It contains plenty of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids as well as sources of live, naturally occurring microorganisms to support healthy and regular digestion. This recipe features antioxidant-rich superfoods like blueberries and pomegranate as well as natural fiber for regularity.

This recipe is fortified with natural sources for key vitamins and minerals including pumpkin and papaya but still contains supplemented and chelated minerals to ensure complete and balanced digestion. Overall, it is protein-rich with moderate fat content and it is highly digestible for most dogs.

  • Pros: Several sources of taurine-rich protein, digestible whole grains, fresh fruits and vegetables for key nutrients, blend of omega fatty acids, chelated mineral supplements, probiotics
  • Cons: Main source of fat is plant-based (canola oil)

7. The Honest Kitchen Whole-Grain Chicken Recipe

 

  • Whole-grain dehydrated dog food Honest Kitchen WG Chicken dog food
  • Made with free-range chicken
  • AAFCO complete diet

If fresh food is a little too expensive for you, dehydrated or freeze-dried food might be a good option. This Honest Kitchen Whole-Grain Chicken Recipe Dehydrated Dog Food features free-range chicken as a natural source of premium animal protein and taurine.

WHY YOU SHOULD BUY
It contains organic whole grains like barley and oats with fresh fruits and vegetables to ensure complete and balanced nutrition. You’ll find that it is supplemented with essential vitamins and chelated minerals to ensure maximum nutrient absorption.

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This recipe is limited in its list of ingredients as well, which helps with digestion and reduces the risk of food allergies and sensitivities.

You’ll find that it is supplemented with essential vitamins and chelated minerals to ensure maximum nutrient absorption – it also contains supplemental taurine. This recipe is dehydrated rather than cooked, so it retains more of its original nutritional value, but it needs to be rehydrated before feeding. It may take your dog some time to get used to the texture.

  • Pros: Real chicken as the main ingredient, dehydrated to preserve nutritional integrity, fresh fruits and vegetables, supplemented with chelated minerals and taurine, no artificial additives
  • Cons: Some dogs dislike the texture of rehydrated food

8. Simply Nourish Lamb & Oatmeal Recipe Dry Food

 

  • With real deboned lamb, turkey meal and lamb meal Simply Nourish Lamb and Oatmeal dog food
  • Made with brown rice
  • Includes real vegetables and fruits

If you’re in the market for an affordable brand of dog food that uses high-quality natural ingredients, try Simply Nourish Lamb & Oatmeal Recipe Dry Food. This recipe features a protein-rich blend of fresh lamb, turkey meal, and lamb meal to provide plenty of animal protein – it also contains supplemental taurine to help meet your dog’s needs.

WHY YOU SHOULD BUY
This recipe features a protein-rich blend of fresh lamb, turkey meal, and lamb meal to provide plenty of animal protein – it also contains supplemental taurine to help meet your dog’s needs.

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This recipe contains dried fruits and vegetables for nutritional support and your dog won’t be able to resist all the natural flavor packed in every bite. Plus, it is completely free from artificial additives as well as low-quality grains and fillers.

The recipe also features whole-grain carbohydrates like brown rice and oatmeal which, in addition to providing carbohydrate energy, provide supplemental fiber for healthy and regular digestion.

  • Pros: Rich in real animal protein, contains supplemental taurine, digestible whole-grain carbohydrates, fresh fruits and vegetables, rich in omega fatty acids
  • Cons: Main sources of fat are plant-based (canola oil, sunflower oil)

9. Victor Ocean Fish Formula With Alaskan Salmon Dry Food

 

  • Composed of 68% meat protein Victor Ocean Fish dog food
  • Ideal for pups with normal activity levels
  • Made from gluten-free grains

Fish is one of the richest natural sources of taurine in dog food. This Victor Ocean Fish Formula with Alaskan Salmon Dry Food has it in spades! This recipe features menhaden fish meal and fresh salmon as the primary sources of premium animal protein and natural sources of taurine.

WHY YOU SHOULD BUY
This recipe features menhaden fish meal and fresh salmon as the primary sources of premium animal protein and natural sources of taurine. It contains plenty of supplemental vitamins and chelated minerals to ensure optimal nutrient absorption and it is supplemented with probiotics for digestion as well.

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This dog food contains whole grains like sorghum, millet, and brown rice for carbohydrate energy. It is also supplemented with fiber for healthy and regular digestion. It contains plenty of supplemental vitamins and chelated minerals to ensure optimal nutrient absorption and it is supplemented with probiotics for digestion as well.

Overall, this recipe will support your dog’s needs for animal protein with supplemental ingredients to promote healthy digestion and strong immunity.

  • Pros: Rich in natural sources of taurine, whole-grain carbohydrates, plenty of omega fatty acids, chelated minerals for optimal nutrient absorption
  • Cons: No added taurine, contains some plant protein

10. Canidae All Life Stages Multi-Protein Formula Dry Food

 

  • Optimum protein from chicken, turkey, lamb and fish meals Canidae All Life Stages Dog food
  • Includes HealthPLUS Solutions
  • Veterinarian-formulated

If you’re not sure what to feed your dog, you can’t go wrong with a popular formula like this Canidae All Life Stages Multi-Protein Formula Dry Food. This recipe features several premium sources of animal protein, so you can rest easy knowing that it’s rich in protein.

WHY YOU SHOULD BUY
It contains chicken, turkey, lamb, and fish and is formulated for dogs of all breeds, sizes, and ages. This recipe includes HealthPLUS Solutions, a trio of probiotics, antioxidants, and omega fatty acids for optimal health and it is completely free from low-quality fillers, additives, and byproducts.

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It contains digestible whole grains like brown rice, oatmeal, and cracked pearled barley with supplemental fiber to ensure healthy and regular digestion.

  • Pros: Several sources of animal protein, natural sources of taurine, digestible whole-grain carbohydrates, rich in omega fatty acids, probiotics for healthy digestion
  • Cons: May be too high in calories for some dogs

Here’s to your success in having a happy, healthy dog!

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11 of the 27 Brilliant Reasons to Learn Animal Communication

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3 Tips to Help You Choose the Right Dog

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]]> https://valheart.com/10-best-healthiest-dog-foods-to-prevent-taurine-deficiency/feed/ 0 One Special Soulmates Christmas at the Heart House https://valheart.com/christmas-at-the-heart-house/ https://valheart.com/christmas-at-the-heart-house/#respond Wed, 02 Dec 2020 21:29:09 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=7328 Let’s talk about Soulmates!

I haven’t shared much about this time in my life or about one of my very special soulmates before, because it’s pretty personal.

In case you didn’t know, there was a time when I hadn’t had a man in my life in over 10 years.  Single, isolated, working all the time, with only girl friends (and my Mom) in my life.

Then one year, something shifted for me.  I felt guided that it was time for me to be more social, to enjoy more out of life rather than simply working all the time, and maybe to find a nice man to enjoy spending time with.

So I embarked on a whirlwind of dating and met many wonderful men.  Eventually, I settled on a man that made me feel loved and happy.  His name was Dan.  He was my neighbor’s brother and worked as a handyman.

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Dan started courting me the old fashioned way in April.  We began dating seriously in June, and decided he should move in with me the end of October.

On Christmas Eve, we were preparing for our first Christmas together.  He was still moving in so my home was a bit disorganized and cluttered as we combined our lives, and many years of collected ‘stuff’, habits and lifestyles.  We were running errands, cooking, and deciding what to do about family matters (his and mine), etc.

For many of you, that may not seem so special.  I assure you that for me?  It was HUGE.

What’s so very cool is that for the first time in a very very long time, I now felt like I had a partner.  I wasn’t all alone anymore.

He was there for me and delighted in giving me whatever I wanted, needed or asked for.  He had a bigger family than I did, and they welcomed me with open arms.

We felt that we were Soulmates.

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One definition of a Soulmate is someone who is Divinely gifted to us so that we can heal, grow and evolve.  They can be any species, human or animal.  They may be here for a short time, a season, or a lifetime.

Dan helped heal my heart.  I’d been so wounded in so many of my past relationships, it was truly an act of faith and courage to share myself with him (if you read my story in the Spirited Woman’s Magazine, you’ll get a glimpse into that challenging part of my life’s journey).

With Dan, I chose to be courageous, to speak up and express myself, no more hiding…. to let him see into my heart… to see my tears, my pain, my fears… and also share in my joy, my happiness and love too.

Each time we expressed our Truth and revealed ourselves to each other, we created a new level of intimacy (“into me see”), and our relationship went deeper.  And we both become better people for it.

So today, I’m most grateful for Soulmates.

YOU are also my Soulmate because YOU also help me heal, grow and evolve.

Einstein my Miniature Schnauzer loved spending time with Dan too.  They were very good for each other.  Dan delighted in showing Einstein off to friends, and learned how to train him and teach him tricks too.  And Einstein loved going on adventures with him.

My life expanded.  I came out of my shell and began healing from an abusive marriage.  I found myself again.

Years went by, and Dan and I broke up when it was time to go on our separate ways.  We’d taught each other everything we could and it was time to move on.

But I’ve never forgotten the gifts and treasures, life lessons, and joy of having him in my life and what changed because of it.

I went on to find another even better partner and Soulmate… this time I was ready for more and I married him!

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Both now in the present and in the past… human or animal?

Whatever their lessons and gifts to you, whether they are still in your life now or not, take time this to feel appreciation and gratitude for them being in your life.

“Live with intention. Walk to the edge. Listen hard. Practice wellness. Play with abandon. Laugh. Choose with no regret. Appreciate your friends. Continue to learn. Do what you love. Live as if this is all there is.” – Mary Anne Radmacher

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]]> https://valheart.com/christmas-at-the-heart-house/feed/ 0 Animals: My Spiritual Companion and a Heartwarming Story https://valheart.com/animals-as-spiritual-companions-by-eden-koljord/ https://valheart.com/animals-as-spiritual-companions-by-eden-koljord/#respond Wed, 02 Dec 2020 20:27:28 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=11067 This Christmas Day evening, I spent some time in reflection.

What an honor to think back upon my friend and spiritual companion, Mr. Stormy, and the numerous Divine blessings that accompanied his transition back into Spirit. 

On December 20, 2013, I arrived at the Horse Protection League (HPL) ranch in Golden, CO and Miss Emie (HPL Barn Manager) greeted me.  I found great comfort in her warm embrace.  As I entered Stormy’s paddock, he greeted me along with his human friend, Esther.  I noticed he was holding his head low to the ground seeking a comfortable position.  While talking with Esther, I asked if she would welcome an Affirmative Prayer. 

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Before I began, the rabbits and squirrels encouraged me to feel the peace around us and bask in the soft glow of our surroundings.  Dr. Wayne Dyer has described this peaceful, soft glow as Godlight. 

As I closed my eyes and settled into the beauty and stillness of that Divine moment, I felt at One with everything.  Dr. Patty Luckenbach, D.D. (Doctorate in Divinity) has taught me about the Principle of Oneness.  Each of us (including animals) is an incarnation of the One Spirit. 

All life is inseparably One.  Certainly there is a Divine Wholeness, a total interconnectedness.  All of us are One with each other, and One with all Life. 

 

As I began the Affirmative Prayer, the gift of the present moment enabled Divine Right Action to flow forth. 

While I was speaking, I saw several Spiritual Beings among us.  As an ambassador for the International Animal Ministry, coordinated by Dr. Patty Luckenbach, we have discussed my Divine gift to see these beautiful beings so full of Divine grace.  When I finished the Affirmative Prayer, I opened my eyes and saw Stormy looking at me with his head held high.  Respecting the bond between Esther and Stormy, I was guided to sit in the ranch house and send Reiki energy.

The Universal-Consciousness called Rei guides the life energy called Ki in the practice known as Reiki.  With my eyes closed, I could feel the presence of our animal friends from the Nature Kingdom and feel the energy of the horses in “Lenny’s Crew” move toward Stormy’s paddock. 

At that time, I was guided to return to be with him. 

When I opened my eyes, there was a large flock of Mourning Doves in his paddock.  To the collective conscious (humans), these beautiful birds represent a message of life, hope, renewal, and peace.  And, in this flock, one lone White Dove was present, which is a symbol of the Holy Spirit in Christian iconography.  For Christians, the Holy Spirit represents “the Spirit of Jesus” (Acts 16:7) and the “Spirit of our God” (I Corinthians 6:11).

When I returned to Stormy’s paddock, I began to feel very unsteady – as though I was going to faint. 

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Indeed, “Lenny’s Crew” had gathered next to him, and Miss Pearl (a member of the crew) suggested I place my right hand on her left shoulder.  As I listened to her wisdom and breathed deep into my Hara (Center of Balance), I felt like a tree with a deep tap root enabling it to weather any storm.  Standing next to Pearl, I observed veterinarian Dr. Long take a deep breath by his truck, slowly release it, and calmly walk towards Stormy’s paddock.  I regarded it as a profound moment to witness.  After years of dedicated service, I was moved by his continued expression of humbleness to aid a soul back into Spirit. 

As she led Stormy towards a lovely grassy area on the West side of the ranch house, Pearl mentioned that I should follow behind.  I counted 14 Mourning Doves sitting upon an electrical wire near us.  In Numerology, the number 14 can be reduced further by adding 1+4=5.  I have been taught the number 5 symbolizes protection. The lone White Dove sat among them, representing the presence of the Great Spirit. Therefore, I knew that all was well.  At the soul level, Stormy and I looked deeply at one another, and I heard him say, “Goodbye.” 

I felt that word spread throughout my Heart Chakra. 

At that Divine moment, we were truly One with each other.  Nothing else existed except the two of us.  Stormy’s gaze shifted and his expression became blank.  In that Divine moment, I felt myself as him looking from his perspective at his body standing below him.  All of this took place prior to Dr. Long’s injection. 

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After Dr. Long’s departure, I was guided to return to the ranch house and send additional Reiki energy.  Afterwards, I took a walk past Stormy’s paddock and did not feel his presence.  As I made my way past the boarded horses, offering a hello to everyone along the way, I felt a great deal of peace.  Mr. Lenny informed me that everything was ok and assured me the other horses understood as well.  As I greeted each of the HPL horses at the front of the property, I spent some extra time with Miss Patches. 

While gently stroking her neck, I mentioned Stormy’s name.  I was very humbled by the recognition of his name as she gazed at me and told her that I was sorry about her friend.  I felt an understanding from her about a much Bigger Picture connected to his transition.  One of my favorite photos from the 2014 HPL calendar showcases Patches and Stormy side-by-side in the pasture.  It reminds me of a quiet evening among friends as the sun slowly dips behind the mountains.

When I returned home from the HPL ranch, I was both physically and emotionally drained. 

That morning at approximately 1 a.m., I had eased myself into bed after a two-week trip to California and Oregon.  Fatigue and Stormy’s transition were taking their toll, and I opted for a rejuvenating nap.  As the tears streamed down my face thinking about Stormy, I closed my eyes and saw two lovely Spiritual Beings.  I knew that all was well.  Later that evening, as I brushed my teeth, more tears streamed down my face.  While in bed, I closed my eyes and began to feel the presence of Stormy very strongly. 

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During the Christmas Eve service at Mile Hi Church, I was moved to tears again!  During a moment of prayer, I thanked Higher Consciousness for assisting Stormy with a smooth and safe transition back into Spirit. I felt the peace which passes all  understanding.

As an Animal Communication Specialist and Animal Reiki Teacher, I am blessed to have many clients.  Prior to Mr. Stormy’s transition, one of them stopped at the HPL ranch to visit me on my volunteer day.  We took a short walk to visit with a few horses.  At Stormy’s paddock, she stopped and stared.  She explained that she knew him, and it was hard for her to see him at HPL.  Her commitment to her horse has been an inspiration to me.  It was difficult for her to understand why a human companion would willingly place a horse at HPL. 

I told her that I completely understood her viewpoint.  As I mentioned the incredible commitment, compassion, and love extended unto Stormy and all the resident horses at HPL, I sensed a deeper level of understanding from her and myself about the true gift of HPL.  Mr. Stormy was showered with love – the greatest gift we can give to ourselves, one another, and our beloved animal companions no matter how great or small. 

For more information about the Horse Protection League (HPL) visit https://www.thehorseprotectionleague.org/

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I strongly suggest that if you have not yet started your own epic journey into the wonderful world of animal communication, you begin now with The Heart School of Animal Communication® Beginning Core Foundations Course.

Soon you’ll discover how to apply your intuitive skills to help heal animals in pain, solve behavior problems, connect and communicate faster, work with groups of animals, prepare for transitions and reconnect in the afterlife.

** Author: Eden Koljord 

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]]> https://valheart.com/animals-as-spiritual-companions-by-eden-koljord/feed/ 0 A Baby Animal for Christmas? 3 Mistakes to Avoid if You Want a Happy Healthy Pet for Life https://valheart.com/a-baby-animal-for-christmas-3-mistakes-to-avoid/ https://valheart.com/a-baby-animal-for-christmas-3-mistakes-to-avoid/#comments Wed, 02 Dec 2020 19:15:04 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=41450 What an exciting present, the best gift ever!

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Maybe you’re thinking “what a wonderful gift, a baby animal!” could be for your child.  Maybe they’ve been begging and nagging and reminding you to get them their own puppy, or budgie, or kitty, or bunny, or…?

Then the week after Christmas (or their birthday…), you’re thinking, “OMG! What was I thinking! This is not working out…”

Getting a baby animal for a pet shouldn’t be a snap decision.  It takes some careful thought and research to do right and for everyone to benefit from and enjoy the experience.

Is your child ready for the responsibility of a pet? If they aren’t old enough, it is up to you to be the teacher for both the pet and the child.

Today my guest Christine and I are sharing 3 Worst Mistakes to Avoid so you, your family, your child AND your new baby animal can be happy and healthy forevermore.

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We discussed the following topics:

  • What is it like for the baby animal, from their viewpoint?
  • Why is understanding the animal’s experience so important?
  • Where can your animal go when they feel overwhelmed or scared?
  • Pet Proofing!  Do your research on what is and is not safe to have in your home with a pet

Remember: if your pet’s not happy, nobody’s going to be happy!

Be sure to pick up your copy of my free eBook: Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Pets!

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]]> https://valheart.com/a-baby-animal-for-christmas-3-mistakes-to-avoid/feed/ 1 A Baby Animal for Christmas? Avoid These Mistakes with Val Heart & Christine Schlonski nonadult How to Build Your Own Pet Drinking Fountain https://valheart.com/how-to-build-your-own-pet-drinking-fountain/ https://valheart.com/how-to-build-your-own-pet-drinking-fountain/#comments Wed, 02 Dec 2020 09:13:18 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=7642 Did you know that water should make up 60-70% of an adult pet’s body weight?

But pets are hit-and-miss drinkers at the water bowl. They can leave more water on the floor than what ends up in their mouth…

It takes careful observation to see if your pet is trying to tell you something about their health, so you should learn to read the signs…

In the meantime, a pet drinking fountain can be a great way to keep them hydrated. They’re attracted to the running water… and fountains, compared to still (and stagnant) water dishes, harbor less of the bacteria that can cause serious health problems for your pets.

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Not only that, they can be a pleasant feature in your home, one that you and your pets can enjoy…

Simple steps to make a pet drinking fountain

Wet pet food is up to 78% water, while dry kibble food only contributes about 10% of a pet’s water consumption. You should be making sufficient clean, fresh water available according to the diet your pet is following.

Keep in mind, they might be trying to tell you something if they’re either completely avoiding the water bowl…or draining it more often than usual.

Here’s a simple way to make your own pet fountain…

1. Choose your vessel.

This can be an ornate ceramic dish on a small pedestal, or a glass fishbowl or tank. Be sure to choose a vessel that’s between 1.5-5 gallons – depending on the size of your pet – that isn’t porous.

It should be simple to clean in your sink or dishwasher. Don’t use plastic of any kind. Be sure that if you use ceramic that it’s certified food safe.

Something that isn’t too tippy will prevent spills and damage to the container or your floors! As you know, some pups love to get their paws right into the action…

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2. Purchase a fish tank pump with a filter.

Make sure the pump can handle the capacity of your tank or bowl.

It’s best to tell the store why you’re purchasing the pump…you’re looking for a fountain effect that comes from the top of the bowl and creates the sounds and sensation of a stream.

You’ll also want to be able to adjust the water flow in case it’s too strong or too weak for your vessel and quantity of water.

3. Use stones, glass beads or a bull clip to suspend the pump.

Lining your vessel with decorative rocks or glass beads from a craft or dollar store will allow debris to settle on the bottom of the dish.

Put them where your dog can’t get at any of it, and it will keep the filter at the right height.

Again, the beads and fastener shouldn’t be porous. You want something that’s smooth and easy to clean.

4. Plug your pump into a surge-protector.

Whenever you’re mixing electricity and water, it’s wise to take precautions.

Leave a downward loop in the cord between the wall plug and the fountain and be sure that if water does spill that it won’t splash or submerge the surge-protector.

You don’t want the pump to short out, or give your pet an unwelcome zap on the nose or tongue! How eager do you think they’ll be to drink water after being hurt? Not so much.

 

Remember that hygiene is important for your pet drinking fountain

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We can’t stress this enough.

There is bacteria in your pet’s mouth that isn’t harmful to them naturally…but if it gets into their water source and has a chance to grow, it can make your pet very sick. It can even cause fatal illnesses.

You should apply good hygiene practices to all the toys and dishes your pet comes into contact with regularly. This includes their food dish – even if they’re having dry food. Bacteria in their saliva can transfer to their food dish and grow in the right light and temperature conditions if it isn’t cleaned properly.

I hear so many people joke about their dog having an “iron gut”…but there are some bacteria that can do real harm if you’re not looking out for them. And they might be feeling unwell and not be able to communicate with you about the reasons why…

Biofilm in a water dish is easy to manage. Be sure to clean the pet fountain every three days.

  • Change the filter and O-ring according to the manufacturer’s instructions.
  • Remove all the stones, glass beads, or anything else you’ve put in the fountain for decoration or to support the pump.
  • Wash all the parts in a mild non-toxic soap solution. For tough biofilm residue, scrub the sides of the vessel with a baking soda paste, rinse thoroughly and then wash with warm water and mild soap.
  • Be sure to rinse all the soap residue from the parts.

Dogs and cats and many other pets love having access to fresh running water. Pet drinking fountains can be pricey, but you can build your own for a fraction of the cost.

Just be sure your pump is strong enough for the size of your pet and their water bowl, and that all the parts can be cleaned thoroughly.

And, if any of your pets start to behave differently around their water bowl or food dish, be sure to listen to them carefully…they could be trying to tell you they’re unwell.

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]]> https://valheart.com/how-to-build-your-own-pet-drinking-fountain/feed/ 1 Coping With the Holidays: Tips for Beating Stress in Dogs & Cats https://valheart.com/coping-with-holidays-tips-for-beating-stress-in-dogs/ https://valheart.com/coping-with-holidays-tips-for-beating-stress-in-dogs/#respond Fri, 20 Nov 2020 19:18:05 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=5516 Holidays bring changes and changes… bring STRESS

Holidays, vacations, and any change in routine are typically stressful times for most of us, and seriously stresses out your animals. But, they don’t have to be if you know what to do to minimize the stress in dogs, cats and other pets.

Taking the right steps to de-stress your animal helps you de-stress too, because it helps you plan in ways that are more manageable, creates more certainty, and helps you be less emotionally imbalanced.

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Remember that your animal mirrors you, so if you’re stressed, frustrated, anxious, nervous or worried in any way, that’s the message they get and that’s what they’ll act out (mirror back) for you.

 

Instability is not your animal’s friend!

Your job is to make their environment as stable, safe and calming as possible. That includes preparing them properly in advance for all changes in routine.

Monitor them carefully during unusual events and pay attention to stress clues and signals. They need your help.

That doesn’t mean that they can’t experience changes in routine without going bonkers, or that they have to be completely protected from anything new or different…

It simply means that they need to know (just like you, your friend, family member or a child needs to know):

  • What to expectRead Before Hiring a Communicator
  • When things will happen, who’s involved
  • What you need from them/how you want them to behave
  • How long you’ll be gone if you’re leaving them
  • Whether they’ll be in a kennel or boarded while you’re gone
  • That you’re coming back and when you’ll pick them up to go home again
  • Whether they’ll be coming with you on the trip, and what to expect if they do go
  • They need a way to tell you what they want, when they’re concerned or don’t feel well
  • And, if they have questions or concerns they need to know you care and you’re there for them by answering them.

So you can see how important it is to help your animals de-stress through the holidays when going on vacations, moving or when you go on trips together. This article will show you how to see signs of stress in dogs or cats as well as how to help your furry friends.

 

There are many Pet Stress Clues. Here are the three most common ones:

1. Excessive panting or heavy breathing.

This can also look like running around uncontrollably, being restless, hyperactive, bouncing off the walls and acting unpredictably.

Pay attention to the signs and don’t ignore them!

They aren’t happy;  they are stressed and need your help.

Be consciously aware and calmly and confidently create a time out space where they can calm down and destress for awhile…. Then leave them alone.  Check on them later and talk about what happened together.

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2. Holding their breath and being rigid, tense, a worried expression, or they go into a hiding mode.

If that’s the case, then give them a safe zone. That could be their kennel, or simply shut them into a room where they can calm down on their own.

They have become hyper-stimulated and need a chance for their sympathetic nervous system to reboot.

Some animals are easily over stimulated, so notice where their tolerance levels are and try not to exceed that.

3. Acting out with really bad behavior.

Usually when they get to this stress clue, they’ve already blown through Stress Clues 1 and 2!

They are over the top before you’ve noticed or paid attention and taken appropriate action.  Not good.

What you can do about it at this point is simply remove them from the area and take them back to their safe, quiet zone.

 

What can you do if you see any of these Pet Stress Signs?

1. Keep their routine stable in as many ways as you can.

Feeding routines should be at the same time of day with their same foods as much as possible.  Keep to their same sleep schedule as much as possible.

If they’re being boarded, take their favorite toys, food and treats, and be sure they have things of their own with yours and their scent’s on them (scent is critically important to animals).  Then when they smell it, it feels comforting.  Their own little slice of home to help them get through this.

2. Discharge energy – they need exercise!

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If they start getting fussy, irritable, depressed or start acting out, they need play therapy (for cats) or a great walk or run to work out the stress in dogs.

Exercise, discipline (rules, limitations, boundaries, include and continue training and reward for good behavior) keeps their world more stable, and then affection, in that order.

3. No look – No touch – No eye contact

No contact until they calm down and are ready to connect calmly with others on your terms.

For animals that get too excited or over stimulated, practice (and tell your guests or other people you’re in contact with) to ignore them until they settle down.

4. Be calm, confident and assertive

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Remain calm no matter what happens.  If they are acting out with bad behavior, don’t yell, don’t call their name and don’t chase them.

Use your correcting voice and your body language to distract or redirect them until you can better control them.

Then simply remove them from the area until they’ve calmed down, and you can have your chat together.

5. Tell them what you want them to do!

They need a job and they need to know what’s expected of them, and how you want them to behave. So tell them!

First, after they’ve calmed down and can listen to you again, talk to them about their behavior.

Image what they did that was bad – be specific – and share with them how upset that made you so they can connect the dots for greater understanding.

Then, feel your emotions about what happened. Doing this properly is critical because they can feel them too. Emotions let your animal know why it is important to you.

Next, image what the consequence of their bad behavior is or could have been, showing them the worst case scenario. That helps them put the story into context so it makes more sense from their viewpoint.

Finally, tell them the story about what you wanted them to do in that situation, how you would feel if they did that, and how happy that would make you feel.

This way you address the bad behavior, but you also offer the positive suggestion for what you really want to have happen.  Always spin the story to the positive so they know what to do next time.

 

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Your cat, your dog, your horse or your bird depends on you to care for them. And a big part of your doing that successfully is in knowing how to understand them and communicate with them on a daily basis.

Plus, communicating with your animals is really fun, too.  When properly prepared, they can give you all kinds of feedback about your family and friends, alert you to any potential trouble brewing, and partner up with you to have the best time possible.

Focusing on creating a more stable environment helps your animals be calm, peaceful, happier and healthier during the holiday  and will help you enjoy them more too.

Val Heart  The Real Dr Doolittle!  Val is internationally known as an expert animal communicator, teacher, author & master healer specializing in resolving behavior, training, performance, and health problems, and assisting with end of life situations. She’s the founder of The Heart School of Animal Communication® and hosts the BEST Online Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club in the world!

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]]> https://valheart.com/coping-with-holidays-tips-for-beating-stress-in-dogs/feed/ 0 Are You Listening To The Dog Signals You’re Being Sent? https://valheart.com/are-you-listening-to-the-dog-signals-being-sent/ https://valheart.com/are-you-listening-to-the-dog-signals-being-sent/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2020 16:32:25 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=8580 Is your pup trying to send you a message?

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Are they sick, worried, bored, angry, frustrated, grieving, sad, confused…?

We don’t always pay attention to dog signals… and it can be very frustrating for your pet.

“Hey you! I’m talking here…!” 

Worse yet, it can wind up costing your dog their life if you don’t make an effort to understand their form of communication.

We have a tendency to assume our pets are “acting badly out revenge” or simply getting “old and grumpy” when they misbehave.

In fact, your dog will never do anything to deliberately upset or disappoint you.

So, when their behavior changes, you seriously need to have a conversation with them and find out what’s going on in their mind or their body.  What are they aware of that you don’t know yet?

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Here are 3 dog signals that tell you it’s time to listen to your pet

There are three common signals your dog will send when they need your extra care and attention.

1. Don’t touch me!

Does your dog duck their head when you try to pat them? There could be a number of things going wrong here, including social issues like dominance or submission, or medical problems like a toothache, headache, earache…

If their vision is impaired, anything moving towards their head will make them extremely uncomfortable.

Pay attention to body cues like this. If they suddenly avoid you grooming their back or legs, or shift away when you try to pat them, there’s definitely a reason.

Your dog doesn’t have an aloof or spiteful bone in its body, so if they’re avoiding your touch it’s a signal of something going wrong in their body or mind, or environment that worries them.
And they need your help to sort it out.

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2. I can’t eat that!

Has your dog suddenly become a picky eater?

It’s sweet to cater to your dog’s tastebuds… but, honestly, if they’re feeling good physically and mentally, a dog will eat pretty much anything you put in front of them.

They trust you for their nutrition, except when they snatch that tasty bit of cat poop on the walk…, so if they’re turning up their nose at the food dish?

First confirm that the food isn’t rancid, but if it’s okay?  Then that’s one of the clearest dog signals that something isn’t right.

It doesn’t just have to be about a tummy ache, though. Maybe it’s a pain in their jaw or anxiety about something going on in their human’s life. It could be liver or kidney problems, or ulcers. They could feel toxic or temporarily nauseous from something else they ate, or they could be getting sick.

Dogs are incredibly intuitive creatures. Are you stressing about getting ready to move, changing jobs, maybe ending a relationship?

Your dog senses all of these things…

Of course, you should consult a veterinarian if your pup suddenly goes off their food, but taking the time to have a conversation with them can throw a light on any stress or pain they’re feeling on your behalf, or in their own body.

How could you know without talking to them what their actual experience is and how they feel?

And once you do know about it, you can deal with it properly… together.

3. I’m so scared!

You’re going to have to fight your first instinct on this one.

Your dog appears fearful… so your instincts tell you to cuddle and coddle them. You try to comfort them.

Now your furbaby has been rewarded for their anxious behavior – and you still don’t know what caused it.

If you encounter any dog exhibiting fear or stress signals, your priority should be finding the source of the perceived threat, not babying them in order to soothe them.

Rewarding them with attention and affection when they are in an unstable fearful mindset makes them think they are doing the right thing.

Good intentions, yes, but this only reinforces their fear…

Keep in mind, there are 6000 documented cases of dog abuse every year, and that it’s hard to say how many are actually abused because most of it isn’t reported.

The range in severity of the abuse can go from a neighbor who yells at your dog to puppy mills and dogfighting rings.

Once you’ve established that there isn’t an immediate threat to their physical well-being – or you’ve handled it so the threat is gone – you can work to redirect them from their fear and build their confidence.

Whatever the situation, your job during it is to communicate clearly with your dog, explain to them that they’re safe with you, and that you as Leader of the Pack are going to find the source of the threat and take care of it.

Dog signals can be blatantly obvious – like suddenly barking and snarling – or very subtle – like shifting away from your hand when you try to pet them on the head.

If there is tension in their body or they are unable to completely relax, those are dog signals for “something is wrong”.

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Keep in mind that your dog is reading you – your emotions and your physical well-being – as keenly as a dear friend might and you’ll learn from them.

If you’re feeling anxious about a life transition, battling an illness, worrying about your finances, your dog is worrying right alongside you.

So, if your dog starts to exhibit some unacceptable or odd behaviors, see them for what they are…a sign that something isn’t right in their world…or perhaps, in yours.

Would you like to learn more about the soul connection between you and your pet? Or, would you like to explore the possibility of having a meaningful conversation with your dog?

Contact us and we’ll begin the journey towards good health and well-being…for you and your pet.

If you’ve learned how to communicate with animals, all of your interactions should be informative and enlightening.

If you can’t yet communicate with your pets yourself heart to heart, mind to mind as I teach in The Heart School of Animal Communication®, not to worry. You can either learn how to start with our free ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating With Pets, or consult a professional pet communicator.

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]]> https://valheart.com/are-you-listening-to-the-dog-signals-being-sent/feed/ 1 Holidays with Dogs: 14 Reasons Why Dogs Brighten Our Holiday Season https://valheart.com/holidays-with-dogs-14-reasons-dogs-brighten-holidays/ https://valheart.com/holidays-with-dogs-14-reasons-dogs-brighten-holidays/#respond Fri, 20 Nov 2020 03:31:02 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=7241 The holidays have arrived, and, like every day, it’s good to reflect on what we’re thankful for.

Holidays with dogs are absolutely at the top of our list, because they’re our friends, teachers, and family rolled into one furry bundle of love. They possess the ability to better our lives in ways that no one else can.

The last twelve months may have had more than its share of difficulties and triumphs, but our dogs were there through it all.

As we anticipate a new year full of opportunities and change, we also want to remind ourselves of why our canine friends are awesome!

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We lucky dog parents have much to be thankful for…

Here’s some of what they have done to brighten up our lives, through thick and thin.

1. A great affordable shrink for every day of their life.

For the days that you go home and need to vent about your frustrating job and the love life that won’t happen, your dog will patiently sit right by you and willingly take an earful of your woes while licking those tears away.

2. They’ll keep you healthy – both physically and emotionally.

They’ll motivate you to go the distance and run that extra mile, no matter how exhausted you are. They’ll also make you laugh and enjoy everything so much more, which will totally boost your self-esteem and general outlook on life.

3. They bring you out of your shell.

When you’re out with your pup, you’re bound to run into strangers who will coo over your fluffy companion. You can be the most introverted, anti-social person in the world, but your adorable dog – and their admiration – can help pull you out of your shell and give you the chance to practice your conversational skills.  And if there aren’t any worthy people around?  They’ll help you to connect with the world around you.

4. They remind us to enjoy the simple things.

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With full-blown exuberance, they’ll jump into piles of leaves with glee and chase their own tails ceaselessly. To do all of this with a silly grin is what makes dogs so unique. We need to let loose sometimes and bring out our inner puppy too!

5. They show us the true meaning of unconditional love.

Whether you forgot to pick her up from doggy day care, or lost your temper, they’ll gaze up at you with those big brown eyes and immediately forgive you. It’s a gift that dogs are able to forgive and forget with a wag of a tail.

6. They’re the best bodyguards.

From beginning to end, you have a bodyguard for life. Your safety and happiness is your pup’s highest priority, so it’s an awesome feeling to know that someone always has your back.

7. They’re always up for an adventure.

Even if you took off at this very moment, your pup wouldn’t hesitate to join you. There’s no need to complain or be distracted by the “what if’s.” After all, the destination and purpose really is a distant thought as long as you’re there!

8. They don’t mind it when you sing off key.

Your friends always tell you to be quiet, and the thought of karaoke makes your palms sweaty. But have no fear, because your dog will never critique you as if you’re on American Idol. Better yet, they’ll howl along and perform a duet with you.

9. They’re the most effective alarm clocks.

Forget the pesky alarms you’ve set on your phone and rely on your cute pooch to slobber on your face at the crack of dawn. Nothing like morning kisses to get you on your feet!

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10. You can never really stay mad at them.

Seriously, what kind of magical power do dogs have that they can snuff out any negativity with a sincere glance from those eyes? It’s almost pointless to be upset over anything they do.

11. You don’t need to impress them.

It doesn’t matter what job you have, what car you drive, or how much you make in a year. Bad hair days don’t exist for them.  They could care less about makeup or your outfit.  They don’t mind a little extra padding on your body, or the skinny bony places either.  All your pooch wants is your time, love, and presence!

12. They’re a good sport.

Wearing ridiculous holiday outfits? Check. Tasting the never-attempted-before homemade dog biscuits? Check. Letting you post dorky pictures of them on Instagram? Check.

13. You’re the best thing that’s happened to them.

And they’ll show it too. Through all the snuggles, kisses, and enthusiasm, you’ll always be assured that there’s nothing better out there for your pooch than you.

14. They love you. Just the way you are.

No explanation needed, no questions asked; you’re enough for that dog and don’t you forget it!

Ready to learn how to talk with animals yourself?

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]]> https://valheart.com/holidays-with-dogs-14-reasons-dogs-brighten-holidays/feed/ 0 The Power of Practicing Gratitude and Focus https://valheart.com/the-power-of-gratitude-and-focus/ https://valheart.com/the-power-of-gratitude-and-focus/#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2020 06:31:20 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=5497 Enjoying the Gifts of Focus and Practicing Gratitude

Practicing gratitude is such a remarkable thing to do, I’ve made it a lifelong, daily process. And it’s one of the first steps in communicating with animals.

Did you know that what you focus on expands?

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It’s true. Your body, mind and spirit are like a computer. So similar to when you search for something on Google, it uses your focus to determine what you want more of.

It doesn’t judge or determine right or wrong; it doesn’t decide if this is a ‘good’ focus or ‘bad’ one.Problem Solving with Pets

It just checks to see what you’re looking at and gives you more of that by crowding out all the rest.

It follows your thoughts which are further reinforced by the emotional energy you give your focus.

That’s it.

And by the way, it tends to ignore the weaker energies of wishing, hoping and negatives (like don’t, shouldn’t, or no).

If you focus on your problems, your bodymind and spirit understand that this is what’s important to you.

Because that’s what you are spending so much effort, energy and time dwelling on, it must be true.

So your bodymind naturally believes that you obviously want more of that, and is happy to oblige by giving you more problems.

If you focus on what you want instead, then that’s what your bodymind enhances for you.

That’s true of your relationships, your work, your health

And it’s especially true of working with your animals.

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When you focus on what’s not working or what is upsetting to you about their behavior or health issue, they feel your focus, see what you are holding in your mind’s eye, and pick up the strong emotions.

Then they get to interpret the communication for meaning, based on their viewpoint, experience and history.

The part about “I really wish you wouldn’t do (that)” gets lost because what you don’t want is crowding your thoughts, your mental monitor and your imagination.

If you focus on wishing your dog wouldn’t get on the couch, then what they hear is all about being on the couch.

And they usually feel some excitement about that because you’re excited energetically.

If you focus on your horse being so heavy in your hands, they get that you must like that because you are focusing so much on it.

So they keep doing it, maybe even more than before… until they pull you out right of the saddle.

If you focus on your cat’s scratching the furniture, then they see the images you keep sending them. And will be happy to do it again, and again, and again and….

So what can you do to correct these and other problems?

Try focusing on what you DO want them to do. Feel how wonderful it would be if they did that (practicing gratitude) and imagine the great rewards they’d get if they did that instead.  How fun it would be, how proud you would feel of them, what a joy they are to you…

Many times bad behavior or performance is simply a matter of misunderstanding your focus. It’s all a matter of intention, perspective and communication, followed by gratitude.

“What lies before us & what lies behind us are small matters compared to what lies within us. And when we bring what is within out into the world, miracles happen.” -Henry David Thoreau

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]]> https://valheart.com/the-power-of-gratitude-and-focus/feed/ 1 Are Animals Healers? The Healing Power of A Cat’s Purr https://valheart.com/are-animals-healers-the-healing-power-of-a-cats-purr/ https://valheart.com/are-animals-healers-the-healing-power-of-a-cats-purr/#respond Fri, 13 Nov 2020 07:18:58 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=10683 Animals are healers

Did you know there’s healing power in a cat’s purr?

I have always maintained that animals are highly intelligent, feeling, reasoning, spiritual beings – and they are natural healers.

They are attuned to our sense of well-being, both physical and mental. When we take the time to learn how they communicate they have the capacity to help us heal…

…and to tell us when they are in pain.

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Why do cats purr?

Most people associate a cat’s purr with happiness. And that’s one of the times you’ll hear your sweet kitty purring…when they’re contented and curled up in your lap.  Makes you feel happy too, right?

Pet owners should be aware, though, that cats will also purr when they’re feeling anxious, and when they’re sick and in pain.

It can be misleading… and can lead to prolonged suffering for your poor cat if you don’t pay attention to the signal they’re sending you.

Because it’s true that a purr is soothing… when they don’t feel well, they are trying to self-soothe and comfort.

But, this soothing purr goes deeper than a comforting sound – there’s more science to it than you might think.

They’re not purring to soothe themselves as we would listen to calming music…

…because scientists have discovered that all cats around the world purr at a specific healing frequency.

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The healing frequency of a cat’s purr

Research has shown that all domestic cats – and most wild cats – purr at the exact same frequencies. Their purrs range between 20 Hertz and 150 Hertz.

Amazingly, these frequencies correspond and conform to optimal conditions our bodies need to heal damaged tissue and bones.

In fact, the medical community took note and created similar frequency emitting devices that help heal broken bones and other types of problems.

That’s because our cells actually change shape and repair themselves more quickly when exposed to these frequencies.

We’ve all seen cats make acrobatic leaps, parkouring around the room…it’s hard to believe they don’t jar their joints or pull a muscle twisting into a pretzel doing it.

When you understand the medical reason why cats purr, it turns out they just might have harmed themselves… and their purring is giving off a frequency that’s helping to heal the torn muscle or sore hips.

In fact, some researchers have concluded this is one of the reasons veterinarians are required to perform fewer major surgeries on cats compared to dogs… cats have a trick up their sleeve, a healing superpower.

Because animals are natural healers, it’s time to consider that, when your cat curls up and purrs on your legs, your chest, or one of your arms, they are trying to share their healing superpower with you.

Animals want to share their healing powers.

My late husband always loved to cuddle with our one cat, TuffyTiger, a sweet natured, big hearted grey tabby.

It was the strangest thing… anytime he’d lay down for a rest, she would be on top of him, in a specific spot, stretched out over his chest, purring at the top of her ability.

She’d snuggle into him and always finally settle herself over his right side… over his liver.

This went on for years. He always felt refreshed after resting with TuffyTiger nestled on him, purring her heart out.

After 18 years together, we separated. Not long after, he started to suffer from pain in his chest and stomach area, and, sadly, later discovered that he had inoperable “bile duct” cancer. In fact, his body was riddled with cancer.

For all those years, our cat TuffyTiger had been sharing her healing power with him through the power of her purr, stopping the pain, improving his health and well-being.

And when he no longer had access to her daily soothing ministrations, the cancer grew at an alarming rate. He died a few months afterward.

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Pay attention when a cat works on your body

I’ve learned to pay attention when an animal takes an interest in me, and especially in a specific area of my body… what are they trying to communicate?

So many times the animals I meet tell me that their human seriously underestimates their intelligence and intuition.

Whether you learn to speak with your pets, ask a pet communicator like me to have a conversation with your pet, or simply try to stay attuned to the messages they’re trying to give you, there’s so much to be learned.

Animals are spiritual creatures – a window into your soul and a reflection of your state of being.

Listening and paying attention to your cat’s purr will open up a door to knowledge, understanding, and healing.

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]]> https://valheart.com/are-animals-healers-the-healing-power-of-a-cats-purr/feed/ 0 All About Pet Food: A Collection for Your Convenience https://valheart.com/all-about-pet-food/ https://valheart.com/all-about-pet-food/#respond Wed, 11 Nov 2020 22:07:26 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=10761 When it comes to taking great care of your pets, food should definitely be in the top 3 on your list.

You may read the ingredients and check the expiry dates on the food you buy for yourself.

But are you taking the same care when it comes to what you feed your furry companions?

With so much information online, you can easily become overwhelmed by it all.

Here’s Your One Stop To Our Favorite All About Pet Food Articles

That’s why we have combined our most popular and most informative posts in this space to give you a one stop shop to find out all about pet food.

 

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Did you know the Three Leading Causes of Death in Dogs are Cancer, Heart Disease and Kidney Disease? 

In this great article, you’ll discover how these awful diseases are linked to your pet’s diet – Is Commercial Pet Food Harmful for Your Cat or Dog? The answer will shock you!

Have you ever bought expired food for your pet?

Discover the risks of what might seem like an innocent purchase: Risks of Buying Expired Pet Food

And if you must buy commercial food for your pet…

Check out how these popular foods rank: Pet Foods – Ranked From Great to Disastrous…

Are you feeding your kitty kibble?

Learn why cat owners should switch from to wet cat food: FLUTD: Why Cat Parents Should Switch from Dry Food

What about a raw cat food diet?

If you are considering a raw cat food diet for your fur baby, then you need to read this! Why Choose A Raw Cat Food Diet?
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Learn about feeding your pet the healthiest diet!

Read this!: Affordable and Healthy, Homemade Organic Pet Food Recipe

Find out what is and isn’t true about your pet’s nutrition, bust the myths!  

Check out Myths About Nutritional Food For Pets 

Not every pet is a furry one!

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What about cooking for dogs?

Join the The Real Dr. Doolittle and her guest Gayle Pruitt as they cook up a pet food recipe on Cooking for Your Dog with Gayle Pruitt on The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™

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]]> https://valheart.com/all-about-pet-food/feed/ 0 Top 4 Dog Health Problems: Vomiting, Worms, Diarrhea, Ears https://valheart.com/6596-2/ https://valheart.com/6596-2/#comments Tue, 10 Nov 2020 18:05:09 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=6596 Does your dog have any of these top 4 dog health problems?

If you’re a dog parent, you need to be familiar with these top 4 dog health problems! vet kidney and liver failure in dogs

It’s so sad seeing our dogs feel sick because, unlike people, an animal can’t tell you in your own language what’s wrong.

So unless you speak their language, it’s hard to know what to do to make them feel better.

In fact, one of the biggest problems dogs have with people is that their humans haven’t taken the time to learn to speak in their language!  You can hire a professional to help you communicate with your dog… 

And, you can fix the problem right now by discovering how to talk to animals yourself!  Start by get your copy of our free ebook:  Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Pets – CLICK NOW

Keep your pet healthy by being aware of the symptoms of the most common 4 dog health problems.

Knowing this will help ensure you can spot disease, problems and illness right when it happens.

Vomiting

According to Washington State University, dog vomit is the result of primary causes like diseases of the upper intestinal tract and stomach.  Then there are the secondary causes, which are other diseases in the body that contribute to “an accumulation of toxic substances in the blood.”

When it comes to dog health problems like vomit, sometimes dog owners will confuse vomit with regurgitation. Vomit is already digested contents, causing the animal to heave and produce a yellow fluid. Regurgitation is fairly passive, this is where not-yet processed foods are expelled from the animal.

Secondary causes include a number of diseases and scenarios from kidney and liver failure to the ingestion toxins like lead, insecticides and other chemicals. This is why it is so important to keep toxic chemicals out of pet’s reach and to always hire professionals like pest control by Orkin, who understand the dangers chemicals can have on pets.

Just like people, sometimes pets puke for unexplainable reasons.

Simply, sometimes it just happens. It’s good to be safe and make a veterinarian appointment and get a check-up.

But if vomiting persists and your pet appears to be in pain, aloof or abnormally tired you want to seek medical attention immediately.

Worms

This is one of the major issues underlying dog health problems that many dog parents don’t pay enough attention to.

Worms are parasites and, according to www.petmed.com, the most common types are roundworms, whipworms, hookworms and tapeworms.  Of those, only roundworms and tapeworms are visible to the naked eye in a dog’s stool.

When a worm infestation is present, dogs will typically appear to be ill with symptoms such as dry hair, change in mood, weight loss, diarrhea and vomiting.

Larvae can live dormant in a dog for some time undetected, so a stool sample is usually required to know which parasite is present.

Clean up dog feces regularly and watch dogs in dog parks as unclean areas can be sources for a dog to pick up worm larvae.

Take dogs to the veterinarian regularly, and always follow veterinarian instructions.

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No list of dog health problems would be complete without considering the causes and effects of diarrhea.  So what causes loose, soft serve or runny stool?

Dr Robert J. Silver said in an article for The Bark Dog Magazine, that diarrhea is caused by a dietary problems or stress.

The good news is, diarrhea itself is usually nothing to worry about, sometimes dogs eat things they shouldn’t.  They are scavengers at heart after all.

You do want to make sure that dogs do not have access to trash, litter boxes (if you also have a cat) and other possibly stomach trouble-causing things.

If diarrhea lasts longer than 48 hours, see a doctor.

When diarrhea is mixed with other symptoms like black stool, blood in stool, loss of appetite, vomiting or signs of pain?

Seek medical attention as soon as possible.  If it goes on too long, then the dog can become dehydrated and many other dog health problems will be triggered.

Ear Infections

Finally, one of the most common of the 4 top dog health problems is issues with their EARS!

According to ASPCA, ear mites, trapped water, growing hair, a foreign object or tumor in the ear canal can lead to an overgrowth of bacteria or yeast which are the most common causes of ear infections in dogs.

Dogs prone to allergies and floppy ears are more likely to get ear infections.

Incorrect ear cleaning, bathing and swimming can cause ear infections because moisture and particles are trapped inside the ear canal.  And that aids bacteria growth.

According to ASPCA, symptoms of an ear infection include:

  • Ear scratching
  • Odor in the ear
  • Brown, yellow or bloody discharge
  • Redness
  • Crusted or scabby skin near the ear
  • Swelling
  • Hair loss around the ear
  • Head shaking or head tilt
  • Not normal eye movements
  • Walking in circles
  • Loss of balance
  • Hearing loss

If any signs of these dog health problems are present, it is probably best to have ears professionally checked by a veterinarian.

To avoid ear infection regularly check and clean your dog’s ears.

Watch This Video On How To Correctly Clean Your Dog’s Ear

If you need help with your sick dog, consider getting a healing session with Val Heart. 

In addition to communicating with your dog, she uses the BodyTalk System for Animals, a wonderful alternative healing modality for pets and people to help them feel better fast!

 

]]> https://valheart.com/6596-2/feed/ 2 How to clean your dog's ears at home nonadult 11 of the 27 Brilliant Reasons to Learn Animal Communication https://valheart.com/11-brilliant-reasons-to-learn-animal-communication/ https://valheart.com/11-brilliant-reasons-to-learn-animal-communication/#comments Mon, 09 Nov 2020 01:58:47 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=80819 Most people have no idea there are so many remarkable benefits to learn animal communication

…Until they experience it for themselves.

Let’s go over the basics of how this works first, then you’ll discover the the first 10 of 27 total unexpected and brilliant reasons to learn to talk to animals yourself.

Developing Your Intuition

How is animal communication related to growing your intuition?

It is a form of energetic, telepathic messaging between your heart and mind and theirs.

Animal communication students in The Heart School of Animal Communication® are often astonished at how well they can “read an animal’s mind and know what they are feeling and thinking”‘

It is beyond exciting to communicate with our own animals, and with other animals you don’t know and have never met.

When you learn animal communication yourself, you can do it too!

 

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The truth that you are born with the ability to learn animal communication is a truly amazing intuitive superpower!

The problem is, not everyone knows they can develop their intuition, or how to go about doing that.  It’s like exercising muscles you seldom use or are unaware that you have.

But once you start activating, practicing and exercising your gifts, you become stronger, clearer, more confident and accurate in your intuitive assessments and abilities.

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One of the best ways to experience that is to learn animal communication yourself.

Students say:

“I didn’t realize how animal communication really works until just now. Someone can connect with my cat and read her thoughts, and tell me how she’s feeling and what she wants…?!  That’s amazing!  I live for the day when I can do that myself!”

“To be able to talk with my animals and provide them a happy and healthy life is exactly what I most want to do.”

“I would LOVE to hear what I need to know from the animals.”

You’ll discover that when you learn animal communication you’ll be able to talk with dogs, cats, horses, lizards, parrots, fish, wildlife, insects, plants, and even animals that have crossed over. (Learn more about how you can learn animal communication here.)

 

Learning Animal Communication Will Warm Your Heart, Inspire You and Help You Heal

The way I teach students how to communicate with animals is a spiritual journey.  It’s an “inside job” of personal growth and development, a way to heal, evolve and grow into your best self.

An experience you’ll never forget, one that touches your soul and heart.

You may think learning to communicate with animals is a different experience than learning to speak a foreign language, or mastering how to solve a math problem, but surprisingly, they are similar in nature.

Why?

Because both tasks access and use your intuition.  They both require you to feel and open your senses.  Furthermore, they both engage your creative imagination in unique ways.

More than 200,000 animal lovers around the world have already experienced the joys of animal communication.  Is it your turn?

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There are a Total of 27 Brilliant, Unexpected and Cool Reasons to Learn Animal Communication

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Here’s the short version of the entire list of reasons!

When you’ve learned how to talk with animals, you can:

  1. Solve your pet’s behavior, training or performance problems by going beneath the surface
  2. Help them feel better when they get hurt, are in pain or are sick
  3. Instantly know if they need to see a vet, or if something else is bothering them
  4. Enjoy a better relationship with your animals through mutual respect and understanding
  5. Bond with new animals quickly and easily
  6. Feel more confident, connected and happy, completely at ease even if you are highly sensitive and empathic
  7. Save time and money by not chasing your tail on expensive guesswork
  8. Manage your stress, release fear and anger, ease depression
  9. Resolve Human Animal BodyMind Connection entanglements so your pet doesn’t have to mirror or act out your stuff, or get sick with your illnesses
  10. Able to anticipate and quickly respond appropriately to problems
  11. Achieve inner contentment, peace and feel satisfied
  12. Discover your purpose and your pet’s purpose, so you can enjoy fulfilling them together
  13. Know what they’ve been trying to tell you, important things you missed or don’t know yet
  14. Feel good about yourself by becoming an excellent pet caretaker and guardian, someone your pet can trust implicitly
  15. Become an excellent listener, a skillful negotiator, from an open heart and mind
  16. Be more successful in your career, find work that you love and are passionate about
  17. Enjoy healing, evolving and growing into your Best Self
  18. Know yourself better, be able to get your needs met, and take more control of your life
  19. Able to set clear and healthy boundaries for yourself, others and your pets
  20. Be prepared when it’s their time to cross over, and be able to ease their passing
  21. Communicate with them after they’ve made their transition
  22. Find them when they come back and reincarnate
  23. Be able to find and connect with them when they reincarnate
  24. Be able to help lost animals find their way home
  25. Find out what happened in the past, things only your pet knows because they experienced it, and they remember
  26. Ease shelter, rescued, foster and abused animals confusion, pain and suffering and help them recover, finding their forever homes
  27. Have WAY more fun in your life

Ultimately, learning animal communication is a spiritual journey that will change your life for the better in every way that counts.

Can you begin to see now why the best way to step out of the ordinary and enjoy an extraordinary life is by learning animal communication?

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11 of 27 Total Reasons to Learn How To Communicate with Animals Are…

To be clearer, let’s look at these reasons to learn animal communication a little closer…

1. You can solve your pet’s behavior, training or performance problems by going beneath the surface in a conversation.

When you know how to communicate with animals, you can simply ask your dog why she is behaving badly, or not listening to you.

Why are they still going to the bathroom inside the house?

Why did your horse nip you or buck, or miss their cue?  Are they happy?

What is it about that specific spot in your bedroom that makes your cat become skittish or with that particular animal that they are aggressive?

Why won’t your cat use their litter box?

Can you imagine how much easier it would be to train animals properly, solve behavior problems, and improve things if you could just talk to them about stuff?

Find out where and why things go wrong, and with their help get back on track?

Through the conversation, heart to heart, mind to mind, they can help once you can hear and understand them and their unique viewpoints.

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2. Enjoy a healthier, happier pet because you’ll be able to help them feel better when they get hurt, are in pain or are sick

Let’s say you wake up one morning to find your cat puking on the floor and it’s not just a hairball…, or your dog becomes suddenly weak, lethargic, uninterested in eating breakfast which is unusual behavior.

Or the stable manager calls to tell you your horse got hurt or seems sick, asking you what you want to do…

Imagine how fantastic it would feel if you could simply ask them what happened?  How do they feel?  Where do they hurt?  What do they need to feel better?

Maybe they just need comforting, a way to talk about what’s bothering them.

Maybe your cat says not to worry, they tried to snack on your dirty sock but they threw it up and now they feel fine and they won’t do that again.

Or on the other hand, maybe your cat says they feel terrible, have a bad headache, and are in pain… they need help.

Your dog tells you they feel depressed because they had a bad dream, and could they tell you about it please?

Then they happily eat their breakfast and all is well.

Or your horse says, I got in a race with my pasture mate and I slide and fell down, banging my hip on a rock.  I’m shaken up, bruised, and a bit stiff, but I’m okay, nothing broken.

Learning animal communication is a GAME Changer for pet caretakers.

Being able to talk to animals is your SUPERPOWER!!

3. Instantly know if they need to see a vet, or if something else is bothering them

For example… your dog says I feel horrible, I think I had a stroke, I feel nauseated.  I’ve been feeling bad for a few days or months now… I need help, something’s not right.

Your cat tells you I can feel a pressure growing inside my head, I can’t see out of one eye, and the pain is becoming more than I can bear.

Your horse explains that they can’t put weight on one foot because they think something is broken inside, and that the pain radiates up their shoulder into their neck… It happened yesterday when they stepped wrong and fell.

When your pet finally has a way to tell you what’s really wrong, what makes them feel better and what makes it worse, you can partner up and be their best most trusted friend and ally.

You’ll know when it’s time to call the vet and if it’s an emergency, or not.

You’ll have great information to give the vet to help them figure out and focus in on what’s actually wrong… and you’ll know when the problem isn’t something a vet can solve.

Imagine how empowering it is when the two of you can finally speak the same language.

 

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4. Feel more confident, connected and happy, completely at ease even if you are highly sensitive and empathic

Highly sensitive empaths often feel overwhelmed by the world around them.  You pick up too much information, feel drained, and often shut down your intuitive gifts and abilities entirely.

When you know how to connect with the world around you in a healthy way, then everything changes.

You feel happier, less stressed, calmer and more at ease than ever before.

Learning animal communication can teach you how to do exactly that because animals are also highly sensitive, and empathic.

They are teachers, healers, angels and guides, and when you can recognize, respect and revere them for who they truly are, they make you a better, healthier, more confident person.

Learn how to communicate with animals with your copy of our free ebook:  Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Pets 

 

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5. Discover your life’s purpose and your pet’s purpose, so you can enjoy fulfilling them together

Your animal is in your life for a reason.

They have a purpose.

And you do too.

Communicating with animals helps you find that purpose, share it, and express it.

To live it, achieve it, and feel fantastic fulfilling it together.

‘Nuff said.

 

6. Become an excellent pet caretaker and guardian, someone your pet can trust implicitly

How can you be an excellent animal caretaker if you don’t speak their language?

That’s like being a foster parent with a child that only speaks a foreign language that you don’t know.

How can you understand each other?

How can they tell you if they are struggling or have a problem or question, or feel confused about something?

Even worse, how can they get help if they don’t feel well, get hurt or are sick?

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What if you’re feeding them foods or treats that make them feel sick because they aren’t right for them?

What if the laundry detergent you use gives them headaches?

Or the litter in the litter box is toxic, clogging their sinuses and lungs?  Or it’s too deep, or not deep enough?

What if the saddle or bit doesn’t fit them well, or it’s hitting them in the wrong place… or what if the farrier did a bad job of shoeing them and now they’re about to go lame…  and they have no way of telling you?

Your animal needs to be able to trust you and know you’ll listen to them, that their needs and what they think and feel is important to you.

Imagine how much better a pet parent you would be if you spoke their language?

Learn how to communicate with animals with your copy of our free ebook:  Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Pets 

 

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7. Be prepared when it’s their time to cross over, and be able to ease their passing

One of the most dreaded events in any animal lovers life is the day when it’s time for them to make their transition.

Did you know that animal lovers often grieve the loss of their pets longer and harder than they do losing human friends or family?  It’s true.

What if instead you could talk to them about how they feel, what they need and help prepare properly for their passing?

What if you could experience peace knowing you took the right action at the right time, honoring their wishes.

You would avoid the guilt or worry that you failed them somehow…

And without the added stress, worry, dread, or guilt you could really be there for them.  You wouldn’t add to their pain.

You could love them in the best possible way when they need your help the most.

Easing their passing when it’s time, knowing when and how they want to leave, is one of the most priceless gifts you’ll ever experience.

 

8. Reconnect and communicate with them after they’ve made their transition

Animals are spiritual beings having physical animal body experiences, just like humans are spiritual beings having human physical experiences.

When we leave our bodies, it’s because it’s time to go home now, back to Source.

It’s the same with animals. Their Spirit continues after they leave their body.

When you know how to communicate with animals, you can connect with both animals that are alive in their physical body, and also with animal Spirits that have crossed over.

Many people want to learn to communicate with animals because they are looking for a way to hear from their pet in the animal afterlife.

Even more wonderful and exciting? Connecting with a loved pet who has transitioned is just as easy as communicating with one that is alive in their body!

 

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9. Be able to help lost animals find their way home

Animals often go missing or on an adventure away from home.  I think of these excursions as “walk abouts”.

Sometimes they are exploring their territory, sometimes they feel the “call of the wild” and are doing what the Native Americans would call a Vision Quest as part of their journey.

Sometimes they escape out the door when you’re not looking, get off leash, or they take off to parts unknown due to fright or panic or…

And yes, many animals get lost every day.

Some make their way home safely after a few hours of freedom.

Some are caught and rescued, put in shelters or taken to vets as we the people try to find out where they belong and get them home.

And some never make it home.

Beyond putting up the typical Missing Pet posters, flyers, and notices in the neighborhood, what else can you do to help them make it back to you healthy, safe and alive in one piece?

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How do you know if they are still alive or have met misadventures and are no longer in their body?

When you learn animal communication you can simply ask them, things like:

“Where are you?”  “When are you coming home?”  “So you remember how to get home or are you so far away you need me to come get you?”  “Are you hurt?”

You can also communicate with the animals in the neighborhood.

Have they seen your pet?  Ask them to tell your pet to come home now.

They can help too.

 

10. Ease shelter, rescued, foster and abused animals confusion, pain and suffering and help them recover, finding their forever homes

7.4 million animals wound up in shelters in 2017.  I expect the numbers have gone up since then.  Of those, 2.6 million lost their lives.

In addition to losing their homes, their friends, their families, many were abused. 

Some found new homes and lives, and some have done well although many of them had a hard time adjusting and healing, regrouping and bonding.

But many have not found their forever homes.  They may have behavior or health problems that make it hard for them to be adopted. 

Unless their new guardian knows how to deal successfully with the behaviors or are able to help them heal, then often they are returned to the system like orphans in our foster care system.  Over and over again.  

These animals were grieving, sick and injured, so they felt lost, abandoned, afraid, and rejected.

They had no compassionate guidance to help them, no one they could trust, and no chance to tell their story to someone who could hear them and help them heal and regroup and move forward in their life. 

For those on death row, nobody prepared them to die either.

This is so tragic. This hurts my heart. I know it does yours too. 

We can help these animals by communicating with them! 

You can help them heal, help them find themselves again, change their bad behaviors, encourage them to successfully bond with their new people, and go on to fulfill their purpose. 

And when we do this right, animals and people can take a big breath of relief, we feel safe together and more connected. 

Learning advanced communication techniques and healing helps animals who have lost their homes or been injured, rejected, neglected, abandoned, left behind, abused or worse. 

I taught a really good introduction to the topic along with many wonderful healing techniques you can use in the Advanced Animal Talk Mastery Course and we’ve gone much deeper on this topic too in Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club ® Heart Wisdom Masterclasses. 

 

11. Have WAY more fun in your life

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Surprisingly, this isn’t about trying hard.  It’s about relaxing into it, making it easy and as natural as breathing or talking with your best friend.

Finally, treat learning animal communication as fun and exciting.  No need to get all serious about it.

Animals are everywhere, all around you.  From insects to birds to lizards, to cats and dogs and horses…

Have fun talking to them!  The more fun you have, the more this wonderful gift will rub off everywhere else in your life too!

 

Start learning animal communication now and all these benefits can be yours!

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What is intuition…

…and how does ‘listening to your gut’ lead you to the truth?

Developing your intuition is complex… and yet simple at the same time. Over the years I’ve learned to listen carefully to the animals in my life.

They’ve taught me invaluable lessons because they’re so closely connected to the Source – aka, “source” or “the Universe” – and have revealed things about my understanding of truth.

Whether you find moments of truth in a movie script, a conversation with a life-long friend, or a chance encounter at the grocery store, it’s important to listen to your gut and take the underlying message seriously…

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in·tu·i·tion

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noun

    1. the ability to understand something immediately, without the need for conscious reasoning.
    2. a thing that one knows or considers likely from instinctive feeling rather than conscious reasoning.

Our intuition is often discounted when we’re building relationships or trying to solve problems, but there’s a reason people trust “gut instincts”…

They’re the primal instinct our pets follow, and it’s wise for us to learn to follow their lead.

5 Simple Steps To Developing Intuition

Whether you follow a Christian doctrine, Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, or any of the myriad faiths, the underpinnings are anchored in a belief that there’s an “Other” guiding us.  There is accessible knowledge all around us that we can tap into, and it’s based on using our intuition that helps us live a fulfilling life.

So, how do we nurture our intuition?

1. Center yourself and get quiet. 

Follow your breath, in and out, and relax more with every breath cycle. 

To do this well, it’s helpful to stand tall and balanced, but also acceptable to be seated.  

Close your eyes.

Feel the ground beneath your feet, the energies of the Earth. Be fully present, right here, right now, nothing added. 

Let everything else go.

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2. Connect with your heart. 

Imagine that your heart has a direct connection with the Truth, and trust that this is so.

3. Connect with your gut. 

Did you know that your gut possesses neural cells and is, in fact, your first brain?  

Neural cells originated in the gut first when your body was being formed in the womb, then a portion of these cells split off and began to form your spinal cord.

They formed your heart, which is also lined with neural cells, then eventually became your head brain.

4. Connect with the idea, concept, or object you are curious about.

Ask your question.

Then…invite your body to either Lean In, meaning…

    • I want more of that
    • I’m drawn to that, it’s okay to go there
    • It feels true 

Or, Pull Back meaning…

    • That’s not good for me 
    • I don’t want that, don’t go there
    • Something is wrong or untrue

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5. Wait for your intuition to kick in.

Simply, your gut will signal you with its answer. 

Be patient. Receiving your answer can take as long as a second or several minutes, depending on your ability to be fully present and clear in your request, and how much practice you have.

Developing your intuition takes practice

As with most healing, it’s important that you take the time to heal yourself before you attempt to heal the animals in your life.

Don’t forget, sometimes, they are trying to send you healing signals and you aren’t receptive to them. 

That’s when developing intuition – learning to be present in your experiences and be open to the life force around you – give you insight.

If you’d like to explore your abilities to trust your intuition, or develop the strength you already possess to understand the messages animals are trying to communicate, maybe it’s time to consult an animal communicator…

Or, perhaps it’s time to tap into the abilities you have, just waiting to be explored.

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What Are Chakras, and How They Help Heal You and Your Pet
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What are chakras and why is it important for an animal lover to understand them?

I’ve been studying energy imbalances and mastering alternative healing therapies since the 1980s. My journey took me through Neuro Linguistic Programming, meditation, to the Lionheart Institute in the 1990’s, which helped transform my understanding of healing myself and people.

That added lots of great alternative healing techniques to my healing toolkit that I can now use both for myself as well as apply to my client’s animals as well as their people. 

And I’ve taught you about the Human Animal BodyMind Connection – the deeper energy reflections, connections, and links between you and your pets. 

Understanding what chakras are and how to work with them is an important piece of the health puzzle for people and pets.

Animals are spiritual beings having animal experiences, just like humans are spiritual beings having human experiences. 

Our pets also mirror us – our emotional and physical being. If we suffer, they likewise suffer alongside us. They just can’t tell us about their suffering out loud like a fellow human friend could.  

They do speak though, in their own way. That’s because they communicate through their own energetic, telepathic language which you can learn through the Heart Wisdom methods taught in The Heart School of Animal Communication®. 

Taking time to learn about balancing and connecting your chakras will open you up to the possibilities of meaningful communication with your pet AND accelerate the connection between you…

Ultimately, you’ll achieve better health, understanding, and well-being, for both of you.

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Chakras are energy centers

To begin with, think of chakras as energy centers in your body.

They are the colorful conduits for energy flowing through your body from the universal life energy field. 

Eastern traditions call this energy prana or the Ch’i.

The energy taken and metabolized through each chakra is sent to the parts of the body located in the major nerve plexus areas closest to each part.   

If your chakras aren’t functioning properly, then this intake of energy is disturbed…

…the body organs and systems served by that chakra will not get the supplies, nurturing, and maintenance they need.  

And, if this dysfunction continues, your organs, joints, and muscles will be disrupted. 

That part of your body will weaken – including its immune defenses – and, eventually, disease will manifest. 

Picture the energy of your chakras as a beautiful braided rope

I’ll explain the seven major chakras in a moment, but first, let me take you through an exercise my students follow as they begin their learning journey about their own chakras.

Close your eyes and imagine a funnel. The wider opening is on the outside of your body, about six inches around, an inch from your body. The small tip fits inside your body near your spine.  

There is a vertical power current going through the centerline of the body. 

It is the large channel of energy into which all the chakras connect…in that central power current each color of your seven chakras – red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet – is woven together, like a rope made of beautiful pulsating light of all colors. 

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Now you are beginning to visualize your chakras…

Remember that all the colors of the rainbow have powerful healing frequencies that affect your physical organs, systems, glands, emotions and mind, as well as your spirit.  

Certain colors can heal, refresh and regenerate…, and other colors can disrupt.

What’s your favorite color?  

Notice which colors you are most drawn to.  And which you feel uncomfortable with.  

Where do the colors resonate in your body?  

There are 7 major chakras plus minor chakras for humans

We have seven major chakras in our body – and 21 minor chakras – all correlating to specific parts of our bodies:

  • Root Chakra – Fire Engine Red. It’s located between your legs at the base of your torso. The energy it delivers affects your will to live, your vitality.
  • Sacral Chakra – Juicy Orange. This is our sexual and creative chakra, sending energy to our reproductive organs and pleasure centers.
  • Solar Plexus Chakra – Yellow. This chakra supplies energy to the stomach, liver, gall bladder, pancreas, spleen, and nervous system.
  • Heart Chakra – Green. Brings energy to our heart, circulatory system, vagus nerve, thymus, and upper back.
  • Throat Chakra – Blue. It brings energy to the thyroid, the bronchi, lungs, and alimentary canal.
  • Third Eye Chakra – Indigo. Supplies energy to the pituitary, lower brain, left eye, ears, nose, and nervous system.
  • Crown Chakra – Violet/Lavender. Supplying energy to the upper brain and right eye.

Each chakra is responsible for complex emotional processes – a sense of connection, stability, belonging, the ability to make rational or brave decisions, communicate authentically, to give or receive love.

For example, the 3rd Chakra – or Solar Plexus Chakra is associated with our intuition, who we are in the universe, how we connect to others…and how we take care of ourselves.

If any of your chakras are out of balance, your emotional and/or physical health will also be imbalanced.

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What are chakras to your pet?

Your pets are intuitive creatures with their own energy field, their own chakras. Therefore, they have the ability to perceive the energy coming from you. 

A dysfunction in your chakra can easily become one in theirs, and vice versa.

Keep in mind, too, that they may also have come to you with past trauma they’ve been masking in order to survive.

Their past, as much as their present with you, can have a significant negative impact on their chakras as well as yours.

This can result in serious illness – cancers, painful skin disease, digestive issues – or bad behaviors like leash reactivity, nipping, chewing, messing on furniture, or in closets.

The point is, good pets can do bad things when they’re feeling sick or anxious. 

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That’s why it’s so important to identify the health of your own chakra before trying to share a healing conversation with your cat, dog, horse…

You can learn how to identity, strengthen, or even reset your chakras in our masterclass. It requires dedication, quiet contemplation, and a willingness to look inward. 

You have to allow yourself to see your weaknesses for what they are…and the opportunity to grow stronger.

Your pet can be brought along on this journey with you. In our next article, we’ll explore more about pet chakras and the ways you can balance and heal them.

If you’d like help balancing out your or your pet’s chakras, contact a professional pet communicator and healer. 

They can unlock the secrets your pet is trying to share with you, their trusted best friend, and help you both heal together.

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Is your animal is behaving badly?  

Maybe your cat has started using the front hall closet (or your pillow) as a bathroom. Or your dog is suddenly pulling at the leash and snarling at other dogs. Your horse seems to have forgotten how to trailer and spooks at everything.

These bad behaviors sometimes seem to come out of nowhere.

But did they…?

Are they just being bad animals? Or… are they good animals going through something bad?

Animal chakras, just like human ones, can have a huge impact on a pet’s well-being – mentally and physically. In fact, for pets – and humans – the two states are intertwined.

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Do you understand chakras, and how they affect your pet’s sense of well-being?

What are chakras?

We’ve touched on this before…

Chakras are the conduit for energy flowing from the universal life energy field. Eastern traditions call it prana or the Ch’i.

This energy is metabolized through each chakra, and sent to the parts of the body located in the major nerve plexus areas closest to that body part.   

And, if your chakras – or your pet’s – aren’t functioning properly, this intake of energy is disturbed. 

What does this look like?

For humans, our lives seem to take a turn for the worse. We feel ‘off’ and frustrated, physically ill, depressed, stuck in the mud. Our joints hurt, we suffer back pain, headaches…

Animals experience these same challenges, but they don’t have words to describe them…, unless you know how to communicate with animals, or hire a professional animal communicator to help translate for you.

They’ll be able to decode the messages your pets are trying to broadcast.  Many (but not all) are able to also read their chakras AND balance them. 

The best communicators also trained in advanced healing and they will be able to help you balance all the chakras – both yours and your animals.  

The 7 major chakras

Animals and humans have the same basic set of chakras… and animals have their own, unique extra chakra. We’ll get to that in a moment. 

First, let’s review the seven major chakras we share with our animal companions:

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  • Root Chakra – Fire engine red. It supplies energy to the spinal column, adrenals, and kidneys.
  • Sacral Chakra – Juicy Orange. Our sexual and creative chakra, sending energy to our reproductive organs and pleasure centers.
  • Solar Plexus Chakra – Lemon or Sunshine Yellow. This chakra resides in your solar plexus and supplies energy to the stomach, liver, gall bladder, pancreas, spleen, and nervous system.
  • Heart Chakra – Emerald Green. Centered on love and will, this chakra brings energy to our heart, circulatory system, vagus nerve, thymus, and upper back.
  • Throat Chakra – Sky Blue. Located at the front and back of your throat, embodying self-expression, it brings energy to the thyroid, the bronchi, lungs, and alimentary canal.
  • Third Eye Chakra – Indigo. Associated with vision and understanding, it’s located on the forehead and the back of the head. It supplies energy to the pituitary, lower brain, left eye, ears, nose, and nervous system.
  • Crown Chakra – Violet/Lavender. As the name suggests, the 7th Chakra can be found on the top of your head and is associated with the experience of Divine Guidance or knowing. It supplies energy to the upper brain and right eye.

Animals have an extra one unique to them called the Brachial Chakra

Animals have their own special chakra that humans don’t have, and it’s important to be mindful of it…

  • The Brachial Chakra – located on either side of the body, in the shoulder area.  

This is the main energy center in all animals and links directly to all the other chakras.

Here’s the thing:  This chakra is the center that relates to animal-human interaction. 

TIP:  Any healing with animal chakras should always begin at this Chakra.  

Animals that have a strong, healthy link with their human companions usually have a vibrant Brachial Chakra. 

It’s the center where the animal-human bond is formed and carried.

If an animal is exhibiting poor behavior or, worse yet, is becoming physically ill, an exploration of their chakra will guide you to the source of their pain. 

It might be coming from scars from their past, a manifestation of the pain they see in you, or a shift in their sense of security.

When an animal’s behavior becomes disruptive and completely out of character, it’s important to visit a veterinarian to be sure your pet isn’t battling an illness like an infection, poisoning or some blockage in their intestines.

Consulting with an expert pet communicator – or having the skills to converse with your pet yourself – is just as important. 

Your pet may be trying to tell you something. 

I know, personally, that my cat sent me messages when I was struggling in an unhappy marriage. Her bad behaviors stopped when I took the time to reassure her that my problems were not hers to solve… and rebalanced our chakras together.  

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Do you want to learn more about animal chakras and their healing power?

Exploring the possibilities of learning more – whether it’s human chakras or animal chakras – is exciting and can launch you on a journey towards healing.

Did you know that you have an inner workshop too? 

Albert Einstein, Nicola Tesla, even Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, all spent a great deal of time in their inner workshop, the laboratory or concert hall in their mind’s eye.

When they emerged, they had the clarity of thought to create great works of genius.

You too have the ability to access and use your own inner workshop, and help the animals in your life build and thrive in theirs.

When you connect your heart Soul energy with your inner workshop, you can do anything!

Contact us for a consultation if you want help decoding your pet’s chakras… or if you want to learn how to communicate with animals on your own, start here. 

You can also go much much deeper through the powerful, life changing Chakra Healing Heart Wisdom Masterclass Series, like this one.  

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]]> https://valheart.com/animal-chakras-are-a-key-to-unlocking-health-well-being/feed/ 0 Risks of Buying Expired Pet Food https://valheart.com/risks-of-buying-expired-pet-food/ https://valheart.com/risks-of-buying-expired-pet-food/#respond Thu, 29 Oct 2020 09:37:13 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=6893 When you bring a new four-legged family member into your household, you’re taking on a lifetime of love and affection.

You’re also making a very serious commitment to provide that pet with the care, attention and love it needs in order to thrive.

You should never take this commitment lightly.

Feeding a pet, especially a larger breed, can be a fairly expensive undertaking.

Many pet owners try to cut corners while still providing a reasonable level of quality and nutrition. They don’t realize the dangers of feeding their dog or cat expired pet food, then they’re shocked and heartbroken when their pet gets sick…

 

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Snapping up dog food in bulk or grabbing a cart full of cat food when the supermarket is running a sale might save you some money at first blush, but it can also be quite expensive when you factor in veterinary bills and the emotional costs of caring for a sick pet.

These are a few of the reasons why you need to pay careful attention to the expiration date on your pets’ food, as well as the risks of feeding your pet food that’s past its expiration date.

 

Nutritional Quality

The shelf-life of pet food and treats varies from one brand to the next. It’s also different depending on whether the food is of the dry or canned variety.

The “best by” date on a can or bag of pet food is calculated for loss of nutritional quality. That means that, at the very least, a bag or can of food that’s far past the date recommended by the manufacturer offers less of the essential nutrients that you’re depending upon for your furry friend.

Even if there are no noticeable signs of spoilage, long expired food will simply not be as nutritious as the same brand would be if it were fresh.

Some manufacturers calculate “best by” dates up to two years after the food leaves the warehouse. You could be feeding your dog food that’s been expired for years and has degraded significantly if you’re not paying attention to the label.

 

Contamination

Sealed cans and bags that have never been opened aren’t likely to be sources of contamination, but that depends largely upon the packaging itself.expired pet food

Permeable packaging can absorb moisture and allow entry for insects and other pests. This can in turn introduce harmful contaminants to your pets’ food.

Dry kibble is also very prone to mold forming on the surface of the kibble.  How? That’s because it can get cold and then hot and then cold again in storage and delivery from various places.  Condensation forms.  Bacteria and mold like moisture.  Before you know it, your kibble is contaminated.

You wouldn’t want to eat something that’s been overrun by insects, but a hungry dog or cat may gobble up food that’s been contaminated and show signs of food-borne illness later.

 

Spoilage

Fat is an essential part of a healthy pet diet. However, the fats in dog and cat food can easily become rancid over time.

While you would pick up on rancid odors in your own food, you may not be so quick to spot bad smells in your pets’ food. After all, it rarely smells delicious to the human nose to begin with.

And yes, dogs and cats may also be less than picky when it comes to what they eat. They’ll eagerly ingest spoiled food only to show symptoms later.

When you’re purchasing fresh food and making a point of not serving your pet expired food, you’re far less likely to encounter rancidity and other spoilage-related problems.

 

Preservative Degradation

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While avoiding preservatives is all the rage when it comes to human food, most commercially produced pet food uses additives. These additives prevent spoilage, inhibit microbial growth and prevent molding.

Even the most heavy-duty preservatives will degrade over time, though. Consequently, the preservatives keeping mold, bacteria and other yucky growth at bay are no longer able to do their job effectively after enough time has elapsed.

If you’re feeding your pet a brand of food that relies upon preservatives for food safety, you simply can’t afford to serve him food that’s expired.

The preservatives will have begun to degrade. The food could be playing host to a variety of illness-causing bacteria and mold spores.

Because most pet food is labeled with a “best by” date rather than an expiration date, stores are legally able to sell food that’s far past the recommended age for consumption.

Even if you don’t buy food in bulk, you may be purchasing old or outdated food. Before you walk out of the store with a bag of pet food, be sure that you’ve located the date. Then, ensure that it hasn’t yet expired.

Article courtesy of AuPair.org.  Click here to visit their website. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communication Enterprises Inc. 

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Are you thinking about getting a puppy, or adopting a new dog?

It’s so important to choose the right dog for your life. They can either become your best friend or your worst nightmare.

Sadly, 3.3 million dogs enter shelters every year and only 1.6 million are adopted. The rest either live out their days in shelters, or they are euthanized…

Even sound, healthy, adoptable pets have their life cut short because they were either surrendered or abandoned by their owners.

That’s why doing your research – learning all you can about dogs – before you adopt or purchase your new companion is the kindest and smartest thing to do.

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Here are three tips to help you choose the right dog.

You will become your dog’s whole life when you bring them home. It’s a big responsibility to care for something that will be completely reliant on you for their health and well-being for their whole life. 

Before you make the commitment, follow these three steps. 

1. Read about the breeds.

It’s tempting – especially if you have children – to go to a pet store or a shelter on a Saturday afternoon and pick out the most adorable dog you see.

Beware!  Impulse-buying rarely works out, for you or the dog.

Even if you’re adopting a shelter dog, make sure you know about the breed’s personality, its needs and quirks – and how they fit with yours.

For example, if your lifestyle is:

Problem Solving with Pets

Be realistic about the time you’ll have to train your new furry friend… and whether or not you have the skills to do it yourself. Some breeds are more eager to please than others. 

Border Collies, for example, are extremely receptive to training. However, since they’re working dogs the training needs to be intense and engaging both mentally and physically… 

Very smart high energy working dogs can be a delight when focused properly, but when they’re bored they can be very challenging to have around.

It can be fun to read up on dog breeds – you might even discover a breed you’d never heard of or didn’t realize would be the perfect fit for you. 

 

2. Write a job description for your dog.

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That’s right. It might sound like a strange thing to do… but take the time to write down why you want a dog in your life and what you expect them to do for you.

Now that you know about various breeds, their strengths, and weaknesses, make a decision about what a day in the life of you and your dog will look like… and then pick the best match.

For example:

  • I want my dog to curl up on the sofa with me while I read.
  • I want my dog to learn loads of tricks to show off to my friends.
  • I want my dog to keep me company on my trail runs or hikes.
  • I want my dog to guard my house and my family.
  • I want my dog to be a furry nanny to my child. 
  • I want my dog to go with me everywhere as a constant companion.
  • I want my dog to be a therapy dog bringing comfort and love to me and others. 
  • I want my dog to…


There are countless “jobs” your dog can do for you…but you’ll be setting them and yourself up for failure if you’re not clear about your expectations. 

If you don’t know what you want, then you won’t know how to choose the right breed for the job! 

 

3. Interview your dog first.

That may sound just as strange as writing a job description, but it’s a step you really shouldn’t skip.

In order to choose the right dog, it’s so important to spend time with them before you take them home. 

If you’re adopting a shelter dog, that will mean going for a few visits so you two can spend time together and interact – whether that means cuddling, playing fetch, or going for a brisk walk.

If you’re buying a puppy from a breeder you’ll know much more about the pedigree and personality of your future furbaby, but at least one meeting so you can share your energy together will be helpful. 

An unplanned meeting with the breeder is also a great idea, so you can see more of the truth about the breeder and how they handle their dogs that they may not want you to know. 

If you’re able, have a conversation with your pet to make sure you two will be a good fit. They have a great deal to say if you ask the right questions and know how to listen to their answers. 

If you don’t know how to communicate with animals, then 1) learn how now because knowing how to talk with your dog makes all the difference in the world in how quickly you bond and understand each other, and will help you work through problems together too, and/or 2) hire a professional animal communicator to do it for you. 

Who knows, maybe they don’t want the job…

Or, maybe they don’t feel a purpose with you. 

If that’s the case, then they’re the wrong dog. 

 

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Be careful to choose the right dog: it’s a lifetime commitment for both of you.

A dog can bring endless joy into their human’s life. And their humans have to understand that once they’ve made that commitment, they will become their dog’s whole world.

Most dogs will live an average of ten years. Some large breeds have a shorter life, but there are small breeds that can reasonably be expected to be a treasured member of your family for 20+ years. Mixed breed dogs tend to live longer than purebreds, but it’s difficult for owners to predict…

Do your best to avoid getting swept up in the darling appeal of a cute furry face, a sweetly lolling tongue, and a curious wet nose at your local pet store. 

Pet store animals are typically gotten through unscrupulous breeders and puppy mills out to make a buck.  The dogs are often abused, kept in tiny cages, force bred, and are in ill health.  They can be very malnourished.  

Puppy mill dogs are often genetically flawed, and are untrained as well as unsocialized. If you get one of these dogs, then you encourage them to continue hurting more and more dogs.  And you’ll be facing the daunting task of training to overcome many problems healthy, naturally raised puppies won’t have. 

If you’re thinking about adding a dog to your family – whether that family is you and a cat or a loud household full of kids – do yourself, and your future dog, a kindness.  Do your research.  You’ll be glad you did! 

If you’d like to help learning how to communicate with all the animals currently in your life – as well as the ones you’re thinking of bringing into your life – contact us. 

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]]> https://valheart.com/3-tips-to-help-you-choose-the-right-dog/feed/ 1 Why Choose A Raw Cat Food Diet? https://valheart.com/why-choose-a-raw-cat-food-diet/ https://valheart.com/why-choose-a-raw-cat-food-diet/#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2020 09:43:45 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=5754 What are you feeding your cat?

With the impressive and alarming amount of cat food recalls that have been happening over the past couple of years, it is easy to see why so many people are concerned with commercial cat food manufacturers.

