Talking with the animals

Talking with the animals, being the voice for the animal

Over the years working as a healer, my clients have often asked me what their animals are thinking and when an answer just popped out of my mouth the client, and I would be surprised. Soon I was called an animal communicator, and my clients would bring their animals to me not just for healing but also a talk.
To me talking with the animals is something I take quite seriously, I do not think I am psychic, but I read the animals expressions, body language and their energies. I have always been sensitive to energies and vibration and pick up moods, anxieties and fears and many more emotions from it, I pick up energy blockages, and this often gives me a good indication what could be a problem for the animal and what would need veterinary investigation.
I believe I am a voice for the animal when it is in need to get a message across to its owner. I do not just do a "so-called reading". I work with animals who need help, who had been through hard times, who have personality issues, who may be sick or who may have owners that need help with their stresses in life. Yes, the animals pick up on the stresses of their owners and often take it on board, and this causes stress for the animals.
So when I am talking with the animals, it helps the pet and the owner and family members, I am honoured to be the voice of the creatures.
One of my most amazing experiences I had when I was allowed to talk to the Lion Lazarus at the Auckland Zoo for the TV3 20/20 program. The experience is hard to put into words. The feeling of that moment and the expression of the eyes of Lion Lazarus is still very much in my heart, and I can again see how Lazarus looks into my eyes, and I can still hear him saying "all will be just fine leave it all up to me."
                                 

The story of  Lazarus is in my eBook "Listen animals Talk".

                                    



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What people were saying about talking to the animals;

Dear Barbara,

I have meant to put pen to paper for a while now, so here it goes. I wanted to explain how you have enabled partnerships to develop between myself and my horses. You firstly visited my elderly Anglo/Arab mare. She has had an amazing career in eventing, hunting and trekking but was always hard to float. I mentioned this to you on a day you were visiting about another matter altogether and asked if you could help. You went to Maisie, and she went all soft in her eye and didn’t fidget around as was her normal. You told me she had had an accident travelling and said I knew nothing about any accident. A few weeks later in speaking to her first owner, I found out that she had gone through the floor of a moving float. You gave her drops for making travelling easier, they worked. I know they worked because when moving house the drops got packed, and the movers drove away with them. I persevered without the drops and moved her ten kilometres down the road to our new home, the float bouncing all the way with Maisie stomping and kicking. I was so upset when we arrived, and she hurtled out of the float covered in cuts and grazes. We never travel without our drops now.

My gelding, Chess walked all over me when we first met. I regretted buying him and wanted rid of him. I remembered the chat you and Maisie had so I asked you to come and see us. You told me he felt alone, you said he didn’t trust that I was going to stay with him, you told me he was looking for a leader but that I was going to need to prove myself to him as he was used to being the dominator. Yes, I thought, that would explain a lot. He hated leaving other horses becoming agitated the minute he left his paddock. I wasn’t planning to stick around for him, and I was so darn scared of him I was not any kind of leader. Two years later and a heap of hard work on both our parts we are riding out as partners on a long rein with no fighting or life-threatening bucks, happy horse and even happier rider. He is definitely not for sale.

Barbara these are but two of many examples of how you have helped us. I listen now, and it’s amazing what you can hear. They tolerate my humanness, and it's incredible what they will put up with, we are friends and partners with a fun future ahead, thank you, Barbara

Jackie Mc Killen


From Cat Sammie;

Sammie’s story; November 2004

I was a very sick pussycat when Barbara first saw me. My mother had taken me to vets many times, and the medicine plus my general health just made me feel Yuk.

On the day when my mum was really worried about me, she heard about a lady called Barbara who could talk to animals. My mum got on the phone and made an appointment straight away.

Well at long last I had someone who could understand me as an individual who could ask me how I felt and who talked to me and not just my mum. It has been a slow but sure road back to health. Because of my age, I must be careful to pace myself and follow my diet strictly.

I feel so much better now I am chasing the leaves that blow in the wind, challenging the stray ‘Willy’ who comes for a meal. But mostly I sleep on the mat in the sun. My life is certainly a ball since Barbara came into my life.

Occasionally I throw a wiggly just to ride in the car to get to see Barbara and to catch up on the latest gossip.

Thank you, Barbara, for all your excellent help, advice and medicine.

Sammie and my mum.

Observe the interaction between the animals and people

When learning to communicate with animals observe the animals when they are interacting with each other. You can learn a lot about the animals by just watching them, see how they behave around each other, see how they play with each other see how they enjoy each others company or if they start to misbehave or even fight. Which animal is the dominant, which one the submissive one? What else can you observe?

Observe how your pet is interacting with visitors, watch them how they approach strangers etc.

Observe if different animals can get along with each other. From their behaviour, we can learn so much.

