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."
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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 KillenFrom 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.