Many cat owners are switching to a raw cat food diet for their beloved furry friends, and it is easy to see the many benefits of this new trendy diet in the lives of pets and pet owners.

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Here are five of the top reasons why choosing a natural cat diet is becoming such a popular choice.

1. You will get a healthy cat through proper diet.

If you have been looking for a way to cut vet bills in half, try to get a healthy cat through proper diet and exercise. A healthier diet helps boost pets’ immune systems, and can help reverse damage that has already been done. It clears out toxins that have built up through years of poor diet. With the toxins cleared, your cat’s body will feel better and be more youthful than ever.

2. Your cat will live longer.

Science has proven that a raw cat food diet, or even a natural cat diet, will extend the life of your feline friend significantly. If you want your fuzzy friend to live longer, it is best to start stocking up on quality foods.

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3. Cats are obligate carnivores.

They are designed to eat raw meat and not eat food like commercial cat food. It is just not natural for cats to eat cooked food, or over-processed food. When cats eat commercial cat food, it does not digest well, nor does it have the nutrition that they need in order to live a long, healthy, and happy life.

4. Commercial cat food also has ingredients that you cannot trust.

It is very easy to see how many cat food companies have been incorporating subpar and cheap filler ingredients into their food. Much, including soy, wheat, and corn, is actually detrimental for a cat’s health. Worse still, many of the pet food brands out on the market use ingredients that are unhealthy for consumption, including euthanized carcasses of diseased animals and chemical proteins. A natural cat diet would never include any of these!

5. A raw cat food diet will help prevent gingivitis in cats.

The smaller chewable bones help scrub the cats teeth and gums. Multiple studies back up this oral health side effect of a proper cat diet. Not having to worry about your cat’s teeth means that you will be able to rest assured that your pet will have the best that life has to offer in terms of quality of life.