From observing all the animals around us we can learn to understand them and if we are open enough, to learn about ourselves.

Bless the miracle cat and Charlie the rescued Lorikeet eating together



 Charlie and Chico

I have found that animals also are very good at telling us what the weather will be like the next day. Especially my Lorikeets are good at telling me what the weather will be like, if it is going to be cold they seem to eat double the amount than usual, if they do a lot of screaming and arguing it will be a windy day and so on. The problem is, one gets too busy to observe and take notice of what one observes and so often misses what the animal is telling us. 

How are your pets toward you? How are they behaving when you are around? I noticed that one of my dogs get very nervous when I am in a bad frame of mind, she gets hyperactive and confused, this shows her personality and often if I see it and observe if I can make changes in my day to be in a better frame of mind. My other dog gets very quiet and looks depressed so she is telling me to change and be happy so she can feel better too.

So often, when we observe our pets we can learn from them. We can see how they interact with each other and so often I feel if only humans would take note of it. Animals do not judge and do not worry what you look like or how much money you have in the pocket, they love you anyway. 

One of my cats had been caught by a car and had damaged his front leg his paw is paralysed and he had his jaw broken in many places. He has recovered really well and he is my miracle cat, here in the neighbourhood all the other cats love him and allow him to come on their property, they all respect him, they do not judge him.

So take note of what you observe, become aware of what you see. Don't be too busy to notice what your animal is telling you as you may be able to learn something from them. Slow down, take a deep breath and just stop for a moment and watch your animal.

Dogs, Hedgehogs YouTube  

Listen Observe and become Aware

Listen, observe and become aware is a must when you want to be able to understand your pet or animal you come across, or if you want to understand nature or everyday people and situations.
Observe, do it with your eyes, ears, nose, and your heart, feel, sense, and listen, then become aware of what you see, hear, smell, sense, feel, listen to your heart.

When I communicate with an animal, I always the first tune into my heart centre, I go deep within me feeling my own heart, then I bring the pet into my heart and connect with it on a heart level. I feel the heartbeat of the animal, it is as if we become one.
Through this connection, I start to understand the language of the animal. I feel what it feels I smell what it smells, I hear what it hears, and I know the animal.

As I have been working on myself for many, many years now I have become aware what is my own stuff, e.g. my emotions or my feelings about a situation that the animal is in, this helps me to disconnect from my own emotions and feel what is going on in the animal.
I find it so incredibly hard to do with my own animals as to disconnect my emotions from them is very difficult.

The listening, observing and awareness about the animal has to be free of your own emotional feelings, judgements and prejudice.
This is why I work from my heart centre, it helps me to detach and feel safe. When I go into my heart I feel safe, I feel connected to the animal I am working with, no outside influences or distractions.

Animals are pure, their communication is straight to the point and simple. They are devoted to their owner so if the owner is a very closed person, not prepared to learn from the animal the animal will not communicate. It will close off. Pets are great teachers if we only would listen if we just would have the courage to acknowledge the teachings of our animals, from nature. Then our animals will guide us, teach us and communicate with us. We need to open our hearts and let them in, let them guide us let them show us.

Awareness is the key, become aware of everything that is around you, yourself this requires you to live in the moment, to see, hear, smell, feel and understand. Move from your headspace or mind into your heart. When communicating with animals or nature, healing comes about if you allow the awareness to be in your life, the healing comes to you and to the animals when you are able to connect on that deep level. The same goes for when you communicate with people, listening to the radio or watching TV, observe, listen and become aware, you will learn to see yourself. Observe what you feel think and how you react!! Listen Observe and become Aware.

                                         Ebony, Becci and Bless we are family!

observe the hedghog family

Last autumn I had a hedgehog family in the back garden. They build a home to stay over winter to hibernate. On a lovely sunny day, the baby hedgehogs came out of their hiding place to play and eat and just have fun.
The mother hedgehog kept a fantastic eye on the three little once, and it was just beautiful to watch them and observe them.
In my ebook "Listen Animals Talk" I wrote a lot of observing. When we are just quiet and watch the animal, we get so much from them. We learn how they interact with each other, we learn about nature, we learn to understand the language of the animals.
Observe the hedgehogs in the video and see how they play, watch, check things out, the words that come to mind is curiosity, playful, alert, hide, etc. what can you see and what can you learn from the hedgehog?

Often the hedgehog is misunderstood, people worry about them as it was believed that they carry diseases. Yet the hedgehog is so precious to the gardener as it takes care of all the slugs and snails.
So next time you see a hedgehog, observe it, I have rescued many hedgehogs, and they have a special place in my heart. I felt their energy, the gentleness, yet able to defend themselves, curious and inquisitive, and the eyes express love and kindness.

                                          Baby Hedgehog with mother Hedgehog!