There is a lot of danger in feeding a cat poor cat food, and the truth is only starting to come out right now. Now is the time that you start looking into a natural diet for your favorite companion.

~~~ Article reprinted here with permission of the author: Claude West

About Claude: “I grew up with animals and over the last 30+ years of raising cats, I’ve gained a lot of experience for helping cats be healthy and happy! Follow me on my Tips About Cats facebook page: http://tipsaboutcats.com

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]]> https://valheart.com/why-choose-a-raw-cat-food-diet/feed/ 3 Is Commercial Pet Food Harmful for Your Cat or Dog? The answer will shock you! https://valheart.com/is-commercial-pet-food-harmful-for-your-cat-or-dog/ https://valheart.com/is-commercial-pet-food-harmful-for-your-cat-or-dog/#respond Sun, 25 Oct 2020 10:43:01 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=10703 Read this before feeding another bite of commercial pet food to your furry best friends

Knowing this stuff is way better than remaining unaware, because it could cost your dog their health and ultimately their life.

My friend Andy Lewis has put together critical information that every dog (and cat) owner needs to know. He reveals the statistics about canine death rates & then shows you how they link to the pet food your dog (or cat) may be eating.  It’s important.

 

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Andrew’s commercial pet food research findings:

The Three Leading Causes of Death in Dogs are:

  1. Cancer
  2. Heart Disease
  3. Kidney Disease

This is how they are linked to your dog’s diet…

1. Cancer

The chemicals & preservatives used in many commercial dog foods are known to cause these cancers:

  • Kidney cancer
  • Bladder cancer
  • Skin cancer
  • Stomach cancer
  • Spleen cancer
  • Leukemia

The same cancer-causing chemicals & preservatives have been banned from use in human foods because of these known problems… but continue to be used in Fido’s food.

That’s tragic, with horrifying consequences for our pets.

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2. Heart Disease

The high proportions of cheap unhealthy fats found in many brands of commercial pet food cause arteriosclerosis and arterial blockages resulting in death by heart attack.

But also, the lack of the more expensive omega-3 essential fatty acids (EFA) can cause canine (and feline) heart failure because without omega-3, ventricular arrhythmias occur.

When that happens it can result in sudden death when the heart stops working.

 

3. Kidney Disease

An 11-year study of acute renal failure in dogs concluded that 45% of cases are caused by toxins and 35% by infectious diseases.

In the USA, April – May 2007, over 2200 dogs died in a 3-week period from poisonous toxins found in the commercial dog foods they ate.

And nutritionally inadequate diets also lead to defective adrenal glands unable to manufacture adequate cortisol, a hormone vital for health and resistance to infectious disease (Dr. Alfred Plechner DMV).

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If you choose to feed commercial pet food, then consider very carefully the possible and very likely consequences.

Andy never knew any of this, and as a result, his dog Noble died.  It broke his heart, and started his journey to find answers.

Many pet owners also ignored the warnings back in 2006 and were devastated by the Dog Food Scandal of 2007 (yes, Andy’s been working on this for a long time.)

But the good news is, the many thousands that listened and took his advice followed his guidelines and have healthy dogs.

You can too.  Your dog deserves to be healthy and to eat good food that helps them be strong and happy, and so do you.

If you have a senior pet you may be wondering what the best senior dog food for sensitive stomach are.

What’s next?

Pick up a copy of Dr Andrew Jones book: Veterinary Secrets: Natural Health for Dogs and Cats

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]]> https://valheart.com/is-commercial-pet-food-harmful-for-your-cat-or-dog/feed/ 0 FLUTD: Why Cat Parents Should Switch from Dry Food https://valheart.com/maybe-now-more-cat-parents-will-make-the-switch-from-dry-food/ https://valheart.com/maybe-now-more-cat-parents-will-make-the-switch-from-dry-food/#respond Sun, 25 Oct 2020 01:44:54 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=5770 Why should I switch my cat from dry to wet food?

More evidence has emerged linking dry food diets and Feline Lower Urinary Tract Disease (FLUTD), among many other serious health problems.

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A study was conducted at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s Koret School of Veterinary Medicine to evaluate urethral obstruction (UO), which is an extremely common, life-threatening condition in cats.

The urethra is a small tube through which urine flows from your cat’s bladder to the outside of the body.

Urethral obstructions are usually mineral crystals or stones, or plugs of inflammatory material that form in the kidneys (a process known as urolithiasis), pass down into the bladder, and get stuck in the urethra, blocking the passage of urine from the body.

Male cats have a longer, narrower urethra than females, so obstructions occur more often in males.

Once a blockage develops in the urethra, the kidneys continue to produce urine and the urine starts building up in the bladder.

This is not only painful for the cat, it can also quickly interfere with kidney function.

The job of the kidneys is to flush waste from the body. When they aren’t working properly, toxins accumulate in the bloodstream.

Feline urethral obstructions, if not treated promptly, can result in death in a matter of days.

Risk Factors for Urethral Obstruction in Cats

According to many, no research to date has nailed down precisely the risk factors involved in the formation of urethral plugs in kitties.

Some reports indicate certain breeds are predisposed to stone formation. These include Persians, Himalayans, Russian Blues Siamese, Birman and the Egyptian Mau.

A cat’s environment may also carry risk factors for diseases of the lower urinary tract, specifically stressful living conditions, living indoors only, obesity, a sedentary lifestyle, and spaying/neutering.

For some reason, most studies don’t emphasize a dry food-only diet as a significant risk factor for development of feline lower urinary tract disease, including urethral obstruction.

I find this absolutely mystifying, given what we know about the crucial role dietary moisture content plays in feline physiology.

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The Jerusalem Study

The Jerusalem study, published  in the Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery, took another look at risk factors for urethral obstruction, clinical signs, outcomes and recurrence rates in 82 cats with UO and 82 control cats.

The kitties diagnosed with urethral obstruction had some interesting things in common, including:

They were significantly younger than the control cats; 82 percent were between 1 and 7 years old.

They were significantly heavier.

More were indoor-only cats than in the control group.

And most were fed dry food only (68 out of 82, or 83%).

Only 14 ate a combination of wet and dry food and exactly none were fed a diet of wet food only.

In the control group of 82 cats without urethral obstruction, who also happened to be older and leaner than the sick cats, a little over half were fed dry food only, 42% ate both wet and dry food, and 3 out of 82 were fed only wet food.

An Earlier Enlightening Study

Another very interesting study(*1) conducted several years ago measured the effect of feeding a specific type of food (designed to increase the acidity of urine) to cats with feline idiopathic cystitis (FIC). FIC is another of the diseases of the lower urinary tract.

Some of the cats were fed a canned formulation of the food, and some were fed a dry formulation.

The result?

After 1 year on the canned food, only 11% of FIC cats had a recurrence of the condition.

Recurrence in the dry food group after a year was 39%.

This Waltham Centre for Pet Nutrition conducted this study. Since Waltham is a pet food company(*2), it’s safe to assume the primary intent of the study was to find a product that could be sold specifically for cats with lower urinary tract disease.

In my opinion, what was important in this outcome wasn’t the urinary acidifying feature of Waltham’s formula — it was how much better the canned food fed cats fared than the poor kitties fed the dry formulation of the same food.

Why Isn’t Dry Cat Food Being Clearly Identified as a Risk Factor for FLUTD?

The Waltham study was published in 1999. The Jerusalem study was published just last year  a dozen years later. Several other studies on the subject of feline lower urinary tract disease have been conducted in the meantime.

And yet many in the traditional veterinary community seem unwilling to acknowledge the clear evidence that dietary moisture is incredibly important to urinary tract health in cats.

We know how felines’ renal systems work and how they live in the wild. And we have multiple studies showing cats with lower urinary tract disease, in particular, benefit from high moisture content diets.

It is absolutely baffling to me why more veterinarians aren’t strongly encouraging all their cat-owning clients to transition their pets away from dry diets in the direction of food with a high moisture content.

For example, at a veterinary internal medicine symposium in 2011, an associate professor at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine presented a paper titled, Risk Factors in Feline Lower Urinary Tract Disease(*3). She cited both the Waltham and Jerusalem studies (and 19 others).

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Here is an excerpt from her conclusion/recommendation:

“For both cats with urolithiasis and those with FIC, a diet high in moisture may be best, assuming the owner is willing to feed it and the cat is willing to eat it. A high moisture diet is recommended for cats with stones to decrease the urine concentration of mineral precursors and is the cornerstone of therapy for urolithiasis in human and veterinary medicine. Increasing the water content for cats with FIC may help improve clinical signs by encouraging frequent voidings.”

This isn’t my idea of a ringing endorsement for the benefits of feeding FIC cats high moisture content diets.

But she does, at least, follow up with this suggestion:

“Increasing water content in the diet can be achieved most easily by feeding a canned diet; the canned food should be placed in a separate container next to the cat’s regular diet. If the canned food is not consumed, water can be added to the dry kibble to achieve higher moisture content, although 85% moisture is difficult to attain using this method.”

And I was also encouraged by this comment on the Jerusalem study by Dr. Indu Mani, Editor of Clinician’s Brief:

“This study is very useful to the practicing clinician. Cats with UO are common in the clinical setting. Any interventional behaviors or techniques to potentially decrease UO prevalence are welcome in the clinical setting. Emphasis on optimal body weight and canned food intake as treatment recommendations is important in the management of many chronic feline diseases.”  Indu Mani, DVM, DSc

Why Your Cat’s Food Should Be Loaded with Moisture

Water is essential for all life forms.

Your cat doesn’t have a strong thirst drive compared to other species. Kitties are designed to get almost all the water they need from the food they eat.

Healthy cats don’t lap up water like other animals do.

Many kitties love moving water, of course. But they’re more interested in watching it or playing in it than drinking it.

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With very few exceptions, only cats with underlying disease will drink a lot of water.

Often the disease involves their lower urinary tract, especially if they are suffering from chronic, moderate dehydration thanks to a primarily dry food diet.

Cats in the wild hunt prey, and prey consists of about 75 percent water.

Canned cat food contains at least that much moisture. Dry food, on the other hand, contains only about one tenth of that amount.

If you’re feeding your kitty mostly dry food, he’s probably drinking more water than he would if his diet was high in moisture content. But as a general rule, cats on dry food diets consume only about half the water cats on moisture-rich diets consume.

Now think for a minute about your cat’s lower urinary tract, specifically the bladder and kidneys.

These need flushing constantly with adequate quantities of urine.

It’s easy to imagine the growing stress on those vital organs when your kitty’s body is operating on half the amount of water it requires to function normally day in and day out, for months, years, or a lifetime.

A Word about Other Risk Factors for FLUTD/UO

The key finding from the Jerusalem study shows that the majority of cats who developed urethral obstruction ate dry food only. In addition, obesity and indoor living were also significant factors.

Living indoors doesn’t have to be unhealthy for cats, and in fact, your kitty is much safer living inside. But housecats do need environmental enrichment to be optimally healthy.

The following articles offer some great tips on how to make your environment feline-friendly:

If your cat is overweight, it’s really important for his overall health and quality of life that he slim down.

However, do it very, very gradually to avoid a life-threatening case of hepatic lipidosis. My Valuable Tips for Helping Your Heavy Cat video and article gives you all the information you need to diet your kitty safely.

REFERENCES:

*1 Journal of the AVMA, 1999 Feb 1;214(3):361-5
*2 Waltham
*3 Risk factors in feline lower urinary tract disease, Jodi L. Westrop, DVM, PhD, DACVIM

Source: Clinician’s Brief April 12, 2011
Source: Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery, 2011 Feb;13(2):101-8

* Printed here by permission from Dr. Karen Becker with MercolaPets.com

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]]> https://valheart.com/maybe-now-more-cat-parents-will-make-the-switch-from-dry-food/feed/ 0 Why Should You Opt For A Dog Day Care And Boarding In Coquitlam? https://valheart.com/why-should-you-opt-for-a-dog-day-care-and-boarding-in-coquitlam/ https://valheart.com/why-should-you-opt-for-a-dog-day-care-and-boarding-in-coquitlam/#respond Fri, 23 Oct 2020 15:44:51 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=81051 guest post courtesy of https://www.gooddog.ca The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communications Enterprises Inc. 

Take your dogs to daycare or leave them at home?

Having a pet with a busy lifestyle means that you are barely able to make enough time for them. Dogs are social animals and need a lot of attention. Leaving them alone at home from over 8-12 hours can make them depressed, hence the concept of dog day care has become very popular. These facilities are specially designed to cater to your pet’s needs.

The daycare is a place where dogs can interact with other pets just like them and also get trained to ensure lots of exercises. If you are someone with a busy schedule and want your dog to be taken care of just the way you do it, dog day care can be a great choice. There are many other benefits of sending your dog to daycare and boarding. Some of them have been listed below.

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Gives Your Pet A Safe Space

Leaving the dog at home for a long time without supervision can be scary for most pet parents. Hence sending them to the dog day care means that they have a safe space with experienced caretakers who make sure that all the pet’s needs are taken care of. It also gives the owner peace of mind and does not make them worry about their dogs while they deal with their work or chores.

Keeps Them Active

Spending the days at daycare with fellow dogs helps keep your pet active. I also gives them proper exercise which they can not get at home. Also, the daycare has practice sessions for dogs to teach them new tricks which keeps them busy and occupied. These furry pets like routine, and once they get comfortable with their surroundings at the boarding facility, the routine will make them stay active and healthy.

Prevents Separation Anxiety and Boredom

Anxiety and boredom are two very common problems in dogs. Separation anxiety can lead the dogs to lash out and destroy things in the house. However, being in an open environment does not give them a chance to be lonely or anxious. Find out more about separation anxiety in dogs from this link: https://www.quora.com/What-are-some-ways-to-deal-with-a-dogs-separation-anxiety

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Affordable and Convenient

A lot of people think that dog daycare is costly. However, this is not the case at all. Doggy daycare is relatively cheaper than hiring a one-on-one pet sitter for your animals. Also, the hours that you send your dog to the facility can be decided according to your need.

You can make your schedule and leave the dog with the trained staff whenever you want. If you do not want to bring your dog every day, many places give an option of bringing them once or twice a week and even lets you make last-minute bookings.

Gives The Dog A Chance To Socialize

Dogs are highly social creatures and being around other dogs and humans gives them a sense of satisfaction. Also, your dog will seek attention which you will not be able to provide him if you are extremely busy. However, at the daycare, they are given ample attention and love by the trained staff. Their brains are given enough stimulation to keep them busy and social with other animals.

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It is, however, important to note that some dogs do not like to socialize much and can get irritated with the attention. Asking supervisors to keep an eye on your dog should be a safety precaution you should take. Click here to know whether doggy daycare is good for your pet.

 

Spending the day with fellow dogs in a happy environment can be very good for the dogs. Having a dog at home is pretty much like having a child and their happiness means the owner’s happiness. One of the things that you must keep in mind before sending your dog to the daycare or boarding house is their temperament with the other animals. Also, make sure that your dog is vaccinated and dewormed.

While choosing the daycare for your pet, make sure to read reviews online. Also try and visit them with your dog on an off day so that you can see them work with your pet in front of your eyes. With enough precaution and the right kind of daycare, you can happily leave your pet in a safe environment even if you have to work long hours.

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]]> https://valheart.com/why-should-you-opt-for-a-dog-day-care-and-boarding-in-coquitlam/feed/ 0 Buying a Birdhouse? Things that You Must Consider https://valheart.com/buying-a-birdhouse-things-that-you-must-consider/ https://valheart.com/buying-a-birdhouse-things-that-you-must-consider/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2020 21:31:43 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=8661 5 Key Things to Remember When Buying a Birdhouse

Are you thinking about buying a birdhouse?

Whether your home is on a migratory path for goldfinches or you have nesting birds like wrens all year round, it’s always interesting to watch birds pass through your yard.

Not only do they add music to the airwaves, they help to control mosquitoes, flies and other pests, like slugs, that can damage your flower beds and vegetable garden.

So, how do you attract – and keep – birds in your yard?

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There are natural and manmade ways to make your yard and home more attractive to birds. 

Here are some things to consider…

 

Five ways to attract birds

Many birds will nest in trees and shrubs using sticks and grass they find nearby. But some birds, like wrens and swallows, are attracted to a more confined space.

So, here are 5 thing things to keep in mind:

1. Keep it natural.

It’s tempting to put up a decorative, colorful house that adds to your decor, but birds are looking for a quiet place to lay and hatch their eggs. Opt for natural wood and make your feathered friends feel at home.

2. Know your audience.

The size of the opening you have in your birdhouse will determine the species of bird you attract. If it’s too large, squirrels will think it’s a great nesting place and you’ll miss out on songbirds who might call your birdhouse a home.

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3. Cater to your diners.

If you’re on a migratory path, the birds in your yard have some very specific dietary needs. Take the time to check with your local pet store and find out what the species in your area need to continue their journey.

This might include a suet feeder, black-oil sunflower or niger seed. If you have squirrels in your neighborhood make sure you have the proper guards on your feeder to keep them away.

4. Know which way the wind blows.

Birds will choose their nesting spots based on prevailing winds. They don’t want a cool breeze blowing in on their hatchlings, and crosswinds will impact the flight school for their chicks, so when you’re buying a birdhouse and hanging it in your yard, keep the wind direction in mind.

5. Make sure there’s airflow.

This is often overlooked. Be sure that when you’re buying a birdhouse it has proper ventilation. This includes slots on the bottom, and on the top if you have the house mounted under your eaves or in a tree.

Naturally, birds have an innate sense of what they need, and it’s important for you to try and create a welcoming atmosphere. 

You can attract certain species to your yard, but it will take time. Hanging up a niger feeder will attract one or two goldfinches at first, but word will get out and you’ll suddenly find you have a whole flock.

If you’re in an apartment you can hang up a hummingbird feeder on your balcony, or a small blackoil seed feeder. Guaranteed, songbirds will start to gather.

And, if you want to make your yard more bird-friendly, consider adding some shrubs and trees that provide shelter. Trees that bear fruit, like mulberry, cedar and ash are a huge draw for birds as they’re passing through your neighborhood. 

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Remember that most birds are transient residents in your neighborhood. Like any guest, it’s ideal that you make the environment as welcoming as possible while they’re visiting. Keep their dietary needs in mind and enjoy the visit while you can.

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Penguin Lady – From Tragedy to Triumph with Dyan DeNapoli on The Real Dr. Doolittle Show
Taking a Stand for Animal Intelligence
Things I’ve Learned As An Animal Whisperer

]]> https://valheart.com/buying-a-birdhouse-things-that-you-must-consider/feed/ 18 Pet-proof Your Home; It’s Easy if You Follow These 6 Steps https://valheart.com/6-ways-to-pet-proof-your-home/ https://valheart.com/6-ways-to-pet-proof-your-home/#respond Thu, 22 Oct 2020 10:36:15 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=6357 Are you bringing home a new pet?

Or, have you been asked to take care of someone else’s pet?

Either way, it’s a big responsibility. 

Pets – like humans – are curious by nature. They find trouble in some unexpected places…and anxious pets? They can do some serious damage to their environment, you and your stuff, and even to themselves. 

Whether or not you can communicate with your cat or dog to reduce their anxiety, there are some simple steps you can take to pet-proof your home. 

They’ll give you peace of mind, and keep your furry family member – or visitor – safe and sound.

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6 simple ways to pet-proof your home

Naturally, you want a well-trained dog or cat who understands boundaries in your home – and that requires effort on your part. 

Obedience training doesn’t just help your furry companion learn the ropes, it provides valuable bonding time for both of you.

And, if your pet is well-trained and behaves well normally, then suddenly starts to act out?  You’ll know it’s a sign that something’s wrong, either with you or your pet – please get help as quickly as you can.

But even the best-behaved fur baby can go seriously astray when you leave them alone and they get bored…so do them a favor and take away the hazards that can do serious harm in your absence.

1. Know your plants.

It’s common for pets to chew on grass, leaves, and plants. They can induce vomiting, help expel a furball, or just smell like the food their wild ancestors used to consume.

But if you’ve ever mistaken the look or scent of one thing for another, you know that accidents can happen. Many common garden and house plants are toxic for your pets, so be sure to do your research and eliminate these perils from your home.

And if you suspect your little explorer has ingested something dangerous, follow the advice of a veterinarian.

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2. Install child locks and gates.

These aren’t just for your headstrong toddler. 

Dogs and cats like to explore. While your new dog may examine their surroundings with all the stealth of a freight train, your cat will probably be quite mischievous about it.

Consider using child locks and gates to secure the areas that you simply can’t keep safe from hazards – an under-sink garbage can, for example, or the corridor leading to your garage that’s often a dropping-spot for things destined for a higher shelf.

Kids can unwittingly leave hazards on the floor in their room, or in a shared space. Leggo, felts, glue, bits of board games…

Take the time to educate them about an animal’s special needs. You never want to put a young school-aged child completely in charge of a pet’s care with no supervision, but it’s never too soon to teach them about compassion and awareness when it comes to your furry family members.

 

3. Supervise the string.

Believe it or not, stray thread, yarn, and string can do serious damage to your dog and cat’s digestive system.

So, after you’ve tired Felix out chasing that ball of yarn or dangling a piece around the room, make sure to put it away. If a cat swallows a piece of thread, tinsel, yarn, or string they can’t stop swallowing because their tongue is designed like a velcro strip… and it will tangle up and damage their esophagus, stomach, and intestines.

If you’d like to avoid expensive surgery to save your pets life, take the extra second necessary to put it away where they can’t get to it. 

If you have young children you’ve probably already got the strings for your blinds and curtains well out of reach, but think like an animal that can jump when securing them for your cat.

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4. Block off hiding places.

Cats, especially, love the feeling of a safe little cave. No more so than when they’re sleeping…which is 70% of the day.

If you don’t provide them with some easy-to-find hidey-hole they’ll find one for themselves while you’re not looking, and it might be someplace dangerous. Someplace where there’s electrical conduits, noxious chemicals, sharp objects…

Again, think like a four-legged creature when pet-proofing your home. Someplace that seems impractical or impossible for you or your kids to reach might be tempting for your curious cat or dog.

 

5. Make the toilet bowl off-limits.

Maybe this habit already rubs you the wrong way, but your pets really shouldn’t be drinking from the toilet bowl.

That ‘fresh mountain stream’ feeling Rex and Fluffy get from sticking their head in the toilet is a natural instinct, but the chemicals humans use to keep a toilet sanitary don’t agree with a pet’s digestive system and are incredibly toxic.

If you or your child shouldn’t drink out of a toilet, then they shouldn’t either. 

Keep the bathroom door closed if you can, or remind your friends and family to put down the lid. And if you want to create a babbling brook experience for your pets consider getting a pet fountain.

 

6. Lockdown the knick-knacks!

If you’ve got young kids in the house odds are good that you’ve given up on displaying your collection of antique thimbles or porcelain figurines. 

But if you’re still tempted to leave the quartz and marble rocks you gathered while spelunking or beach-combing, or the vintage photographs of your grandparents in antique frames…resist the temptation.

A pet-proof home is free of things that can be knocked down or smashed by the wrecking-ball of a tail your yellow lab can’t control. Or, the circus balancing act of your cat, while they circumnavigate the room on tiptoe around the shelves in your living room playing a game of “The Floor, is Lava” by themselves.

Cats are famous for loving to knock stuff off the furniture.  They love watching what happens when it hits the ground. 

It’s like a science experiment… will it shatter into a million pieces? Or will it bounce?  Will things get exciting around here when mom yells or jumps or comes running?  

Yea… you don’t want that.  Put them away and be vigilant, and don’t blame your kitty for their instincts and natural inclinations. 

 

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Caring for a pet takes time and effort.

Teaching them how to navigate their new environment is part of your job – through time, training, and talking – and it’s a two-way street.

But pet-proofing a home is your responsibility just like baby proofing for new parents. 

Your pets are relying on you to keep them safe and healthy. They will follow their basic instincts – curiosity, the need for privacy, and adventure – in a human-made environment.

And they need a good human caretaker to look out for them.

If you’d like to learn more about the ways you can safeguard your companion, and learn how to talk with them so you understand one another, contact us.

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]]> https://valheart.com/6-ways-to-pet-proof-your-home/feed/ 0 Pet Foods – Ranked From Great to Disastrous… https://valheart.com/pet-foods-ranked-from-great-to-disastrous/ https://valheart.com/pet-foods-ranked-from-great-to-disastrous/#respond Wed, 21 Oct 2020 11:39:57 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=5985 By Dr. Karen Becker, DVM

Today’s Discussion Subject: Pet Foods

A subject readers here at HealthyPets and clients at my animal clinic are very interested in is the kind of food they should be feeding their dog or cat for good health. So by popular demand, today is a discussion of pet foods. Here are my recommendations for the best-to-worst diets you can feed your pet.

There are 13 categories on my list, and what you’re feeding will fall into one of them.

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Now, if the diet you’re serving your dog or cat happens to fall into one of the lower quality categories, I don’t want you to beat yourself up about it.

As a general rule, people who are feeding their pets a lesser quality diet are doing so either because they can’t afford a better food – or they simply don’t know what constitutes good nutrition for their pet.

If you discover your furry buddy is eating from the lower half of the list, set a goal to feed a better quality food now that you know the difference, or when you can afford a more nutritious brand.

Again, everyone’s pet food of choice can be found in one of these categories. I encourage you to figure out where the diet you’re serving right now falls in the list.  Then you can strive for improvement by feeding more nourishing, species-appropriate food.

Food Can Either Heal or Harm

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As a proactive veterinarian interested in sustaining the natural good health of my pet patients, I always encourage pet owners to evaluate their animal’s diet, because food is the foundation upon which good or ill health is built.

It’s important to understand that food has the ability to heal or harm your pet, depending on the type and quality of nutrition you provide.

The first factor you should evaluate is the species-appropriateness of what your dog or cat is eating.

A species-appropriate diet contains lots of good quality protein as well as moisture. The protein is necessary because both dogs and cats are carnivores.

High moisture content is required in order to prevent organ dysfunction, including kidney failure. Dogs and cats are designed to eat food that is about 70 percent moisture, which is what a diet of mice and rabbits would provide if your pet hunted his own food.

If you feed your pet dry food only, he’s getting only about 12 percent moisture instead of the 70 percent his body demands. This is especially unhealthy for cats, because they don’t supplement their moisture intake by drinking large amounts of water like dogs do.

Pets on dry food diets (kibble or pelleted) live in a state of chronic, mild dehydration that over time can cause significant stress to their organs.

Species-appropriate nutrition does not contain much starch, also known as grains or carbohydrates. Corn, wheat, rice and soy are found in most commercial processed pet foods, but your dog or cat has no biological need for them.

I recommend you follow the laws of nature when it comes to your pet’s diet, which is to feed everything his body needs and eliminate ingredients that provide no nourishment.

In addition to the species-appropriateness of your pet’s diet, it also needs to be balanced. By balanced I mean food that contains all the vitamins, minerals and other nutrients your dog or cat needs.

This isn’t something you can guess at – it should be guaranteed through testing.

Nutritional balance is vitally important because deficiencies will develop much faster in your dog or cat than they will in you. A poorly nourished puppy or kitten can end up with obvious signs of skeletal problems and organ degeneration before she’s six months old.

An older animal can develop life-threatening organ degeneration, among many other not-so-obvious symptoms, over a one to three year period of eating an unbalanced, nutrient-deficient diet.

 

The List of Best-to-Worst Foods

A Balanced, Raw, Homemade Diet

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It is the best food you can feed your dog or cat. It will be nutritionally balanced because you’re following recipes like those found in the cookbook I co-authored, Real Food for Healthy Dogs and Cats.

Raw means the food is unadulterated and still contains all the enzymes and nutrients that are typically destroyed during cooking or other types of processing.

Homemade is the best option because you are in complete control of the quality of ingredients in your pet’s diet.

I recommend pets get plenty of nutritional variety, and another great thing about serving homemade is you can buy seasonal fruits and veggies on sale, as well as protein sources (meats), and use them in rotation.

Commercially Available Raw Diet

It’s the next best thing you can feed your pet. This is a raw food diet that someone else has done the heavy lifting to prepare.

It’s important that the diet is balanced. You should be aware that there are raw food pet diets entering the market that are not yet proven to be nutritionally complete. These foods often say “For supplementation or intermittent feeding” on the label.

You’ll know if the raw food you’ve selected is balanced because it will say it right on the packaging: “This food has been proven to be nutritionally complete or adequate for all life stages.”

At the present time, these diets are found only in the freezer section of small/privately owned or upscale pet boutiques.  They are not yet in the big box pet stores. You can also find a selection online.

Cooked, balanced homemade diet.

It’s the same diet found in number 1, above, except that it’s cooked. This means some of the nutrient composition has been diminished through processing.

Human-grade canned food.

If the label doesn’t say the ingredients are human grade, they’re not. Pet food made with human-grade ingredients is also a great deal more expensive. That’s another way to tell what you’re getting.

This type of diet is the most expensive you can feed your pet. What I tell my clients is, “If you have more money than time, you can purchase human-grade canned food for your dog or cat. But if you have more time than money, I recommend you make a balanced, homemade diet right in your own kitchen for a fraction of the cost.”

    1. Human-grade dry food. As I discussed earlier, dry food is not as species-appropriate as a moisture-dense diet. Human grade is very important because the food is approved, in theory, for human consumption. This means it doesn’t contain low quality rendered by-products.
    2. Super premium canned food which can be found at big box pet supply stores like Petco and PetSmart.
    3. Super premium dry food.
    4. Veterinary-recommended canned food. Vet recommended canned foods are purchased at your vet’s office or clinic. Typical brands are Science Diet, the Purina veterinary lines, Royal Canin and Waltham.
    5. Veterinary-recommended dry food.
    6. Grocery store brand canned food.
    7. Grocery store brand dry food.
    8.  Semi-moist pouched food.
    9.  Top 20 best Puppy Foods

The reason this type of pet food is so far down the list is because in order for the food to remain “semi-moist,” an ingredient called propylene glycol is added. This is a scary preservative that is a second cousin to ethylene glycol, which is antifreeze. And while propylene glycol is approved for use in pet foods, it is unhealthy for dogs and cats. I do not recommend feeding any food that contains this additive.

Dead Last on the List: Unbalanced, Homemade Diet – Raw or Cooked

The worst thing you can feed your pet is an unbalanced, homemade diet – raw or cooked. I’m seeing an increasing number of misguided pet owners in my practice who think they’re doing the right thing by serving their pet, say, a chicken breast and some veggies and calling it a day.

Yes, the food is homemade, but it’s nutritionally unbalanced. Pets being fed this way are showing up at my clinic with endocrine abnormalities, skeletal issues and organ degeneration.  This is caused by deficiencies in calcium, trace minerals and omega fatty acids due to diet.

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From Worst to Best in a Heartbeat

For those of you who now know you’re feeding your pet an unbalanced, homemade diet, there’s an extremely quick and easy way to soar to the top of the list.

All you need to do is add ingredients to balance out the nutrition in the diet you’re already serving. This is a fast, simple fix you can apply to turn an unbalanced homemade diet into a balanced one.

So there you have it – the entire list of my recommendations for best-to-worst pet diets.

If your pet’s food is on the lower half of the list, set a goal to work toward the top.

If you’re already at the top end of the list, congratulations! You’re doing the best thing possible by providing species-appropriate nutrition for the animals in your care

If you would like to learn more about making homemade meals for your pets, my recipe book is available here

Dr. Becker is the resident proactive and integrative wellness veterinarian of HealthyPets.Mercola.com. You can learn holistic ways of preventing illness in your pets by subscribing to MercolaHealthyPets.com, an online resource for animal lovers. For more pet care tips, subscribe for FREE to Mercola Healthy Pet Newsletter.

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]]> https://valheart.com/pet-foods-ranked-from-great-to-disastrous/feed/ 0 Horse Blankets: What You Need to Know https://valheart.com/horse-blankets-what-you-need-to-know/ https://valheart.com/horse-blankets-what-you-need-to-know/#respond Tue, 20 Oct 2020 14:17:59 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=81018 Horse Blankets: What You Need to Know
guest post courtesy of Thomas Brown, Horsezz.com The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communications Enterprises Inc. 

When the weather is getting colder, a warm blanket is important for your horse’s health. The sheet is usually made of firm fabric and it’s tacked with fasteners, belts, or velcro. Different blanket types are used for specific purposes.

So, let’s get all the nuts and bolts on blanketing a horse to cover your equine companion.

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Horse Blanket Types

There are several types of horse blankets: turnout, stable, quarter sheets, and coolers. Depending on your horse’s needs and climate conditions you can pick the perfect option.

Turnout blankets are designed for any weather as they are water-resistant, wind-proof, and come with fleece lining. In addition, there are horse blankets with high withers and with a hood over the head. Such horse sheets also protect the horse belly from dirt.

Stable blankets help to protect the horse from dirt and dust as well as to keep warm after work. 

While horseback riding, a quarter sheet can be used. The inveterate equestrian David Garcia recommends to tack up the quarter blanket under the horse saddle or on a limited body part like shoulders or croup. This is made to warm up your companion’s muscles when riding in cold weather.

Coolers are used primarily for sport horses. Cotton or wool paddings are used to prevent hypothermia of the horse. If your hooved friend excessively sweats after training or during a competition, use cooling blankets that have shock-absorption features. The sheet wicks moisture quickly to dry out the horse.

There are also fly sheets that are useful in summer to protect from insects. Equine manufacturers often treat the mesh with repellents. Such a horse blanket may also come with a fly mask.

How to Tell If Your Horse Is Cold?

If your horse is cold, it starts shaking. That’s a reflex action of the muscles to generate more heat. Generally, it’s not dangerous but over a few hours of shivering the horse is deprived of energy, its temperature drops, and it becomes vulnerable to infections.

When it’s cold outside, clipped horses with a light blanket may freeze badly. especially when they are unable to move properly. In a too dense blanket, a horse could get a chill from its own sweat or a wet blanket. That’s because the sheet presses down the wool and retains moisture near the body.

It’s crucial to remember that a horse blanket is not optimal protection in cold weather, as it cannot shelter a horse from rain and wind like a covered shed and wind protection.

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Overheating Horses

Sweat is the most noticeable sign of overheating. First, the equine sweats under the blanket, then on the neck and behind the ears. Overheating is a common problem for horses that’s caused by turning out with a thick blanket designed for colder conditions.

The temperature swing between daytime and night can be up to 50 degrees, thus the animal gets hot under a warm horse blanket. In chill weather, a tacked horse can sweat easily while working and then freeze badly under a wet sheet.

On days when the temperature ranges greatly it’s better to wear a thinner blanket. The horse can keep warm by working sheltered from the wind or standing in the sun. But if it’s hot, your hooved friend has no way to get rid of it.

What Blanket To Wear After Work

After work, you should cover your horse when it has already taken its breath and dried out. A regular blanket will retain moisture near the skin, increasing the drying time of the coat. And the horse’s body temperature will get back to normal. To speed up the process you can dry the horse with a towel.

Another way is to tack the horse with a woolen or acrylic blanket. If you cover the horse with a windproof sheet, it makes sense to put some shavings or hay under it as an absorbent layer. Besides, it will provide the necessary air circulation.

How to Maintain a Horse Blanket

Like any piece of horse equipment, a horse blanket also requires special care. Firstly, you need to check all the fasteners and seams regularly. Secondly, the blankets should be shaken out after each use, ventilated, and dried. They also need to be washed with non-toxic cleaners. Jute horse rugs have to be thoroughly cleaned with a stiff brush.

The Bottom Line

A proper horse blanket is a helpful horse tack that is needed in various conditions. There are loads of horse sheet types available, so you can choose the perfect one for your companion. When blanketing a horse, check that your hooved friend is not getting cold or overheated.

While choosing a blanket for your friend, find out its purpose first, and pick the proper horse blanket size. Fitting a horse sheet affects its comfort and protection.

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Dyan deNapoli is a penguin expert and author of  The Great Penguin Rescue, which chronicles the remarkable rescue of 40,000 penguins from the Treasure oil spill in South Africa.

She was a member of the first team of penguin specialists to fly to Cape Town from the US to train and supervise more than 12,000 dedicated volunteers who saved the oiled penguins from certain death.

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Dyan also helped manage the penguin colony at Boston’s New England Aquarium for nine years and now, as The Penguin Lady, she lectures internationally about penguin biology and conservation. To date, she has taught approximately 250,000 people about these charismatic seabirds. Dyan has been the featured penguin expert on several television and radio shows, and on nature cruises to the Antarctic and the Galapagos Islands. She donates 20% of the proceeds from her book and from every public appearance to penguin rescue groups.

Join us as we talk about the Treasure oil spill and the rescue efforts that Dyan deNapoli worked on. Learn more about what is happening around the world in efforts to help conserve some of the endangered penguin species, especially the 13 out of 18 species that are now on the endangered list.

I asked, and Dyan answered…

  • What caused the Treasure oil spill?
  • What was the most challenging part of this rescue?  The most rewarding aspect?
  • How did you come to be involved in this rescue effort?
  • How successful was this rescue effort, and did the birds survive after being released?
  • What has happened to the rescued penguins in the ten years since the Treasure oil spill?
  • In what ways does oiling harm penguins?
  • How does one clean and rehabilitate an oiled penguin?
  • Did you go to the Gulf of Mexico to help out after the BP oil spill?
  • What is the current forecast for penguins worldwide?

Dyan encourages animal lovers to donate to their penguin charity of choice. Charities supporting penguin rescue and care may be found on her website, www.thepenguinlady.com

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]]> https://valheart.com/penguin-lady-from-tragedy-to-triumph-with-dyan-denapoli-on-the-real-dr-doolittle-show/feed/ 1 Whale Whisperer Madeleine Walker on the Real Dr Doolittle Show™ https://valheart.com/whale-whisperer-madeleine-walker-on-real-dr-doolittle/ https://valheart.com/whale-whisperer-madeleine-walker-on-real-dr-doolittle/#respond Thu, 15 Oct 2020 10:00:09 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=6021 Val Heart Expert Animal CommunicatorWe welcomed “Whale Whisperer” Madeleine Walker to the Real Dr Doolittle Show™

Madeleine Walker is an amazing colleague and an inspiration for all animal lovers.

Madeleine Walker is an International Professional Animal Communicator, Horse and Rider Trauma Consultant and Spiritual Empowerment Coach. She has written three books:  “An Exchange of Love… animals healing people in past, present and future lifetimes.”  She’s also written “The Whale Whisperer” and “Your Pet’s Past Lives and How they can Heal You“.

She raises awareness of the incredibly deep connection we have with our animals and their messages of healing for us and our beautiful planet. She travels all over the world to work with wild species in their natural habitat and writes and lectures about her experiences.

Madeleine receives recognition for her healing skills with both animals and humans on both emotional and physical levels. Madeleine specializes in the past life connections between animals and their human care givers. She is a pioneer with her techniques on past life scripts.

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Her books are truly lovely as she dives deep into the ocean to communicate with sacred species. I know you’ll love hearing their messages of hope and inspiration too. I certainly did. Enjoy!

In my heart to heart chat with Madeleine, she answers some wonderful questions.  Such as:

She discusses how the wild species have a connection to the planet.  Consequently, they know what the planet needs.  And how these species have taught her so much about reconnecting to the natural world.

To sum up, love and respect your animals for the incredible beings, teachers and healers they really are!

Visit her at https://www.madeleinewalker.co.uk/

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]]> https://valheart.com/whale-whisperer-madeleine-walker-on-real-dr-doolittle/feed/ 0 Whale Whisperer Madeleine Walker | The Real Dr. Doolittle Show | Animal Talk | Podcast #93 nonadult Support African Wildlife by Donating to Worthy Organizations https://valheart.com/support-african-wildlife-by-donating-to-conservation-organizations/ https://valheart.com/support-african-wildlife-by-donating-to-conservation-organizations/#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2020 19:51:29 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=7349 Animal lovers the world over, including the African Wildlife conservation community, continues to lament the loss of more animal species.

Did you know? The Union for Conservation of Nature officially declared the Western Black Rhino extinct after the last was spotted in 2006.  A sad day indeed…

This once thriving species used to roam sub-Saharan Africa, but it fell victim to poachers and a lack of conservation efforts. This is just one case from African wildlife efforts that demonstrates the need for greater wildlife conservation efforts and funding.

 

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Another loss is the Alaotra Grebe, a small water bird from Madagascar. It was declared extinct in 2010 after falling prey to poaching and becoming ensnared in fishing nets.

They joined these other fallen African species:

  • Atlas bear
  • Aurocks
  • Bluebuck
  • Bubal hartebeest
  • Cape lion
  • Cape serval
  • Kenya oribi
  • Cape warthog
  • Large sloth lemur
  • Lesser Mascarene flying fox
  • Quagga
  • Red gaelle
  • Robert’s lechwe
  • and so many more….

Whether they’re launching awareness campaigns, fostering endangered species or fighting to enforce anti-poaching laws, African wildlife conservation groups rely largely on donations from concerned civilians.

If you’re looking to support African wildlife conservation efforts, plenty of hard-working groups are making an impact. This is our short list of worthy groups that deserve support.

 

African Wildlife Foundation

Africa is a continent full of exotic wildlife. Many endangered and extinct species, including the Western Black Rhino, once thrived in Africa.  Then poachers began to exploit this array of life.

The African Wildlife Foundation aims to ensure the wildlife and wild lands of Africa endure forever, and it does this through its myriad projects, such as the Bwindi mountain gorilla census and conservation efforts of the Great Fish River rhino and the West African giraffe.

Furthermore, eighty-five percent of donations go toward programs that include animal protection, national park revitalization and investment in African communities.

Click here to donate to the African Wildlife Foundation.

 

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Gorilla Doctors

Working to save the endangered mountain gorillas, a species on the verge of extinction, Gorilla Doctors is a team of veterinarians whose focus is the use of veterinary medicine, science, and a One Health approach.

They have been dedicated to this mission since the mid 1980s. This group continues the work of the late Dian Fossey, who gave her life to, and for, her passion to save these magnificent creatures.

Click here to donate to Gorilla Doctors

 

David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust

But the AWF isn’t the only organization working to protect Africa’s wild habitat. The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust specializes in protecting endangered African species such as elephants and black rhinos.

At the heart of the trust is the Orphans’ Project, in which staff raises young wildlife in an environment that protects them from poachers and other dangers.

Sheldrick was a famous naturalist and founding warden of the Tsavo East National Park.

His passion for wildlife lives on the through the care and protection of animals he loved. Donations go toward funding the Orphans’ Project and protecting animal populations.

Click here to donate to the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust.

 

World Wildlife Fund

The World Wildlife Fund has been coming to the aid of endangered animals since 1961.

The WWF has an impressive resume; for example it includes bringing back the Amur tiger and black rhinos from the edge of extinction. The WWF has the influence to effect political policy and structure to make a difference on the ground in Africa.

This influential organization is currently active rehabilitating a number of species, specifically tigers, polar bears and orangutans.

The WWF also allocates some of its resources toward the issue of climate change.

Click here to donate to the World Wildlife Fund.

 

Wildlife Conservation Society

Founded in 1895 as the New York Zoological Society, the Wildlife Conservation Society has subsequently grown into an influential international organization.

The WCS remains active in the protection of elephants, hippos and big cats. Their methods include the use of population surveys, camera traps and radio collars. The WCS has offices in Rwanda, Zamibia and Madagascar, where it is able to facilitate long-term conservation solutions.

Click here to donate to the Wildlife Conservation Society.

 

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The International Fund for Animal Welfare

To begin with, the IFAW was founded in 1969 to stop the commercial hunt for whitecoat seals in Canada. It has since grown into a global non-profit with projects worldwide, including Africa. They rescue, rehabilitate, and release animals as well as restoring and protecting their natural habitats. IFAW partners with local communities, governments, non-government organizations and businesses.

Above all, one of the guiding principles of IFAW is that humans have a moral responsibility to provide for animals that depend on them. Indeed, that responsibility extends to protecting wild animals and their habitats from human harm.

Click here to donate to the International Fund for Animal Welfare

 

All of these groups are working hard in the hope that they can save endangered species from extinction.  As previously stated, they do rely greatly on donations from concerned animal lovers.  But no matter what, they continue in their efforts to save the wildlife of Africa.

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]]> https://valheart.com/support-african-wildlife-by-donating-to-conservation-organizations/feed/ 1 Vet or Vet Tech: Which Animal-Related Career is Right for You? https://valheart.com/vet-or-vet-tech-which-animal-related-career-is-right-for-you/ https://valheart.com/vet-or-vet-tech-which-animal-related-career-is-right-for-you/#comments Tue, 13 Oct 2020 08:45:59 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=8915 Vet or Vet Tech?

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, animal-related careers like vets and vet technicians are projected to grow at a rate of 16% from 2019 to 2029. This is much faster than the average for all occupations.

If you hope to have a career working with animals, either option is likely to be a good one but in our opinion, becoming a vet assistant takes less time than a vet tech. So choose wisely.

There are, however, some advantages and disadvantages to both that can help you decide which direction to take.

Education

If you have aspirations of becoming a vet, this career requires a doctor of veterinary medicine degree from an accredited college. The schooling required is similar to that of a medical student but is focused on animals instead. Some feel it’s even more challenging as there are numerous animal species rather than just one.Learn How to Talk to Animals

The average person in this career has completed four and a half years of undergraduate education including some tough courses including but not limited to organic chemistry, biochemistry, physics, and microbiology, in order to be prepared for veterinary school. Vet school is similar to medical school and generally takes four years to complete, but students must learn about all types of animal species, according to AVMA.org.

One advantage of becoming a vet tech is that the career involves working with animals, but a doctoral degree is not required. Getting into veterinary school can be very difficult as there is a lot of competition, and it’s very expensive.

Veterinary technician programs last just two years, and many cater to working professionals with nine-to-five jobs. Penn Foster offers its veterinary technician program online, and this AVMA-accredited program won’t break the bank. Each credit costs $90, and students gain real-world experience in the field.

Salary

Veterinarians do have the advantage when it comes to salary. However, you’ll also have to consider that vets are likely to be paying for veterinary school for quite some time. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that the median annual wage as of May 2019 for a veterinarian is $95,460 per year while a vet tech makes $35,320 per year.

A veterinarian may have to pay for many extras that a vet tech would not. These extras include liability insurance to protect from malpractice claims or losses to a building, equipment, vehicles or animals while in the practitioner’s care, as Veterinary Practice News points out. A vet also has to consider overhead that a vet tech does not.  These include rent, maintenance, utilities, office supplies and pricey equipment, as well as the salaries of staff.

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The Rewards

As a veterinary technician or a veterinarian, you’ll reap the rewards of helping animals to restore their health and well-being. You’ll also gain the benefits of restoring the well-being of the animal’s owner. Today, many people feel that their pet is part of the family, with the loss of a pet truly devastating.

If you can help their animal live a longer, healthier life, you’re also significantly contributing to the health and happiness of the animals’ human companions.

The job of a veterinarian and vet tech can be physically as well as emotionally demanding, but it pays off.

In either career, if you love animals, you’ll be able to make a living doing what you’re passionate about.  For many people, that makes life worth living.

Whichever path you choose, remember that knowing how to communicate with animals will help you be much more effective in everything you do!

After all, how can you really be there for the animal if you can’t speak their language?

Imagine the difference you could make if you could simply ask your patient questions, find out exactly how they feel, where it hurts and what makes it feel better if they could simply tell you, heart to heart, mind to mind.

Exactly.  And that’s why it’s important to learn how to talk to animals.

It’s easy as 1-2-3 when you follow the The Heart School of Animal Communication® tried and true techniques and methods! 

Anyone can learn if they’re willing to discover how.

Start with your Free ebook: Hidden Secrets to Communicating With Pets — Click HERE

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When we learn how to talk to animals, we discover how to recognize, respect and revere them for who they really are.  The profound process is a spiritual journey because learning how to talk to animals helps humans become better people.

It’s an extraordinary, life changing experience because animals have a lot to say.

For instance, consider this incredibly true story of how I talked to a komodo dragon, and how that changed my life.

Every month, my Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club students (graduates of the How to Talk to Animals Beginning Core Foundations course as well as Advanced Animal Talk Mastery course), gathers to practice talking with animals so they can improve their intuitive skills and confidence.

That sunny day in June, we went on a fieldtrip to the San Antonio Zoo.

The students’ assignment was to wander through the zoo, find and talk to animals who were willing to talk to them.

What were their stories? 

Where did they come from? 

How did they get where they are now?  

Tell us about their family life, their experience living in a zoo?

We were humbled to discover so very many wonderful wise ones (defined as master teachers, gurus, healers, guides and angels disguised as animals), all there waiting for us to talk at the zoo.

Some students felt confident that they could be of service to the animals by simply taking the time to connect and communicate.  They’ve learned that often deep healing, growth and evolvement comes from the simple act of attentive listening, acknowledging and respecting others’ experiences, insights and truth.

Eagerly they set off on their mission.

But other highly sensitive, empathic animal talk students lingered, worrying about talking to these zoo animals.  They feared they would hear terrible, heart wrenchiing stories of abuse, trauma, loneliness, depression, sadness and anger.

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In tears, they asked for my advice about how to handle the painful emotional stories they they would hear.

I told them to not be afraid.  Instead, choose to be courageous and fully present, to listen carefully with their heart to what the animal had to say.  Then, be sure to ask the right questions in the right way and in the right time so the animal felt safe and understood.

Feel what the animal expresses as they choose to say what’s on their mind and heart.  Respect themselves and the animals by allowing their emotions and reactions to surface exactly as they will.

Take time to honor that.  Finally, offer compassion, acknowledgment, and appreciation for being able to hear the animal’s voice.

In this way, they would serve the animals by letting them know that a human truly cared about what happened to them.

Many times healing occurs just through the art of listening and heartfelt conversation.

Nothing more is needed.

Bravely we all stepped forward, following our hearts and intuitive guidance to take us where we were needed most.

For me, as I entered the Zoo, I felt bombarded by the cacophony of sights, sounds and smells.  So I tuned in and asked for guidance as to which of the zoo residents I should communicate with.

Of all the wonderful animals there, I immediately felt myself being drawn toward the komodo dragons.

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Fascinated I tuned in and connected.  The dragon on the right had no use for humans or the crowd outside the enclosure, and was clearly not interested in talking to me.  However, as I focused on the second of the two komodo dragons, I felt our heart connection quicken and deepen.

Astonished and pleased, I realized that this huge lizard in his powerful, ponderous yet deceptively fast body was a “Wise One.” 

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Delighted that I had noticed him, he turned to look straight at me standing some distance away across the enclosure behind the glass retainer wall.

I had no idea how this conversation would go or how profound the opportunity being presented to me was, but I felt thrilled to commune with him.  Was he interested in sharing his experiences, or dispensing advice or enlightenment for a human woman?

After we greeted each other properly, I told him who I was and what I was doing there.

Tears sprang to my eyes as his compassion, spirit and big heart touched me deeply.

He asked, “What do you need child?  How may I help you today?”

I’d been divorced recently.  After living with my husband of almost 18 years, I found myself struggling with issues around personal safety.

I was feeling trapped by an intense fear of being alone at home with no one to protect me.

I felt restless, anxious, depressed and skittish, jumping at every little noise.  Taking what seemed at the time like appropriate measures to protect myself, I had fearfully withdrawn into my shell rarely venturing out of my house.

I was miserable and unhappy, and didn’t know how to recover my mojo again…

So I decided to ask for his advice.

He immediately informed me that I was experiencing such fear because I was identifying myself as a prey animal and had taken on the mindset of the hunted, not the hunter.

He told me that I must identify myself with predator energy and take my power and self-respect back.

Predators respect other predators and usually give space and back off.  I must choose to defend myself on all levels, to set proper boundaries. It may not be necessary to actually fight, but it is my right and responsibility to respect myself and my space.

Holding my eye, he then began walking deliberately, confidently, proudly around his enclosure saying,

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“See me.  Walk this way, choose your path consciously, deliberately, with focused intent and purpose.  Use clear sight, stay grounded, and move with confidence.  Own the space around you.  In doing so, you will achieve whatever you need or desire.”

His message had the impact of a sonic boom on my Spirit!

He was exactly right.  His message was so surprising, I had never considered things from that perspective before.

But now?

I realized that by embracing and embodying my fear, I had been energetically attracting negative unwanted dangerous attention.

A fundamental Universal Truth is that what we focus on expands.  The Law of Attraction says that what we believe and focus toward is projected magnetized into our lives.

In other words, if we let what we fear run our lives, the very thing we’re most afraid of will often come to pass because we are drawing it to us.

With relief, my shoulders straightened as I smiled with joy, and I felt myself grow taller, with confidence, standing proud in my own skin.

I was no longer afraid of my own shadow.  I realized that I am a strong, powerful, confident woman, a leader in my field.

From that moment on, my life changed for the better.

I’ll always remember and be grateful for the komodo dragon’s words of wisdom.

When we talk to animals, we discover that some of the best teaching and advice comes from them.

They all have something wonderful to teach us.

Learning how to talk to animals is about sharing information energetically and telepathically.

The ability to share life experiences with other beings, no matter what body they are wearing, is a priceless gift and opportunity.  Through the process of connection and communication, it allows us to better understand and KNOW that we are not alone.

We are connected with other sentient intelligent beings.  And, that we can help each other.

Animals of all kinds and species, from the littlest to the biggest, have a lot to say when we know how to talk to them.  Like us, they want to be heard on all levels of their life.

Knowing what animals think, feel and experience can change everything in the way you take care of your pet, and is THE foundation for a great relationship!

Ready to learn how to talk to animals yourself?

Start at The Heart Wisdom School of Animal Communication with your copy of my free ebook:  Hidden Secrets to Communicating With Pets

View the complete How To Talk To Animals list of online classes, special topics courses and the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club here

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ct-2Bio:  Val Heart, The Real Dr Doolittle™, empathic animal behaviorist, speaker, bestselling co-author, master healer, medical intuitive. Val specializes in healing chronic pain, illness, trauma, training, behavior, performance, euthanasia. Founder of The Heart School of Animal Communication®, host of the BEST Online Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club. Val also created the H.E.A.R.T. System, 5 steps for solving problems with pets.

 

 

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]]> https://valheart.com/know-how-to-talk-to-animals/feed/ 4 Leash Reactivity: When a Good Dog Does Bad Things https://valheart.com/why-leash-reactivity-isnt-a-sign-of-a-bad-dog-and-how-positive-training-can-help/ https://valheart.com/why-leash-reactivity-isnt-a-sign-of-a-bad-dog-and-how-positive-training-can-help/#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2020 17:05:58 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=41394 Guest Post: The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communications Enterprises Inc. 

Does your dog lunge, bark, growl, or strain at the leash when you’re out for a walk?

Embarrassing, isn’t it?

Dangerous even. 

A walk with your four-legged companion should be fun. Your outdoor adventures should be a time for bonding and exercise, for both of you.

But if your dog is “leash reactive” those daily walks can be a nightmare. 

It’s very important to know that your dog’s bad manners on leash don’t mean you have a bad dog…

In a perfect world, you’d start your new puppy on a consistent training regime using a qualified trainer, and stick with that routine.  

You would socialize them properly so they know how to handle all situations appropriately and are well behaved. 

But if you’ve got an older dog who didn’t get a good grounding in proper leash manners as a puppy, or you’re working with a rescue from a shelter, all isn’t lost. 

Mature dogs can learn new skills with the right communication, consistency, and patience.

Your dog: an angel off-leash, a devil on a tether? 

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Most dogs with leash reactivity are perfect angels in an off-leash dog park and in their homes. They can happily approach other dogs, greet and sniff, even play with them.

But if you take a moment to study how dogs greet one another off-leash, you’ll get the first clue as to why some dogs act aggressively when meeting another dog or human on the sidewalk when they’re on-leash.

Here’s the thing:  Leashes force dogs into an unnatural greeting position.

If you watch two relaxed dogs meet, they nearly always take a curved approach. This allows the dogs to sniff each other’s genitals without approaching head-on.

Head-on, eye-to-eye contact is a sign of aggression in the dog world. So you’ll often see a simultaneous sniff of each other’s backsides. 

The glands in a dog’s rear end give off a unique odor that’s specific to them, like a fingerprint. 

Once a dog has established the scent and identity of their new friend, they’ll either move on, or one of the dogs will initiate a “play bow” and – possibly – a game will ensue.

A healthy, sound dog doesn’t want to fight… it’s not in their nature. 

So if your dog is acting aggressively when on-leash, you have some work to do…

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Most aggressive dogs really don’t want to fight

One of the hallmarks of leash reactivity is the need to signal the intention for peace…which, oddly, requires a display of aggression.

If your dog barks or snarls when meeting another dog head-on, it’s their – inappropriate but natural – way of saying, “Stand back! I don’t want to fight you, but I will!”

On-leash dogs who haven’t been trained properly see their tether as a handicap to defending themselves and the human holding the leash.

They know that their movements will be restricted, they feel defensive and vulnerable, and they lash out as a preemptive strike. 

Somebody has to be top dog and somebody will be a follower.  

Who will it be? That’s the question every dog meet and greet encounter needs to find out, quickly. 

So first off, they try to establish dominance as a defense mechanism.

Negative words will just invoke negative behaviors from your dog

It’s our natural – but inappropriate – tendency to admonish our dogs when they lash out. We scold them, sometimes even pull the leash tighter.

This simply escalates the situation. 

Your dog is already in a high state of anxiety from a threat they can’t assess. 

They’ve met another dog head-on, not curved nose-to-butt – and they sense your tension. 

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Confused, nervous, and vulnerable, things just get worse.

And now you’re angry with them. The confusion and anxiety are compounded.

What have you taught your dog? 

They were scared, you got angry. 

A situation that they sensed might be dangerous just resulted in their human becoming upset with them.

 Now, they can’t assess the perceived threat from the other dog and they can’t trust you, either.

3 Quick tips for preventing leash reactivity – short term and long term

So, you’ve got some work to do with your dog. Their leash reactivity is a serious problem.

Here are some strategies to use short term, and some actions you can take in the long term to fix a very manageable problem.

1. Get a high-quality, durable harness.

Your dog is already struggling with their emotions, don’t make them suffer physically, too. A good quality harness will ease their physical discomfort while you’re trying to hold them back from starting a fight. 

Poor quality collars and leashes can cause severe neck, spine, and windpipe damage, adding to the trauma of their fear. 

If they’re very anxious and have attempted to bite another dog, you’ll need to find a good quality muzzle, too. That way you can both relax while you sort this out. 

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2. Teach your dog that new friends are fun through clear communication.

Take your dog to an open park so they won’t be startled by another dog or human:

      • When they see another dog, praise them with a treat, then walk in the other direction with them.
      • As your dog relaxes, give them praise and a treat when they see another dog and automatically look at you.
      • Finally, give your dog a slack leash when meeting another dog. Praise and give them a treat when they look to you for signals.

3. Guard your dog’s safety.

It’s nice to think of owning a dog who obediently and respectfully greets every other dog and person in the park when you’re out for your daily walk. But it’s your job to shelter them from potentially stressful situations when they’re learning how to shed their leash reactivity and relax.

This might mean telling another dog owner to give you space, or turning back if you’re on a narrow trail and faced with meeting another dog head-on.

Respect your dog’s need for security and assurance. This will be a long process, but it’s worth the effort, no matter how young or how old your fur baby might be…

Make sure you cover all the angles when dealing with leash reactivity

Problem Solving with Pets

If your dog is acting out on a leash, it’s probably a natural reaction to a phobia or lack of training. But sometimes dogs can act out because they’re suffering from serious health issues. 

If your dog is suddenly aggressive or isn’t responding to your patient and persistent training, they might need to have a conversation with a pet communicator or be assessed by a veterinarian. 

There are many neurological conditions that manifest as poor behavior, including the brain, thyroid, and adrenal disorders. They can only be diagnosed by a professional.

Do you want to learn how to decode your dog’s leash reactivity and other challenging behavior patterns? We’re here to help, whether we work with your furry companion or teach you how to communicate with them, and the other animals in your life.

Contact us, and let’s get started on this journey together.

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]]> https://valheart.com/why-leash-reactivity-isnt-a-sign-of-a-bad-dog-and-how-positive-training-can-help/feed/ 1 Discover the Soul Contracts Between You and Your Pet https://valheart.com/discover-the-soul-contracts-between-you-and-your-pet/ https://valheart.com/discover-the-soul-contracts-between-you-and-your-pet/#respond Thu, 08 Oct 2020 21:23:23 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=80961 Discover the soul contracts between you and your pets

Every animal comes into your life for a reason.

Once you identify that reason you’ll discover a more meaningful life filled with joy, determination and a renewed sense of purpose… you’ll even forge new ‘soul contracts’ with the animals you encounter.

But how do you find that reason… and how do you proceed once you’ve found it?

Let’s talk through the elements of soul contracts. Together we’ll reveal the purpose and roles of these relationships…

What are soul contracts?

Let’s frame a soul contract using a very human scenario.

Imagine an office setting – a collection of two or more people who work for the same company. 

Every day they gather together, but no one has told them their specific job descriptions or the desired outcome of a day’s work.

Muddled and aimless, they spend their days wandering around, hanging out at the water cooler, gossiping, perhaps arguing. One or two leaders may emerge and try to herd the rest towards their desired goals…

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Nothing is accomplished and nobody is genuinely happy because the group lacks a contract with defined edges and expectations.

Imagine, instead, a workplace with its mission, vision, and values displayed proudly on the wall. Everyone comes to work with a clearly defined job description. They all understand their role in the overall workings of the company.

Consequently, the work is fulfilling, people are content in their roles, goals are achieved in a harmonious environment.

Your team has entered a successful soul contract. 

Your life journey is connected by a series of soul contracts

Whether you realize it or not, your life is a collection of soul contracts – all at different stages, at different depths, with different outcomes.

Seeing your life this way requires some level of acknowledging the concept of “purpose”. So, let’s take a closer look at how we all envision “purpose”.

There are several different philosophies regarding life’s purpose. As you read through them, ask yourself if they feel true or untrue to you – there is no right or wrong answer.

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1. We are born, we live, things happen to us at random and then we die.

2. We are born into the world just once and have to find and fulfill our one purpose. If we don’t find it – doomed as a failure at life. We go either to Heaven or Hell. Pass or Fail.

3. We are born into the world with one purpose predetermined before birth. It’s chiseled in stone, and once we’ve done that one thing we can die content and fulfilled. If we don’t accomplish it during our first go-round, we have to try again during the next…and the next…and the next…

People subscribing to this philosophy believe they were destined to save a child from drowning or give birth to the next Nelson Mandela. They play a supporting role in their lifetimes.

4. We are born with countless purposes. They’re fluid and are guided by our choices, actions, and moral code. Living life is a purpose itself.

Those who believe in this way of life see themselves as having interactions that are presented for “a reason, a season or a lifetime”. They see themselves as fulfilling very specific purposes at different levels during all their encounters. Their soul contracts are written in pencil, not ink. They’re willing to adapt to shifting circumstances.

If you see yourself this way you’ll probably say something like, “I came here to shake things up and create positive change.” or “I came here to do good, to be a healer of people and animals.”

It doesn’t matter how you perceive your place on life’s timeline. Personally, I’m constantly seeking ways to make a difference – that is my purpose. I follow my heart and remain open to the opportunities that present themselves, always with the intention of doing good.

Breaking down the elements of purpose: Essence, Blessing, and Mission

Whether you think we all have one purpose or many, one chance to fulfill them or an eternity, there are three primary elements to purpose.

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1. Your Soul Essence

This is your fundamental state of being. You will identify yourself very specifically, using terms like:

I AM

  • a Beacon of Joy
  • The Sword of Justice
  • a Healer
  • The Caretaker
  • The ….?? 

You’ll be interested to know that animals often self-identify this way, as well.

2. Your BlessingRead Before Hiring a Communicator

This stems from your Essence. Consider it the bridge between “being” and “doing”…setting your Essence into motion as you enter soul contracts.

In allowing your Blessing to flourish you’re acting as a catalyst, a facilitator for the people and animals around you, consciously and subconsciously. 

3. Your Mission

Once you’ve identified your Soul Essence and set it into motion (your Blessing) you’ve found your Mission.

What is the difference YOU intend to make your lifetime? 

Above all, what specific task do you need to perform according to your soul contract?

Not sure?

Think of the Universe (or God, or whichever deity resides in your belief system) as the CEO of your life. From the moment you begin your life’s journey, the Universe sets the wheels in motion and the vision and scope of your purpose are imagined. You’re drawn to fulfill your Mission. 

This will involve forming and dissolving relationships, making connections, and allowing for disconnections with people and animals. Joy and hardship.

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During every step of the way, I encourage you to remain open to the possibility that your presence is purposeful.

Every encounter has some meaning, every soul contract will be different in duration and depth. It simply might not be obvious until you take the time to reflect upon it.

Most of us have a natural tendency to consider our encounters with other people as something more weighty than random chance. We’re open to thinking, either in the moment or in retrospect, that someone was placed in our path “on purpose”…

That’s not always the case when we add animals into the equation. And that’s a mistake on our part.

Animals are soulful beings, too, and are definitely placed in our path for a reason – and vice versa. As a pet communicator, it’s my job to bridge a pet and their human and reveal the soul contracts that exist between them.

If you remain open to the possibility of working with an animal to fulfill your purpose, or help them fulfill theirs, you’ll find an abundance of blessings and enlightenment in your life.

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]]> https://valheart.com/discover-the-soul-contracts-between-you-and-your-pet/feed/ 0 My Adventures with Wildlife Rescue https://valheart.com/my-adventures-with-wildlife-rescue/ https://valheart.com/my-adventures-with-wildlife-rescue/#respond Thu, 08 Oct 2020 14:38:00 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=6689 “Spring is nature’s way of saying, ‘Let’s party!'”  ~ Robin Williams 

Many years ago, I was on staff for Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation.  Our job was to take in injured, orphaned and displaced wildlife and help them recover or relocate.

It was as fascinating and heartbreakingly difficult as it was rewarding and fulfilling.

I loved all the critters… (well, maybe not the crocodile so much… he wasn’t very friendly).  But the raccoons, foxes, possums, leopards, bears, monkeys, lemurs, snakes, owls, macaws and parrots, bobcats, birds, bats…  you name it!

Working in wildlife rescue, we just never knew what kind of animal would need our help next.  It was scary at times but never dull, that’s for sure.

For instance, Scarlet, the enormous macaw, almost took off my thumb with one swift bite through a heavy leather glove!  (We got to be good friends later…)

And I single handedly saved 17 of the enormous boa snakes and pythons from freezing to death one winter in the dead of night… although at times I wasn’t sure I was going to survive, honestly.  But that’s a story for another day…

The thing is, I made a habit of communicating with all our animals because it helped their rehabilitation and healing, eased their stress and suffering so dramatically.

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I developed a very special relationship with the fawns.  When they suffered an outbreak of an especially virulent disease, I was the one they told first.

I went to their enclosure one day and all 50 fawns crowded around me, excitedly clamoring for my attention.  They wanted me to know one of their companions felt bad and they were worried.

They knew that I could help, because I could hear them and they knew I loved them.

No one else had noticed anything wrong… yet.

Surrounded by a sea of leaping and dancing fawns, I asked the sick little guy to come to me so I could help.  They quickly reformed to let him come through the crowd and he stood quietly before me.

Listening carefully and with great compassion, I asked him a series of questions so I could understand what was wrong… and it was very serious indeed.

Then I thanked him, and promised to do my very best to help him feel better.

I immediately took off running to find our Wildlife Rescue Director, Tim Ajax, so I could alert him to the pending epidemic.  Fortunately, Tim believed me and took immediate action.

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During that time, I acted as the fawns’ mediator.  Continuing to offer support and love for the fawns, I told them what was going on, what we were going to do to help them.  And they continued to help me identify any new fawns who weren’t feeling well so they could get help too

Because of that, we were able to catch the problem in time and were able to save most of the herd.

Speaking of communicating with wildlife, you are going to love my podcast guest, Mingo Morvin, the Bear Whisperer!  His fabulous, furry and famous polar bear pal, Attu, has the most wonderful adventures.  And Mingo is pretty awesome himself!

Animals have voices, feelings, wisdom and Spirits just like we do – and they need us to be able to hear them, to honor and respect them, and to learn from them.

“When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.” ~ K. Chesterton

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]]> https://valheart.com/my-adventures-with-wildlife-rescue/feed/ 0 Bear Whisperer – Mingo Morvin on The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™ | Animal Talk | Podcast #47 nonadult Australian Animals – Jennifer Monahan on The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™ https://valheart.com/australian-animals-jennifer-monahan-on-the-real-dr-doolittle-show/ https://valheart.com/australian-animals-jennifer-monahan-on-the-real-dr-doolittle-show/#respond Thu, 08 Oct 2020 13:50:24 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=58108 Jennifer Monahan grew up in Washington, D.C. and the suburbs of Maryland.

We have a lot in common, Jennifer and I!

Throughout her life she has owned a wide variety of pets and loves all animals.  She cared for rabbits, parakeets, kittens, dogs, and hamsters as a young child. As an adult, she expanded her love of critters to include Australian animals as well.

At the age of 13, when her family moved to Maryland, she and her sister were given horses.  Jennifer learned to communicate with these large animals and a mutual trust developed between her and her new friends.

She traveled to horse shows, rode on trails, and took her horse swimming in lakes and creeks. This experience helped tremendously when Jennifer took a job with the U.S. Forest Service as a surveyor near Jackson Hole, WY.  Her mode of transportation to and from the job site was on horseback.

I wanted to talk to her, especially since she is the author of “An American in Oz: Discovering the Island Continent of Australia.”

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Today, she told me all about her trip to Australia that she took over the turn of the millennium.

While in the land down under for two months, she discovered a unique landscape, wildlife, and way of life found only in a land called “Oz.”

Australia is a beautiful country filled with the friendliest people you will ever meet, and the craziest critters you will ever hear about. It’s a country worth traveling to as often as possible. There are many animals just like ours, and many so strange and different from what we know here in the States that you will find yourself saying, “We are definitely not in Kansas anymore!”

Listen and learn about:

  • The most interesting Australian animals she discovered during her trip
  • Other odd and unusual animals in Australia on land or in the sea
  • Jennifer’s message: Love your animals. Listen to them, care for them, and they will love you back unconditionally.

She currently lives in Pennsylvania with her husband and two very cool cats.

Email questions to: j.monahan@live.com and please put “Dr Doolittle Show” in the subject line so she’ll know I sent you. Go to: www.jennifermonahan.com to learn more about Jennifer and get free parts of her wonderful book. Then, visit www.anamericaninoz.com to sign-up to receive her free Australia newsletter filled with interesting facts and stories about Oz.

Enjoy!

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]]> https://valheart.com/australian-animals-jennifer-monahan-on-the-real-dr-doolittle-show/feed/ 0 Australian Animals – Jennifer Monahan on The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™ | Animal Talk | Podcast #37 nonadult Believe It or Not, Animals See Ghosts… https://valheart.com/believe-it-or-not-animals-see-ghosts/ https://valheart.com/believe-it-or-not-animals-see-ghosts/#comments Thu, 08 Oct 2020 13:27:01 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=5417 Bet you didn’t know that I’m a Ghost Buster…  It’s true! 

Hi, I’m Val Heart, the Real Dr Doolittle. I didn’t start out to be a ghost buster, and I don’t talk about it (how animals see ghosts) much but I’ve done a lot of work with entities with great results. Because my unique specialty is solving problems with pets using the Heart Wisdom System, as you will soon see, doing this critically important work sometimes takes me to many interesting, unexpected and fascinating places…

Have you ever noticed your animal staring off into space like they’re watching something you can’t see? Or reacting oddly to a certain area for no known reason?  Barking at nothing?  Spooking at something you can’t detect?

That’s because, as a matter of fact, animals see ghosts.

It’s true.  They can sense, feel and see ‘dead people’.

I’m always amazed and intrigued when a consultation takes a spooky turn and I find myself communicating with a deceased loved one or a lost soul who can’t find their way home. Animals see ghosts and they are so glad when they can tell us about it, and when we can help them.

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For instance, one German Shepherd told me that there was a young man’s spirit floating through the walls at odd times and it was very scary for him.

The dog was trying his best to protect his person but all the spirit did was laugh at him.

His person of course thought her beloved dog had lost his mind!  He was viciously attacking and reacting to something she could not see or sense.

Once the dog told us his story, I shifted my focus to address the spirit and we found a way to help the lost ghost go home. Once he left, the dog returned to the loving, happy furrkid he truly was and all was well again.

A dressage horse told me that there was a Native American Indian stationed in the far corner of his practice arena.

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He said the Indian Spirit had warned him away from that area. Nothing his rider did changed his mind about it, and that was that.

In order to solve this perplexing problem, I connected with the Indian who turned out to be a Guardian of the ancient sacred burial grounds that happened to be located on this property.  When I told my client what I’d discovered, she confirmed that in fact, that was true.

We found a way to respectfully negotiate an agreement so that the horses could go into that area for their exercise and practice, and all was well.

When you discover how to hear and understand your animals yourself, a whole new amazing world opens up.

And it’s tons of fun and not really scary at all, I promise.

If you enjoyed this, you’ll love my The Real Dr Doolittle Show interview with author and fellow animal lover Olga Horvat.  We discussed her remarkable “spooky” true story which she wrote about in her book, Paranormal Pooch.  Click the link to go there now!

 

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]]> https://valheart.com/believe-it-or-not-animals-see-ghosts/feed/ 4 Save Our Oceans For Our Children: Babysit Baby Green Sea Turtles On The Beach https://valheart.com/save-our-oceans-for-our-children-babysit-baby-green-sea-turtles-on-the-beach/ https://valheart.com/save-our-oceans-for-our-children-babysit-baby-green-sea-turtles-on-the-beach/#respond Thu, 08 Oct 2020 12:46:54 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=4441 Guest post courtesy of Krista Dunlop: the views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communications Enterprises Inc. 

On Clearwater Beach, Florida, I stroll with my ankles knee deep in water under the glistening stars.

I listen to the waves rushing onto me tugging at me like small children trying to express their emotional pain. The green sea turtles need help…

Why are you not listening to us?

Why are you not hearing our cries?

I have my my bottle of water, small beach chair, and granola bar in hand. Suddenly from out of the darkness through the foaming ocean waves, emerges a huge green sea turtle.

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She cautiously strolls up high onto the beach, where every year hundreds of green sea turtles climb on shore to dig nests and lay their eggs.

Her shell is glistening in the moonlight, and she moves slowly and with purpose. She begins to build her nest for her young: a deep hole in the soft white sand, twice as big as herself and about three feet deep.

I lingered back to honor this mystical moment. The green sea turtle mother carefully pushes her egg tube into the hole. Out plop eggs like wet ping-pong balls until about 100 eggs lay clustered.

As her final show of love and protection before departing, she flaps her flippers to cover the eggs with sand to protect them from predators and leaves her young to fend for themselves.

Having finished with her motherly duties, the tired green sea turtle slowly crawls back to the ocean. Mother Nature’s blanket of waves will allow her to rest.  She can simply enjoy her ride back into the depths of the ocean from which she came.

I settle in my beach chair beside the nest. I treasure the midnight hours staring up at the twinkling stars and stand guard for these unborn sea turtles.

For the next two months, each evening until the early morning hours I sit beside them under the stars until one night I finally hear the scratching sound from the nest.

It was time. The little baby green sea turtles have worked as a team, and made their way to the surface of the sand to begin their long journey towards the brightest horizon.

As I watch the little ones scurry with enthusiasm towards the ocean, the moment of conflicting emotions sets in for me.

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Ones of happiness for having had the privilege to be part of Mother Nature’s circle of life… and of sadness and guilt, for what seems to be unfairly knowing that the majority of these young green sea turtles will be eaten by sharks and other carnivorous fishes during their long hard journey.

As I stroll back home in the early morning hours I think to myself, yes, maybe I do think Mother Nature can be cruel at times. I don’t understand her reasoning for how and why she does things the way she does.

But, what I do know is these two months of standing guard over these beautiful little creatures was one of the most beautiful experiences in my life. I am proud to have been part of helping at least one little turtle make it through their long journey. And possibly I have have helped one female turtle to return one day to this very same spot. She will lay her eggs and begin Mother Nature’s circle of life once again.

For the Ocean and our future children.

By Krista Dunlop, PADI Divemaster (207237)

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]]> https://valheart.com/save-our-oceans-for-our-children-babysit-baby-green-sea-turtles-on-the-beach/feed/ 0 Animal Communication and Telepathy: Mental Video Technique to Communicate With Animals https://valheart.com/animal-communication-and-telepathy-mental-video/ https://valheart.com/animal-communication-and-telepathy-mental-video/#respond Thu, 08 Oct 2020 11:15:59 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=6367 Telepathy and animal communication go together like birds of a feather!

Have you ever wished you were telepathic?

You might have been told that telepathy doesn’t exist except in stories, but that’s not true.

In fact, you were born with the intuitive ability to communicate with others telepathically.  You may have forgotten how, most of us do as we grow older. But that doesn’t mean you can’t.

With a little focus and the right techniques to awaken your intuition and senses, you can share information heart to heart, mind to mind.

Imagine having amazing, life changing experience.  An epiphany moment, profound and spectacular, beyond exciting!

Then, you could connect with someone else and share it with them in a way that they could experience like you did, complete with all the feelings, sensations, sounds, smells and images and more?

Amazing, right?

Telepathic interspecies communication is like that.

You remember an experience and then offer it to someone else, from your heart to their heart, from your mind to their mind. Then, they can experience it almost as if they had been there, too.

Is this possible? You bet it is.

I know it’s true because I do it all the time and I teach my students and clients how too.

And even better, you’re already doing it.

What is telepathy?

Telepathy is a combination of 2 words, “tele” meaning to hear over a distance like telephone.  And “-pathy” meaning to feel someone else’s feelings over a distance.

Emotions, or feelings, are energy in motion.

So when you tap into and are able to feel energy, you can feel emotions.

When you switch on your intuitive ability to hear over a distance, voila!

You’re now using your telepathic abilities.

It’s simple, once you know how.

Have you ever looked across a crowded space and saw someone with an immediate impression or knowing?

You know they feel sad or angry or are grieving, but you may not know how you know that.

How do mothers know when their kids are in getting into trouble, or are in danger?

The proverbial eyes in the back of their head when they know what you’re doing without even looking at you?

They do.  They might not can explain it, but they know.

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Yep, that’s telepathy at work.

Here’s the thing, your animals have been trying to teach you about true, heart centered telepathic communication all their lives.

They communicate telepathically and energetically all the time, and yes, they also communicate through body language and vocal expressions like we do.

Sometimes we receive their messages and when we do, the experience changes our life! And sometimes we’re just too dense (or untrained or close minded) to hear what they’re thinking or feeling.

That’s sad.

With a few simple tweaks, step by step instructions, and the right techniques, you can become connected, telepathic and aware.

What can happen when you know how to connect and communicate with animals?

One animal communication student was so excited. She told me that she and her dressage horse were now in total sync with each other.

For instance, if she thought about going out to her barn to see or work with her horse and glanced out the window to see where her mare was in pasture, her horse at that very moment would lift her head and look at her there in the window in the house.

Then, while she was still watching and before she even left the window, her mare would head off toward the barn to wait for her.

Every animal lover knows they have a special connection with the animals in their lives.

Many young children can “hear” animals talk – that is, until others convince them that animals are dumb and unable to think for themselves.

The Barrier to Fun Filled Relationships with Animals

When we limit ourselves to the accepted modes of human speech, we shut ourselves down. And, sadly, we lose an important part of ourselves – our connection with all of Life.

Learning to communicate with animals is a gift many companion animals have been trying to give us every day of their lives.

Humans have traditionally thought of themselves as separate and more intelligent (read “important”) than other Beings unlike themselves. Since “others” don’t talk, look or act like we do, then they must be inferior in some way. Until recently, this had been easy to believe about animals since they cannot speak “our language”.

However, recent studies have discovered that other species are much more intelligent than previously thought, and may surpass human intelligence in many ways. Animals use a variety of communication techniques to converse with each other.

The use of sound frequencies, scents and body language are easily observed, and researchers now know there are additional variables.

I believe that these variables are largely telepathic and energetic in nature, and that every Being is born with the ability to communicate on this level.

You read right – animals use telepathy to see what is in your mind’s eye, and feel what you are feeling.

Have you ever noticed how Fido disappears when it is time to go to the Vet or get a bath?

Or how your animal senses your moods and knows exactly what you need?

This isn’t an accident or a coincidence. When they pay attention energetically and telepathically, they always know what is going on with us.

Do you have something you have been trying to tell your animal friend?

Remember that animals can see what’s in your minds eye, your mental “monitor”.

They feel what you’re feeling.

And they hear what you think or say.

Put all three of those things together, and you have a message you can share telepathically that is clear.

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Try this simple Mental Video Communication Technique:

First, get their attention.

Create a movie video in your imagination of exactly what you want them to know, complete with emotions and images and the story.

Don’t get too complicated; just concentrate on exactly what you want them to understand or do.

You’re the producer of your own video, so pay attention to the timeline, the story and bring it to life as you share it.

Connect your mind to theirs.  Open your heart.

See it.  Feel it.  Say it.

And then see what happens.

This technique is helpful in training situations, in preparing pets for changes in their lives, and in explaining what you want from them.

Of course, this is only one-way communication where you’re telling them what you know, but it is a beginning and an opening for them to communicate back to you.

Telepathy and animal communication isn’t mind control.

Many times they may need to tell you something before they can (or are willing to) comply with your wishes if you are asking them to do something for you.Learn How to Talk to Animals

Learning to communicate telepathically and share life experiences with other Beings is a priceless gift.

It allows us to better understand that we are not alone, that we are connected, and that we can help each other.

Communicating intimately with other species also enriches our own lives through the sharing of our experiences with one another.

Did you know many companion animals choose to spend their lives attempting to break through our barriers, help us heal and become reconnected with all of Life and our Divine Nature?

If you’re really serious about re-discovering your telepathic ability so you can share life’s experiences with your animal, you don’t need to wait another day. Please don’t simply accept things the way they are now.  You can re-remember how to talk with animals yourself and deepen the bond between you.

Do this one thing for yourself and your forever animal friend, and watch how it changes your life and every relationship you have.

Ready to learn how to talk to animals yourself?  Check out all of my wonderful online courses and the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club at The Heart School of Animal Communication®  Start Here and get your  FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!


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]]> https://valheart.com/animal-communication-and-telepathy-mental-video/feed/ 0 Animal Reincarnation and Souls with Jenny Smedley on The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™ https://valheart.com/animal-reincarnation/ https://valheart.com/animal-reincarnation/#respond Wed, 07 Oct 2020 16:09:21 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=40979 Is there a Real Dr Doolittle?  Yes, there is!

Welcome to our Show on Talking to the Animals!  Today’s topic is the souls of animals and animal reincarnation. I want to teach you what I know so you can learn how to talk to your animals, why it’s important to hear your animals viewpoints and how reconnecting with animals makes you a better human. Likewise, reconnecting with animals is an exciting journey into Self, the nature and reality of our world, a behind-the-scenes look at the complex interactions between us all. Any animal lover can learn how to communicate with animals, you can too!

animal reincarnation Jenny SmedleyJenny Smedley, bestselling author, celebrity, and columnist, has had an empathy with animals since she was two years old.

She has written many books, and has two best-sellers on the topic of pet souls for Hay House – Pets Have Souls Too, and Pets Are Forever. Her newest books are My Dog Diary 2013, and My Cat Diary 2013.

Jenny currently writes regular columns for magazines It’s Fate, Fate & Fortune and Soul & Spirit in the UK, Take 5 in Australia, and Lucky Break in New Zealand. For two years she hosted her own spiritual chat show on Taunton TV, interviewing people such as David Icke and Reg Presley, and has been a guest on 350 radio shows worldwide (including Iceland, South Africa, USA, UK, Australia).

She has appeared on many radio and TV shows, both in the UK, USA, Ireland and Australia. Her most recent guest appearance was on the Richard Bacon Show on Five Live. She has been featured too many times to list, in print media, from the USA to Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania, the UK, Ireland, South Africa, and China. Jenny lives with her husband of 40 years, Tony, and their reincarnated dog, KC, in The Blackdown Hills area of the beautiful county of Somerset in England.

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Jenny Smedley Answers Some Very Insightful Questions:

  • What is your earliest memory of communicating with an animal?
  • What is animal reincarnation, and how did it change your life dramatically
  • Why do you believe animals have souls?
  • What special pets have you owned?
  • You say in Pets Have Souls Too that you have a dog that has reincarnated – how do you know?

You can learn more about Jenny and what she does by visiting her website at www.jennysmedley.co.uk

Contact Jenny to tell her your amazing animal stories or stories or animal reincarnation. Maybe she can immortalize you in future books! Start helping animals throughout the world to be understood and valued, and treated with respect and kindness. Get involved. All it takes for evil to happen is for good men to do nothing.

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My vision, mission and passion is to improve the lives of animals and the people who love them the world over by helping humans learn how to speak their language, understand their viewpoints and heal. After all, our love of animals helps us learn how to be better humans. The more balanced and healthy we are, the more balanced and healthy they can be too. Would you help me reach more animal lovers by passing my Podcasts, Tips and Newsletter on to your animal loving friends?

 

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Learning animal communication is an exciting journey into the Self, the nature and reality of our world, a behind-the-scenes look at the many complex interconnections between us all, and the real truth about relationships. It’s also about discovering how to connect at deeper levels with other beings.  Every animal lover can learn how to talk with animals if they’re willing to discover how.

Click here to see The Heart School of Animal Communication® online courses.  Be sure to pick up your copy of my free ebook, Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals while you’re there.

 

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]]> https://valheart.com/animal-reincarnation/feed/ 0 Animal Souls and Reincarnation, Jenny Smedley | The Real Dr. Doolittle Show | Podcast #94 nonadult CBD Oil for Anxiety: Can it Calm your Anxious Dog? https://valheart.com/cbd-oil-for-anxiety-can-it-calm-your-anxious-dog/ https://valheart.com/cbd-oil-for-anxiety-can-it-calm-your-anxious-dog/#respond Tue, 29 Sep 2020 21:01:28 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=80843 CBD or Cannabidiol that is beneficial for anxious dogs is the main component of the cannabis plant.
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Cannabinoids interact with receptors in the central nervous system, ease anxiety, and promote sleep. CBD oil has the advantage of not being psychoactive (so it does not have addiction liability). It has a wide range of benefits in the veterinary field, including beneficial effects in the canines suffering from CNS disorders like anxiety, depression, and panic disorders. It can act as an analgesic for dogs suffering from painful disorders and has been used to calm many an anxious dog. Dr. Klein said, “We are likely to see continued interest in CBD and an increase in research about its uses and efficacy in the coming years.”

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Symptoms of an Anxious Dog

Anxiety in dogs includes a wide range of symptoms. If some of these symptoms are present in your dog, it may suggest that your dog is suffering from anxiety.

  • Problem Solving with Pets Whining or barking
  • Cowering
  • Clingy behavior
  • Increase in awareness
  • Panting
  • Yawning
  • Unexpected defecation or urination
  • Trying to break objects like toys, furniture, etc.
  • Hiding under furniture or wherever possible
  • Lip licking
  • Flattening ears and shrinking away
  • Compulsive behavior (sometimes to the point of self-harm)
  • Shaking or Trembling
  • Pacing back and forth
  • Drooling
  • Vomiting
  • Trying to run away
  • Aggressive behavior

“Those subtle body language signs can signal more mild signs of anxiety,” Dr. Mornement says. He also added, “They are important because they are precursors to deeper anxiety and if you pick up on them and act, it’s less likely to escalate.”

 Causes of Anxiety:

Anxiety in dogs has different causes, similar to humans. Some of the common causes of anxiety in dogs are divided into the following categories:

Behavioral:

The most common behavioral cause is separation anxiety, which includes destructive and disruptive behavior of dogs in the absence of their guardians. This behavior is an indication of separation anxiety. The intensity of anxiety increases when dogs are separated from the people they are attached to. Extreme separation anxiety may result in household or self-injury. They may try to escape from exit points like doors and windows, harming themselves. Typically, after you leave your canine friend, it will start displaying distress behaviors like barking moments after you have left your dog alone. Your dog may also try to stop you from leaving the house.

“Dogs [often] associate everything they value in their life such as company, play, food, going for walks — with when people are around,” Dr. Mornement says

Situational:

Situational causes of anxiety include fireworks and thunderstorms. Pets are at risk of getting freaky, anxious, and terrified by thunderstorms or fireworks. Dogs are vulnerable to high pitched sounds and flashing lights. According to data by American pet society’s annual survey report, about 65 percent of domesticated pet species get scared due to fireworks. Fireworks contain potassium nitrate; continuous exposure results in stress, anxiety, and mental disturbance. Thunderstorms and firecrackers trigger flight or fight response due to flashing lights and sounds, which gives rise to restlessness.

“Dogs are naturally fearful of those events because they are loud and scary, so they learn to associate the [lower level] noise of wind or rain with those events,” Dr. Mornement says.

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CBD Oil for Anxiety and Anxious Dog related Disorders:

Stress due to any cause can impact the life quality of canines. CBD has shown a lot of benefits in dogs suffering from anxiety and fear. Like humans, animals have an endocannabinoid system that controls all body systems, particularly the nervous system and immune system. As ThePets resource notes CBD binds to the endocannabinoid receptors present in the nervous system, promoting various physiological processes, such as appetite, metabolism, sleep, pain, and mood.

Expert veterinarian Amatucci said:

“We have found that many pet owners that use CBD for their cats and dogs really love it and say it works for tackling problem behavior or just giving their pet a better sense of overall calm,”

1.      Calm Nervous System

By acting on the endocannabinoid system, CBD can promote calming effects on the nervous system of dogs. This guide shows that the effects of CBD can be enhanced when used in combination with other sedative therapies. When the stress or anxious feelings are suppressed, dogs would feel healthier both mentally and physically.

2.      Reduces effects of inflammation

In many dogs, anxiety may be caused by trauma or a defective immune system due to several conditions such as neuropathic pain, inflammation, arthritis, and skin irritation. CBD can lower the effects of inflammation and eases the pain that works as anti-anxiety in dogs.

3.      Reduces the metabolic breakdown

CBD reduces the metabolic breakdown of endocannabinoids that are naturally produced by the dog’s body. Endocannabinoids are responsible for regulating the pain pathway. CBD slows down their breakdown, causing an increase in endocannabinoids in canines at CB receptors resulting in decreased neuropathic pain.

4.      Effective in the treatment of arthritis

If your dog is suffering from chronic pain caused by arthritis, you must have heard of CBD as a treatment from someone. CBD, along with THC and other chemicals, is present in cannabis. But CBD is not addictive like other cannabis compounds. Arthritis affects the joints of senior dogs, which usually causes severe pain and stiffness.

Dogs suffering from arthritis require treatment that acts as an anti-inflammatory to decrease stiffness and analgesic to treat arthritis pain. CBD, in combination with other anti-inflammatory or analgesics, is useful in the treatment of arthritis. CBD acts to reduce pro-inflammatory cytokines, stop leukocytes proliferation, and prevent immune cells’ adhesion and migration.

Duration of Action of CBD:

CBD oil has a wide range of duration of action. How much time it will take to show a significant effect on your dog depends on your dog’s condition and the dosage and brand of CBD product according to sources. For chronic pain or inflammatory disorders, it may take a few weeks to show significant results. However, for anxiety or depressive symptoms, you may start to notice changes in your dog’s behavior within an hour.

Precautions Regarding CBD Oil:

Dosage:

 

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Experts and vets encourage taking proper cautions and measures while giving CBD to your dogs because of the lack of studies and trials on its usage and safety. Many vets prescribe CBD as the best treatment for dogs with anxiety, PTSD, and many other nervous disorders. The following measures should be taken while giving CBD to dogs:

  • Consult with the vet before starting any treatment for your dog.
  • Use high-quality CBD products that do not contain hazardous compounds or toxins.
  • Start with the minimum dose (about 0.25 mg per day), and then gradually increase the amount, if necessary. Monitor the response of your dog to any given medication.
  • Assess any underlying illness, especially kidney or liver disease, which may affect the dog’s body’s metabolism or reaction to CBD.
  • Determine your dog’s size, weight, and physical activity that can give you information about how your dog will metabolize CBD or other drugs.
  • Check out the required potency for your dog and buy accordingly. CBD oils are available in different CBD potencies. The optimum power of CBD oil for large dogs is 300 mg and above. However, for small dogs, it is 75mg.

 Possible Side Effects Related to Overdose of CBD in Dogs:

If you give an optimum dose of CBD to your dog, it typically shows no side effects. However, in case of overdose following effects may be seen:

  • Dry mouth
  • Lethargy
  • Vomiting
  • Increased sensitivity to the senses
  • Urinary incontinence
  • Lowered blood pressure
  • Impaired balance or coordination
  • Drowsiness

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]]> https://valheart.com/cbd-oil-for-anxiety-can-it-calm-your-anxious-dog/feed/ 0 A Dog’s Prayer (talk about goosepimples!) https://valheart.com/a-dogs-prayer-miracles-and-burglaries/ https://valheart.com/a-dogs-prayer-miracles-and-burglaries/#comments Tue, 29 Sep 2020 14:37:07 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=6552 Imagine my dismay when I came home after running errands to interrupt burglars attempting to break into my house!?!

My first hint something was wrong was the mess they left in the garage.  I felt compelled to clean that up, because there were broken bits of glass everywhere. I didn’t want Einstein to cut his feet!  At that point I thought someone had tried to break into the garage through the window but they couldn’t get in because I have it rigged.

Next, I entered the house through the garage and immediately noticed something odd about my security alarm.  It wasn’t working properly.  No siren, no signal – odd.  And Einstein was very, very upset.

Then, I saw the real damage.  One of my patio doors was busted badly, and had separated from the wall and door frame.  But it was still hanging on by a thread. Amazingly enough, the deadbolt was still intact.  Wow!

My other 2 doors also were damaged and my phones were out.  I called 911, talked to the phone company, found an emergency handyman to repair the damage, talked to my neighbor who heard noises, and the police officers who came to investigate, and of course, discussed it with Einstein.

Then… it dawned on me with a sense of awe that a major miracle had just occurred.

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In fact, many blessings and miracles!  Let me explain.

  • I came home before they got into the house so nothing was stolen and Einstein was unharmed.
  • As I was compelled to clean up the garage, the burglars had time to escape through the yard so there was no dreaded bad encounter.
  • My neighbor kept getting distracted when the security alarm went off, but neither she or her dogs come over to get caught in the middle of what could have been a very dangerous situation.
  • The damage was easily and inexpensively repaired, and the upside is my home is even more secure than before.
  • Turns out the phone company disconnected my security service from the monitoring service over a year ago due to inept technicians who’d done work on it but not updated it properly, but I didn’t know that.  Now that’s fixed and we’re back online.
  • The phone company’s got some ‘splaining to do, and I may even get some free stuff out of it.

Want to know the biggest miracle of all? I was saved by a dog’s prayer.

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Einstein had been sad, worried and moping around for weeks.  His appetite was off, and nothing I did was helping.  He didn’t seem to need a vet, but I’d about decided to take him in anyway because it was such a puzzle…

He’d come check on me frequently, gazing at me with those soulful, mournful big brown eyes.  When I asked him what was wrong, he told me he was worried about me.  I’d been sick with the flu, respiratory and the stomach bug that had been going around. I thought that he was worried about my health, so I would tell him thanks for your concern but I’m feeling better now.

But he was still sad, worried and depressed.

The morning of the attempted B&E, I asked him again, “Einstein, what are you so worried about?”

He replied, “What will happen to me if something bad happens to you?”

It took me aback.  I thought for a moment, and replied that if anything bad happened to me, then he would go live with his Aunt Lesley (who he loves) and her dog Milo, and that I would love him always.  And if I could recover, then he could come live with me again.

He said okay but wasn’t much relieved, was still tense and worried… and I had to leave for my appointment.

Well, when I again spoke with him AFTER the incident, his spirits were elevated for the first time in weeks.

So I asked him to tell me what happened.

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He said he’d been having nightmares about something very bad happening to me at home from very bad people, and me getting hurt or worse, even killed.  He said he’d been praying for help – a dog’s prayer – and dreading the day when the bad things happened.

He’d foreseen that I would be home sleeping, and bad people would break in and hurt me.

In fact, that could very easily have been the case because while I was out running errands, all I wanted to do was go home and take a nap!  But I kept being guided to do just one more errand, and then just one more, and then the traffic was slow, and then, oh yes, just one more errand… the message from the Universe was clearly “don’t go home yet”.

If I’d been here, I would definitely have been napping when the bad guys came and the side door would have probably been open and unlocked so Einstein could come and go as he pleased.Learn How to Talk to Animals

Einstein, his dog’s prayer was heard.  And the Universe redirected my path out of harm’s way.

I’m awed and truly grateful for the power of a dog’s prayer.

Remember that your animals are wiser than you know, they care about you too, they are connected with Spirit, and some conversations with them will blow your mind.

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“Believe it or not, if it weren’t for your so-called issues, problems, and challenges, there’d be no other way you could become even happier, cooler, and more enlightened than you have ever been before.”  Tallyho, The Universe  www.tut.com

]]> https://valheart.com/a-dogs-prayer-miracles-and-burglaries/feed/ 3 Top 10 Products Cat Owners Need When Adopting A Cat https://valheart.com/top-10-products-cat-owners-need-when-adopting-a-cat/ https://valheart.com/top-10-products-cat-owners-need-when-adopting-a-cat/#respond Mon, 28 Sep 2020 18:25:19 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=80890 guest post courtesy of Kosta Hristov: The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communications Enterprises Inc. 

Before anyone feels the need to adopt any pet, it is always recommended to do your homework regarding them, including their wants and needs. No matter which pet it is, a dog or a cat, or even a guinea pig, some things will surprise you about them. Being well-prepared for when you bring that pooch or furry ball of a kitten home is always a clever thing to do. Also, you will have less of a headache in the long run. But if you are a new pet owner and thinking about adopting a cat or a kitten and don’t know where to start, we have got you covered.

This article will help to shine a light on the 10 products that every cat owner should have in their home to make life for both you and him a lot easier.

Firstly, well done for giving your little friend a home. Secondly, let’s get going onto that list, shall we?

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What you need Before you Bring the Feline Home

Something to Carry or Transport Him in.

A cat crate or carrier should ideally be the first thing you purchase because you will be using it to transport him, first from the adoption center to the house, then from the house to the veterinarian for those regular check-ups. When you are looking for a good one, make sure you choose one made of sturdy material that has plenty of ventilation, like holes and little windows around it.

Using something such as a cardboard box won’t suffice because there is no ventilation in it. Eventually it will weaken and break, especially if the cat pees in it, plus he can easily claw his way out of it at some point.

Something to Feed Him and Give Him Water.

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A feeding bowl and water bowl are two of the most essential items you should get. Something big enough and deep enough for liquids such as water and the same for his treats.  Also get another one for wet foods, which are considered better for them and their teeth as well https://www.preventivevet.com/cats/how-much-water-cats-need-tips-for-preventing-dehydration

However, if you’ve decided to adopt a kitten, you should rather get a shallow bowl so he doesn’t end up having to dunk his head inside to reach for food. A small plate will also suffice. The ones you buy from the pet stores should be specifically for kittens, so look out for those instead. Clean these bowls thoroughly on a regular basis just as  you would wash your own dishes.

Something He Can Eat.

Of course, you need to stock up on the best types of food for him. Never overfeed him or leave too much food on his plate. Have strict guidelines for when you will feed him at the same time every day and in minimal quantities. Go for quality over quantity; when you research, check for unbiased cat product reviews. Cats tend to suffer from various diseases, so always avoid giving them junk foods. Stick to a healthy balanced meal. Don’t forget to always have a bowl of fresh clean water next to their food.

Products you can look for are wet cat food cans, such as organic cat foods, or dental cat treats. These will help keep their teeth and gums in a healthy state. You can also invest in grain-free foods. You can get an array of different types so choose the one most suitable for him or her.

Something He Can Poo in.

Again, a necessity. A litter box is also something you should buy in terms of quality. Your product will need to be big enough for him not just for now, but he will need to fit into it comfortably when he gets older.

Also, litter boxes come in many types. For instance a self-cleaning litter box (which has become the thing for many pet owners so they can avoid having to replace the litter every few hours due to the smell) is something you could look for. Some of the best self-cleaning litter boxes have been through several cat product tests, with some of the best-advanced technology out there, so you do not need to worry when you have a busy lifestyle and need to be out and about all day.

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Something He Can Scratch.

This is one of their favorite pastimes, so why shouldn’t we indulge them? However, if you don’t want them to ruin your precious and expensive upholstery on your couches, curtains, cushions, and anything that they can get their claws into, get them something to scratch such as a scratching post or basket they can sit inside.

Some of the best products on the market allow for them to scratch it, sleep in it, eat from it, and play inside it all at once in the same item. This also acts as a toy for them which can keep them busy for hours.

Lastly, Something to Identify Them.

Cats love to roam about in and around their area.  Some of them may be well-domesticated and the curious ones need their outdoor space to explore. You can let them explore, with limitations of course.

Because of this, it is a good idea to get them a collar ID or get them tagged at the veterinary clinic with a chip or tag that is placed under their fur. If you opt for an ID collar, make sure it has all your vital information such as your name, address, and phone number so anyone can get hold of you in case the cat gets lost.

Be wary that the collar fits them properly.  A loose collar may get caught on things and they can’t breathe properly if the collar is too tight. If you fasten it and can put your two fingers underneath between the collar and his neck, then it is fine.

Besides this, you will need a nice big bed for them made from natural fibers. You can invest in a bunch of clever toys for them, perhaps a calming diffuser for them to feel less anxious in their new home. But the most important thing to offer them is loads of love and affection!

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]]> https://valheart.com/top-10-products-cat-owners-need-when-adopting-a-cat/feed/ 0 Affordable and Healthy, Homemade Organic Pet Food Recipe https://valheart.com/affordable-but-healthy-homemade-organic-pet-food-recipes/ https://valheart.com/affordable-but-healthy-homemade-organic-pet-food-recipes/#respond Wed, 23 Sep 2020 20:24:25 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=10999 We all want to feed our pets the healthiest food possible

So sometimes that means coming up with a homemade pet food recipe instead relying on whatever pet food is available on the store shelves. Although the government keeps telling the citizens that the economy is picking up and going in the right direction, few of us have actually seen this resurgence in our paychecks and day to day lives.

Let’s face it! Everybody has been hit hard with this so-called “not a depression”.

Obviously, the government thinks that they can pee on our legs and tell us it’s raining.

They give us misleading information all of the time, and they expect us to believe it without question.

After the information that I’ve found out about traditional and organic pet food, it’s hard to believe anything that is supposed to be regulated by the government.

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Most of us have looked at the labels on our pets’ food and checked to ensure that it says the food is a nutritionally complete and balanced diet. Those of us that have gone organic make sure that the food states that it is organic or all natural.

Those labels are as misleading as the “non-depression”. Many pet parents have always believed that the Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) had some sort of authority in regulating what we are feeding our pets, as well as how the pet food is manufactured or the ingredients used.

However, on AAFCO’s official website it states “AAFCO has no statutory authority to regulate pet products”.

What?!  Seriously?  Well then who is guarding our backs on this whole safe food thing?  

This shouldn’t make any pet parent comfortable in purchasing commercial pet foods.

Regarding organic pet foods, the website clearly states that “Organic” refers to the processing of a product, not the quality of the product.

For these reasons, more pet parents are opting to make homemade, organic pet foods at home. This is a quick, easy and affordable pet food recipe that both dogs and cats will love, plus it’s healthy too!

 

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Pet Food Recipe: Lip Smacking Mackerel Meal in a Pouch

You’ll need:

  • Non-stick foil
  • 1 mackerel fillet (or other clean protein like chicken)
  • 1 cup of diced sweet potatoes
  • ½ cup of chopped spinach
  • 1 cup of diced carrots
  • ½ cup of chopped broccoli

Step by step directions:

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Tear off a large piece of non-stick foil (or parchment paper) and place in on a clean workspace.
  3. Put the sweet potatoes and carrots on the foil.
  4. Place the mackerel fillet on top.
  5. Cover the fish with the spinach and broccoli.
  6. Completely seal the meal inside of the foil. Leave an inch or two around it for air movement, however the pouch must be airtight.
  7. Bake for thirty minutes.
  8. Carefully open the packet while wearing an oven mitt. The steam is capable of causing serious burns so please be cautious.
  9. Turn the meal out onto a flat plate and allow it to completely cool.
  10. Once it is at room temperature, cut the food up into proper sizes for your dog or cat.
  11. Put the food into the pets’ dishes and watch them chow down!

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This is a great “good eats” meal for you too so double up the recipe and Bon Appetit!  Just sprinkle a bit of sea salt and pepper on it and you’re good to go.  Yum. 

Once dinner is finished, bring your dog outdoors to use the bathroom which is a great habit to establish. 

I typically say “Pee and potty time, Puppy Dog!”  And they’re good to go. 

Of course, be safe so unless you’re inside your own fenced yard be sure to keep them on a leash (unless you have traditional pet fencing or they are completely reliable and always come when you call, or if they have received proper invisible fence training and you can trust them to do their business and come back.

Here’s an idea!  After your pet has used the bathroom, bring them in and offer a strawberry for dessert.  You can have one too, of course.  Yum. 

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Did you know both dogs and cats find strawberries delicious? 

And they are good for them too.  Just be sure you’re both chowing down on ORGANIC strawberries because commercial, pesticide laden, nasty GMO strawberries are a terrible idea for anyone to eat, least of all your pet. 

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]]> https://valheart.com/affordable-but-healthy-homemade-organic-pet-food-recipes/feed/ 0 The Benefits of Leather Dog Collars https://valheart.com/benefits-of-leather-dog-collars-vs-other-materials/ https://valheart.com/benefits-of-leather-dog-collars-vs-other-materials/#comments Wed, 23 Sep 2020 18:51:34 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=41411 Guest Post: The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communications Enterprises Inc. 

Let’s Talk About the Benefits of Leather Dog Collars

Your dog’s collar is much more than a fashion statement.

Selecting the best option is one of the most important decisions you’ll make, in fact.

There’s an endless range of materials, styles, sizes, and colors to choose from, but we believe that leather dog collars are the best possible option.

We’ll tell you why, but first, let’s explore the many purposes and benefits of putting a great collar on your dog.

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Dogs need to wear a collar for their health and safety

Dog collars fulfil many roles. They’re a relatively safe way to restrain your dog when out walking, or when you need to tether them in an unfenced area so they don’t get into trouble.

They’re also important for carrying your dog’s identification. It says, “I have a home where I belong and where I am loved.”

When someone sees a stray dog roaming around, if it has a collar they know it belongs to someone even if it’s running loose at the moment. 

But if your dog gets lost, then it could mean the difference between animal control being called and your dog dying because they can’t find their owner, or not.  

If your poor pup gets lost they’ll be returned to you more quickly if you have a contact number on their tag. And, since you’ll probably have their name on it, the person who found your furry friend will be able to comfort them using the one word they know best. This will help reduce the dog’s anxiety…because you can bet they’re just as worried as you are in that moment.

If you’re conscientious about the safety of your companion, you probably have your dog tattooed or microchipped, but the tag on their collar will speed up the reunion. 

Even if you don’t intend to turn your pet into an agility or show dog, you’ll want a good quality leather dog collar and leash for basic training. 

Your dog won’t get into scraps with other dogs while you’re on a walk, dart away from you and race into traffic, or jump up on your elderly neighbor, or your best friend’s toddler, if they’ve been well-trained. You’ll need a collar and leash and good training skills for that to happen properly.

Why leather dog collars are the healthiest option for your dog

Leather dog collars are lightweight, pliable, easy to clean, made of all-natural material (or leather feel quality materials), and come in a wide variety of sizes and styles. 

Of all the alternative materials – nylon weave, fabric, chain metal – we have to make one thing perfectly clear: chain dog collars are a hazard and should be avoided completely.

Not only do chain collars simply try to mask a poorly-trained dog’s bad behavior, they actually do physical and emotional harm to your dog, especially choker-styles and pinch collars…

They’ve been proven to cause serious injuries, including:

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  • Fractured and crushed larynx
  • Asphyxiation
  • Crushed trachea
  • Whiplash
  • Spinal cord trauma
  • Fainting
  • Prolapsed eyes
  • Dislocated neck bones

 

Pinch collars – or collars with inner spikes – are extremely dangerous. Since dogs have little feeling in the skin around their neck they can develop a tolerance to the pinching sensation. Being hurt around their neck also mimics being bitten by another animal which can increase their reactivity and aggression too. 

Not only will your dog’s pulling – or other unwanted behavior – continue, they’ll potentially develop skin inflammation, open sores, and serious disease.

In fact, these collars often make a dog more aggressive or fearful, making a bad situation even worse. Just forget about chain dog collars and move on to a more humane and practical option.

Fabric or weave collars typically shut with a sliding buckle.  The problem is, they slide and can come loose over time.  That’s a bad thing, because then they no longer fit properly and can easily come off your dog… and that?  Defeats the purpose entirely. 

Care and maintenance of your leather dog collar

Leather dog collars might be a little more expensive, but they last longer if you take proper care of them. Whether you buy an unfinished or finished collar, some simple cleaning will extend the life of your collar. 

Not sure which kind you have? The unfinished collar will be dull, the finished leather will be shiny or glossy. 

Cleaning unfinished leather:

  • Avoid using water for cleaning.
  • Use saddle soap and work it into the leather with a dry, soft cloth.
  • Wipe the soap away with a clean, dry cloth.
  • Once it’s dry and clean, rub leather wax on the collar.

Cleaning finished leather:

  • Use a damp cloth with mild dish detergent to wipe off dirt and mud.
  • Use a stiff-bristled brush with detergent for stubborn stains.
  • Remove all soap and residue with a clean, damp cloth.
  • Buff it back to a shine with a dry, soft cloth.
  • For added protection, apply a dog safe preservative or conditioner. Then buff again until shiny.

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Things to keep in mind when buying leather dog collars

You probably have a local store that sells good quality leather dog collars, but if you don’t, check out some of the online options. A knowledgeable retailer or website will be able to guide you to the right size, weight, and material for your particular dog’s breed, age, and behaviors.

All the leather collars will be more durable and flexible than their fabric counterparts, but you don’t want a narrow collar on a dog that likes to pull, or a big, fat, jewel-studded collar on your puppy, whose bones are still quite malleable.

Remember that for your puppy or rescue dog the feeling of something around their neck may be very foreign – choose a lightweight, soft leather collar and ease into something more substantial as they adjust to the new sensation.

It also helps to praise them by telling them how wonderful they look in it.  And as always, communicating with your dog about why you’d like them to wear a collar, what it’s good for, and what the tag(s) say is always a good thing.

I’ve found that if they understand why it’s important, that even if it gets loose later and could come off easily?  They will make the effort to keep it on their neck because they understand it’s purpose.

The danger of training with a collar 

If your dog continues to pull and choke themselves on a collar and lead, or they are so strong they drag you down the street or knock you over, then you’ve got a serious problem.  

Not only will your dog get hurt – often their neck is pulled out of alignment and you’ll need a good chiropractor to realign their spine – you can get hurt too. 

Get some help from a positive dog trainer so you know how to teach them to heel properly on lead.  

But what if you can’t or have tried all the right stuff and your dog still pulls?  If that’s you and your dog, then consider using a harness instead. 

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So what about using a harness for your dog?  

A good dog harness can be a great solution to avoid the problem that collars can cause when on a leash.  

The bad news is, not all harnesses are created equally.  You want the right harness. 

For instance, dog harnesses with leash clips positioned on the dog’s back or shoulders are a terrible idea… unless you want your dog to be a sled dog dragging you down the street with all their weight and strength!  No?  I didn’t think so. 

You also don’t want a harness that clips in front low between their front legs.  Another terrible design flaw unless you enjoy watching your dog trip over the leash and get tangled up.  It might slow them down, but it’s terrible frustrating to them and you when you have to untangle them every few steps. 

The best dog harness clips up high on the chest, below the neck.  The reason is that when the dog pulls against the harness, the harness itself blocks the forward action.  When a dog leans against something pulling back against their chest, they naturally back up a bit.  Their instinct is to lean away from the pressure. 

That’s exactly what you want.  When they back away from pressure, you can recall them to you in the proper heel position and redirect them to follow your lead.  

This is a good example of a better designed harness, check it out here.  Or this one here. 

Remember that collars and harnesses are just one tool to help teach good behavior

Good leash manners are important, even if you’re raising a farm dog. Training your dog can be fun and a great bonding experience for both of you.

It’s important to keep in mind, though, that sometimes a dog’s bad behavior is a sign of something other than a bad attitude. And there are many ways to work with your pet and teach good behavior beyond leash training.

All pets are constantly sending us messages about their sense of well-being, and their sense of your well-being. Pets mirror their masters.

If your ordinarily calm dog is suddenly acting aggressively, pulling on the leash during walks or tuning you out, take time to figure out what else is going on – both in your pup’s world and yours.

If you’re having a hard time reading your pet’s signals, get a professional to help you out – a veterinarian or pet communicator. Better yet, take the time to learn the language your dog is speaking to you. 

It’s possible that you could be a pet communicator and benefit from the rich and interesting conversations you can have with your four-legged companions.

If you’d like more information, contact us…let’s communicate with your dog!

 

Did you enjoy this article? Here are some more to help with your fluffy companions:

Buddy’s Story: Our Experience Fostering A Puppy Mill Dog
Everything You Need To Know About Kidney and Liver Failure in Dogs
Dog Games: 10 Fun Ways to Learn & Bond for Puppy and Child

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]]> https://valheart.com/benefits-of-leather-dog-collars-vs-other-materials/feed/ 2 Choose the Best Feeding Method For Your Dog https://valheart.com/feeding-method/ https://valheart.com/feeding-method/#respond Wed, 23 Sep 2020 17:50:52 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=15125 Guest Post courtesy of Brenda Leary http://cuddleyourdogs.com/.  The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communications Enterprises Inc. 

Did you know that the ritual of feeding your dog is a fundamental aspect of the relationship between a pet caretaker and their pet?

Key to an animal’s survival, the way they feed affects their levels of happiness, health and their entire state of wellness.  (What they eat specifically is a discussion for another post… ) So, you may ask, what is the best way to feed dogs?

Choosing the most appropriate feeding method for your dog may, however, prove to be challenging given your personal schedule as a pet parent or your dog’s feeding preferences.

Different dogs have different feeding patterns, and their preferential differences are usually based on breed, age or initial dog training.  Some only want to eat once a day, others could eat all day long if you let them.  Some require a meal twice a day, and some need to eat more often.

The following are excellent tips on how to choose the best feeding method for your dog.

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Free Feeding Method

Are you a dog parent with a busy schedule and are not always at home? Then this could be the perfect pet feeding solution for your lifestyle, or, you might want to get a cat instead.  Just kidding… sort of.  

The free feeding method means filling your dog’s food bowl to the top, which allows them to eat whenever they feel hungry. This way your dog can eat when you’re not around, and you can refill the dish whenever you get back.

Beware, because tempting as it may be to set it and forget it, this method has serious health challenges.

For one, your dog’s cuisine choices are limited to only dry kibble kinds of food. That is because wet food has the risk of going bad quickly which is a serious health hazard to your pet.

Providing a side bowl filled with plenty of good clean water is necessary.

However, a dog who chows down on a lot of kibble at once, and then drinks a great deal of water is at serious risk of gastric bloat.  Adding water to a lot of kibble causes it to expand as it rehydrates.  It can enlarge up to sometimes 2 and 3 times or more in size inside the dogs stomach.

This causes a serious, incredibly painful, life threatening condition where their stomach can blows up like a water balloon and twists in their gut requiring surgery.

If you are not there, then they will likely die a slow painful death before you discover them in agony. Your only choice to try and save their life unless it’s too late will be Problem Solving with Petsto race them to an emergency vet who will do surgery.

Another issue is the risk of obesity since some animals have the tendency of eating beyond their full capacity.

Also, if you have more than one dog, then this may not be the best feeding method for you either.

That’s because dogs have a dominating tendency over fellow dogs; if two are alone in the house without any supervision, the likely result is that the more aggressive one bullies the other one, especially over meals. They can also resource hoard and guard, so the strongest eat and weakest starve.

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Scheduled Feeding Method

This is a preferable method if you have a predictable schedule which you stick to and you can make it home every day in time for your dog’s meal.

So, just like the name suggests, this method means feeding your dog at regular and predictable intervals just like people have breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Normally under this approach, the number of meals are two or maybe three a day, to avoid extended periods of hunger for tiny dogs, or to avoid over feeding.

The scheduled feeding method is considered to be a healthier approach for your pet since it enables you to control the type and amount of food your dog eats per meal.

That makes it a control mechanism to reduce overeating and helps your pet avoid obesity because you can properly control the amount of food they eat.

Vets highly recommend the scheduled feeding method for dogs taking prescription medications.

That is because you can mix the medication into the food at the prescribed intervals. Reducing the struggle of giving the medication separately can be important.

It also helps ensure your dog is hungry enough to eat the doctored food, but of course, dogs are individuals and smarter than you think… so good luck with that.

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Meal Feeding Method

Now, this method is somewhat similar to the scheduled feeding method with the distinction being that Learn How to Talk to Animalsthey eat when you eat your meals. That makes the number of meals range from two to three in certain instances.

Breakfast and/or dinner work well.

This approach also helps control the habit of begging at the dining table which as a pet parent you may have experienced.

 

Conclusion

It is important to take all factors – your convenience, your schedule, your dog’s health, age and breed, and their needs – into consideration in choosing the most appropriate feeding method for your dog. If you find it hard to pick one, then it is advisable to visit a veterinarian or professional animal communicator for guidance.

At some point, you will need to consider changing methods as they age or in the case of illness.

Whichever feeding method you pick, do not forget to serve clean water at all times and by all means, do not use plastic bowls which can leach toxins into their food and water. Food grade ceramic or steel or glass is your best option for bowls.

Be sure to leave you comment below!

 

If you like this post you might also like to read these three articles:

Cooking for Your Dog with Gayle Pruitt on The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™

Affordable but Healthy, Homemade Organic Pet Food Recipes

All about Pet Food

]]> https://valheart.com/feeding-method/feed/ 0 Cooking for Your Dog with Gayle Pruitt on The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™ https://valheart.com/canine-nutrition/ https://valheart.com/canine-nutrition/#respond Wed, 23 Sep 2020 17:38:33 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=40982 Is there a Real Dr. Doolittle? Yes, there is. Welcome to our Show on Talking to the Animals

May I teach you what I know so you can learn how to talk to your animals?  It’s important to hear and understand your animals viewpoints. Reconnecting with animals helps us be better humans, and is an exciting journey into Self, the nature and reality of our world.  This is a spiritual journey taking a behind-the-scenes deep dive into the complex interactions between all beings. Today I’m talking to Gayle Pruitt about canine nutrition.

Canine Nutrition

Canine nutrition expert Gayle Pruitt has been a nutritionist and chef since 1996.

She earned her Certified Nutritionist degree from the American Health Science University’s National Institute of Nutritional Education/NINE in 1996. Gayle conducts nutritional research where at present she focuses on human and canine nutrition with a specialty in digestive issues and disorders and also acts as a guest lecturer. Gayle was Executive Chef for MacNut Oil, a gourmet cooking oil company. She has worked as a Personal Chef, and owned and operated Fine Food Delivered, preparing and delivering unique meals for those with special dietary needs.

Gayle also co-hosted a nationally syndicated radio talk show, Menu for Life Radio Show, with Dr. Ross Stewart, a behavioral psychologist and recognized expert on the link between nutrition and brain chemistry.

Gayle’s recipes have appeared in national magazines and in best-selling cookbooks such as Hampton’s Diet Cookbook and 7-Color Cuisine: A Cookbook and Nutrition Guide.

She was the food writer for a Dallas based magazine Lifestyle Solutions. In addition, she has conducted cooking demonstrations in many cities across the country for national food shows involving gourmet products. And she’s been asked to film a pilot for a new show on cooking for dogs too that may easily wind up on one of the Food Networks (can’t say which one yet).

Gayle is also the author of The Dog-Gone Good Cookbook and Dog-Gone Good Cuisine, which is what we’re most interested in, right?

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In our interview, Gayle answered these intriguing questions and more:

  • What inspired your idea to write the Dog-Gone Good Cookbook?
  • Is there any research on canines eating vegetables?
  • Why did you include cooked, raw and even vegetarian food in your cookbook for dogs?
  • Why is it important to canine nutrition for dogs to have organic fruits & vegetables and grass-fed meats in their diet?
  • Do you have an easy, simple way for the people that think they don’t have time to prepare homemade food for their dogs to get started?

To learn more about the good work Gayle is doing, visit:  https://doggonegoodblog.wordpress.com/.

 

SHARING IS GOOD! My mission and passion is to improve the lives of animals the world over by helping humans learn how to speak their language, understand their viewpoints and heal. After all, our love of animals helps us learn how to be better humans. The more balanced and healthy we are, the more balanced and healthy they can be too. Would you help me reach more animal lovers by passing my Podcasts, Tips, and Newsletter on to your animal loving friends?

Every animal lover can learn how to talk with animals if they’re willing to learn. You can too!  Start with my Beginning Core Foundations Course and soon you too will be able to communicate with animals!

If you enjoyed this, you may also like these articles:

First-Time Dog Owner Guide: Health and Nutrition

Affordable but Healthy, Homemade Organic Pet Food Recipes

Myths About Nutritional Food For Pets

 

]]> https://valheart.com/canine-nutrition/feed/ 0 Myths About Nutritional Food For Pets https://valheart.com/myths-nutritional-food-pets/ https://valheart.com/myths-nutritional-food-pets/#comments Wed, 23 Sep 2020 16:06:31 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=14543 Providing your pet with a well balanced nutritious meal is a great responsibility.

It also plays a significant role in the overall animal-human bond. Keeping your pet healthy with a controlled amount of high quality, nutritional food can increase your pet’s life considerably; something all of us pet lovers want.

Unfortunately, when it comes to referring to a diet guide, there are various misconceptions that can confuse many pet owners and make them wonder what really is the ideal pet food for nutrition and health.

Most pet parents either follow their instincts as to which looks best from a marketing standpoint, buys whatever they can afford, or seeks advice from their peers.

If they blindly follow the advice of their vet who typically gets their nutrition information from the commercial pet food industry and has an incentive to sell you their food so they get a commission on the sale, that’s not good either.

Vets are simply not up to speed on proper nutrition for pets, unless they’ve done thorough research on their own.  Why?  Because the sad fact is that in vet school they only get maybe a one hour class on it during their training.  That’s not nearly enough to teach them the nuances of what’s good and what’s not good for all species.

This half baked knowledge can be misleading in ways that may end up being harmful to your furrbabies.

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Every animal has different needs.

Breed, size, life stage, activities are some of the important factors to take into consideration while drafting out a diet plan.

One has to be cautious of their pet’s allergies and intolerance towards certain grains or millets. In fact, a variety of food elements, whether they are dry food, raw food or even byproducts, all have a different way of reacting in different animals.

If you want to ensure a happy healthy life for your pet, their food should be nutritious, easily digestible, and most importantly, safe.

There are some myths about pet nutrition that, unless you take the time to educate yourself, you might find yourself believing.  Rather than making dubious assumptions, it is always better to consult a specialist holistic vet who is highly trained in nutrition, or a professional animal communicator who can tell you if the food you’re feeding them is an underlying problem or not, and how to fix or improve it.

The following infographic uncovers some of the myths about pet nutrition

 

 

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Ultimately, if your pet isn’t thriving on their diet, then something is wrong.

Don’t ignore the problem hoping it will go away on its own, because it won’t.  Take action now to restore your pet to health.

 

Enjoyed this article? Here are three more to help you:

Cooking for Your Dog with Gayle Pruitt on The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™

First-Time Dog Owner Guide: Health and Nutrition

All about Pet Food

]]> https://valheart.com/myths-nutritional-food-pets/feed/ 1 Watch the Magic That Happened When These Elephants Reunited https://valheart.com/elephant-communication-and-reunited-after-20-years/ https://valheart.com/elephant-communication-and-reunited-after-20-years/#comments Thu, 17 Sep 2020 17:14:54 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=5117 An elephant’s skin can be more than an inch thick.  

But their thick skin doesn’t make them impervious to heartbreak and loneliness. And they’re able to communicate their pain – as well as joy and contentment – if you’re willing to listen.  There are some heart-warming examples of humans paying attention to elephant language, like when these elephants reunited back in 2008.

Here’s the story about Jenny and Shirley, and the lessons they taught us about an elephant’s unique personalities…and why it’s so important to learn how to communicate with animals.

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Elephants, the gentle giants

Elephants – the largest mammal walking the earth – are extremely social and sentimental creatures. In the wild, they’re organized in birth families, bond groups, clans, led by a matriarch. They function as interdependent groups, coming together to socialize and share information, then separating again.

If calves are forcefully separated from a wild herd they will form a strong bond with their human caregiver. They’ll look to their captor as a surrogate parent because it’s in their nature to form a trusting, mentoring bond. 

Elephants reunited after years of separation from their herd will sometimes struggle to reestablish themselves as part of a family, group, or clan. The process can be distressing…

An elephant who wished she could forget

Advocates in the United States – and around the world – are pushing for vast improvements to the rules around destructive human practices like trophy hunting and keeping elephants in captivity. There’s still much work to do, but great strides are being made…and Shirley is an excellent example.

For just one winter she had shared a bond with Jenny – who was then a calf in the same circus as Shirley – before they were separated. Shirley was later moved to the Dallas Zoo, where she briefly had a partner…but was left completely alone when her companion was sent away for breeding. 

Shirley lived a life of solitude for 22 long years. 

After tireless efforts by animal rights advocates, Shirley was brought to a sanctuary and reunited with a new herd that included Jenny. It was clear that when these elephants reunited there was instant recognition and deep affection.


Elephant communication has many layers

If you watched the video, you saw very specific physical contact between Jenny and Shirley – one of the many ways elephants communicate with their own kind. 

Elephants communicate with each other through:

  • Airborne sounds

Elephants can produce a variety of sounds, which emanate from their trunk, mouth, forehead, and chest. 

These sounds include roars, barks, clicks, purrs, rumbles, and snorts, which carry through the air. They can detect the airborne calls and recognize who is making them from a distance of 1 mile. Elephants can distinguish among the calls of family members as well as the contact calls of non-related groups.

  • Seismic 

Elephants also produce low-frequency rumbles known as seismic or infrasound, which are inaudible to the human ear. The rumble sends infrasound signals through the elephant’s feet into the ground and can carry underground for as far as 30 miles. 

Although humans can’t hear the sounds, we can feel and see the elephant’s forehead and chest vibrating.

  • Body language 

Elephants use their body, head, eyes, mouth, ears, tusks, trunk, tail, and feet to communicate with each other and other species.

  • Touch

Elephants are highly tactile, using touch when they play, express affection, reassure, act aggressively or defensively, mate, care for others, and explore.

  • Chemical

Smell is one of the elephants’ strongest senses. They pick up smells from the air and the ground, from urine and dung and from other elephants’ genitals, temporal glands, and mouths. 

Elephants can identify groups of people who pose a threat to them from their scents and use smell to keep track of family and friends. They can smell an approaching rainstorm from 150 miles away.

Source: Elephant International

So that’s how elephants communicate with other elephants. How do they communicate with us?

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Learn how to communicate with elephants…and other creatures

There are some physical and verbal cues humans can understand when trying to communicate with elephants. When those two elephants reunited you didn’t have to be an expert to see the joy and contentment Jenny and Shirley were experiencing.

But if you really want to help animals get through to humans when their needs aren’t being met, it’s helpful to have the training necessary to truly “hear” what the dog, cat, bird, iguana, or elephant is trying to say.

That’s when the help of a professional pet communicator, or training as a pet communicator, will be so helpful. When you have the skills and training, you can make a real difference in the lives of animals…you can speak for them in a voice that not everyone understands.

You can become a translator for animals in distress, and animals who see their humans in distress and want to help. It can be extremely rewarding, and in some cases can even save a life.

If you’d like to learn more about elephant – or animal – communication, there are so many resources you can access. Start your journey as a professional animal communicator and start making a difference in the lives of those who can’t always help themselves.

If you want more posts about animal communication, check out these: 

A Connection with Animals is About More Than Play and Rest
Things I’ve Learned As An Animal Whisperer By Val Heart
The Extraordinary Soul Connection I call The Human Animal BodyMind Connection

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10 General Tips to Take Care of Your New Cat

Cats are curious animals. And it is fun to observe their activities and be who they are. But if you don’t have such an interested feline friend, and are considering getting one, allow us to assist you. Pawsometalk.com is just the place to help answer any of your questions about how to take care of your new cat. The common notion that “cats are low maintenance” is false. 

Most cats don’t need as much physical affection as dogs do. However, that does not mean that they don’t need your attention. Like every other pet, cats need love, care, and affection. But you don’t have to be overwhelmed. We have structured ten common factors you need to be mindful of when you get a new kitty.

1. Get the Essentials

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First things first, the essentials. Get whatever stuff that can be needed by the cat in your house before bringing her in. Here is a list that might come in handy.

  • Bowls for food and water (separately)
  • Food (wet, dry)
  • Kitty treats
  • Litter Box
  • Litter
  • A Collar
  • Brush
  • Toys (cat safe)
  • Cat Furniture (bed, porch, etc.)
  • Scratching Post
  • Large Cardboard Boxes (to play and hide)
  • Pet Carrier (for traveling)

Be sure to consult a cat expert or a vet for what could be the best for your cat.

2. Set-Up a Room

Cats need a corner or a room they can call their own. That can be their safe space, and it has to be in a quiet place. But be mindful that it should never be confined. Cats are uneasy alone in confined spaces. Here are a few things that your kitty’s room may have,

  • A bed
  • Food and water
  • A few toys
  • Scratching Posts
  • Litter box (if a big room, away from food bowls)

3. Litter Box Placement

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Placement of the litter boxes is crucial. They need to be in a quiet space, away from people and noisy appliances. But they also should not be in basements, confined spaces, and places that are hard to reach for the cat. Also, strategically place litter boxes at multiple places around your house because your cat will not make long trips if he or she needs to go.

4. Provide Toys

Toys are great tools for you to connect with your cat, and for him to enjoy some time and keep himself busy. But pick toys that will not cause harm to your cat.

5. Feeding Schedule

Set a feeding schedule. Ideally, cats need to be fed with a gap of 8-12 hours.  However, consult your vet before setting up a schedule. Also, when you decide on one, stick to it. Make sure that your cat has ample clean drinking water available through the day.

6. Initial Vet Appointment

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Your cat’s first visit to the vet is important. Your cat will be uneasy going into an unfamiliar environment. That is why you should pick a cat specialist vet. That way, your vet will be able to familiarize himself with your cat quickly. Also, get any necessary shots and vaccines for the cat, and be sure to ask for health tips.

7. Groom Your Cat

Cats like to groom themselves. However, they would appreciate you brushing their fur and keeping them pretty (the way they like). Brushing regularly will also remove the loose hairs, preventing the chances of hairballs. You also get to spend some physical time with your cat. However, they may be uncomfortable letting you groom them at first. Try to associate grooming with a happy time.

8. Play with Your Cat

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Please spend some time with your cat and play with him or her. That is necessary to strengthen the bond between the two of you. You should at least play with your cat for 10-15 minutes, two times a day.

9. Cat Collars

Give your cat a collar that must have the cat’s name along with your name and contact details. This is important if she decides to take a stroll outside.

10. Keep Cat Indoors

Your new cat is unfamiliar with your neighborhood. That is why, in the beginning, keep him indoors and train him or her to be indoors. Training is also necessary so that he or she does avoid going outside unsupervised or stray too far away.

Bonus Tips: 

These are a few tips that will help you take better care of your new feline friend.

  • Keep the health of your cat in check
    • Check for your cat’s ideal weight and provide necessary diet.
    • Visit your vet regularly.
  • Look out for changes in behavior
    • If your kitty is inactive, more aggressive, or any other odd behavior.
    • If a cat is refusing food, that may be a sign of heath or mental issue.
    • Consult your vet.
  • Keep track of needs with age
    • A cat’s needs keep changing with age.
    • Consult your vet and keep track of those needs.
  • Do not force a cat
    • Do not forcefully interact with the him.
    • Don’t force the cat to play.
    • Do not forcefully pet her.
    • Do not force him to adjust to your house.
    • Don’t intrude on the cat’s personal space or time.
    • Do not force introduction with other cats or pets.
  • Cleanliness
    • Cats can be clean freaks. That is why
      • Keep your house tidy
      • Regularly clean the bed, bowls, toys, and litter boxes.

In Conclusion

Cats, unlike dogs, may not enjoy patting and physical affection. But don’t be discouraged. For all cats, just being around their owners is enough. If he or she likes to hang around you, you are liked. Cats will eventually start to show you affection. Be patient!

Be sure to leave your comment below!

About the author: Linda Butts

Hey, I’m Linda Butts, the girl behind Pawsome Talk. With my pawsometalk.com, I hope to share the ideas and techniques from my personal experiences of what I have done with my pet research and what I love about pets and their lives. I expect to help you feel at ease if you start to make a friendship with your pet while you enjoy your journey. Please don’t be shy to ask me when you need help or are out of ideas. Let’s ask and share what you’ve got.

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Personal Note from Val

What a treat Allie Phillips is!

As a prosecuting attorney, you wouldn’t think she would be interested in doing healing work with animals, but she is.  I loved learning about her work defending animals, especially her heroic efforts to heal abused animals and her work on the behalf of animals well-being.  Likewise, it was fascinating hearing how she started doing healing work with shelter animals. Crystal healing is very cool, and powerful too. Enjoy!

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Allie Phillips is an author, attorney and advocate for animals.

In short, she has spent most of her career working to better the lives of animals. For example, she has worked as a front line prosecuting attorney and is currently is the Director of the National Center for Prosecution of Animal Abuse, which she launched at the National District Attorneys Association.

Allie was a lobbyist when she was Vice President of Public Policy for the American Humane Association.  In addition, she is as an active shelter volunteer and has fostered homeless cats. She’s a book author; she advocates for better animal shelter practices, therefore she’s also an energy healer for abused, neglected and homeless pets.

She works tirelessly to keep animals safe, including creating Sheltering Animals & Families Together (SAF-T), which is an international initiative to guide family violence shelters on how to accept families with pets when fleeing violent homes. Allie co-created Therapy Animals Supporting Kids, which assists criminal justice professionals on how to incorporate therapy animals with abused children.

She wrote two books about animals.  “How Shelter Pets Are Brokered for Experimentation” discloses the secretive world of pound seizure and shelters who give homeless cats and dogs to research.

“Defending the Defenseless” serves as the definitive guide to advocating and protecting for our companion animals.

Intriguing, right?

I agree, so when I heard about her I knew I had to talk to her!

In our heart to heart chat, from one animal lover to another, Allie answers these powerful questions:

  • How did you, as a respected prosecuting attorney, get interested in animal advocacy and energy healing to heal abused animals?
  • What is Integrated Energy Therapy healing and the what are the other different types of energy healing you practice?
  • What is crystal healing and how does it work with animals?
  • How do animals react to energy healing?
  • How do animals benefit from energy healing?
  • Can an animal receive energy healing if they do not live near an energy healer?
  • Can anyone learn how?

Please visit Allie’s website at www.manifestedharmony.com to learn more about energy healing and to locate a practitioner or a trainer in your community.

Grab a copy of Defending the Defenseless to read more about energy healing and other alternative therapies to benefit animals. Contact Allie at allie@manifestedharmony.com.

Please visit Allie’s website at www.manifestedharmony.com to learn more about energy healing and to locate a practitioner or a trainer in your community.

I highly recommend grabbing a copy of Defending the Defenseless to read more about energy healing and other alternative therapies to benefit animals.

Click here to get your copies of Allie’s books:

Heal abused animals, Defending the Defenseless               Heal abused animals, How Shelter Pets are Brokered for Experimentation

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Highly Sensitive People & Empaths Have Unique Gifts
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]]> https://valheart.com/heal-abused-animals-allie-phillips/feed/ 0 Heal Abused Animals, Allie Phillips | The Real Dr. Doolittle Show | Animal Talk | Podcast #90 nonadult Adopting a Shelter Dog: 6 Ways to Bond https://valheart.com/adopting-a-shelter-dog-6-ways-to-bond/ https://valheart.com/adopting-a-shelter-dog-6-ways-to-bond/#respond Fri, 11 Sep 2020 21:23:51 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=80654 There are many ways animal communication can aid you when you bring a rescued animal into your home, whether you are only fostering them or offering a forever home.

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One of my clients rescued a very ill, abused and neglected young Bichon Frise dog named Rocky.  She was happy to be helping a needy animal by adopting a shelter dog.  Bonnie thought that once Rocky was in a new home environment, that all would be well.  He just needed lots of love and good food and some vet attention and he would thrive again.

Unfortunately, he didn’t.  He had a terrible time.  His severe illnesses and injuries were ongoing and chronic, to the point the vet was talking to her about putting him down.  She was heartbroken.

When I communicated with him, he told us how depressed he was, how lost and confused he felt.  He wasn’t sure why he’d been taken from the only ‘family’ he had ever known.  His heart was broken and he wasn’t sure he wanted to keep living.

I counseled him, answered his questions, helped him grieve and understand what had happened to him.  Then we worked on healing him.  At that point, he was ready to bond and connect with his rescuer and we began to talk about his brand new life and his life’s purpose with Bonnie.

Within minutes his eyes began to sparkle and he began to eat for the first time with a willingness and hearty appetite.  He began playing and investigating his surroundings, and he went on to be a very happy dog.  Once his spirit was willing, he even recovered his health very quickly!

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Here are 6 ways animal communication can aid you when you bring a rescued animal into your home.  This helps you to smooth the way for an easy transition for everyone in your family.

1) Begin by listening to them, let them tell you their experiences and about any fears first.  Remember your job is to receive, observe and witness without judgment.  Simply respect exactly where they are.  Everything else will follow from there.

 

2) Let them get to know you.  Be calm, assertive, observant, in a quiet state of mind.  They’ll decide if they like you – you can’t make them like you if they don’t.  And if you put out strong emotional or mental energy, you’ll increase the likelihood of their reacting negatively or simply mirroring your own imbalanced energy.

 

3) Animals love a calm, assertive leader.  Someone they can respect and feel safe with.  They don’t need your affection, especially at the beginning, as much as they need your direction, stability and clarity of purpose.

 

4) When they have quieted down, and you feel more settled yourself, then you can begin to tell them the story about coming to live with you.

 

5) Tell them what job or purpose you see them as having in your home or family.  Try to find a job that matches with their personality and strengths.  This can be a job for you personally.  It can also be a job with other animals or humans in their new pack.  You can also go over house rules and being negotiating with them about certain routines and needs and wants.

 

6) Invite them to make a decision as to whether they want to come with you or not.  They truly need to decide for themselves.  However, don’t rush them.  Just hold the image and feelings with a welcoming, open heart of invitation, and tell them what you want them to do if they want to come with you.  Then wait to see what they choose to do.

If they don’t come to you and instead run away from you, then you may not be a good fit for each other, and you may not be their right person.  If they do, then you know that you have begun the serious work of creating a foundation of respect, trust and have entered into a relationship agreement.

Solve Problems with Your PetLearn How to Talk with Animals

You’ll be surprised how quickly you will deepen your connection and bond if you first take these simple steps to connect at the heart and mind through animal communication.

By all means, learn how to talk to your dog.  Animal communication is vitally important!  You can’t really know what’s going on from their viewpoint until you ask them.  And they can participate in resolving things, once you know what they’re thinking.

Just like humans, animals have their own side of every story to tell! But if we don’t take the time to listen to them, then their life, happiness, health and well-being will suffer…

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]]> https://valheart.com/adopting-a-shelter-dog-6-ways-to-bond/feed/ 0 Highly Sensitive People & Empaths Have Unique Gifts https://valheart.com/highly-sensitive-people-empaths-have-unique-gifts/ https://valheart.com/highly-sensitive-people-empaths-have-unique-gifts/#respond Fri, 11 Sep 2020 19:29:15 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=80503 Why Highly Sensitive People and Empaths Have Unique Gifts

Do you feel things very intensely?

Are you one of the highly sensitive people who can sense when others are experiencing extreme emotional turmoil or joy…but aren’t talking about it?

Perhaps, like me, you’re a Highly Sensitive Empath.

The sheer volume of energy, emotion and information received can feel overwhelming, exhausting and confusing. But once you understand how to navigate your heightened sense of intuitive awareness of the emotions, thoughts and events around you, it can lead to wonderful experiences.

Unlike non-sensitives, you can discover and enjoy the richness of the unspoken energetic dialogues the people, pets and world around you are having every day.

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It’s okay to be an empath.

I knew very early in my childhood that I was one of the highly sensitive people who are often labeled as empaths.

Unfortunately, we’re also labeled at best as aberrant… at worst as flawed.  Those who do not understand or feel what we feel can subject us to ridicule and criticism.  They don’t know what we know, and don’t have the challenges we have.

Well, at least I was. 

Growing up, people around me confused the heck out of me because I knew when they were lying. I also knew when they were attacking me energetically.  I knew when things weren’t nearly as safe or harmonious as everyone was pretending they were…it was unnerving to say the least.

My family dismissed my intuition, denied and invalidated me at every turn. I had highly intelligent, wonderful parents, but they didn’t have room in their heads or hearts to acknowledge that I was given a gift of deep knowledge. I was forced to conform, as they had, to maintain the superficial veneer of polite society at large.

What ensued was a frustrating journey – seeking a place to put all my knowledge, seeking a Faith that gave me peace – that ultimately led to manic depression and thoughts of suicide. And I was just a teenager.

In my 20’s I met a psychic counselor who taught me that it was okay to be an empath. I learned to meditate, and began to feel validated and respected for the first time in my life.  

And so my wonderful journey began.

And yours can, too…

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Learn to use your highly sensitive empathic gifts for the greatest good – for yourself and others

Highly sensitive people and empaths have an amazing opportunity in their lives. The gift of empathic ability is a remarkable strength and a way to connect with others at such a deep, profound level… when you know how to use it well and wisely.

You will learn the techniques to harness your abilities in my classes.  Like me you could even become an animal communicator or pet psychic yourself. 

In the meantime, here is a brief explanation of two important tools you’ll need on your journey. They will help you navigate daily life with greater peace and contentment.

Compartmentalization

Every so often I end up working with someone who seems determined to deny and undermine the Truths I’m speaking.  

For instance, this can happen when I communicate the messages their pet is trying to share with them, and they’ll reject the messages out of hand. 

This can feel deflating, exhausting and tiring… IF I let them attack me.  

Why do they do that?  

Here’s the thing:  Animals don’t lie, and energy never lies.  

But, people often do. 

For many reasons.  Perhaps they fear being vulnerable, appearing weak, or having their secrets known.  They could also just be out of touch with themselves. Perhaps they never questioned their thinking or feelings beyond the most superficial of understandings.  

They don’t have a clue about what makes them tick, they feel more comfortable with appearances, preferring shallow interactions.  They wear social identity masks like at a costume party, afraid to have anyone see them for who they truly are.  They have developed no real depth or self confidence in their true nature and character.  

They can feel resistant, angry, afraid.  Sometimes they lash out as a form of self defense.  

Like when in the Wizard of Oz when the Wizard calls out to Dorothy when she discovers the truth about who the Wizard actually is, “Don’t look at that man behind the curtain! Ignore him!!” 

That’s when it’s best to compartmentalize the experience. 

I acknowledge it – sometimes to myself, sometimes out loud – and then I place it on the back burner. I remain in my place of calm, centeredness and connection. I resist the urge to implode and collapse into a space of self-doubt and self-recrimination, or to try to defend myself.  

The highly sensitive person’s job is to hold the space for truth to be known and understood from a non-judgmental, non-arrogant, peaceful place of knowing.

As an animal communicator, part of the job is to be the voice for the animals.  To offer their truth in peace with the intention for the highest good for all concerned. 

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The truth is the truth.  

We each of us get to choose what to do with it when we hear and receive it.  Accept, grow, heal, and evolve…?  Or deny, prefabricate, defend, pretend… in which case, I can promise you that you’ll circle back around to this later when you’re ready to be more honest with yourself.  

For me, I renew my efforts to maintain a true, deep, positive connection with the animal, to keep that sacred link between us unencumbered by outside influences.

When I do, I feel lighter. I’m better able to focus on the task at hand: listening intently to the messages the horse, dog, cat, bird or chameleon is trying to share with we the people.

Energetic shielding

Highly sensitive people and empaths must have a highly fortified energetic shield – the protective outer rim or edge of your energy field. It’s most often on autopilot, but we can programmed it to fulfill specific needs. 

Here’s what I mean…

Years ago I had an extremely unsettling experience with a woman who had made it a personal mission to rescue as many animals as possible.  I had agreed to communicate with them, but she rejected all my communication efforts as inadequate. The woman made it clear that I was not telling her what she really wanted to know even though I answered her spoken questions each and every one. 

Confused and frustrated, I asked that she tell me what it was that she really wanted to know, and to be clearer.

On my next – and last – visit at her farm she presented me with a written list of over 100 questions she wanted me to ask the animals. 

She wanted me to explore their understanding of her religious, dogmatic Christian Faith…and ultimately persuade the animals that her beliefs were right.  She had no room or consideration for the animal’s beliefs, philosophies or wisdom.  And she had no respect for what they knew that she didn’t. 

I made an effort to again answer her questions as honestly and truthfully as I could, but eventually I gave up. There was no point in continuing the exercise on her terms…it wasn’t going to get her, or the animals, anywhere. 

Animals have their own set of beliefs

You can’t force them to believe someone else’s, especially if they don’t agree with the ideology.

I ended the session as peacefully and truthfully as I could, and left.  

Shortly afterward, I started to notice that my energy field was under attack. I felt drained, anxious. I had a dark cloud of negativity hovering over me…I even started to feel physical pain.

An exploration of my psychic space revealed that this woman was actively attacking me with angry, harmful curses and hexes.  

I also noticed how wounded I felt, how rejected and misunderstood and disrespected. My energy shield was in tatters.

During this inner exploration, I realized that many of my old childhood wounds had been triggered. I went to work making peace with the past and forgiving myself…and her. And I felt gratitude for how she was helping me heal, evolve, and grow.

Finally, because I felt at the time that she really needed a wake-up call – a dose of compassion, an extra measure of Divine Grace and love, and a whole lot of help – I mirrored the outer surface of my shield so it reflected back whatever she threw at me… tenfold.

It wasn’t long before I started to feel much better, lighter, no longer under attack. I had successfully repaired my shield and healed another layer within. 

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Highly sensitive people and empaths have a highly valuable gift

If you sense that you’re empathic like me, you have a golden opportunity to channel your energies and help yourself, as well as the people and pets around you, live a fulfilling, happy, healthy life. 

Exploring the depths and range of emotions, feelings, and experiences…especially with animals, who are so often misunderstood and ignored is a powerful healing gift. All animals are sentient spiritual beings with thoughts and feelings of their own.

You can learn many ways to communicate with them with my online courses, and give them the voice they deserve.

If you would like help healing, evolving and growing into your best self, then I highly recommend working with me so I can help you do exactly that.  

Enjoyed this article? Here are three more to help you:

Are You Highly Sensitive and/or Empathic?
Being A Dog Whisperer Comes In Handy!
How Animal Connection Can Heal Our Own Wounds and Trauma

]]> https://valheart.com/highly-sensitive-people-empaths-have-unique-gifts/feed/ 0 A Connection with Animals is About More Than Play and Rest https://valheart.com/a-connection-with-animals-is-about-more-than-play-and-rest/ https://valheart.com/a-connection-with-animals-is-about-more-than-play-and-rest/#respond Fri, 11 Sep 2020 19:28:38 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=80494 Why your connection with animals is about more than play, food, safety and rest.

Did you know that pets are a window to your soul?

Or, more accurately, they’re a mirror reflecting you back to you on all 5 levels.  Physically, emotionally, spiritually, energetically, and mentally.

Can you see the reflection?  

And when you do, how does it make you feel? How do you think it makes your pet feel?

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It’s undeniable that your connection with animals isn’t just skin-and-fur (or feathers or scales or…) deep. Your pets can act as guides, teachers, angels, healers as well as being your best friend.

They are simultaneously taking on your burdens and wounds, while also carrying their own as sentient, feeling individuals.

In order for both you and your pet to live a healthy, fulfilling life, this connection with animals must be embraced and understood. To ignore it is to miss out on a rich, rewarding, give-and-take of clarity in communication between you and your animal companion.

Let’s explore the Human Animal BodyMind Connection.

Think of the Human Animal BodyMind Connection as a deeper assessment of the mental, emotional, physical, energetic and spiritual connections between humans and animals. 

It’s how we decode and interpret the messages our pets are constantly communicating to us through their behaviors – the good and, more importantly, the bad – that makes the difference. 

If your pet is…

  • Fearful – they may be reflecting your subconscious fear or anxiety.
  • Aggressive – they feel a need to protect you but aren’t sure why or how or from what.
  • Clingy – they sense your need to be a caregiver in the absence of a baby or child, or your insecurity.
  • Destructive – they sense your own boredom or frustration and are looking for an outlet.

In all of these scenarios, your pet is trying to siphon off the negative feelings you’re projecting and, inevitably, their demeanor and health will change, rarely for the better. 

At best, they’ll chew up your shoes, follow you everywhere, poo or pee inside, or scratch the furniture obsessively. 

At worst, they’ll make themselves physically ill.  They can lose bowel or bladder control, even develop cancers and other diseases in an effort to regulate the negative dark energy they’re trying to absorb or deflect.

You can open up the lines of communication, though, giving your pet the freedom to explore their own emotions without the burden of trying to regulate yours…

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My first lesson in understanding our connection with animals came from my cat.

I was in a very unhappy marriage. I thought we were getting by, though, and hadn’t given much thought to the impact on our two cats, Peach and TuffyTiger.

Peach was 12 years old and her health was failing. We’d taken her to the vet, explored every possibility – we thought – and yet her energy was evaporating along with her appetite. We could tell she was in terrible pain…she seemed near death. I was heartbroken and desperate.

Then one day, on a whim, I asked her directly if she was carrying the “bad stuff” between my husband and me.

“Yes!” she told me. She felt like she had to take away the hurt we were both feeling. It was killing her, but she believed it was her role.

It took me quite a while to persuade her that our burdens were not hers to carry, that she couldn’t solve the problems we were having.

As strong minded and stubborn as she was, I finally convinced her to release that pain and let us deal with it.  It was our stuff, we were solely responsible for it. 

I told her what we really needed from her: to hold the space for peace, love, harmony, health, well-being, for our highest good.

That evening she leapt on my plate while I ate in front of the television, scattered my dinner everywhere – including on her fur – and jumped down again.  Sitting in the middle of the floor looking very pleased with herself, she happily licked off all the food from her coat and feet.

She lived a much better, healthier, happier life for her remaining 8 years. 

Your physical and emotional pain is their pain, too.

Years ago I met a beautiful little dachshund who was paralyzed – she had no control over her backend. The owner was at her wit’s end. She asked me to meet with them.

When I intuitively scanned the little darling, she showed me the vertebrae in her back that was causing her trouble. I told the owner, who was completely shocked because she had the exact same back problem as her beloved dog!

I told the woman how her dog felt – how this back problem impacted her – and she confessed that she felt the same way. With more exploration, I learned that she was going through a separation, and was feeling anxious about her future. She was worried about her finances.

The dog told me she was worried about these things, too. I was able to assure her that she needn’t carry that burden for her owner. That her friend would take care of those problems, and take care of her. 

The relief was nearly immediate. Her tail started to wag…it wasn’t long before she was walking again. Without fear and worry, she was able to feel joyous and optimistic – and healthy – again.

Finding a way to understand your own connection with animals…

It’s possible to communicate with your pets, to better understand the reflection they see and learn how to ease their pain and worry. Take the time to explore the Human Animal BodyMind Connection.

Not only will it help your pet lead a more balanced, contented life…you’ll find balance and contentment yourself when you take time to look in the mirror. 

As healers and teachers, our pets can inspire us to tackle our fears, our anxieties, the unfinished business we allow to weigh us down…

Together you and your pet can travel lightly.

Enjoyed this article? Here are three more to help you:

Coping with Pet Loss: Understanding Death, Dying & Transitions

Clairaudience and 7 Ways to Grow Your Intuition

Who’s Your Spirit Animal? The Truth Might Surprise You

 

]]> https://valheart.com/a-connection-with-animals-is-about-more-than-play-and-rest/feed/ 0 Serenity Prayer for a World Put on Hold https://valheart.com/serenity-prayer-for-a-world-put-on-hold/ https://valheart.com/serenity-prayer-for-a-world-put-on-hold/#respond Thu, 10 Sep 2020 23:33:10 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=80495 Guest post courtesy of Kai Riversong and Bella, as gifted from the Akashic Records** The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communications Enterprises Inc. 

Serenity Prayer for Today: In an Insane World Put on Hold by Covid-19

I am struggling, like a lot of people around the world, in this Covid-19 pandemic lockdown.

However, I am thinking my struggle may be from a different facet than a lot of Westerners. Please do not crucify or stone me here. The last time I checked we still had the right to free speech, right, or has that changed also?  I just need to keep remembering the Serenity Prayer.

I am beginning to think this is just so stupid, the lockdown I mean. This came to a head for me when I went to take my two furkids to the holistic vet for acupuncture and chiropractic treatment and they told me that I could not enter the facility even with gloves and a mask on.

They instructed me to drop the furkids off at the curb, one at a time, and the vet tech would take them inside. WHAT?!?! Are you freaking kidding me? This is simply and plainly unconscionable.

What parent of a minor human child would drop them off at the curb and simply wait in the car???

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Our furkids in my mind, are pretty much like human toddlers, with the need for our guidance and support and protection. It IS NOT ok in any universe, in any dimension, to take my furkids away from me out of sight and do God knows what without my oversight and support.

Needless to say, I did NOT drop off the furkids and wait in the car. And even without the 114-degree temperature which made this impractical anyway, I would never have just dropped them off. Just crazy. In what universe is this shit ok??

I can go to the Salon and the stylist will do my hair. We all wear masks and they clean like crazy between clients. A haircut and highlights takes about 3 hours.  The salons have figured out how to reduce their risks and keep the doors open.

But at the same time I cannot go into the vet with my furkids for acupuncture and chiropractic treatments which takes like 20 minutes, seriously. This is F*cked up. Where are the priorities here?

Then I think, what really is the purpose of this lockdown anyway?

We are all going to cross the rainbow bridge when it is our time regardless of masks and lockdowns. It seems to create a false sense of security or maybe a placebo effect. But it is the way the world is right now whether I like it or not.

Then I meditated, and the thought of reminded of the Serenity Prayer. Here is my version:

“Universe give me the courage to change what must be altered, serenity to accept what cannot be helped, and the wisdom, insight and knowing to distinguish the one from the other. *”

I think as animal enthusiasts and members of Val Heart’s AnimalTalk Coaching and Mastery Club this is a really important topic.

Just how do we distinguish one from the other? As westerners we tend to FIGHT injustice, march, protest and try to change things.

This brings me to a parable that a colleague shared with me when I first started working in the Department of Health in the tropics.

A colleague shared with me that I should be aware of the cultural difference and understand that I was “Not in Kansas any Longer” (from the movie The Wizard of Oz). He explained the cultural difference this way.

Imagine you are walking down a path and you come across a giant boulder blocking the way. He said that many of the local cultures would just accept this obstacle and simple find a way to maneuver around it.

However, most westerners, Americans in particular, would drop everything and find a way to move that damn boulder out of the road at almost any cost.

At the time I was pretty young and thought “well of course someone should move the boulder out of the path”. The American way is the only way. Go get the Marines or the Corp of Engineers and some explosive experts and heavy equipment operators and traffic control experts to stop all progress until this obstacle is removed safely and dealt with and the path is restored.

But now I wonder, does the boulder really need to move at all?

The attitude of peacefully navigating around what “boulders” life puts in our path is somehow attractive to me now.

But then I am faced with the fact that it is not ok with me to have my dogs undergo medical treatments without me being present. OMG, what is a girl to do?

Serenity Now, Serenity Now, Serenity Now (borrowed from a funny Seinfeld episode).

Val Heart’s last AnimalTalk Club Platinum Masterclass was the third in a series about Chakras and I highly recommend listening to all three multiple times.

In class a fellow student asked Val asked “But how do I know?” (the topic does not matter here since this is a universal question).

Val answered, “Your Heart Knows”.

The Class was geared towards teaching us how to live from our hearts and not our heads.  She provided specific tools to assist with this. I personally have made the commitment to myself to use the tools on a daily basis to reap the benefits from this wisdom.

In my heart of hearts, it is still not ok with me to drop the furkids off at the curb at the vets. I will trust my heart that a solution will present itself and, in the meantime, I am going to be meditating a lot and use the tools Val has taught us and be ok with what my intuition and heart is telling me. It is not ok to drop the furkids off; that is not how our relationship works. I am looking for a new vet but so far, no luck. Even the house call vet is turning down new clients….

Peace, health, and prosperity to you all, and serenity in this insane world. May we know the one from the other.

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* The Serenity Prayer was composed by American theologian Reinhold Niebuhr in 1932-33. Original version: Father, give us courage to change what must be altered, serenity to accept what cannot be helped, and the insight to know the one from the other.

** Val also has a great Heart Wisdom Masterclass in the Platinum Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club archives on the Accessing the Akashic Field for Healing

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]]> https://valheart.com/serenity-prayer-for-a-world-put-on-hold/feed/ 0 Adopting a shelter pet saves two lives https://valheart.com/adopting-shelter-pet-saves-two-lives/ https://valheart.com/adopting-shelter-pet-saves-two-lives/#respond Thu, 10 Sep 2020 17:32:56 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=41001 Guest post courtesy of Zara Lewis. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communications Enterprises Inc. 

If you want to get a pet that can make your life more meaningful and complete, you should know that adopting a shelter pet is a great alternative to buying one.

Animal shelters are full of happy and healthy animals that can’t wait to show you love and loyalty! That’s why so many people give it the thumbs up. Besides that, adopting means that you don’t support puppy mills.  These commercial dog breeding facilities are known to put profit over the well-being of dogs. If you want to know why adopting is so beneficial, both for the animal and its owner, keep on reading. Here is what you need to know about adopting a shelter pet.

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You’ll save not one, but two animals this way

Millions of cats and dogs are being euthanized annually in the United States for one main reason – there simply isn’t enough space in shelters for all of them. Unfortunately, only a small number of people consider adoption when looking for a pet. If you’re of two minds about whether or not to adopt, try to see it from a different perspective. Adopting a shelter pet means not only that you’ll save its life, but also a life of another animal.  What other animal?  The one that will take its place and get a chance to find a family, too.

You’ll give these animals a great opportunity for happy life, which is a good deed you should be proud of. As already stated, adoption saves at least two animal lives, but the fact is that it has an impact on many more – especially when we’re talking about their owners’. Many research institutes, such as National Center for Health Research, point out that having a pet in your home has a number of significant advantages when it comes to promoting your health.

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You’ll save yourself as well

The most obvious benefits of pet ownership are love and companionship, which is exactly what you can get if you adopt a shelter pet. Dogs and cats can provide unconditional love to their owners, and they’ll undoubtedly make them feel happy, fulfilled, and grateful. Having a pet has many more benefits, and researchers suggest that a caretaking role gives people sense of purpose and responsibility.  This further contributes to their overall well-being. So, you’ll have to face important challenges and decisions like choosing good pet food, toys, collars, and other necessities.

Companion animals can improve your heart health by regulating heart rate during stressful situations.  They can also lower your blood pressure. Some studies even showed that having a dog in your home can lower your blood pressure more efficiently than taking blood pressure medication, which is another good reason for people with similar health issues to get a pet.

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The benefits of adopting a shelter pet are numerous – apart from saving its life, you can also save a life of another animal that comes to its place, which is one of the most important advantages. Besides that, adoption can give you an opportunity for love, fulfillment, and mindfulness. Saving an animal’s life often turns out to be saving a human life as well, which is exactly what makes it so valuable.

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Guest Post Bio:

Zara Lewis is a regular contributor at Highstylife.com and a full time animal lover. Passionate about creating a better world for the generations to come, she is a mum of two, raising them inseparably from their furry family members.

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]]> https://valheart.com/adopting-shelter-pet-saves-two-lives/feed/ 0 Time Travel is the Best Superpower to Help Abused Animals Heal Negative Emotions https://valheart.com/time-travel-is-the-best-superpower-to-help-abused-animals-heal/ https://valheart.com/time-travel-is-the-best-superpower-to-help-abused-animals-heal/#respond Wed, 09 Sep 2020 17:00:19 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=58545 Just like humans, animal emotions can be both negative and positive.

Animals, just like humans, not only feel physical and emotional pain but can also feel and remember pain caused by traumatic events that have happened to them in their past.

The problems many pet owners face is not only recognizing these emotional wounds exist, and if they do, finding a way to overcome them.

It is unlikely that the vet you take your animal to will be able to help. Unless you are trained in the techniques that I teach in my masterclass, you will not be able to help either. No matter how much you may want to or how much training you do with your animal. That’s because you don’t know how to erase or rewrite history.

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Rewriting History is the Key to Helping Animals Heal From the Past.

Over my career, I have developed a wonderful healing technique in order to help mend these painful emotional wounds that I call “time travel”.

A lot of people struggle with this concept. To quickly clarify, no, I do not literally mean travel back in time physically!

Rather, what I have discovered is that…

Time is an illusion.

When I say time travel, I mean that I travel to moments in the past, using the memories and the minds of myself and animals as the vehicle.

Let me explain:

The speed of light is fixed, but time and space have to be flexible in order to make the world sync with the fixed state of light. Space gives us the concept of separation. Time gives us the concept of associations (within the body-mind or externally in the environment.) Light represents the continuum of the absolute—Brahman or the god mind—and the total awareness of the fully enlightened individual. Time/Space (sound/vibration—God) represents the ignorance of the intellect and the relative restrictions of life.

While this is a lot to grasp, understanding that time is a construct rather than an absolute, allows us to remove the barriers that stop us from going back and helping us mend negative animal emotions.

Once this is understood, we can begin to look at the idea of…

Expanding and Contracting Time

Using Time Travel To Mend Negative Animal Emotions

Our minds are linear, and as such we subconsciously organize our experiences as such.

In reality, time is more like a movie, which can be fast-forwarded, rewinded, or even stopped altogether.

If you think someone has plenty of time, it is because they have an expanded state of time. On the flip side, if you are always feeling rushed, that is a contracted state of time.

To understand this, think about the experiences that you have “lost.” This is also sometimes thought of as going into autopilot. One example is when you drive the same route to work as you always do. One minute you are leaving your house, and next you are at the office! Essentially, you have sped up time by stepping outside of the regular time-space continuum temporarily.

At this point you are probably thinking:

“Val, this is interesting, but how does it help me heal my animals’ past and negative emotions?”

Which is a great question! Once you can grasp the idea that time is not as we perceive it, we can learn the concept of…

Past and Future Lives

Sometimes, both humans and animals will react in ways that we cannot explain. Emotions, phobias, and emotions seem to come out of nowhere and no matter how hard we try, we cannot change how we feel.

Our bodies store memories of significant things that have happened to us, whether they be traumatic, or positive. Regardless, they are stored at a deep, subconscious level. While some of these memories are from our current life, some are not. Rather, they come from our past life.

The same can be said for animals. While some animal emotions can come from experiences they remember, others might come from their past lives. I have even talked to animals who have told me about incidents that happened to them with their owners from ‘before’.

So to help mend negative animal emotions, we must sometimes go back to their past lives to help find the stuck spot.

Future lives can also impact us as well. Once you have mastered an understanding of how time really works, you can talk to your future self, and bring back will help you, and your pet, in your journey.

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A Therapy Dog’s Own Struggle.

I had the privilege of working with a wonderful therapy dog not long ago. Her owner is a professional counselor, and her dog helps her in her practice. My client was increasingly concerned about her beloved companion and partner because, starting last fall, the dog had, for the first time in her life, shown the unmistakable signs of fear of thunder and loud noises.

When I tuned in and ‘spoke’ with the dog telepathically, I asked her how she was doing. She said it had been difficult during the past few months—she was nervous and definitely not herself. She had lost her peace and tranquility and was not interacting with people like she had always loved doing before. I asked her to tell me about thunderstorms and why she was afraid of them.  I asked if she could tell me what had happened to make her afraid.

Instead of answering my question directly, she shared with me that she had been having recurring nightmares. I asked her if she could tell me more about that. She was very frightened but was glad to be able to share these nightly terrors with someone.

She showed me an image of herself standing, watching her human. Then she heard a monstrous, thunderous boom that shook the earth. Standing wide-eyed, she then watched as great billowing gray clouds swallowed up everything and everyone she loved.

In the dream, she would frantically run and bark, calling for her owner.  She was trying to get to safety but always losing her human to the ominous clouds as they blanketed everything.

Bark! Bark!

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She could almost hear her human calling her, but try as she might, she could never find her. The therapy dog was lost and helpless, despairing of ever seeing her beloved human again, feeling that she had somehow failed to warn her of this catastrophe.

She wanted so desperately to save her loved ones but always lost them to the noise and that terrifying, all-consuming cloud. In her waking hours, she began being anxious and fretful. She was living in dread of any loud noise that reminded her of the awful nightmare.

As I watched and listened, I realized that she was describing the events of September 11, 2001. I asked my client if she had been personally affected by the events, or if she had counseled others about them, and she said yes to both questions.

At this point, we both understood how deeply this sweet, telepathic animal had been affected by our nation’s tragedy and our reactions to it.

Problem Solving with Pets It should come as no surprise that animal emotions are deeply affected by world events and tragedies, especially when they affect us so profoundly. It is helpful for all of us, humans and our animal companions, to discuss these things openly with each other, to share comfort and hope, as well as sadness, pain, and fear.

This is exactly what we did with this dog. A week later, her owner reported that her dog was acting less fearful and was continuing to improve day by day.

Through lots of open-hearted exploration, using the methods I have learned throughout my many years of training and education, we can start to bridge the gap between us and the other creatures who share this planet with us. A kinder, more communicative planet can start with you and your own animal companions.

Mastering this unique intuitive skill is important. Being able to communicate with an animal about their emotions will allow them to tell you about a past traumatic event, or that their person is struggling over something they’ve experienced. Once you know that, then you’ll know exactly what to do to help them.

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]]> https://valheart.com/time-travel-is-the-best-superpower-to-help-abused-animals-heal/feed/ 0 Buddy the Puppy Mill Dog: Our Heartbreaking Experience with Fostering https://valheart.com/buddy-the-puppy-mill-dog-our-experience-fostering/ https://valheart.com/buddy-the-puppy-mill-dog-our-experience-fostering/#respond Wed, 09 Sep 2020 16:14:29 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=58717 Guest post courtesy of Amy Dietrich. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communications Enterprises Inc. 

On Sunday, December 1, 2019, my husband and I braved the icy roads of Mount Pocono to pick up a dog that we had agreed to foster for the New Jersey Schnauzer Rescue Network (NJSRN).  The dogs all came from a Puppy Mill.

Buddy was a 7-year-old male miniature schnauzer from an Ohio puppy mill. He was rescued along with 14 other schnauzers. Buddy had been at this present foster home for 8 weeks, however the elderly gentleman caring for him was having a heart procedure and wouldn’t be able to continue to care for him. We were asked to take a turn.

On first meet, Buddy wanted nothing to do with my husband nor I. His “fight or flight” mechanism was firmly triggered to flight. My husband, Bill, and I were about to be schooled in what a puppy mill dog really was.

What is a puppy mill? A dog breeding operation where dogs are basically considered crops and profits are more important than the dog’s health.  “These dogs rarely go outside. In some mills the animals are allowed outside for a short amount of time per day, otherwise the dogs get no time to walk or play because they are housed in small crates with little space. Being in a small space and not being able to be active causes stress and affects their development

Buddy was afraid of humans.

All humans.  He didn’t know how to come down steps and had only recently learned how to climb steps.  Buddy was afraid of doors and had no concept of windows and mirrors.  He didn’t play with toys.

He didn’t accept treats. You name it, we tried it:  cheese, chicken, eggs, hotdogs. Buddy would sniff it then walk away.  I would place it on the ground and leave the room, he would still ignore it.

We took this sweet but very damaged dog home with us. He rode very well in the car inside his kennel. We were optimistic about our new visitor and committed to helping him enjoy his new life. The meet with Ace and Mollie (my miniature schnauzers) couldn’t have gone better. They both accepted him almost instantly, as he accepted them.

An Introduction to a new life.

Buddy was a sweet soul.  Although he ran from us, when we would catch him, we could pick him up without growling. He never showed his teeth.  We could lay him next to us and he would stay, which was very unusual since he did his best to avoid our eyesight. I’d love to say it was comfort, but my Puppy Millgut tells me he sat still out of fear.

Puppies do not get to interact with other humans when living in puppy mills; they do not get treats or toys. Not being able to interact with humans can lead to behavioral problems.

We allowed him free roam on the first floor.  He continuously circled the perimeter of the house.  When he was away from the other dogs, he would bark for them.  Place one or both with him and he was fine.  If I moved slow enough towards him, showing him my hands and asking permission, I could pet him for a bit. He would not give my husband that permission, however.

After a week, Buddy started to make eye contact, although not for long. When Ace and Mollie were getting love from us, he would watch our interactions as if trying to comprehend what was happening.

This sweet darling had gone 7 years without experiencing love from a human.

While Buddy did enjoy being with Ace and Mollie, but he didn’t know how to play with them.  Mollie tried often to get him to play, to no avail.

On Saturday December 7th, our friend was visiting with her mixed breed dog named Rico and we got a glimpse of Buddy trying to be a dog.  For a couple minutes Rico and Buddy played, and Buddy even chewed on a toy for several seconds. Things were changing for the better. The joy that we felt watching for a brief moment this creature try to be a dog was so heart-warming.

For the first time, I knew there was a real dog in there!

Every morning when I would let Buddy out of the dog’s room, there he would be curled into the tiniest ball inside Mollie’s kennel.  There are 4 kennels in that room and 2 dog beds.  I never once saw him lay in a dog bed.  Buddy preferred Mollie’s kennel and would often go into it when he wasn’t feeling safe or needed a break.  I let him commandeer her kennel and placed her in another kennel when needed.

Puppy mills are unsanitary: the water is usually dirty, the food is not healthy for the dogs, and no one cleans up after the animals. Puppy mill dogs get little or no veterinary care.

Unfortunate, unforeseen circumstances… tragedy struck.

On Tuesday, December 10th, 2019 tragedy struck.  I received a frantic call from my husband on my drive home from work.  We had a delivery and the garage door was left open; however the interior door wasn’t shut completely and the wind blew the interior door open.

All the dogs got out.  Ace and Mollie stayed in the yard, but Buddy did not.  My heart dropped.

How do you catch a dog that is afraid of humans, doesn’t respond to his name, and doesn’t eat treats?

Not to mention, we live in a rural area with hundreds of acres of land.

My husband and I drove in separate cars around the neighborhood looking for him.  It was dark and raining.  There were no signs of Buddy.  A couple months ago I wrote an article on what to do if your dog runs away and I followed these guidelines to the letter.

  1. Placed his kennel on the front porch
  2. Called the police
  3. Called the local shelters.
  4. Notified neighbors
  5. Posted on social media.  (Berks Dog Search is a godsend!)

Within an hour we received a call from the police.

A dog fitting Buddy’s description has been circling a house but would run away whenever anyone got near it. The address was two streets away.  We jumped in the car and headed there.

What a great way to meet neighbors. They were trying to coax Buddy with treats. There were dog biscuits and slices of cheese strewn across their porch in hopes to lure him back.  You could still see his wet pawprints on their concrete.

But, we were minutes too late. He either watched us from the dark distance, or he had moved onto another property. But he was not interested in returning to a human’s company.

On Wednesday morning I was awaken seconds before my alarm went off by someone calling to inform me that they had seen my dog. The police had passed our number along. The report stated he was limping and wet.

We rushed to the address the caller gave us. We pulled into the home and decided to ask the homeowner if she/he had seen Buddy. Then suddenly I looked over the railing and there he was, laying in a tiny ball, covered with a blanket, shivering. He had some small cuts.

Did you know that according to the Humane Society of the United States, there are an estimated 10,000 licensed and unlicensed puppy mills in the United States, in total selling more than 2,000,000 puppies annually?

Not the experience we had hoped for.

I wish this story had a happy ending.  We aren’t sure what Buddy went through in those 12 hours that he was out of our care.  He did not have signs of an accident or a fight, but something caused a seizure.

Buddy left this world at 2:30 PM on Wednesday December 11th, 2019.  I was there with him, letting him know that he was loved and that I was sorry he never got to experience the true joys of being a dog.  I told him he was a good boy.  And he was.

This is one story out of thousands about the poor lives of puppy mill dogs.

I wish every day that door hadn’t blown open by the wind. But I can’t help but wonder what the world must have looked like to Buddy that day. Runaway dogs do often survive for days using their instincts. But Buddy was raised so improperly, it’s hard to say what instincts he still had available.

If you love dogs, and you want to do something very impactful and loving with your life, you can make a difference for thousands of beautiful dogs who just need a chance at a happy life. Mistakes will happen – like in our story – but we let this mistake serve as a reminder of how important our role as foster parents are to these souls.

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Author:  Amy Dietrich is a blogger at woofster.net and supporter of several Schnauzer rescue organizations.

Photo by Sebastian Coman Travel from Pexels

 

NOTE:  If Amy and other fosters, rescuers and shelter folks knew how to communicate with animals, they could have made a bigger difference with Buddy by talking with him.  Animal communication when done correctly can accelerate bonding, help wounded and damaged animals heal, and can teach them what they don’t know yet.  Opening the conversation heart to heart, mind to mind, gives animals a chance to tell you what they think, what confuses them, what they’ve experienced, what they need and what they want.  If you’d like to learn how to communicate with animals, begin your journey now. Start here at The Heart School of Animal Communication® with your free ebook:  Hidden Secrets to Communicating With Pets.

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]]> https://valheart.com/buddy-the-puppy-mill-dog-our-experience-fostering/feed/ 0 Information About A Bearded Dragon Diet https://valheart.com/information-about-a-bearded-dragon-diet/ https://valheart.com/information-about-a-bearded-dragon-diet/#respond Tue, 08 Sep 2020 19:31:38 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=80476 guest post courtesy of Kosta Todorov. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communications Enterprises Inc. Image by PetsFarmhouse

There are dogs, and there are cats and then there are bearded dragons.

We’re talking about household pets that are domesticated for our companionship. The majority of the world’s population loves any four-legged furry friend to have around the house.  But those unique few that love bearded dragons, love them for the same reasons – as companions. They make obedient pets, too.  You want to make sure that you know all you need to know about a bearded dragon diet to ensure you keep your pet healthy and happy.

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The only difference between them and the furry ones are their diets. These guys prefer a bit more of a diverse range of food groups.  That includes anything from fruits to insects and vegetables. They keep it healthy. Bearded dragons, often referred to as “beardies”, are one of the most popular creatures to keep in houses. However, it is always important to note that if you’re planning to adopt one, you must keep him in an environment that mimics the outdoors where he would typically live. Some further advice about them can be found on appropriate websites such as this one.

When considering whether to get one, prepare to have it for at least 10 to 15 years, because that’s their lifespan in general. If you have recently adopted one or are planning on getting one but not sure what to buy for it, this article will tap into the most important information to help you make sure he or she is a healthy and happy little pet.

What Food to Give Them – Fruits and Vegetables

As mentioned above, these little creatures like to keep it healthy. Their food choices range from insects such as crickets to an array of fruits and vegetables. So in terms of fruits that they can eat, or prefer to eat, the list includes:

  • pears
  • most exotic berries (blueberries, strawberries, cranberries, and blackberries)
  • olives
  • watermelons
  • apricots
  • papaya
  • mango
  • figs
  • peaches
  • guava
  • cherries
  • prunes
  • pineapples (canned are fine)
  • mandarins or oranges
  • plums

In terms of vegetables, keep it simple by giving items such as:

  • broccoli
  • artichokes
  • zucchini
  • okra
  • parsnips
  • squash
  • mustard greens
  • Bell peppers
  • asparagus
  • bok choy
  • peeled cucumbers
  • arugula
  • basil
  • dandelion greens
  • uncooked artichoke hearts

You can also check for what’s listed on this site: https://www.cuteness.com/article/fruits-can-feed-bearded-dragon

Insects to Give Them

When giving them insects, the most common ones to buy from the pet store will be crickets. However, you can extend this option to include a bunch of other insects such as worms of many kinds:

  • super worms
  • earthworms
  • silkworms
  • butter worms
  • wax worms
  • mealworms
  • goliath worms
  • red worms
  • locusts
  • dubia roaches
  • black soldier fly larvae

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Setting Up Their Living Space

As mentioned above, keeping them in an environment that mimics their natural outdoor one is essential for them to stay healthy and happy.  Also to take into consideration is the temperature you keep them in.  Typically one would leave them in a room with a humidity level of between 30 to 40% for it to be comfortable for them. The heat levels must not surpass 42 degrees Celsius (107.6 Fahrenheit), while the cold temperatures must not dip below 22 degrees Celsius (71.6 Fahrenheit). Fluorescent UV tube lights often do the trick of keeping the temperature levels optimum.

Because they can grow up to just under 50 cm (19.7 inches), it is important to make sure you have enough room for them in the vivarium to move around.  Even if he is still a baby, he will grow, and fast. Also, it’s good to note that the younger ones shed their skin a lot more than the older ones, and in big chunks. Sometimes if you find that they do this too much, consult a specialist.

During the colder seasons, these guys tend to sleep more. Their diet, however, will not change with it, it may just become less. While animals tend to hibernate, in the lizard family this act is known as “brumation”. They still eat, so food must always be left for them. If they stop eating entirely and start to lose weight, check with an expert as well.

In the end, just like you would look after any other pet – with much love and care – you should turn the same respect to these age-old ancient and amazing creatures.

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]]> https://valheart.com/information-about-a-bearded-dragon-diet/feed/ 0 Activated Oxygen Therapy for Pets https://valheart.com/activated-oxygen-therapy-by-dr-mark-newkirk-2/ https://valheart.com/activated-oxygen-therapy-by-dr-mark-newkirk-2/#respond Fri, 28 Aug 2020 17:13:07 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=59569 Guest post courtesy of Dr. Mark Newkirk Family of Veterinarians. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communications Enterprises Inc. 

You know that oxygen is the molecule that makes all life possible.

What you may not know is that activated oxygen turns from the molecule 0-2 (oxygen) to 0-3 (ozone).  That’s what activated oxygen therapy is all about and why it’s important for people and pets.

This third oxygen atom is very special because it does 2 important things in the body.

First, it puts “extra” activated oxygen into diseased, cancerous, inflamed or infected tissue.

Increased oxygen greatly boosts the body’s healing power! activated oxygen therapy

Consider the fact that all cellular energy, function and healing come directly from oxygen.

You may remember your biology and chemistry classes, learning about the cell function of mitochondria and ATP?

Bet you never thought that would have real life meaning for you and your pet, but it does!  Here’s why.

The third oxygen atom negatively affects abnormal cells, (like cancer) and pathogens such as bacteria, yeast fungus and viruses.

That means that it breaks through the outer “wall” that surrounds the abnormal cell or pathogen.

As a result NORMAL cells have a way of protecting themselves against this degenerative, diseased effect.

So then the normal cells get a boost of activated oxygen to help them heal, while abnormal cells and pathogens have their “wall” broken and die!

Healing animals, communicating with them in order to keep them healthy and happy is what being a pet caretaker is all about.

This is why activated oxygen is such an incredible healing therapy for people and animals!

A special oxygen activation machine (which we now have in our clinic) takes medical grade oxygen and activates it to help animals heal and feel better fast.

The problem is that the O – 3 molecule is stable for only short periods of time, which is why it does not occur in nature except in the upper atmosphere.

Did you know that many cities nationwide are using Activated Oxygen (ozone) to purify their water supply instead of chemicals such as chlorine?  It’s effectiveness is well documented.

Where can we use Activated Oxygen?

Activated oxygen is incredibly effective in most any resistant, or degenerative disease process. That includes health problems like cancer, non-antibiotic responsive infections, severe yeast infections of the skin and ears.

It also includes painful arthritis, colitis, or any other inflammatory condition.

Further, there are a variety of ways to administer activated oxygen and the number of treatments vary, depending on the condition we’re treating.

Ironically, since activated oxygen is not a “recognized” therapy by the “legal powers” of veterinary medicine (neither is chiropractic in animals either by the way!!), you must sign a waiver of consent before we or other veterinarians can do this extraordinary therapy.

We veterinarians who have included activated oxygen in our clinics are very excited about adding this wonderful, life giving therapy.

After all, it is our heartfelt quest to help pets who are severely ill when they don’t have any other chance for recovery or ease of symptoms.  It’s called for when nothing else is working.

I highly recommend finding a vet in your immediate area that can offer activated oxygen treatment if you feel your animal could benefit from it.

To learn more about Dr. Mark Newkirk, his team and holistic veterinarian care visit http://www.newkirkfamilyveterinarians.com/

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]]> https://valheart.com/activated-oxygen-therapy-by-dr-mark-newkirk-2/feed/ 0 Everything You Need To Know About Liver and Kidney Failure in Dogs https://valheart.com/how-kidney-and-liver-failures-are-treated-in-dogs/ https://valheart.com/how-kidney-and-liver-failures-are-treated-in-dogs/#comments Fri, 28 Aug 2020 15:41:52 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=41517 Guest post. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communications Enterprises Inc. 

Do you know the signs and symptoms of liver and kidney failure in dogs?

Liver and kidney failure in dogs are both extremely common. Either can be fatal to your canine companion if left untreated.

The liver is a filter for your pup’s digestive system. It metabolizes proteins, fats, and carbohydrates. It stores the vitamins, minerals, and nutrients your dog needs for a healthy body.

The kidneys filter waste for your dog’s bloodstream. For top health, both organs must be working well. 

If you’re able to communicate with your pet, he or she will be able to tell you when their system isn’t functioning at its peak. 

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It’s also a good idea to familiarize yourself with the kinds of conditions that can cause liver and kidney failure, as well as the signs, symptoms and treatments, because it can sneak up on you and your pet. 

Knowing what to watch for can save your dog’s life…

What causes liver disease?

Liver disease can result from several different conditions that vary in severity:

  • Viral or bacterial infection
  • Cancer of the liver (hepatocellular carcinoma)
  • Cysts or gallstones, which can obstruct the bile duct
  • Endocrine diseases including diabetes, Cushing’s Disease, or hyperthyroidism
  • Trauma to the liver due to an accident or heatstroke
  • Ingestion of a toxic substance

(Source: ASPCA)

Some breeds are more prone to liver problems, such as Yorkshire Terriers, German Shepherds, and some Retrievers. Sadly, poisoning is the most common cause of acute liver failure.

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You’ll get some indication that your dog is suffering from liver failure, and some will be more subtle than others. 

Watch closely for:

  • Changes in personality
  • Loss of appetite
  • Excessive thirst and/or peeing
  • Vomiting
  • Diarrhea
  • A distended abdomen
  • Seizures

Your dog might have the odd “down day” or eat something that upsets their stomach, but it’s imperative that you consult a veterinarian if any of these symptoms persist.

If your dog has spent the day playing in a public space, or has been exploring “out of bounds” in your garage or garden shed and begins vomiting or has diarrhea, contact a vet immediately to rule out poisoning.

What causes kidney disease?

There are two types of kidney disease: chronic and acute.

Signs of acute failure will be immediate and very sudden. However, unlike liver failure, the signs of chronic kidney failure won’t be very obvious. It develops over years and is an irreversible condition – but is manageable. 

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Keep a close eye out for:

  • A decrease in urination
  • Lethargy
  • Increased thirst
  • Weakness
  • Weight loss

Acute kidney failure will appear with symptoms such as:

  • Vomiting 
  • Diarrhea
  • Coma

Your pet might be trying to tell you that they’re in distress…be sure to listen carefully to the messages they’re sending you. And never attempt to diagnose a problem yourself. Consult a veterinarian as soon as you see early signs of trouble.

Of course, it will be easy to tell if Rover is feeling “off” if you spend lots of time walking, playing, and talking with him.

How do vets treat liver and kidney disease?

Your vet will conduct blood tests and an ultrasound or x-ray to assess the extent of the problem – and establish whether it originates with the liver or is a sign of another issue like cancer.

Expect fluid therapies, antibiotics, or, in extreme cases, surgery to remove cysts, gallstones or cancerous parts of the liver.  They may also recommend dialysis and changes in their meal plan, supplements and fluid intake.

The more quickly you consult with a vet, the more quickly your dog will be on the road to recovery.

Like all health concerns, keep up-to-date on signs, symptoms and treatments for liver and kidney failure in dogs. Nobody wants to say good-bye to their pets before it’s their time to go.

Your pets are counting on you for care… be sure you’re doing everything you can to show them your love by keeping them as healthy as can be.

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Can liver and kidney disease in dogs be cured? 

Sadly, allopathic “Western” medicine vets say that chronic liver and kidney disease can’t be cured, but it can be slowed down and even reversed in some cases.

Holistic vets and healers will take a different approach through homeopathy, diet, supplements, and various energy therapies like light therapy, oxygen therapy, BodyTalk Healing, and soul repair. 

Both say that liver and kidney failure in dogs can be treated – though maybe not necessarily cured – if caught in the very early stages.

Your vet will conduct blood tests and an ultrasound or x-ray to assess the extent of the problem – and establish whether it originates with the liver or is a sign of another issue like cancer.

Expect fluid therapies, antibiotics, or, in extreme cases, surgery to remove cysts, gallstones or cancerous parts of the liver or kidney.

These treatments will be distressing for your furry friend. Be sure that you’re able to communicate and reassure them during the process to aid in the healing.

 

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]]> https://valheart.com/how-kidney-and-liver-failures-are-treated-in-dogs/feed/ 2 4 Gentle Suggestions for Coping With the Loss of a Pet https://valheart.com/4-gentle-suggestions-for-handling-the-loss-of-a-much-loved-pet/ https://valheart.com/4-gentle-suggestions-for-handling-the-loss-of-a-much-loved-pet/#respond Tue, 25 Aug 2020 02:36:50 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=7230 Guest post courtesy of Karen Fernandes. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communications Enterprises Inc. 

As soon as you bring a pet home they immediately become an important part of your family.

You love them almost as much as your children and you would do anything for them. Most people are lucky because they get to spend many years looking after their pet, which makes their bond even stronger. Your think happily about your new addition, not worried about the far away eventuality of coping with the loss of a pet. But with no warning, your beloved pet can be taken away from you and it is is difficult, to be sure.

You may feel like someone has ripped out your heart and kicked you in the stomach repeatedly. Getting over the death of a loved one is hard, but when your pet dies it’s not any easier. Here are some of the best ways to deal with your four-legged friend’s transition.

Don’t replace them with their twin

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Many people like to get a new pet when their previous one transitions. They like the thought of having a pet they can love and cherish, which is actually a good idea because it often times bring much comport. You need to make sure you don’t try to replace your previous one with their what can appear to be their twin brother or sister. You’re getting into dangerous territory when you buy a pet that looks identical to your previous one. Some people even go as far as to call them by the same name, making it more difficult to move on from the death.

Plant a tree for them

If you want to have a place to think about your pet, then you should definitely plant a tree for them. You may choose to bury them somewhere in your garden and make a little pet tombstone for them, but you don’t need to mourn them where their body lays at rest. It’s a much more pleasant experience growing a tree in their honor and watching it get taller each year. When you are feeling nostalgic you can go and sit in front of the tree to reflect on the positive things they brought in to your life and the joy they shared with you while they graced your life.

Celebrate their life

Our pets have such a way of bringing immense joy in to our world. It seems as if they know you better than most humans. If you believe in destiny, then you have to believe that your friend belonged with you, and was meant to be a teacher, a soul guide and a loving companion. Surely, they told you repeatedly everyday how much they loved living with you and sharing your life. It showed up in a happy bark or dance, a wagging tail when you came in the door, a cuddle when you were feeling low, a kiss to let you know you were loved, or a warming that something could have been wrong.

Don’t be afraid to cry

Tears are healing, and they are one of the natural stages in dealing with grief. Acceptance is but one of the stages, of which none should be ignored. Give yourself the gift of grief. It honors the place your much loved pet held in your life, and gives you a chance to heal emotionally.

Be sure to leave your comment about this article below!

The author of today’s post, Karen Fernandes, is a freelance blogger, and an animal lover, who often writes about her ideas and experiences online. She works with with Pet Heaven NQ, a pet cemetery. She is a very friendly person and she likes to take care of stray pets that she comes across. You can follow her on Twitter for more information.

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]]> https://valheart.com/4-gentle-suggestions-for-handling-the-loss-of-a-much-loved-pet/feed/ 0 The Causes, Symptoms and Solutions for Cat Hairballs https://valheart.com/the-causes-symptoms-and-solutions-for-cat-hairballs/ https://valheart.com/the-causes-symptoms-and-solutions-for-cat-hairballs/#respond Mon, 24 Aug 2020 11:58:15 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=41601 Cat hairballs are natural to felines, but they could spell disaster for your cat.

Does your cat get hairballs?

Of course they do. 

Every cat – even hairless cats, believe it or not – will acquire and produce hairballs or trichobezoars.

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They’re a natural part of a cat’s bodily functions, but they can pose a serious health risk if you don’t know the early signs of trouble.

When you’re caring for your cats, it’s important to know about all the signals they send – the good news and the bad. If you’re able to communicate with your furry feline companion or have someone in your life who can, there will be less guessing and more knowing about their true state of being.   Otherwise, you could find yourself chasing your tail on expensive guesswork trying to figure out what’s going on! 

Here are some signs of cat hairballs to watch out for, and ways you can safeguard your feline friend’s health. 

What is a hairball?

The name is actually deceiving. It’s not just hair, and it’s not shaped like a ball.

You probably haven’t examined them all that closely…and that’s understandable. Chances are that Felix waited until you had company to begin his ritual retching, hacking and spewing in the corner of the room…only to shoot you a dismissive look when he’s finished. Your focus is likely “clean up in aisle nine” before it stains the carpet, not dissecting his masterpiece.

Cat hairballs aren’t ball-shaped at all – they’re usually tubular like a cat’s digestive tract, and they often end up in a cat’s normal feces. They’re a mixture of hair, undigested food and gastric juices like bile, and the contents can stain fabric and be very slippery if deposited on a smooth floor.

The cosmetic damage and potential slipping hazards aren’t your greatest concern, though. A cat should only take a minute or so to disgorge a hairball, and they shouldn’t be a daily occurrence.

If the retching goes on for minutes on end and with great frequency – more often than every week or two – it’s a signal that something’s not right with your kitty’s insides. 

Causes and symptoms of health problems from cat hairballs.

Hairballs are a natural part of a cat’s bodily functions and, yes, hairless cats develop hairballs, too. Veterinarians have learned that they’ll seek out other furry friends to groom, suggesting that passing hairballs is a completely normal part of overall health. 

Long-haired cats, cats that live indoors and outside, and that have changes in their coats with the changing seasons, are much more susceptible. Kittens aren’t very efficient groomers so it’s unlikely they’ll form hairballs at all in the early going. 

Daily grooming is part of a cleaning ritual for felines, who are normally fastidious about hygiene. 

 

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Cats can spend a whopping 15-50% of their day ‘combing their hair’. Their sandpaper tongue, lined with backward-facing hooks called papillae, are very efficient at removing loose hair while aiding the spread of natural oils on the cat’s fur.

Excessive grooming will lead to an unhealthy build-up in their digestive system and lead to partial or full blockages, though. And that can be an indication of emotional distress.  It can also be a sign of parasites, allergies, or a skin condition that’s causing anxiety or obsessive compulsive disorders. 

If you know how to have a conversation with your cat, you’ll learn what’s happening in their mind and body.  If you don’t?  Don’t just guess. Consult a veterinarian or other expert if your cat’s behavior seems unusual or excessive.  For example, if they’re grooming themselves until their skin is raw and the fur is disappearing.

When is it time to see a vet? 

Obsessive grooming can indicate a serious illness…and even if you’re not communicating with your furry friend, you’ll get physical indications of trouble that include a loss of appetite, vomiting, diarrhea, constipation, and lethargy. 

The litterbox can be a good source of information even if you don’t notice a shift in your cat’s other patterns. 

Don’t ignore the symptoms, especially if they come and go.  

If you catch this in time, you have a chance to fix a minor problem before it becomes a major one. 

Learn How to Talk with Animals If you can capture the worrisome behavior on camera, that will help inform your vet before any other steps are taken. Many owners mistake the passing of a cat hairball with asthma or bronchitis…it never hurts to err on the side of caution and consult an expert when you’re in doubt. 

Your vet will want to take an abdominal and/or chest x-ray or perform an ultrasound to assess your cat’s insides and find the source of the blockage. Minor cases will require liquid therapy and special laxatives to clear the cat’s system. 

In extremely rare cases surgery will be required to remove the blockage and repair the damage…don’t worry too much about this, though, it doesn’t happen that often.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of purr.

The vast majority of cat hairballs will never lead to intestinal blockages – your cat will happily, and dramatically eject the excess hair every week or two…in a closet, on the sofa, under your bed. 

You can help your cat with their quest for a well-groomed coat by using a shedding glove like this one (or this one is cool too!), or a specially designed kitty shedding brush which serves two purposes: helping thin loose hair and also spending time pampering your pet and growing the bond between you two.

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Using petroleum based products like Laxatone isn’t a good idea.  Mineral oil coats the inside of the digestive tract which helps the hairball pass through, but it also interferes with the digestive system’s ability to process and assimilate nutrients.  Petroleum based products are not healthy and can cause toxicity over time.

A better option is to offer a natural oil, like extra virgin olive oil, sesame oil, ghee or coconut oil. 

A good pet owner will always pay attention to their cat’s rhythms and quirks, even though their cats can seem indifferent to their human’s habits! 

Your pet is completely reliant on you for their well-being…emotionally and physically. It’s your responsibility to understand their needs, and provide the help they can’t get for themselves.

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Cats – just click on the picture below!

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]]> https://valheart.com/the-causes-symptoms-and-solutions-for-cat-hairballs/feed/ 0 How to Help Your Kids Deal With the Death of a Pet https://valheart.com/how-to-help-your-kids-deal-with-the-death-of-a-pet/ https://valheart.com/how-to-help-your-kids-deal-with-the-death-of-a-pet/#respond Tue, 18 Aug 2020 04:49:57 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=6885 Helping Your Kid Through the Death of a Pet

Coping with the death of a pet — and the mess of feelings that comes with it — is one of the tougher parts of growing up. These feelings can be hard for everybody in the family, but they’re especially tough for young children. Children see pets as close friends and extensions of the family unit, and they have a great deal of importance in their lives.

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The emotional stress and inability to deal with feelings associated with the death of a loved one are always important issues.

Everyone experiences death differently and at different times, but most people usually progress through the five natural stages of grief made famous by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance.

Helping someone deal with the death of a loving pet is not always easy, especially when that person is a young child. Children are prone to ask questions that are emotionally based and have no easy answers, such as “Where is my pet? Is he in heaven?” While you may not have answers, discuss these questions with your child to allow them to move forward emotionally.

Do not ignore the importance of a child’s distress, or lack thereof, hoping that the event will just pass over.

Every child will deal with his feelings on an individual basis; allow him to express himself openly. The age and maturity of the child, as well as the degree of closeness to the passed pet, will determine the power of the child’s grief, as well as his viewpoint of the situation. It is especially important as a parent or caregiver to understand that your No. 1 goal is to help the child understand how they feel, not necessarily have full comprehension of what has happened to the dog, cat or other pet that has died.

Do not try to fool the child with a replacement.

Many parents will immediately resort to what you might call the “goldfish method” of trying to “fix” the situation by acquiring another pet. This might seem like a good idea at first, but if your child is above the age of three, this can backfire badly, especially if attempted on the sly. In early development, there is nothing more important than creating a sense of trust and security between a caregiving adult and the child, and swooping in with a new pet can seem like a betrayal of that trust, leaving the child to feel extremely insecure.

Parents are not the only ones that can help facilitate proper handling of the feelings that come with a child’s pet dying.

Caregivers, coaches, teachers and mentors can also help. When children are of school age, they may act out on this grief by being withdrawn, or even go in the other direction and lash out in anger. Knowing where a child is at in the five-stage grief cycle can be extremely helpful in understanding and heading off any inappropriate behaviors that might surface as a result of the sadness, anger, or fear that they feel.

It is very important when you are dealing with a grieving child that you do not try to “make” him feel a certain way.

Getting to know the child’s true feelings is key to offering him the support and advice he’ll need to get through this hard time. For instance, you wouldn’t want to tell a child that there is no reason to worry about the dead pet because it’s a normal part of life, or simply assume that a child is sad when he may in fact be angry.

Bad assumptions are not only of no comfort to the child, but they may also make him think his feelings are “right” or “wrong,” when this is obviously not the case. This can easily become a sticky subject when you are talking to a child of slightly older age who may initially harbor anger toward his own parents or the veterinarian that had to carry out the difficult decision of putting the family pet to sleep due to old age or illness, and who uses that anger as an emotional shield from the pain and sadness of loss that they feel.

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If and when there is a family decision to get a new pet, be careful not to speak of or treat the new pet as a replacement.

This can block progress on the stages of grief and may even lead to the abuse of the animal if the pet owner is not adequately adjusted to this very large change in their life in the appropriate fashion.

Remember: It’s OK for a child to feel a mix of emotions when he loses a pet. Your job isn’t to fix those feelings, but to help him understand and work through them on his own.

This article is provided courtesy of BackUpCare.org.  Click here to visit their site now.

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]]> https://valheart.com/how-to-help-your-kids-deal-with-the-death-of-a-pet/feed/ 0 Coping with Pet Loss: Understanding Death, Dying & Transitions https://valheart.com/coping-pet-loss-greater-understanding-death-dying-transitions/ https://valheart.com/coping-pet-loss-greater-understanding-death-dying-transitions/#comments Tue, 18 Aug 2020 04:03:42 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=41091 Val Heart Expert Animal Communicator

Coping with the heartbreak of pet loss

Hi! I’m Val Heart, The Real Dr Doolittle. My guest is Gina Triay, nominated as one of the top 5 Pet Sitters for 3 years running from Pet Sitters International! She is a gold member of the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club and recently lost her sweet beagle dog Snoopy.

During the process of dying and reconnecting in the Afterlife, she experienced an extraordinary communication and understanding of death, dying, and transitions.

Today, we want to talk about that so others will know what she discovered too, to help them when they lose a pet.

Watch and learn from her insights into death, dying and the cycle of life. Perhaps we can all learn about death so it doesn’t have to feel so terrible when your beloved best friend, your pet, crosses over to the other side.

If you’re ready to start your journey in the wonderful world of Animal Communication, it’s time to start!

Download my FREE Ebook: Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Pets HERE.

Or dive into the complete Talking With Animals program with my Beginning Core Foundations Animal Communication Course.

If you’re ready to learn how to communicate with animals, to hear and know their wisdom yourself, then go to www.LearnHowToTalkToAnimals.com 

All The Heart School of Animal Communication® courses are fully guaranteed, so there’s no risk of taking the next step.

If you know anyone who is grieving over the loss of a pet or is dreading a coming loss, please, please share this with them.

 

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]]> https://valheart.com/coping-pet-loss-greater-understanding-death-dying-transitions/feed/ 2 Coping with pet loss & a greater understanding of death, dying & transitions nonadult Coping with Loss – Chris Davis on The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™ https://valheart.com/coping-with-loss-chris-davis-on-the-real-dr-doolittle-show/ https://valheart.com/coping-with-loss-chris-davis-on-the-real-dr-doolittle-show/#respond Tue, 18 Aug 2020 03:31:38 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=41485 Coping With Loss

On today’s show, Chris Davis talks about forever animals, soul work and soul bonding, coping with loss.  Chris is the award-winning author of many much-loved books.

  • We talked about her amazing forever dog, Martha, and how Martha and an Angel inspired her to write and illustrate her first book after Martha died tragically. 
  • Next, we talked about using your Angel Eyes to hear, see and intuit life so that everything makes sense.
  • We discussed our Soul’s work together, and I shared the heartwarming and inspiring story of Sierra the Wonder Horse and the magical pennies.

This episode will touch the heart of anyone who has ever experienced the soul bonding of a forever animal soulmate companion or has been devastated by their loss. Or who may be seeking comfort and healing.

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“Grief, like a wave, has a rhythm of it’s own.  At first, it comes sweeping in, then it recedes, leaving us in quiet peace with the treasures of memory, love, and strength…”

Are you dreading your pets coming transition and need help determining whether an animal is ready to pass over? Do you wonder how you can ease the pain and suffering?

Or are you grieving your pet who has crossed over and want help reconnecting with them?

I can help!  Please click here to sign up for a session to get more understanding

 

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]]> https://valheart.com/coping-with-loss-chris-davis-on-the-real-dr-doolittle-show/feed/ 0 Dog Games: 10 Fun Ways to Learn & Bond for Puppy and Child https://valheart.com/10-games-that-kids-can-play-with-dogs/ https://valheart.com/10-games-that-kids-can-play-with-dogs/#respond Thu, 13 Aug 2020 04:45:47 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=10463 10 Great Dog Games Kids Can Play With Dogs

There are few things more joyful than the relationship between a child and their pet.  dog games girlMost of us animal lovers have memories of bonding with the family dog, spending hours talking with our horse, or curled up for nap time and cuddles with our cat.

But the relationship between pets and kids can open up the door for much more than celebration: they provide emotional, physical, and social benefits to your developing puppy… and your child.  And playing dog games is one of the best ways to do that! 

You don’t have to overthink it. Play is the best way to explore the wonderful synergy between your two young loved ones, both for the dog and child.

Introduce these simple dog games into your family’s routine, ones that your child can easily master. But first, let’s explore the benefits of puppy-child play.

Dog games aren’t just child’s play.

If you’ve ever observed a preschool or primary school class, you’ll know that there’s a great deal of play going on. It’s easy to assume children are just killing time. But in fact, parents and educators know that play is a crucial aspect of cognitive development. 

Kids are learning about spatial relationships, manual dexterity, cause and effect, social norms like sharing and turn-taking, as well as physical and mental boundaries and how to overcome or adapt to them.

The same goes for your dog. They are wired for learning – some breeds are keener for a challenge than others, like German Shepherds and Border Collies for example.  Good trainers know that dog games go hand-in-hand with obedience and even advanced levels of training. Even police dogs have playtime during their training and their workday.  

In fact, training should always be fun for you AND your dog.  Because if either of you isn’t having fun, then you won’t want to play. And why should you?  

So above all else, keep it simple and remember to make it fun! 

Playtime with a dog can: 

  • Relieve anxiety and stress – for your child and the dog.
  • Create puppy training opportunities wrapped in “fun”.
  • Provide exercise for both the child and the dog.
  • Give your child an opportunity to be the teacher instead of a perpetual student.
  • Reduce boredom – bored kids and bored dogs get up to no good, as a rule.
  • Provide your child a way to become a leader of the pack, and to practice asking for what they want in a clear way. 
  • Strengthen the bond and understanding between child and dog.

10 simple and fun dog games your child can master.

You don’t want to leave your child in charge of obedience training, but you can engage them in the process by teaching them these ten simple games to play with their furry companion.

Remember to teach them the simple commands you have for your dog: sit, wait, come, etc. so they can be reinforcing them while they play. Puppies, like kids, need and crave rules and boundaries.  

They need to know what’s appropriate to do or not do, and how to behave properly in different situations, which improves their confidence.  And that is a life skill they’ll put to good use for the rest of their life.  

So here are the games:

1. Follow me

As the name suggests, your puppy is going to follow your child… but you’re going to add a layer of fun with obstacles. In the early going you’re going to keep the puppy on a leash until he or she is comfortable with the course. As they become more proficient you can add obstacles – things for the puppy to climb or jump over, wiggle through. Let your imagination go wild!

The world famous dog Skidboot was known as the World’s Smartest Dog!  And it all started with games just like this one.  Watch and you’ll see why in this wonderful interview with Skidboot and his dad on the show Pet Star:  


2. Clean up

A parents dream come true, what better skill for both puppy and your child to develop than putting away their toys! You can make it a “timed tidy” with a countdown, a counting game, or just a clean-up of the living room. Dogs, like kids, can be taught to return their belongings to a central place, like this darling dog toy box, so their toys are not underfoot just waiting to trip you up as you walk by.

If you have elderly people, or anyone who’s unstable on their feet in your home, this is an especially wonderful trick to encourage in both your dog and your child.  Again, you’re teaching a lifetime skill of valuing and maintaining a clean, neat space.

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3. Hide & Seek

This is great fun for puppy and child alike.  You’ll find out that your child gets more and more creative with their hiding spots as the dog becomes better at sniffing them out! This is an excellent dog game if you’re looking for some quiet time and want to keep your little troublemakers busy.

There’s a hidden benefit to this game that’s serious and very important.  If you don’t play any other games, then play this one.  Why? 

Because if your child ever goes missing, you can ask your dog to find them.  They’ll know how to do that if they’ve been taught!  Fido could be your child’s HERO in a big way by saving the day!

If you’re a first-time puppy owner be sure there aren’t any hazards for inquisitive hands, paws or mouths tucked away in closets or in little nooks you thought were “out of range” because that could hurt. Nothing ends a fun game faster than OUCH and an unplanned race to the doctor’s office. 

 

4. Frisbees

Dogs innately love to chase things… but catching a frisbee – like this one for stronger chewers, or this softer version for sensitive puppy mouths – out of mid-air takes some skill and training. Playing frisbee is a wonderful game for eye/hand/paw coordination and agility and will tucker out both of your little bundles of energy.  

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5. Fetch

Another great game for letting off some steam. Choose balls, special dog bones, and toys that are safe for your child to handle and don’t have any choking hazards attached that your pup might swallow.

Your child’s plushies might be appealing, but they won’t necessarily be safe, so choose toys designed for your dog. Like this one, Lambchop, it’s one of my dogs favorites. Or this great set of crinkly dog toy flyers, easy for little hands to catch and throw, and super fun for pups to toss around too.  For stronger jawed canines, get something like this. 

 

6. Racing

If you’ve got space to spare and your little ones have the energy to burn, some foot races are just the ticket. You’ll need to supervise carefully in the early going, especially if you have a younger child or an enthusiastic puppy who still thinks nipping is appropriate contact. But it’s a great teaching opportunity for your puppy to learn manners while still having fun.

 

7. Tug-of-War

Make sure you learn the right rules of tug-of-war before introducing this game to your duo. Your child must know how to begin and end the game, because in the early going your puppy will have no clue and bad habits can come from an out-of-control game. Again, this is an opportunity to teach your dog some manners. It will make socializing easier… and your child and puppy will build up their strength and balance! It’s recommended for kids older than 10 years of age so that they can be careful and safe.

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8. Pet tricks

Teaching their four-legged friends to dance, speak, shake, rollover, howl or kiss is a great way for kids to spend quality time with the pets. Dogs love to be challenged, and love to please…they’re ready to tackle new skills and will be open to all sorts of creative ideas that might inspire your child. Keep in mind that accolades, rewards, and inspiration are the best methods that lead your pooch to learn and remember tricks.

 

9. Catch the bubbles

This is another simple outdoor game that dogs and kids too just love. It’s easy and fun, and feeds off the fact that dogs have a sense that makes them chase anything. Kids aged 3-8 love this game the most. They even offer flavored bubbles these days that don’t give your dog an upset stomach.  Be sure to find a safe version for dogs, like this one! 

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10. Hide the dog treats

Here’s a wonderful dog game you’ll have so much fun with! 

Your child probably loves an Easter egg or treasure hunt… your dog will too! This is a wonderfully versatile game you can play inside or out in the yard. You’ll be enriching your dog’s sense of smell, their problem-solving abilities, their sense of adventure, and their analytical skills. All that just with buying a bag of treats!  Our favorites are Wag More Bark Less, or Dog Mama’s Biscuits, or Full Moon’s Training Treats.   

For more great games for kids and dogs check out Kyra Sundance’s 10 Minute Dog Training Games!  

Playing dog games enriches the relationship between your child and your pet and will create hours of memories you can smile about for years. Capture the joy and innocence of play and watch your child and your puppy thrive.

 

BONUS GAME! 

Another great way to encourage your dog and child to bond, communicate and understand each other is to help them learn how to talk to each other! It’s easy as 1-2-3!  Start here at The Heart School of Animal Communication® with your free ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Pets 

Thanks to Lauren, a fellow dog lover, for all these great ideas!

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]]> https://valheart.com/10-games-that-kids-can-play-with-dogs/feed/ 0 Skidboot on Pet Star nonadult Are You Highly Sensitive and/or Empathic? https://valheart.com/are-you-highly-sensitive-and-or-empathic/ https://valheart.com/are-you-highly-sensitive-and-or-empathic/#respond Tue, 11 Aug 2020 16:20:43 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=59986 I started out life as a highly sensitive, lonely, only child growing up outside Austin, Texas.

Highly sensitive and empathic, the world was a bewildering place at times, so the animals were my best friends.  I could trust them, they could trust me. They spoke to me, shared their hearts and minds, their insights and viewpoints about the world we lived in together.

In fact, I became known as the child who had a way with animals – all animals, domestic and wild. When I was with the animals, I felt at peace and happy, accepted and loved.  I found comfort in the fact that I didn’t have to defend myself from attack or lies or manipulations.  I could be myself authentically, vulnerably, honestly, and speak my Truth.

They “got” me.  I “got” them.

It was humans who made me crazy.

To my dismay and horror, as I grew up I discovered that humans didn’t always tell the truth.  They had hidden agendas, unspoken requests and needs, and often lied outright not just to me but to themselves and others, because as best I could tell, they actually believed (or tried to believe) what they were saying was the truth.

People habitually manipulated, abused and bullied other beings, both people and animals.

The many confusing social experiences made me doubt my own knowing and distrust my intuition because I thought the problems were with me.

Was I at fault or somehow responsible for what they were saying or doing?

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Maybe I was wrong, and what I thought I knew was a lie.  If that was the case, then I was deeply and irrevocably flawed…  As I imploded into a dark deep hole of hopelessness, fear and despair, I became manically depressed by the time I turned 12 years old, and suicidal by the time I turned 15.

On those dark nights of the soul, when I was in agony trying to heal from the latest wounds of the day, I would sneak out after my parents had gone to bed and go to the stable.

The only place that always made sense to me, where I felt at home and could be myself was with the animals.

My mare Maisie would nicker softly in welcome when she heard me coming.  I would throw my arms around her neck, burying my face in her thick black mane, and sob, pouring out my heart to her as my tears fell.

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Maisie would patiently listen, then offer me the wisest of counsel.

She would coach me on seeing the painful experiences from a different viewpoint, one I’d never considered before and from the new perspective things which would make more sense.

She would tell me her own stories, sometimes they made me cry in sorrow for her and the life of a horse.  And sometimes they would make me smile.

Sometimes she would make me laugh through my tears by telling me a joke or something outrageously funny.

Oh, how I treasured those moments in the dark with her my most trusted friend.

Maisie the Wise saved my life, day after day after day.

And then I turned 18 years old and I moved away to start my own life as an adult.

It took many years and many animals and many many experiences with therapists, counselors, churches, healing and spiritual explorations for me to become who I am today.

I use everything I’ve learned along the way to help others as a way to pay it forward who are also sick, sad, tired, depressed or even suicidal whether they are in human or animal forms.

I believe animals are angels, teachers, guides and healers.

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They are on loan to us from God.  There is a reason they are in your life.

I also believe that anyone can learn how to communicate with animals because everyone has an innate intuitive sense that can be developed, deepened, expanded on and improved.

To me this game of life is about healing, evolving and growing into our best self and so we have many teachers.  And many of those are master teachers disguised as animals. 

So that brings us to the issue at hand, can you better communicate and understand people by learning how to communicate with animals?

Can you heal your highly sensitive and empathic, maybe even wounded self by communicating with animals?

Absolutely!  I’m living proof.

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]]> https://valheart.com/are-you-highly-sensitive-and-or-empathic/feed/ 0 Discovering the Joy of Visualization and Intuition https://valheart.com/discovering-the-joy-of-visualization-and-intuition/ https://valheart.com/discovering-the-joy-of-visualization-and-intuition/#respond Fri, 07 Aug 2020 21:27:51 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=59957 How can you use visualization to expand your clairvoyant intuitive abilities?

Clairvoyance is one of the main four Signature Intuitive Styles as taught in The Heart School of Animal Communication®. It might be your primary intuitive skill, your “go-to” ability for receiving and processing information from the world around you.  Clairvoyants are able to visualize what others might not be able to see using your mental monitor.  For you, it’s easy to see things in your head, clearly and in full living color.

Or maybe it’s not so easy for you?  If so, then maybe your go-to intuitive ability is more clairaudience (hearing messages inside your mind’s inner space) or claircognizance (knowing information at a deep resonant level) or clairsentience (feeling information in your body at a visceral level).

Let’s explore visualization today.

Prepare yourself mentally to take a little trip, virtually of course! Totally safe from COVID, the best kind of adventure right now. No face masks required here…

This is one way to practice visualization.

Imagine you’re cozy and tucked up safe in your bed, with your favorite blanket over you, head on your soft pillow, comfy as can be.

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Feel it. Sense it. Hear it.

You can feel the weight of the covering, the softness of your pillow and you hear the rustle of the blankets when you move.

Trust yourself: You know what it looks like, you’ve seen and felt it before many many times. You’ve got this.

Now imagine you’ve just awoken from a little catnap.

But wait a minute… something feels different, what is it? Disoriented, you sense right away that this is not your bed… is it someone else’s? Where are you? 

As comfortable as you are, it actually feels kind of small.

But you are still feeling calm and relaxed from your nap. You don’t sense any danger. With no alarm, you gently wonder where you are.

 

Fly away…though visualization

Ah yes!! You remember now… the earplugs the eye mask, the socks on your feet are all a dead giveaway, as is the little pillow nestled around your neck, holding your head comfortably upright.

You’re on a plane. And you’re lying flat on a First Class sleeper-seat… lush!

Now, when you listen, you hear the hum of the massive engines just outside your window, and when you look you see the long wings stretching away to a clear sky. The plane is flying as smooth as glass, undoubtedly at some extreme altitude, probably somewhere over…

Hmm… where are we again?

Looking out the window you see a lovely patchwork quilt pattern of fields and roads and rivers and hills…

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Oh!  Look over there!

It’s a beautiful body of shimmering blue water and there’s an intriguing, lovely island in the middle of it.

Follow your visualization and let it guide you

It beckons to you… and you feel a yearning to go there… so you do. You have no limits in your imagination, you could decide to fly like a bird. Or you could just blink and BE there.

Don’t worry how to get there, just get there.

Do that, right now. 

Once you’re on the beach, take a minute to smell the air, feeling the warm breeze ruffling your hair and your clothes, caressing your skin.

Scrunch your toes in the soft white sand, feeling the warmth and how nice it feels on your feet…

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Notice the birds as they wheel about and call to each other. Perhaps there are monkeys or other animals welcoming you, coming to greet you.

Wanna take a swim? The water looks amazing and so inviting…Dive in and experience swimming in the cool clear water with gorgeous, multicolored little friendly fish playfully coming to check you out and say hi.

Sweet, right?

Feeling refreshed yet?

Quieting yourself and practicing visualization can activate your intuition and develop all your Signature Intuitive Styles. 

 

Visualization is a great way to enter into our subconscious and tap into Higher Knowing.

You’ll use this ability when you communicate with animals because that too requires a good imagination, an ability to receive and understand their messages, and a willingness to explore your senses both subtle and physical.

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It also requires you to meet animals “where they are”. That’s important because if their primary intuitive method of sharing information is to show you images or pictures, and your visualization abilities are working well, then you’ll see it when they send it!

If not? Then you’ll miss the message and that would be… sad. 

ALL my Heart School courses, including Awaken Your Inner Guidance System (where you learn how to activate and develop your intuition, find your true purpose, and work with your inner voices) and the Beginning Core Foundations Heart Communication Course teach you how to do this yourself.  The live coaching and masterclass trainings in the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club will help you grow, heal and evolve into your BEST Self by discovering how to use your intuition properly.

Remember to use the time you have wisely, doing the things you love, follow your own inner wisdom, and continue to talk to the animals.

They will guide you.

“Your very own inner wisdom should be valued more than any other and will always guide you in the direction you need to travel.” ~ Madysen Taylor

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]]> https://valheart.com/discovering-the-joy-of-visualization-and-intuition/feed/ 0 Clairaudience and 7 Ways to Grow Your Intuition https://valheart.com/clairaudience-and-7-ways-to-grow-your-intuition/ https://valheart.com/clairaudience-and-7-ways-to-grow-your-intuition/#comments Fri, 07 Aug 2020 21:27:41 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=59926 Would you like to know how to enhance and expand your clairaudience, one of 4 Intuitive abilities?  How to develop these skills are taught in The Heart School of Animal Communication® online courses. To help you get started, here are 7 ways to grow and develop your own intuitive abilities.  

 

Clairaudience is one of four main Signature Intuitive Styles 

What is clairaudience? 

Clairaudience is typically defined as  the power or faculty of hearing something not present to the ear but regarded as having objective reality.

Maybe for you clairaudience is your primary intuitive skill, your go-to ability; it’s always been easy for you to hear things in your head space or “mental monitor”.

Or maybe it’s not. 

Maybe your go-to intuitive ability is more clairvoyance (you receive images, impressions and flashes as messages). Maybe it’s claircognizance (you recognize truth and resonate with it) or clairsentience (you feel information in your body, at a visceral level).

 

The 4 C’s of Intuition: Clairaudience, Clairsentience, Claircognizance, and Clairvoyance

Have you ever had a huge, strongly felt hunch about something—you suddenly felt sure that something was about to happen…, and then to your surprise, it actually did?

When you feel strongly about something without a logical basis, that’s called intuition. We sense intuition in four ways: clairvoyance (also known as the “third eye”), claircognizance, clairsentience and clairaudience. 

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Clairvoyance is when your vision extends beyond what can be seen with the naked eye. 

First let’s discuss clairvoyance, also known as subtle vision—you can know what is happening somewhere or sometime (as in past or future visions) because you can “see” it using your subtle senses in your mental monitor.

So when an animal sends you a message visually, you see what they see, from their viewpoint.

Clairsentience, sometimes called claircognizance is more of a visceral knowing.

Highly sensitive, empathic people feel in their own bodies what other people are feeling. So if an animal or a human friend is in pain, you would feel it like it’s your own pain in your own bodymind. You intuitively know how it feels, where it hurts, and what makes it better or worse.

Sensing clearly through clairsentience or claircognizance is what we refer to as a “hunch” or a “gut feeling”. This is when you are overwhelmed with a visceral feeling and you can’t explain it—all you can say is “I just know”. 

 

Finally, feeling through the art of subtle listening, clairaudience, is being able to “listen” or hear between the lines.

Certain sounds can also trigger intuition. Whatever the sound is, be it a car’s honk, a kitty’s purr, a dog’s bark, or a bird’s tweeting, it can usher in an intense feeling of knowing. With an active clairaudient intuition, you hear messages with your subtle, specially-tuned hearing sense.

Some say only a certain number of people are gifted with intuition. Astrologers insist that people born under the Scorpio or Pisces signs are naturally intuitive to the point that it borders on E.S.P. But recent studies have been proving that anyone can develop intuition.

 

I’ve always known that we are ALL born with all levels of intuitive abilities.

You are BORN with intuition. It’s your birthright, no matter what others say or what sign you were born under. 

It’s your gift.  What you do with your gift is up to you.  

And like a gift, you can choose to never use it and let it lie dormant on the shelf. Or in a box in the basement of subconscious, unused and unacknowledged in your psyche.

Or, you can choose to use it, activate it, grow it, play with it, develop it and master it.

Why should I develop intuition, you may ask?

Why not just let your emotional and psychological state be as it is? It’s worked for you so far, right?clairaudience 2

The 3 Keys to Good Communication

First and foremost, clairaudience and the other forms of intuition promote good communication, with people and with animals.

 

Key #1: Sensitivity

Heightened intuition makes you more sensitive to the beings around you—all of them. It can keep you from hurting those you love and from arguing, because you’re intuitive enough to understand them at a deeper level.

 

Key #2: Creativity

When you are in touch with your intuition, you are vastly more creative. Your muse is flowing and juicy with creativity, brimming with life force. When you are in touch with your intuition and creativity, you get to connect at a deep soul level with Mother Earth and all her creatures. 

Intuition means releasing more of your creative juices, for any means of expression, whatever you choose to do with it. And with all of this new creative energy available to you, you will think of more and more ways to spend it.

What a wonderful way to live!

 

Key #3: Healing

Lastly, clairaudience, clairvoyance and clairsentience all have their own healing power. Delving deep into your soul to clear out the trash along with the negative energy buried in it, your intuition will guide you to becoming your best self. And of course, your ability to help heal others will be developed as well.

What stage are you in in developing your intuition?

Here are 7 fun ways to unlock your intuitive gifts!

1. Hypnosis! 

If you haven’t already, get yourself hypnotized. It is a great way to identify your intuition, including clairaudience. Hypnosis is not limited to watching a pendulum move back and forth. Try self-hypnosis—you might not think that would work for you, but it is actually very effective. Or, you can try different hypnotic programs that can help to strengthen your intuition.

2. Meditation! 

Meditating means finding peace within yourself. If your mind and heart are cluttered with too much baggage, you won’t be able to quiet down that part of you that initiates and grows clairaudience, clairsentience and clairvoyance. And even after you have gotten in touch with your intuition, if you want to be able to use it, you need to have a calm, peaceful mind!

There are so many ways to meditate. Take a meditation class, or simply practice some breathing at home. This simple practice alone could bring you to a place of zen. All The Heart School of Animal Communication® online courses, Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club Q&A Coaching Calls and Masterclasses use meditation as a way to enhance and build your intuition.

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3. Think positive! 

A worry-free, fear-free mindset does much to improve your intuitive ability. When you choose to be positive and fully in the present moment, you can much more easily recognize imminent feelings and events, and much much more. 

4. Just let go!

What does that even mean? It means if you’re on the brink of a huge decision, go to a quiet place and meditate on letting go of your inhibitions and fears. Sometimes you just need to listen to the voice inside you. You won’t be able to properly hear it until you are able to let go.

5. Don’t force it!

Clairaudience and the other intuitions can’t be forced. After letting go of your inhibitions and all your stuck places, expect to hear an answer right away.

Don’t get me wrong, the “hunch” or “voice” or “image” could fall into your lap immediately—that does happen often! But it also may take time to show up and make itself known. In this case, be patient. Don’t force the intuition, and before you know it, wham!, you will have your answer.

6. Believe in yourself!

Believe in your first impressions. When you meet someone for the first time and they seem a bit too arrogant for your taste, chances are that impression will hold true. First impressions are an example of your intuition at work. It is your inner knowing speaking to you. Trust yourself and listen.

7. Learn more!

Always be in a learning mode!  Develop a “beginners mind” and shelve your expectations so you stay fresh, fully present and consciously aware, awakened. 

 If you want to develop your clairaudience or one of the other forms of intuition, it’s important to stay curious. Evolve, heal and grow every day. Invest in your learning! Take a course, invest in a coach or a mentor, try something new. Talking with animals is a surefire way to develop your intuition.

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!

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Intuition is helpful, because it leads you to amazing things that you never would have thought of otherwise. Many lives have been saved by intuition alone.

Develop your intuition now and you’ll reap benefits you never imagined for the rest of your life.

One great place to start is here: Awaken Your Inner Guidance System course!

Have you already begun your journey in developing your ability to communicate with animals? If so, it’s time to go to the next level. 

Discover how easy it is to grow your own intuition so you know what your pet is thinking!  The Heart School of Animal Communication® online courses, Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club and Masterclasses are here

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]]> https://valheart.com/clairaudience-and-7-ways-to-grow-your-intuition/feed/ 1 Do You Know How to Identify Dog Seizure Symptoms? https://valheart.com/dog-seizure-symptoms-what-you-need-to-know/ https://valheart.com/dog-seizure-symptoms-what-you-need-to-know/#comments Fri, 07 Aug 2020 04:50:36 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=8741 Would you know if your dog was about to have, or was having a seizure?

It’s so important to your dog’s health to be able to recognize dog seizure symptoms. They may or may not be cured or prevented, but if you see the signs and understand what your dog is going through, you’ll be able to care for them as they go through and come out of this traumatic experience.

Seizures don’t discriminate. It doesn’t matter how old or how well-bred your four-legged companion might be.  All dogs can experience painful, distressing seizures. You want to stay informed so you can help your loyal friend though this hard time.

The dogs I work with talk about the confusion, pain, and distress they experience.  Part of their distress is not being able to tell you what’s going on or what is happening to them, or in being able to ask you questions or give you information. 

So let’s talk about dog seizures and how you can best identify and handle them.

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The difference between epilepsy and seizures.

People often confuse epilepsy with seizures. It’s true that dogs with epilepsy suffer seizures, but not all dogs who suffer seizures are epileptic.

Epilepsy is the result of unpredictable brain activity and has other symptoms and side effects. While it’s the most common neurological disease among dogs, less than 1% are diagnosed with epilepsy. 

Seizures – also known as convulsions – are very common and affect a greater number of dogs. They’re caused by an abnormal burst of electrical activity in the dog’s cortex, which is responsible for sensation, movement, thought, and memory. Occasionally it spreads to other parts of the brain.

Learning dog seizure symptoms.

Your dog may have been experiencing seizures…you just didn’t recognize them, and you didn’t understand the messages they were trying to send you. Here’s the cycle of a typical seizure:

1. Restlessness or anxiety. Your dog will appear to be agitated. They might wander into a room and seem to be “zoning out”, or appear confused about why they are where they are. This can last as little as 2 seconds or as long as several minutes.

2. Loss of vision, instability. At this stage, your dog is wobbly, confused, and is having difficulty seeing clearly. Some of the dogs I’ve worked with tell me they experience headaches, even feel like they’ve been run over with various body aches and pains. 

3. Loss of memory. Many dogs won’t remember the time leading up to their seizure, or the seizure itself.

The three phases of dog seizures.

There are three components to a seizure, whether it’s epileptic or not.

 

1. Pre-ictal phase

Also known as the “aura”, this is the time when your dog’s behavior will change noticeably. Often they’ll hide… or they’ll become “Velcro Dog”, clinging to you wherever you are. They’ll seem nervous or anxious. 

This phase can pass in seconds or last for hours.

 

2. Ictal phase

This is the seizure itself, and it can occur in seconds or last for five minutes. If they last longer than five minutes seek medical attention.

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Here are the most common dog seizure symptoms during the Ictal phase. Your dog may:

  • Fall over
  • Appear paralyzed
  • Lose consciousness 
  • Make jerky or odd movements
  • Urinate, defecate or drool excessively
  • Arch their head back

 

3. Post-ictal phase

This phase varies from dog to dog. Some will get up and continue on normally as though nothing happened. Others may struggle to get up, will pant heavily, seem confused and disoriented.

In the worst cases, you’ll notice a change in your dog’s personality – they’ll be withdrawn or aloof. They may even show some aggression. You’ll want to keep a close watch on your dog’s state of mind after their seizure, especially if they seem to be wary or tense around you or other people.  They are frightened.  They don’t understand what happened or why they feel the way they do.  Communicating with them about the experience will help dramatically to help them feel safe, and for you to better understand how they feel and what they’re thinking too.  

 

Can dog seizures be prevented…or cured?

Unfortunately, seizures can’t be prevented, and there may not be a cure. But once the condition is properly identified you can start down a path that includes medication, energetic healing (for instance, the BodyTalk System of Healing for Pets and People can be incredibly helpful!) and some needed lifestyle changes for you and your dog.

It’s really important that you get an accurate diagnosis from your veterinarian – some disorders can be misdiagnosed because the seizures point to one condition but it’s masking another.

This is when a professional animal communicator can be so valuable. Only the dog can tell us exactly what triggers their seizures, and the seizure symptoms they are experiencing. 

Once you know, you can take action. If they’re getting severe headaches, then there are natural and medicinal methods for easing them. They might be losing their vision, in which case you’ll want to keep them someplace safe where they can’t wander into traffic, or tumble down a set of stairs, for example. 

When you have an understanding of your dog’s specific triggers and symptoms you can ease the pain and anxiety, find ways to reverse or possibly eliminate them and give your dog a happier, healthier, safer life.

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Getting the most from your veterinarian could mean getting the help of an animal communicator.

How many times have you thought, “If only they could talk to me!”

They can! You just need to learn how to speak their language. Not every veterinarian has taken the time to learn how to communicate with animals. If you’re observing dog seizure symptoms that last more than five minutes, or seem to occur on a regular basis, by all means, consult a vet. 

Also take time to talk to them by consulting an expert communicator who can talk to your pet, or learn how to communicate with them yourself. They know exactly what’s going on in their body and what’s on their mind… the more you know, the more you can tell your vet, the better equipped they’ll be to help your dog. 

Animal communicators don’t just reveal the experiences your dog is having. They can also reassure your dog during procedures and therapies so they know they’re safe and well cared for. You don’t want your dog feeling alone and confused when all you’re trying to do is help them, do you?

Would you like to find out what your pet is trying to tell you? Contact me and we’ll just figure out if I’m the right practitioner to work with you and your dog and solve some of the problems you’re both facing. It will be an interesting journey of discovery.

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]]> https://valheart.com/dog-seizure-symptoms-what-you-need-to-know/feed/ 2 The amazing story of how I saved the lives of 2 wild bobcat cubs through Wildlife Rescue https://valheart.com/wildlife-rescue-saved-the-lives-of-2-wild-bobcat-cubs/ https://valheart.com/wildlife-rescue-saved-the-lives-of-2-wild-bobcat-cubs/#respond Thu, 06 Aug 2020 22:00:43 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=59915 Years ago I worked on staff at Wildlife Rescue & Rehabilitation.

One day a volunteer with the Wildlife Rescue team brought in 3 wild bobcat cubs, about 3 months old. They were in very bad shape.

Their coats were mangy and dirty, they were full of stickers, fleas and a few ticks. Very skinny, clearly they were starving.

Our director, Tim, immediately started working with them. He first sedated them. Sedation with wild animals in bad health is always risky business but he had no choice. They were beautiful, wild creatures and even though very young, they were very dangerous. Their teeth were razor sharp and approximately 2 inches long. Their claws were long and extremely sharp too.

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Once they were sleeping, he could examine them safely. After that, he gave them a bath and brushed their coats. He gave them shots. And then he left them to wake up in a secluded quiet spot of the main house.

Before he left late that afternoon, he gave me instructions to watch them carefully. They should wake up in a few hours.

So I watched.

And I watched…

3 hours came and went and still, they slept like the dead, not a muscled stirring, not an ear or whisker twitching.

Another 2 hours went by and when I checked on them again, I realized that one of them had died.

I called Tim and told him, but his attitude was a fatalistic one. He reminded me that they were in bad shape and that maybe it was best that they died, there was nothing more that we could do.

It was a very depressing moment.

I felt so sad that these young cubs had experienced such a harsh life, and for that one at least, it wasn’t strong enough to make it. And I realized that the other 2 could die as well if something wasn’t done.

After I grieved, I felt something inside me stir. My inner voice said, “No! I will NOT let these other 2 cubs die without a fight, without me doing my very best for them.”

Albert Einstein said that continuing to do the same things over and over expecting a different results is the very definition of insanity!

Quickly I decided that I had to do something extraordinary to try to save their lives. So I let myself into their pen and sat down beside them, still quietly sleeping on the ground.

I tuned in and connected with them heart to heart, mind to mind, and began the conversation (exactly like I teach in the Beginning Core Foundations Course).

I told them that their brother had died, and that with them, I grieved his loss. Through our connection, I explained that I was there to help them wake up and recover. I assured them that they were needed and important and beautiful and wise souls.

Then I heard their voices, the boy’s voice was strong, inquisitive and clear. The girl’s voice, however, was quieter, softer and much too faint… like she was fading away.

I asked for permission for touch them with my “paw”, and respectfully requested that they not hurt me if and when they woke up. I assured them they were with a friend, someone who cared for them deeply, and I felt my love for them.

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And so I went to work. I called them urgently, asking them to WAKE UP! Wake Up NOW!

Next I touched the boy cub with my hand, offering the “Feel My Hand” healing technique (taught in the Advanced Animal Talk Mastery Course). The technique works beautifully to help animals reconnect with their body after a shock or trauma or injury.

And, Oh My God!! The boy responded!

He first started purring! Deep, full body purrs that got stronger and louder by the moment.

Then his paws twitched! And his lips moved, his whiskers twitched too. It was like watching his body come back to life!

He stretched, still purring like a freight train, and then?

Oh, that amazing and wondrous moment when he opened his eyes for the first time and looked directly at me.

He smiled and reached out to gently touch me with his paw.

In a moment, he rolled over and got his feet under him, then he stood up shakily. I helped him balance for a minute, then he told me, “I got this, thanks!” and I let him go with tears streaming down my face.

He came straight to me rubbing his head on me, climbing in my lap, all 35 pounds of him. His beautiful tufted ears dancing back and forth as we continued our conversation.

baby bobcatThen I asked him for his help. His little sister still hadn’t woken up, I was very worried.

So together we both focused on her, calling her, touching her.

He reached to her with both front feet and purred as he kneaded her side.

I did the “Feel My Hand” technique on her with his help, and within 5 minutes, she was AWAKE!

Shortly after that, I had 2 happy bobcat cubs rubbing against me, purring like crazy… They never ever harmed me in any way, they only delighted in my company.

It was one of the sweetest moments of my time in wildlife rescue – and of my life.

I’m delighted to report that both of the bobcats grew up strong and healthy after that. Every time I went to visit them, they raced to the front of their pen and eagerly rubbed on me in greeting, purring and telling me all about their day.

In The Heart School of Animal Communication®, I teach animal lovers like you all over the world HOW to communicate with animals in my online self study courses.

The reason is so that you can really be there when animals need you the most, whether it be in wildlife rescue or your own home. So you can be their Hero, their best friend, their confidante. So they can help you too by sharing what they know that you don’t, yet. Together you can save each other’s lives one day…

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]]> https://valheart.com/wildlife-rescue-saved-the-lives-of-2-wild-bobcat-cubs/feed/ 0 11 Best Tips: How to Keep Your Indoor Cat Happy https://valheart.com/how-to-keep-your-indoor-cat-happy-and-healthy/ https://valheart.com/how-to-keep-your-indoor-cat-happy-and-healthy/#comments Thu, 06 Aug 2020 19:39:10 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=59901 One of the big questions cat parents have to make is whether to let your cat go outside or not.  For their own safety (and to protect the wildlife outside your home) the best choice for many many reasons is to keep them indoors!

But if you do decide to keep your furrbaby inside as an indoor cat, then you need to know that indoor cats have special needs.

The BIG question then becomes, how to keep your indoor cat happy and healthy? Keep reading for our top 11 BEST Tips on keeping indoor cats happy and healthy.

After all, cats evolved to live outside very well as hunters living an independent life.  It’s their natural original habitat.

How to keep your indoor cat happy means that you embrace the fact that cats are natural born predators with a unique viewpoint all their own.

What makes sense to other cats may not ever make good sense to a human being.  Humans simply don’t have their instincts, their drives, their extraordinary senses and sensibilities.cats are natural predators

Outdoor cats do take their toll on birds and lizards and the like.  In fact, an article in National Wildlife magazine looked at the enormous toll that free-ranging domesticated cats take on wildlife in the United States.

They said that “the latest study conservatively concluded that between 1.3–4 billion birds and 6.3–22.3 billion mammals are killed annually by cats, making them one of the largest human-influenced sources of mortality for birds and mammals in the country.”

Also, outdoor cats are threatened by other predators, by cars and various vehicles, and illness.

As a result they typically often have much shorter lives compared to indoor only cats.

That isn’t to say that they might not be happier as an outside cat though.

Many indoor only cats are miserable and unhealthy and that leads to behavior problems.  It’s up to you as their caretaker to figure out how to provide a proper and stimulating environment to keep your indoor cat happy.

So it makes sense to keep your cat indoors, but if you do make your cat an indoor only cat, then there are things you must do as a good cat daddy or mom for them to be happy and healthy.

However, keeping your cat indoors happy and healthy can be easier said than done. Have you ever tried to turn an outdoor cat into an indoor cat?  It can be a challenge.  Some cats will adapt fairly easily, others will fight you every step of the way and will never agree to your indoor plan.  It goes against their nature.

You might be concerned about your kitten contracting fleas or worms outdoors or getting injured because of the bigger world of safety risks. Hence, you rather keep your pet indoors like a baby. But cats also need outdoor exposure to learn, thrive, and fulfill what their instincts tell them. Otherwise, they’ll feel imprisoned and unhappy. 

If you do try to get them exposed for a little while, your kitten may come into contact with fleas or worms since veterinary-approved effective treatments are available to manage and eliminate the flea dilemma. You can reduce outdoor safety risks by bringing your cat to a place where you can adequately supervise everything during playtime. So, don’t deprive your pets of the freedom they need to be happy.

They need to feel the soil beneath their paws, smell fresh air, go where their hearts leads them without constraint or entrapment.  If you keep those types of cat personalities indoors, something inside them will die a slow and painful death.

Lucy the calico manx cat how to keep your indoor cat happy

For instance, my boyfriend once adopted a 2 year old calico manx kitty from the Petsmart rescue shelter.  She was absolutely gorgeous with all her lovely colors, beautiful gold eyes and soft thick coat of fur.  For him, it was love at first sight.

He named her Lucy.

His intention was for Lucy be his RV cat and for them to travel around the country and live together, keeping him company.

His vision was that the cat would hang out with him, sleep with him, sit in the passenger’s seat while he drove, and be as excited as he was about globe trotting in the giant tin can he called a house on wheels.

Be aware!  Your cat may have other plans and unmet needs.

But here’s the problem.  Lucy was trapped and taken from her home, a junkyard where she’d spent her entire life so far.  She hated the RV life.  She wasn’t sure she liked humans either.Learn How to Talk with Animals

She wound up hating him too for forcing her to live in the RV.  She attacked her “jailer” every chance she got, hid under the furniture, and tried to escape out the door at every opportunity.

She wound up getting very very ill after a short time, and started wasting away.  Lucy felt trapped and inconsolable because she simply couldn’t breath indoors and would rather die than live that way.

And that’s how she wound up living with me in my little garden home and side yard.  At first, as we bonded and got to know each other, I encouraged her to stay with me inside the house as an indoor kitty while she healed and recovered her strength.  But she was having none of it.

Her soul and spirit insisted that she could only ever be happy and healthy if she was outside.

Giving into the inevitable, we discussed the dangers of being outside, and how to keep herself safe.  She agreed to wear a collar with her name and other essential information on it.

Lucy agreed to stay close to home, and to come whenever I called her so I wouldn’t worry.  I agreed to feed her regularly, and to care for her and love her always.

She made friends with the possum that lived under the deck.  She occasionally wandered down the street and made friends with the neighbors who she visited often.  Lucy helped me raise my puppy Einstein, teaching him how to behave with cats and he adored her.  She often went on walks with us around the neighborhood too… that was great fun.

But I digress…

The point is, once she was listened to and respected and could live the life she wanted that made her happy, she recovered her health and well-being.  She occasionally agreed to come inside when it was especially bad weather, but she always let me know when it was time for her to go back outside and recharge her spirit and soul in the sun and fresh air again.  And she lived a very long happy life, to the ripe old age of 20 years old.  She was a favorite in the neighborhood too, known and loved by many of us.

I learned a lot from Lucy and her story is not the norm.

One of the important things I learned is that there are ways to keep indoor cats happy, healthy and entertained, and there are ways to make them miserable.

Here are our top 11 best tips for how to keep your indoor cat happy and healthy.

You’ve heard the saying, when momma is happy everybody is happy, but when momma ain’t happy, nobody is happy?

Well, when your indoor cat is happy, you will be happy too.  And believe me, if your cat is unhappy?  You’re not gonna like it.

Play Therapy!  Because a Tired Cat is a Happy Catcats love to play how to keep your indoor cat happy

Cats can go stir crazy if they can’t act out their natural hunting instincts.  Cats chase feathers and toys because they are enacting hunting games.  Natural athletes, they’ve got to work out and express all that excess energy.  You can help them with that!

There’s no shortage of awesome fun solo and interactive cat toys that will keep your cat moving and grooving and feeling fine.

Boxes are great fun – cats feel compelled to be in a box.

Teaser wands are also good toys as they are interactive for cats. A teaser looks like a fishing pole or sticks with a stuffed toy or feathers tied to the end. 

Because cats are natural-born predators, they’re drawn to toys that rustle, fly, or skitter. Your feline friend will love the challenging teaser wand as this toy make your pet stalk, jump, and pounce. 

This toy can stimulate your cat’s hunting instinct and build trust and a great bonding experience with you and your cat feeling at its best. 

Mechanical robotic animals like birds, fish, and mice are also available. They have life-like sizes and mimic real animals’ movements, stimulating your feline friend’s hunting abilities.

There are toys that look like mice, toys with feathers, battery-powered toys with flashing lights and sound effects.  There are the infamous “red dot” laser pointers, moving toys, toys on strings and the oh so wonderful crinkle toys, and cat tunnels…

Everything that you need to help keep your cat pouncing and stalking and safely wrestling with their pretend “prey” indoors.  You can do it yourself too with sock toys with crinkly bits of paper stuffed or a plastic water bottle stuffed inside, dragging ribbons or bits of rope under a sheet or newspaper.  Make it fun and interesting.

Remember play for cats is a hunting game.

Your job is to recreate the movements and actions that a prey animal might make. When you do that right, your cat will engage.  Do it wrong?  Boring….

Your cat wants solo toys, and they also want you to admire their athletic prowess!  So every day and before bedtime, have fun playing with your cat.  Your goal is to tire them out until they are panting and want to rest, typically 15 minutes or so should do the trick.

End the play time by giving them a bite to eat – after all, every successful hunt ends with eating what they caught…  Afterward, they’ll happily groom themselves, and then be ready for a lovely nap with you and will hopefully sleep all night long.

Keep your indoor cat active and engaged with toys.  Big toys, little toys, feathers and strings and long crawly things, squeaky, squishy and crinkly toys, find out what they like best and invest in your cat’s health, well-being and sanity as well as your own.

Bird Watching!  Setup Bird Viewing Stationshappy indoor cats love to watch birds

Another wonderful how to tip to keep your indoor cat happy is to setup a bird watching station for them.

Birds are natural prey for cats, and are fascinating in their own right.  Even well-fed domestic cats are attracted to small animals. Satisfy their need by setting up a bird viewing station inside.  Something like this – install a cat window perch and set up a bird or hummingbird feeder or maybe a bird bath right outside the window.

Your indoor cat will get the pleasure and the joy of watching the birds, and of course the birds will also be safe from being eaten, so that’s good.

Did you know that you can also reduce bird window strikes by putting baths or feeders outside a window?  And that’s a good thing too!  Win-Win-Win!  Check out these fun bird feeders and baths to get you started.

Hunting For Fun!  Let the Games Begin 

You’ve heard the phrase, cats have 9 lives?  That’s because cats are inherently curious creatures.  Exploring the world around them is important to them, it’s a creative exercise and enhances their sense of well-being.  If your indoor cat doesn’t have enough games and activities to keep them engaged and happy, they’re going to get bored.  A bored cat will act out, and even decide in moments of desperation that they must escape outside… because indoors?  Well, like a kid cooped up inside with nothing to do, it’s BORING.

Toys are great, bird watching is great, play therapy is great… Make things more interesting by hiding their favorite treats around the house. Think “easter egg hunt” or “treasure hunt” time.

There are also special cat treat puzzles and toys that make your cat work hard to extract the goodies.  They’ll keep your indoor kitty entertained on solving the problem for hours, or at least until they figure out the trick to it (think “rubik’s cube”.)

Did you know they use the same kind of things to keep lions, tigers and bears, oh my, plus other predators in good mental and physical condition in zoos?  Yes, it’s that important.

cats get high on catnipNatural Weed For Cats!  Catnip Makes For Happy Trippy Groovy Indoor Kitties

What is catnip?  It’s a plant in the mint family (Nepeta cataria).  It works on many kitties, although not all cats respond to it, because it contains a natural oil called nepetalactone which has a unique effect on cats. When your cat inhales the nepetalactone, their feline olfactory system senses it as a natural cat pheromone.

When your indoor cat rubs on or chews catnip, or rolls in it or scatters it everywhere, or pounces on it and looks spacey and so very funny, it’s because it’s producing a mild natural high that is both harmless and temporary, but that is very pleasurable for kitties.

It doesn’t usually have an effect on kittens under six months of age, but if your cat does love it, you have one more wonderful way to help keep your indoor cat happy.  Check out the different ways catnip comes, from dried form that you can fill sachets or socks or rub on their favorite toys or scratching posts, or in these cute cat toys like the mini-mice.

You can also get it in spray form.  Then you can mist toys or cat beds or window sills. You can even grow live catnip plants in pots in a sunny window too.

Gimme a Box!  Any Box or Cave Will Do

It’s a fact!  Cats love boxes, any shape or size, small to large.  They feel safe tucked inside.  I’ve often felt that cats can be a bit autistic because they love to feel snug and secure, contained.

An upscale Cat Cave like this eco-friendly wool shaped cocoon is also a lovely place for cats to hang out with a space of their own.

The Trees The Limit!  Climbing Cats Are Happy Cats 

Wild cats are natural climbers, pursuing prey into the trees and seeking high places when frightened. Your indoor cat wants to climb too because it’s their instinct to do so.

If you don’t want your cat climbing the walls or your furniture or the window curtains or the bookshelf or the kitchen cabinets or…, then get them their own cat tree(s).

A great ‘how to keep your cat happy’ tip is to provide a variety of ways for them to exercise and satisfy their urge to climb. cats need to climb

If you don’t do this for them, then don’t come crying to me about how your cat just destroyed your favorite piece of furniture!  You’re being a bad cat daddy or mommy.

Your furbaby gotta climb, baby!!

Get a big enough cat tree that they can actually CLIMB.  The short little stubby scratching posts are not trees, nobody can climb that so don’t waste your money on the little ones.  They are unstable and your cat will hate it.

They come in all shapes and colors and sizes to fit your space and decor.

My all time favorite book about creating extraordinary cat spaces indoors is here, The Cats’ House.

This one’s fun too!  If you’re handy, you can build your own.

Take it to the next level!

Another easy way to satisfy their urge is to add “cat shelves” throughout your home.  This takes advantage of all the vertical space on the walls for your feline family members. It can be as easy as putting up a few floating shelves mounted to the wall or you can create more involved “catwalks” that wrap around entire rooms.

There are basically two types of cats:  bush cats and tree cats.  Bush cats like to hide under things and peek out, feeling safe inside their “den”.

Tree cats need to be high, the lord or lady of their domain.  Have you ever seen a big wildcat like a lion or tiger lazing around in a tree?  They want to see everything and they feel safe from up high, plus if their prey was foolish enough to walk under them they could pounce!

Cat shelves will allow your kitty to get up high and go places only cats can go.

Let’s Go Outside! Take a Hike, Togethertake your cat for a walk

It is possible to teach your kitty to walk on a leash.  Or, there are cat carriers on wheels available too!  Sound crazy?  Not really even though there are some hilarious YouTube videos out there but believe it or not it is possible.  This is a great way to compromise your indoor cats needs to go outside and smell the fresh air, feel the sun AND it’s one of the most responsible ways to do it.

Start training your cat as a kitten and they’ll think it’s normal, no questions asked.  But even older cats can learn how to walk on a leash.

Tips:  Help your cat get used to wearing a harness for short periods of time indoors, then attach the leash for them to drag around.  Reward them for walking with you!

Whatever you do, don’t pull on the leash because it will make your cat fight you and the leash and have a bad experience.  The last thing you want to have happen is for them to have a bad experience or they won’t want to play with you anymore.

Once your cat is comfortable wearing the harness and leash, take them outside. Go slowly! At first just go on short trips outside and then gradually go farther.

Pay attention, you want your cat to feel comfortable. If you get stuck or have trouble, consult with a pro trainer, feline expert or professional animal communicator.

Did you know that the idea of walking dogs on leashes once seemed weird?  Now it’s the norm. Same with cats.

You Say Patio, Kitty Says Catio!  The BEST and Safest Way for Cats to Be Outdoors

Another great tip on how to keep indoor cats happy and healthy is to setup a “catio” to fulfill their craving for fresh air and sun and dirt and grass and… If you have a bit of space outside, then your kitty can have their own personal playground.

What is it? A catio is an enclosed structure that you can install in your yard, as an extension of your deck or patio.  It’s like a cat playpen or the feline version of a dog run. You can invest in premade, easy to setup catios,  DIY plans, or hire a handyman to make one – just do it yourself.

Stop The Hormone Dance!  Spay and Neuter Your Cat tom cat looking for love

Spay and neuter your indoor cats. Spay and neuter your indoor cats.  Spay and neuter your indoor cats.  Do I have to say it again??

Intact cats are driven mad by hormones, turning them into essentially kitty sluts and ‘hos!  It’s not their fault.  Their time of the month brings out their wild side and they feel compelled to escape and find a mate.

Do your cat a favor.

Eliminate this added stress on your cats life, and your own when Little FooFoo comes up pregnant and has to drop out of school and be shipped off to the nunnery to have their babies and then their life is ruined and… kidding!

Still, neutering and spaying stops the siren call of the outdoors when they go into heat, and eliminates the chance that they could contribute to the unwanted cat population, get in cat fights, or what is also tragic and preventable is when so many cats wind up feral, sick or starving, stuck in shelters and even euthanized.

Don’t let that happen to your cat.

Snuggle Bugs and Kitty Love!  Take Time to Love Your Cat

Would you like to live your entire life with someone who doesn’t connect with you, have time for you, or love you?  No.

Do you love your cat?  Show it.  Your love and affection is one of the most powerful ways to keep them happy! Wild cats get their love and affection in different ways, but domesticated cats?  They’re stuck with us and they crave attention.

Mature cats need your love and attention but if you’re considering raising a kitten as an indoor pet, you’ll need to show them double.

As a pet owner, it’s your responsibility to monitor their health and diet. Remember that a kitten is susceptible to certain diseases and even parasites. Give them nutritious food and take them to the vet for wellness visits and vaccines.

Start training your cat while they’re young so they can grow into happy and healthy indoor cats.

How to keep your indoor cat happy can be as simple as paying attention to them. Snuggle up with your cat, take time to pet and brush your cat, and play with them every day.  When you do, you help them feel cared for, like they’re important to you, and they respond with an improved sense of happiness and well-being.  love your cat

When your cat is happy and feels your love, they’ll return the favor.  Can’t we all use more love in our lives?

Cat Talk!  Learn How to Speak Cat

This last one is simple and easy to learn how to do.  If you truly want you cat to feel happy and be healthy, then you’ll want to know how to speak their language.

Communicating with your cat will give them a way to tell you how they feel, what they think, what they worry about or what they need and want.  They can tell you if they don’t feel good or are in pain.  And you can tell them about things that are important to you too!

What a wonderful difference it makes when you know what they’re thinking and feeling!

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]]> https://valheart.com/how-to-keep-your-indoor-cat-happy-and-healthy/feed/ 1 What Are the Friendliest Dog Breeds? There’s More to it Than You Think! https://valheart.com/friendliest-dog-breeds/ https://valheart.com/friendliest-dog-breeds/#respond Thu, 30 Jul 2020 18:06:19 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=6872 If you’re thinking about bringing a new canine companion into your family, you might be wondering what the friendliest dog breeds are to choose from.

 

Dog breed matters!

When you introduce a new dog to your family, children, other dogs or even a place they’ll be around lots of people, you want a dog who is friendly enough by nature to adapt to these types of situations.

In fact, if you think about it, there aren’t many situations where a dog’s friendliness isn’t the top of your list of qualities of a potential dog.

There are a few different elements to finding the perfect dog, and knowing the friendliest dog breeds to choose from is an important part.

While breed and size are obviously important factors, you have to consider the dog’s training and their previous environment when figuring out where they will land on the friendliness scale.

Here are four important factors to consider when finding the friendliest dog breeds for you and your family.

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1. Their Environment

You can find the friendliest dog breeds in the world, but there are some things that you just can’t control, namely other dogs.

Having a community of friendly dogs at your local park or walking routes can really help encourage a dog to be as friendly as possible, but this can go the other way if there are aggressive dogs in the area. 

Dogs learn from each other—think of it as your kids at school “getting into the wrong crowd”. That’s easier to avoid with dogs, though, because you can always choose other locations to exercise and socialize your dog. 

Another issue that can be a problem with certain dog communities is fleas.

Again, this is easily comparable to school children and the problems that can arise when there is just one parent who doesn’t do anything about nits or lice. If there is a dog that always has fleas it can be a big problem for your own dog.  

Fleas are hard to get rid of once you get them, and will drive you and your pet crazy!  You’ll need to have a flea remedy at hand, whether it is a natural flea and tick deterrent or something like frontline.  Beware of topical as well as oral medications though, because they can cause health problems in some dogs.  

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2. Breed

As pedigrees are bred for specific purposes, there are obviously some that are bred away from friendliness if their function is to be a guard dog, fighter, or worker. That said, any opinions on what are the friendliest dog breeds are just that, opinions. Here is a list of friendliest dog breeds from dogsbreedlist:

  1. Labrador Retriever
  2. Alsatian German Shepherd
  3. Beagle
  4. Golden Retriever
  5. Yorkshire Terrier
  6. Boxer

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Now for some speculation on why these specific breeds are in the top 6 of the list. 

All these wonderful breeds have been family favorites for many years. The only setback if you want a great friendly dog for your family is that the larger dogs require a lot of exercise because they are a high energy kind of dog.  

The Alsatian (German Shepherd) seems like an odd one to be on the list, given their reputation for being staunch guard dogs. But despite their serious demeanors, they can be very loyal and friendly dogs, although they also need a lot of exercise and like all dogs, proper training. 

The only ones on the list that doesn’t need a lot of exercise is the beagle and terrier and don’t grow to be the size of a small human. 

friendliest dog breeds Yorkshire terrier

3. Size

Are the friendliest dog breeds determined by their size? 

Not necessarily, since different owners have different expectations. Behavior can be altered to make friendly dogs better or worse. 

The main issue with size and friendliness is that people ignore bad behavior in small dogs as it’s not as obvious or threatening. If a 150 pound St. Bernard constantly jumps up at people, it’s very dangerous and the owners must quickly work on rectifying the situation. 

However, if a Chihuahua does the same thing, it will go unchecked and may even be encouraged by picking the dog up and coddling it to be quiet or control it. Sometimes people even find the doggo antics cute!

Also, except for the Beagle and Terrier, they can become quite large growing up to 80 to 100 pounds or more.  As you can imagine, they eat a lot too!  The bigger dogs are not lap dogs although they may love to be in your lap!  For these reasons, some of the friendliest dog breeds might not be suitable for someone without much spare time or room.

It’s small issues like this and improper training that generally mean bigger dogs can be better behaved by the time they get to adulthood.  On the other hand, all dogs do need proper socialization to be friendly. 

 

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4. Training

The bottom line is, Training is the most important aspect when you want your dog to be as friendly as possible. All breeds can be friendly or aggressive depending on their upbringing and handling. Be sure you’re ready to be a proper caregiver, guardian and good dog parent before getting any dog, and all will be well.  Click here for a list of things to do and to avoid when training your dog.

Author Brett Janes is a MA writing student at LJMU, UK, founder of literary organization King Yeti and a member of The Wild Writers, a collective who run events and exhibitions throughout the Northwest. Also writes guest posts for Vet Medic, who is one of UK’s leading pharmacists and vets who are genuinely passionate about pet health and medicines.

 

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]]> https://valheart.com/friendliest-dog-breeds/feed/ 0 Why You Should Not Own a Cat and Dog Together https://valheart.com/3-reasons-why-you-should-not-own-a-cat-and-dog-together/ https://valheart.com/3-reasons-why-you-should-not-own-a-cat-and-dog-together/#comments Fri, 24 Jul 2020 17:41:50 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=41220 Guest post. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communications Enterprises Inc. 

Do you own a cat and dog together? 

Do you sometimes wish that you didn’t?

Cats are wonderful on their own—intuitive, filled with unique personality, (usually) loving and playful. They even take care of you, bringing you your own freshly-killed meals! 

Dogs, too, are extremely rewarding companions in so many ways. But put the two of them together, and you could suddenly have two neurotic, aggressive animals bringing tension into your household.

The cat and dog together TV cliché: too close to truth!

For instance, consider Odie and Garfield. Tom and Spike. Snowball and Santa’s Little Helper. The cats and dogs in the entire Cats & Dogs movie franchise. 

These are just some examples of the “cat vs dog” dichotomy that is so popular in TV and movies. In fact, this rivalry is one of the oldest and most popular animal tropes in media.  

Comparing cats to dogs is like comparing apples to oranges; all it does is point out how vastly different they are. Yet cats and dogs are constantly pitted against one another in the media. 

Think about it: dogs are usually associated with kind-hearted heroes while cats are seated on the laps of villains. Right? Another popular use of the cat/dog dichotomy is to portray dogs as dumb creatures while cats are seen as cunning and hostile.

As with most tropes in popular culture, there is some truth to the cliche, and if you have a cat and dog together in your home, you know this better than anyone. 

cat and dog faces

Putting a cat and dog together can be like trying to mix oil and water!

While cats and dogs make great pets on their own, having both animals living together is another matter. Cats and dogs are so different, personality-wise, that it’s easy to understand why they get along like, well “cats and dogs”. If you are someone who is planning to have a cat-and-dog household, you may want to think again.

If you have not already done so, now would be a good time to reflect on the kind of pet companion you are and ask yourself this simple question: “Am I really ready to own a cat and a dog?”

Getting a pet is a lot of work in and of itself, but getting another literally doubles the responsibility, not to mention the cost. Think about it realistically: cats and dogs have very different needs. Will you be able to meet all of them, separately and fairly? Do you have precautions in place, like insurance? In the event of a sudden illness or accident, would you be able to afford their treatments? Now might be a good time to research how much vet care costs over a pet’s entire lifetime. Can you truly give them the proper love and care that they deserve?

Here are other important points to consider before owning a cat and a dog together:

scaredy cat

Cats and dogs suit different lifestyles.

There’s a reason that the question “are you a cat person or a dog person?” is so popular—it says a lot about you! 

Cats and dogs tend to be representative of their owners. Are you the outdoorsy type? If yes, then a dog would be a perfect fit for you; cats less so as they like to stick close to home and don’t generally travel well. Ever tried to get a cat to “heel” on a walk? Enough said. 

Do you want your relationship with your pet to be that of equals, with your pet free to roam around the house and seek your affection on their own terms? If so then you will love cats; a properly trained dog understands that you are the “alpha” and ideally will do what you ask, whereas cats will never agree that you are alpha over them.  It’s not going to happen.

Cats are generally more laidback and self-sufficient—they prefer to socialize only when they feel like it.

They need a safe place (or several) in the house where they can retreat to and rest. And they often don’t mind being left alone for days at a time, as long as you leave them with enough provisions and someone to check in on them regularly. Cats are resourceful creatures and will find a way to thrive, no matter the conditions. After all, these are animals that basically domesticated themselves when they learned it would make their (nine) lives easier if they gave a show of affection occasionally and meowed, sometimes a lot!

Dogs, on the other hand, are more high-maintenance.

Dogs require exercise regularly and are entirely dependent on their human for food, water and bathroom breaks. They need daily supervision and attention. On the upside, they are generous with their affection and intensely loyal.

Dogs, when properly socialized, are open and friendly, but don’t let that fool you. Dogs are intuitive judges of character and aren’t afraid to show when they don’t trust someone. They can go from wagging their tails to a crouching attack stance at the first hint of danger.

Beyond these generalizations, traits vary from breed to breed as well, so there is a significant difference in the care each pet requires of its human—double that if you have a cat and dog together. 

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Cats and dogs are natural enemies.

Cats and dogs have a long, drawn out history of being natural enemies. When cats and dogs encounter one another, their natural instinct is to revert to fight-or-flight mode. It’s biological and not something you can totally eliminate. When putting a cat and dog together for the first time, you must facilitate it carefully. Make sure your cat knows where its escape route is, and you may want to keep your dog on a leash.

Cats and dogs have different styles of play.

This is a huge factor to consider. Different styles of play can result in frequent altercations when you have a cat and dog together. Cats and dogs have distinct preferences for games that are very different: cats prefer to stalk and pounce while dogs like to chase and run after things. Why does this matter so much, you ask? 

Well, for one, this means there are bound to be misunderstandings between the two. A dog chasing after a cat may think he and his new friend are just playing, but the cat might be absolutely terrified. 

On the other hand, a dog might be confused and hurt as to why the cat keeps swiping him whenever he approaches. What he doesn’t realize is he’s getting too close into the cat’s personal space. These misinterpretations could go on forever and the only way to fix them would be to set some ground rules in the household and train both pets.

These are just a few reasons why you should not have a cat and dog together. 

But the main reason is there’s a lot of risk involved, not just for both animals, but for the peace and harmony in your household. Should you decide to go ahead and get a dog and a cat anyway, just be aware that you will have your work cut out for you! 

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From the feedback we’ve gotten on this post, it seems that many of our animal loving readers disagree!

Not just a little disagreement, but strongly disagree!

Good for you!  I’m loving the discussion, keep it coming.

Here’s the thing:  I don’t disagree with you.

However, from a professional animal communicator’s viewpoint whose specialty is solving problems with pets including these kinds of problems, here’s what you could be missing from this discussion.

Let me explain a bit more:

We didn’t mean to imply that you could never, ever have both dogs and cats together, only that it requires more work to do it the right way and keep everyone safe and happy.

So, if you’re going to do it anyway, here’s a few more guidelines to avoid trouble:Problem Solving with Pets

  1.  You must know up front that both animals of each species are open and willing to be friends with each other.  That requires discussing it with them in advance.  And to do that right, you have to be able to communicate with them.  If your dog has a strong prejudice against cats and only wants to kill them on sight, you’ve got a serious problem to sort out.  Don’t condemn a cat to violent death by not handling this ahead of time, or put your dog at risk from being scratched and bullied or terrorized by your kitty either!
  2.  Establish the ground rules for engagement, and proper house rules for good boundaries, limitations and clarity.  Again, this requires a conversation and sometimes a negotiation.  It also requires you to be vigilant and consistent, paying attention to the dynamics between your cat and dog.  Provide proper direction and guidance to sooth over the rough spots.  Every relationship has rough spots now and then, but if you don’t catch it in time to redirect aggression with your pets, then they will likely escalate their concerns and keep taunting and teasing each other until somebody snaps.  You don’t want that.
  3.  When you introduce the cat to your dog, hold them securely and possessively in your arms.  Tell your dog that this cat is MINE.  Claim ownership and confer protected status to the cat so your dog knows to hold them with respect.  Problems come when dogs are triggered in to chase and hunt instincts, so when the kitty runs the dog chases.  If the dog catches the cat, they can easily kill them.  Or the cat can scratch the dogs eyes out.  Not good. You don’t want that either.

Abide by these principles and all should be well!

So yes for the naysayers, you’re right.  Dogs and cats and all kinds of species can in fact live happily together but only when proper preparation, respect, leadership and good pet parenting is in place.

Otherwise it can be more like a pet disaster and nobody wants that, including your pets.

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]]> https://valheart.com/3-reasons-why-you-should-not-own-a-cat-and-dog-together/feed/ 46 TV for Dogs: Does Your Dog Even Care? https://valheart.com/does-your-dog-even-care-the-pros-and-cons-of-dogtv/ https://valheart.com/does-your-dog-even-care-the-pros-and-cons-of-dogtv/#comments Fri, 17 Jul 2020 16:49:43 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=11062 Have you ever wondered about TV for dogs, and whether or not it is actually beneficial for your furrkid companions? 

Whether you’re cheering on your favorite football team or binge-watching the latest crime drama or laughing at the funny bits or crying with the tear jerkers, every dog guardian knows that often their dog comes running when the TV is switched on. 

But why do they do this? Is it because they just want to cuddle with you, or is there really something to TV for dogs? 

TV Dog

DOGTV – yes or no?

The idea that dogs actually enjoy watching TV—and that they need something to occupy them while they’re home alone and bored all day—is the concept behind DOGTV.

As the website explains, DOGTV is the first-ever network specially designed with only your four-legged friends in mind. Digital TV programs play round the clock so that when you head off to work in the morning or for a night out, TV for dogs will keep them company and entertained until you get back. 

This in turn will keep them happy, relaxed, and stress-free while you’re away.

What a relief, right? Who wouldn’t want such an easy and simple way to keep their dogs happy?

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The possible benefits of TV for dogs

You may be wondering if TV for dogs is something that will really help your beloved dog, and if paying for yet another entertainment service is worth it.

As Evan MacLean, co-director of the Duke Canine Cognition Center notes, TV for dogs may be beneficial for canines who spend a lot of time at home by themselves.

Older TVs are more difficult for dogs to watch due to the way their eyes are constructed. The newer high definition models have better refresh rates. This may make it easier for your dogs to actually see the images that are on the screen.

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Unlike the shows you watch, DOGTV was specifically created with dogs in mind. 

For instance, shows that are meant to be stimulating for dogs might show their fellow canines chasing balls or Frisbees on the beach, with lots of dog centered action going on.

Or a more relaxing show would show calm landscapes with classical music playing and dogs enjoying a lovely day which has been shown in studies to be calming for dogs.

Additionally, some TV for dogs shows are meant for help with desensitization games with exposure.  Meaning, they help your pets get used to scary, real-life stimuli like vacuum cleaners or thunderstorms or fireworks. 

The possible disadvantages of TV for dogs 

Yes, TV for dogs is a very interesting idea. But it seems to be more designed to make people feel better about leaving their pets at home rather than actually benefiting your dogs.

Even if you feel less guilty about leaving your precious friend home alone for hours, leaving DOGTV running all day may not be the answer.

Truthfully, most dogs aren’t interested in watching TV while you’re not there. They’d rather catch up on their sleep so they’re nice and rested and ready for action when you get home. 

So in fact, having TV for dogs playing all day might be more of a disturbance or annoyance for your dogs more than it will interest them.

Furthermore, many dogs are not visual creatures like humans are, explains an article on Slate. They do not react to the TV just like they may not react to your voice on the phone. Whatever they can’t smell doesn’t exist to them. They experience their world with their senses and noses, not flashing images on a screen.

So, while it may seem like your dogs love to watch television because they come running when they hear the NFL theme song, chances are good it’s because they want to snuggle with you for a few hours, not that they’re interested in what the score is.

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]]> https://valheart.com/does-your-dog-even-care-the-pros-and-cons-of-dogtv/feed/ 4 First-Time Dog Owner Guide: Health and Nutrition https://valheart.com/first-time-dog-owner-guide-health-and-nutrition/ https://valheart.com/first-time-dog-owner-guide-health-and-nutrition/#respond Mon, 13 Jul 2020 21:15:10 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=59450 guest post courtesy of Christian Alsworth, Bullymax.com . The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communications Enterprises Inc. 

You got a dog for the first time? Congratulations!  You’ve found a reliable and wonderful new friend… unless you make any of these dog parent mistakes…

Dogs are man’s best friend, and they stick close to you forever, but you are going to need a First-Time Dog Owner Guide to help avoid making serious and costly mistakes with your pup.

In this new phase of life with your canine companion, it’s natural to be a little worried. The good news is, we have got you covered!

Here is an informative piece on how to take care of your dog and what to expect in his various stages of life.

Adjusting to a New Home

Your dog, especially in his infant stage, would need some time to settle into his new space. This period can take weeks, but you have a huge role to play if you want your pet to settle in faster. First, you have to be patient.

Depending on your dog’s breed, he may be quiet in his first few days in his new space. If your dog is from a shelter, he would need more time to adjust and settle into his new space. For most new pets, it takes a few weeks to fully bring out their personality. Thus, you have to be patient and train your pet to love his new space. You should have everything handy and develop the right routine to train your pet.

Caring for a Puppy

Puppies need constant care and attention. They have unique food formulas and need specialized training, reliable pet health insurance, vaccinations, and care. It is important to set firm boundaries at this stage. What is cute in a puppy is not in a dog. Those love bites while teething will turn into aggressive play when they grow up. And potty training takes longer than one may think. Sometimes, it can be overwhelming, and it feels like having a baby around. But it is very rewarding as you get to bond with your pet at that early age.

To care for a puppy, you will have to carry out proper research on your pet’s breed type. It would help point you towards the right direction on how best to take care of your pet. Some idiosyncrasies may pop up (such as having a louder breed) that you have to take into account.

Other common problems for a new dog owner are the separation anxiety that occurs and behavioral problems if not addressed early. More on this in Behavioral Problems.

dog socializing

Socialization

When your puppy is first taken home, it is important to cocoon them in the house. This period lets them know where home is and gives them some stability in a time of transition. After a few weeks, introduce them to other dogs and your friends. Socialization early in life is important to prevent your dog “guarding” you in the future. Good ways to socialize often are trips to the dog park, hikes and puppy play dates. Although pricey, dropping your dog off at doggy daycare a few times a week when you go to work is a good option as well.

If you are introducing a new pooch to the pack, give them their own space in the house. The introduction should take place in neutral territory, like a park, however it is important for your first dog to know that the newcomer has their territory as well (i.e. their own toys, bed, food bowl). The early stages of introduction are the most important, so do it slowly and be careful letting them play off-leash too early. Monitor the dogs closely for the first few weeks to catch bad habits.

Dog’s Nutritional Needs

Dogs have basic nutritional needs throughout the different stages of their lifetime. Your pet will need the right nutrition, shelter, physical and social activity to lead a healthy lifestyle.

Once you meet all these requirements, you will have a happy dog. The basics needs change with the age of your pet. Puppies and growing dogs need more playtimes to help them stay active and reduce anxiety.

As your dog gets older they may need supplements to get all their nutrients and keep the energy up. Thus, they need high-calorie dog food to provide all the liveliness for their daily playtime. Old dogs have a harder time retaining weight, so be on the lookout for times when you should supplement their meals with more protein or carb heavy meals. They also need special attention so as to reduce their anxiety in old age. Tools like a bigger dog crate or an orthopedic dog bed will help them manage bone health and other aging health issues.

The Importance of a Vet

It is important to get a veterinarian for your dog’s lifetime. Having the same vet will ensure that your dog’s patterns are known, and a history of their medical visits are documented in one place. After getting all the shots and spaying/neutering your pet, take them to the vet once a year for a regular checkup. Be sure to visit if your four-legged friend is having trouble with bowel movements, is not moving very much through the day, or any other irregularity. Best to be safe than sorry!

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Managing Bad Behavioral Problems

Face it. Your dog is going to pick up bad habits as they grow older. Your pet may develop minor issues like bad chewing habits and excessive barking. There are more severe concerns like anxiety and aggressiveness. This is especially important to work out in the beginning of your relationship because it will form trust. This is especially apparent in rescue dogs. Again, it takes a while for their personality to show and even longer to earn their full trust. Just remember that a handy training book, tasty rewards and a whole lot of patience will help.

Some helpful training tips for your furry friend are:

  • To prevent separation anxiety
    • Crate train your puppy
    • Keep your routine the same
    • Spend time away from your puppy
  • To prevent biting
    • When puppies bite, playtime is over
    • Hold a treat and walk around with your puppy at your feet
    • Give your puppy chew toys
  • To prevent fence guarding
    • Call your dog once, if they do not respond play with their toys by yourself until they come
    • Do not use their name as a punishment
    • Bring your neighbors over
    • Socialize your puppy from a very young age
    • Let your guests feed your dog
  • To prevent anxiety
    • Exercise your dog often
    • Introduce them to new people by allowing them to feed your dog (this will be a slow process)
    • Crate train your puppy
    • Have a solid routine for your dog

Grooming Your Dog

Grooming is an essential part of caring for a dog. Your dog’s coat and skin health are as important as his nutrition. Remember, your dog’s nutrition will play a big role in their skin health. Thus, you have to use the right shampoo and dog brush to ensure that their coat stays clean and shiny all the time. Depending on the breed type, your dog’s grooming patterns will be different. Dogs with long coats or undercoats should be professionally groomed once every other month to prevent knotting and overheating. Be sure to get the right brush as it makes grooming fun for both you and your pet.

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]]> https://valheart.com/first-time-dog-owner-guide-health-and-nutrition/feed/ 0 Cat Gingivitis – Two Natural Ways to Resolve it https://valheart.com/cats-with-gingivitis-two-natural-ways-to-resolve-it/ https://valheart.com/cats-with-gingivitis-two-natural-ways-to-resolve-it/#comments Fri, 10 Jul 2020 15:18:06 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=6507 Guest post courtesy of Madeleine Innocent. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communications Enterprises Inc. 

Cat gingivitis is more and more common all the time. But what’s interesting is, cats in the wild don’t suffer from gingivitis—if they did, they would quickly die because they wouldn’t be able to feed themselves without the veterinary care that domesticated cats enjoy.

So, in order to determine the best cures and treatments for cat gingivitis, this is the direction we need to be looking in.

What is cat gingivitis?

To put it simply, cat gingivitis is inflammation of the gums. It can occur at any age in any breed. Not only is cat gingivitis a painful problem, but it is also a big blinking sign letting you know that the overall health of your cat is not what it should be.

It’s also an indicator that the teeth are going to be a problem as well, sooner or later. They could loosen and then fall out.

Cat gingivitis sounds pretty grim. And the truth is, it is unnecessary pain and suffering that your cat doesn’t need to go through. With the following two measures, you can prevent cat gingivitis or else restore balance if it is already progressing.

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Two natural ways to prevent cat gingivitis

The first thing any natural health professional will try to do is restore a healthy immune system in your pet. Once balance is established in the whole system, everything else will slip back into a natural order, including your cat’s dental health.

 

1. Diet

cat eating

 

One of the main causes of cat gingivitis is diet. 

Diet is critical to everyone’s health, not just humans. Human diets can be shoddy at best, but at least there are some basic laws in place that govern the manufacturing and marketing of human food. 

Unfortunately, these regulations do not exist in pet food; the pet food market is a free-for-all, and anything can, and does, occur. For example:

  • preservatives that are highly toxic, despite any claims on the packet
  • high-fat products that are unusable in human food
  • low-grade meat by-products (rejects from human consumption, with questionable protein content)
  • cheap filler such as melamine, sugar or crushed nutshells

Please don’t think the processed food recommended by your veterinarian is any better.  It’s not.  Veterinarians have little formal training in cat nutrition, and are often swayed by cat food manufacturers to promote their food as a way to boost their practice’s revenue. 

Go raw!

On the other hand quality, raw meat and bones provide a cat with complete and balanced nutrition. Crunching up small raw bones keeps their teeth clean, their gums healthy and their minds happy. Dry food doesn’t come close to achieving this, despite any claims otherwise.

The truth is, cats on this diet rarely suffer from gingivitis.

 

2. Mercurius

 

While you are transitioning to a quality raw diet, your pet might need some immediate help with their cat gingivitis. The homeopathic medicine Mercurius can be used successfully in restoring healthy gums when the cat’s symptoms include:

  • red and swollen gums
  • the mouth appears dirty
  • excess salivation
  • ulceration may or may not be present
  • symptoms are worse at night

Be Aware of the Connection Between Cat Gingivitis and Vaccinosis

Vaccinations and over vaccinating can be an underlying systemic and chronic cause of gingivitis and cat gum diseases.  Until your cat has a healthy mouth, it’s a good idea to pause on their vaccinations.  In fact, one of the reasons using the homeopathic Mercurius works so well is that it helps neutralize vaccinosis problems.  

 It can be awful watching your beloved friend suffer from cat gingivitis. If you try these two natural solutions, you can help to prevent cat gingivitis from happening, and save yourself lots of time and money at the veterinarian’s office!

Author: Madeleine is a natural health consultant, specializing in homeopathy. She treats both people and animals. She is as passionate about natural, wholesome food as she is about a natural approach to health. Madeleine writes weekly ezines about how to achieve natural good health with simple, home prescribing and diet. Madeleine has been writing on natural health and homeopathy since 1997. Her hobbies include being with animals, being in nature, self-development, empowering others. She likes to be able to laugh at herself.

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]]> https://valheart.com/cats-with-gingivitis-two-natural-ways-to-resolve-it/feed/ 6 8 Fascinating Dog Facts You Need To Know https://valheart.com/8-fascinating-dog-facts-you-need-to-know/ https://valheart.com/8-fascinating-dog-facts-you-need-to-know/#respond Tue, 07 Jul 2020 20:26:18 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=59311 guest post courtesy of Booksandbudgetsbookkeeping. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communications Enterprises Inc. 

Having pets can make your life more interesting. Just think of all the fun dog facts you can learn about your new best friend! Being a pet owner can help you stay fit, provide companionship, and lower your stress levels. Having pets will also make it easy for you to make new friends, improve your immune system and teach your kids responsibility.

Pets can easily steal anyone’s heart. This doesn’t only depend on their irresistible faces and unpredictable antics. Pets can do a lot of things and not every pet owner understands what these are.

You can appreciate your pets better by learning the following fascinating dog facts:

1. Your Dog’s Nose Is Wet Because It Helps Them Absorb Scent Chemicals

Contrary to popular belief, seeing that your dog’s nose is wet is not a cause for concern. In fact, dog’s noses are supposed to be wet because this allow them to absorb scent chemicals from their surroundings so that they can easily use their sense of smell.

Dog’s noses naturally secrete a special mucus that makes it amazingly easy for them to absorb scent chemicals. When a dog licks the mucus, it can understand what the smell is and where it’s coming from.

2. Newfoundlands Are The Best Life Guards

Dogs are a man’s best friend but do you know that certain breeds play this role better? Newfoundlands, for example, are considered to be the best lifeguards anyone can have because they have webbed feet and water-resistant coats. These characteristics allow the dog to easily jump into the water and rescue drowning people. Besides, innovative strategies such as BodyTalk for Animals can help you easily recover from injuries.

3.  It’s Common For Dogs To Eat Feces

A lot of pet owners usually freak out the moment they see their dogs eat feces. This is especially true for first-time pet owners. If you see your pet doing the same, don’t worry as, although this isn’t the most pleasant of dog facts, this is perfectly normal behavior.

Ever since their pre-domestication days, dogs have been eating their feces and other fecal matter. This behavior is common among puppies, and older dogs grow out of it as they age.

4. Dogs Have A Sense Of Time

This might come as a surprise but dogs have a sense of time. If you take your dogs for a walk every day around four in the afternoon, expect that they’ll be waiting for their leashes at the same time every single day. Dogs can predict future events, especially if you’ve trained them to do specific activities at the same time every day.

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5. Dogs Can Get Jealous

It’s common for pet owners to get more than one pet. If you’ve enjoyed taking care of a puppy until it grows up, you’ll likely add a couple of more pets to the family. This may improve the lives of pets but this can make your first pet jealous. Dogs are known to get genuinely jealous if they see their owners spending time or displaying affection for other pets.

6. Dog’s Ears Are Pretty Impressive Too

It’s common knowledge that a dog’s sense of smell is better than that of humans. This is one of the reasons why dogs are trained to sniff drugs and follow trail scents of specific individuals. But aside from these, are you aware that your dog’s sense of hearing is also as amazing as their noses?

By properly positioning their ears in the right direction, dogs can pick up a host of sounds that humans can’t hear. It’s believed that dogs tilt their heads to one side because this is their way of locating the source of a sound.

7. Dog Noses Are Not The Same

Although they may look similar, no two dogs have the same noses. You can think of your dog’s noses as their fingerprints – each dog having unique patterns of creases and ridges on its nose.

8. Tail Wagging Has Its Own Language

Pet owners immediately think that their dogs are happy when they see their tails wag. However, this isn’t always the case as dogs wag their tails for different reasons. Some dogs wag their tails when they are happy, while other do it when they feel scared. Wagging low can mean that your dog feels insecure, and rapid tail wagging accompanied by dilated pupils and tensed muscles can signal aggression.

Appreciate More

Being a pet owner can be tough as you have to spend time and effort in taking care of your furry friends. You also have to spend money on buying the right products for them and visiting vets regularly. Accomplishing all of these can be challenging at some point. However, once you learn some dog facts and understand how interesting these creatures are, you’ll surely appreciate them even more!

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]]> https://valheart.com/8-fascinating-dog-facts-you-need-to-know/feed/ 0 The Extraordinary Soul Connection I call The Human Animal BodyMind Connection https://valheart.com/extraordinary-soul-connection-pets-people/ https://valheart.com/extraordinary-soul-connection-pets-people/#respond Sat, 04 Jul 2020 23:20:52 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=59308 “That’s just spooky!”

That’s what a client told me when I pointed out that both she and her dog had a problem in the exact same vertebrae in their backs. I assured her that this happens all the time, and that it has to do with The Human Animal BodyMind Connection.

What is the Human Animal BodyMind Connection?

Did you know that animals mirror you in mind, body and spirit? They do, they reflect us.  They sometimes carry our illnesses, and act out our pain, stress and suffering.

Animals are spiritual teachers, and are at times play the role as what I call “barometers of our souls”. When there is a problem, even if it is subconscious or non-verbal, they are talking to us.

They are trying to help us heal, evolve and grow into our best self.

The question is: Are you listening?  Are you paying attention to the extraordinary soul connection between you? 

Animals are in your life for a reason.

To explore this phenomenon further, consider that the Human Animal BodyMind Connection is a deeper assessment of the mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual connections between humans and animals.  Animals and others often serve us by reflecting back to us the lessons we are here to learn.

It’s been said that more than 90% of our problems are based in emotional, psychological or psychosomatic issues! When we are in denial, are disconnected or disassociated, our emotional wounds are deep beneath the surface of our subconscious mind. The world around us, our animals and our children, will mirror these issues back to us by acting out or reacting to our distress.

Our animals know us better than almost any other being on the planet. They see what’s in our mind’s eye, they feel what we’re feeling, and they are often closer to our hearts than anyone else.

What is your pet trying to tell you?

Are you and your animal friend having “issues”? It’s time for you to start listening to your animals!

For instance, when we’re in pain or ill, they may also suffer from the same pain or illness.

One of my favorite authors, Susan Chernak McElroy, talks about this in her extraordinary book called Animals as Teachers and Healers. In it she tells her story about how her dog had the same rare cancer she came down with. In the book, she credits her dog with teaching her how to survive cancer! That’s what gave her the idea to write the book so she went on to collect other peoples’ stories about how their animals mirrored them in some way. It’s wonderful, so if you haven’t read it yet…

Understanding the Human Animal BodyMind Connection is about looking under the surface to discover what the real issues are and where they are coming from.

When you do, you begin to understand why they are showing up the way they are, whose problem is whose (and it could be both of you!), and what to do to rebalance your relationship.

I got a great email from one of my students in The Heart School of Animal Communication®.  She said:

“I was gazing at my sweet old dog who is recovering from just having a tumor removed from her forehead, slightly off center and above her right eye. My glance shifted to her brother whose brown spots above his eyes are now misaligned because of surgery to repair a wound received above his right eye in a fight with another dog.

And I myself had a patch of precancerous skin removed from above my right eye; I was allergic to the antibiotic, and now have a bump of scar tissue there. Last night, as we all three looked at each other, it hit me; we, and our healing wounds, were in fact all mirroring each other!

How wild is that?! There’s really something to this, Val!”

Our animal partners are in many ways our best friends, the beings who know and love us better than anyone else.

They are in our soul group and chose to spend their lives with us, helping us heal, loving us when we’re sad or sick.

They remind us what the power of unconditional love means.

And many times they demonstrate (act out) what it takes to live life fully in every way by reminding us of what’s important, and what’s not!

They also mirror-react-reflect our issues, trauma and wounding, reflecting our pain and anger, absorbing our grief, sadness and dis-ease.

When they get sick or act out with behavior that is inappropriate and even life threatening, they are asking for help, telling us that the load they are carrying for us is more than they can bear!

Why are they doing that?

They are trying to help us heal, evolve and grow.

They think that if we can finally see it for ourselves, then we can choose something different.

Want another great story?

My 12 year old tuxedo cat, Peach, was in great pain and couldn’t get off the ground anymore. It was breaking my heart to see her suffering.Read Before Hiring a Communicator

She could hardly eat, barely walk, was weak and very crabby.

I finally thought to ask her what was really going on and she said she was helping my husband and me by attempting to drain off all the negative emotions we were struggling with.

She was taking it like a sponge into her own body to try to help clear the space.

She had taken so much of our grief, anger, and frustrations into herself that she was actually dying.

WOW! No amount of vet visits, surgical interventions, tests, drugs or change of diet would have ever helped her in this situation.

I told her how upset I was, and how appreciative that she was trying to help us.

But, she did NOT have our permission to do such a thing!

She replied that it was the only way she knew to help us! That she thought it was her job, her purpose.

I told her, “No-no-no!  We don’t need you to carry our pain or grief or anger. You are not helping us. We want you to help us by helping to bring us back to our center, our peace, our power. To remind us of love, and from that place we will learn our lessons and heal our relationship.”

It wasn’t her job to “steal” our pain and carry it in her own body. In fact it added to our stress and upset!

Once she understood and accepted her new role, she returned to good health within just a few days, and went on to live almost 10 more years!

She was an amazing Teacher, Healer, Guide and Angel. She taught me so much about the intricate nature of the Human Animal BodyMind Connection, I’ve never forgotten.

And in retrospect, after we got the message and took responsibility for our relationship and problems?

She was right.  We did in fact heal, grow and evolve.  So she did her job as she saw it, and I’m glad to say it worked.

So one of the first questions we should always ask when there is any kind of pet problem is:

“How am I connected to this? What could my pet be acting out for me?”

For instance, with fearful or aggressive problems often the human is afraid subconsciously, so the animal either acts out their fear, or, becomes more protective which, of course, looks like aggression.

Or the animal is in reaction to the fear, which is a huge instinct trigger for them, by the way.

When we look a little deeper, examining the subconscious issues, we usually discover something that we haven’t been able to make peace with.

Then, through counseling and other healing modalities, our health and behavior improves and theirs does too!

I promise you, what your animals do makes perfect sense to them from their viewpoint! Our job is to listen to them so we can learn about their experiences, share their wisdom, and learn about any discomforts so we can take appropriate action.

Many Angels, Masters and Teachers are disguised as animals. Do you know who you are living with?

By the wayBarometers_of_our_souls human animal bodymind connection I taught a wonderful course exploring the mysteries of the Human Animal BodyMind Connection, called Barometers of Our Souls.

If learning about talking with animals and understanding them at the deepest levels interest you, or if mastering animal communication is part of your soul’s work? You need to get the course.

Start today! Check out my other Heart School of Animal Communication® wonderful courses out here.

 

 

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]]> https://valheart.com/extraordinary-soul-connection-pets-people/feed/ 0 How To Calm Down A Dog On Fireworks Night https://valheart.com/how-to-calm-down-a-dog-on-fireworks-night/ https://valheart.com/how-to-calm-down-a-dog-on-fireworks-night/#comments Thu, 02 Jul 2020 21:13:04 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=59247 Do you know how to calm down a dog in the event of fireworks or storms? How about a dog that is filled with fear and panic?

If you have a dog that is afraid of fireworks, knowing how to calm down a dog is an essential skill that not everyone knows how to do. Being an animal communicator for years, I’ve learned many different ways to calm down a dog, with varying degrees of success. I only keep and use the techniques that work really well, like this one. The one I’m going to teach you in this post is the simplest, and it’s very effective.

How to soothe your dog’s panic

I’ve spent the last few posts talking about pets’ fear of fireworks and other loud noises. This terrible panic can overwhelm your pets and even cost them their life.

Not mention the panic that you as their caretaker endure, along with the fear, worry, dread, and frustration that can cause.

One of my favorite techniques for helping to calm animals who are in shock and can’t think clearly, or are hugely overstimulated, is this.

I call it the Feel My Hand Technique.

(I teach this and many other wonderful healing techniques in the Advanced Animal Talk Mastery Course along with many other animal communication techniques).

It’s especially useful for animals who are in shock, who are so filled with fear that they have lost track of where they are; they’re lost in their head, possibly injured, and are severely hyperstimulated and disconnected.

I once saved the lives of two three-month-old bobcat cubs using this technique.

And I also used it with huge success with an abused school horse, and with so many other cases too! But those are stories for another day.

One of my clients used it with their out of control, fear-stricken dog. They were afraid she would have a heart attack, which often happens when an animal is frightened out of their mind.

The dog only felt slightly more safe in the bathtub, so they crouched there alongside her for hours as she trembled like a leaf, crying and panted like a bellows.

Before they tried the Feel My Hand Technique, the dog would normally stay in the tub for hours, sometimes even days…, as long as the noise continued, which could be all night (or even multiple nights). It was a nightmare situation for them.

How To Calm Down A Dog On Fireworks Night

How to calm down a dog: the Feel My Hand Technique really works!

But after they tried my healing technique?

As a result, within just a few minutes, their pet was calmer and breathing more normally. They survived another fireworks event, with much less stress and anxiety, for them and their pet.

So how does this calm down technique work?

For instance, it’s helpful to begin doing this at other times when your dog is not in a panic, so they can more easily relax into it once they know what you’re doing and how it feels. But if they are in a full-blown fear state and unable to calm down, then it will help then too.

The 7 Steps of the Feel My Hand Technique work like this:

1) If the pet is conscious, ask permission to touch them.

Speak out loud in a soft loving voice, not so loud that you’re yelling at them and not so soft that they can’t hear you over their panic state.

If they are not conscious (maybe they are in a coma just like the bobcat cubs were), then ask them out loud or in your mind: “May I touch you?”

Getting their permission is important. They need to be aware of you on some level, and willing to connect, to let you near them.

2) When you feel or sense a response from them indicating that yes, that would be okay, place your hand somewhere on their body and feel their body and energy.

Let yourself connect deeply. Let your energy merge with theirs. Notice how their body feels, their warmth (or coolness). Notice the energy flowing in their body, where it is strong, and where it is weak.

Take this moment to find your own peace within so you can share it with them.

3) Ask them to feel your hand.

Then wait until you sense that their awareness has shifted to your hand.

You may feel more warmth if the area was cold or numb before, or a normalizing of over heated areas. As you continue you’ll notice that the agitated energy begins to smooth out and settle.

You may not notice much at this point and that’s okay. Be patient and stay with it.

4) Calmly, confidently, and patiently wait for them to respond energetically.

Breath deeply, feel your own peace, and relax.  Mentally connect with your hand, or listen for them to tell you they can feel your hand.

5) Tell them, “Thank you.”

6) Lift your hand slowly and calmly, then move to a new spot on their body.

Do steps 2 – 5 again.

7) Repeat the process.

Your animal will be calmer and more settled, and their breathing will change to be more normal as they calm down.

Anyone can do this.

For more tips on how to calm down a dog, check out this post, and this post.

How To Calm Down A Dog On Fireworks Night

Try it right now with your pet and see what happens, for you AND for them.

Now is the perfect time to teach yourself how to calm down a dog who is scared or panicking. Seriously, even if they aren’t terrified right now—begin practicing right now so you both get the hang of it and you’ll be ready to spring into action the next time there’s a fireworks night or a thunderstorm or unsettling noise.

There is always room for more peace and calm in our lives, right?

Because once you’ve figured out how this feels, when they are calm and can connect with you when they’re thinking straight, you’ll have a much better chance of helping them when they’re freaking out.

Observe all the things that are happening for both of you as you practice the technique. What changes? How do you feel before, during, and after?

More importantly, how do they feel? What do they do? How do they respond? Notice everything, and notice all the differences that occur every time you use the technique. All this information will help you master this technique and be a true ally to your pet.

Helping your animal’s body calm down is only half the puzzle.

Helping their mind to heal is the next step in solving this worrisome problem that will take your pets healing to a much deeper level.

So you won’t have to worry about them with fireworks (or thunder or other noise phobias) ever again.

I have an even better solution for you below that will make a HUGE difference in healing their mind as well as their body.

If you’re ready to crank up your intuitive abilities, heal, evolve, grow personally as well as get help solving this and other pet behavior and health problems too, here are 4 action steps to take now:

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]]> https://valheart.com/how-to-calm-down-a-dog-on-fireworks-night/feed/ 2 Dog Anxiety Around Fireworks and Storms: Stressful For Pets and Humans https://valheart.com/dog-anxiety-around-fireworks-stressful-for-pets-and-humans/ https://valheart.com/dog-anxiety-around-fireworks-stressful-for-pets-and-humans/#respond Wed, 24 Jun 2020 18:29:41 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=59038 Dog anxiety can be so painful if it is your dog who is suffering. Dog stress around fireworks is very common. It is also a very common time for animals to get lost, injured, or killed as they run in panic, thinking that the sky is falling down.

And you, as their caretaker, can feel helpless too. No matter what you do to soothe them, they don’t seem to hear you.

This is the worst time of year for shelters and rescue organizations as well—more animals get lost and go missing during fireworks celebrations than at any other time of the year.

How to heal dog anxiety

If your dog anxiety is because they are afraid of fireworks, storms, or other noises, I’m sure you’ve tried everything. You’ve tried talking to them—you told them not to worry, everything is okay, please calm down.

“They’re just fireworks (or thunder or…)! Please stop freaking out, it’s just noise and a light show in the sky!”

How’d that work out for you? dog anxiety hiding scared

Did they listen to you and immediately calm down? Or did they completely ignore you and continue shaking, running around looking for an escape, and hiding?

If you don’t know how to communicate with dogs properly by speaking their language in a way that they can hear and understand, then I doubt you had much success.

You may also have tried the drugs route and requested something from your vet to help calm dog anxiety around fireworks, storms, and other noise phobia problems.

And you tried them, but anti-anxiety meds can put them into a sleepy, catatonic state, and may not prevent them from running away, freaking out or hurting themselves or others.

Even worse, you have to be there to give the medication to them. But what if the scary things happen when you’re not there?

Medications that numb them out or slow them down… but they’re still scared inside don’t help long term. And sometimes they don’t even help in the short term.

That’s because the drugs don’t solve the real underlying problems, they only dull down the symptoms to make it easier for everyone to deal with the poor suffering anxious dog.

And even worse, prescription drugs for dog anxiety are not safe

They take a toll on your animal’s kidneys and liver and can make them very sick over time.

So what can you do?

First, realize that the real problem isn’t the noise. It’s the conversation they are having inside their heads about how they’re going to die.

How the sky is falling. We’re all in imminent danger because it’s the end of the world.

How nowhere is safe, and mom or dad aren’t listening to me, they don’t understand, they can’t protect or help me… I have to run and hide before the world blows up.

If you have a precious pet who is afraid of fireworks, check out my 50-minute Helping Pets Overcome Fear of Fireworks, Thunder, and Noise Phobias Course. Helping your pet overcome their fear of loud noises is one of the best things you can do for them.

Dog Anxiety Around Fireworks—Stressful For Pets and Humans

When the noise in their heads is louder than your voice, they can’t hear you

By not being able to communicate with your pet heart to heart, mind to mind, you can’t address their fears in a real meaningful way. When they are in a world of fear and noise, all they can hear is their own terrified voice inside their heads. All your attempts to settle their nerves and calm them go flying right out the window in the face of their huge, overwhelming fight-flight-survival fears.

It is so painful knowing that you may be living with a beloved animal who is trapped inside their own world of fear (or perhaps your friends are).

It is truly a nightmare situation and can make even the most experienced, loving dog guardian feel frustrated and helpless.

I know this feeling very well because I’ve worked with thousands of animals and their loving caretakers in similar situations, solving their animal’s fears and restoring ease, peace, and well-being.

In every one of these cases, I was able to ease their suffering and help them find their peace. Through the healing art of animal communication, they discovered how to not be afraid and to embrace living in a brand new reality.

It is really a life-changing experience — transforming nightmares, fear, and panic to acceptance, calm, and ease. The results last a lifetime without harmful side effects or the ongoing expense or time management concerns like administering drugs.

And they’ve continued to make a difference, no matter what the weather or what the crazy people are doing with their BANG BOOM POP fireworks!

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Learn animal communication to ease dog anxiety so you can help heal their mind

You can learn to do this too. You can learn to listen and talk with your pets, so you can together improve and enrich your lives in so many ways.

Your ability to understand animals and improve your skills in communicating with them will help you solve this problem and many others like them. It can go a long way toward helping them find their inner peace, calm, and settle so they can be safe, happy, and healthy.

In the next post, I’ll give you a technique that can help your pet be safe, calm, cool, and collected, no matter what h*ll is breaking loose around them in the sky.

If you’re ready to start your journey in the wonderful world of Animal Communication, it’s time to start!

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]]> https://valheart.com/dog-anxiety-around-fireworks-stressful-for-pets-and-humans/feed/ 0 Preparing an Emergency Lost Cat Covid Kit https://valheart.com/preparing-an-emergency-lost-cat-covid-kit/ https://valheart.com/preparing-an-emergency-lost-cat-covid-kit/#comments Wed, 24 Jun 2020 15:28:22 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=59026 Guest post courtesy of Kim Freeman, Cat Detective, who does search & rescue for missing and lost cats: www.LostCatFinder.com. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communications Enterprises Inc. 

Finding Your Lost Cat – Tips & Prevention

 

With our increased time at home and new routines, here are some new tips to prevent your cat from escaping when kids are careless, door accidents happen, and search access is limited.

Cats are more difficult to recover than dogs and require special techniques beyond social media, flyers, and a visit to the shelter. Would you know what to do if someone left a door open and your cat slipped out?

Take these steps to prevent your cat from making a sneaky exit. Also, know how to be ready in case of this emergency situation.

HAVE THE PERFECT PHOTO READY

Take a special photo of your cat so you have the ideal pose for a lost cat flyer and poster. The most useful image is your cat standing in a side view (including their tail) facing the camera. This helps if someone spots your cat flash past outdoors. I find that most people have cute sleeping poses or silly cute kitty photos, but rarely a simple standing side-view. Take one now, just in case you ever need it!

PREPARE A LOST CAT KIT

With their normal routine upset and everyone home so much, cats who are used to having the entire place to themselves may be stressed and eager to slip out, especially in the spring and summer months.

Store photos, microchip number and a mock-up lost cat flyer with your cat’s Emergency GO Kit or simply where it’s easy to access. Should you ever need them, this kit will save you precious time and tons of stress. The ultimate preparation is to skim or download the ebook, the Professional Guide on How to Find a Lost Cat so you know the right steps for your situation – as well as the common mistakes to avoid (like putting out food and kitty litter).

SECURE YOUR BORDERS

Take ten minutes to check along perimeter of your fence. Look for any spaces or holes that you could fit a closed fist into. Cats can get through tiny spaces, so add rocks or pack dirt to close them up. Cats can jump five times their height, so unless you have secured the holes AND have a catio or roll-top fence, your cat may surprise you with ninja escape abilities.

Remove any items leaning on or next to your fence. Woodpiles, garbage containers, kid toys, boxes, etc. next to a fence are a great springboard for cats to get over any fence, so make sure you are not offering an easy hop up and over – but no way to get back.

GPS TRACKERS

Everyone seems to think GPS is the ideal solution for lost cats. It’s actually less than ideal because it depends on Global Positioning Satellites and cats hide tend to hide UNDER things.

For owners who insist on GPS (despite the research) a new device I’m field testing is the PAWTRACK collar. This is a good solution for cats as the hardware is part of the collar instead of a big box attachment. Even better is that it’s weighted so the communication unit is always up, facing the sky. This has to be recharged nightly, which involves taking it apart, switching out batteries, and plugging in overnight.

If your cat gets out, their “heavy necklace” is useless if the 48-hour battery has died.

An alternative system few people know about are the RF cat tracking devices, which are smaller and based on radio waves that can find cats under things like decks and porches –even down storm drains.

Even simpler and totally independent of glitchy apps, SIM cards, and texting plans is a simple LED lighted collar strip.

The glow will show where your cat is hiding, whether under a car, behind bushes, or up a tree. This is especially useful for cats who go out, but hide when it’s time to come back in at night.

PROOF OF OWNERSHIP

Be able to offer proof you own your cat in case someone takes him in. The best method to show proof of ownership is to have your pet microchipped. Check with your local shelter, rescue groups, or veterinarian to get this simple, inexpensive procedure.

Take a close-up photo of your cat’s nose and whisker pattern as these two features are unique to every cat, just like human fingerprinting.  If your pet has any special markings, scars, or ear nicks, photograph these areas and keep these photos in a special location with your cat’s vet records.

SAFE TRANSPORT

This sounds basic, but you’d be surprised how many pet owners put their cats at risk.

A cat inside a car can escape when involved in a traffic accident. Lost CatThey can jump out prematurely when a door is opened (see case of cat lost at a gas station at night). Cat carriers have been known to break open during traffic accidents, in vet parking lots, and on conveyor belts at airports.

No matter how crabby your cat becomes with confinement, make sure you transport them in a secure carrier. Most accidents I’ve seen were the result of a “clamshell carrier” being dropped or the bottom falling out.

There seem to be fewer incidents with zipper carriers–as long as you make sure the zippers are fully closed every time.

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ORANGE COLLAR & MICROCHIP

Even if you never let your cat out, you never know when an emergency will happen. A kid may open a window or door at night, cat carriers can (and do) break open, or worst of all, a burglar could break in, leaving a door open for your cat to escape outside. Paramedics and other first responders often leave doors open during emergency procedures. I’ve even had cases of cats thrown from cars in traffic accidents.

Most people never think any of this could happen to them. Then it does. A bright collar with ID and a microchip are both important so your cat has identification both inside and out.

Even indoor-only cats should have a collar and chip because if they ever do get out, they’re at risk of ending up in an animal shelter months after you’ve stopped searching.

For collars, orange is known as the most noticeable color. It’s also known in the cat world as the sign of an escaped cat, so people will take note. In addition to orange, a lighted collar to be seen at night that’s also wide enough to accommodate big ID lettering is ideal for cats who will not let strangers pick them up or even get close enough to check a tag. A lighted collar makes them easy to spot at night.

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Get your cat microchipped this week. Then go home and register the chip to YOU at your CURRENT address and phone number. Otherwise, it’s just a unknown number with no way to reach you.

KNOW YOUR CAT’S HABITS

Get to know when your cat sleeps, what hours they are the most active, and whether they prefer to be up in high places or down low. All this will be useful info should your cat ever get out. If they are allowed outside, take note on which way they go when leaving, how they behave, where they seek cover, and what yards they tend to visit. Get them used to being picked up and put back down.

Above all, if your indoor cat does slip out the door, resist the urge to chase or you may never see them again. Stay calm, keep an eye on them, and try to lure them back by sitting near your doorstep or near a dark/shady area with an open can of tuna.  Learn how to do the “kitty Burrito wrap” in case you ever need to scoop up a cat you will need to carry more than ten feet.

BE NEIGHBORLY

In case your cat ever disappears make sure your neighbors know you have a cat –whether your cat is indoor only or outdoor-access. That way, they know who it belongs to and will be more likely to call when spotted. If you’re not already a member of Next-door, sign up and add your pet to their local pets file.

If your cat routinely roams and stalks birds, walks on cars, or poops on your neighbor’s property, make sure to preempt any complaints: ask neighbors to let you know if your cat is a problem for them in any way.

BIRD ALERTS

Should your cat ever escape and you have no idea which way they went, listen to the birds. They will make raucous alarm calls to let each other know there is a predator in the area. Listen to bird language so you know when your cat has been spotted by these air spies.

Blue jays and mockingbirds are especially vocal when they spot a cat. Examples of various bird alarms on cats are included in the ebook, How to Find a Lost Cat by the Lost Cat Finder.

HOME RELATIONS

If your cat slips out, even for just a few hours, beware of the dynamics if you have other cats. Your recovered cat “smells different” and may not be immediately accepted back by the others, creating potential conflict.

Rather than assuming your cats are mad, vengeful or crazy, look into what’s creating the stress and how it’s displayed. Think of it as a cry for help, and get help! Friends will have their opinions, but find out from your cat’s point of view what is really going on with a consult with Val Heart.

Lost Cat reunion stories

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Did you know you can communicate with your cat?  Then if they do get lost or go missing, you can talk to them and find out where they are.  Through the art of a heart to heart conversation you can help guide them safely home again.

If you’re ready to start your journey in the wonderful world of Animal Communication, it’s time to start!

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Cats – just click on the picture below!


Or dive into the complete Talking With Animals program with my Beginning Core Foundations Animal Communication Course.

 

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]]> https://valheart.com/preparing-an-emergency-lost-cat-covid-kit/feed/ 2 Is Your Pet Afraid of Fireworks or Storms? https://valheart.com/is-your-pet-afraid-of-fireworks-or-storms/ https://valheart.com/is-your-pet-afraid-of-fireworks-or-storms/#respond Wed, 17 Jun 2020 20:23:17 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=58950 Having a pet afraid of fireworks can be so stressful, and not just for the animal. I can tell you—watching your furry companion, suffering, panicking, and running in fear of loud noises is no fun. It can be downright scary and dangerous for them and everyone around them.

A pet afraid of fireworks and storms can end in tragedy

is your pet afraid of fireworks and storms?

Independence Day, New Years Day, and other celebrations can be a fun holiday for many people around the world. But it is also the time of year that strikes dread into the hearts of many animal lovers.

Because holidays like Independence Day and New Years Day also means fireworks.

And if you have a pet afraid of fireworks, you have good reason to be concerned.

Many animals are so terrified of the loud, frightening BOOMS that they run away 

from home only to get lost, severely injured, or killed in their panic.

It’s so sad because they were just desperately trying to find somewhere safe to hide, to run away from the terrors in the sky.

It’s the worst time of year for shelters and rescue organizations too.

In fact, more animals get lost and go missing during fireworks celebrations than at any other time of the year.

Isn’t that heartbreaking?

Equally devastating and way more unpredictable in their timing are thunderstorms with booming peals of thunder and lightning lighting up the sky. That too can scare animals into a complete and full-blown panic, as can other noise phobias.

Many fearful, terrified pets begin freaking out before the storm even arrives. In the madness, they can become destructive, to themselves and your property.cbd cat

Maybe you have a pet afraid of fireworks, or you know someone who does… and you’re thinking ahead to the Fourth of July (or the next holiday) with dread, not sure what to do?

Maybe you think you’ve tried everything. You’ve done training, taught calming cues and signals, and offered reassurance techniques, but nothing has worked and they are still afraid and react to the noises with panic.

And you’re afraid for their healthy, safety and wellbeing

Maybe you’ve even resorted to using drugs. But what if you’re not there to give it to them when they’re afraid it doesn’t help, and you can’t keep them drugged ALL the time, right?

What if the drug isn’t working, it’s too expensive or has harmful side effects? That’s not good either.

Or maybe you just don’t know if they’re working or not, because your pet friend can’t tell you how they’re feeling.

Learn how to speak your pets language so you can help heal their mind through communicating with them.  Start by downloading my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!


Or dive into the complete Talking With Animals program with my Beginning Core Foundations Animal Communication Course

A pet afraid of fireworks or storms can suffer health problems

It goes beyond just the panic reaction.

Fear itself takes a huge toll on a pet’s nervous system, bodymind, and their emotions. Ultimately, all the stress from fear can sabotage their immune system so they are more vulnerable to illness, pathogens, and disease.

Learning how to help your pet overcome their fear of fireworks, storms/thunder and any kind of noise phobias is the kindest, most loving, and compassionate, BEST thing you can do for them.

You could even save their life.

CBD Oil Helps Pet Afraid of FireworksOne other wonderful thing you can do to help is give them high-quality CBD oil. CBD oil helps relax their nerves, chill and take the edge off.

The problem is you have to start ahead of time to build up their system. To do that, you need to have some on hand and get them started on it ASAP, which means you need to order it right now.

Before you do…

Beware! Not all CBD oil products are created equally – you need the BEST oil for your pet!

Many have fillers, nasty bits in the ingredients (or not enough of the good stuff), and are very low-quality oils that don’t help at all.

They can even hurt your pet.

CBD for pets isn’t regulated the same way oil for humans is, so they aren’t tested properly because the companies are out to make a quick buck on the CBD bandwagon.

My FAVORITE CBD Oil company is CTFO. 

I trust CTFO’s products implicitly because I’ve seen them work really really well, and I use them personally.  I also trust them because of their third party testing and impeccable standards.

It’s like a really cool CHILL PILL for puppies. Works for kitties too. And horses. And people!!

If you tried CBD before and it didn’t work so well, you gotta check out my blog post on CBD Oil and how to use it properly.  Because not only do you need the best quality, after that HOW you use it can make all the difference in the world. 

Do you have a precious pet who is afraid of fireworks?  Check out my Helping Pets Overcome Fear of Fireworks, Thunder, and Noise Phobias Course. Because helping your pet overcome their fear of loud noises is one of the best things you can do for them.  Healing their body is important, but healing their mind is critically important. 

Did you enjoy this article? Here are some more you might enjoy:

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]]> https://valheart.com/is-your-pet-afraid-of-fireworks-or-storms/feed/ 0 6 Tips For Traveling With Your Dog https://valheart.com/6-tips-for-traveling-with-your-dog/ https://valheart.com/6-tips-for-traveling-with-your-dog/#respond Wed, 17 Jun 2020 12:08:53 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=6957 Traveling with your dog is one of those things that is always a better experience – whether they have two legs or four.

And if you’re planning on bringing the latter, check out these great tips for traveling with your dog with insight from Wag The Dog UK’s, Trina Cooper on what you’ll need to do to prepare for a worry-free trip for you and your furry friend!

Plan a visit to your veterinarian for a check up:

Within ten days of taking off, schedule an appointment with your veterinarian to ensure that all vaccinations are up to date. Vets will provide a health certificate that should be carried with you during travel.

If you are traveling internationally, take the time to investigate what precautions, vaccinations and paperwork are necessary.

When dealing with important paperwork, Trina suggests to “always have two copies. Carry one in your carry-on bag, the other with your dog. Taped and sealed on the crate.”

Update microchips and ID Tags:

In case you and your pet are separated at any point, ensure they’re safely returned to you by having all of your contact information up to date. Include a current phone number, as well as travel destination information on the collar.

Also, keep a clear photograph of your pet with you in case you need to enlist the help of strangers in finding your pet.

Consider their comfort before traveling with your dog:

Traveling can be scary for most pets, as it introduces them to unfamiliar people and locations. Bring along a favorite toy or treat that will remind them of home. If choosing to crate your pet, make sure it is large enough for your pet to easily stand and turn around.

“If your dog is traveling separately by crate, make sure you pack an unwashed blanket or your t-shirt from home. It has been known that this will help calm your dog while on route, due to the scent of you. Home will be with your dog and will help him feel more secure,” advises Cooper.

If you and your pet have the luxury of traveling via private aviation, you’ll want to make every effort to find room for your four legged friends in the cabin of the aircraft. It’s a good idea to check on them frequently and ensure they’re not exhibiting anxious or uncomfortable behavior while in flight.

Brush up on pet first-aid:

While traveling to new places can be just as stimulating for your pet as it is for you, the chances of your pet getting injured are increased where they lack familiarity.

Familiarize yourself with basic pet first-aid, such as bandaging cuts, but also be prepared for whatever situation may occur.

Research your new area ahead of time and take down the local veterinarian’s information in case of an emergency.

Find pet friendly accommodations:

Not all commercial hotels or airlines are accepting of furry, four-legged friends. In the hotel, “attempt to mimic your new home to your old home,” says Cooper. “Just like a child, you will need to make an inviting place for your dog.

Set up his/her bed in the usual place, put down his bowls and feed him his usual food (that you brought with you), and place his toys where he would expect them to be.”

TALK to your pet:

As important as the proper logistics are to happy and healthy travels, be sure they understand and know what is happening to them and why.

If they are left out of the communication loop, then their stress levels will skyrocket which causes their immune system to be vulnerable and can lead to a breakdown in healthy and well-being.  They will also have questions or concerns that need to be answered.

Happy Trails!

If you’re ready to start your journey in the wonderful world of Animal Communication, it’s time to start!

Download my FREE Ebook: Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Pets HERE.

Or dive into the complete Talking With Animals program with my Beginning Core Foundations Animal Communication Course.

Maybe you’ve already begun your journey in Animal Communication. If so, it’s time to go to the next level.

Find out how to access the Masterclass here

All my courses are fully guaranteed, so there’s no risk to taking the next step.

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]]> https://valheart.com/6-tips-for-traveling-with-your-dog/feed/ 0 Being A Dog Whisperer Comes In Handy! https://valheart.com/being-a-dog-whisperer-comes-in-handy/ https://valheart.com/being-a-dog-whisperer-comes-in-handy/#respond Wed, 10 Jun 2020 21:00:10 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=58920 Being a dog whisperer can come in really handy! Especially when you live with a lab cross puppy whose nickname is “Butter Boy”.

You can imagine where this story is going…

My life as a dog whisperer and The Butter Boy

First a little backstory… My lifelong dream of having my own personal chef has come true!

I confess I’m not much of a cook. Like my Mom who didn’t much enjoy cooking “real food” because she loved the sweets, I’m more of a baker.  My specialties are PBJ sandwiches, homemade jello, cookies and muffins and yummy goodies like that.  And truth be told, I do a much better job cooking for the dogs than I do for people!

My life partner and husband Joern is who I affectionately refer to as my personal chef. He’s an excellent cook, even better, he loves to cook, plan meals and shop for the ingredients. Did I mention he also loves to eat?

Oh yea. And as much as he loves to cook his culinary creations, he also loves sharing them with me, his sweetheart.

How lucky am I, eh?

Being a dog whisperer comes in very handy when the unexpected happens

Last night, Joern fixed us a delicious meal. As usual, we grabbed our plates and retired to our sitting area where we love to chat, chill, read, eat, and watch whatever TV show we’re currently bingeing.

We just finished watching The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (OMG we love her!) and are now watching The Expanse. We love to indulge in one or all of the activities above with our doggies by our side—it’s a family thing.

I went to get us dessert (my homemade sugar and gluten-free Samoa cookies, which Joern says are the best cookies he’s ever had, high praise from my gourmand hubby)…

When I saw it.

The Evidence.

The golden Kerrygold butter wrapper was torn into little gnarly, wet slimy bits, and shreds of it were strewn all over the kitchen floor. Uh oh. Joern had used a little bit of a whole new stick of butter in our cauliflower rice and left it on the counter by the stove while we ate dinner.

But now?

No butter left. It had inexplicably disappeared while we were distracted by our show.

Timmy, our border collie, had been at our side the entire time, hoping for handouts and watching for something to spill off our plates.  He’s always ready to jump into action to clean the floor instantly in case of spillage, and loves to help us “do the dishes”. So he was not the butter thief.

Which can only leave…

SAMWISE, our newly-adopted lab mix pup, now forever known as Thief, aka The Butter Boy.

Oh dear.

dog whisperer with Vals dogs
Vals dogs Timmy and Samwise love to communicate

Oh no! Time for the dog whisperer to jump into action

So…is Samwise’s tummy going to rebel from eating a whole stick of butter?

Will we be up all night dealing with throw up or diarrhea or with a sick doggo needing emergency attention?

What a scary, potential nightmare, eh? Most dog parents in this situation can only sit and wait nervously, watching for signs that their dog is about to be sick or worse.

But if you’re a dog whisperer, you can tackle the problem head-on through a conversation with your best friend.

Just ask your pet how they feel.

So I asked him. “Sam, how does your tummy feel?”

“Fine. I feel good.” (Samwise has the sweetest, clearest voice.)

“You ate a lot of butter. Sometimes that can make a doggy feel really awful. We never eat that much butter all at once… I’m worried. Will you let me know if you feel sick later?”

“Sure, Mom! But I feel good right now and I’m sorry you’re worried about me. It was really tasty, I like butter.  And it was right there on the edge of the counter too! NomNomNom…” as he licked his lips in delight.

I said, “Thanks for telling me that – I got it! We like butter too. You’re off the hook for now Sam until we know you’re okay. But later we’ll discuss your stealing our food off the counter!”

Sam still felt fine when we went to bed. But around 3 a.m. he woke me asking to go outside just like we’d discussed.

He scooted quickly outside, did his thing, and I waited until he was ready to come back inside again. When he was ready, he came in and we all curled back up on the bed and slept well the rest of the night.

I woke up to find him and his toy dinosaur sitting on my pillow looking at me, in our happy place, ready to greet the day.

Being A Dog Whisperer Comes In Handy!
Vals dog Samwise is a natural dog whisperer too

Potential crisis averted.

Are you ready to start talking to your dog with more than just hand signals and voice cues? Your furry friends have so much to say. Go here and get started talking to your best friends in a whole new way.

I’m SO grateful I’m a dog whisperer. Talking to all animals is an intuitive skill that comes in very handy in so many countless ways.

For instance, when your pet doesn’t feel well?  Ask them if they’re in pain, what happened to make them hurt, and what they need to feel better.

When they act out in mysterious bad dog behavior?  Ask them why what they’re doing makes sense to them.  Are they confused?  Upset?  Afraid?  Why and what can we do about that as a partnership?

If they are getting ready to make their transition?  A heart to heart conversation will make all the difference in the world between a peaceful, easier passing versus a traumatic, grief stricken experience for both of you.

Because here’s the thing – anything can happen at any time.

You just never know when you’ll need to talk about something really important.

And that’s why you’re in my Tribe of Animal Lovers!

Make a point of talking to an animal today. Keep the conversation alive by checking with them frequently and find out what’s going on in their world.

Seriously, you don’t want to wait until something is wrong to make the effort to communicate. By then it could be too late.

If you’re ready to start your journey in the wonderful world of Animal Communication, it’s time to start!

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Dogs – just click on the picture below!

Or dive into the complete Talking With Animals program with my Beginning Core Foundations Animal Communication Course.

Maybe you’ve already begun your journey in Animal Communication. If so, it’s time to go to the next level.

Find out how to access the Masterclass here

All my courses are fully guaranteed, so there’s no risk to taking the next step.

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Talking with animals is amazing! My conversation with Grandfather Snake.

]]> https://valheart.com/being-a-dog-whisperer-comes-in-handy/feed/ 0 Talking With Animals Is Amazing! My Conversation With Grandfather Snake https://valheart.com/talking-with-animals-is-amazing-my-conversation-with-grandfather-snake/ https://valheart.com/talking-with-animals-is-amazing-my-conversation-with-grandfather-snake/#respond Wed, 03 Jun 2020 18:22:04 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=58849 All my years talking with animals has provided so many rich experiences filled with new wisdom to be learned. Here is another of them.

Talking with animals is a life-changing experience

Recently I told you about my first encounter with one of my spirit animals—snake.

Today I’m going to tell you how my snake animal totem helped to save my life.

I have so many stories that are based around my time working at the Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation. My last post was about a special little fawn and all of his friends in the fawn enclosure, and how through communicating with the fawns I was able to save their lives. This story starts there as well.

One night after I had been feeding the fawns in their enclosure, I was returning along the path to the “big house” carrying the big buckets full of baby bottles which I used to feed the fawns their milk.

We were short on staff, so I was alone that day with only the facility’s director on the large well over 100 acres of Texas hillside country property, and of course, all the animals in our care.

Do you have what it takes to start talking with animals? Find out here.

I was on my way back to clean the bottles and prepare for my next caretaker task. It was dusk and the light was fading, the narrow dirt path wound ahead of me through the brush, trees, and undergrowth of the Texas landscape.

A hot summer day in Texas, I was enjoying the smell of the heated earth and cedar trees, just relishing that moment of being immersed in nature.

The fawns had been hysterical good fun. They had been delighted to greet me and talk to me and had eagerly chowed down their dinner, suckling milk from the over 50 big baby bottles I’d used to feed them. They were happy to tell me about their day and like children asking a myriad of questions.

Talking With Animals: Fawns

Talking with animals can be extremely fun and rewarding, and this was one of those times.

I was feeling good after a job well done and was lost in my thoughts, thinking about how much I loved animals and all the other things I had yet to do that evening.

And so I trudged along the quarter-mile back to the big house, carrying the big plastic buckets with the bottles all clinking against each other.

Then, I saw what looked like a tree branch laying across the path.

I didn’t think much of it, it was just a branch after all. Except as I was about to step over it I thought…

Hold it.

That stick wasn’t there earlier.

There aren’t any big trees nearby that could have dropped such a big limb like that.

How did that get here?

I’m a bit nearsighted and the light was fading quickly. So I bent down to take a closer look at “the branch”.

I didn’t have a flashlight with me, so I had to get really close to see what I was looking at. My face was about a foot away from the object as I squinted to make out what it was.

And that is when I saw it—the distinctive rattlesnake markings.

When what I was seeing sunk in, my eyes opened wide and I stopped breathing and froze in place. The snake was huge—bigger around than my arm and almost six feet long, bigger than most rattlesnakes. It had many rattles on its pointed tail.

“This is a very old and wise snake…”, I thought.

Very slowly, I backed up and stepped away from the big old snake. Walking backward until I was about 8 feet away from it until I could decide what to do.

Talking With Animals: My Conversation With Grandfather Snake

Talking with animals — Grandfather Snake’s Message

I gathered my courage, breathed deep. Using my animal communication skills just like I teach my students, I offered a calm and cordial greeting:

“Good evening, Grandfather. I’m sorry if I’ve disturbed you. I mean you no harm.”

Respectfully, I listened to his reply, and it came right away. Grandfather told me gently and lovingly to be calm, I wasn’t his prey.

He was not hunting me that evening, he said with a twinkle of good humor.

In fact, he told me, he recognized me and my Spirit Animal, my Snake. And because of that connection, we were spiritually and energetically in some ways kin to each other.

I thanked him from my heart and asked if I could pass on by because I needed to get back to the house.

Grandfather said, “Of course! Carry on.”

I wished him well, safely stepped over his long thick body, and continued on my way.

Since then I have had many more bizarre and wild encounters talking with animals including snakes—they have shown themselves to be my spirit animal time and time again.

Like the time I single-handedly gathered over twenty pythons and boa constrictors of all sizes from the snake house at Wildlife Rescue. The heater in their house had failed and they would freeze to death in the cold Texas night, so I had to relocate them to the big house.

Did I mention it was midnight and I was all alone? Before cell phones even existed??

Yep. But that’s a story for another day.

Next time I’ll tell you about how I met my next spirit animal. You won’t believe what happened, it was so cool.

Have you met your spirit animals yet?

Tell me all about it in the comments! And be sure to check out all my courses, workshops, and memberships if you’re ready to start talking with animals of all kinds.

Are you ready to meet your spirit animals? I taught a Masterclass on the topic for the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club Platinum members in The Heart School of Animal Communication®.

Find out how to access the Masterclass here

If you’re ready to start your journey in the wonderful world of Animal Communication, it’s time to start!

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!


Or dive into the complete Talking With Animals program with my Beginning Core Foundations Animal Communication Course.

All my courses are fully guaranteed, so there’s no risk of taking the next step.

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]]> https://valheart.com/talking-with-animals-is-amazing-my-conversation-with-grandfather-snake/feed/ 0 Talk to Animals and Watch the Amazing Results! How Animal Communication Saved the Lives of 49 Fawns https://valheart.com/talk-to-animals-and-watch-the-amazing-results-how-animal-communication-saved-the-lives-of-49-fawns/ https://valheart.com/talk-to-animals-and-watch-the-amazing-results-how-animal-communication-saved-the-lives-of-49-fawns/#comments Wed, 27 May 2020 18:29:02 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=58822 When you take the time to talk to animals and learn to truly listen and communicate, amazing things happen!

Just read this story about how my ability to talk to animals saved the lives of 49 little orphan fawns—but lost one very special little one.

Little Bobby’s story

Working on staff at Wildlife Rescue & Rehabilitation was an extraordinary experience. I got to be up close and personal with all kinds of wildlife—everything from deer, raccoons, and opossums to owls, panthers, and bears, oh my!

One evening I was heading down the path for fawn feeding time, one of my favorite jobs at the center. I was carrying four big buckets filled to the brim with nursing bottles full of creamy rich “mother’s milk”.

There were at least fifty orphaned fawns, some of them injured, in the large enclosure. Our job was to raise them until they were young adults, then release them safely into areas where they could rejoin existing wild deer herds and hopefully live long happy lives.

On this beautiful evening, as I entered the fawns’ pen, they eagerly ran up and crowded all around me as they always did. It always made my heart so glad to see and connect with these beautiful, innocent, playful creatures.

In my career as a professional animal communicator, I talk to animals all the time—everything from the usual cats and dogs and horses to the more exotic foxes and cougars and monkeys and elephants and so many more! I’d seen a lot by that point. If you can imagine fifty precious little fawns leaping and pushing each other and dancing with excitement to get closer to you!  It was a wonderful experience.

Many were leaping and bouncing above the crowd, trying to affectionately head-butt me like I was their momma. It was so sweet and delightful.

Laughing, I greeted them, patted their beautiful heads and necks, then shooed them away so I could set up their feeders and they could begin eating their dinner.

Do you have what it takes to talk to animals? Find out here.

Talk to animals to improve their health and well-being

I always used this special time with the fawns to inquire as to their health and well-being.

Sometimes they told me stories about their day, or the newest joke or funny story they’d come up with.

Sometimes they asked me questions or wanted to know what I thought about something that was troubling them. I was always amazed at what complex inner lives these precious creatures had—they weren’t just adorable, they were also intelligent, feeling, kind, and thoughtful.

But on this day, something different and unexpected happened, and it scared me.

Group of Fawns: Talk to Animals and Watch the Amazing Results!

Several of the fawns urgently spoke up saying, “Bobby isn’t feeling good! Can you help him please?”

I replied, “Oh no! Yes, of course, I’ll do everything I can to help him. What’s wrong?  Where is he?”

I looked around the enclosure as the light slowly faded to dusk, despairing of ever finding the one little fawn in the large crowd who wasn’t “feeling good”. Then, like the story of Moses parting the red sea, the crowd of fawns opened and one little fawn approached me.  It was Little Bobby.

The others nosed him as he walked by, in support and a show of caring.

It was so loving and sweet!

Using animal communication to understand the symptoms

When he came up to greet me, I kneeled down and asked him to tell me how he was feeling. I asked him when he started feeling bad, how long he’d been feeling that way, and a myriad of questions to help me determine how best to help him feel better. (Once you’ve learned how to talk to animals in the Beginning Core Foundations Course, it’s time to learn the art of asking the right questions in the right time and way when communicating with animals in The Heart Of the Conversation 7 Step Blueprint for Successful Conversations With Animals Course)

He told me he had a headache, and his nose was snotty and runny. He was achy and had a tummy ache too. And sometimes he felt shivery.

Poor little guy, he was miserable.

I patted him and tried to comfort him, then told him I would go to tell Tim, the director. He would know just what to do.

 

Baby Fawn: Talk to Animals and Watch the Amazing Results!

Can I really talk to animals? Tim’s challenge

I found Tim in the work area and quickly told him the tale. Astonished, he looked at me for a moment with wide eyes—he wasn’t sure he believed I could really talk to animals, but my story was pretty amazing and compelling. And if I was reporting a sick animal, well, he had to look into it.

Challenging me, he asked me to take a can of purple spray dye to mark the ill fawn. I was to go put a mark on his coat so Tim could easily find him in the herd later.

I trudged back to the fawn pen and wondered how I would ever find Bobby again in the dark. The other fawns, as usual, crowded around me and were glad to see me.

I connected with my heart, centered myself, and called for Bobby to come to me, please.

Then I waited…

To my delight, in just a few minutes, here came little Bobby! Trustingly, he walked up and put his head in my hand.

I told him that we were working to find a way to help him feel better, but first, we needed to put a pretty purple mark on his beautiful coat so Tim could find him.

Patiently, Bobby agreed and waited silently while I sprayed the purple dye.

I told the other fawns that Bobby’s purple mark was very special.

Then I explained to Bobby that Tim would be out later to find him and figure out what to do to help him.

And so it was.

When my shift was over, I went home. It was my “weekend” so I got to take a couple of days off work. Every day until I went back to work I prayed for Bobby and communicated with him.

The next workday shift, I looked for him but didn’t find him with the other fawns. When I asked Tim, he said he’d easily found Bobby thanks to the purple mark I’d placed on his coat.

He’d never seen anything like Bobby’s illness in deer before, so he swabbed the inside of his nose and sent the swab to A&M University to be cultured. They were waiting for the results before deciding on a specific course of treatment.

In the meantime, little Bobby was taken to the ill and badly injured fawn pen. I saw him every day and comforted him as best I could, telling him what a brave boy he was.

But sadly, by the time we got the culture back and had a remedy in place, Bobby died.

I grieved his loss, and when I saw the fawns later I told them what had happened. They stood around me, completely silent and respectful. And so we grieved him together, all gathered in a big circle.

The good news was, thanks to the fawns’ willingness to ask me, a human, for help for one of their own, and thanks to Bobby’s courage to seek help and put his life in our hands… and thanks for my ability to talk to animals, he was the only fawn we lost.

The culture came back with a treatment plan and all the other fawns were treated and saved. The fawns, in their intelligence, had known they needed help when they told me what was going on. In talking to me, they had saved themselves.

You too can do good when you talk to animals

Learn How to Talk with Animals

In The Heart School of Animal Communication®, I teach animal lovers all over the world how to communicate with animals. I can also coach you in the Best Online Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club to help you break down your blocks, expand your intuitive abilities, and advance your skills quickly.

Why? I do this so you can really be there when animals need you most.

Learn to speak their language so you can be their hero, their best friend, their confidante, who they come to when they need help

So they can help you by sharing what they know that you don’t yet. In this way, together you can save each other’s lives one day.

The How to Talk to Animals Beginning Core Foundations Course teaches you the basics so you will know how to tune in, connect, send, and receive messages with animals.

I believe every animal caretaker, whether of domestic doggies and kitties and horses, or wild animals like fawns and tigers and bears, must know how to communicate with their charges. This skill will bring their level of care to a new level and will enhance their own experience and learning as well.

In this five-lesson audio course, you’ll learn how to tune in and connect with your heart and mind to intuitively understand what animals are trying to tell you.

If you want to learn at your own pace, in the privacy of your own home and on your own time, this course is for you!

This course changes people’s and animal’s lives every day.

I strongly suggest that if you have not yet started your own epic journey into the wonderful world of animal communication, you begin now.

What if you already have a beginning course?

Then your next step is to discover how to apply your intuitive skills to help heal animals in pain, solve behavior problems, connect and communicate faster, work with groups of animals, prepare for transitions and reconnect in the afterlife.

If you’re ready for the next step on your journey, it’s time to go for the Advanced Animal Talk Mastery Course.

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Much love to you and your furbabies, critters, and fantastical beasties.

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]]> https://valheart.com/talk-to-animals-and-watch-the-amazing-results-how-animal-communication-saved-the-lives-of-49-fawns/feed/ 1 Animal Healing: Helping An Aging Dog Express Her Needs https://valheart.com/animal-healing-helping-an-aging-dog-express-her-needs/ https://valheart.com/animal-healing-helping-an-aging-dog-express-her-needs/#respond Wed, 20 May 2020 22:13:46 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=58774 My work in animal healing and animal communication has brought so many rewarding experiences. Every time I have a chance to help an animal and their caretaker heal from trauma or identify and solve the problems they’re experiencing, not only am I helping them but we all learn so much from the experience as well.

Animal Healing: Taffy’s Story

In one of our monthly Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club Live Q&A Coaching calls, one of the students Stephanie* asked for some help with her senior golden lab Taffy. Taffy had been having issues with her vision and her mom was having trouble understanding how best to help her.

What helped? What hurt or made things worse? It’s hard to know without communicating directly with the animal.

Although Stephanie has had Taffy for a long time, she still finds some of Taffy’s body cues confusing. So she asked for help, saying:

“We recently started Taffy on eye drops for dry eyes. First, we tried a liquid drop, but Taffy would rub her eyes after the drops were applied. Please ask Taffy whether the drop was stinging her eyes?

Please ask Taffy: Do her eyes feel better with the new drops? How is her vision now? Has it gotten any better or worse over the last couple of months? What does she want me to know about her vision? Also, she is still limping a lot. How does her body feel? Thank you.”

I tuned into Taffy the way I teach in The Heart School of Animal Communication®, and like I always do when conducting a session of animal healing, I started by expressing love for her and acknowledging her for being such a great dog. I thanked her for loving and taking such good care of her mom.

After waiting for the connection to feel strong and clear between us, I began the conversation, asking her:

“Taffy, what’s going on with your eyes? Your mom said you were rubbing your eyes when she put in the liquid drops. Why?”

Taffy said, “They made my eyes sting and burn, then they ached for a while after. I know mom was trying to help but I didn’t like it.”

I said, “Wow, that sucks. Did they help your eyes at all?”

Taffy said, “No, not that I can tell…”

I said, “Got it! Okay, so what happens when mom puts the gel stuff in there?”

Taffy said, “It feels better! And yes, it does help with the burning and itching. And Val? The area behind my eyes aches. It’s worse on the left side…I get a lot of headaches and I don’t like going out in the sun sometimes. I love my walks with mom, but it’s so bright, it makes my headaches worse.”

After listening to her, I replied, “I’m sorry to hear that Taffy. Thank you for sharing this with us. It’s very good information for us to have, so we can help you feel better. Now, can you help me understand your vision? How much can you see these days? Would you show me instead of telling me so I can understand better?”

In my mental monitor, Taffy took me deep inside her experience and showed me exactly what she can see. First, we looked together through her left eye, then her right.

Through this sharing of vision, I was able to see that Taffy’s vision was worse than her mom had suspected.

Her left eye could see mostly light, with some shadows and shapes of objects and colors. They weren’t very clear. And there was a dark area in the lower quadrant of her field of vision where she couldn’t see anything at all.

Her right eye could see even less. It was picking up light, with some shadows and shapes as well, but it looked like a hazy film spread across her field of vision.

Even with this revelation, Taffy was still good-natured. She said to me with a smile, “I might not see very well, but I can hear just fine!”

I smiled back and thanked her for her great sense of humor.

Animal Healing: Helping An Aging Dog Express Her Needs

Animal healing for physical and spiritual growth.

Then, I asked her if I could delve deeper and take a closer look at what’s going on inside the rest of her body using an intuitive medical scanning technique (taught in an Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club Masterclass)

She said yes, so I shifted to energy “MRI” mode (aka, modified medical intuitive energetic scanning in the H.E.A.R.T. System style most commonly used in my private healing work with clients).

After switching to energy scanning mode, I immediately noticed several problem areas in Taffy’s body. I found several areas of swelling and inflammation, as well as numb, colder areas which indicated decreased circulation.

There were also a number of hot areas in her back and hips, and a pain spot on her right hind leg in the stifle area.

As I gently investigated each problem area, I continued the conversation with Taffy. I asked her how this felt, what kind of pain it was, and how long it had been going on.

I told her that we loved her and only wanted her to feel better, but she needed to help us understand how to do that. So I also asked her more specific questions to help us understand her experience to the very best of our ability:

“Did anything specific happen to cause this hurt? Did she need anything from us that would help her?”  “Are we were doing anything that is making her feel worse instead of better?”

As you can imagine, knowing the answers to these questions from heart to heart, mind to mind conversation with Taffy was fascinating and very useful.

When we finished, Taffy said she felt better after being able to talk about what was going on with her.

And now mom has new “straight out of the doggo’s mouth” information she can use to help her faithful friend enjoy her later years to the fullest.

Shortly after the Coaching Call ended, I got an email saying:

“Thanks so much, Val! I really appreciate that!! Oddly enough, we have a medical issue with my husband’s eye too. Believe it or not, it’s exactly what Taffy had with clogged eyelid glands with high inflammation which eventually led to her diagnosis of the golden retriever pigmentary uveitis and related cataract!) I was impressed with and appreciated how you were keeping everything moving today in an effort to get to all the other questions too! Again, I — and Taffy — thank you so very much!” Animal Healing: Helping An Aging Dog Express Her Needs

 

Would you like to learn how to talk to animals and help them heal too?

I’m so excited to show you what I’ve learned in over 30 years of doing this kind of animal healing work.

It’s partly how I get such extraordinary results in my healing work.

After all, this journey isn’t just about communicating with animals or healing animals.

It’s also about healing, evolving, and growing into your BEST self.

My Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club Members are learning how to do that.  Click Here to find out more about the Club! 

If you’d like a private Animal Communication, Healing & Problem Solving consultation to help you with your pet, click here to get started now.

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* Name changed to protect the student’s privacy

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]]> https://valheart.com/animal-healing-helping-an-aging-dog-express-her-needs/feed/ 0 Who’s Your Spirit Animal? The Truth Might Surprise You https://valheart.com/whos-your-spirit-animal-the-truth-might-surprise-you/ https://valheart.com/whos-your-spirit-animal-the-truth-might-surprise-you/#respond Wed, 13 May 2020 19:17:59 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=58759 Do you know who your spirit animal is?

Even more important, do you have a personal relationship with your Spirit Animal? You should. They can help you in so many ways, as you’ll see. If you don’t yet, I highly recommend finding out. Because it might not be who you think!  And you may be missing their important messages and guidance too.

First, do you know what a Spirit Animal actually is?

A spirit animal is characterized as a teacher or messenger that comes in the form of an animal and has a personal relationship with an individual. Other names might be animal guides, spirit helpers, spirit allies, power animals, spirit totems, or animal helpers.

WHO is your Spirit Animal?

I’ve been taught that each of us has 9 main ones, and others come along when it’s important to get our attention.

In advanced Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club Platinum member Masterclasses I host in The Heart School of Animal Communication®, students are guided to discover their spirit animals. The student’s discoveries were mind blowing, and the experience changed their lives for the better on so many levels.

My first experience with this was extraordinary.  During an unforgettable shamanic underworld journey while in an advanced workshop hosted by Penelope Smith, I was guided to find and bring back my partner’s spirit animal. Her’s was a wonderful, mischievous, creative and highly intelligent Monkey.monkey spirit animal

The monkey spirit animal is a powerful symbol of good luck. This is because it represents a playful and lighthearted version of yourself. The meaning of the monkey seeks to awaken your youthful and cheerful spirit, and the inner child in you.

Monkey rocked her world, literally and figuratively!  But that’s a story for another time.

An unlikely match…?  Meeting my spirit animal shocked me.

So who do you think my partner found for me? I would never have guessed this one.

I can tell you I was absolutely shocked when she returned from her journey and revealed my spirit animal to me.

I’d been imagining all sorts of wonderful animal spirit totems, like Bear, Wolf, Hawk, Horse… maybe the noble Mountain Lion, Eagle, or the nimble Rabbit!

I could barely wait to find out who my spirit animal was. But I never could have imagined the reality.

She said: “Your spirit animal… is a Snake”.

Who’s Your Spirit Animal? The Truth Might Surprise You

Facing my fears.

I could only gape at her with my mouth hanging open as I sat there, stunned. I couldn’t help but think there must have been a mistake.

It’s not that I don’t like reptiles, I love all creatures. But I’d never felt a strong affinity for snakes before, let alone considered them kindred spirits or a guiding Messenger.

I had a healthy respect for snakes, born out of several close encounters I’d had where I felt lucky to have escaped unharmed. Because of that snakes have always been a bit scary for me. They’re not warm or fuzzy or cuddly. In fact, they can kill people.

Surely she’d done the exercise wrong?

So I had to ask: “A snake? Really?” Honestly, I felt scared at first.

But, I took a few deep breaths, gathered my courage as best I could, and got ready to face my fears.

I tuned in to meet Snake.

In my vivid imagination and inner mental monitor, she was huge! She lay coiled around a large tree limb, calmly looking down at me.

Easily 200 pounds or more, she was a stunning iridescent green. She greeted me as I looked up at her.

I asked my spirit animal if she had a message for me?

She did. She talked to me about reclaiming my power and shedding toxic energy.

I was suffering in an abusive marriage. I knew exactly what she was talking about.

Then, she taught me about masks and identities. She told me that just like a snake sheds her skin as she grows, I would also drop away that which no longer served me.

She taught me about transmuting poison—changing and growing something that had been toxic into something beautiful.

I was suffering from advanced Lyme Disease at that time, and through Snake’s help, I began to recover.

She taught me so many things that I needed to learn in order to move forward from the period of life I was in and showed me the importance of boundaries, self-respect, and clarity. She also taught me to appreciate and use my own wisdom.

Are you ready to deepen your connection with animals and start really communicating? Look here to find out about all The Heart School of Animal Communication® online courses, classes and Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club membership opportunities.  Get started today!

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Your Spirit Animal is a Messenger for Clarity, Guidance, and Self Growth Dedicated to Your Highest Good.

Because of her insightful counseling that day I began making changes in my relationships and in my life. I learned how to defend myself better and began standing up for myself more.

It was a life-changing conversation. When I got back home from the workshop I did more research into the meaning of Snake as a Spirit Animal or Totem.

What I found out was so on target, I felt blessed and in awe of the Divine Gift I’d received.

The snake as a spirit animal is powerfully connected to life force and primal energy. In many cultures, the snake is revered as a powerful totem representing the source of life itself.

I found out that when the snake appears in your life, as spirit animal or otherwise, it likely means that healing opportunities, important transitions, and increased energy are manifesting.

Who’s Your Spirit Animal? The Truth Might Surprise You

Snake as a spirit animal is a symbol for healing

As I mentioned above, the snake represents life force. Being a reptile, it is very close to earth energies and is reminiscent of unconscious drives and primal instincts. When the snake appears to you as a spirit animal, pay attention to where you are drawing your energy and how you use it.

If you feel you have an affinity with the snake and think she might be your spirit animal, this could be a signal to be sensitive to your healing abilities, not only for others but for yourself as well.

Focus on cultivating sources of energy and support, especially as they relate to the earth and nature.

Snakes have been revered as symbols of healing powers and opportunities since ancient times. In Greek mythology, Aesclepius, the god of medicine, was depicted with two snakes climbing up a rod. This symbol, called the caduceus, remains today as a common association symbol associated with healing.

Snake as spirit animal—what does that mean for you?

When Snake shows up as your spirit animal, it usually means:

  • An element of healing in your life, either of healing others or being healed;
  • Transformation, life changes;
  • Lifeforce and primal energy is a factor in your life;
  • Spiritual guidance plays a large role in your life.

The snake as a spirit animal can provide guidance about any life changes and transitions in your life, whether they are happening on the physical, emotional, or spiritual level.

You just need to learn how to tune in and listen to the messages.

Tuning in, connecting with the animals and nature around me has been my path for most of my life.  Since I met Snake in 1996, I’ve developed my communication, healing and transformational abilities further and faster and deeper than I could have ever expected.

I feel humbled by that experience, and also in awe of the process of discovery that I have gone through.

Have you met your Spirit Animal yet?

If you’ve been feeling that it’s time to really start communicating with animals and/or you are ready to meet your spirit animals, begin your journey now. Start here at The Heart School of Animal Communication® with your free ebook.

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!


Once you have the basics down, you’ll be ready to join the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club. Platinum members have all the Masterclasses including this one that will teach you how to find your own spirit animal.

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]]> https://valheart.com/whos-your-spirit-animal-the-truth-might-surprise-you/feed/ 0 How Animal Connection Can Heal Our Own Wounds and Trauma https://valheart.com/how-animal-connection-can-heal-our-own-wounds-and-trauma/ https://valheart.com/how-animal-connection-can-heal-our-own-wounds-and-trauma/#respond Wed, 06 May 2020 19:49:10 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=58735 Animal connection is such a gift and a blessing. But something that many people don’t realize is that animal connection goes so far beyond just playing with, hanging out with them, or even talking to our animals.

If you have a precious animal companion in your life, learning animal connection through animal communication the way it’s taught in The Heart School of Animal Communication® can heal you too. Why? Because this is fundamentally a profound spiritual journey that helps you heal, evolve and grow until you become your best self.

The following story about one of my clients really shows how powerful animal connection can be for helping us work through our own traumas and wounds.

Ready to get started? Check out this page to explore the Heart Animal Communication, Problem Solving and Healing consultation options to start on your own healing journey through animal connection.

Dr. Joey’s astonishing story of healing through animal connection.

How Animal Connection Can Heal Our Own Wounds and Trauma

Dr. Joey is a family doctor with a thriving practice in South Padre Island, Texas. He loves his patients and truly loves his work, but his life was turned upside down when tragedy struck his household.

You see, Dr. Joey was single but had four dogs at home who were his best friends in the world and all the family he could ask for. In fact, one of these dogs was so close to Dr. Joey that he swore she was his forever soulmate. It was like they were bonded at the heart and mind, at such a deep level that this kind doctor was convinced that she was his angel on earth.

Tragically, the doctor was devastated when his angel was suddenly taken from him.

His heart was broken.

Animal connection: your animals feel you more than you think.

Dr. Joey’s grief was so intense that his world imploded, becoming a dark, heavy, and very painful place.

He thought, however, that he was keeping his pain inside. In spite of his agony over the loss of his soulmate, he somehow found it within himself to keep going as normal. After all, he had three other dogs to care for and a busy practice of patients who needed him.

But something unexpected happened. His other dogs, who up until now had been a happy, well-adjusted family unit, suddenly became unruly and hard to control. They started fighting amongst themselves; not only that, they became aggressive with other dogs and even people.

They used to love visitors, but now, when a stranger came to the door, they would go into such a frenzy that they would hurl themselves physically against the door so hard the doctor was afraid the glass would break.

And instead of enjoying their walks together like they used to do, his dogs would run him ragged, attacking every little thing and dragging him down the street.

Dr. Joey’s heart broke even further. He couldn’t understand why his dogs were acting this way. No matter what he did, they wouldn’t listen to him and he felt helpless and out of control. Instead of a welcome sanctuary of comfort, rest, and love, his home became a place that he dreaded going to at the end of each day.

The situation was a nightmare…

How Animal Connection Can Heal Our Own Wounds and Trauma

Then, on top of it all, Dr. Joey found out that he had bone marrow cancer. His entire world was thrown off its axis. He sunk into an even deeper depression as he struggled to hold it all together.

One day, a friend of his suggested he contact an animal psychic, a professional animal communicator who could get to the bottom of his dogs’ misbehavior and tell him what was really going on with them. Someone who could help solve his pet problems.

Dr. Joey is a practical person and wasn’t sure what to think about it. Honestly, he wasn’t expecting much. But he was desperate and this specific communicator came highly recommended. He figured, what did he have to lose? He would give it a try.

That’s where I entered the picture.

After just a few sessions of animal communication and BodyTalk for Pets and People Healing (among other therapies), Dr. Joey’s dogs were in much better shape.

Communicating with these suffering dogs revealed the underlying problems they were valiantly trying to figure out how to handle all by themselves.

You see, Dr. Joey had forgotten that his dog soulmate’s death didn’t only affect him. His other dogs, her siblings, were also grieving and trying to grieve with him. They were also perplexed that he wasn’t connecting with them anymore.

They were feeling like he no longer loved them now that the other dog was gone, and they were hurting because of it. Confused, lonely, and sad… they all felt lost and disconnected.

Problem Solving with Pets

Animal connection can heal both people and pets.

A short time later?

With my help, Dr. Joey’s three dogs were once again well behaved, settled and happy puppies, a joy to be with. They had finally been heard and felt reconnected with their beloved human companion, Dr. Joey.

As for Dr. Joey, he finally started to feel better as he was allowed to find peace and closure from the loss of his forever dog.

He began practicing my simple no-nonsense rules with the dogs. He started talking to them in a way they could understand following my animal talk coaching. And they began communicating very well together like they were in sync. They could read each other’s minds.

The best part of this story, which came shortly after his last session in the form of this wonderful note:

“My bone marrow cancer is gone!”

“Yesterday was the one year anniversary of my forever dog, Satin’s passing. I have successfully moved my clinic this summer. AND my health has received a Miracle! NO more cancer of the bone marrow! My dogs, Duchess, Zoey and Zena are all doing fine. I cannot tell you how much you have changed my life and my dogs, and how I have become alpha once again. Thank You!” – Dr. Joey Laske, South Padre Island, Texas

Wow, right?

What you may not know is that I don’t just work with animals. I’m a highly trained and gifted healer. I am a medical intuitive and advanced PaRama level BodyTalk practitioner, as well as an animal communicator, trainer, and problem solver.

In fact, problem-solving with pets is my specialty. I created the HEART System, a 5 step process for solving problems with pets. It works with every animal, every time.

I’ve intuitively counseled people through career changes, relationships, breakups, and divorce; through major health problems for themselves and/or their animals; and helped them through death, grief, and loss.

Pets often act as messengers to bring their human’s broken and injured heart into a healing space. How do they do that? Through connection, of course.

At the heart of it all, healing people and pets is my specialty.

We need our animals just as much as they need us. In the How to Talk to Animals System, I teach students how to hear their animal’s thoughts, wisdom, and emotions.

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Take a moment to consider:

What is the most pressing challenge or concern you have with your life?

What does your pet need help with right now?

If you could experience a huge breakthrough as Dr. Joey did, would you take action?

Perhaps it’s time for you to get the help you need too.

Click here and choose the consulting plan that fits your needs, whether you need communication, problem-solving, healing, or intuitive guidance. I’m here for you and the health and wellness of your pet.

Animals have voices, feelings, wisdom, and Spirits just like we do.

They are messengers.

When things are wrong in their world, they need us to listen to them, to honor and respect them, and to learn from them so we can grow, heal and evolve into our best selves.

Wishing you much love, inspiration, and joy, and enough wonderful memories to cherish for all time.

You’re on your way! It’s time to learn how to talk to animals. Start here at The Heart School of Animal Communication® with your free ebook.

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]]> https://valheart.com/how-animal-connection-can-heal-our-own-wounds-and-trauma/feed/ 0 What Can We Learn From Animals? The Smallest Creatures Can Teach The Biggest Lessons https://valheart.com/what-can-we-learn-from-animals-the-smallest-creatures-can-teach-the-biggest-lessons/ https://valheart.com/what-can-we-learn-from-animals-the-smallest-creatures-can-teach-the-biggest-lessons/#respond Wed, 22 Apr 2020 22:09:26 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=58671 What can we learn from animals? The answer to this question is vast—from little life lessons to the biggest moments of clarity and enlightenment, our wise animal friends have so much to teach us.

And sometimes the biggest lessons can come from the smallest teachers of all! The following story perfectly illustrates how communication with animals can result in the most surprising revelations.

What can we learn from animals: The brave mouse who changed my life forever.

Years ago, when I was beginning my journey as an animal communicator, I was working as staff at a Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation organization. It was incredibly hard work; mentally, physically, and emotionally, I was challenged every day to reach beyond my limits of what I thought I was capable of as an animal caretaker and communicator.

I encountered all sorts of animals, big and small, friendly, and ferocious. They all showed me what we can learn from animals in their own way.

But it turned out to be a tiny mouse whose bravery changed my life forever…

Late one night as I was working the overnight shift alone, caring for the hundreds of ill and injured creatures of all species, I got a call from Tim, the director. He told me it was time to feed a five-foot python who was very ill and had not eaten in several weeks. I was dismayed to hear that what I was going to feed it was, a live mouse.

What Can We Learn From Animals? Big Lessons From a Small Creature

 

I loved all of the animals at the shelter, even the mice! It left me heartbroken. How could I possibly choose a mouse to be fed to the snake, and then give it to him? But there was no way out—I was alone on staff and it had to be done.

The responsibility fell to me. I felt absolutely dismayed, heartsick.

The snake was resting in a large dog kennel that had a heating pad beneath it. The reptile was so big it filled the bottom six inches of the kennel with its huge, scaled coils. He would occasionally poke his head out of the kennel bars, but his body was too large to escape or to go very far.

He was getting weaker and weaker with every hour that passed by.

It was up to me to feed him and ultimately help him on the road to recovery. But I was terrified. How could I possibly choose another living creature to doom to death?

The most noble mouse.

The facility kept a large terrarium with at least fifty mice, for the sole purpose of feeding the various predator animals who would only eat live animals. It was a necessity as these animals needed to eat to get their strength back.

I’d never had to do this task before. I was in such conflict about it, it was agonizing.

The mouse community was a joyful one. They happily played all day long in their environment that was built just for them, with tunnels, mice-sized playground equipment, things to climb and explore, and plenty of food and water. It was a happy place, with older mice, boys, and girls, aunts and uncles, parents, and babies.

If you looked in at the terrarium at any given time, you always saw lots of mice out and running around all over the place, enjoying their home to the fullest.

But as I hung up the phone and looked over at the mice, what do you think I saw?

Not a single mouse.

Incredibly, every last mouse had immediately disappeared deep under their bedding. It was as quiet as a tomb, nothing stirring. The place looked abandoned. It was clear they had heard the discussion and they knew exactly what was to come.

brave little mouse

 

What can we learn from animals? Courage.

With tears in my eyes, I gathered my courage, my respect, and my love and I slowly went to the terrarium.

I stood before the empty cage in silence, praying for strength. I reached out to the mice, mind to mind, heart to heart, hoping they would hear me and offer me some guidance.

If you would like to know how to do this, it is taught in my Beginning Core Foundations Course.

After a moment, I connected with the matriarch of the mice community (something I teach students how to do in the Advanced Animal Talk Mastery Course).

I carefully explained the situation and asked her for her help. Then I stood still and respectfully waited for a response.

A few long minutes later, a small white mouse climbed out of the bedding and stood tall on one of the play tunnels facing me.

Standing on his hind legs, the little guy reached up to me with its little nose twitching. I knew that it had something to say to me so I listened carefully.

He said: “Pick me. I am willing to sacrifice my life for my family. I love them, and I feel this is my purpose. I’ve said my goodbyes. I go with my family’s blessing and appreciation. I am ready to face the snake. It’s a good day to die.”

“It’s a good day to die.”

With tears running down my face, I acknowledged his decision and the courage it took to make it, from this tiny little creature. I thanked his listening family community from the bottom of my heart and paid respect and love to him for his noble sacrifice.

Next, I put my hand down beside the mouse and waited as he deliberately and carefully climbed onto my hand.

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I could feel his energy growing big and expansive. At that moment, it felt like he had become a warrior spirit in that darling little white mouse body.

I walked over to the snake in its kennel. I hesitantly asked the mouse one last time: “are you sure?”

The mouse responded clearly, “Yes.”

So I lowered my hand next to the steel bars and waited. I didn’t have the heart to put the mouse inside. He could have run away at that moment, and you know what? I would have felt glad and relieved. But to my amazement, the brave mouse stepped off of my hand of his own volition and entered the snake’s den.

I prayed for the highest good for them both.

I wiped my eyes, blew my nose, and shook it off, and went away to care for the other animals in the facility.

Later, I returned to the kennel to see what had happened.

Amazingly, the white mouse was still alive and resting there in the kennel with the snake. He had not been eaten, nor had he escaped through the kennel bars. They seemed to be coexisting peacefully together.

I don’t know what happened after that because it was very late and my shift ended. I went home after a quick check-in, offering my love and deepest respect for the mouse.

What I do know is that the courage I witnessed through my communication with that mouse forever changed me.

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What can we learn from animals? Everything

That there are heroes everywhere, even in the littlest creatures among us.

Just like humans, animals have their own side of every story to tell.

Animals are sentient, intelligent, wise beings. They are Angels, Teachers, Guides, and Healers. When we learn to recognize, respect, and revere them for who they truly are, they make us better people.

I will never forget that brave little mouse, and the monumental strength and sacrifice he demonstrated that day. His act of selflessness remains.

Take the time to talk to the animals today, okay? What they tell you may literally rock your world.

If you’ve been feeling that it’s time to really start communicating with animals, begin your journey now. Start here at The Heart School of Animal Communication® with your free ebook.

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]]> https://valheart.com/what-can-we-learn-from-animals-the-smallest-creatures-can-teach-the-biggest-lessons/feed/ 0 COVID-19 and Mother Earth Gaia’s Perspective, I Wonder? https://valheart.com/covid-19-gaias-mother-earths-perspective/ https://valheart.com/covid-19-gaias-mother-earths-perspective/#respond Wed, 22 Apr 2020 22:03:44 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=58665 Guest post. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communications Enterprises Inc. 

Absolutely no one wants to see their loved ones and friends suffer or die from the coronavirus, known as COVID-19.

No one wants to see tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of humans worldwide get sick or die of a nasty pandemic like COVID-19.

And at the same time I wonder when will humans stop abusing Mother Earth, Gaia?

When will humans listen to what mother earth is saying?

Earth Day and COVID-19

I believe that Gaia is trying to protect herself. When will humans wake up and take proactive steps to protect and help Gaia heal from our abuse over the last 100+ years?

When will the health of our planet, which we rely on for our very existence, be more important than so much of our selfishness and disregard for how our lives impact the planet?

We have to ask ourselves: when???

Gaia is trying to survive and protect herself, and in so doing is trying to protect us from ourselves.  It may seem strange to say but there are many benefits to stay at home and lockdown, quarantine orders from the COVID-19 pandemic.  As we watch from our homes, we see that the animals and earth are busy repairing the damage done to atmosphere and our environment from smog/pollution.

Humans are the only species that go to such an extent to save every life and to extend every life as long as possible.

It is wonderful that we are compassionate and our technology, that saves lives, is amazing.

Why don’t we take a large percentage of that compassion and technology and focus on healing Gaia instead of killing her?

If we set our minds to it, we could achieve true sustainability in a very short period of time.

It only takes commitment, like when President John F. Kennedy committed to going to the moon. It happened very quickly, and amazing new technology was born.

What if population control became a willing decision by humans?

What if instead of having more than one or two biological children, people who had the resources and love would take unwanted children and love and provide for them fully with no reservations? I wonder if a balance in the population would result?

If the unwanted were taken in by those who have the capacity to give, it would make our world a better place for all of us.

What would happen to COVID-19 if we did that?  I wonder…

What if life cycle analysis became the first analysis of all decisions and humans did not act if it was not good for the next 7 generations to come, like the Ancient Iroquois Principle of Sustainability dating back to 1142 to 1500 AD? What if? I wonder…

What if we lived also by the Precautionary Principle? First do no harm. What if? I wonder…

What if western and other cultures ate a few more plant-based meals every week? What if? I wonder…

What if we did these things and more? How would Gaia respond? I wonder…

All plagues have this in common: The underlying fostering (or perhaps I should say festering) problem is human over population density in areas where people are living in unsustainable, unhealthy ways.

Gaia Mother EarthHuman beings were not designed to live cut off from nature.

We’re not designed to lived indoors with very limited access to nature.

We’re not designed to be glued to our “devices” most of the day.

Nor are we designed to live in such congestion and density. It is not the natural way of humans.

Only technology has allowed us to circumvent the natural order of things. And we have used this technology for evil as well as good.

It has been said that “life will never go back to the way it was before COVID-19”.

I ask, is that such a bad thing? I wonder…

Is it a bad thing if more people work from home? Resulting in more time at home with their families and less time commuting and using less fossil fuels and subsequently reducing the pollution to our amazing planet.

Is it a bad thing if certain social customs are modified?

Other cultures take their shoes off before entering a home, isn’t that a good thing?

Other cultures bow instead of shaking hands or hugging or kissing cheeks, doesn’t that make sense from a sanitation and respect perspective?

And God forbid, what if we actually respect life and death?

What if we allow humans to decide when it is their time to transition from this plane of existence instead of brainwashing people into thinking death is bad and that being alive at any and all costs is better than transitioning as nature intended. This is not the natural order of things and our wonderful amazing technology may be being misused in an unguided way.

Humans need to take back their dignity and right to decide when it is their time to transition instead of drinking the punch that any life even a life only possible because of technology is better than peacefully passing when it is time without extraordinary measures being implemented to preserve life at any and all cost.

I say this with all love and kindness, there is a difference between being alive and living.

So many of our ancient ancestors knew this and it was respected and revered.

The collective consciousness is living in such a state of FEAR right now and governments are taking full advantage of that fear.

We are being controlled by fear to a very irrational level.

Please my friends, separate from the fear of the collective consciousness and find your inner peace and joy.

There have always been plagues of one sort or another on earth when areas are overpopulated and out of control.

COVID-19 is a wake up call to balance ourselves and our lifestyles.

I postulate this will continue to be our history if we do not choose to make a change, make changes now.

Gaia is trying to help us see how to save ourselves and live better healthier lives in a more balanced matter.

As we have learned in Val’s classes and courses, it’s time to connect with Gaia, ask her for advice.

Ask her how you personally can help her, as well as yourself, your animals and others.

What permanent changes can you make in your lifestyle to help Gaia?

I wonder what positive impact we can have as a soul group?

Learn How to Talk with AnimalsThere are so many great resources available to provide Earth Day inspiration for ideas regarding how we can all reduce our environmental impact.

Check them out, tune into Gaia, make just one change.

It feels good.

Make it part of your practice to regularly talk to Gaia, this is important.  Mother Earth can help you avoid the COVID-19 plague.

Not just for Earth Day but for life itself.

Need help healing or hearing Gaia’s (or your animal’s) voices?  Go here to find out about The BodyTalk System and Soul Spirit Healing work with Val

What are your thoughts? Leave your comment below!

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The post is authored by a VIP client, Heart School of Animal Communication® and Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club student.  Dedicated to Bella and Lewis for Earth Day 2020 

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]]> https://valheart.com/covid-19-gaias-mother-earths-perspective/feed/ 0 Where’s the Proof? How Do You Know if You’re Really Communicating With Animals? https://valheart.com/proof-how-do-you-know-communicating-with-animals/ https://valheart.com/proof-how-do-you-know-communicating-with-animals/#comments Wed, 15 Apr 2020 21:52:16 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=58646 “Hi Val, I’ve been communicating with the animals around me and I think I’m seeing results. But I’m not sure! Is this real or is my mind just making it up?”

I get this question all the time from students who are worried they aren’t having the effect they wish. That any results they are seeing are just their hopeful minds making it up. This is completely understandable when you’re just starting out.

How do you know if you’re really communicating with animals?

Communicating with animals can be such a rewarding, fulfilling experience. But how do you know that it’s really having an effect when the animal you are talking with can’t “talk” back?  How do you know if you’re accurate or not in understanding what they’re trying to say to you?

It all starts with your intention and using your imagination.

I teach all about the importance of intention and of using your imagination in the Beginning Core Foundations Course.

When communicating with animals, you are likely receiving lots of information, ideas, thoughts, and feelings. But you’re not sure if it’s coming from them or your own overactive imagination. You really want proof that what you’re receiving are really messages from that animal. You want to make a difference in their life and in the life of their companion. That you’re not just making it up.

But here’s the thing: In the beginning, there may not be any “hard proof” that the messages you’re receiving aren’t your imagination!

And guess what.

That’s okay.

Your ego mind is happy to tell you that you’re making it all up — you couldn’t possibly be really talking to animals! How crazy! What’s really going on is that your mind is trying to help you by casting doubt, by distracting you, by keeping you safe from ridicule or embarrassment…, it just hasn’t adjusted to your new reality and what you are learning how to do yet.

The trick is: Don’t fight your mind.

Trying to justify your work, to make sense of your own judgments or doubts is a waste of time that will only throw you off track.

The next time you practice communicating with animals and your mind jumps right in to say: “You’re making that up,” just quickly agree and say, “yes, I am making it up!” And move on. Keep going, don’t let it distract you!

By acknowledging your doubt you are freeing up your mind to delve deeper and truly focus, to keep playing and experimenting with communicating with animals.

How Do You Know if You’re Really Communicating With Animals?

Focus on watching results instead.

Instead of questioning whether or not the messages are real, you can instead feel the power and truth of what you receive by watching the results of the work.

Do this by paying attention to the feedback you receive from the animal’s person. This is where you will see the validity of the work you are doing. You may even receive “hard proof” that you weren’t making it all up at all.

When communicating with animals, results are essential. However, it’s important to remember that this isn’t mind control. You can’t force another being to change through communicating with animals. However, notice what does happen and pay attention to the subtle and not so subtle reactions.

Does anything change, for them or for you? How does it feel when you’re communicating with animals? Does the experience feel true and clear as a bell, resonating deeply within you? Does what you hear surprise you? Was it unexpected? Does the animal’s behavior or energy change at all? How do they respond? What do they do during the conversation and afterwards?

When practicing animal communication around specific issues such as bad behavior, animal stress or healing a trauma, we watch for the results.

How are they feeling? Do they seem calmer? Are they behaving better? Are they breathing more normally?

Notice these concrete and subtle changes.

As a beginner, you might want to practice on your own pet. But truthfully, it is a lot more challenging for those starting out to talk to their own pets.

You’re already so deeply connected, and you mirror each other. This makes it harder in the beginning to separate out what is yours from what is theirs. You hear and feel them all the time. By all means keep trying as there is nothing more rewarding than being able to communicate with your own pet on a deep level. It just takes more training.

It’s best to begin practicing by communicating with others’ animals at first—an animal you know nothing about so you don’t have any preconceived notions that can muddy the water and make things more complicated.

Try, and watch what happens. Watch closely!

And if you get positive results?

Then no, you’re not making it up.

 

How Do You Know if You’re Really Communicating With Animals?

The truth feels right.

Trust is essential when it comes to communicating with animals. And you can’t force or fake trust. It comes from experience and knowledge and getting to know someone at a deep level.

The bottom line is, communication with animals either helps or it doesn’t. You’ll learn to notice when your mind takes over, interrupting you with doubts, questioning or flights of fancy. You’ll find yourself tripping down the rabbit hole of your own thoughts, lost in space.

Conversely, you’ll also learn to notice when your heart is open and your communication with animals is true, accurate, inspired and right on target.

It feels different.

You will know you’re on the right track when you get results and validation. Confirmation helps your confidence soar, and your accuracy rate improves dramatically as you keep practicing.

You will learn more, and as you do you will grow and evolve the more you practice communicating with a wider variety of animals. Every animal you talk to will teach you something. Each animal is a unique individual, with their own viewpoints and experiences and voice.

Tools to help you.

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!

Become a member of the best online Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club and you can practice communicating with any of our well over 100 animal teachers. Get proper feedback and support so you’ll know when you’re accurate, or not.

Continue the process taught in the Beginning Core Foundations course about how to connect and stay engaged.

Check your TIPS Sheet for clues on how to know when you’re communicating with animals. (That’s one of the bonuses that comes with the Beginning Course)

If you stick with it, you will see the rewards. Just trust yourself. Lean in. Go for it. Then? Watch for the synchronicities that will start to show themselves over time. That will be all the convincing you need that the messages you are receiving are not made up at all. That you can really communicate with animals, anywhere, anytime.

Make a point of talking to an animal today!

Check with your animals frequently and find out what’s going on in their world. You don’t want to wait until something is wrong to make the effort to communicate and learn how to be accurate. Don’t wait until you are reacting to a problem. By then it could be too late.

It’s about staying with your practice and letting trust in yourself and your abilities grow over time.

If you’ve been feeling that it’s time to really start communicating with animals, begin your journey now. Start here at The Heart School of Animal Communication® with your free ebook.

Learn How to Talk with Animals

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]]> https://valheart.com/proof-how-do-you-know-communicating-with-animals/feed/ 2 7 Great Ways To Help You and Your Pet Through Isolation https://valheart.com/7-great-ways-to-help-you-and-your-pet-isolation/ https://valheart.com/7-great-ways-to-help-you-and-your-pet-isolation/#respond Thu, 09 Apr 2020 21:11:01 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=58618 7 Great Ways To Help You and Your Pet Through Isolation

We are living through strange times, my friend.  I’m not the first person to express that sentiment, and far from the last, but it seems impossible – if not inappropriate – to not acknowledge how much our world has changed in such a short time. Coronavirus pandemic is an extraordinary event in all our lives, and it didn’t even exist just a short time ago. Help You and Your PetIt seems the worst is over, but there are still times you may need to isolate at home.  I want to help you and your pets through the coronavirus isolation – or any kind of isolation – so you come out better than ever on the other side.

Stay at home orders, isolation, quarantines, face masks, sick and dying people, worrying about our friends, family, pets and, well, literally everyone right now.  It makes us feel a bit crazy pants, doesn’t it?

A lot of prayers for those affected, both the sick and the doctors and nurses and care staff trying to save their lives at the risk of their own.  And what about our essential service providers, also risking their lives while trying to help others. We owe them all a debt of gratitude and appreciation.

That said, I hope you’re well and safe and sane. I am at least two of those things and I’ve devoted a good deal of time to baking and excavating a cluttered portion of my garage with my darling husband Joern. I can’t imagine a better partner to go through this with. And our two puppy dogs, Timmy and Samwise, are doing a fantastic job of helping too.

This is tough and overwhelming for many of us.

And offering a few fun things for you to do won’t change that.

But it will give you something better to do other than refreshing social media and watching the news, neither of which is good for any of us, ever.

Here are 7 Great Ways To Help You Through Coronavirus Stay At Home Times!

Here are some of my favorite things:

1. Wonderful books to read to inspire, delight and provide a bit of escapism! 

I’ve always been an avid reader and often am reading more than one book at a time. I’ve put many of my most favorites in my Amazon Store. From spiritual growth to historical romance to sci fi and fantasy, they’re all there! For instance:

The Right Questions

The 5 Love Languages

Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends On It

The Mastery of Love

Mutant Message Down Under

And many, many more!

Find your next good read here

2. Want some really good animal books?

I’ve been reading and learning about animals all my life!  And if you’ll check out my grey hair you’ll know that’s a LONG time.  I’m not older than dirt, yet, but sometimes it feels like it.

The good news is, there are SO many fantastic books about what’s near and dear to our hearts, our animals.  Check out my collection of fav books for dogs, cats and horses!

3. Learn about animal communication from my colleagues, professional animal communicators!

Designed as a mini-training series for animal communicators, I interviewed many of my fellow professional animal communicators about how they got started being the voice for animals.

And I asked each of them for a great mini-teaching tip too which you can put to good use right away.  FREE!  Check it out here

Read Before Hiring a Communicator

4. Do you enjoy listening to Podcasts? You’ll love this!

There are well over 100 wonderful Real Dr Doolittle Podcast Show episodes on itunes, YouTube and my blog.

I interviewed authors, trainers, healers, psychics and more.  The interviews are All FREE!  Check them out here

5. Speaking of Blogs, have you seen all the wonderful stories on the Animal Heart Talk Blog?

There are well over 800 wonderful posts on the www.ValHeart.com blog which is dedicated to health and wellness for animals and people.

And there are tons of great animal communication posts on The Heart School of Animal Communication® School www.LearnHowToTalkToAnimals.com blog too.

They should keep you royally entertained for quite awhile.

6. Still want some news but don’t want to feel overwhelmed with bad news?

Mainstreaming negative, horrifying and bad news is a really bad idea most of the time, and now it’s worse than ever. I don’t watch television news shows anymore. I get my news once a day through two of my fav cellphone apps which give me a digest overview.

My favorites are SmartNews and Flipboard.  You can find them in your app store, and they are customizable so you can tell them what kind of news you want to know about, and what you don’t.

7. And of course, NOW is the perfect time to advance your animal communication intuitive skills!

Which of The Heart School courses have you done? Which are still on your to do list?

You’ve got the time, they’re all fully guaranteed, and you love your animals more than butter pecan ice cream, cookies and sourdough bread, right?

Now is a great time to advance your animal communication and intuitive abilities.

You’ll be so glad you did!

Great place to start!

Main Courses:

Memberships:

Special Interest Courses:

Bottom line:  Stay safe, be well.  Use your time wisely so you come out of this better than ever.

Talk to your animals while you still can.

Do you have favorite things that are helping you that aren’t on the list?  Share them! 

Bottom Line: You Can Stay Sane, Heal, Evolve and Grow While Staying at Home

Leave your comment below.

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]]> https://valheart.com/7-great-ways-to-help-you-and-your-pet-isolation/feed/ 0 Exploring Animal Telepathy: How to Send a Powerful Message in 3 Easy Steps https://valheart.com/exploring-animal-telepathy-how-to-send-a-powerful-message-in-3-easy-steps/ https://valheart.com/exploring-animal-telepathy-how-to-send-a-powerful-message-in-3-easy-steps/#respond Wed, 08 Apr 2020 18:58:27 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=58611 Animal telepathy is such an important way to connect with our animal companions beyond what we could ever have imagined is possible.

To help understand telepathy, it helps to know what the word itself actually means. “Tele” derives from the Greek term “tēle-” which means “over distance” or “far off.” “Pathy”, derived from the Greek term “patheia” refers to “empathy.” As such, telepathy can be thought of as being able to feel empathy, or the emotions of others over a distance, and in doing so, being able to transmit information through energy exchange.

It might seem like a difficult concept to understand for those of us who aren’t psychics or mystics. But the truth is any animal lover can practice animal telepathy. You don’t have to consult a crystal ball to truly understand your animal friends or send them your own messages, or receive theirs.

Sending messages to animals through telepathy doesn’t take much time either! Once you understand the simple steps and concepts behind animal telepathy, you will begin to see that you really can talk to your animals on a deeper, energetic level.

Animals know you better than you think they do.

One important concept to remember when contemplating animal telepathy is that your animals already have a very accurate sense of who you are as a person.

If they have been paying attention—which of course they have as you, their caretaker, are the most important human in their lives—they have already absorbed many clues about what you’re thinking and feeling. In fact, they might even know you better than you do!

The animal can see inside your mind’s eye (the images on your mental monitor). They feel the emotions you’re resonating and they can resonate with them as well. They are always trying to figure you out, to understand what you are thinking and how you are going to react to life. Because everything you do affects them.

Are you ready to learn how? Now’s the time to learn how to talk to animals. Start here at The Heart School of Animal Communication® with your free ebook – Hidden Secrets to Communicating With Pets.

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!


Sending a message through animal telepathy can actually be easy if you know the steps. These three simple concepts will help you open up a whole new channel of communication between you and your animals.

Three Easy Steps to Sending a Message to Any Animal, Any Time, Heart-to-Heart, Mind-to-Mind:

1. GET CLEAR!

If you don’t know what you want to say, you will only send muddled messages that won’t get anything across at all. This experience could leave both you and your animal confused and nervous to try again.

So before you begin practicing animal telepathy, it’s important that you first get clear on what you want to tell them and why it’s important.

In other words, you have to believe in your message before you can send it.

TIP: A distracted animal is not a receptive animal. So be sure to get their attention first so they are listening to you and aren’t distracted; take them to a quiet, calm spot where they can easily focus on you.

TIP: Be considerate of their particular point of view and consider the story or message from that angle or viewpoint instead of only your own. Don’t forget that they view the world very differently from you, and adjust your message accordingly.

Animal Telepathy: How to Send a Powerful Message in 3 Easy Steps

2. TELL THE STORY!

Use a story to get your message across. Storytelling is very effective; while you talk your story through-out loud, it is important that you actually see it in your mind’s eye, as though you are watching a movie play out in your mind. Also, don’t just talk about the feelings and emotions around the story, you must really feel the feelings you are conveying with your words. You want them to feel these emotions as well, so they can know if the story is good/happy/positive or bad/painful/negative.

A great way to remember this is to SEE IT – FEEL IT – SAY IT!  

TIP: This is very effective if you are working with a behavioral problem. Using stories, you can explore best-case scenarios with your animal friend. You can also use the story to explore the worst-case scenario, with risks and consequences laid out for them to understand. In this way, you are empowering them to be more informed and make better decisions for themselves.

3. TEST IT!

Now it’s time to put your story to the test.

Animal telepathy is not an exact science. In fact, animal communication is different for every animal and person, which is why you have to keep practicing and watching for results and changes in your animal friend.

Animal communication is a highly subjective, feelings-based, energetic form of communication that goes straight from heart-to-heart and mind-to-mind.

But it isn’t mind control! Watch for subtle changes, such as in your companion’s mood, energy or attitude. You may see immediate results that show they completely understood your message. Or the results may be more ambiguous—maybe they heard you and didn’t agree, or they were confused if you weren’t clear enough. Your job as their caretaker is to inform them as best you can so they can make better choices on their own and understand the consequences of their behaviors.

TIP: Practice being sensitive to their concerns, moods and, energies, during and after the story. If you experience caution or pushback from them, pause there and ask them what’s come up that is causing the hesitation.

Are you going too fast? Are they confused? Have you triggered a negative response in them? If so notice where you are in the story and ask them to help you understand how you can help them.

Be in the space with them, open to what comes up for you to consider or do.

Animal Telepathy: How to Send a Powerful Message in 3 Easy Steps

See how easy animal telepathy can be? You can do this!

Sending a message to an animal is as easy as 1-2-3 when you know how.

As an animal caretaker, learning animal communication can open up a whole new world of connection with your treasured animal friends. It is also a spiritual journey and so much fun too!

As you will discover, animals are deep wells of wisdom and experiences and can tell you the most amazing things. Knowing and practicing these three steps will help you to see the world from a whole new perspective and will make you into a more whole, well-rounded person in the process.

If your goal is to master animal communication, it’s important to know that this is only the beginning. It gets even more rewarding when you begin learning how to receive their messages back to you!

Remember that true heart-to-heart communication is a two-way street. What you communicate to them is only half the story; when you begin to really hear what they have to say, that is when true connection begins.

Learn How to Talk with Animals

We need our animals just as much as they need us. In the How to Talk to Animals System, I teach students how to hear their animal’s thoughts, wisdom and emotions so they can take better care of their needs and be better caretakers in general.

You’re on your way! It’s time to learn how to talk to animals. Start here at The Heart School of Animal Communication® with your free ebook – Hidden Secrets to Communicating With Pets.

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]]> https://valheart.com/exploring-animal-telepathy-how-to-send-a-powerful-message-in-3-easy-steps/feed/ 0 How to select the right CBD Oil for your Pets https://valheart.com/how-to-select-the-right-cbd-for-your-pet/ https://valheart.com/how-to-select-the-right-cbd-for-your-pet/#comments Thu, 02 Apr 2020 14:27:56 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=58604 Many of us are aware of the health benefits that CBD offers. However, did you know that CBD oil for your pets can be a great alternative? CBD, an oil derived from hemp, can reduce inflammation and pain, prevent seizures, improve symptoms of anxiety, and reduce nausea and slow the growth of tumors in our pets.

This means that if your pet suffers from arthritis, asthma, epilepsy, anxiety, stomach problems, cancer, or is undergoing chemotherapy, CBD could benefit your pet and give them relief. It is a natural product that is considered safe for most pets and doesn’t come with many of the side effects of prescription medications.

Be sure to consult with your vet to determine if CBD is right for your pet and the dosage you should administer. CBD can impact other medications, so if your pet is on any medications, be sure to mention this to your vet. Click here to know more about this.
Also, do your research and look for drug interactions with your pet’s medication.

How to Choose the Right CBD Product for Your Pet

CBD Oil for your pet

The FDA doesn’t regulate CBD products and they fall into a legal grey area in most states. This means that it’s a good idea to educate yourself on how to choose a high-quality CBD product to avoid THC (the hallucinogenic compound found in marijuana) and other hidden chemicals. The purity of your CBD matters because adulterated products can be ineffective or dangerous for your pet.

Certificate of Analysis or COA

All reputable brands of CBD oil or CBD products will include a COA or certificate of analysis. The COA is a scientific analysis of the chemical compounds and concentration of each in a CBD product. This offers consumers the best assurance that a brand is reputable and you can trust the quality and safety of their products.

On the COA, you will need to look at the THC levels and confirm that they contain less than 0.3%. Ideally, you want the COA to state “ND” or not detected for THC. For your CBD amounts, you want to make sure the amount stated on the bottle is the same as listed on the COA. If there are any discrepancies, don’t buy the product.

Next, if you choose a broad spectrum CBD oil, you will see at least some amounts of other cannabinoids like CBN or CBDa. If you only have CBD in the product, it is not full-spectrum. If it was advertised as such, don’t purchase the product because it is not the same or mislabelled from the COA.

Full Spectrum or Isolate

CBD isolate products only contain CBD and not any other cannabinoids that occur in hemp naturally. Full-spectrum CBD contains a mixture of other cannabinoids and are recommended, but this is strictly by preference. You can use a CBD isolate, but hemp, in its natural state contains several cannabinoids which may be beneficial.

The only reason to avoid a product that is a CBD isolate or full-spectrum product is if the product label and COA don’t match.

Type of Emulsion

There are three forms of emulsion used on CBD oil. Standard emulsion creates larger particles of CBD that are more difficult to absorb than either liposomal emulsion or nano-sized emulsion. Nano-sized emulsion is the best because its particles are the smallest and are much more easily absorbed.

It is recommended that you only purchase liposomal emulsion or nano-sized emulsion products for this reason. Nano-sized emulsion is the best, but if you can’t find it, liposomal will be safe and effective to use on your pet.

Don’t Purchase Products Containing Only Hemp Oil

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Hemp oil and CBD are not equal products, although they come from the same plant. Often, hemp oil doesn’t contain pure CBD and is not nearly as effective as CBD oil. If a product lists that it is CBD oil and mentions from hemp, that means that it’s CBD oil.

However, if you can’t find CBD on the label, beware. This is a loophole some manufacturers are using to get around selling cheaper, less effective hemp products. To use CBD on the label, there are regulations and standards that must be met by a manufacturer.

Choosing a Form

The best way to administer a CBD product to a pet and guarantee its purity and strength is by using a tincture. Often, when chews and other treats are created, they are baked and the CBD in the product is weakened as a result.

A tincture is a much better option for most pets. It will also last longer, which is nice if your pet has a condition with flare-ups, such as anxiety, that may not require daily treatment.

CBD and Your Pet

Choosing a safe and effective CBD product for your pet doesn’t have to be difficult. If you are viewing a product online and it doesn’t meet the guidelines above, skip it. If it’s really inexpensive, there’s probably a reason why. Don’t take a risk with your pet’s health. Choose safe and effective CBD products to keep your pet active and healthy.

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]]> https://valheart.com/how-to-select-the-right-cbd-for-your-pet/feed/ 1 Five Benefits of Animal Communication https://valheart.com/five-benefits-of-animal-communication/ https://valheart.com/five-benefits-of-animal-communication/#respond Wed, 01 Apr 2020 16:41:44 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=58594 Animals are brought into our lives for a reason. They are our teachers, healers, angels, and guides, showing us the way and helping us be the best people we can be. Through the benefits of animal communication, we can learn to tap into this amazing resource of wisdom in the form of our animal companions.

Since 1993 I’ve been guiding people all over the world to connect in a deeper way and better understand their animals through animal communication. Every day, I’m contacted by people who are desperate for insight into why their animal friends are acting in strange or dangerous ways. Or why they’re sick or dying with a seemingly untraceable cause.

These pet caretakers are worried.  Something isn’t right with their beloved companions, and no one, not themselves or any vet, can figure out what that missing piece is… They just worry they are missing something.

The truth is, they are missing something and it’s important.

Read Before Hiring a Communicator

People misunderstand their animals all the time. Animals are constantly trying to communicate with us but we often miss the messages.

When you learn how to recognize, respect and even revere animals as the spiritual beings they really are, your relationships with them can reach new levels of understanding and benefit for both.  The way you do that is by learning to speak their language, listening to their thoughts, acknowledging their feelings.  Engaging in heart to heart, mind to mind conversations.

Wouldn’t you love to have a more direct connection with your animal?

What if you could simply ask them what was wrong, where they hurt, how they felt, why they behaved the way they did?

How would knowing how to do this yourself change your life?

I put together a list of five amazing benefits you will experience when you begin to explore animal communication.

Five Benefits of Animal Communication:

1. Animal communication can help you become a better human.

Talking with animals and connecting at a deeper level helps you to be a better, more balanced, kind and considerate person.

Just like human children, the animals in your life try to communicate with you all the time because they have a lot to share with you. Some of their wisdom is funny, loving and kind, and some of what they have to say is life-changing, profound and insightful. You only have to begin to really listen!

As with all healthy communication, animal communication helps you to be healthier and clearer about who you really are. Doing this one thing right can completely transform the quality of you and your pet’s life.

Pet with their caretaker

2. Animal communication will save you money.

Unfortunately, miscommunication between us and our animals can lead to expensive guesswork in the veterinarian’s office as they try to nail down the cause of an illness in a silent patient. A common phrase among pet owners is “if only he could tell me what’s wrong.” But the thing is they can tell us, we only need to start to listen.

As pet parents, we want nothing more than for our animals to be healthy and happy. Animals need to be able to tell you things so you can get them the appropriate care they need.

Also, sometimes when they are repeatedly not heard, animals can turn to destroying property to get the attention they need. Proper animal communication can open up lines of communication and prevent the costly replacement costs of damaged items.

Are you ready to learn how to talk to animals? Easy as 1-2-3! Start here at The Heart School of Animal Communication® by downloading my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!


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Learn How to Talk with Animals

3. When you learn to speak their language, you’ll be a better communicator too!

Telepathy is just a fancy way of saying that you can feel, sense and hear others over a distance. It is something you do every day, all day long, your whole life. You were born knowing how to do this. You may have shut down your senses in some way, or lost conscious awareness of how you’re actually receiving or sharing information with others, but you’re still doing it.

Learning to speak to animals, with all its challenges and rewards, can be a rich training ground for developing these inherent skills. Opening your heart to animals is a life-changing experience. And you will find that this new level of communication will spill over into all your other relationships.

4. A happier, heard animal is a better-behaved animal.

You can make your animals’ lives and your own a whole lot easier, more fun and healthy through the power of a two-way, respectful conversation.

A large part of misbehavior in animals is the result of unexpressed trauma, pain, depression, loneliness, and anxiety.

Your animals can see what is in your mind’s eye, and they easily feel what you are feeling. Have you ever noticed how your pet disappears when it’s time to go to the veterinarian or when it’s time for a bath? Or how they can appear almost magically when you have something good to eat? They are paying attention, and they always know what’s going on with you. And when you learn how to pay attention, you can know what’s going on with them too.

If your animals are able to communicate with you in healthy ways, they won’t be forced to resort to misbehavior to get your attention.

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5. Animal communication can help your companion stay healthier, longer.

Some of the saddest calls I’ve had to take are the ones that got to me too late. If we had talked with their animal before things got so bad, we might have been able to save their life.

Without knowing what your pet is thinking, you can get into interesting and sometimes awful predicaments. You may be having problems with sick animals, animals that your vet is having trouble helping to heal or struggling with obedience, training or behavioral issues when everything you’ve tried so far hasn’t worked and you don’t know what to do next.

Or, you may be worried about a pending euthanasia decision; you may be in agony of indecision about whether it’s time to put your animal to sleep or not, wondering what is the right decision to make.

Animal communication can help to avoid these situations by being able to identify what is wrong with your animals before it becomes a crisis.

Every animal lover with beloved pets has had moments of wishing you could magically stick a phone inside your pet’s head so you could know what they’re thinking!

Good news! You CAN!

It’s time to learn how to talk to animals! Start here at The Heart School of Animal Communication® with your free ebook.

Today is your chance to step into the wonderful amazing world of animal communication and reap the benefits yourself. Animal communication is THE Essential Key to enjoying loving, happy and healthy relationships with animals.

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]]> https://valheart.com/five-benefits-of-animal-communication/feed/ 0 The Three Fundamental Animal Talk Principles https://valheart.com/the-three-fundamental-animal-talk-principles/ https://valheart.com/the-three-fundamental-animal-talk-principles/#respond Wed, 25 Mar 2020 18:53:52 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=58563 If you choose to train with me in The Heart School of Animal Communication® and pursue animal talk as either a career path or a way of life, you will find that communication with animals is a spiritual journey that can and will change your life.

Learning this skill will not only change your relationship with the animals in your life, but you will also see changes in your human relationships as well.

The way to experience these amazing changes is to understand the three basic principles of animal talk, then putting my simple three-step process into action.

In this post, I’m going to talk about the three fundamental principles of animal talk. Once you grasp these principles, you are on your way to bridging the gap between you and all the other beings in your life whether they are animals or humans.

The three fundamental animal talk principles.

Once you understand these three fundamental principles for all communications with animals, then you’ll be ready to learn how to send a message to any animal, anytime, about anything which is taught in the free ebook: Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Pets (get your copy here). Animal talk students get extraordinary results with these principles when they apply them correctly.

Principle #1: Animals see you.

3 Fundamental Animal Talk Principles Are The Basis For All Relationships

Okay, I know exactly what you’re thinking. (Because I’m psychic of course!)

You’re thinking, “Val, of course they see me! If I’m in their line of sight, if they’re looking at
me, they see me and I see them! What do you mean?”

Let me explain what happens when I communicate and connect with animals, so you can understand what I am talking about.

Have you seen the movie Avatar? It’s one of my favorite movies. There is a scene in it where the native people, called the Navi say “I see you”.

Simply, it means, they get you. But it goes much deeper than just understanding. They see the essence of you — your soul, your Spirit, who you really are. It’s deep, it’s spiritual, it’s your heart, your Truth connecting you with another being at a deep spiritual level.

So when I say animals see you, that’s what I mean. They are seeing through to the heart of you, your essence, your Spirit, the core of what makes you you.

Of course, they see your body language just like you do theirs. They watch you as you do them. But for them, body language is so much more. They are also reading your unique energetic frequencies and your intent, your attitudes and beliefs, your emotions and your thoughts.

A way to understand this principle of animal talk is to think about it this way: We are spiritual beings disguised in physical human bodies. They are spiritual beings disguised as animals.

So, Principle #1 is that animals see who you really are, both physically AND subtly. If your body
language is closed off, they sense that. If you are feeling impatient with them, they feel it. They see your truth.

The real question is, can you see them?

Look at an animal right now, a living animal or a picture of an animal is fine. If it’s not too hard, you can even do this with a picture of one of the deceased animal companions. Notice what you “see” about their energy. Take a minute and use your imagination to see their aura, the energy field around their body.

If you could see it, what would it look like? How big would it be? What color would it be? Does it seem strong and vibrant or soft, quiet, peaceful? Is it a solid field of energy and/or color, or is it broken, weak in some areas, strong in other areas? What else do you notice?

Are you ready to learn how to talk to animals? Easy as 1-2-3! Start here at The Heart School of Animal Communication® with your free ebook. 

Principle #2: Animals hear you!

3 Fundamental Animal Talk Principles Are The Basis For All Relationships

Yes, just like how they see you, the way animals hear you goes beyond the sounds you make.

If you call their name, clap your hands, make noises, shout or yell at them… if they are within earshot and aren’t deaf, then yes, of course, they can hear you!

But let’s dive in a little deeper. When you are talking about animal talk, there is always more than meets the eye (or ear!) that you can hear.

There is a major difference between physical hearing and the more subtle hearing involved in animal communication.

Your tone of voice, volume, timbre, dialect, cadence, are all things that make up your voice and what they hear physically.

But think about what they are hearing when you stop talking. Subtly, they also hear your intention, your meaning behind the odd combination of sounds coming out of your mouth. The same sounds coming from someone else could have entirely different meanings and intentions,
based on the context, attitude, and beliefs behind your words.

Think for a minute…how does a parent know when their baby’s cry means “I’m wet,” or “I’m in pain,” or “I’m scared?”

Ever wonder how a parent actually knows the difference? It’s because they are listening with their heart.

So the real question is, are you really hearing them?

Imagine what might happen if you could magically put a microphone inside their minds, what do you think you might hear them say? What might they be thinking about? If you greeted them or asked them a question, what do you imagine they would say in return?

With the proper training, you can know the exact context behind the sounds they are making, both subtle and physical, on the inside and on the outside.

Principle #3: Animals feel you.

This animal talk principle could easily be the most important one. Most people overlook the power of our emotions in connecting with others. When I talk about emotions, I mean not only our feelings but the way we share our energy, our life resonance, our chi.

This is the BIG one.

Emotions are simply energy in motion. They are generated inside our bodies by our neural network and endocrine system, among other things. Then they resonate deeply in the body and are expressed through the body’s pores, scent glands and via physical expression like body language.

Unfortunately, emotional energy can get disconnected from our conscious mind and awareness. Especially in today’s society where we are constantly bombarded with media that gives us confusing messages about who we are supposed to be, all too often we are trained to suppress our emotions. We are pressured to be polite and politically correct at all times, and to put a mask on so others don’t know what we’re really thinking or feeling.

The result of this is that mentally, you may not be conscious of what you’re feeling in any given moment, and when you do, you are forced to suppress them.

When you have many emotions running rampant below the surface, you may not be able to even give what you are feeling a name or clear expression.

One of the gifts of animals is they can feel all of this. They feel your heart, your spirit, and all the emotions held and expressed through various places in your body.

Have you ever noticed that when you’re upset, or sad, or in pain, that your animal will act differently? Maybe they come to check on you…put their head in your lap offering comfort. Sometimes they will come to stare at you for a long time, trying so hard to share their heart with you, to tell you something they want you to know.

Did you know that animals think humans are incredibly dense?

They worry about us, a lot. They can tell when we are at risk of getting sick, or something is going wrong in our lives or relationships…and they do their best to break through our barriers so they can help us heal.

If you are disconnected from your body, animal talk becomes impossible. You can’t really listen or pay attention to your animal companions because you’re too distracted. When your innate ability to subtly see, hear and feel them is compromised, you become incoherent and confusing to animals.

Your task as an animal communicator is to help them understand you by simplifying your thoughts and gaining clarity about what you really want and need, as well as being fully present, mentally quiet and receptive. If you want to send a coherent, understandable message to an animal, it’s your job to do your inner work first.

Once again, the real question for you to think about here is… can you feel them?

Imagine looking across a room at a friend or stranger. If you immediately know or have a
sense of what they are feeling, whether they are angry, sad, depressed, excited, happy, lighthearted, or in love—if you can do that, and I know you can—then you really can do this!

When you really get good at it, then it’s no longer your imagination, it’s the truth and you become a real animal communicator!

Now you know the 3 Fundamental Principles to communicating with all animals: See – Hear – Feel.

Practice them frequently, with every animal teacher you meet.

Next, you are ready to learn how to send a message to any animal, anywhere, any time!

Are you ready to learn how to send a message to animals? Easy as 1-2-3!

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!


 

.Learn How to Talk with Animals

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]]> https://valheart.com/the-three-fundamental-animal-talk-principles/feed/ 0 Exploring Animal Consciousness: Time Travel to Heal Past Wounds https://valheart.com/exploring-animal-consciousness-time-travel-to-heal-past-wounds/ https://valheart.com/exploring-animal-consciousness-time-travel-to-heal-past-wounds/#respond Wed, 11 Mar 2020 20:16:40 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=58534 Have you ever thought about the concept of animal consciousness? Did you know that, just like us, our pets have thoughts, feelings, memories, and traumas that they carry with them throughout their lives?

As years go by and these experiences are not healed or expressed, animals can develop anxieties and poor behaviors as a way of dealing with them. 

How can we help our beloved friends heal from their pasts if we don’t understand? If we don’t know how to hear them?

A technique I affectionately call “time travel” is one of my best methods for healing the pasts of our animals as well as our own. Through exploring animal consciousness in this way, we are allowed to move forward with our lives, leaving past traumas and injuries behind us.

Perhaps the animal in your life has been abused, lost, or abandoned. Perhaps they’ve been hurt in an accident, or suffered a grievous emotional wound.

Or maybe something happened that shocked them so deeply they’ve never been able to recover.

Maybe they experienced a painful traumatic death when they lost a loved one. They feel guilty and haunted by what happened, unable to find peace or closure, filled with regrets. Humans aren’t the only ones who have these types of experiences.

As a caring animal lover or pet companion, you have the ability to communicate with animals. All it takes is commitment and a sincere desire to learn. Click here to check out the Heart School of Animal Communication® and learn your path to becoming a master animal communicator! 

But…there is a way to break through and help our animal loved ones.

My time travel technique can help them leave behind the emotional baggage that no longer serves them and feel more at peace with the events.

When we practice this technique with sincere intention and an open heart, our pets—and us along with them—can finally take that sigh of relief, come back, center in the present time and let go of what’s been stuck like glue emotionally, mentally, spiritually and physically. They can feel at peace and be the animals they want to be.

There are so many amazing benefits for your pets when you, their closest companion, begin to open your mind to exploring animal consciousness. They have more clarity. More compassion for what happened to them and those who may have been responsible. They feel more whole again as they heal, evolve and grow.

A story of healing: a puppy finally grows up.

One of my clients, Andy, had had her black lab since he was a puppy. Blue was five years old when Andy got in touch with me. He was skittish, fearful, and terribly afraid of men, noises, and brooms. Interestingly, when I spoke with Blue, it felt like I was talking to a little puppy of about three months old, not an adult dog. You see, internally Blue had never grown up because he was stuck in his inner puppy state. He got stuck at a certain point in his development because of a traumatic event and injury.  

When Blue was growing up, a man attacked him with a broom. It scared and hurt him so badly that it shocked him. Like so many other animals who have trauma happen to them at a young age, he had no one to talk to about what had happened. He had no way to process the experience. So he could never let go of it.  

When I talked to Blue, I acknowledged his inner wounded puppy, connected with him deeply and invited him to tell me the story of what happened. Baby Blue poured his heart out, and I listened compassionately until I got the whole story. I noticed where the puppy was still stuck, so we went there and freeze-framed the video while we discussed it.  

Problem Solving with Pets

When he finished the story, I gently and lovingly told him I was so sorry that had happened to him.

I told him why the man did that (in truth I basically made up a reason because there’s no way I could really know that. But I was in tune with the overall energy and the man’s presence, so I could read the scenario pretty well). And I carefully explained that it was okay to let that part go now.  

I continued to share with him that that was then and this was now. Now, his loving person cared about him and would never hurt him intentionally. Also, I let him know that other men wouldn’t hurt him either; the man who hit him is in the past.

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As we talked, the inner puppy began to grow up.

Later, Andy told me her dog’s behavior and personality had changed dramatically She felt like she had her dog back. The fears and skittishness weren’t as strong, and Blue had even met a man he was friendly with. They were still working on the broom problem but again, Blue’s behavior was different. He was making good progress in his training.  

Over the years I’ve helped so many people connect with their animal companions through animal consciousness awareness. I created my techniques from things I’ve learned from books, my own therapy over the years, and my education and training in BodyTalk, BodyMind Assessment, Remote Viewing, Akashic Records training, Reconnective Therapy, Dov Baron Institute, Quantum Leap therapies, and the Lionheart Institute. It’s one of the things I do very well and with great results. Mastering this unique intuitive skill is important because when you communicate with an animal and they need to tell you about a past traumatic event, or their person is struggling over something they’ve experienced, then you’ll know exactly what to do to help them.

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]]> https://valheart.com/exploring-animal-consciousness-time-travel-to-heal-past-wounds/feed/ 0 CBD Didn’t Work? All CBD Is NOT Created Equal! Tips For Using CBD Oil for Pets and People https://valheart.com/cbd-oil-works-for-people-and-pets/ https://valheart.com/cbd-oil-works-for-people-and-pets/#respond Wed, 07 Aug 2019 22:06:31 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=58209 Have you been following the CBD wellness news?

CBD Oil Benefits Dog Treats InfographicIt can be hard to get past the hype.  It seems like CBD is taking over the world!  The big question is, how to use CBD Oil for pets and people so you get the best results. 

It’s in gummies, infusing everything from chocolate to drinks to beer. It’s in pet food and treats!  It’s in shampoos, scalp treatment, sunscreen and skincare.  There’s plenty of scientific support for its positive effects and a ton of anecdotal evidence and testimonials to support the band wagon.

But some folks don’t seem to get relief.  They try it and think it doesn’t work for them and they wonder what they’re missing.  

Here’s what you need to know.

There are 3 important deciding factors that contribute to CBD’s efficacy.  By order of importance, they are: quality, consistency, and delivery method. 

  • Many CBD products are formulated with cheap CBD isolate.  Isolates lack the cohort of specific flavonoids, terpenes and secondary cannabinoids.  These are the key to absorption and optimal results.
  • Your digestion processes can prevent CBD from working as well as it should.  If you can’t assimilate it or it the good stuff is negated by sugar or other substances, then you won’t get the results you’re looking for.  Those cute candies and gummies and chocolates maybe tasty — and expensive too — but probably won’t help you much.
  • Although the results can seem magical, CBD is not an instant cure-all.  It takes time to load your cells and build up your system with daily, consistent usage.  You also need the right dose for your condition. If you’re taking too low a dose, then it’ll take a lot more of it to make a difference. Using a vape pen can provide noticeably fast relaxation and clarity, but as you’ve likely seen in the news, sometimes vape pens go wrong with disastrous results.  Taking the oil is much safer in my opinion.

Here’s how can you get the best out of CBD Oil: 

  • Seek broad-spectrum CBD instead of CBD isolate (see note below).  This includes the botanical good stuff naturally produced by the hemp plant but without the psychoactivity of full-spectrum cannabis or smoking/ingesting marijuana.  CTFO’s CBD oil is Broad Spectrum and triple lab tested for purity – it’s our favorite CBD oil for people AND pets!
  • Quick start the process by swishing the CBD Oil around in your mouth for at least 30 seconds before swallowing.  This helps it enter the body’s systems rapidly for best effects.  The tissues of the gums and inner lining of the mouth are permeable tissues and can help the CBD absorb directly into the bloodstream.  The advantage is to bypass the digestive breakdown.
  • Speaking of permeable tissues, if you’re a woman who suffers from menstrual problems or pelvic pain, many women have discovered the power of CBD for relief!  Myself included.  
  • Take your CBD daily.  Daily use helps it build up in your system, gently soothes systemic inflammation in the body and boosts your body’s feel-good neurotransmitters. I take mine before bed at night.  It helps me sleep and after being a lifetime insomniac, that’s amazing.  My body can also heal and regenerate better when I’m sleeping and I waken refreshed and in a good mood ready to face my day.  You can also take it symptomatically, when you’re stressed or anxious before an event that’s got you nervous or worried. Try it for two weeks and track your results.

NOTE:  CBD Isolates are useful for people who could be drug tested though, so they have their purpose.  The question is whether the isolates will work to give you the benefits or not.  To answer that, you have to try it and see.  Just be sure it’s a high quality, triple lab tested CBD Oil. 

If you haven’t been happy with the results you’ve experienced so far, don’t give up. The right CBD Oil can be a valuable ally in the journey toward well-being.

After over a year of careful research, I personally use and recommend CTFO CBD Oil

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Want some for you and/or your pet?  Here’s how to get your CBD Oil, Pet CBD Oil/Chew treats and more for you and your pet from our friends at CTFO:

  • First, you should know that this is a MLM company. Great news for anyone who’d like to earn commission from sales, but if you’re not in it for that?  Not to worry.  It really doesn’t matter if you promote it or not — it’s a great, high quality, forward thinking company dedicated to improving the well being on the planet for pets and people through amazing and well formulated hemp and CBD products.  They have a wide variety of excellent products and continue to expand their line.  You can buy retail straight from the site, or, I recommend setting up your account first so you can get 25% wholesale prices: https://valheart.myctfo.com/join.html
  • Next, shop for your CBD Products here, add them to your cart and process your order: https://valheart.myctfo.com/
  • Note:  If you’re concerned about passing a drug test for your job or whatever, then be sure to search for the “Isolate” versions (see note above).  Isolates can still be effective, it’s worth a try.  The company offers a full 60 day guarantee and as they say, you won’t know until you give it a go and see what happens.
  • Finally, be sure to setup your autoship recurring order to get another 5% off along with regularly shipped product sent to your door just in time for when you need more.  You can always edit your order anytime before it ships or cancel it entirely if you wish.
  • Fully Guaranteed!  The products are fully guaranteed for 60 days, so if you don’t love it, send it back and get your money back.

 

Questions?  Email us at Support@ValHeart.com

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]]> https://valheart.com/cbd-oil-works-for-people-and-pets/feed/ 0 5 Ways Cats Show Affection https://valheart.com/5-ways-cats-show-affection/ https://valheart.com/5-ways-cats-show-affection/#respond Fri, 17 May 2019 16:00:22 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=58074 Guest post. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communications Enterprises Inc. 

Many people believe that cats are aloof and that they don’t like affection from their owners. Though they are very different from their extroverted canine counterparts, the belief that cats don’t show affection could not be farther from the truth. Cats have their own special way of giving love to their owners. Here are 5 ways that cats show affection.

1) Purring

Purring is the most common way cats show that they are happy. They create vibrations out of their throat to make a noise like a little motor. Some cats purr louder than others, but purring is universal among all cat breeds. The more your cat purrs, the happier they are!

However, purring also can be a sign your cat is hurt or uncomfortable. This is an uncommon response though. You should be able to tell the difference between this and when your cat is purring because you are petting them. If you suspect your cat may be in pain as they purr, take them to the vet right away!

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2) Head Butting

If you’ve ever walked around your house, only for your cat to ram their head into your legs, they are showing their love for you! Head butting shows that your cat trusts you.

When they head butt you, they are not only trying to get your attention, they are also leaving their pheromones from their head on you to mark their territory. They are showing that you are special to them in a way you won’t even be able to perceive on your own, but other cats will definitely recognize it.

3) Following You Around

Some cats like to follow their owners wherever they go, and they don’t like to be away from their owners at all! They can follow you through the house and meow when you shut them out of rooms, even in the bathroom. Though this can sometimes get in the way of the things you do, like your chores, your cat just wants you to know that they love you and want to be your constant companion.

Your cat may also want to sleep next to you, and lie on your lap at every opportunity. You should take these as signs that they trust you enough to be close to you!

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4) Kneading

Cats start to knead when they are baby kittens, as they drink milk from their mothers. As they get older, they might knead their paws on you or on other soft items, like a person might knead bread. When your cat is kneading on you, they just want you to know you make them feel comfortable. Just make sure you cut your cats claws down, so it doesn’t hurt when they knead you!

5) Bringing You Gifts

Cats are hunters by nature, so they provide for themselves and others by killing other small animals. As a sign of affection, they might bring you the fruits of their hunt or hide it in a special place for you to find.

Though many people (understandably) do not like having a freshly killed rat brought to them, your cat just wants you to enjoy a special meal they caught just for you. If your cat brings you a gift, just know that they are providing for you in the most practical way they know how.

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In Conclusion

Most cats are much more independent than dogs, but this doesn’t mean that they don’t like to be around humans or that they require less love! Make sure you show your appreciation for your cat by giving them treats, petting them, and playing with them as often as possible. They will repay your love by purring, head butting you, following you, kneading you, and bringing you special gifts.

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]]> https://valheart.com/5-ways-cats-show-affection/feed/ 0 The BEST CBD Oil for You and Your Pet! https://valheart.com/best-cbd-for-your-pets/ https://valheart.com/best-cbd-for-your-pets/#comments Thu, 09 May 2019 18:53:45 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=57970  

Do you have a dog or cat with separation anxiety, or suffering from Obsessive Compulsive Disorders (OCD)? Are they afraid of thunderstorms or other loud noises? Or does your pet just seem to “go crazy” sometimes when you need them to calm down? They are asking for help.  Give them the BEST CBD Oil for Pets!

CTFO CBD pet products is the answer. Because all mammals have endocannabinoid systems, CBD can have a positive impact on pets as well as humans.

I started researching CBD oils when all the hype about these wonderful products starting buzzing around like flies on pie.  Is CBD Oil Good for Cats

What I’ve found is, there are some very reputable companies out there, and some NOT so reputable. I’ve even seen really cheap ineffective and even dangerous products on places like amazon as more companies are climbing on the bandwagon as quickly as they can.

But here’s the problem.

If you get the wrong stuff – or are taking it in the wrong way – you’re just wasting your money, energy and time.

Even worse, you “think” you’re taking it BUT you’re not actually getting the real benefit or value from it. You may give up saying “it didn’t work for me or my pet.”

Or, the impurity or fillers/additives caused problems for you or your pet!

But, here’s the thing. The GOOD stuff really REALLY works!

CBD Oil Benefits Dog Treats InfographicWhat can CBD Oil help you and your pet with?  The list seems endless!

Studies have shown that CBD can help pets with loss of appetite, anxiety, aging, aching joints, cancer, glaucoma, inflammation, seizures, aggression and neurological disorders.

If you have an older pet, CBD may put new life into them!

When you get the best CBD product and do it right, it is simply amazing what it can do for you in terms of:

  • Improved health and well-being
  • Pain reduction (or elimination entirely)
  • Better night’s sleep
  • Skin wellness and anti aging
  • Hair regrowth
  • Weight loss
  • And of course, easing stress and anxiety

Did you know that this company called Change The Future Outcome (CTFO) offers chew treats for pets along with CBD sprays and oils, and a wonderful pet conditioning shampoo that works wonders for coat and skin related ailments?

If your pet is “like family,” you’ll want them to have the benefits of CBD just like you do when they need it.

Imagine how fantastic it will be for your dog or cat to be completely at ease around the house, even when you need to leave for work or errands.

Imagine having your older pet “come to life” again.

CBD oils, treats and sprays can help them cope better and relieve their anxiety.

And better yet, all CTFO CBD products are 100% organic, including the flavorings.

Traditional and holistic veterinarians have discovered many fascinating benefits of CBD Oil for pets in their care, and by now you’ve no doubt heart of the many benefits of CBD Oil.

For Instance CBD:

  • can help soothe your pet’s anxiety during trips to the vet or groomer or trainer or kenneling/boarding or…
  • helps with over barking, excessive licking, and hot spots…
  • helps you relax and get a good night’s sleep…
  • can help your cat’s skittishness, fearfulness, aggressive behavior…
  • helps with fear of loud noises, thunder and fireworks…
  • can help with stress, pain and illness, and so much more!

No, CBD is not marijuana and it does not make you or your pet “high”.

The bottom line is, the good, highest quality CBD Oil is safe, legal and healthy – and EFFECTIVE – for you and your pet!

I personally take CBD and have been pleased and very happy with it. For instance, I’ve been an insomniac most of my life and now? I’m consistently sleeping way better, my fatigue levels are improving, I feel stronger, and less stressed, and my thinning hair is growing back!

There’s lots to like!

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What are other people and pet parents saying about their results? Check this out, it’s awesome:

 

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This is a testimonial from a CTFO customer:

“This is Belle. I brought Belle home after I met her in the parking lot of a local grocery store (my mom had just rescued her) she was five months old. She just hopped in and didn’t want to get out. I had NO IDEA what I was getting into. I had NO idea the struggle between love and frustration I was about to experience. The amount of items she would chew or throw up on. Or even how often she would not have a solid bowel movement.

She had the most intense fear of being alone, of any dog I’ve ever experienced. Every single time she ate she threw up. We tried feeding her 3 times a day (small amounts), took her to the vet, did stool samples, raw food diet, special food, wet food, digestive enzymes, you name it and it was exhausting…

Her anxiety was so bad she ate a dog door off the door, she ripped two screen doors off, destroyed the garage (multiple times), ate a wine bottle, you name it she did it. Our lives were full of just pure chaos, and heartbreak. We couldn’t fix our girl. We felt hopeless…

Well, we started her on these CTFO CBD treats a year ago.

She gets two a day, on bad days she gets 4.

She’s gone from 57 pounds soaking wet a year ago (left photo) to 81 pounds, healthy and happy (right photo). She is a completely different dog. She is happy, no more fear of being left, just excitement, no throwing up, she has solid bowel movements, no chewing. Her hair has grown back, it isn’t brittle, it’s so soft! It’s not breaking off and her tail is long, fluffy, full and beautiful. She is relaxed, happy and healthy.♥We swear by these treats they’ve changed our life and more importantly HERS.”

I’m so happy to see results like these! This is why I’m telling you about these awesome products! I want to help people and animals!🙂

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We are living in such an exciting time in the health of our bodies. The Research on CBD Oil has only just scratched the surface of how this wonderful oil can help our bodies balance and heal.

CTFO has an amazing 10xPure CBD oil so you know why we are so impressed with this wonderful company!  Plus their products are 100% organic, including the flavorings.

Click on the video below to learn more.

Can you take CBD and pass a drug test?

Inquiring minds want to know, right?  The fact is that taking full spectrum CBD oils could cause the taker to fail a drug test.

Not to worry though because that’s exactly why CTFO created an “Isolate”.  You still get all the great benefits, and you’ll be safe on your drug tests too!  If this is an issue for you, then be sure to get the Isolate versions.

Want some for you and/or your pet?  Here’s how to get your CBD Oil, Pet CBD Oil/Chew treats and more for you and your pet from our friends at CTFO:

  • First, you should know that this is a MLM company. Great news for anyone who’d like to earn commission from sales, but if you’re not in it for that?  Not to worry.  It really doesn’t matter if you promote it or not — it’s a great, high quality, forward thinking company dedicated to improving the well being on the planet for pets and people through amazing and well formulated hemp and CBD products.  They have a wide variety of excellent products and continue to expand their line.  You can buy retail straight from the site, or, I recommend setting up your account first so you can get 25% wholesale prices:  https://valheart.myctfo.com/join.html
  • Next, shop for your CBD Products here, add them to your cart and process your order: https://valheart.myctfo.com/
  • Note:  If you’re concerned about passing a drug test for your job or whatever, then be sure to search for the “Isolate” versions (see note above).  Isolates can still be effective, it’s worth a try.  The company offers a full 60 day guarantee and as they say, you won’t know until you give it a go and see what happens.
  • Finally, be sure to setup your autoship recurring order to get another 5% off along with regularly shipped product sent to your door just in time for when you need more.  You can always edit your order anytime before it ships or cancel it entirely if you wish.
  • Fully Guaranteed!  The products are fully guaranteed for 60 days, so if you don’t love it, send it back and get your money back.

Any questions?  Email us now at Support@ValHeart.com.

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]]> https://valheart.com/best-cbd-for-your-pets/feed/ 2 The 10xPURE(TM) CBD/CBDa Story nonadult Vet Care Crisis – Dr. Arthur Young on The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™ https://valheart.com/vet-care-crisis-dr-arthur-young-on-real-dr-doolittle/ https://valheart.com/vet-care-crisis-dr-arthur-young-on-real-dr-doolittle/#respond Wed, 08 May 2019 17:49:11 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=57960 Talking to Dr. Arthur Young on The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™

Dr. Arthur Young is nationally known as a homeopathic veterinary practitioner, lecturer, teacher, and author.  He has studied with such eminent veterinary homeopaths as Drs. Richard Pitcairn, Christina Chambreau, and Don Hamilton.

He comes to homeopathy with over five decades of experience as a clinician, researcher in contagious diseases of primates, instructor in pathology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine. 

He is as an innovator in the application of homeopathic medicines for exotic animals. His metamorphosis from allopathic (conventional) methods and beliefs to homeopathy has been a gradual process.

A decade ago, his observations—derived from many years of clinical and academic medicine—changed his focus. In his opinion, many health problems in animals have been created by the practice of over-vaccination, persistent use of steroids and antibiotics, and the many grossly deficient commercial diets available.

You will learn:

  • Many alternative health modalities that you may not have know could be applied with great success for your pets.
  • Why Dr. Young made the move from allopathic medicine to alternative medicine and homeopathy.
  • A doctor’s experience with allergies, autoimmune diseases, Cushings Disease, designer diseases, food and food deficiency in dogs and cats.

 

This article was previously published May 8, 2019, and was updated on February 24, 2023

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]]> https://valheart.com/vet-care-crisis-dr-arthur-young-on-real-dr-doolittle/feed/ 0 Vet Care Crisis - Dr Arthur Young on The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™| Animal Talk | Podcast #50 nonadult The Most Common Health Problems in Older Cats https://valheart.com/the-most-common-health-problems-in-older-cats/ https://valheart.com/the-most-common-health-problems-in-older-cats/#respond Tue, 26 Mar 2019 14:54:26 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=41578 Guest post. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communications Enterprises Inc. 

Unfortunately for senior cats, they tend to develop more health problems as they age. Just like humans do. It’s helpful to understand what some of the bigger issues are that crop up, so that we at least understand them and perhaps can look out for likely symptoms.

Here are a few of the health problems that older cats sometimes develop.

Heart Problems

Heart disease is quite common with older cats. They aren’t just at risk from one type of heart disease. Actually, there’s several that they could potentially get. Cardiomyopathy is a common one in senior cats. This is where the heart muscle is suffering from a degrading valve. In some ways, it doesn’t matter what type of affliction your cute ball of fluff is suffering from, they all eventually lead to congestive heart failure. This means the blood cannot be pumped throughout the body by the heart.

For these reasons, it’s best to get a bi-yearly checkup with your vet to run some basic tests. This is especially true with older cats. When caught early enough, some heart problems can be medicated to mitigate them and prolong their lives.

Arthritis

A cat that’s become significantly more sedentary as an older cat – almost to the extent of being a house cat when they weren’t before – is not necessarily a sign of older age. It can also be an indicator that they’re in pain from arthritis and trying to reduce the pain by moving around less. Other signs might include not being able to leap up onto a spot or not staying there when they do.

older cat in blanket

Cancer

Cancer is as much a problem for cats as humans. They can get a variety of types of cancer, just like us too. The symptoms vary depending on the cancer type, but usually it’s possible to notice some behavioral changes. Sometimes, there’s medication to make their lives more enjoyable too.

Hyperthyroidism

The thyroid gland can develop too much hormone and be overproducing. This issue can manifest itself in a lower appetite or a growing one. They may also have trouble keeping down food, be consuming more water, or going to their litter box more often.

What Can You Do?

Being aware of how your cat usually behaves and looking for changes is always a good idea. Notice their coat and any loss of fur or change in how it looks or feels. If they’re more irritable than normal, this might also indicate that they’re in pain.

You also can think about getting cat insurance. While insurance for dogs is more well-known, pet insurance for cats is a growing market with cat owners realizing the need to have their pet insured. Also, for pet owners who take on a new cat to give their older one company, kitten insurance is available for the little one too. British cat owners can look at UK pet insurance provider, Everypaw (everypaw.com), to see if their range of products meet their needs.

It’s worth being aware that cats can develop more than one illness at the same time. This makes it hard for a vet to treat them when medications conflict. Senior cats do require more regular vet visits to check up on their health and catch health issues earlier, so it is important not to skip vet appointments.

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]]> https://valheart.com/the-most-common-health-problems-in-older-cats/feed/ 0 Pets in vehicles: 11 things animal-lovers need to know https://valheart.com/pets-in-vehicles-11-things-animal-lovers-need-to-know/ https://valheart.com/pets-in-vehicles-11-things-animal-lovers-need-to-know/#respond Thu, 14 Mar 2019 20:11:52 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=41564 Guest post courtesy of Matt Press. Matt is a copywriter who has written words for some of the UK’s top brands. He’s also a car nut and owner of a driving school that offers intensive driving lessons in the UK. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communications Enterprises Inc. 

Things to think about when you have your pets in vehicles

Okay, so you love animals. That’s cool; you’re in good company.

You also need to get out and about to do stuff, so sooner or later you’ll need to have your pets in vehicles.

But are there any rules around this issue? Is it a big deal or is there anything you need to know? pets in vehicles

If you’ve never given it much thought, then listen up. Because, as it turns out, there’s quite a lot to be aware of that will help keep you, your pet and other people safe.

There are 11 vital nuggets of information that will stand you in good stead.

Thing 1: Avoid heatstroke

Let’s start with the temperature inside your vehicle, because every year, thousands of pets die from heat exhaustion because they’re left in a parked car without any ventilation.

You might be on the ball on a warm day, but be aware that the temperature of your car can rise very quickly (almost 20ᵒ F in 10 minutes), so the length of time you’re away from your pet is irrelevant.

Also, temperatures don’t plateau – they keep rising as time goes on. And since opening any windows a small amount doesn’t alleviate the heat issue completely, you’re best off simply leaving your pet at home when it’s warm and you have errands to do.

Thing 2: Always restrain your pets in vehicles

We’ve all chuckled at the site of a dog hanging its head out of a window, enjoying the rush of wind through its fur as the vehicle in question rushes down the highway.

But the reality is, your pet should be treated like a human – and that means being properly restrained with a harness or secure carrier.

And whilst this is a sensible approach, there are actually 8 states in the USA where this is the law: Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Connecticut, Hawaii, New Jersey, New Hampshire and Rhode Island.

Thing 3: Put your dog in the right seat

Just as with babies and small children, don’t put your dog in the front if you have passenger airbags in your car. Airbags save lives, but the explosions on impact are so forceful that they can kill lightweight passengers.

For safety reasons, pets need to be placed in the rear seats or in the bed of a trunk.

Thing 4: Drive a car that’s suitable for pets

If you’re shopping for a new car now or in the future, pay attention to which ones will cater for your pet. If you put your dog’s needs first now, he or she will be happier in the long-run.

Need some ideas? Dogs need large cars that are easy to get in and out of, while some vehicles (such as the Honda Odyssey) have a system that allows drivers to keep an eye on their pet via the dashboard.

Thing 5: Use a pet-friendly car rental

If you’re on vacation and are taking your pet, then why not rent a pet-friendly car?

There are plenty of rental organizations that exist with the specific aim of making your precious pup or kitty as comfy as possible.

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Thing 6: Get the right-sized crate or carrier

If you’re going down the crate or carrier route, then it’s vital that you pick the perfect size for your animal. There are a load of different styles on the market, such as wire mesh, hard plastic and soft-sided. But really, size is more important.

Your crate or carrier needs to be big enough for your pet to stand, sit down, lie down and turn around in. Anything else would be too cruel and restrictive.

Thing 7: Test your crate or carrier out at home 

Be sure to let your pet try your crate or carrier out at home before sticking them in it in your vehicle (and hoping for the best).

If he or she can experiment with it in the comfort of their own patch and on their own terms, the whole experience will be much smoother for you in the long run.

Thing 8: Prepare for any long road trips 

Eyeing up some solid travelling time? Don’t make a long road trip your pet’s first time in the car. Take your animal on a number of shorter excursions first, so as to prepare both your pet and you for what it’s going to be like.

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Thing 9: Don’t attempt any feeding in a car

This never ends well. Work any mealtimes around any journeys and ensure that your dog eats at least 3-4 hours before any movement. For short trips, this won’t be a problem, but if you’re trekking across the country then you’ll need to do some forward-planning.

Thing 10: Pack plenty of supplies

Anyone with kids is probably way ahead of me here, but just in case, take travel papers, a waste scoop, plastic bags and any required medication with you (especially on longer journeys).

Also, bring some bottled water for him or her to drink.

Thing 11: Bring one of their favourite toys

Sometimes, all the best laid plans can go to waste and your pet might be fidgety or anxious for a reason unbeknown to you.

If that happens and your doggie needs comforting, bringing a familiar toy or blanket could be the answer.

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]]> https://valheart.com/pets-in-vehicles-11-things-animal-lovers-need-to-know/feed/ 0 Best Dogs for Colder Climates that Do Well in Warmer Weather Too https://valheart.com/best-dogs-colder-climates-do-well-in-warmer-weather/ https://valheart.com/best-dogs-colder-climates-do-well-in-warmer-weather/#respond Mon, 10 Dec 2018 20:11:46 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=41437 Guest post. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communications Enterprises Inc. 

It’s that time of year again when residents of colder climates like Montreal begin packing up and heading south for the winter. They head out to cities like Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Los Angeles, and Dallas where the air is warm all year and they don’t need to suffer as they do during those cold winter months at home in Quebec.

However, you don’t want to go alone, so you are thinking of getting a dog who will keep you company here at home but also do as well in those southern areas. Since you will be spending most of your time in Canada, you want to know what dogs do best in colder climates but will also fare well in Dallas, for example. Here is some important information you should have.

Best Breeds for Colder Climates

While most shepherds do well in colder climates, they also do well in southern regions as well. Even breeds like Huskies can be found living happily in Texas, so don’t be afraid to bring them along with you. Other dogs that do well in cold weather include:

  • Chow Chows
  • Bernese Mountain Dogs
  • Swiss Mountain Dogs
  • Karakachan Bear Dogs

Bear in mind that when you reach Texas, you may find your dog shedding a bit more than usual, but daily brushings should keep hair on your clothes and furniture to a minimum.

Contact a Dog Walking Service Before Leaving Home

Since dogs usually adapt easier to changes in the weather than you can, it’s advisable to contact dog walking services before embarking on your winter trip south. Dog walking Dallas services like those offered at Wag! can be booked online in advance – they even offer a free dog walk if you’re quick enough to claim it! Dog walkers can meet up with you on your very first day and since they know the area, it would be easier for you to give your dog the exercise it needs even on day one.

Crossing the Canadian/US Border with a Dog

You’ve specifically found a dog that does well in colder weather at home and have done your research as to whether or not you can expect that dog to do well in warmer climates too. You have everything ready, your Dallas destination booked for several weeks, and it’s time to think about heading south. Now the only thing left to know is how to bring your dog across the border with you. According to the CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, you need to have proof that your dog is healthy and has had its rabies shot or booster.

Many Canadians choose dogs that do well in colder climates but also want to bring their faithful friends with them on their annual trip south during the coldest winter months. Don’t be afraid to choose a cold-weather breed because dogs are more resilient than we humans are and can adapt easier to rapid changes in temperature. The one thing you may want to understand is that the extra warmth may necessitate additional water throughout the day, and that is yet another reason you’ll want to have that dog walking service lined up! Extra water means extra walks, and with that prearranged, you can enjoy the warmth of the Dallas sunshine without overdoing it yourself. Isn’t that a pleasant thought?

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]]> https://valheart.com/best-dogs-colder-climates-do-well-in-warmer-weather/feed/ 0 Endocannabinoid System in Dogs https://valheart.com/endocannabinoid-system-in-dogs/ https://valheart.com/endocannabinoid-system-in-dogs/#comments Wed, 07 Nov 2018 18:16:57 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=41415 Guest post. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communications Enterprises Inc. 

Similar to the human body, the Endocannabinoid System or ECS functions in other animals including dogs. The Endocannabinoid System in dogs helps in maintaining a healthy balance in the body. The body’s internally produced Endocannabinoids stimulate this system.

At present, the Endocannabinoid System in dogs is one of the most researched subjects. This is due to the broad spectrum of effects that the system has on the body. Moreover, researchers are also studying ways of using the stimulation to cure various diseases.  Though scientists have found the essential nature of the system, they are trying to understand more therapeutic uses of the same.

Herein, we will discuss the characteristics of the Endocannabinoid System in dogs, and how it functions.

Similar to the human body, the Endocannabinoid System or ECS functions in other animals including dogs. The Endocannabinoid System in dogs helps in maintaining a healthy balance in the body. The body’s internally produced Endocannabinoids stimulate this system.

At present, the Endocannabinoid System in dogs is one of the most researched subjects. This is due to the broad spectrum of effects that the system has on the body. Moreover, researchers are also studying ways of using the stimulation to cure various diseases,   just like apple cider vinegar does.  Though the essential nature of the system has been found, yet the scientists are trying to understand more therapeutic uses of the same.

Herein, we will discuss the characteristics of the Endocannabinoid System in dogs, and how it functions.

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(SOURCE: https://www.dogsnaturallymagazine.com/cbd-for-dogs-how-it-can-help-these-5-common-conditions/)

Functions of the Endocannabinoid System in dogs

As mentioned earlier, just like us humans, dogs, and other mammals possess the Endocannabinoid System. It is the prime signaling network that boasts a wide range of functions. Similarly to any animal, in dogs, the ECS also generates adjustments at times when outside elements disrupt the tasks and help in bringing the body back to homeostasis. (Source: holistapet.com)

The significant functions monitored by the Endocannabinoid System are mood, memory, appetite, metabolism, pleasure, movement and coordination, sleep, and immune response. It is very crucial to have a well functioning Endocannabinoid System to maintain good health and wellness.

How does the Endocannabinoid System in dogs work?

Cannabinoid Receptors

 

 

(SOURCE: https://curapet.com/cbd-pet-science/how-does-cbd-work/)

In dogs or any other mammal, the Endocannabinoid System functions constitute of three primary mechanisms, which are – Endocannabinoids, Cannabinoid Receptors, and Enzymes that produce and break down endocannabinoids.

At times when there is an imbalance in the dog’s functioning, the ECS triggers the release of enzymes that synthesize the Endocannabinoids. The majorly synthesized Endocannabinoids are Anandamide and 2-arachidonoylglycerol. These Endocannabinoids bind to Cannabinoid Receptors, which are present in the brain cells and also in the cells throughout the body.

As the Cannabinoid Receptors activate, they direct the proteins passage throughout the cells. This process further sends chemical messages to the nerve cells calling out for required adjustments. Eventually, this promotes a biochemical response where the imbalanced function is brought back to its normal stance.

Researchers have found that the Endocannabinoid System in dogs controls the gastrointestinal tract functions. It is also believed to affect the part of the nervous system that is responsible for the appetite. Scientists also claim that the ECS plays a significant role in regulating hormones linked to reproductive system and stress.

Apart from the above, the Endocannabinoid System also regulates inflammation, caused by infection or damaged tissues. Therefore, if the ECS does not function properly, the condition may lead to chronic inflammation, which further may lead to other chronic diseases. Thus, a lot of doctors suggest external cannabinoids stimulate the Endocannabinoid System, which also reduces the swelling and enhances the body’s immune response.

What are Cannabinoid Receptors in dogs?

 

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(SOURCE: https://www.k9-medibles.com/is-cbd-good-for-dogs/)

The Cannabinoid Receptors in the body help the Endocannabinoids to coordinate and promote primary functioning like moods and feelings. This is similar in case of dogs. The two types of Cannabinoid Receptors found on cells’ surface are CB1 and CB2. (Source: phytoanimalhealth.com)

CB1 receptors: Present in the brain and central nervous system

CB2 receptors: Present on cells in the peripheral organs and the immune system

What is CBD and how does it help?

CBD is a plant extracted cannabinoids, which is found to be very beneficial in supporting the Endocannabinoid Systems of dogs and other pets. This naturally occurring, a non-toxic supplement is found in cannabis plants.

The CBD has a molecular structure similar to animal’s own Endocannabinoids. Therefore, it can coordinate with the animal’s Cannabinoid Receptors. Giving Cannabinoids like CBD to dogs may help in augmenting their health by enhancing the amount of Cannabinoid Receptors. This further improves the Endocannabinoid System in the body and aids in marinating a healthy body balance.

(SOURCE: https://www.dogsnaturallymagazine.com/cbd-for-dogs-how-it-can-help-these-5-common-conditions/)

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]]> https://valheart.com/endocannabinoid-system-in-dogs/feed/ 1 Happy Tails Canine Adventure Tours with David Blank and Val Heart https://valheart.com/happy-tails-canine-adventure-david-blank-and-valheart/ https://valheart.com/happy-tails-canine-adventure-david-blank-and-valheart/#respond Wed, 22 Aug 2018 17:20:38 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=41362 Have you ever wanted to take your pet with you on an adventure?

David Blank specializes in helping you do exactly that with your pets so that everyone has a great time including your furrbabies! Find out how he does it, what’s involved in happy tripping with your four-leggeds.  Hear about the incredible grand adventures he and his animal loving explorers have enjoyed all over the world.

We love taking our border collie Timmy with us when we explore our world.

David takes it to a whole new level!

David Blank is the founder of Happy Tails which is a new tour concept that is dedicated to taking you on fantastic adventures that focus on sharing great experiences with your dogs. Everything is about you and your dog having fun and building relationship. They are creating a number of fantastic international itineraries.

My friend David is a professional tour guide and dog trainer who has been to 49 US states and 45 countries. He has hitchhiked from the US to Guatemala to study Spanish, backpacked and hitchhiked throughout East and South Africa, and spent a year motorcycling 20,000 miles throughout the US, Canada and Mexico with his dog Max. David has an MBA in International Business and has lived and worked in Mexico, Panama, Ecuador, China and France.

David Says, “As a guide, the only thing that is really important to me, besides sharing my love for the world, is that my clients have a unique, fulfilling experience that they will remember prominently and fondly for the rest of their lives!”

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“Travel with someone you love!”

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]]> https://valheart.com/happy-tails-canine-adventure-david-blank-and-valheart/feed/ 0 Happy Tails Canine Adventure Tours with David Blank and Val Heart nonadult Autistic Animals? Val Heart & Temple Grandin: her extraordinary work on The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™ https://valheart.com/animals-autism-and-temple-grandin-with-val-heart-on-dr-doolittle-show/ https://valheart.com/animals-autism-and-temple-grandin-with-val-heart-on-dr-doolittle-show/#respond Wed, 21 Mar 2018 17:01:03 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=41255 Wow!  Dr. Temple Grandin was in the news recently, she’s won yet another award for her work and insight into animals!  Congratulations, Dr. Grandin!  You inspire us all.

Temple Grandin

If you don’t know who Temple Grandin is…. 

Temple Grandin was named to the National Women’s Hall of Fame.  She teaches at the Colorado State University and is their professor of animal sciences. 

She is THE world-renowned autism spokesperson and has been named to the National Women’s Hall of Fame. Grandin is one of only 10 women to receive the prestigious honor.

Why is that even more incredible?  She is famous for being autistic and having Asperger’s Syndrome.  She also co-wrote a movie based on her extraordinary life. 

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Autism in people and animals is an increasing problem – there are many causes to be considered and ways to approach healing.

In this episode of the Real Dr. Doolittle Show, Scott and I discussed the revolutionary work Dr. Temple Grandin is doing for the humane treatment of cattle. Temple’s unique approach and insights to the world helps her understand animals from their own perspectives and helps us be better humans.

I think you’ll find our chat worth the few minutes of your day today!    

You’ll also get to hear the story of a dog who was autistic and what I did to help him recover. I also shared the amazing story of Bonnie and the injured longhorn!

Any animal lover can learn to communicate with animals if they want to. It’s critically important to learn how to talk with animals, to speak their language, to see life from their viewpoint.

Their health and well-being depends on us, as ours depends on them.  We are all connected. Enjoy!

Temple has a great Ted Talk you may also want to listen to; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fn_9f5x0f1Q

Ready to learn how to talk to animals yourself? Get your Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Pets free ebook at https://www.LearnHowToTalkToAnimals.com and find out how now!

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]]> https://valheart.com/animals-autism-and-temple-grandin-with-val-heart-on-dr-doolittle-show/feed/ 0 Autistic Animals? Val Heart & Temple Grandin's extraordinary work on The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™ nonadult How to Find the Best Groomer for Your Furry Companion https://valheart.com/find-best-groomer-furry-companion/ https://valheart.com/find-best-groomer-furry-companion/#respond Thu, 22 Feb 2018 17:30:12 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=41180 Guest post. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communications Enterprises Inc. 

If you can’t fit your growing dog into your tub anymore or you just lack the expertise to give them a proper grooming treatment, it’s time to start searching for a groomer for your pup. However, soon you’ll find out that finding the right groomer can be quite complicated.

I once had a mobile groomer come to the house to groom my Mini- Schnauzer dog Einstein.  They ripped the hair out of his ears leaving bloody wounds in the tender inner ear flaps!  He was severely traumatized as was I.  He refused to let me touch his head or ears for months afterward, and it took a dedicated desensitizing training approach to help him release the trauma. It also took a long time to heal his ears.

There have been many incidents in the news where dogs have been seriously injured and have even died at the groomers!  Don’t let that happen to your dog by doing your due diligence beforehand.

You want your pet to be safe, stress-free and receive a good pampering session like a spa day for doggies!  Finding a groomer that can provide you with all that isn’t easy, but it’s not impossible either. Here’s a little guide that will help you make the right choice.

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Ask your family and friends

One of the best ways to find a good groomer is to ask your family and friends with pets. If all of their pets came back clean and happy, chances are yours will too. You can also surf the internet and go through blogs, forums and websites on dog grooming. There you can find many reviews and experiences from different dog owners. Your vet also probably knows a good and reliable groomer. If your vet trusts them, you should too.

Check out the facility

Once you choose a potential groomer, make sure to take your pet for a tour of their facility before you make any appointments. This way, you’ll be able to see how the groomer interacts with pets, whether they leave pets unattained while on the grooming table or in the tub, and chat with other pet owners there.

Also, your pet will get to sniff out the place and get familiar with smells and noises. Don’t forget to introduce your pet and yourself to the staff. This will help your dog during your actual appointment.

Additionally, check out the hygiene conditions in the facility and see if they sanitize their equipment.

Ask for their credentials

Some countries don’t require that groomers go through formal schooling and receive certification. It’s enough to go through the apprenticeship and get enough training.

However, since a certificate program teaches groomers safety, bathing procedures, different tactics for handling the animals, as well as noticing skin disorders and various other health issues, finding a groomer with formal education is your best choice. So, don’t forget to ask your groomer about their credentials and certification. If they have any formal documents, this means your pup will probably be in safe hands.

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Go over the costs

If the price of the grooming session is important to you, then you must go over the costs beforehand. The costs usually depend on the breed and size of your dog, as well as your special requests. The grooming of a small dog with short hair will be the cheapest, while grooming costs for a show poodle or a Newfoundland will be several times higher.  Any good facility that provides excellent dog grooming services has a list of rates and reliable staff to explain everything to you.

Just be sure to ask and agree to what services you would like provided for your pet beforehand so there aren’t any misunderstandings later.

Ask questions

Make sure to check their policy in the case of an accident. Ensure your groomer will be honest with you and let you know about any occurrences while you were away. It is relatively normal for some minor accidents like cuts, scrapes or burns to occur and can happen anywhere, even with the biggest grooming professionals. This may not mean the groomer is not experienced or isn’t careful.  What you want to know is their policies in case of accidents and how often such things tend to occur.

Trust your instincts

Trust your instincts. If there’s anything that tells you to find another groomer, make sure to listen to your gut and continue your search. Usually, you and your dog will recognize any problematic situations even subconsciously and not make a mistake.

Talk to your dog

Learn How to Talk with Animals Take the time to talk to your dog about their impressions of the place and the people.  If your dog doesn’t feel safe or comfortable there, then keep looking for another groomer.  If your dog feels okay giving them a try, and they’ve answered your questions properly, then go for it.  Tell your dog what will happen, why it’s important and what you hope they’ll experience from the grooming.

Afterward when you pick up your dog, ask them how it went.  If they are not happy with their experience, then trust them and keep looking for another groomer.  Ultimately, your dog knows things you can’t possibly know.  Listen to them and honor their viewpoint.

If you’ve done your research, went to inspect the place and asked plenty of questions, talked to your dog about it, your dog will get the best bath and haircut in town and come back to you clean and happy all ready to find something stinky to roll in later.

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]]> https://valheart.com/find-best-groomer-furry-companion/feed/ 0 Caring for a Senior Dog – Contribution From Freelance Writer Jenny Holt https://valheart.com/senior-dog/ https://valheart.com/senior-dog/#respond Mon, 19 Feb 2018 20:47:53 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=41206 Guest post courtesy of Jenny Holt. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communications Enterprises Inc. 

Caring for a Senior Dog

When you have a deep connection with your dog, you probably notice that a few things change when they turn around eight or nine years old. At this age, senior dogs can require different care, though what defines “seniority” in dogs can vary according to breed and to each individual dog. In general giant breeds tend to be considered senior earlier, while chihuahuas can stretch this definition by one or two years. Genetics, environment, and nutrition also determine how fast your dog ages. In this post, we highlight a few conditions that can appear at this time of your dog’s life and suggest ways to tackle them.

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Vision and Cataracts

By the time dogs are around six, the lens of their eyes harden, causing them to take on a greyish hue which is sometimes only visible at night. This hardening is not a cataract and does not usually impede vision.  Because it is impossible to tell the difference between nuclear sclerosis and a cataract (in which the lens becomes cloudy and vision is affected) it is important to visit your vet for a possible referral to a veterinary ophthalmologist.  Cataracts can occur in one or both eyes and can be small or large. Cataract surgery is one option some owners opt for; others report success from using special eye drops containing carnosine. See your vet regarding the ideal treatment.

Obesity, Osteoarthritis and other Joint Issues

As dogs age, their joints can become stiff and inflamed. Consider fortifying his diet with essential fatty acids such as EPA and DHA, as well as supplements such as glucosamine and chondroitin. Ask your vet for their opinion regarding supplementation and doses.  To ease your pooch’s discomfort, buy him an orthopedic bed and a good vest (and boots) for outdoor winter walks.  A diet comprising organic, natural ingredients is also key to keeping him healthy and within his ideal weight.

The Importance of Exercise

Older dogs need daily exercise to keep their muscles, bones, and joints in good condition. Ideally, they enjoy several walks a day and at least one long one. In winter months, keep your dog active indoors with games like hide and seek, indoor fetch, and Kong-style toys, since older dogs have a tendency to put on weight.

Obesity is linked to everything from cancer to heart disease in dogs, so be sure to keep them light on their feet.

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Tooth Decay

If you feed your dog a sound diet and brush his teeth regularly, his teeth should still be in good condition as a senior. Check his teeth regularly, watching out for any redness, inflammation, or bumps.

Disease Prevention and Early Diagnosis

Older dogs are more at risk of everything from heart disease to cancer, so they should have blood panel work done regularly to check the state of their organs. Your vet should also let you know if our dog is at an ideal weight or if weight loss is necessary.

Keeping your senior dog in tip top shape essentially involves regular visits to the doctor, to check for any signs of disease. With some diseases, the earlier treatment begins the better, so don’t miss out on any information you can obtain. Keep your dog active with age-appropriate exercises, feed them top quality food, and watch out for any signs that something is different – any bumps or lumps, limping, signs of lethargy or pain, should be seen to by your veterinarian.

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]]> https://valheart.com/senior-dog/feed/ 0 5 Things to Expect When Adopting a Senior Dog https://valheart.com/5-things-expect-adopting-senior-dog/ https://valheart.com/5-things-expect-adopting-senior-dog/#respond Thu, 08 Feb 2018 16:29:17 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=41196 Guest post. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communications Enterprises Inc.

It is always exciting to welcome a new puppy into the home. However, adopting an older dog is a great way for your family to extend a little more caring and compassion toward other animals that are often neglected or ignored.

Senior dogs may not be as energetic or playful as their younger counterparts, but they also bring a different kind of joy to the household.

An older dog is usually more patient and well-behaved, having had more years of training. They usually understand and communicate with humans better. Also, they have established patterns of behavior and preferences that make caring for them easier. Most importantly, they possess more prominent personal character and have a more varied reaction when interacting with others.

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However, there are also some things that you should prepare for if and when you decide to take in a senior dog. Knowing about these can help you adjust and make the most out of your newfound friendship with them:

Stronger personality

Just like humans, older dogs tend to develop stronger personalities. They are less afraid to let their individual character shine. This may sometimes mean though that they are stubborn or less receptive to commands. Instead of butting heads with your dog, give him enough time to adjust to you and your family, and vice versa. Celebrate his individuality by giving him personalized dog collars and creating a comfortable place that he can call his own, with his favorite toys and other personalized items.

Less enthusiasm for exercise

Older dogs need that extra push to get moving and stay active. Motivate him by giving him rewards for going out, walking, and playing. Make sure that your older pet does not stay sedentary, because this kind of lifestyle brings about physical and emotional problems in the long run. As with humans, being old for a dog does not mean keeping still and staying put. In fact, older dogs need exercise and physical activity to keep their bones and muscles healthy.

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Less appetite

Sometimes, older dogs have to contend with weaker appetite, leading to problems such as being underweight or dehydrated. Make sure to spruce up mealtimes by offering new foods and flavors — something different from what he has been used to. Be careful though with allergies or any food that is harmful for dogs in general, such as chocolate, onions, etc. Ask your vet for a list of human foods that shouldn’t be introduced to dogs.

More trips to the vet

Older dogs are more prone to diseases such as degenerative conditions of the bones, muscles, eyes, teeth, etc. You may need to make more frequent check-ups with your vet. Also keep their anti-rabies shots and other necessary vaccinations up to date. Be more vigilant against fleas, ticks, and other pests because older dogs tend to not be able to ward off infections and skin diseases from these parasites.

More baths

You wouldn’t want your old dog to literally smell like one. It is more ideal to give senior dogs extra-loving care when it comes to grooming. It may take a little bit more time than usual when you give them a bath, clean their ears, brush their teeth, and cut their nails because there is more icky stuff to get rid of. However, your dog will definitely thank you for it!

Welcoming a Senior Dog into Your Home

Choosing to take in a senior dog is an important decision that you should be prepared for. Caring for them takes more effort than usual physically, emotionally, and financially, but you will definitely see that the rewards are more than worth it. Never underestimate the power of the bond between man and pet, and the gratitude that dogs can communicate to you in more ways than you can imagine!

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]]> https://valheart.com/5-things-expect-adopting-senior-dog/feed/ 0 Dealing with Your Dog’s Negative Behaviors https://valheart.com/dealing-dogs-negative-behaviors-contribution-freelance-writer-jenny-holt/ https://valheart.com/dealing-dogs-negative-behaviors-contribution-freelance-writer-jenny-holt/#respond Wed, 07 Feb 2018 19:47:42 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=41192 Guest Post from freelance writer Jenny Holt. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communication Enterprises Inc. 

If you could ask your dog the one thing they wished before you headed out the door to work in the morning, what do you think he/she would answer?

Probably your dog would ask for you to never leave at all (or take them with you when you do)!  They would wish you could spend a day together out in the Great Outdoors, playing fetch or other games, and enjoying all the benefits that nature has to offer. 

When your dog is left alone, he can sometimes indulge in behavior that includes chewing furniture, ‘doing his needs’ indoors, and barking loudly, which can lead to complaints from neighbors. In this post, we discuss a few useful strategies for dealing with these behaviors.

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 Discovering the Nature of the Bad Pet Problem

If you occasionally arrive home and find that your pet has unrolled the toilet paper, chewed on a sandal or stolen a snack meant for someone else, it could just be boredom.

To keep your pet entertained while you are away, you could consider getting him a companion, playing him some dog-friendly music, or obtaining a gadget that allows you to ‘call your dog on the phone’ and have a pet chat.

You can also satisfy your dog’s chewing instincts with top quality chewing toys, which will not break off into sharp pieces or pose a choking risk while you are away. 

Sometimes, however, the cause of behavioral problems lies much deeper. 

Your dog might have separation anxiety, which will usually be accompanied by other symptoms, including chewing and digging, frequent urination at home, destructive behavior, howling, etc.

In this case, hiring an expert dog whisperer will be very useful, since they can enlighten you on your dogs unique viewpoints, feelings and thoughts.  They could offer healing techniques by eliciting what is occurring with your pet at a deep energetic level. That includes mental, physical and emotional aspects.

Veterinarians sometimes recommend medication for severe cases of separation anxiety, though there are additional and often more effective ways to deal with separation anxiety, annoying barking and other negative doggie behaviors.

Taking the Time to Practice

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“Practice makes perfect” for kids and for pets too. Sometimes, we expect our dogs to naturally take to potty training, or to quickly learn to refrain from barking when someone is at the door, or jumping up on people instead of greeting them calmly. 

Without teaching them exactly what to do and what not to do in these situations, you cannot expect them to just know what the human rules, boundaries and limitations are, much less respond properly.

Training should start with the basics, including sitting, laying down and staying.

Dogs who perfect this, for instance, can be told to stay when someone comes in the door. Humans can also work to prevent barking when the doorbell rings, with commands, clickers and treats, just as we would do to teach our dog to sit or roll over.

Good training can take days, weeks, or months, but patience, communication and consistency are key if we are to enable our dog to be his best self.  Making training into games is fun for them and fun for you too.

The Importance of Creativity

Sometimes, small problems can be fixed by tapping into the DYI buff in you. Take the problem of gnawed furniture. You don’t need to put away your favorite Victorian table; just make your own ‘dog friendly’ deterrent spray (made by mixing water, distilled white vinegar and orange or other citrus therapeutic-grade essential oils).

You can also try moving things around; for instance, if your dog is particularly attracted to one item of furniture or tends to misbehave in one room of the house, is there any way you could section it off, perhaps with a temporary ‘dog barrier’ that can easily be removed when you get home?

If your dog tends to tremble and get anxious when she hears loud noises or fireworks, have you tried swaddling her or using a thunder vest, which so many pet owners have found useful?

Dogs are like people; they all have their own personalities and most have behaviors that need a little work. As their best friend, it is your duty to find the least invasive, most loving, and most creative ways you can to deal with behaviors that are often not really problematic, but rather, instinctive or based on common fears or even boredom.

Whenever you feel lazy or uninspired, just think of the many amazing things your dog brings to your life. 

Are they worth spending a bit of time helping them feel happy, well-behaved, healthy and loved?  Yes, they are.

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Your Lost Dog Can Be Found Through Communication

 

]]> https://valheart.com/dealing-dogs-negative-behaviors-contribution-freelance-writer-jenny-holt/feed/ 0 Why CBD Hemp for Your Pet Could Be THE Thing That Works For Their Pain And Behavior Problems https://valheart.com/cannabis-hemp-for-pets-helps-with-pain-and-behavior/ https://valheart.com/cannabis-hemp-for-pets-helps-with-pain-and-behavior/#comments Wed, 03 Jan 2018 22:59:29 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=41099 You’ve heard the buzz about hemp and CBD (cannabis) for people and pets, but does it really work?

hemp for petsWith all the excitement about cannabis (marijuana) and hemp being legalized and the positive reported health benefits for people AND pets too, I wanted to let you know about this company.  HempMy Pet is great and their products are of the highest quality.  Their hemp for pets is a solid product with a great track record and excellent reviews!

The hemp products are labeled for pets, but you can personally use the tincture for pain too.

I have clients who are using it for their yellow lab who suffered a serious injury to her elbow and subsequent surgery.  They notice an immediate difference in their dog’s well-being when she takes it.  She is happier, moves more easily, has more stamina, and reports that her pain levels are much more manageable.

When she isn’t taking it?

Ouch. BIG difference.

Another friend and author Gayle Pruitt said,

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“This stuff is amazing!  My dogs Mimi & Casper take the coconut oil infused with hemp for pets oil and they have been frisky mischievous little seniors. They both are over 12 years old… we’re not for sure their exact age.  I’m going to have to have a knee replacement so I’m trying it too.”

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At HempMy Pet, they believe like I do that the most important thing you can give your pet for their health and well-being (besides communication, great food and lots of love) is a safe and effective product made of the highest quality ingredients available. Offering top quality, consistent and effective products is what they are all about!

When you choose HempMy Pet, you can feel good about what you are giving your pet, as they pride themselves in making and offering an organic hemp for pets product line that they say is superior to all others on the market. This company that has the best interest of you and your pet in mind.  They truly do this for the love of people, their animals, and for hemp!

After all, a happy pet means a happy YOU!

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Please note that this is NOT A DRUG. It is not intended to treat, diagnose, and/or cure any disease. Their product is a hemp-based product and legal in all 50 United States.

HempMyPet products are not psychoactive in any way, do not contain Marijuana nor are they Medicinal Marijuana products. Their products are made from hemp, which has to have less than .3% THC by law, to be considered hemp, and not marijuana.

Their “Hemp Extract” is derived from hemp, which may have trace amounts of THC to begin with before extraction, but then after it is extracted and added into our products, it is even further diluted down by the carrier oils.

THC does not show up on any of their third-party lab tests for all of their products.

So, your pet can’t get high off of these products, however, you may notice your pet feeling more calm and at ease, and older pets may be moving around more easily after use.  This is due to the other cannabinoids and terpenoids present in the products.

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Check out some more great reviews from users of the product!

“I’m on my 3rd bottle and very very happy! My poor old man dog (12 1/2) obviously has arthritis (not terrible) but also has canine cognitive disorder. He became VERY anxious and destructive. With other supplements he started to calm down, but would have bouts of panic around 2 hours before sundown. With this cbd oil he’s mostly back to normal!”

“Just a few drops a day has calmed our Charlie down just enough. He seems a bit happier in his environment and less anxious.”

“The purity and quality of this product was outstanding. It’s made to human purity standards so you can be sure it’s safe for your pet. We noticed a very encouraging improvement in our aging dogs quality of life. His coat improved, some of the stiffness went out of his hips and his anxiety appeared to diminish somewhat. This is definitely the best choice of pet focused Hemp oil products on Amazon or anywhere. This company cares deeply about their clients and products and is on a mission to improve the heath of our pets!”

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]]> https://valheart.com/cannabis-hemp-for-pets-helps-with-pain-and-behavior/feed/ 7 Teaching Children to Respect Animals Today https://valheart.com/teaching-children-respect-animals-today/ https://valheart.com/teaching-children-respect-animals-today/#comments Tue, 28 Nov 2017 17:12:09 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=41081 Guest post courtesy of Jenny Holt. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communications Enterprises Inc. 

Take It Outdoors to Bond Spiritually With Your Pet

There are many ways to teach children how to respect animals. Use nature to connect spiritually with your pet and increase the tight bond the two of you already share. When you own a pet, you know there is a spiritual side that he or she uses to express emotions and communicate with you in his or her unique style.

Fostering that connection helps create a stronger spiritual bond with your pet, and many people desire this connection. Using nature for spiritual connection is proven to improve health and increase happiness in both humans and pets.

Begin With a Walk and Discover a New World

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Most dog breeds love going for walks with their human. There are so many new smells to investigate, and the exercise is great for both of you. Choose a path that lets you meander through nature, even if it is only a wooded path through a park. The refreshing air and rejuvenating flora will bring you and your dog closer. If you are more of a cat person, use the cat’s natural outdoor time to build a spiritual connection. Discover where she goes by going outside with her. Get on the ground and check out her favorite bed in the flowers, or pet her while she relaxes in the sun. You’ll have a chance to connect with your cat’s natural instincts and reestablish yourself as a part of her family.

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Take Them Out to Pasture

Take larger pets, such as horses (if you happen to have one), out to pasture for some training. Removing the animal from the stable for training gives him more space to move. He will show you he appreciates the time outdoors and bond with you through the training exercises. The human and pet connection will strengthen while you’re outside in the open air, working with the horse. Simply relaxing outdoors with a pet will help solidify the bond between you. Pets love to be by our side, and allowing her to be there with you will make her feel that you will always be there for her. Sit outside in the shade, talking to your pet, or just staying quiet. The absence of distractions and the serenity of the outdoors will help bring you closer to your pet.

Take Him With You

If possible, take your pet with you when you leave the house. When you follow standard guidelines for pets in the car and heat, your pet can go almost everywhere with you. Some stores allow leashed pets, so find out which ones will allow your friend. Getting out and about with your pet brings you closer as companions, and reaffirms the spirit that you are there for each other. Having a pet means having a best friend through every circumstance. Spend as much time together to solidify this bond.

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]]> https://valheart.com/teaching-children-respect-animals-today/feed/ 1 11 Best Ideas to Start a Pet Business (Did You Spot Them All?) https://valheart.com/pet-business/ https://valheart.com/pet-business/#respond Mon, 28 Aug 2017 16:25:29 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=40959 Guest post courtesy of Cindy Grant, founder of NolongerWild.com and also a crazy fan of dogs, cats and all kinds of in-house little cute pets. Feel free to read all amazing things about Pet’s Breed, Training, Behavior, Food and Health on my blog.  The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communications Enterprises Inc. 

Are you passionate about pets? Would you love to earn a living from a Pet Business? Do you suddenly feel despondent because you sucked at biology and couldn’t become a vet? Or perhaps you don’t have the capital to open up a pet store? Fear not. Your dreams are not dashed.  Here are some of the best ideas for pet business start-ups suitable for every talent.

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Specialized Strolling Services

Active people who enjoy the company of dogs can advertise a walking service. Take dogs for a stroll around the block or to the park.  Some have taken this further and become coaches offering canine clients full workout sessions! You can even take dogs out in a stroller as this is one of the in-things nowadays!

 

Canine/Cat Chef, Cook and Caterer

Are you a whiz in the kitchen? Why not cook or bake treats exclusively for pets? You could make your culinary delights healthier or more affordable than major brands. An up-and-coming trend for vegetarians is to feed their animals the same type of cuisine. Why not offer customization and make once-off birthday cakes?  Best of all is you don’t need to a bakery or restaurant. Sell your kitchen creations online or start a traveling fast food outlet.

 

Professional Poop Picker

Pet Business

You don’t need any special talents to provide a poop scooper service. Owners will actually pay you to come clean the dog doody from their yards regularly. Some companies even offer cat litter box cleaning.

Furry Friend Fashionista

If you are good at sewing or knitting, you can make one of a kind pet fashions. Think coats, scarves, hats, bandanas and collars. What’s more, you can be creative and coin it with costumes for special occasions like Christmas and Halloween. Again, you can sell your creations online.  Crafty individuals that aren’t that fond of fashion can look into making toys instead.

 

Canine/Cat Caretaker

Pet Business

Here are two options. The first is to babysit pets in-house when the owners are out or you could run a doggy daycare center where furbabies are dropped off for a few hours.  This is not the same as a pet hotel where animals stay for an extended period of time but that is another pet business idea.

 

Trusted Trainer and Tutor

This is the only one on our list where certification is preferable but so is patience. Trainers can specialize in obedience, agility, or housebreaking. One-on-one tutoring can take place in the comfort of your student’s home or you can give group classes in the park or other community locations.

 

Canine/Cat Cleaner, Clipper, Comber, and Cropper

Pets need grooming. If you enjoy bathing, trimming, shaving, nail clipping and basic coat care you have a business. Hip groomers even dye their furry clients in out of the ordinary shades!  No parlor required either – practice your profession at your client’s home or have a mobile unit.

 

Professional Pet Photographer

Pet Business

Do you have an eye for a great picture behind a camera’s lens? If so, you can offer to take beautiful portraits of beloved animals as a pet photographer. Let your creativity flow and pose pets in interesting locations with accessories to boot.  If you can paint or sketch you can do the same and give folks a breathtaking memory to display on the wall. 

 

In Conclusion

Are you inspired? Have you found your calling? Actually, I have made my pet passion my money maker by blogging about them! With the internet nowadays, the world is your oyster. Even better there are like-minded people who have businesses marketing pet businesses like Pet Business Solutions! They will be sure to help you and don’t forget to tell your vet. So… what’s stopping you?

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]]> https://valheart.com/pet-business/feed/ 0 Moonglow’s Games, Part 3 of Moonglow’s Amazing Story https://valheart.com/moonglows-story-part-3/ https://valheart.com/moonglows-story-part-3/#respond Wed, 26 Jul 2017 16:16:58 +0000 http://showhorseexpert.com/?p=22180 Once upon a time there was a race horse named Moonglow…

This is part three of her story!

In Part One, I told you how Moonglow went from a super depressed, miserable two year old Appendix filly doing very badly in training, to a successful racehorse who loved the game and found a great deal of joy in racing.

In Part Two, you cried with me when Glow’s knee chipped and she had surgery which ended her racing career.  Saving her from the auction block, she chose to become my horse and together we bravely began our new lives together.

After Glow and I discussed our new partnership, I started looking to find her a good place to live closer to me.  Her former owners let me keep her at Moonglowtheir place until I was ready.  Not having had a horse in my life since I was a teenager, and having no horse equipment whatsoever – we were starting from scratch — I had a LOT of preparing to do!

All her training so far had consisted of basic simple things like being led on a halter, loading and riding in a  trailer, and carrying a jockey in a tiny saddle as fast as she could around the race track.   Because she was basically a wild young racehorse, and I was not accustomed to the art of safely handling excitable, temperamental horses, I decided to start by teaching her games.

Her former owners would just look at me skeptically like I’d grown a third ear, not understanding what I was doing or why.  They often joked that if they left us alone for very long, that when they came back they were sure they’d find one or both of us had killed each other.

At least, I think it was a joke.  Honestly, in retrospect?  I think they worried about us, a lot.

Undaunted, I would go to visit my mare and new best friend.  Excited to see me, she would whinny, calling out to me as I drove up.  She’d head straight to the pasture gate from her spot with the herd.  Then she would stand, perfectly still, patiently waiting for me as I figured out the logistics of the rope, halter and the specific game I wanted to play.  It would sometimes take me so long to get ready that when I finally turned to get her, I’d find her quietly dozing by my side in the Texas heat, even without a halter.

Together we would discuss what game I wanted us to try, and why I thought playing it was important.  She asked questions until she was clear what we were doing.  Sometimes she would tell me the best stories about things that had happened to her in similar situations.  It was awesome!

Our first games I took from the Linda Tellington-Jones TTouch exercises.  I needed her to learn how to be calm and patient no matter what was going on around her.  Anything can happen at any time, so our health and well-being depended on her expertise in coping well with all the various situations we might encounter.  If she behaved badly, spooked or ran away with me (or ran over me!), then we were done and one of us would be badly injured.  I needed her help to keep that from happening.

First, I explained to her that her new job was to keep me safe, and my job was to keep her safe, no matter what.

If I was on the ground or on her back, she had to watch out for me and take good care of me.  To do that properly, we had to be in constant communication listening carefully to each other.  She happily agreed, and away we went.

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I setup obstacles for her, like the scary blue tarp on the ground, flapping in the wind.  Walking over that wiggly squishy crinkly tarp took some bravery on her part, but eventually she couldn’t have cared less about it.  Smugly she stomped all over it, looking at me knowing she’d conquered it, and then we celebrated!

Then there was the narrow elevated corridor to walk through and back into.  I would ask her to stand while various objects touched her sides and loomed over her head.  She didn’t like enclosed tight spaces, so it took some practice for her to stand patiently while I danced like a monkey around her.

The bicycle and umbrella games?  Those were fun too.  I wish you could have seen us, standing there with all these umbrellas all over the place.  Giggling, I would hold one over her head, they’d roll around beside her on the ground, and even go under her belly touching her legs.   She would look at me like I was so funny, saying “You can’t scare me!  I’m a rock.”

Then there was the maze, a pattern of ground poles to walk through forwards and backwards. Helping her know and feel exactly where her body was at all times was helpful to a growing young horse.  Maneuvering her at my direction through obstacles took a great deal of sensitivity, timing, communication and agreed upon cues to do right.

The pickup sticks star pattern of poles was good too, and it taught her how to manage objects that stuck up as high as her knees.  She had to figure out how to carefully step into, over and through them safely, forwards and backwards.  Wow!  She was so smart, in no time at all she working it like a pro!

The “give me your head” game was a milestone in our training.

She’d always been very high headed, jerking her head out of my reach.  She hated having her ears touched.  I always had to struggle to put her halter on.  I even resorted to climbing up on a stool to reach her.  One day in exasperation I asked her why was she behaving that way.  What she told me made me cry.

Twitching is a technique where the handler grabs her sensitive tender nose and cruelly twists it, or puts a tight punishing bar across it.  Because the pain is so intense the horse can’t explode or move, they tremble in pain so focused on their screaming nose that they forget everything else.  In this way, the horse become easier and less dangerous to handle in the moment.  Glow told me horror stories, and she assured me that being twitched hurt like h*ll.

Impatient handlers had also twisted her ears.  She said her nose and ears would hurt for days after being abused like that.  I promised I would never to do that to her, ever, and I would hurt anyone else who tried to do that to her too.

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At that point, she sighed and trustingly dropped her head into my arms.  She held very still so I could put her halter on.  And from then on, putting her halter or bridle on was never a problem.

There was the “please carry this for me” game too, which she excelled at even when I put a hat and a rope and a blanket draped over her head.  She just looked at me patiently while I laughed hysterically at how funny she looked.

Then she reached out with her nose and nudged me, saying, “Enough already.  Let’s go play a game that I want to do!  Let’s find some good grass to eat!”  And so we did.

Eventually I discovered a reasonably priced, fairly well run stable closer to me, and the BIG DAY came when it was time to start the next chapter in our lives.  Something truly extraordinary happened the first day she was turned out in pasture with the new herd.  The experience blew my mind and taught me an incredible new technique I still use today to change lives.  I can’t wait to tell you about it!

 

And that’s a tale for another day…

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]]> https://valheart.com/moonglows-story-part-3/feed/ 0 Race Horse Moonglow’s Amazing Story, Part 2 (Get Kleenex!) https://valheart.com/race-horse-moonglows-amazing-story-part-2-get-kleenex/ https://valheart.com/race-horse-moonglows-amazing-story-part-2-get-kleenex/#respond Tue, 20 Dec 2016 17:08:47 +0000 http://showhorseexpert.com/?p=14295 Once upon a time there was a race horse named Moonglow… This is part two of her story!

In Part One, I told you how Moonglow went from a super depressed, miserable two year old Appendix filly doing very badly in training, to a successfulmoonglow-part-2-pic racehorse who loved the game and found a great deal of joy in racing.

When ‘Glow’s knee chipped, the owners did surgery to repair it.  Then started her back into training and racing when she recovered.

The bad news is, even though I had carefully explained what was to happen and why, and I had answered all her questions and concerns, the actual surgery was very hard on her.  When she started training again, she told me it felt like she had lost her super speed overdrive gear and could no longer leave the rest of the horses behind in her dust.  It saddened and frustrated her to no end.

So her owners gave up and retired her.  They threw her out to pasture, giving her little attention anymore.  Having what she felt was her purpose taken from her due to her inability to win races, her spirits plummeted.  She lost weight, and didn’t really care about herd politics, so the other horses shunned her. She no longer felt special.

When her owners told me they had decided to put her up to auction, I felt horrified.  By that time, after having working with her for a couple of years and having invested so much of myself into her well-being, I had fallen in love with this wonderful, courageous, spunky mare.

It was clear that she loved me too.

I could do things with her that the owners were astonished to see. For them, she was hard to handle.  She was intelligent, feisty, argumentative, mischievous, high-spirited and a bit wild.

One day as I was talking to her with Sue, one of her owners, standing beside her, Glow suddenly and unexpectedly kicked her in the middle of her thigh!   Glow was in such precise control of her powerful kick that when her hoof landed square in the middle of Sue’s leg, instead of breaking Sue’s leg she only left a dusty hoof print on Sue’s jeans with us in shock, staring at her in astonishment.

Had she used her full intent and power in that second, she could have easily snapped Sue’s leg in two.  I asked her why she’d done that and Glow said she was mad at Sue because her attention was wavering and Glow didn’t like what Sue was thinking.  She wanted to be sure Sue had her full attention, meaning, she meant business and wanted to be treated with respect.  And Sue got the message with just a dusty hoof print as a reminder.

But for me?

Because I, of all the people in her life, took the time to communicate with Glow and really listened to her like she was very important, she felt understood and respected.  She knew that I really “got” who she was.  I heard her heart, she felt mine.  We trusted each other completely.

With me, she was calm, happy, content, cooperative and very sweet.  I always felt safe with ‘Glow, and it was clear that she made an effort to take care of me.  When I drove out to the ranch, she always knew I was there.  She would call to me with a happy whinny. If she wasn’t already standing at the gate waiting for me, she’d head that way before I even got out of the car.  We both looked forward to our visits like kids going to the candy store.

So the thought of her going to auction and being bought by who knows who and for what purposes – including the possibility of the butcher to be turned into dog food…?

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No!  Nononono… I just couldn’t live with myself if that happened to her.

So I discussed the situation with Glow.  I told her what her owners had decided to do, what it would look like, and what the possible outcomes were.  She had dropped so much weight her ribs were showing and her coat was dull.  Because her physical condition had deteriorated after having been exiled to pasture all those months, it was doubtful a quality buyer would step up for her.

I told how I felt about her, and that I would like her to be my horse.  I explained what life with me would be like.  It would be VERY different from what she’d known so far.  She would become my riding horse.  She would have to be very patient with me while we learned new games.  We would try our hand at jumping, dressage (classical riding), trail riding, and whatever else we could find to do together that would be fun.

She would live at a barn with other horses.  And we would find a trainer to help us.  I told her that I hadn’t had a horse in my life in over 20 years. I hadn’t ridden a horse in a very long time, and that I needed her to take care of me.  Also, I had been very ill with Lyme disease for years, and wasn’t very strong.  I was in a lot of pain, and I was out of shape.  Even so, I promised her I would always do my very best to take care of her. I didn’t own a horse brush, hoof pick, a bridle or halter or any other horse gear, so we would be starting completely from scratch.

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After I shared my vision with her, I asked her if she wanted to come be with me… Or if she felt that there was another better person, place and purpose for her, or if she wanted to do something else, and if so, maybe I could help her do that?

She listened carefully, looking at me with those big brown eyes that saw through to my soul.  Then she came close to me and put her head in my arms.

And in that moment, tears sprung to my eyes and I cried into her beautiful mane.  I realized that we belonged together, and that I had just become a horse owner.  We had made our decision. 

Next thing for me to do was gather my courage to explain to my husband who was NOT a horse lover that I was buying a retired race horse.  THAT was not a happy conversation. He made it clear he did not support me in any way, shape or form.

Somehow I found the money to proceed with our plan.  And bravely, together we began a grand and magical adventure based on a wonderful loving relationship, and had many joyful experiences together, before tragedy hit…Learn How to Talk with Animals

And that’s a tale for another day.

I hope you’re enjoying your animals, and that you remember to take the time to discuss things with them so they can understand.  That you take time to listen, carefully, to what they have to say.

It makes ALL the difference in the world, for them and you too.

BIG hugs and much love to you and your Angels, Guides, Healers and Teachers disguised as animals

 

 

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]]> https://valheart.com/race-horse-moonglows-amazing-story-part-2-get-kleenex/feed/ 0 Communicating With Horses: Moonglow’s Amazing Story https://valheart.com/communicating-with-horses-moonglows-amazing-story/ https://valheart.com/communicating-with-horses-moonglows-amazing-story/#respond Mon, 12 Dec 2016 16:28:45 +0000 http://showhorseexpert.com/?p=14275 Once upon a time there was a race horse named Moonglow…When I first started communicating with horses, one of my clients were devoted to Appendix racehorses (Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse cross).  They bred, raised and trained them.  They loved their wonderful horses, and poured their heart and soul into them.

One day they asked me to work with ‘Glow.  She had just started training and was doing badly.  She was depressed, irritable and sad.  Her head hung low and she was deliberately laying in the muck in her stall which was highly unusual. Something was seriously off kilter with this young horse. It was sad to see.

She had been checked out by the vet several times, and nothing was found to be wrong with her.  They had tried a number of things to help her, nothing worked. They were seriously afraid there was something wrong in her head which would mean they might have to put her down.

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When I tuned in to communicate, I lovingly asked her what was wrong.  And she poured her heart out.

Tearfully she told me how homesick she was, and how much she disliked what the trainer was asking her to do.  The saddle hurt her shoulders and felt heavy on her back.  The bridle hurt her mouth, and their actions sometimes scared her.  It all made her very mad but nobody was listening to her complaints.

She couldn’t understand why she was here in the first place, and when her 2 year old body hurt with growing pains, nobody seemed to notice or care.

The trainer and groom were not friendly, she didn’t like them at all and they didn’t like her either.  Even worse, the other horses in the stable laughed at her, and told her she was a sorry excuse for a racehorse, which hurt her feelings, a lot.  She didn’t even know what a racehorse was.

As I felt the depth of her despair listening to her sweet voice, it brought tears to my eyes.  I realized that no one had ever bothered to tell this amazing filly how incredible she really was.

They had not prepared her for the grueling, challenging life of a racehorse, or the thrill of a race well run. They hadn’t ever expressed to her the joy of being in the Winners Circle with the blanket of roses draped across her withers, and why that was important.

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They’d not explained to her why she had been relocated to the trainer’s stable, or what they wanted her to learn, or that she’d be going home once she learned what she needed to know. She missed her family herd back home and hadn’t even been given time to say goodbye before she was hauled away.

So I told her everything she needed to know.  I took my time, and I carefully explained things in a way she could understand.  I answered all her questions, concerns and fears.  I told her why she was here, and how to best use her time there so she could go home soon.  And, I gave her insight into why the other horses were so mean and why the people seemed to be angry with her.

Together we discovered that one of her great joys in life was to run very fast, and in that extraordinary moment?  Voila!  Everything finally made sense to her.

She transformed before our eyes from a sad depressed young filly with her head hung low, with manure saturated into her beautiful mane, tail and chestnut coat, standing dejectedly in the back corner of her stall….

In the space of a few minutes, she became a spirited eager curious filly.  Her head up, she came towards me and nuzzled me. She was happy again and full of questions about racing strategies and how the game worked.

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From that day forward, she embraced her training because she finally understood the WHY behind it all.  She stopped laying in her muck because she wasn’t depressed anymore!  She even made friends with some of the other horses and started enjoying life again.

I’m delighted to report that we enjoyed many more fascinating conversations, and she excelled at her job  She went on to win many races before a knee injury retired her and she started a new life.

There’s more to Glow’s story! Read part two of our story here…

I hope you’re enjoying your animals, and that you remember to take the time to discuss things with them so they can understand.  That you take time to listen, carefully, to what they have to say.  It makes ALL the difference in the world, for them and you too.

Much love to you and your furry, hairy, scaly and feathered babies!

 

Ready to Learn how to talk to animals yourself?

Click on Start Here.  If you are a newbie, then I highly recommend starting with the Beginning Core Foundations Course. The Advanced Animal Talk Mastery Course is awesome and includes many of my favorite, most powerful healing techniques along with many specific topics that every animal talk student needs to know how to deal with successfully.

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Horses – just click on the picture below!


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]]> https://valheart.com/communicating-with-horses-moonglows-amazing-story/feed/ 0 Chincoteague Ponies and Nat’l Wildlife Refuge with Laura Rudacille on The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™ https://valheart.com/chincoteague-ponies-natl-wildlife-refuge-laura-rudacille-real-dr-doolittle-show/ https://valheart.com/chincoteague-ponies-natl-wildlife-refuge-laura-rudacille-real-dr-doolittle-show/#respond Fri, 25 Nov 2016 21:54:46 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/?p=14727 Is there a Real Dr Doolittle? Yes, there is! Welcome to our Show on Talking to the Animals!

I want to teach you what I know so you can learn how to talk to your animals, why it’s important to hear your animals viewpoints and how reconnecting with animals makes you a better human.

Reconnecting with animals helps us be better humans. It is an exciting journey into Self, the nature and reality of our world, a behind-the-scenes look at the complex interactions between us all.

Any animal lover can learn how to communicate with animals, you can too!  Learn how to connect at the heart for a magical bonding experience with your animals.

Today I will be talking with:

laura-rudacilleLaura Rudacille. Laura is a wife, mother, and Pennsylvania business owner, who discovered her passion for writing in 2005. I met Laura at an Author’s Conference. I loved her energy and passion, and of course, she’s a fellow animal lover too.

Laura took a vacation along the Eastern Shore in Virginia with her family and witnessed the famous Chincoteague Island wild pony penning, swim, and auction. That firsthand experience later inspired the tickle which became her latest novel, Saltwater Cowboy.

In addition to the wild herd of ponies the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge (which includes Assateague Island,) offers a migration habitat to countless bird species some of which are on the National Register of threatened species.

The characters within the fictional cast of her book, Saltwater Cowboy, invite readers to the eastern seashore to enjoy this unique blend of wildlife and beach living.

 

You will learn:

  • What vacationing mistake prompted Laura to write about the Chincoteague Island and the ponies, maybe you can relate…
  • What you need to know about the wild pony herds to be able to see them on the island or during the famous swim, penning and auction.
  • Why the ponies are rounded up and put to auction.
  • What you need to know about the rate of growing threatened species and what you can do to help.
  • How important the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge and Assateague National Seashore are to the area and the challenges they are facing.

Ready to learn how to talk to animals yourself?  Free Ebook Hidden Secrets to Animal Communication

Check out all of my courses at Learnhowtotalktoanimals.com,  Start Here!  Firstly, take a look and choose what most appeals to you.  If you are a newbie, then I highly recommend starting with the Beginning Core Foundations Course.  The Advanced Animal Talk Mastery Course is awesome and includes many of my favorite, most powerful healing techniques along with many specific topics that every animal talk student needs to know how to deal with successfully.

Be sure to leave your comment below!

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Speaking to Animals Changed My Life: The Day a Horse Spoke to Me

]]> https://valheart.com/chincoteague-ponies-natl-wildlife-refuge-laura-rudacille-real-dr-doolittle-show/feed/ 0 Chincoteague Pony Roundup and Nat’l Wildlife Refuge, Laura Rudacille on the Real Dr. Doolittle Show™ nonadult Do You Share Your Bed With a Cat? Should You? https://valheart.com/should-you-share-your-bed-with-a-cat/ https://valheart.com/should-you-share-your-bed-with-a-cat/#respond Tue, 21 Jul 2015 15:10:59 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=13111 Cats do what they want, when they want, and where they want.

But – ever wonder whether or not it’s a good idea to share your bed with a cat? This infographic will explain what it’s like and help you to decide whether you need a cat bed.

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Cat Bed by Terrys Fabrics.

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]]> https://valheart.com/should-you-share-your-bed-with-a-cat/feed/ 0 Protect Your Pet from Predatory Pests with guest Susan Francis https://valheart.com/skeeters-ticks-fleas-oh-my-protect-your-pet-from-pests-poisons/ https://valheart.com/skeeters-ticks-fleas-oh-my-protect-your-pet-from-pests-poisons/#respond Tue, 09 Jun 2015 18:59:36 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=12615 Today’s topic is a different way of protecting your pets from pests!

Hi!  I’m Val Heart, the Real Dr Doolittle, Animal Communicator to the Stars, bestselling author and founder of The HEART System for Solving Problems with Pets®.

I’m also the founder of The Heart School of Animal Communication® and host of the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club.

Welcome to my series of live interviews with my professional animal communicator colleagues!  We want to bring you into our world, help you know what we know, see what we see when we communicate and work with animals.

My next guest in the Animal Communication Mini-Training Series is Susan Francis

I felt like I’d found a kindred soul when I first connected with Susan. 

She describes herself as a bit of a Sherlock Holmes because she helps solve animal mysteries baffling their humans.

While Susan uses telepathic communication, she is also a medium and clairsentient, and a top reader on an international psychic line for both people and animals. She has even appeared on PBS. 

What makes Susan even more unique is her background in Chinese medicine and her ability to intuit blocks and imbalances in meridians and organ systems and even homes, as well as her use of acupressure, all of which she learned from a Buddhist/Taoist master. 

Today we’re discussing:

How to Protect Your Pet from Predatory Pests — As well the Poisons that Treat Them and the Psychic Energies that Feed Them!

Fleas, ticks and skeeters are a serious threat to your pet’s health and happiness.  Unfortunately, the preventive products we use against them can be threats as well

Did you know that psychic and energetic aspects may be involved in persistent infestations?  Yikes!

In our short chat (which is easy to fit into your day), we’ll be discussing:

  1. Who are the pests?
  2. Where are these pests?
  3. When do they occur?
  4. What are the best ways to treat the pesky pests?
  5. Why might pest infestations be a sign of psychic attack as well?

 

 

We can’t wait to hear what you think about it too. So watch the Show and then leave a comment for us, okay? We really do want to know what’s on your mind.

Stay tuned for more! My next guest interview is coming soon…

Learn How to Talk with Animals

Ready to learn how to talk to animals yourself?

Look on the Menu above and click Start Here!

Take a look and choose what most appeals to you.  If you are a newbie, then I highly recommend starting with the Beginning Core Foundations Course.

The Advanced Animal Talk Mastery Course is awesome and includes many of my favorite, most powerful healing techniques along with many specific topics that every animal talk student needs to know how to deal with successfully.

What’s next?

If you enjoyed this interview and aren’t already registered for the whole series, I urge you to click the link below now and Register for more wonderful interviews with other professional pet psychics!

To sign up to be notified when the next episode in the series is ready, be sure to register here:

Click Here for Interview Series

 

If you’re already registered, then keep an eye on your inbox for the next announcement.

Enjoy this article? Here are three more of my most popular articles about animal communication:

Speaking to Animals Changed My Life: The Day a Horse Spoke to Me
5 Responsibilities For a Professional Animal Communicator
How Visualizing Can Improve Animal Communication

 

]]> https://valheart.com/skeeters-ticks-fleas-oh-my-protect-your-pet-from-pests-poisons/feed/ 0 Skeeters, Ticks & Fleas, Oh My! Protect Your Pet From Pests & Poisons nonadult Animal Communication Interview with Val Heart and Philippa Kingsley https://valheart.com/animal-communication-val-heart-and-philippa-kingsley/ https://valheart.com/animal-communication-val-heart-and-philippa-kingsley/#respond Thu, 23 Apr 2015 18:30:48 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=12019 Welcome to the first Interview in an exciting animal communication training series.

Get ready, because my professional communicator colleague, spirit medium, author and certified VortexHealing® Divine Energy Healing Practitioner, Philippa Kingsley and I are discussing our favorite topics:  Animals, Healing and the Magic of Animal Communication.

She’s the author of:  Rising Above Grief for People and Pets

Philippa combines healing and spirituality with her animal communication blending a powerful force of pure love and energy to enable the animal to feel the pure Divine love that channels through her at the onset of the communication.

We can’t wait to hear what you think about it too. So watch the Show and then leave a comment for us, okay? We really do want to know what’s on your mind.

Click here to head over to my blog at LearnHowtoTalktoAnimals.com and watch this amazing interview with Philippa!

 

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PLEASE! Don’t keep this a secret!!

We can really use your support to help more pets and their people. This is an unprecedented, collaborative joint venture based on my mission of reaching and teaching One Million animal lovers around the world how to talk to animals.  When we do that?  We WILL change the world.

Share this with your animal loving friends now, okay?

You know your pet wants you to, right?

Please share your comments and insights about this episode in the comments below.

This article was previously published April 23, 2015, and was updated on April 12, 2023

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]]> https://valheart.com/animal-communication-val-heart-and-philippa-kingsley/feed/ 0 Fascinating Animal Communication Training Interview with Val Heart and Nedda Wittels https://valheart.com/how-to-talk-to-animals-animal-communication-training-series-with-val-heart-and-guest-nedda-wittels/ https://valheart.com/how-to-talk-to-animals-animal-communication-training-series-with-val-heart-and-guest-nedda-wittels/#respond Thu, 23 Apr 2015 18:18:22 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=12016 Animal Communication Training As Natural as Breathing Interview with Val Heart and Nedda Wittels

Hi!  I’m Val Heart, the Real Dr Doolittle, Animal Communicator to the Stars, bestselling author and founder of The HEART System for Solving Problems with Pets®.

I’m also the founder of The Heart School of Animal Communication® and host of the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club. Welcome to my series of live interviews with my professional animal communicator colleagues!

We want to bring you into our world, help you know what we know, see what we see when we communicate and work with animals.

Therefore, we’ll be talking about some animal communication training today.

My guest today in the Professional Animal Communicator Training Interview Series is colleague Nedda Whittels!

It’s our life’s work and passion to give your animals a voice. We believe that animals are healers, teachers, angels and guides.

When we learn to recognize, respect and revere them for the spiritual beings they truly are, then they help us become better people.

I have a dream.  I envision 1 million animal lovers experiencing talking with animals and hearing their wisdom.

Together we can make the world a better place, a more humane place, a world of compassion and respect for all species.

Are you ready?  Come into our world so you can discover what we know when we connect and tune into animals.  

About Nedda Wittels:  

She is a world renowned Animal Communicator, Master of Multidimensional Healing, reader of the Akashic Records, Spiritual Empowerment coach, co-founder of Source Resonance Healing™, creator of AnimalCommunicatorForum.com, and a dynamic teacher and speaker.  Nedda Witels and Echo animal communication training

It is Nedda’s mission to make telepathic communication with animals and all other life forms as natural as breathing.

In our conversation today she is going to explain why she believes this is possible, and how you may already be receiving information telepathically from your animals.

What you believe is what you experience and what you create in your life.  We have always believed that animals are sentient (feeling) and sapient (thinking) beings, so we have always was open to receiving their messages.

As children, we could feel, hear, and sense what animals were feeling and thinking.

If you open yourself to the possibilities, you, too, can discover the joy and fulfillment of telepathic communication with animals.

You, too, can learn that all your conversations with animals are real.  Animal Communication can become for you as natural as breathing.

It is our mission to make telepathic communication with animals and all other life forms as natural as breathing.

In our conversation, she will explain why she believes this is possible, and how you may already be receiving telepathically from your animals.

  1. Why do you believe that Animal Communication can be as natural as breathing?
  1. I know you have an inspiring story about your horse Echo you’d like to share with us today – I can’t wait to hear it!
  1. How did your horse Echo help you expand your telepathic abilities?
  2. Can you teach our audience a simple technique that will assist them when they practice animal communication?

She reports in from a communication with her horse, ““Hi, my name is Echo, and I was Nedda’s horse for 22 years.

As her teacher, I can tell you that telepathy is a natural form of communication that you may have forgotten about.  If you are playful, your telepathic conversations will all flow.

 “Learning to communicate telepathically is a process of remembering and removing blocks that hold you back from the flow of thoughts, feelings, images, and knowings.

I’ve helped many people remember over the years, and I can help you, too.  Just set the intention to connect with me, and away we go!”

We want everyone to know that you can remember your telepathic ability to communicate with animals. It’s “as natural as breathing.”

Together WE can do our part to help our pets and animals live a natural healthy life.

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Love what you experienced in this video?  Please leave a comment below!  Don’t keep this a secret – be kind and share it with your friends!  

 

<><>  For more information about Nedda and her work:  https://www.RaysofHealingLight.com

What’s next?

If you enjoyed this interview and aren’t already registered for the whole series, I urge you to click the link below now and Register for more wonderful interviews with other professional pet psychics!

To sign up to be notified when the next episode in the series is ready, be sure to register here:

Click Here for Interview Series

Ready to learn how to talk to animals yourself?  Look on the Menu above and click Start Here!

Take a look and choose what most appeals to you.  If you are a newbie, then I highly recommend starting with the Beginning Core Foundations Course.

The Advanced Animal Talk Mastery Course is awesome and includes many of my favorite, most powerful healing techniques along with many specific topics that every animal talk student needs to know how to deal with successfully.

Learn How to Talk with Animals

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!


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PLEASE! Don’t keep this a secret!!

We can really use your support to help more pets and their people.

This is an unprecedented, collaborative joint venture based on my mission of reaching and teaching One Million animal lovers around the world how to talk to animals.

When we do that?  We WILL change the world.

Share this with your animal loving friends now, okay?  You know your pet wants you to, right?

See you soon!

Val Heart, The Real Dr Doolittle
Founder of The HEART System for Solving Problems with Pets®    www.ValHeart.com
Host of the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club and Founder of The Heart School of Animal Communication®
www.LearnHowToTalkToAnimals.com   www.AnimalTalkCoachingClub.com   www.ShowHorseExpert.com

 

]]> https://valheart.com/how-to-talk-to-animals-animal-communication-training-series-with-val-heart-and-guest-nedda-wittels/feed/ 0 How to Talk to Animals – Animal Communication Training Series with Guest, Nedda Wittels nonadult Animal Reiki Teacher Eden Koljord Teaches How Animals Can Be Spiritual Companions https://valheart.com/animal-reiki-eden-koljord-companions/ https://valheart.com/animal-reiki-eden-koljord-companions/#respond Thu, 23 Apr 2015 00:31:14 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=11975 Animal Communication Specialist and Animal Reiki Teacher Eden Koljord is my guest today!

Val Heart Expert Animal Communicator

Hi!  I’m Val Heart, the Real Dr Doolittle, Animal Communicator to the Stars, bestselling author and founder of The HEART System for Solving Problems with Pets®.  I’m also the founder of The Heart School of Animal Communication® and host of the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club.

Welcome to my series of live interviews with my professional animal communicator colleagues!  We want to bring you into our world, help you know what we know, see what we see when we communicate and work with animals.

My next guest in the Animal Communication Mini-Training Series is  Animal Communication Specialist and Animal Reiki Teacher Eden Koljord.

eden-koljordFor more than 10 years, Eden has been serving animals and their human companions. Since childhood, she has felt an unconditional, loving energy among us, an experience that has often times moved her to tears.

She trained with Penelope Smith, founding pioneer in the field of Animal Communication, and Kathleen Prasad, founding pioneer in the field of Animal Reiki. Eden is completing prerequisite courses to pursue an advanced degree in consciousness studies to further her understanding of the Divine.

Combining non-denominational spiritual principles with the Animal Kingdom, she serves as an ambassador for the International Animal Ministry at Lakewood, CO.

This summer, Eden presented a seminar titled Animals as Spiritual Companions at the Unity International People’s Conference to participants representing many countries. Together, they discussed the mind-to-mind and heart-to-heart connection with animals that is a path to wholeness for humans.

Eden works with behavioral, physical, emotional, and spiritual issues that inspire graceful partnership, healing, and radiant living between animals and their human companions. She teaches classes in Animal Communication and Animal Reiki.

Our topic is all about:

The depth of spiritual contributions animals make to our world.

In our short, easy to fit into your day chat, we’ll be discussing:

  • Have you ever had a spiritual experience with the Divine – the One Source?
  • Have you ever had a spiritual experience with an animal companion(s) who showed you we are all a spark of this Divine Source?
  • Are we here for the animals, or are animals here for us?
  • Why is it so important to become aware of our awareness?
  • How do we become more consciously aware of our awareness?
  • Conscious connection and awareness of a small group of people around the world has been shown to have a quantum effect on the masses.

Together WE can do our part to help change the world.

Do this nextWe can’t wait to hear what you think about it too. So watch the Show and then leave a comment for us, okay? We really do want to know what’s on your mind.

Stay tuned for more! My next guest interview is coming soon…

Ready to learn how to talk to animals yourself?  Look on the Menu above and click Start Here!  Take a look and choose what most appeals to you.  If you are a newbie, then I highly recommend starting with the Beginning Core Foundations Course.  The Advanced Animal Talk Mastery Course is awesome and includes many of my favorite, most powerful healing techniques along with many specific topics that every animal talk student needs to know how to deal with successfully.

Can Animal Reiki help your pet feel better? Click HERE to experience it for yourself!

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!

What’s next?

If you enjoyed this interview and aren’t already registered for the whole series, I urge you to click the link below now and Register for more wonderful interviews with other professional pet psychics!

To sign up to be notified when the next episode in the series is ready, be sure to register here:

Click Here for Interview Series

Be sure to leave your comment below!

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]]> https://valheart.com/animal-reiki-eden-koljord-companions/feed/ 0 Animal Communication and Spirituality, Live Interview with Val Heart and Eden Koljord nonadult The Power of Your Pet’s Unconditional Love, Interview with Eden Koljord https://valheart.com/power-of-pets-unconditional-love-eden-koljord/ https://valheart.com/power-of-pets-unconditional-love-eden-koljord/#respond Wed, 22 Apr 2015 23:41:43 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=11969 Today we are talking about the unconditional love of pets.

If you really want to deepen your relationship with your animal companions, then this free training is for you.

We are thrilled to have animal communication specialist and animal reiki teacher Eden Koljord join us again for our next interview in the Animal Communication training series.

With more than a decade of experience in serving animals and their human companions, Eden has seen & felt an astonishing amount of unconditional loving energy between humans and animals since childhood.  Her stories will inspire and delight you (hint: you might want to bring Kleenex!)

In a very special, inspirational training, Eden and I will be discussing:

Learning Unconditional Love From The Animals

In our short, easy to fit into your day chat, we’ll be discussing how unconditional love from the animal kingdom enables humans to deepen their self love.

You’ll learn:

  1. How we as humans often receive the incredible gift of unconditional love from our animal companions.
  2. The true power of unconditional love and its ability to move us into a deeper relationship with all the facets and dimensions of ourselves.
  3. Why self-love enables us to deepen our relationship and communication with the animal kingdom
  4. Why is it so important to practice “self-love”

Together WE can do our part to help bring more LOVE into the world. I know we can!

We can’t wait to hear what you think about it too.  So watch the Show and then leave a comment for us, okay?

We really do want to know what’s on your mind.

Stay tuned for more!  My next guest interview is coming soon…

If you loved this Interview with Eden then you ‘ll love this one too! Click here to check it out.

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!


Ready to learn how to talk to animals yourself?  Look on the Menu above and click Start Here!  Take a look and choose what most appeals to you.  If you are a newbie, then I highly recommend starting with the Beginning Core Foundations Course.  The Advanced Animal Talk Mastery Course is awesome and includes many of my favorite, most powerful healing techniques along with many specific topics that every animal talk student needs to know how to deal with successfully.

What’s next?

If you enjoyed this interview and aren’t already registered for the whole series, I urge you to click the link below now and register for more wonderful interviews with other professional pet psychics!

To sign up to be notified when the next episode in the series is ready, be sure to register here:

Click Here for Interview Series

If you’re already registered, then keep an eye on your inbox for the next announcement.

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PLEASE! Don’t keep this a secret!!

We can really use your support to help more pets and their people. This is an unprecedented, collaborative joint venture based on my mission of reaching and teaching One Million animal lovers around the world how to talk to animals.  When we do that?  We WILL change the world.

Share this with your animal loving friends now, okay?  You know your pet wants you to, right?

See you soon!

Val Heart, The Real Dr Doolittle
Founder of The HEART System for Solving Problems with Pets®    www.ValHeart.com
Host of the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club and Founder of The Heart School of Animal Communication®.

Be sure to leave your comment below!

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Is My Dog Happy? Here’s How to Know For Sure

]]> https://valheart.com/power-of-pets-unconditional-love-eden-koljord/feed/ 0 Learning Self Love From Pets! Animal Talk Interview with Val Heart & Eden Koljord nonadult Finding Lost Animals With Animal Communication, Val Heart & Tim Link https://valheart.com/finding-lost-animals-with-animal-communication-val-heart-tim-link/ https://valheart.com/finding-lost-animals-with-animal-communication-val-heart-tim-link/#respond Wed, 22 Apr 2015 23:03:10 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=11962 Has your pet gotten lost?  Let’s talk about finding lost animals using animal communication!

Hi!  I’m Val Heart, the Real Dr Doolittle, Animal Communicator to the Stars, bestselling author and founder of The HEART System for Solving Problems with Pets®.  I’m also the founder of The Heart School of Animal Communication® and host of the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club.

Welcome to my series of live interviews with my professional animal communicator colleagues!  We want to bring you into our world, help you know what we know, see what we see when we communicate and work with animals.

My next guest in the Animal Communication Mini-Training Series is my friend, author and colleague, Tim Link.

tim-kingYou may not realize that there are many reasons why pets go missing.  So today, lost pet specialist Tim and I are discussing some of those reasons why pets may leave their homes and why that’s important to know.

He’s also showing us his techniques for finding lost animals.

As an expert in the field of animal communication and Reiki energy healing for animals, Tim is a wealth of knowledge and is very experienced in reuniting lost pets with their owner.

Tim is the Author of Wagging Tales: Every Animal Has A Tale and he has hosted numerous television and radio shows on this week’s topic.

Our topic is:

Help, I’m Lost! Now What? Finding Lost Animals Using Animal Communication

In our short, easy to fit into your day chat, we’ll be discussing:

  • Some of the reasons why animals leave their homes
  • Why some animals do not return home
  • Effective techniques that can be used to locate lost animals
  • What is Map Dousing how it can help you to locate a missing pet

Let us help our lost pets and animals return home.

We can’t wait to hear what you think about it too. So watch the Show and then leave a comment for us, okay? We really do want to know what’s on your mind.

What’s next?

If you enjoyed this interview and aren’t already registered for the whole series, I urge you to click the link below now and Register for more wonderful interviews with other professional pet psychics!

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Would you like to be able to find a lost or missing animal yourself?

First, learn how to communicate with animals with the Beginning Core Foundations Course so you know how to talk with the lost animal.

Next, join the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club as a Platinum Member so you can access the extraordinary Heart Wisdom Masterclass series. We have a Masterclass teaching you how to find and work with lost and missing animals. There is a lot to know about doing this work correctly, you can learn how yourself if you’ll start now.

Would you prefer to have Tim find your lost animal for you?

Here’s how to get his help locating your missing pet >> HERE!

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Your Lost Dog Can Be Found Through Communication

Separation Anxiety in Pets is Manageable

3 Tips for Changing Animal Behavior Through Communication

 

]]> https://valheart.com/finding-lost-animals-with-animal-communication-val-heart-tim-link/feed/ 0 Finding Lost Animals With Animal Communication, Val Heart & Tim Link nonadult Pet Training Blues? Master the Command with Suzy Godsey and Val Heart https://valheart.com/pet-training-blues-suzy-godsey-and-val-heart/ https://valheart.com/pet-training-blues-suzy-godsey-and-val-heart/#respond Wed, 22 Apr 2015 22:13:17 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=11954 Today’s Topic is Pet Training!

Hi!  I’m Val Heart, the Real Dr Doolittle, Animal Communicator to the Stars, bestselling author and founder of The HEART System for Solving Problems with Pets®.  I’m also the founder of The Heart School of Animal Communication® and host of the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club.

Welcome to my series of live interviews with my professional animal communicator colleagues!  We want to bring you into our world, help you know what we know, see what we see when we communicate and work with animals.

Having trouble with pet training?  Do they ignore your requests?  Most animal lovers struggle with the training game at one time or another… some are frustrated by it their entire lives but that doesn’t have to be you!

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This is your opportunity to learn how to use animal communication and tap into the SECRET behind the command.

Professional Animal Communicator Suzy Godsey discovered that most “problems” around animals are often created by people’s inability to communicate effectively.

Suzy is the Access Consciousness™ World Wide Talk to the Animals Program Director and Founder of the unique and pragmatically powerful equine modality, Energetic Synthesis of Structural Integrity (ESSE).

Recognized around the world for her unique ability to listen to and learn from animals, Suzy spends her time inviting others to do the same. Her work has been featured on U.S. and International television, radio, and internet telesummits, including Cesar Milan’s “Dog Whisperer” television show and her own BlogTalkRadio show, “Conversations with Dog.”

In our interview, she shares her secrets!

  1. What is Access Consciousness™ Talk To the Animals?
  2. What is Access Consciousness™ Talk To the Animals?
  3. Her experience of how animals perceive our commands
  4. Why the “command” can be a challenge for many pet owners, how you can move beyond the challenge and into Mastering the Command, with ease?
  5. If animals do not listen to us, does that mean they don’t like us?
  6. If I master the command will my pet listen to me all the time?

We can’t wait to hear what you think about it too. So watch the Show and then leave a comment for us, okay? We really do want to know what’s on your mind.


This Series is designed to bring you into our world so you can see what we see, know what we know, feel what we feel when we work with animals.

What’s next?

If you enjoyed this interview and aren’t already registered for the whole series, I urge you to click the link below now and Register for more wonderful interviews with other professional pet psychics!

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Ready to learn how to talk to animals yourself?  Look on the Menu above and click Start Here!  Take a look and choose what most appeals to you.  If you are a newbie, then I highly recommend starting with the Beginning Core Foundations Course.  The Advanced Animal Talk Mastery Course is awesome and includes many of my favorite, most powerful healing techniques along with many specific topics that every animal talk student needs to know how to deal with successfully.

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!


Together WE can help change the world.

Thanks!

Val Heart, The Real Dr Doolittle
Host of the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club

Please share your comments and insights about this episode in the comments below.

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]]> https://valheart.com/pet-training-blues-suzy-godsey-and-val-heart/feed/ 0 Pet Training Blues? Master the Command with Suzy Godsey and Val Heart nonadult Use Technology to Help Your Pudgy Pet Lose Weight https://valheart.com/use-technology-to-help-your-pudgy-pet-lose-weight/ https://valheart.com/use-technology-to-help-your-pudgy-pet-lose-weight/#respond Mon, 20 Apr 2015 21:16:17 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=11948 Use Technology to Help Your Pudgy Pet Lose Weight

Like humans, pets struggle with weight gain, and obesity is a common problem. An estimated 54 percent of dogs and cats face obesity in the United States, claims research from the Association of Pet Obesity Prevention. Owners can help their furry friends by using technology to monitor their weight and find ways to help them lose extra pounds.

Recognizing Weight Gain

Sometimes it is difficult to determine if your pet’s weight gain is unhealthy or if those added pounds are a natural sign of aging or to keep warm in the winter. Here are some ways to monitor your pets:

  • Schedule regular checkups at the veterinarian to make sure your pet’s weight is in a normal range and there aren’t any other health risks.
  • If your dog isn’t playing fetch or your cat can’t jump as high, their movements might be restricted because of the extra weight, so take notice of their activities
  • With any change in weight, you might notice a fuller face or shape in your pets. For a quick check, run your hands across their rib cage. If you can’t feel their ribs, then it is a certain sign they have gained extra pounds.

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BMI Calculators

Measuring the body mass of your pet will help you know whether or not the weight gain is too much for his or her body frame. You can calculate BMI index online at petsci.com. There also is a calculator to determine how many calories your cat should ingest to maintain a healthy weight.

FitBark Dog Activity Monitor

A useful way to measure your dog’s daily activity and track its movements is through the FitBark Dog Activity Monitor. The monitor fits dogs of every size and tracks your pet’s movements and behavior. It then sends this information to your Android smartphone for you to keep track of.

Voyce

Voyce is an electronic collar equipped to measure your dog’s heart and respiration rate so you can track your dog’s long-term health. It monitors key vital signs and stores medical records for your canine friend. You also can set individualized goals targeting your dog’s target weight. It also measures how much rest your dog is receiving because not getting enough downtime could impede your dog’s weight-loss goals.

iCam

Do you want to monitor how active your pet is while you are gone? The iCam allows you to watch what your dog or cat is doing via your smartphone. With this extra knowledge, you can decide if you need to spend extra time playing with your furry friend to keep up the weight loss.

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Petmobi

Do you want to make your pet’s weight loss fun and interactive? Petmobi allows you to interact with others who have pets and similar goals. In addition to a social network, there is an exercise and calorie tracker. You can post pictures of your pet and a status update for your most recent activity. Connecting with others over similar goals is healthy for both you and your pet.

With the aid of technology, there is no reason why you can’t help your furry friend shed a few pounds. Tech tools, interaction and user-friendly options will make it easier for your pet to maintain a healthy weight.

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!

This article was previously published April 20, 2015, and was updated on August 22, 2023.

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]]> https://valheart.com/use-technology-to-help-your-pudgy-pet-lose-weight/feed/ 0 How To Help Your Horse’s Winter Colic https://valheart.com/how-to-help-your-horses-winter-colic/ https://valheart.com/how-to-help-your-horses-winter-colic/#respond Wed, 08 Apr 2015 16:53:56 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=11937 Amongst equestrians the term “colic” is often approached with apprehension. Colic is a potentially deadly condition that can strike at any time. Equine colic refers to the instance when a horse has abdominal pain. There is a wide spectrum of severity in colic conditions that a horse can experience. This can range from simple abdominal pain that can be cured with veterinary administered medicine, to a twisting of the intestines, which can cause a blockage that requires surgery. The worse equine colic scenario could end in death — if the condition is severe enough and left untreated for too long.

It has been shown that the risk of colic is particularly high during winter. To help you better manage colic, consider the tips below. It is important to note that if you think your horse is experiencing colic, immediately call your veterinarian. Colic is extremely dangerous and should be treated by a professional.

Tips to Help Avoid Colic

To better avoid winter colic, it is important to first understand a few precautionary tips to aid in preventing this medical emergency:

  • When you are transitioning horses to new hay or feed, try to make the transition slowly. Starch, protein, and sugar components of hay are digested in a horse’s small intestine, so it will take time for the digestive enzymes to adjust to changes in feed or hay — making the feeding changes gradually will give your horse time to adjust. If you make the change too quickly, your horse could become more prone to colic. Most people know they should transition slowly when adding or changing grains and other concentrates. However, it is important to realize that a change in forage, including hay types, should also be made gradually. This is because the protein, sugar and starch components of hay are digested in the small intestine, and while digestive enzymes there can adjust to changes, it takes time. Rapidly changing a horse’s feed or hay can cause gas and possible displacement of the colon, diarrhea from incomplete fermentation, and even changes in how well the intestine contracts or moves food. All of the latter symptoms could cause a horse to colic.
  • Dehydration can also lead to impaction (a symptom of colic). A 1,200-pound horse should consume an average of four to five gallons of water per day. During the winter, some horses have a tendency to drink less water. Make sure to check your horse’s water on a daily basis. Keep in mind that warm water can often be consumed more readily, especially when it is cold outside.
  • Inactivity can increase the likelihood that a horse could experience colic. If possible, do not reduce your horse’s turnout during the winter, unless the weather is particularly severe. If your horse is stuck inside a stall for a few days, be sure that it consumes enough water, and that it is able to at least go for a short walk. Encouraging movement can help a horse to avoid inactivity that could cause colic.

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What to Do When Your Horse Has Colic

The first thing that you should do if your horse is experiencing colic, is to call your veterinarian. A vet should be able to advise you on the next course of action, which might entail administering Banamine, hand walking your horse, removing food from the stall or arranging for the vet to make an emergency visit. All too often, a simple abdominal pain can turn into a severe case of colic. With this in mind, here are a few additional symptoms that you can look for:

      • Extreme distress and sweating profusely.
      • Constipation.
      • No desire to eat grain or hay.
      • Excessive stomping.
      • Pacing throughout the stall.
      • Continuously getting up and then rolling on the ground.
      • Looking at their own stomach
      • Severe discomfort, accompanied with a fever or any of the above symptoms.

It is important to note that the above symptoms are not a comprehensive list. When in doubt, call your vet to be on the safe side. While you are waiting for your vet to arrive at your stable, follow their instructions closely and continuously monitor the health signs of your horse.

Author Bio

Guest post courtesy of Ashly Snell. Ashly works in Dover Saddlery’s digital marketing department. Although known for their high-quality tack, equestrian gear and other products that are available through their catalog and website, they also have Dover Saddlery Retail Stores. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communication Enterprises Inc. 
This article was previously published April 8, 2015, and was updated on October 8, 2023

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]]> https://valheart.com/how-to-help-your-horses-winter-colic/feed/ 0 How Val’s Profound, life changing, therapeutic work helped me heal from cancer and recover from the devastating grief over the loss of my forever dog (Testimonial) https://valheart.com/profound-life-changing-therapeutic-work-helps-me-heal-from-cancer-and-recover-from-the-devastating-grief-over-the-loss-of-my-forever-dog/ https://valheart.com/profound-life-changing-therapeutic-work-helps-me-heal-from-cancer-and-recover-from-the-devastating-grief-over-the-loss-of-my-forever-dog/#respond Thu, 22 Jan 2015 07:49:05 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=4276 I started my journey with you a year ago because of the loss of my spirit dog, Kalik.

I was devastated; my grief was incapacitating and I couldn’t imagine how I would go on.

What intense powerful sessions, each so full of meaning and healing and aha moments! I have learned a great deal and always feel so refreshed, peaceful and inspired afterward. Your assistance, healing, and support while I work with my own health issues have been profound, life-changing and therapeutic, especially with your guidance and wisdom to bring clarity to it all.

I found what I learned from you during our sessions, and the healing process I go through is just what I needed.

I feel a wonderful increase in my energy level and a profound sense of inner peace, calmness, and acceptance, all precipitating a shift that is helping me to continue forward.

The work that you do to help us humans and our animals is extraordinary and of such merit. All that I have learned from you in our sessions together has made great sense to me and you have offered me the tools and support I have needed to process through this journey and restore myself.

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It was so comforting to once again connect with my spirit dog Kalik and hear his thoughts and insights, and again be able to experience his humor!   The work we did helped me even more to lift the residual grief and, instead, feel greater joy and gratitude with having had him in my life.

It is very helpful to be able to connect with my other wonderful little dog, Zoe to find out what she is needing to help her along with her health.

I feel as though I am transiting into another chapter of my life that has so much more significance and depth. You have supported and guided me to see further into life’s mysteries and made it comprehensible.

Thank you so much. You truly do have a special gift in helping others!

With much love and gratitude,
Kathryn and Zoe
Grand Pre, Nova Scotia

 

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]]> https://valheart.com/profound-life-changing-therapeutic-work-helps-me-heal-from-cancer-and-recover-from-the-devastating-grief-over-the-loss-of-my-forever-dog/feed/ 0 What Happens When a Sensitive Soul Encounters Tragic Events https://valheart.com/when-a-sensitive-soul-encounters-tragic-events/ https://valheart.com/when-a-sensitive-soul-encounters-tragic-events/#respond Wed, 21 Jan 2015 10:34:34 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=359 When a Sensitive Soul encounters animal cruelty
This article was previously published January 21, 2015, and was updated on May 4, 2023

A club member had recently sent me a plea for help after watching a video on skinning animals in China.  The video was indeed horrific, and I completely understood her emotional state after watching it.  I wanted to share my response to her with all of you as many of you are like Amy in that you are a sensitive as well.  I hope you take something away from Amy’s story.

Dear Amy,

I’m so sorry you had to see that.  Us sensitive souls have to be very careful what we expose ourselves too, and the suffering and cruelty done to animals can literally break our hearts.  Unfortunately, our trauma can literally linger for the rest of our lives, and there is little we can actually do to help them, usually.  Plus, we bring that trauma and shock into our own homes, our body/mind/spirit, and our families and it affects them too in a negative way.  And ultimately, unless we are empowered to help in a major way, there is little we can do because these are events that are out of our control.

Please don’t watch this.  Do pray for them and do what you need to do to recover from the shock and trauma you’ve just experienced.  Send the animals love, thanks and gratitude to ease their suffering.  Take rescue remedy and work toward forgiveness.  Find your peace and your power, and then decide what you want.  Some people never recover and become chronically ill when they are unable to release or recover emotionally, mentally, physically or spiritually None of us can help anyone when we are in that state and carrying that level of distress, and then the cruel-hearted win and their legacy of pain continues.

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!

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]]> https://valheart.com/when-a-sensitive-soul-encounters-tragic-events/feed/ 0 Animal Communication: Animals as Our Mirrors with Carol Gurney https://valheart.com/animals-as-our-mirrors/ https://valheart.com/animals-as-our-mirrors/#respond Mon, 19 Jan 2015 16:26:50 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=11500 Hi!  I’m Val Heart, the Real Dr Doolittle, Animal Communicator to the Stars, bestselling author and founder of The HEART System for Solving Problems with Pets®.  I’m also the founder of The Heart School of Animal Communication® and host of the Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club

Welcome to my series of live interviews with my professional animal communicator colleagues!  We want to bring you into our world, help you know what we know, see what we see when we communicate and work with animals.

My next guest in the Animal Communication Mini-Training Series is Carol Gurney

carol-gurneyCarol Gurney is internationally respected as one of the foremost experts and pioneers in the world of Animal Communication education and has travelled the world teaching others how to communicate with their animals.

During our time together, Carol will share the story of how she discovered that “Animals Are Our Mirrors” and brought this concept to the field of animal communication over 25 years ago.

Carol is a wealth of knowledge and this is an event you won’t want to miss!

This week our topic is all about:

Animals as our Mirrors

In our short, easy to fit into your day chat, we’ll be discussing what you can learn about yourself from Animals.

You will:

  • Learn how the concept of “Animals Are Our Mirrors” was introduced to the field of animal communication over 25 years ago.
  • Why animals can take on our spiritual, mental, emotional or physical pain and how to ask them to “stop.”
  • Discover the process that allows us to see the reflection in our animal mirrors and act upon it for the benefit of both our animals and ourselves.

Hear the story about how Carol’s dog Jessie, a black and white mix of border collie and pit bull, would not respond to the “come” command. She was being a free spirit, but it took a little while to understand… That turned into an “aha” revelation! What a life-changing lesson.  An issue that might have taken a number of years in therapy to figure out was resolved within a few days.

Find out one of the primary reasons animals are in our lives.

We can’t wait to hear what you think about it too. So watch the Show and then leave a comment for us, okay? We really do want to know what’s on your mind.

Stay tuned for more! My next guest interview is coming soon…

The Advanced Animal Talk Mastery Course is awesome and includes many of my favorite, most powerful healing techniques along with many specific topics that every animal talk student needs to know how to deal with successfully.

What’s next?

If you enjoyed this interview and aren’t already registered for the whole series, I urge you to click the link below now and Register for more wonderful interviews with other professional pet psychics!

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Be sure to leave your comment below!

Free Ebook Hidden Secrets to Animal Communication

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]]> https://valheart.com/animals-as-our-mirrors/feed/ 0 Does Your Pet Mirror You? They are Barometers of Your Soul with Val Heart & Carol Gurney nonadult How to Talk to Animals – Animal Communication Training Series with Val Heart and Nedda Wittels https://valheart.com/animal-communication-training-series-nedda-wittels/ https://valheart.com/animal-communication-training-series-nedda-wittels/#respond Mon, 15 Dec 2014 12:59:23 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=11264 This article was previously published December 15, 2014, and was updated on November 8, 2022

The second guest interview in my How to Talk to Animals – Animal Communication Training Series is with animal communicator, Nedda Wittels.


Nedda works with higher guidance to facilitate transformations and solutions for her clients, both human and animal.

Her approach is heart-centered and compassionate, seeking win/win solutions for all concerned.

Nedda is gifted at identifying the key elements and critical nexus points in each situation.

When these are identified, unraveled, and healed, clients can find and restore their personal power.

It is our mission to make telepathic communication with animals and all other life forms as natural as breathing.

In our conversation, she will explain why she believes this is possible, and how you may already be receiving telepathically from your animals.

We want everyone to know that you can remember your telepathic ability to communicate with animals because it’s “as natural as breathing.”

Come join the fun!

Register for the entire interview series so you don’t miss anything at:  https://learnhowtotalktoanimals.com/professional-animal-communicator-interview-series/

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Are you interested in learning how to communicate with animals?

Wouldn’t it be helpful to be able to have a conversation with your dog or cat to find out how to strengthen your bond?

Or think how much more fulfilling a hike in the woods would be if you could converse with the wildlife you encounter.

Then you’ll want to check out The Heart School of Animal Communication®.

Click Here  to see the courses – take a look and choose what most appeals to you.

If you are a newbie, then we highly recommend starting with the Beginning Core Foundations Course.

If you’re still not convinced of all the benefits of communicating with animals, click here to learn all the great reasons you should begin learning how now!

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]]> https://valheart.com/animal-communication-training-series-nedda-wittels/feed/ 0 Tribute to Robin Williams:  Exploring The Dark Underbelly of Despair https://valheart.com/tribute-to-robin-williams-exploring-despair/ https://valheart.com/tribute-to-robin-williams-exploring-despair/#respond Fri, 29 Aug 2014 14:26:07 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=10775 Tribute to Robin Williams

The 2014 loss of actor/celebrity/comedian Robin Williams hit me especially hard.  I’ve suffered from manic depression and suicidal tendencies myself at times in my life.  I’ve been fortunate in that my obsessive and addictive tendencies have been manageable and channeled mostly into my work. 

The dark underbelly of despair can haunt us all at times.  Being intimately and personally familiar with this more painful part of our spiritual journey has taught me great compassion.  The tips, techniques and tools I’ve found that have helped me have become an intricate and profound part of my work to help animals and their people recover their balance when they are feeling lost, lonely and afraid, too.   Like me and my work, most everything Robin did in his movies and performances was designed to uplift, to encourage us to think outside the box, to access the healing power of laughter, to use our creative imagination and to feel deeply.  
You may wonder, what does this have to do with animal communication or animals in general?    It’s these precise qualities that we need to learn to master animal communication.  In honor of such a wonderful man, flaws and all, I found one of his most beautiful, eloquent and moving speeches.  This is excerpted from one of my favorite, life changing movies, The Dead Poets Society.  We absolutely must have passion and creativity in life – qualities Robin constantly demonstrated, role modeled and gifted to us in abundance. 

Watch this inspirational video

 

Bio: Val Heart – Expert animal communicator, speaker, bestselling author & master healer, Val is often called The Real Dr Doolittle™ and Animal Communicator to the Stars. Founder of The HEART System™ for solving problems with pets. Learn about the Animal Talk Coaching and Mastery Club at http://www.animaltalkcoachingclub.com
© Copyright, Val Heart & Friends LLC. All Rights Reserved.  Reprint rights by request only.

This article was previously published August 29, 2014, and was updated on September 20, 2023.

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]]> https://valheart.com/tribute-to-robin-williams-exploring-despair/feed/ 0 CPR For Your Dog by Dr. Andrew Jones https://valheart.com/cpr-for-your-dog-by-dr-andrew-jones/ https://valheart.com/cpr-for-your-dog-by-dr-andrew-jones/#comments Thu, 24 Jul 2014 18:32:16 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=10578 How to perform CPR for your dog

Dr. Andrew Jones, as many of you know, is one of my favorite on line vets. I try to follow his blog postings when I can, because they are truly remarkable in the valuable information he gives away. I think you’ll appreciate this CPR posting as much as I do.

CPR, by Dr. Andrew Jones

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation is the most important first aid technique that every pet owner should be comfortable with. Chances are that you will never have to use it, but it will save your pet’s life if a ball is lodged in his airway.

This section describes the basic technique. This is also covered in my pet first aid manual, Pet First Aid Secrets: Complete Canine And Feline First Aid Manual, but it is included here because of its importance. For a demonstration and more thorough description, refer to my video: Pet CPR.

There are some very basic steps:

1)  Assess responsiveness

2)  Establish a patent airway

3)  Perform rescue breathing

4)  Cardiac massage establishing circulation

STEP 1: RESPONSIVENESS

The first step is making sure that your pet is truly unresponsive.

1)  CHECK his breathing by placing your hand in front of his mouth and nose.

CPR for your dog - Check Breathing

2)  CHECK for his heartbeat by placing your ear against the left side of his chest “ this is the area where his left elbow touches his chest, immediately behind his left armpit.

CPR for your dog - Check Heartbeat

STEP 2: AIRWAY

The second step in CPR is obtaining a patent airway.

1)  PULL the tongue out of your pet’s mouth, but be careful to not get bitten.

2)  STRAIGHTEN the neck by moving the head to be in line with the neck.
DO NOT HYPEREXTEND IN CASES OF NECK TRAUMA.

3)  PERFORM two rescue breaths, by closing the mouth and performing mouth to nose ventilations. IF they continue, then proceed to STEP 3, BREATHING.

CPR for your dog - Rescue Breathing

If there are no breaths, then look into the mouth.

4)  VISIBLY inspect the mouth and look down the throat for a foreign body. If you see something, reach into the airway and remove it.

5)  IF the airway is still not open, attempt HEIMLICH (shown in following steps).

6)  TURN your pet upside down, with back against your chest.

CPR for your dog - Dog Heimlich

7)  WITH both arms, give sharp thrusts to the abdomen.

8)  AFTER 5 thrusts, stop and check to see if the object is visible in the airway. If so remove it and give 2 mouth-to-nose rescue breaths. If the breaths do not go in, repeat HEIMLICH.

STEP 3: BREATHING

After achieving a patent airway, perform RESCUE BREATHING.

1)  CLOSE your pet’s mouth and breathe directly into his nose until his chest expands. If the chest does not expand then go back to STEP 2 AIRWAY.

CPR for your dog - Rescue Breathing

2)  VENTILATE at 15 breaths per minute. One BREATH every 4 seconds.

3)  PROCEED to STEP 4 CIRCULATION

STEP 4: CIRCULATION

1)  ENSURE there are no major points of bleeding. Control as necessary.

2)  GENTLY lay your pet on his right side.

3)  LOCATE the heart, which is found on the lower half of the chest on the left side, behind the elbow of the front left leg. Place one hand below the heart to support the chest; place the other hand over the heart.

4)  COMPRESS the chest 15 times followed by 2 rescue breaths. 3 compressions every 2 seconds. Compress the chest 1/2 inch for small pets and 1 1/2 inches for large pets.

CPR for your dog - Heart Compressions

5)  EVERY 15 times follow up with 2 rescue breaths.
Continue heart massage compressions and the rescue breathing until you hear a heartbeat and feel regular breathing.

Once your pet is breathing and his heart is beating, call your veterinarian immediately.

For more of Dr. Jones’ health tips I encourage you to get his home study course.  It’s a one-of-a-kind program that helps you diagnose issues at home, and when possible treat them yourself.  http://budurl.com/drjonesvetsecrets

This article was previously published July 24, 2014, and was updated on May 9,2023

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]]> https://valheart.com/cpr-for-your-dog-by-dr-andrew-jones/feed/ 1 My First TV Show is IN the Can https://valheart.com/my-first-tv-show-is-in-the-can/ https://valheart.com/my-first-tv-show-is-in-the-can/#respond Mon, 30 Jun 2014 16:00:27 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=10483 My First TV Show is IN the Can

My journey to my first TV show began in 2013. I was hand chosen as one of 12 Elite Entrepreneurs around the world to work with the renowned power duo actress Stephanie Hartman and producer Gail Kingsbury.

YouTube, HULU.com and Google were developing channels to allow the right people to start their own shows. Stefanie and Gail wanted to put yours truly smack in the middle of this massive trend with their new channel they called Real Wisdom TV.

Can you imagine being featured on TV websites that already have millions of viewers, a vast majority of whom love animals? What a difference I could make for animals everywhere!

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And it gets better..

I was guest mentored by one of the FOUNDERS and ex-CEO of Starbucks, Howard Behar and by Barbara De Angelis, who has sold over 9 million books. I also got to meet highly acclaimed songwriter and producer, Thomas Bahler. Tommy has worked with Oprah, Michael Jackson, DeNiro, Elvis, and he’s produced TWO Super Bowl halftime events, Steven Spielberg, Bette Midler, Diana Ross… seriously his list just goes on and on and on… including Gary Goldstein, who has produced some of Hollywood’s biggest box office hits (including Pretty Woman), generating over a billion dollars in revenue and receiving multiple Academy Award nominations, People’s Choice Awards and the Golden Globes…

We filmed our TV Episodes at the Pirates Cove Mansion in Las Vegas, Nevada last Fall.

If you’ve trained or worked with me personally, then you know that my work is spiritual in nature. I’m all about healing, growing and evolving into being the BEST we can be – for us personally as well as our animal.

Our purpose is to share a heartfelt message that has the potential to change lives… in only 15 minutes.

My intention is to transform your relationship with animals in a profound positive way by bringing you into the world that I love so dearly.

My hope is that you will learn how to open the doors to true heart centered communication, and that the experience enriches not just your relationship with animals but with ALL your relationships.

My prayer is that your senses will expand and the wisdom of the animal kingdom will help you heal, grow and evolve.

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And I’m delighted to report that the intimate audience of experts from all walks of life and who are experts in their respective fields loved it!!  Many came up to me later expressing how much they got out of listening to me speak.  Several who had never actually heard an animal talk to them before DID!  They were moved, inspired and excited.  And that makes me very happy indeed.

I also have to say, the success of my How to Talk to Animals Courses (Beginning Core and Advanced Topics) have also exceeded my wildest dreams!

The students are having a fantastic time learning to hear their animal’s voices and what they are discovering is heartwarming, astonishing, and definitely entertaining.

Testimonials

Pauline said: “This extraordinary Beginning Course truly gave new meaning to my life. It helped me to understand that the animals have been communicating to me continually but my own blocks had kept me from receiving their messages. Val truly widened my vision of how the universe really works. I was able to step out of the box and heal from within. Now when I come across a struggle, I just connect to the deeper understanding and this allows me to move through it effortlessly. It’s very peaceful when we get to this place, I’m the most at peace I’ve been ever in my entire life!” 

Karen said: “The Advanced Topics Course really put it all together for me, building on the Beginning Course.  It took me much deeper to an understanding that most of the problem was ME. Doing the work helped me go down to levels I hadn’t been able to understand so I can work through it. I learned how to listen with my gut and found that I can hear their energy signal! I was finally able to ‘get it’! I learned so many different and invaluable techniques. The Courses have exceeded my expectations!”

My vision

My vision is that I’m here to do more than just teach people to talk animals. The work of animal communication is important… and it’s more than just giving animals a voice.

I see it as a huge part of the healing changes taking place on the planet. Tele-communication, spirituality and energy awareness is now coming into mass consciousness in a BIG way. It’s time.

So on behalf of each and every animal lover on the planet who shares my vision of a world where animals are respected, listened to, and known as the healers, teachers and Guides they truly are… I’m stepping forward in faith because the Universe has chosen me as a spokesperson on behalf of the animals.

Much love,

Val

“Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.” ~ Goethe  

Bio: Val Heart – Expert animal communicator, speaker, bestselling author & master healer, Val is often called The Real Dr Doolittle™ and Animal Communicator to the Stars. Founder of The HEART System™ for solving problems with pets. Learn about the Animal Talk Coaching and Mastery Club at http://www.animaltalkcoachingclub.com
© Copyright, Val Heart & Friends LLC. All Rights Reserved.  Reprint rights by request only.

This article was previously published June 30. 2014, and was updated on September 11, 2023.

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]]> https://valheart.com/my-first-tv-show-is-in-the-can/feed/ 0 ATVs On Farms: Horse vs. Horsepower https://valheart.com/horse-vs-horsepower-the-argument-for-atvs-on-farms/ https://valheart.com/horse-vs-horsepower-the-argument-for-atvs-on-farms/#respond Thu, 22 May 2014 23:58:40 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=10247 ATVs on farms – yes or no?

The domesticated horse came relatively late in the grand scheme of human history, but is no less important than other animals. Researchers at the University of Exeter in England discovered that humans and horses have worked together for more than 5,000 years.

The study, published in the journal Science in 2009, outlined how the Botai people in the area of modern Kazakhstan used horses mostly for meat and milk. As time passed, horses were incorporated into farming, warfare, communication and transportation.

It wasn’t until the 1970s when the first straddle-ridden all-terrain vehicle, the Honda US90, was introduced to the world. It wasn’t meant for recreational use but was made famous by the 1971 James Bond movie “Diamonds Are Forever.” People have similarly learned to utilize ATVs in different ways, particularly in farming.

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Some farmers still like the bond they develop with horses not only as workers, but also as friends and companions. The decision to replace horses with ATVs on farms is a personal one, and a practical one as well.

Initial Investment

You don’t have to be wealthy to buy a horse or an ATV. The American Horse Council found in 2005 that half of horse owners in the U.S. earned between $25,000 and $75,000 annually. Those earning more than $100,000 represented only 28 percent of all horse owners.

It’s possible to obtain horses for free, but they will likely be very old, have behavioral problems, or have some type of disability. Those serious about using a horse on a farm will pay $2,000 or more for a well-mannered, easy-to-groom horse.

A mechanically-sound, late-model ATV will cost about the same as a horse. Avoid ATVs with rust, as this may be an indication of a deeper mechanical issue. Remove the seat and air filter. Closely inspect the air intake area for dirt, water, or any other debris. These are also signs of deeper issues. The engine should not have a burnt smell and, of course, test drive before buying.

Eat Like A Horse

The minimum annual expenses for owning a horse ranges from $2,500 to $3,600, according to data by the American Association of Equine Practitioners and the Communication Alliance to Network Thoroughbred Ex-Racehorses (CANTER)(4). The costs associated with feeding and veterinary care account for 70 percent of the total.

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Most ATVs hold about four gallons of gasoline and can get anywhere from 25 to 40 mpg. Of course this all depends on whether you’re hauling, climbing or just transporting yourself. The most important maintenance on an ATV is changing the air filter when necessary and checking/changing oil. Radiator coolant, differential fluids, and tire pressure should be regularly checked and any worn parts should be replaced with OEM ATV parts.

Different Uses

Whether you’re a cattle rancher or corn farmer, ATVs can be used in much the same way as horses, but for less money. Row sowers, planters, cultivators and mowers can all be mounted to most ATV models. Cattle ranchers are somewhat hesitant to use ATVs, as they can sometimes scare the cows and make rounding them up that much more difficult. The speed and maneuverability of ATVs can cut work time significantly, and they are much easier to transport than horses.

Bottom Line

It is up to you to weigh the advantages and disadvantages of ATVs versus horses. The former will save you time and money, while the latter will get the job done and be a friend. The choice is yours.

This article was previously published May 22, 2014, and was updated on September 30, 2023.

Photo Courtesy of Shutterstock/Snowboy.

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]]> https://valheart.com/horse-vs-horsepower-the-argument-for-atvs-on-farms/feed/ 0 Horse Whispering: Animal Communication That Gets Results With Your Horse, Dog or Cat https://valheart.com/horse-whispering-animal-communication-gets-results/ https://valheart.com/horse-whispering-animal-communication-gets-results/#respond Sun, 09 Feb 2014 23:38:32 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=8583 What is horse whispering?

Although horse whispering has been around for ages, it most recently became a worldwide phenomenon in the mid 1990’s with the bestselling book and block buster movie with Robert Redford called The Horse Whisperer. The term is a colloquial for natural horsemanship. That is, it’s a collective term used to describe a variety of horse training techniques where abusive training methods are rejected. These techniques are unique in that they are very precise and share the general principal of developing a rapport with your horse. This is largely accomplished through animal communication techniques learned from free roaming horses and derived from observing them.

Traditional horse training methods typically use unnecessary force. Horse whispering is a radical departure from this ‘traditional’ technique. Users and practitioners focus and relate to the behavior of the horse.  Their goal is to build a trustworthy partnership between animal and rider. In addition to using positive reinforcement training based on horse psychology, the best horse whisperers also know how to communicate with their horses to get the best results possible.

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Have you ever tried to communicate with an animal but felt stonewalled?

Did it feel like the animal shut you out and didn’t want to talk to you?  Have you experienced being confused by what you think they told you? Or you may have felt like you got stuck in the conversation and were at a loss as to how to proceed?  You know in your heart there is much more to be known and discussed, but you may not have a clue how to get the answers you seek.

That’s because there’s a right way and a wrong way to go about communicating with animals. Even if you are an amateur animal communicator you really can’t afford to make mistakes. Not only is it frustrating to get stuck.  The animal’s health and well-being may depend on your ability to be clear and accurate in hearing their messages to you. That takes practice and continuing education to sharpen your skills. You just need a few more conversational tools in your toolkit!

What kind of results can you get by practicing animal communication successfully and skillfully?

Just imagine the difference it would make to talk to a troubled horse.  If you do it right, your conversation could easily help them blossom to their full potential. Resistant horses have very good, valid reasons for being unable to focus under saddle, in training or in the show ring. When you discover what that reason is, all manner of possibilities can open up.  The result? Your horse is happily able to perform at peak levels during both practice and competition. When you are able to hear what is really troubling them, health, behavior and training issues can literally melt away…

For instance, a simple chat with a dog who has become dangerous, a worrisome liability to their people, could help it become a loving, valued member of the family again.  You could find out what happened to make a cat feel wracked with pain and barely able to move.  From your conversation, you could discover what caused them to hurt so badly.  There is often healing and relief simply in the telling and witnessing of an animal’s traumatic story.  Then the kitty can tell you what helps them feel better and what makes them worse.  Through your discussion, you could together explore natural pain relief therapies and allopathic, traditional approaches.  Your cat can become her/his joyful, playful self again.

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These outcomes are not just possible.

They are common when you are able to tap into the spiritual connection between you and communicate with your horse or any animal. These results are possible often just from enjoying a successful conversation with them. However, this is a touchy feely kind of skill.  Your success greatly depends on your dedication to developing your intuition and clearing any internal emotional or mental clutter. You need to train yourself to be sensitive in the right ways to approach an animal, and what not to do.

You must be able to connect with other beings confidently and stay in the conversation no matter what happens or what they tell you.  Finally you should be uber familiar with how this skill works best for you at any time and with any animal. Everyone is different, but we all fundamentally have one of three main ways of connecting, sending and receiving information energetically: clairaudient, clairsentient, or clairvoyant. You are born with these skills.  Everyone has these three abilities, but usually one or more will be dominant. Your job is to know what your primary way of connecting is, and be able to use it well and wisely when needed.  The others can be developed with work, time and practice.

Whether you’re just hanging out with your horse enjoying the day together, when there’s an emergency situation, or you are faced with an animal who is trying desperately to tell you something important, you need to be confident in guiding the conversation to the get to the vital information quickly.  First, to do this well, you need to have achieved a basic foundation of competency.  You must be able to connect, feel and hear an animal’s messages to you. Don’t worry if you are not receiving long eloquent messages!  If you can feel them and get glimpses of what they are emoting or thinking, then that’s a good place to start.

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Next, it’s time to build on your skills so you can enjoy successful communication interactions.

Your goal is to easily communicate with every animal every time no matter what the situation is.  Whatever they tell you, you will need to know how to guide the conversation to get the best result possible.  Doing that really well can change your life.  It will also help you improve the lives of the animals you connect with.

Click Here to learn more about The Heart of the Conversation 7 Step  Blueprint for Successful Conversations with Animals™

Author: Val Heart is a leading animal communication expert, speaker, bestselling author & master healer. Val is often called The Real Life Dr Doolittle™ and Animal Communicator to the Stars. She is the Founder of The HEART System™ for solving problems with pets. Learn how to talk to animals yourself!

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!

This article was previously published February 9, 2014, and was updated on July 31, 2023

Photo Source: courtesy of dan / Free Digital Photos

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]]> https://valheart.com/horse-whispering-animal-communication-gets-results/feed/ 0 Paddocks and Pastures: Creating A Healthy Space For Your Horse https://valheart.com/paddocks-and-pastures-a-healthy-space-for-your-horse/ https://valheart.com/paddocks-and-pastures-a-healthy-space-for-your-horse/#respond Thu, 12 Dec 2013 17:27:28 +0000 http://showhorseexpert.com/?p=504 Paddocks and Pastures: Creating A Healthy Space For Your Horse

While horses may be an alternative to a gas-guzzling vehicle, they can’t be “garaged” like a car. If you are one of the many Americans involved in the equine industry, you know that horses use paddocks and pastures for grazing, relaxing and playing.

You’ll also know that the open space allows for movement and exercise – both keys to a healthy, happy horse. All horses should be turned out regularly as a welcome alternative to being stalled, at least part-time. But, what pasture size is an adequate amount of space for a horse?

While pastures and paddocks that are too small can cause behavioral issues for horses, the old rule of thumb “one acre per horse” may not apply for most horses and riders any more.

According to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension, an adult horse without a paddock needs two acres of open space, but allocating that much room for a single horse is beyond the resources of most owners and stables.

If your horse is exercised in a field or arena, and you feed him in his stall, even one acre may be too much pasture space.

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What Size Paddock?

If you have a performance horse that is housed part-time in a stall, and gets ridden several times a week, they will get sufficient exercise and be more likely to relax and graze in the pasture.

If they are eating in their stall, they won’t need to rely on pasture grass for their nutrition.

For a horse that is regularly exercised, a quarter-acre of land or less that has plenty of pasture grass per horse is perfectly sufficient.

Some owners offer their horses only 150 square meters of paddock space, while others turn them out into a grazing strip paddock.

A strip paddock allows your horse to graze, but does not provide enough space for them to run or play.

While it is not the best solution for every horse, it does work well for horses that compete heavily. If your horse is not used for heavy riding or competition, it generally requires more space in their pasture and paddock, especially if they are turned out all the time and depend on grass and hay for their nutritional needs.

Providing large paddocks and pastures serves several purposes:

  • · To separate horses and give them room to sort out differences.
  • · To provide fresh pasture grass.
  • · To allow for running, playing and other exercise.
  • · To give a change of scenery and relieve boredom.

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Rotational Grazing

If you don’t practice rotational grazing, paddocks and pastures are likely to grow fallow, become filled with manure, and end up as a large expanse of dirt and weeds.

In turn, your horses will become malnourished because there is nothing to graze on.

With rotational grazing, you allow one area of pasture to rest, while grazing your horse in another.

This gives you the opportunity to rent equipment such as a backhoe to clean the resting pasture of manure, level the ground, fill any holes, and allow the grass to re-grow.

Paddocks and Stalls

The best setup for a horse is to provide a paddock and stall.

The horse can find shelter at night from insect activity while resting and sleeping, and during the day, they can use the paddock to play, graze, and exercise.

One easy solution is a conjoined paddock and stall, which allows the horse to move freely between the two areas.

Some stables offer conjoined paddocks and stalls for their horses.

As a horse owner, you must decide what is the most appropriate scenario for your particular horse, and if you are unsure how large of a paddock or pasture you need, a trainer or veterinarian can give you guidance.

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Horses – just click on the picture below!

This article was previously published December 12, 2013, and was updated on June 5, 2023.

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]]> https://valheart.com/paddocks-and-pastures-a-healthy-space-for-your-horse/feed/ 0 Author, Joey Camen on The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™ https://valheart.com/joey-camen-2/ https://valheart.com/joey-camen-2/#respond Thu, 10 Oct 2013 19:26:19 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=7002 Personal Note From Val:  It’s not every day I get to chat with a fellow animal lover, actor celebrity and comedian like Joey Camen.  Joey Camen’s story about how his Sheltie-mix dog Snoopy changed his life made me laugh and cry.  When he was only 10 years old, he experienced a horrible incident that made him distrust and dislike dogs.  Eventually his Hollywood friends love of their dogs started to intrigue him, and later he connected with Snoopy who melted his heart.

You’ll love his impression of Arnold Schwarzenegger, hysterically funny!  Then, get some Kleenex and be sure to listen to the end where he reads his poem for Snoopy… You’ll be so glad you did.  Enjoy!

 

Joey CamenWho is Joey Camen? 

He’s a veteran stand-up comedian, voice talent, actor, and award-winning short filmmaker.  He has performed professionally since the age of seventeen in everything from movies, to sitcoms, to Las Vegas showrooms.

Joey Camen My Life with SnoopyHe was even a protégé of legendary voice actor Daws Butler—better known as the voices of Yogi Bear and Huckleberry Hound.

As a result, Joey has provided voices for numerous cartoon shows, commercials, movies and video games.

Joey has worked on numerous projects, including many popular video games. For example, these include Skylanders: Giants, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, and Mafia II.

As a stand-up comic, he has headlined at top comedy venues in Las Vegas and in comedy clubs across the country with Richard Pryor, Robin Williams, Jay Leno, David Letterman and many many others. My Life with Snoopy is his book writing debut.

What is My Life With Snoopy all about?

My Life with Snoopy is an exciting, tail wagging story about the relationship between Snoopy the shelter dog, and his human friend, comedian Joey Camen.

In addition, comedy and calamity ensue with various dogs, cats, and colorful characters you’ll meet throughout Snoopy and Joey’s thirteen year friendship.

Snoopy, the best-looking Sheltie-mix ever to come out of the Burbank Animal Shelter redeems Joey’s distrust of dogs after a boyhood incident in Detroit and brings immense joy to his life.

If you love animals like we do, you’ll find yourself laughing and maybe even shedding a few tears along the way.

Enjoy this unique and entertaining perspective on the dog-human connection!

Join us in this rocking interview and find out:

  • Did Joey have a serious message in his book or is it just meant to entertain and make you laugh?
  • Why did he really go to all the trouble to write this book and tell his and Snoopy’s story?
  • What is so special about your story that makes it interesting for dog (and all animal) lovers?
  • Joey, do you have any advice for aspiring writers/authors?

Click the link and enjoy the show!

Be sure to leave your comment below – and share with other dog people too.

 

Remember: No matter how hurt or wounded one is in life, the love of a shelter dog can help you take that unconditional love and carry it into relationships on two feet!

Want to learn more about Joey and the work he is doing? Contact him on his book’s website at www.mylifewithsnoopy.com

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]]> https://valheart.com/joey-camen-2/feed/ 0 My Life with Snoopy Author, Joey Camen | The Real Dr. Doolittle Show | Animal Talk | Podcast #106 nonadult Going To The Dogs Author, Louise Heydt on The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™ https://valheart.com/louise-heydt/ https://valheart.com/louise-heydt/#respond Wed, 25 Sep 2013 18:42:17 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=6938 This article was previously published September 25, 2013 and was updated on March 7, 2023

M. Louise Heydt’s book Going to the Dogs: An Incredible True Story is the story of just that…our beloved pets being with us even after they are gone.

 

Personal Note From Val:  Having intimate and many personal experiences putting beloved animals to sleep, I know firsthand that pet bereavement can be one of the saddest experiences of our lives.  I still often think of Glow and Peach and so many others, and am so grateful to know they are still with me, only a thought, a heartbeat, a prayer away.

 

The author is a devoted “mom” to her three dogs (and horse).  When one of her dogs, Rasa, is diagnosed with cancer, Louise calls on Laura Stinchfield, the world famous pet psychic, to visit the family and explain to Rasa why she is undergoing surgery and treatments. Sixty meetings with Stinchfield would follow, each bringing great enlightenment into the minds of Louise’s furry friends. After another one of her dogs, Kundun, dies suddenly, the author and her family are left shattered, but, with the help of Stinchfield, are able to communicate with him from beyond the grave.

Going to the Dogs: An Incredible True Story gives bereaved pet owners reassurance that their devoted companion will always be with them, and is also a compelling read for even the biggest skeptic on the afterlife.  Enjoy!

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Louise Heydt, author of “Going To The Dogs, An Incredible True Story”, lives in the Ojai Valley in the Central Coastal Region of California.  She lived on a two hundred acre property surrounded by the Santa Fe National Forest in northern New Mexico for twenty years before moving to California.  This experience resulted in her first book, “Divine Rainbow, Nature as Spiritual Teacher,” published in 2006, which won first place in the New Mexico Book Awards in 2007.

Louise has a Master’s degree in Eastern Classics from St. John’s College in Santa Fe, New Mexico.  She brings her academic knowledge of Buddhism, Hinduism, and the literary classics of India, China and Japan into her writing.  Louise has traveled extensively throughout Asia.

She has owned horses, dogs and cats her entire life beginning with Skippy, a little dog that followed her home when she was eight, Cry Baby, a hungry cat that showed up at the door, and Tony, a former wild mustang in Nevada she bought for fifty dollars without her parent’s permission when she was eleven.

In this interview you will learn among other things from Louise the following:

  • What inspired an animal lover to write such a remarkable book?
  • How did the communication with her dogs and horse change her relationship with them?
  • What surprised her the most about the conversations she had with her dogs and horse?
  • After one dog died, how did the conversations change and what effect did this have?
  • Why Louise decided to experience the services of an animal communicator?

 

 

Animals have feelings, thoughts, dreams, intelligence, and humor.  They know what we are thinking, so our thoughts should be positive.  They see what is on TV through our minds, so we should not watch violence.  They have souls and go to Heaven where they stay with us and watch after us.  Sometimes they reincarnate and come back into our lives again.  They can see the souls of humans who have passed and hear what they say.  You can communicate with your animal friends with thoughts displayed as visuals like a movie.

Pick up your copy of “Going to the Dogs, An Incredible True Story” with a foreword by animal communicator, Laura Stinchfield.  It is available at Amazon.  Visit www.goingtothedogsbook.com

Remember:  Be pro-active with your pet care.  If you think something isn’t right – it probably isn’t.  Trust your intuition – it is your elevated consciousness and you can rely on it.

You can learn more about Louise and what she is up to by going to her website at http://www.goingtothedogsbook.com/

 

 

Ready to learn how to talk to animals yourself?  

Check out all of my courses at Learnhowtotalktoanimals.com – Start Here!  Take a look and choose what most appeals to you.  If you are a newbie, then I highly recommend starting with the Beginning Core Foundations Course.  The Advanced Animal Talk Mastery Course is awesome and includes many of my favorite, most powerful healing techniques along with many specific topics that every animal talk student needs to know how to deal with successfully.

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]]> https://valheart.com/louise-heydt/feed/ 0 Think your animals are safe in your backyard? Think again https://valheart.com/think-your-animals-are-safe-in-backyard-think-again/ https://valheart.com/think-your-animals-are-safe-in-backyard-think-again/#respond Wed, 01 May 2013 20:47:45 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=6784 Think your animals are safe in your backyard? Think again
(Guest article via http://prime.peta.org)

Dogs have been disappearing in Idaho. One dog, named Bean, was found shot dead and left near a canal. A hiker found another dog in a canyon, covered with a sheet and apparently beaten to death. Two other dogs, Gauge and Mac, went missing and were later found shot to death on a neighbor’s property. Two dogs were believed to have been abducted from a fenced backyard. A small dog who was let outside to relieve himself hasn’t been seen since. Rumors are swirling that dozens of other missing dogs may have been abducted, shot or used as “bait” in dogfighting rings.

If your animal companions are snoozing at your feet or curled up on your lap right now, good. But if they’re outside alone, don’t keep reading—go get them. As the Idaho residents whose dogs have disappeared or been killed have learned the hard way, leaving animals outdoors unattended—even for “just a minute” in a fenced yard—is irresponsible and an invitation to tragedy.

We all want to believe that our neighborhoods are safe, but in my work, I have seen that every community is full of dangers for dogs and cats. Most of the 400-plus cruelty cases that PETA receives weekly involve animals who were victimized while outside unsupervised. In Volusia County, Fla., for example, a cat who usually roamed the neighborhood at night was found one morning sliced in two. The front half of his body was in his owner’s backyard, and his intestines were in the front yard.

Friendly cats and dogs are also the favored victims of bunchers—people who cruise neighborhoods, picking up animals in order to sell them to laboratories for experiments—and dogfighters looking for free “bait” to train dogs to attack. In Buchanan, Ga., two dogs who were kept outdoors on chains were believed to have been abducted by a neighbor and used as dogfighting “bait.” One dog was returned paralyzed, and the other was found dead on a neighbor’s lawn.

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It’s also not unusual for cruel neighbors with short fuses to take matters into their own hands. In Enola, Pa., a cat who was allowed to roam went missing. Five days later, the cat’s owner discovered him dead in her trashcan. A neighbor had previously warned her that he was sick of her cat using his yard as a litterbox.

In Frenchtown Charter Township, Mich., a man pleaded no contest to attempted animal killing or torture for leaving out meat spiked with sharp objects to stop a neighbor’s dog from coming onto his property. The dog, named Jinx, ate the meat and had to be euthanized because of his injuries. There is no excuse for harming animals—and animal abusers must be prosecuted—but people who leave their animal companions outdoors unattended share in the blame when their animals meet gruesome fates.

Cruel people aren’t the only dangers lurking outdoors. Every day, animals are injured or killed in traffic, poisoned and attacked by other animals. Chained dogs are especially vulnerable because they have no way to escape from aggressive roaming animals.

Just as responsible parents would never let their 2-year-old wander freely around the neighborhood, we shouldn’t leave our animals to take their chances outdoors, either. We can keep our animal companions safe by keeping them indoors and allowing them outdoors only on a harness and leash, under our constant watchful eye. That way, we’ll never have to wonder whether our animals are safe, and we won’t ever be haunted by the regret of having allowed something terrible to happen because we failed to protect them.

Martin Mersereau is the director of PETA’s Emergency Response Team.

This article was previously published May 1, 2013, and was updated on May 1, 2023

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]]> https://valheart.com/think-your-animals-are-safe-in-backyard-think-again/feed/ 0 5 Short Cuts to Improving Your Intuition from an Expert Animal Communicator https://valheart.com/5-short-cuts-to-improving-your-intuition-from-expert/ https://valheart.com/5-short-cuts-to-improving-your-intuition-from-expert/#respond Fri, 02 Nov 2012 17:28:29 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=6361 How to improve your intuition

A client asked: “I’ve been a Christian for all my life, but recently realized that my beliefs are changing about the divinity of the universe, earth energies, reincarnation, Wicca, and other beliefs and philosophies. But I’m confused about what the real Truth is because there are so many opinions out there. I don’t want opinions. I want knowledge because I want to get the most out of what life I have left in this life time. How do you fit all of this together and know what the Truth actually is?”

Answer: In the words of Obi Wan Kenobi (Star Wars Jedi master), “Truth is Relative.” What is true for one person at one period in their life may in fact change over time, as they explore and come to know a deeper Absolute Truth and as they evolve. And, what is true for one person may not be true for another.

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Spiritual seekers must sort through a lot of information, experience, and beliefs in order to discover what is True. I believe this process continues throughout our whole life, and that we are called to discover Truths similar to a lifelong treasure hunt. The joy is in the journey of discovery of these Truths, and we call that life.

You want to know the Truth? Be sure you’re willing to handle the Truth when it comes. Because when the student is ready, the teacher appears. And the answers are not always easy, nor do they conform to what we thought we knew, what we were expecting, nor do they conform to what we’ve been taught or what we had accepted before or told was true.

Animals have a wisdom all their own that often surpasses human intelligence. I call these amazing beings angels, teachers and Wise Ones disguised as animals. Often they know what is true and what is not so they can help guide you on your spiritual journey towards enlightenment, but only when you know how to access their wisdom, hear their thoughts and invite them to share their heart.

Key Truths can be found in every belief, philosophy, or teaching, and even from other species.

They come to us through experience, through seemingly chance encounters, through religious documents, through epiphany’s and breakthroughs of understanding. They are to be found in movies, in stories, in myths and in books (fiction and non-fiction).

Teachers, gurus, ascended masters and our animals are here to help us connect with and understand Truth. Our interactions with each other teach us about ourselves and who we truly are, and ultimately guide us to the Truth.

Truths are literally all around you all the time, but they must be tested to discover whether in fact they are only true to a point or in certain situations, or if they are Absolutely True all the way through to the heart of the matter.

No one has all the Truths. But you do have a way to access and find them for yourself by seeking them diligently and with an open heart and mind, trusting your own intuitive ‘knowing’ and practice testing what you get. When you learn to trust your own intuition, you will have an internal GPS system that can guide you through what is true, what is true-er, what is Absolute Truth, and what is simply untrue.

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Fundamentally, the answers you seek are already inside you.

They dwell within what is called the God Mind, sometimes called the superconscious mind. To access them, you need only develop your Intuitive Intelligence Quotient (IIQ).

Learning to decipher and discern the information you are given every day from the world around you requires a bit of training. The more training you get the more confidence you will have in your ability to make sound decisions from your intuition, by listening to your gut.

What is intuition? And what does listening to our ‘gut’ have to do with truth?

Dictionary.com’s definition of intuition is “A direct perception of the truth, fact, etc., independent of any reasoning process; immediate apprehension or comprehension.”

I believe that the innate gift of our intuition acts like a super computer that is always gathering information much faster than our conscious mind can on its own. Think of it like this: Information is energy, and energy can transfer at the speed of light.

Your superconscious and unconscious minds analyze and process more than 90% of all information energetically and almost instantaneously. Contrast this to the fact that your conscious mind receives only 10% (at best) of the incoming sensory stimuli, and the processing speed of the conscious mind is extremely slow.

An apt analogy here would be to compare a super computer with the highest speed internet possible (your fully functioning innate Intuition) with a 1990’s edition personal computer with dial up (your conscious mind).

It is fascinating to realize that your conscious mind actually recognizes, reevaluates and reinterprets “life” after it has already happened based on prior conceptions, attitudes, expectations and beliefs. And if the ego mind is given data that doesn’t conform or fit with what it thinks it already knows, then it will either discard it or rewrite it to fit prior expectations and conceptions. Tricky, eh?

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That’s why it’s not such a good idea to base decisions on the conscious mind alone without consulting your innate intuitive intelligence as well.

Since your subconscious mind takes in millions of bits of information in mere nanoseconds, it processes this information and gives your conscious mind the filtered data. If you don’t listen to your intuitive knowing, then you can’t make decisions from a quantum leap perspective. It happens so quickly that you have a sense of simply “knowing” the right from the wrong, the positive from the negative, the True from the untrue.

For example, have you ever gone somewhere and immediately felt it wasn’t safe? Your subconscious mind processed something that you didn’t see, hear, smell, touch or taste with your conscious mind, but recognized it as potentially dangerous and sent the signal in a way that your conscious mind could interpret correctly, if you’re paying attention.

Someone recently shared with me how they “feel” a knowingness in their body. When something is wrong she gets a strong tingly feeling in her chest. When she needs to make a decision about something she will quiet her mind and ask a question. If the answer is yes she gets a strong feeling of calmness all over. She has learned the art of discernment.

5 Simple Steps (Short Cuts) To Developing Your Intuition

1. Center yourself and get quiet. Follow your breath, in and out, and relax more with every breath cycle. To do this well, it is helpful to stand tall and balanced, but if you prefer to sit, that’s ok. It just may be a little harder at first until you get the hang of it. Close your eyes and feel the ground beneath your feet, the energies of the earth, and be fully present, right here, right now, nothing added. Let everything else go.

2. Connect with your heart (superconscious mind). Imagine that your heart has a direct connection with the Truth, and trust that this is so.

3. Connect with your gut (unconscious mind). Did you know that your gut possesses neural cells and is in fact your first brain? Neural cells originated in the gut first when your body was being formed in the womb, then a portion of these cells split off and began to form your spinal cord, then they formed your heart which is also lined with neural cells, then eventually became your head brain.

4. Connect with the idea, concept, or object that you are curious about and ask your question. Then, invite your body to either Lean In (meaning: yes I want more of that or I’m drawn to that, it’s okay to go there, it feels true) or Pulling Back (meaning: no that’s not good for me or I don’t want that, don’t go there, something is wrong or untrue).

5. Then, simply wait for your intuition (your gut) to signal you with its answer. Be patient. Receiving your answer can take as long as a second or a minute or two, depending on your ability to be fully present and clear in your request, and how much practice you have.

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Leaning in means there’s something there to learn or to know that will lead you to a truth.

Pulling back means there’s something there that is repellant to your bodymind and intuitive knowing, an untruth, a lie or it’s simply not right for you at this time.

Standing in balance without leaning in or pushing away means your bodymind is neutral on the subject, it’s neither good or bad, positive or negative, true or untrue. It can also mean you have asked a question that is unclear or the answer isn’t a simple yes, no or neutral.

Everyone has their own unique and innate way of accessing, analyzing and interpreting information. Learning how to develop your intuition will significantly help you in learning to communicate with and understand animals and the world around you too.

This is why it’s so important to make a decision based on your intuition and not merely on your so called rational logical ego mind. Your gut knows more than your mind does about what you really need, what is good for you, and what isn’t.

It is definitely worth the investment of time and resources to learn to develop your intuition. It will help you make the best decisions for yourself, to access higher knowledge and extrasensory information, and can even help save your life.

**NOTE: Two programs that I highly recommend to strengthen your intuition are these:

1) Created by Lee Milteer, her program is called: Intuition, the New Common Sense. For more information please click HERE

2) Also, check out the course called Awaken Your Inner Guidance System.  This course is part of the How to Talk to Animals, Beginning Core Foundations Home Study Course

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!

This article was previously published November 2, 2012, and was updated on August 29, 2023.

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]]> https://valheart.com/5-short-cuts-to-improving-your-intuition-from-expert/feed/ 0 Equine Therapy with Penny Stone on the Real Dr Doolittle Show™ https://valheart.com/equine-therapy-with-penny-stone-the-real-dr-doolittle/ https://valheart.com/equine-therapy-with-penny-stone-the-real-dr-doolittle/#respond Fri, 29 Jun 2012 16:38:29 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=6094 From Val:  I first met Penny Stone at a Linda Tellington Jones Ttouch event at a wonderful equine therapy center in Dallas, TX. A gifted and talented horsewoman, she became my animal communication student, AND I have taken horseback riding lessons with her. We’ve also experienced the joy of seeing major changes with many horses, dogs and cats by combining Ttouch and Tteam techniques along with the power of animal communication. Her book is brilliant, inspired and powerful. You’ll have a good time listening into this fireside chat style interview, while we share our hearts — and our journeys — with you and your furrkids. Enjoy!

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Penny Stone has been training in Equine Therapy and caring for animals her whole life.

As a child she was always bringing home sick animals and strays. As a young woman she spent time as a dog trainer, a small animal vet technician and as the education coordinator for the humane society. In 1980 she graduated from Merideth Manor International School of Horsemanship and began her career as an equine professional. She began studying with internationally renowned author and horsewoman, Linda Tellington Jones, and became a Ttouch and TTEAM practitioner. All her interactions with animals emphasize understanding, communication, and relationship.

Penny has written many articles, and most recently published her first book Uncommonly Good Horse Sense, about how to understand and interact with animals with compassion and kindness to be their leader. Although horses are the subject of the book, readers say the insights apply to all the creatures in their lives “ including humans!”

Penny also does Body Balancing for horses. Her methods utilize several bodywork techniques, Cold Laser, Lifewave Technology and integrative movement to improve the horse’s comfort, body awareness, balance and movement, and subsequently enhance their performance.

Penny answers some thought provoking questions:

  • How did you get involved with horses?
  • Who is Linda Tellington Jones and what is Ttouch and Tteam?
  • What do you mean by the phrase, “Whole Horsemanship”?
  • What is the difference between dominance and leadership in horse training (and dog training)?
  • How do we recognize and understand the benefits of oneness over superiority?

 

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This article was previously published June 28, 2012, and was updated on April 3, 2023

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5 Responsibilities For a Professional Animal Communicator

]]> https://valheart.com/equine-therapy-with-penny-stone-the-real-dr-doolittle/feed/ 0 Whole Horsemanship with Penny Stone | The Real Dr. Doolittle Show | Animal Talk | Podcast #96 nonadult Personal Note From Val – Celebrating Successes AND Challenges https://valheart.com/note-from-val-celebrating-successes-and-challenges/ https://valheart.com/note-from-val-celebrating-successes-and-challenges/#comments Fri, 22 Jun 2012 20:51:02 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=6065 Celebrating Successes AND Challenges

These past 2 months have been overwhelming AND incredible.  And in all the goings on, I haven’t managed to send a single ezine!

After putting my heart and soul into an ezine with the hope of inspiring, entertaining and encouraging you EVERY WEEK for years, this felt like quite a breakdown for me…

I am touched to say that many folks HAVE written, saying they were concerned.  They love this ezine and were worried when they hadn’t heard from me in awhile.

LOTS has happened, here’s the SHORT List of what’s been going on:

* I am now a contributing author to a BESTSELLING BOOK!  Our book went #1 in 3 separate categories and last I checked was very high in the overall New York Times Bestsellers ranking too!  Check it out on Amazon:  “The Live Sassy Formula” – just click on the picture below.

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* Are you afraid of public speaking? Me too, so this is a milestone for me.  In Las Vegas, I delivered my message for my first time on a BIG stage to an international audience of over 450 live, with multi-hundreds more on simulcast.  Even better, people really loved my message! I got to connect with many wonderful fellow animal lovers, and a lot more animals are getting help as a result.

Tragedy narrowly averted

* Einstein almost died from a severe allergic reaction to a new organic ‘safe’ skin anti-itch conditioner.  I am SO grateful to have been guided to find him in the nick of time before he went into shock and coma.  He had gone outside to romp and stomp before breakfast and I’d put this ‘wonderful’ stuff on him so it would dry while he was outside.

Less than 15 minutes later he had collapsed in the neighbor’s yard, shaking like a leaf, couldn’t stand or walk, heart rate exploding and hot as a firecracker.  Oh, that was very exciting. I pray to God we never do THAT again.

After very quick emergency action on my part, and the help of Emergency Reiki Support Team – Barb Cotta and Margaret Dexter (THANK YOU!) – he recovered quickly and is fine.  And now we know that he’s deathly allergic to a common substance found in many shampoos, conditioners and coat/skin sprays.

Clients, clients, clients!

* In the midst of all that, I’m grateful for a full intensive client load. It’s been so wonderful helping more clients and their animals release years of tension, stress, health problems and dysfunctional relationships with clients and more new raving fans!

Just yesterday, Jean said that the changes I achieved with her two kitties just in our first session was amazing to the point of shocking. She couldn’t believe the differences, and is excited to see what’s next!

* Our family is expanding! I hired my Dream Support Team to take over my websites. It is very clear that I simply can’t effectively do the intuitive, creative and inspired work I need to do with animals and their people if I’m trying to be my own geek and webmaster too.

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* We had our 2 day intensive strategic meeting in Scottsdale, AZ and I can’t wait to launch our new website!  It’s fantastic!  They can do things I’ve only dreamed about. The great news is I don’t have to try to figure out and do all the techy, web wizardry geeky stuff myself. Wahoo!

* Going Mobile! The website (and ezine) that we invested so much in just a few years ago is already obsolete and it’s time to become mobile friendly.  Thank you Dream Team for making that a reality.

So please know that you’ll be seeing some changes coming along soon, please be patient as we work out any glitches and get all situated on our new operating platform.

I hope you love your work as much as I love mine. If you don’t, then you have the power to make the changes you need to make.

There’s lots more to tell you, but I know you have things to do… so stay tuned, more later.

Much love to you and your furrkids,

Val

“Many of us spend half our time wishing for things we could have if we didn’t spend half our time wishing.”   ~ Alexander Woollcott, Critic and Commentator for The New Yorker magazine

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Bio: Val Heart – Expert animal communicator, speaker, bestselling author & master healer, Val is often called The Real Dr Doolittle™ and Animal Communicator to the Stars. Founder of The HEART System™ for solving problems with pets. Learn about the Animal Talk Coaching and Mastery Club at http://www.animaltalkcoachingclub.com
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This article was previously published June 22, 2012, and was updated on September 24. 2023

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]]> https://valheart.com/note-from-val-celebrating-successes-and-challenges/feed/ 2 Socialization with Horses, Dogs, Cats With Dr Sid Gustafson on the Real Dr Doolittle Show™ https://valheart.com/socialization-with-horses-dogs-cats-dr-sid-gustafson/ https://valheart.com/socialization-with-horses-dogs-cats-dr-sid-gustafson/#respond Sat, 19 May 2012 05:26:18 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=6009 Interview with Dr Sid Gustafson on the Real Dr Doolittle Show™

From Val:  Dr. Sid Gustafson has a wealth of knowledge about horses, dogs, and cats!  Proper socialization, life enrichment and fulfillment for your animals helps them be happy, willing and eager to learn. If you would like your horse, dog or cat to be delighted to be with you, to want to please you, and to be big-hearted, willing and happy companions and partners, then listen in as Dr. Sid shares his most important lessons, tips, and insights.  Enjoy!

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Dr. Gustafson is a practicing veterinarian and university educator, as well as an animal welfare advocate. He taught Equine Behavior at the University of Guelph, for the Equine Guelph Open Learning program, an online education program that reaches out to horse folk worldwide.

He has taught domestication science, equine behavior, and the evolution and domestication of the wolf at Montana State University, and the University of Montana Western, where he was the Equine Studies Program Coordinator.

Dr. Sid also writes for the New York Times regarding the health and welfare of racehorses. He represents the health and welfare of racehorses for the California Horse Racing Board as an Official Veterinarian at various meets in California. Dr. Gustafson has testified before the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission supporting the ban of race day medication to improve the health, welfare, and safety of racing thoroughbreds.

If you would like your horse, dog or cat to be delighted to be with you, to want to please you, and to be big-hearted, willing and happy companions and partners, then listen in as Dr. Sid shares his most important lessons, tips and insights.   Enjoy!

We discussed:

  • What is required to get a horse or dog in the space to be a willing learner?
  • Is there a secret to encouraging dogs, cats and horses to want to please us?
  • How important is socialization to future behavioral health in dogs, horses, and cats?
  • What are the 3 essential needs that caretakers must fulfill for their animals for them to be happy, healthy and balanced individuals?
  • What are poison cues?

To contact Dr. Sid Gustafson for more information go to WWW.sidgustafson.com

Need a little help with your best friend disguised as an animal? Book a private session with Val now at https://valheart.com

Ready to learn how to talk to animals yourself? Get your Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals free ebook and find out how now!

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!

This article was previously published May 18, 2012, and was updated on September 26. 2022

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Pet Loss: We Love. Therefore We Grieve Losing Our Pets

How Cat Communication Prepared TuffyTiger To Go Outside Safely

Is My Dog Happy? Here’s How to Know For Sure

 

]]> https://valheart.com/socialization-with-horses-dogs-cats-dr-sid-gustafson/feed/ 0 Proper Socialization with Horses, Dogs, Cats With Dr Sid Gustafson and Val Heart nonadult Can Pets Be Soul Sitters Too? https://valheart.com/can-pets-be-soul-sitters-too/ https://valheart.com/can-pets-be-soul-sitters-too/#respond Tue, 01 May 2012 18:53:43 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=5931 Guest post courtesy of Nancy Denen from SoulSitters.com. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communication Enterprises Inc. 

From Val: Did you know that more people grieve their animal’s death harder and for a longer period of time than they do for their human family or friends? Many of my clients work with me to help prepare their animals and themselves for pending transition, to find peace, completion and closure afterward, and to reconnect in the afterlife.

My dear friend Stacey Lievens, photographer to the Stars and founder of Soul Sitters, shared this remarkable story and I wanted to share it with you.  I know you’ll find inspiration, hope and peace from it too.

Remember:  “When someone leaves your life, it’s because they’ve taught you everything they can, and it’s time for them to go home now.” Anonymous

The story of Moorea, Cat Therapist

If you have ever lived closely with a pet, you have probably experienced how intuitive they are. We think we know them, to the point of anthropomorphizing; however, just when we think we’ve figured them out, the pet will do something beyond what humans think possible.

Twelve years ago my husband and I adopted an abandoned cat from the Carlsbad Animal Shelter. We named her Moorea and when my Dad was in a rehab facility, I brought Moorea to visit him. I was amazed at how many residents in the facility were drawn like magnets to her. This prompted me to become certified in pet therapy and team with Moorea through our local Love on a Leash chapter.

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Moorea and I have been volunteering with San Diego Love on a Leash and The Elizabeth Hospice for seven years. Each visit has been unique and worthwhile, but when Moorea visits a hospice patient, the blessings are tenfold. Let me share a few examples with you.

Our very first pet visit with a dying patient was in a hospital setting. This elderly woman’s family had just that day placed their mother on hospice services. That is a difficult choice for family members. The patient and her adult children had always had cats and requested a cat therapy visit. When Moorea and I got in the room, I could sense the tension and sadness of the situation, as well as the deep love.

Bringing joy with a cat

Seeing Moorea, each person in the room broke into smiles and laughter to see a cat in a hospital room. I placed Moorea on the mother’s bed. Moorea crept up to the woman’s side and then snuggled between her right arm and side, facing the door of the room. It was almost a protective position and that is where Moorea stayed for almost 3 hours while the adult children met with the hospice social worker. During that time, hospital staff came in with instruments to check the patients’ vital signs. This meant draping tubing and wires across Moorea’s back, but Moorea never budged.

Then the cleaning staff came in to take out the plastic trash bag and replace it with a new one and they swept the floor. Again, Moorea never budged. Later the adult children came back to their mother’s bedside. They took many photos of Moorea snuggling with their Mom. I suggested they gather around the head of the bed so I could take a group photo with their mother. They demanded Moorea be in the picture so I retook the photo, not as close up because I had to get the cat therapist in the shot. Moorea and I reluctantly left the bedside and I asked if they would like another visit the next morning, so we agreed on the time.

The following morning, the door to our patient’s room was closed and a nurse was just coming out of the room. Our patient had died just a short time before we arrived. What a blessing to have shared my cat with this woman and her family on her last day on earth. And the photos I took of the family with Moorea were the first of many final portraits I’ve taken of a loved one, smiling and cuddling a cat.

Traveling further afield

A month later, our volunteer coordinator from The Elizabeth Hospice called to ask if we minded traveling further than we usually do to visit a 92 year old man whose dying wish was to pet a cat. How could I say no?! So the next day Moorea and I headed up to a senior facility where this gentleman had lived with his wife until she needed more care.

He was living alone and had in-home nursing care round-the-clock. When we arrived, he was very thin and weak, lying in a hospital bed. He was almost too weak to speak, but nodded his head – yes – when I asked if he would like Moorea in his bed.

A tiny, frail smile appeared on his gaunt face and his arm lifted a few inches so he could reach his hand to Moorea’s back and pet her soft calico fur. I sat back and just let Moorea and the gentleman bond, as she snuggled against his chest, warming his heart. As it turns out, with excellent care from hospice and a board-and-care facility where he later moved, Moorea and the man were able to spend many such hours together. Over time, he gained the strength to sit up in a wheel chair, sit on the couch to watch golf tournaments, and have Moorea drape across his lap. In fact, Moorea and I were present to celebrate his 93rd birthday with him and his housemates and staff a year later!

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Four months after his birthday, he passed away suddenly, too quickly for me to drive up in time to bring Moorea to his bedside, but I will never forget this stoic gentleman of few words, who always had lots of baby talk to whisper into his cat therapist’s ear.

One last story

It is difficult to select only a few examples of the miraculous connection Moorea makes with people, but please indulge me as I share one more.

As Moorea and I age, carrying Moorea in my arms becomes more difficult, so I purchased a dark blue pet stroller and push it down hospital halls. Even if a person doesn’t care for cats or isn’t up to a visit that day, Moorea will always earn a big smile because she looks so darn funny in that stroller!

One day, after visiting a hospice patient who couldn’t speak but always put her hand over Moorea’s warm back, I was pushing Moorea in her stroller out of this room when an Elizabeth Hospice social worker was coming out of the room directly across the hall. She and I had never met and she didn’t expect to see a feline in a stroller. After she composed herself and stopped laughing, she said, “I have a patient in this room that is in and out of consciousness. I wonder if she likes cats? Would you mind stopping in for a minute?”

As I picked up Moorea from her stroller and put her near the patient, I asked, “Would you like a visit from my cat?” Immediately the woman opened her eyes, raised her arms, and made a sound. I placed Moorea gently on top of the covers on her chest and I heard the social worker exclaim, “I’ve never seen so much response from her! This is amazing!” We stayed for a short visit and returned the next week for a second visit, though the woman barely reacted that time but did know a cat was sharing her bed. The third week we returned, the patient had passed away.

There are books about other pet therapy. They are more common than you may think. Have you had an experience with an animal Soul Sitter? We’d love to read your story.

This article was previously published May 1, 2012, and was updated on December 30, 2022.

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How to Prepare for the Loss of a Pet

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]]> https://valheart.com/can-pets-be-soul-sitters-too/feed/ 0 What to Watch for When Buying a Saddle By Sabine Schleese https://valheart.com/what-to-watch-for-buying-a-saddle-by-sabine-schleese/ https://valheart.com/what-to-watch-for-buying-a-saddle-by-sabine-schleese/#respond Sat, 24 Mar 2012 02:34:13 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=5826 Guest post courtesy of Sabine Schleese. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communication Enterprises Inc. This article was previously published March 23, 2012 and was updated on June 18, 2023.

What to Watch for When Buying a Saddle

The art of fitting a saddle to both horse and rider is something which is not explained in a few sentences; indeed something new can be learned every day, as each client brings with him or herself something different to consider.

A well-designed and correctly fitted saddle is vital to the performance of both horse and rider.

Whatever type of saddle is chosen, the main consideration is that it should fit both horse and rider.

To check that it does so, not only must the rider sit on it, but it should be put on the horse and its fit must be studied before it is bought.

A badly fitted saddle not only causes discomfort to the horse and rider, but can actually stop a horse from moving properly.

The tree and panels of a saddle should be chosen to fit the horse, and the seat and flap length should be chosen to fit the rider…

Every rider rides by feel and yet saddles are purchased with the eye.

Visual impressions can be misleading – sometimes the narrowest looking saddle in the seat will actually feel excessively wide, and vice versa.

The eye focuses on the seaming spacing behind the pommel, yet the rider focuses on the “feel” between his legs.

That’s why we say,”Buy with the eye and ride with the feel”.

The simple truth is that if the rider is not comfortable in the saddle, the horse will not be comfortable for long either, regardless how well the saddle fits him.

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Saddles are built using measurements by hand, and by feel.

But, paradoxically, the most important measurements are those of the rider, not the horse.

The horse will change its conformation between 3 and 5 times over the course of its life as it matures.

These changes can be so drastic that you need to either buy completely new saddles, or adjust the fit of the saddle (tree) accordingly.

But the rider (unless he/she gains or loses in excess of 50 pounds) will basically stay the same.

There are 15 points of reference that should be used to fit the rider, and only 11 points of reference to fit the horse.

Some of these reference points are explained below.

Reference Points

Saddles are built to be adjustable to accommodate these conformational changes in the horse, not for the rider.

This means that if you don’t buy the right saddle for yourself from day one, it will never work for you regardless of how many adjustments are made to the tree, seat, foam, etc. after the fact.

Saddles are just not made that way.

The proper way to measure the seat size of an English saddle is diagonally from either saddle nail (on the side of the pommel) to the centre of the cantle.

Adult seat sizes vary from 16″ to 19″, with 17″ to 17½” being the most common.

You must try out several makes to see which feels most comfortable, because even half an inch can make a difference.

Different makes of the same size can also feel differently.

In addition, the saddle trees vary in width where the saddle is between your legs, in their depth, and in the amount of seat foam, which is essentially the padding.

There are of course different “fads” and popular riders that influence choices in forward, center, or rear balance, deepest points, etc.

When you have found a model that feels comfortable to you, it must be taken to the horse to see how it fits on it’s back.

Saddle size must take into consideration, not only the size for the rider, but also the length of the horse’s back.

Much can be done with panels to ensure that comfort of the horse is paramount – for instance, if you have a small person (with a 17″ saddle) and a very long-backed horse, the panels may be lengthened to ensure the saddle distributes weight far enough back on the horse to ensure balance and comfort.

Otherwise, the rider may be sitting too far forward if only her seat size is taken into consideration.

Flap size and location must also be considered – this is why certain anatomical measurements on the rider are important to ensure that the leg is properly “covered” by the flap and positioned properly.

The correct positioning on the horse is vital.

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The saddle should be placed on the horse’s back at the withers and then pushed back to make sure the hairs are smoothed down.

The tree points (where the tree is put into the panel pocket) should be positioned behind the shoulder blades, preferably facing backwards to allow complete freedom of movement at the shoulder.

The centre of the saddle should lie horizontally to the ground to ensure proper positioning of the deepest point.

When viewed from behind it is easy to see if the saddle is straight.

Between the withers and the pommel there should be two to three fingers of clearance, since this space will be decreased with the weight of the rider and the pull of the girth.

This clearance should ideally be all the way around the withers to avoid pinching at the pommel of any kind – something that is not commonly known nor commonly followed!

The withers is one of the places many saddles are too “tight” on the horse, causing extreme discomfort.

Veterinarians refer to this as the “vise grip” on the horse’s back – it is also where the stallion bites the mare to demobilize her during mounting.

The saddle should at no point touch the backbone along the whole of its length.

The gullet chamber should be wide enough in order not to interfere with the spinal processes nor the dorsal ligament system of the horse’s back.

The rider should then mount to see if his or her seated position is correct – for instance, for dressage the shoulders, hips and heels should be in one straight vertical line.

One frequent problem is that (due to insufficient or improper stuffing) many riders find themselves sitting too far back in the saddle.

An attempt to alleviate this is usually done with a keyhole (or other) pad, which often in effect does nothing, because the rubber (or whatever material) can compress so tightly as to have an almost nonexistent effect.

In addition, the rubber gives one the feeling of “swimming” on the horse’s back.

This situation can be remedied with proper re-stuffing or a panel wedge in the event that greater height is required to bring the rider more forward in the position.

Proper stuffing does not always mean more stuffing.

The panel is essentially a cushion and too much stuffing (which can be as bad as too little) can harden the panel to the extent of losing the cushioning effect.

With a properly fitting saddle, you should only need a thin, quilted cotton pad – to protect the leather, nothing more!

The area where the saddle sits on a horse’s back is essentially straight, but if you view your saddle from underneath, many times the panel will be rounded to a great extent, which results in “rocking” on the horse.

The panel itself should not only be essentially flat, (at least for the first 2/3), but also fairly wide, in order to allow the maximum weight distribution over the
horse’s back.

You can expect comfort in your saddle, as should your horse.

The saddle is the interface to protect the vertical component (your spine) as well as the horizontal component (your horse’s spine).

After all, you are making an investment in something that should assist you in your riding pleasure, not having to fight it to make things work!

Photo by Edward Castro from Pexels

Sabine Schleese, B.Sc., MBA

Director of Corporate Affairs/VP Sales

SCHLEESE – The Female Saddle Specialist

www.SCHLEESE.com 

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]]> https://valheart.com/what-to-watch-for-buying-a-saddle-by-sabine-schleese/feed/ 0 Safe Hoof Soaking Techniques for Chronic Hoof Infections https://valheart.com/safe-hoof-soaking-techniques-chronic-hoof-infections/ https://valheart.com/safe-hoof-soaking-techniques-chronic-hoof-infections/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:00:11 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=5654 Guest post courtesy of Ray Tricca, SBS Equine Products. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communication Enterprises Inc. 

Soaking the hoof can be an effective way of treating against chronic infections, but there can be serious consequences if done carelessly. Experts have recommended some simple rules that can help you avoid a hoof soaking disaster.

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Reasons Why Soaking Can Be Dangerous

Soaking the hoof in any liquid for an extended period of time can wash away the natural protective coating provided through transpiration. In time soaking can weaken the entire hoof structure and damage healthy hoof tissue. Since many commercial preparations and harsh household products may work well on hard surfaces by burning pathogens to death, they can also seriously harm to new hoof tissue. Keep in mind that a healthy hoof will grow out an astonishing rate of 3/8 of an inch per month. Damaged cells will not grow out like healthy tissue. Damage can be long term or chronic.

A Conservative Approach to Soaking

Most infections in the hoof are difficult to treat because they are hard to reach. There are many nooks and crannies for pathogens to hide, and you cannot easily detect their presence behind the hoof wall. Another issue is that the infection may be a particularly aggressive form of fungus or anaerobic and aerobic bacteria, or any combination of them. How do you kill the broad spectrum of pathogens by soaking them without harming sensitive hoof tissue? How often and how long a time period is it safe to soak? How much soak is required to be effective? How do you prevent waste or spilling of the soak? To find out answers to these questions we asked the researchers who have worked on these issues.

In the last decade there was a world wide epidemic called white-line disease. Two companies collaborated to develop a new delivery system for treating the disease and other hoof infections. They recognized that soaking the hoof could be a simple and effective way of treating the hoof against infections, if done correctly. They recognized too, that there may be serious consequences if the soaking was done incorrectly. Several months later both companies developed products that would work in harmony with the other’s .  Even after ten years, both products are still being used together as a successful treatment option.

Another breakthrough component was the development by SBS and Davis of a fiber matrix pad which is included inside the boot. The pad is washable and reusable. It’s purpose is to hold the Soak in place. The pad reduces evaporation and helps to prevent the liquid from sloshing around and spilling out. The fibers also wick the key ingredients to the affected areas of the feet. This reduces the danger of over soaking because only the pad needs to be saturated with the Soak, not the entire hoof.

A few years ago SBS came up with a non-liquid soaking material called Sav-A-Hoof Med-i-sole. It is a gel. When the pad is saturated with the gel, it makes the chances of over soaking almost impossible. (The product is not to be confused with Sav-A-Hoof Gel, which is a concentrated gel product made for voids and cracks.)

Simple Rules that Prevent Problems

Hoof Soaking is a simple concept for treating deeply rooted infections, yet a risky one. This method is recommended only when other less invasive methods have been tried first. We must never forget that soaking has the potential to cause irreversible cell damage to the hoof if done incorrectly.

Hoof soaking is not an exact science because every situation is different. We asked the experts to share their best recommendations on hoof soaking with us. The rules selected are designed primarily to keep us from getting into trouble and give us the best chance of success.

It is amazing the hear so may horror stories about horse owners who have inadvertently damaged the feet by over soaking, not realizing that safer options may exist. It appears that controlled soaking may be the answer. There are several companies that make soaking products. We are just focusing our attention on the two with over ten years of experience with soaking.

Researchers at SBS Equine Products have developed a unique product called Sav-A-Hoof Soak. The product contains a powerful fungicide as well as broad spectrum bactericide that is very effective and long lasting. This longer contact time allows for a more conservative method of treatment. Another company, Davis Manufacturing, were successful at molding the Davis Horse Boot. The product is a one piece, high top, medical boot that was engineered specifically for soaking the hoof, not as a riding boot.

Rule 1. Clear Debris From Voids

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Use a hoof pick and brush before washing the hoof to clear trapped debris from voids. This helps to open up blocked passageways for the Soak to work better.

Rule 2. Wash Hoof Before Soaking

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Thoroughly wash off hard surface dirt with soapy water before each soaking session. This will help prevent contamination of the soaking material.

Rule 3. Use Boots Made for Soaking

Soaking boots are injection molded in one piece construction, and produced in many sizes. They are made of a flexible plastic to make it easier to slip on or off the hoof. The resin used to make the boots should be compatible with the chemicals used to treat the hoof. Form fitting soaking boots require much less volume of Soak than would a bucket. This is a good thing. Look for boots with a closure top that is well above the hairline. This helps prevent the liquid contents from spilling out.

Rule 4. Use Commercial Soaking Preparation

Use only commercial products that are specifically recommended for hoof soaking. Read the labels to make sure the ingredients are not harmful to hoof tissue. They should also be effective against both fungus and bacteria. Never use household products for soaking. They can cause irreversible damage to the hoof.  Products that bind to hoof protein work best.

Rule 5. Limit Soaking Time

Limit soaking contact time to 30 minutes, and no more than twice a day. Stop soaking if the hoof becomes soft and punchy. A longer contact time may be permitted when doing a controlled soak; that is, if the boot has a soaking pad inside with just a few ounces of Soak in it.

Hoof Soaking Products

For more information concerning this article contact:
Ray Tricca, SBS Equine Products, info@sbsequine.com, sbsequine.com

This article was previously published January 13, 2012, and was updated on October 10, 2022.

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]]> https://valheart.com/safe-hoof-soaking-techniques-chronic-hoof-infections/feed/ 1 The Cat TLC Program’s Concert of Tiny Bells https://valheart.com/the-cat-tlc-programs-concert-of-tiny-bells/ https://valheart.com/the-cat-tlc-programs-concert-of-tiny-bells/#comments Fri, 23 Dec 2011 06:58:02 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=5592 The Cat TLC Program’s Concert of Tiny Bells
Guest post courtesy of Christine Price. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communication Enterprises Inc. 

Volunteering at the shelter

I’m a volunteer at my local Santa Cruz SPCA in their Cat TLC Program. Every year in the spring “Kitten Season” arrives, and staff and volunteers rally forces and valiantly prepare to greet the hundreds of unwanted kittens who will arrive at the shelter’s door.

It can be an achingly disheartening time. We watch the adoption rate for our adult cats take a plunge because most people want kittens. And we watch many precious kittens, just beginning their lives, get passed over, again and again, because they happen to be older, sick, shy or “homely.”

The hard truth is that there are simply not enough homes to go around and space at the shelter is finite.

One day during the height of this difficult season I noticed a small, solitary kitten looking very glum inside her kennel.

She needed some attention and, perhaps, a toy to play with.

Kittens needed toys!

I went to our usually full toy basket and found it empty – or empty, at least of those wonderful little balls with bells inside, the toy loved by kittens worldwide! To remedy this I headed over to a pet supply store and purchased every single package of balls with bells that they had in stock.

cat TLC program toy

Returning to the shelter I set about distributing a brand new toy to each kennel housing a kitten, through the four rooms of our cat building. It took me about twenty minutes to complete my task, and it was only upon pausing that I heard it.

A special concert

Throughout the kennel, from each room and every direction, came the musical sound of a myriad of tiny bells. punctuated here and there by percussive bangs. The toys were being played with, and the cumulative effect was a concert to rival the Boston Pops! The adult cats also heard the music and perked up to listen.

I stood very still for several minutes, my eyes closed, simply enjoying the concert of bells. And I was reminded anew of how contagious joy can be and of how a small, simple act can have such impact.

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]]> https://valheart.com/the-cat-tlc-programs-concert-of-tiny-bells/feed/ 2 Canine PTSD: After Duty, Dogs Suffer Like Soldiers https://valheart.com/canine-ptsd-dogs-suffer-like-soldiers/ https://valheart.com/canine-ptsd-dogs-suffer-like-soldiers/#comments Sat, 17 Dec 2011 18:09:06 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=5538 Guest post courtesy of James Dao, http://tinyurl.com/7gmsf2m The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and do not necessarily represent the views of Val Heart & Heart Communication Enterprises Inc. This article was previously published December 17, 2011 and was updated on January 6, 2023

SAN ANTONIO  The call came into the behavior specialists here from a doctor in Afghanistan. His patient had just been through a firefight and now was cowering under a cot, refusing to come out.

Apparently even the chew toys hadn’t worked.

Post-traumatic stress disorder, thought Dr. Walter F. Burghardt Jr., chief of behavioral medicine at the Daniel E. Holland Military Working Dog Hospital at Lackland Air Force Base. Specifically, canine PTSD.

If anyone needed evidence of the frontline role played by dogs in war these days, here is the latest: the four-legged, wet-nosed troops used to sniff out mines, track down enemy fighters and clear buildings are struggling with the mental strains of combat nearly as much as their human counterparts.

By some estimates, more than 5 percent of the approximately 650 military dogs deployed by American combat forces are developing canine PTSD. Of those, about half are likely to be retired from service, Dr. Burghardt said.

Though veterinarians have long diagnosed behavioral problems in animals, the concept of canine PTSD is only about 18 months old, and still being debated. But it has gained vogue among military veterinarians, who have been seeing patterns of troubling behavior among dogs exposed to explosions, gunfire and other combat-related violence in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Like humans with the analogous disorder, different dogs show different symptoms. Some become hyper-vigilant. Others avoid buildings or work areas that they had previously been comfortable in. Some undergo sharp changes in temperament, becoming unusually aggressive with their handlers, or clingy and timid. Most crucially, many stop doing the tasks they were trained to perform.

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If the dog is trained to find improvised explosives and it looks like it’s working, but isn’t, it’s not just the dog that’s at risk, Dr. Burghardt said. This is a human health issue as well.

That the military is taking a serious interest in canine PTSD underscores the importance of working dogs in war. Once used primarily as furry sentries, military dogs – most are German shepherds, followed by Belgian Malinois and Labrador retrievers – have branched out into an array of specialized tasks.

They are widely considered the most effective tools for detecting the improvised explosive devices, or I.E.D.’s, frequently used in Afghanistan. Typically made from fertilizer and chemicals, and containing little or no metal, those buried bombs can be nearly impossible to find with standard mine-sweeping instruments. In past years, I.E.D.s became the major cause of casualties in Afghanistan.

The Marine Corps also has begun using specially trained dogs to track Taliban fighters and bomb-makers. And Special Operations commandos train their own dogs to accompany elite teams on secret missions like the Navy SEAL raid that led to the killing of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan. Across all the forces, more than 50 military dogs have been killed since 2005.

The number of working dogs on active duty has risen to 2,700, from 1,800 in 2001, and the training school headquartered here at Lackland has gotten busy, preparing about 500 dogs a year. So has the Holland hospital, the Pentagon’s canine version of Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

Dr. Burghardt, a lanky retired Air Force colonel, rarely sees his PTSD patients in the flesh. Consultations with veterinarians in the field are generally done by phone, e-mail or Skype, and often involve video documentation.

In a series of videos that Dr. Burghardt uses to train veterinarians to spot canine PTSD, one shepherd barks wildly at the sound of gunfire that it had once tolerated in silence. Another can be seen confidently inspecting the interior of cars but then refusing to go inside a bus or a building. Another sits listlessly on a barrier wall, then after finally responding to its handler’s summons, runs away from a group of Afghan soldiers.

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In each case, Dr. Burghardt theorizes, the dogs were using an object, vehicle or person as a cue for some violence they had witnessed. If you want to put doggy thoughts into their heads, he said, the dog is thinking: when I see this kind of individual, things go boom, and I’m distressed.

Treatment can be tricky. Since the patient cannot explain what is wrong, veterinarians and handlers must make educated guesses about the traumatizing events. Care can be as simple as taking a dog off patrol and giving it lots of exercise, playtime and gentle obedience training.

More serious cases will receive what Dr. Burghardt calls desensitization counter-conditioning, which entails exposing the dog at a safe distance to a sight or sound that might set off a reaction: a gunshot, a loud bang or a vehicle, for instance. If the dog does not react, it is rewarded, and the trigger, the “spider in a glass box”, Dr. Burghardt calls it, is moved progressively closer.

Gina, a shepherd with PTSD who was the subject of news articles last year, was successfully treated with desensitization and cleared to deploy again, said Tech. Sgt. Amanda Callahan, a spokeswoman at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado.

Some dogs are also treated with the same medications used to fight panic attacks in humans. Dr. Burghardt asserts that medications seem particularly effective when administered soon after traumatizing events. The Labrador retriever that cowered under a cot after a firefight, for instance, was given Xanax, an anti-anxiety drug, and within days was working well again.

Dogs that do not recover quickly are returned to their home bases for longer-term treatment. But if they continue to show symptoms after three months, they are usually retired or transferred to different duties, Dr. Burghardt said.

As with humans, there is much debate about treatment, with little research yet to guide veterinarians. Lee Charles Kelley, a dog trainer who writes a blog for Psychology Today called My Puppy, My Self, says medications should be used only as a stopgap. We don’t even know how they work in people, he said.

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In the civilian dog world, a growing number of animal behaviorists seem to be endorsing the concept of canine PTSD, saying it also affects household pets who experience car accidents and even less traumatic events.

Dr. Nicholas H. Dodman, director of the animal behavior clinic at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, said he had written about and treated dogs with PTSD-like symptoms for years  but did not call it PTSD until recently. Asked if the disorder could be cured, Dr. Dodman said probably not.

It is more management, he said. Dogs never forget.

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]]> https://valheart.com/canine-ptsd-dogs-suffer-like-soldiers/feed/ 1 Dog Blessings & Freedom Tails Advocate, Author June Cotner on the Real Dr Doolittle Show™ https://valheart.com/freedom-tails-advocate-author-june-cotner/ https://valheart.com/freedom-tails-advocate-author-june-cotner/#respond Thu, 08 Dec 2011 17:00:12 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=5519 Welcome author June Cotner to the Real Dr Doolittle Show™

June Cotner is the author of twenty-seven books, including the bestselling Graces, Bedside Prayers, and Dog Blessings. Her books altogether have June Cotnersold nearly one million copies. She has been featured in many national publications including  USA Today, Better Homes & Gardens, Woman’s Day and Family Circle and regularly appears on television and radio.

June’s latest love and avocation is giving presentations on Adopting Prisoner-Trained Shelter Dogs. In May 2011, she adopted Indy, a chocolate lab/Doberman mix (a LabraDobie), from the Freedom Tails program at Stafford Creek Corrections Center in Aberdeen, Washington. June works with Indy daily to build on the wonderful obedience skills he mastered in the program.

Listen and learn:

  • Why June was inspired to write her book, Dog Blessings, and how it can profoundly impact your own relationships with your furrkids.
  • June shares her favorite poem from her Dog Blessings book. You’ll also love the other poems and entries from this book, many of which are written by some of the top poetry writers of our time, including Bernie Siegel, author of Love, Medicine, and Miracles
  • About the largest Blessing of the Animals service at The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine in New York City.
  • How our prison systems are helping to create a win-win-win situation for many dogs who would otherwise be euthanized.  (Freedom Tails Program)  Hundreds of thousands of dogs are saved each year by this program.
  • How June’s own dog adoption from the Freedom Tails Program (Indy) is working out.  Her experience with the program has proven to be exceptional!
  • Learn what commands a dog masters in the Freedom Tails Program, making the transition into a home easier.

 

For more information about Dog Blessings and June’s work, please visit her at http://www.junecotner.com.

For more information on the Freedom Tails program and to see dogs available for adoption, go to https://www.facebook.com/Freedomtailsrescue/

This article was previously published December 8, 2011, and was updated on March 7, 2023

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]]> https://valheart.com/freedom-tails-advocate-author-june-cotner/feed/ 0 Dog Blessings & Freedom Tails Advocate, author June Cotner | The Real Dr. Doolittle Show #75 nonadult Horse Artist to the Celebrities, Vaughn Wilson on the Real Dr Doolittle Show™ https://valheart.com/horse-artist-to-the-celebrities-vaughn-wilson/ https://valheart.com/horse-artist-to-the-celebrities-vaughn-wilson/#respond Sat, 05 Nov 2011 05:03:51 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=5425 Meet Horse Artist Vaughn Wilson

Vaughn Wilson is an accomplished Horse artist, photographer, musician, writer and horseman. He’s recognized as one of the foremost portrait artists in the Southeastern part of the United States. With over 38 years of experience, Vaughn’s work can be seen all over the United States in places such as the Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame in Colorado Springs, CO; the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame and Museum in Fort Worth, Texas; the Musicians Hall of Fame, and the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame in Fort Worth, Texas.

Recently, Vaughn launched his book, Tell Me about that Horse: Stories from Exceptional People about Treasured Horses. Relationships are an important part of life and shape the paths we take. For Vaughn Wilson there is no comparison to a relationship between horses and their owners. His beautiful book is true work of art, and captures the essence of the remarkable horses that have inspired, encouraged and entertained their caretakers

What you will learn…

  • How an internationally recognized portrait artist got inspired to create a book featuring horses
  • How the people were chosen for the book and how their relationships with their horses will inspire any reader
  • How Paul McCartney and a Leopard Appaloosa horse transformed his late wife’s memorial service in her honor.
  • How Michael Martin Murphy’s horse “Wildfire” found his way onto the cover of Vaugh’s newest book.
  • How 40+ celebrities’ (including Roy Rogers Jr.) stories included in the book will reaffirm that no matter who you are, famous or not, you can have a remarkable relationship with a horse.

 

Is there a Real Dr Doolittle™? Yes, there is! Welcome to our Show on Talking to the Animals! I want to teach you what I know so you can learn how to talk to your animals, why it’s important to hear your animals viewpoints and how reconnecting with animals makes you a better human. Reconnecting with animals helps us be better humans, and is an exciting journey into Self, the nature and reality of our world, a behind-the-scenes look at the complex interactions between us all. Any animal lover can learn how to communicate with animals, you can too! Learn how to connect at the heart for a magical bonding experience with your animals.

 

SHARING IS GOOD!

My mission and passion is to improve the lives of animals the world over by helping humans learn how to speak their language, understand their viewpoints, and heal. After all, our love of animals helps us learn how to be better humans, and the more balanced and healthy we are, the more balanced and healthy they can be too. Would you help me reach more animal lovers? Please forward now!

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]]> https://valheart.com/horse-artist-to-the-celebrities-vaughn-wilson/feed/ 0 Horse Artist to the Celebrities, Vaughn Wilson | The Real Dr. Doolittle Show #71 nonadult I Went Outside My Comfort Zone and Fell Flat On My Face – Have You? https://valheart.com/i-went-outside-my-comfort-zone-and-fell-on-my-face/ https://valheart.com/i-went-outside-my-comfort-zone-and-fell-on-my-face/#comments Sat, 08 Oct 2011 03:06:55 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=5338 It can be hard going outside my comfort zone.

Have you ever started something then fell flat on your face? I know I have, many times.  What I’ve learned is this:

It’s okay to start projects that I don’t feel totally ready for.  Stretching myself to reach outside my comfort zone is critically important to my growth and journey, and is a big part of my mission and purpose.

The process teaches me how to fail, how to make mistakes, and not to be afraid to go for what I really want and feel guided to do.

Mistakes are what we do, we’re human. It’s how we go about fixing them that matters and what we learn from them that can make all the difference.

I’m a seeker, a pioneer, and sometimes I’m outstanding in my field.  Most all of the projects I’ve taken on have scared me silly but I did them anyway.

For instance, when I first started interviewing celebrities, I didn’t have any idea what I was doing.  That was well outside my comfort zone! But I had a dream, a vision and a hope that I could do it.

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Nobody gave me permission.

I didn’t receive an invitation. Honestly, I was terrified to put myself out there.  It felt like a beginning trapeze artist without a net.

I woke up one morning with the idea burning inside me, and I took a deep breath, and I bravely decided not to wait until I was ready. Almost dizzy with nerves, I made the choice to do it anyway.  I took the next step and picked up the phone.

To date, I’ve interviewed almost 60 celebrities! It’s been an amazing and wonderful experience, and is opening doors for me that would have never have been there if I hadn’t gathered the courage to try.

The Real Dr Doolittle Show™ has had almost 100,000 hits/downloads, and I get emails almost every day from listeners telling me what a difference listening to the show made for them.

That would never have happened if I’d waited until I was ready, never venturing outside my comfort zone or waiting until I felt 100% prepared.

I recently had a dream that I could teach animal lovers all over the world how to communicate with animals in ONE weekend in a virtual retreat. To my knowledge, that’s never been done before.

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It wasn’t easy.

I had to figure out how to use brand new technology and procedures, develop new coursework from this unique perspective, and determine how to provide a rich learning environment so students could learn what they most wanted and needed to know in the time we had.

I’m delighted to report that I accomplished all that and much more in an Animal Communication System Virtual Retreat!

The students had a great experience  one student from Italy even used the word phenomenal!

They told me they were blown away by the richness and depth of the material, how quickly they progressed from complete newbies to having remarkable conversations with animals, and how many wonderful goodies and golden nuggets they took away.

Many had even taken other workshops and gone away disappointed I’m so proud of them for giving themselves and their dreams another chance.

If I could give you one gift, it would be this:

Follow your heart’s passion and guidance, and start things before you’re ready.

Steve Jobs did, and he changed the world in dramatic, fundamental ways.  So have countless others.  They started before they were ready too.

And you can too.  Don’t worry about being perfect – perfect is highly overrated, plus it’s rather boring because there’s no risk.

Your ego mind can’t help you in the matter of starting that which your heart knows is your path.  It’s very good at coming up with countless reasons, excuses and doubts about why you shouldn’t do something.

Did you know that your resistance to doing your soul’s work is actually a signal that you are on the right path?

In the words of one of my treasured teachers, Bill Baren:

If there’s no resistance to the work, then you’re often skirting around the periphery of your work.  Resistance is the friend that arrives when we’ve hit the bulls-eye.  Procrastination, avoidance and excuse-making is simply part of the territory.

My guest this week on The Real Dr Doolittle Show™ is Master Rolfer, Briah Anson. She had a dream and was guided to help heal animals through the power of her touch.

Whatever you want to do, begin it. Boldness has genius, magic and power in it. – Goethe

Wishing you and your furrkids much love,

Val Heart Professional Animal Communicator

Val

Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary. Steve Jobs 

This article was previously published October 7, 2011 and was updated on January 23, 2023

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]]> https://valheart.com/i-went-outside-my-comfort-zone-and-fell-on-my-face/feed/ 1 Dolphin Tale: Animals Are Our Inspiration, Healing and Hope https://valheart.com/dolphin-tale-animals-are-inspiration-healing-and-hope/ https://valheart.com/dolphin-tale-animals-are-inspiration-healing-and-hope/#comments Fri, 16 Sep 2011 02:56:54 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=5213 Welcome Krista Dunlop to The Real Dr. Doolittle Show™
This article was previously published September 15, 2011, and was updated on April 24, 2023

Have you heard about the 2011 movie, Dolphin Tale, starring an all star cast including Morgan Freeman, Harry Connick Jr, Kris Kristofferson, Ashley Judd?

I can’t wait to see it I’ve been looking forward to it since Krista Dunlop told us about it in her podcast interview last summer!

DOLPHIN TALE  is a family film inspired by the amazing true story of Winter, a young dolphin who loses her tail, and Sawyer, an 11-year old boy who befriends her.

Krista told us a lot about what went into making this wonderful, inspiring movie based on a true story that she was a part of. If you missed the interview, be sure to listen. Oh, and you might want to take Kleenex!

And to inspire you further, I wanted to share this quote that so touches my heart:

It’s really what my work is all about, and speaks to my mission to change the world, one animal and animal lover at a time.

Earlier Americans listened attentively to the spirit voices of animals and learned lessons later citizens ignored at their peril. Be what you are, take only what you need, care for your young, and above all, no matter what, carry on. 

Animals are not in this world for our amusement, but for our inspiration. 

They are not brethren, they are not underlings, they are other nations, caught with ourselves in the net of life and time, fellow prisoners of the splendor and the travail of the earth. – Beston

Download my FREE Ebook Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Animals – just click on the picture below!


The Heart Wisdom Method for Learning How to Communicate With Animals will teach you how to understand animals’ voices, to learn the lessons others can’t hear or choose to ignore, and will inspire you deeply.

I hope you make the choice to join us, so your animals can become the true teachers, healers and muses they are meant to be.

Much love to you and your furrkids,

Val

When the human heart is open to the love of an animal, the gentle paw will be placed in the hand of those who were meant to take hold of it. Teresa Ann Winton, author of Tears in the Lilies

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Just a quick reminder to all that will be traveling through bear country this summer. Enjoy the forests, be careful with fire, and please do not feed the bears.

The bears are out and about and looking for that ‘pickanick a basket’. The bears are more than willing to accept that tuna sandwich or Big Mack and fries rather than eating tubers, insects and grasses.

Please remember that when YOU donate that tuna sandwich it will lead to more behavioral problems with this food habituated bear and will ultimately cost the bear his life. And it all starts with that first individual that thinks it is cute to start this feeding process.

So please, when traveling to bear country feed yourself and not the wild animals. They do quite well on their own.  do not feed the bears

While you are traveling through bear country, slow down a bit and enjoy the wilderness that you are traveling through.

Checkout the flowers and trees.

If you are in a conifer/hardwood mixed forest see if you can find a high point that overlooks this forest. Marvel at the pure numbers of greens in this forest mix.

I was amazed when I first saw this and am still in awe of the hues of green in a forest. So much to see and appreciate out there.

Enjoy the forests, be careful with fire and please do not feed the bears.

Enjoy your travels.

Mingo and Attu

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Author:  Mingo Morvin is a multi-faceted adventurer, rock and ice climber, kayaker, wildlife photographer, author, and animal researcher. Through Bears Unlimited, Mingo has combined his love of the outdoors and animals with his adventurous spirit to form an environmentally and socially conscious organization dedicated to the protecting and preserving the lands and animals that inhabit our planet.

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]]> https://valheart.com/enjoy-the-forests-be-careful-with-fire-and-please-do-not-feed-the-bears-by-mingo-morvin/feed/ 0 Positive Dog Training Jonathan Klein on the Real Dr Doolittle Show https://valheart.com/positive-dog-training-jonathan-klein-on-the-real-dr-doolittle-show/ https://valheart.com/positive-dog-training-jonathan-klein-on-the-real-dr-doolittle-show/#respond Tue, 13 Sep 2011 10:41:43 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=5120 Positive Dog Training is the BEST way to train your dog!

Let’s explore this topic with expert dog trainer Jonathan Klein. He’s the owner of the award-winning training and boarding facility “I Said Sit!” School for Dogs in Los Angeles.

A pioneer in the causative approach to positive dog training, in which behavioral problems are solved by removing the cause rather than punishing the dog for the symptoms, Jonathan has trained more than 8,000 dogs over his 23 year career. He also offers training tips and can answer any questions you may have on his website The Dog Behavior Expert.com.

Think his positive dog training approaches only apply to dogs?

Think again. For instance, you can use these fundamental training lessons for children, spouses, or colleagues at work. In short, have fun discovering all the wonderful ways you can effect positive change in your world!

Sit! Settle! Relax!  Listen and learn:

  • What the biggest mistakes people make with their dogs are, and how you can avoid them yourself.
  • What is positive dog training really and where do you begin with your dog?
  • Why does separation anxiety occur and what are the steps we can take to avoid it.
  • What can we do to avoid dogs becoming frustrated and being unwilling to accept change.
  • What one piece of advice this remarkable dog trainer wants every dog parent to know.

 

Remember: When you train your dog, using positive is far more effective when we use praise and rewards to teach our dogs what we want them to do as opposed to punishing them when they’ve done wrong.

If you have a specific dog training question or would like to learn more effective and positive training tips, then visit Jonathan at his website www.isaidsit.com and tell him Dr Doolittle sent you!

Are you ready to deepen your connection with dogs and learn to speak their language? 

Get your FREE eBook here! Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Pets at The Heart School of Animal Communication®.  

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]]> https://valheart.com/positive-dog-training-jonathan-klein-on-the-real-dr-doolittle-show/feed/ 0 Resolving Animal Behavior Problems With Your Dog, Cat or Horse https://valheart.com/the-first-step-in-resolving-animal-behavior-problems-with-your-dog-cat-or-horse-by-val-heart/ https://valheart.com/the-first-step-in-resolving-animal-behavior-problems-with-your-dog-cat-or-horse-by-val-heart/#respond Sat, 10 Sep 2011 03:28:13 +0000 https://valheart3324.live-website.com/blog/?p=5108 Before we talk about solving animal behavior problems, consider how much time you spend going over things that have happened to you, reliving old conversations, events or experiences

How much time do you worry about the future?  About what’s going to happen later today, what you still have to do, what you’re doing tomorrow, this weekend or next month? Nothing wrong with that except this… To your animal, it means “nobody’s home” and can result in Animal Behavior Problems.

You’re not there, present 100% with them.  And that leads them to do all kinds of things to get your attention.  Acting out, behaving badly, even getting sick… all because you’re not paying attention.animal behavior problems with dogs

It also encourages them to try to figure you out – you’re like a giant puzzle in their life.  Who are you anyway?  They worry about you… because it’s not normal in the animal kingdom to not be conscious, aware, fully present at all times.  If they did that, they wouldn’t survive!

But what do most of us humans do?  We’re busy, mentally, emotionally and physically  We are either thinking about the future or the past.  We got static on the brain and are constantly multitasking.

Our fast paced, highly technological culture presents a huge problem for your dog, cat and horse and is a source of much confusion, harm and even benign neglect, which can lead to Animal Behavior Problems. We’re simply not consciously aware or fully present with them.

They have an infinite wisdom and knowledge they could share with you… All you have to do is pay attention.

When your cat jumps on your lap or pats you with their paw or purrs so loud you can hear them across the room, they have something important to share with you.

All animals but especially cats are unhappy with your lack of presence.  They’ll do the darndest things to get your attention back to the present where it belongs.  Like rearranging your desk, peeing anywhere they choose to, hiding out, attacking you when you least expect, crying all the time, even resorting in extreme cases to angrily biting and scratching you with their lethally sharp claws… ouch!  Those are classic cat examples of Animal Behavior Problems.

To resolve this problem, you must learn to be fully present so you can listen to them through the power of animal communication.  Resolving any bad behavior problem starts with presenting yourself properly and having a heart to heart conversation. That helps you know where the trouble is actually coming from… are they confused?  Is there a problem in their environment?  Are they afraid?  Angry?  Have they lost their trust in you, your family or life?  Are they not feeling well?

The first part of solving any problem is identifying it properly in the first place.

If you’re having a problem with your animal, they are asking you to pay attention.  You can prevent a lot of problems just by listening to them, being fully present.

One of my clients, Laura, had a cat who was in serious trouble.  Barney hid in the closet all the time, he cried a lot, he slept a lot. He wasn’t using his litter box.  He wasn’t eating and had lost so much weight he was just skin and bones.  Laura spent a great deal of money, time and effort trying to find out what was wrong with him with little result.

Laura was afraid he was dying, and she was right, he would have died if she hadn’t contacted me when she did.  He was stuck in a lot of emotional and mental pain and couldn’t find his way out of the dark place.

When I talked with him, I had to be fully present and listen to him very carefully.  It turned out that he’d had a frightening experience at the vets when they did his dental cleaning that he needed to talk about. Once he understood what had happened to him, he felt safe to resume his life and be the happy, laid back, loving kitty companion he’d always been.

In the Learn Animal Communication in one Weekend- Virtual Retreat, we practice a powerful exercise designed to teach you how to be fully present, peaceful, consciously aware.  Not only does this exercise improve the quality of your life, it’s an incredibly powerful state of being. cat behavior problem hissing

Your animals need you to be here now in order for you to help them, to hear them, and to protect them.

Want to feel how it feels to be fully present, alive, and able to connect and communicate with your animals so you can resolve your Animal Behavior Problems?  You can easily shift your energy in just a few simple steps.

Notice any tension in your body, and rate yourself on a scale of 1 to 10.  How present are you right now? One on the scale is not at all present and 10 is being fully 100% present.  Any answer you get is fine, there is no right answer. Just take a minute to notice where you are right now.

Now, breathe deeply, relax and be heavy in your chair, and drop any tension in your body starting from your head and flowing through your fingers and toes into the earth. Let yourself calm and settle.

Notice any busy thoughts and give yourself permission to give them appropriate attention later, but not right now.  Next, give yourself permission in body, mind and spirit to be fully present right now.

Focus on and feel your heart.  Image your animal friend and let yourself feel how grateful you are they are in your life.  Now, open your eyes and notice what’s different.  Where are you on the scale now?  What has changed with your animal?

Empower yourself by deciding right now to make a habit of being fully present each and every day.

A funny thing happens when you do that.  Others will feel more present too, your animals will be able to share their heart and mind with you more, and your relationships will have the opportunity to go deeper, become richer, and more nurturing.

Are you ready to deepen your connection with animals and start solving the animal behavior problems you’ve been experiencing?  Start by learning to speak their language! 

Look here to get your FREE eBOOK: Hidden Secrets to Communicating with Pets!  Find out about all The Heart School of Animal Communication® online courses, classes and Animal Talk Coaching & Mastery Club membership opportunities.  Get started today!

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