"That's just spooky!" A recent 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 Body-Mind Connection. Did you know that animals mirror you in mind, body and spirit? They Reflect Us. Animals are spiritual teachers, and are at times barometers of our souls! So when they have a problem, they are talking to us. The question is: are we listen

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. His 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. One dog would go outside -- then come back inside to pee!

Dutchess 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.

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.

Without giving your dog 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 would 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 most 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 seem 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 animal’s 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 bodymind 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 caretakers 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, and sometimes actually worse off because the real problem got missed and now your animal has even more stress to deal with.

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.

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, Dutchess, 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!

Have you ever called in the vet only to discover that, try as they might, your vet doesn’t have a clue what’s going on? That’s often because it’s not the animal’s issue, it’s the persons, their rider’s or caretaker’s issue. OR, it’s because no one took the time to listen to the animal first so they can tell us what we need to know.
I have to tell you, I’ve worked with thousands of horses and dogs along with lot of other animals, and I will tell you that the answers you’re seeking are going to be in one of four areas:
1. Emotional issue with the animal.
2. Health issue with the animal.
3. Management issue with the animal, such as training, diet, exercise.
4. Emotional or health issue that’s going on with YOU that your animal is reacting to.
Here’s the Outcome to that story. Because you didn't take the time to communicate with your animal friend, you 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, and sometimes actually worse off because the real problem got missed and now your animal has even more stress to deal with.
What if the real issue 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 was it wasn’t ever about the animal, it was a problem with you.
Did you know that vets are one of my strongest referral sources? This is the reason – much of what they are asked to resolve isn’t about the animal’s physical health at all.
Paying attention to these issues has a huge impact on your relationships. It’s important to take care of things quickly so they don’t have a chance to build, ruining your relationships and undermining the trust between you.

The worst part about it is that I see people all the time heading off on the wrong track, because they end up either misdiagnosing the problem entirely, or going way off on the wrong things. They think it’s a physical problem when it’s actually a physical problem manifested as an emotional problem.
That’s why the best thing you can possibly do is get it straight from the source by talking directly with your animal. After that, we will know where the issues are really coming from, and what needs to be done to resolve it as quickly as possible.
After you know what’s wrong, you can be very specific in resolving things. Communicating with them through an illness, to resolve a behavior challenge, or all during your show season, will make a huge difference in their ability to feel heard, acknowledged, and respected.

Giving them a voice makes all the difference in the world in deepening your relationships with your animals.
Animal communicators are trained and gifted in bridging the communication gap between you and your animal friend. You can also learn how to communicate yourself. There are clues that you can watch out for that will give you a better idea of what your animals are thinking and feeling. Learning to communicate with your loved ones is a not as difficult as you may think. There are resources available that make this task much easier. Your animal communicator can help you by directing you to available resources and most likely he or she will have created their own learning models that will help you move forward in learning to speak with your animal friends in a way that will have them clearly understanding you. Wouldn’t it be great if you asked your animal friends how they feel that they could actually tell you and you could understand them? That can be a reality for you!













Val Heart, Expert Animal Communicator & Master Healer for You & Your Animals! Dedicated to assisting seekers ready to take a pro-active approach to improving their relationships with themselves & their animals through improved communication, energy medicine, health & balance for body, mind & spirit.
Free Report: 10 Things You Must Know Before Hiring An Animal Communicator, Free Expert Animal Communication eTips, Animal Classes & Workshops. Speaker, Teacher, Columnist, TV, radio. Call (210) 863-7928, visit www.ValHeart.com

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You know that your animal tries to tell you things every day. However, what if you don’t know how to spot a bad habit that comes from a reaction to emotional trauma, or whether they are experiencing physical pain, illness or discomfort? Even the most caring, loving owners mistakenly do things all the time that adversely affects their animals.

That’s why if you go to a vet or a trainer before you have a discussion with them, you can actually hurt them! They may wind up being misdiagnosed or mistreated, because they could be in reaction to an emotional, mental or management problem that has nothing to do with a physical problem.
Do you know something is wrong with your horse or dog, but you haven't been able to discover what it is, or how to resolve it? Maybe it's a behavior problem, training issue, you're having trouble advancing to the next training level, you suffer performance anxiety (or your horse or dog does)? Maybe you are struggling with a mystery lameness issue or health problem?
How do you know what is really wrong unless you communicate directly with your animal?
Wouldn’t it be great if you could get inside your animals head, if you could understand them, what they are thinking or feeling, why they do the things they do? Listen to their wisdom? Share their experiences? Ask them to help you help them by becoming a willing participant in problem resolution?

I also bet that you didn’t know that your own emotional, physical, mental and energetic issues are affecting your animals? That’s right. Your own imbalances, mental and emotional states of being, physical health or illness, personal tragedies, traumas and woundings affect them dramatically at many levels.
Often the problems that seem to be coming from your animals are actually your personal issues, because your animal is always reflecting or are in reaction to something you are doing (or not doing). They will react to disturbances in their environment. Or they are simply trying to help you by carrying your own illness within their own body. It has been seen many times where animals carry the same cancers and other diseases and chronic pain that their humans wind up with.
Where to Begin
First: Communicate with your animal directly to get the real issues straight from them. Animals always do what makes sense to them, from their viewpoint. Our first job is to discover what is actually needed and what’s not, what helps and what doesn’t.

Second: Create a plan with their participation outlining how to best resolve the issue based on what they tell us. This could be veterinarian intervention, or it could be a change in management including diet, handling, or training. And, if your animal does need medical assistance, give them a voice to express how they are feeling, what hurts, and to let us know if what your vet or trainer is doing for them is helping them or not.
Third: Address your own emotional, mental and physical issues directly to create more balance, sanity, clarity and peace. Discover how your issues are involved in their problem, and what you can do to change things between you.
I think that we can all agree that being able to communicate effectively with your animal friends is very serious indeed. Because, if you aren’t in alignment with your horse, you can both die! Or your dog could wind up dead because they hurt someone out of fear or misunderstanding, or did something stupid that they didn’t know what the consequences would be, like running in the street or getting hit by a car, or trying to play with the moving stick on the ground that turned out to be a snake or possibly eating something that was poison.
Animal communicators are trained and gifted in bridging the communication gap between you and your animal friend. You can also learn how to communicate yourself. There are clues that you can watch out for that will give you a better idea of what your animals are thinking and feeling. Learning to communicate with your loved ones is a not as difficult as you may think. There are resources available that make this task much easier. Your animal communicator can help you by directing you to available resources and most likely he or she will have created their own learning models that will help you move forward in learning to speak with your animal friends in a way that will have them clearly understanding you. Wouldn’t it be great if you asked your animal friends how they feel that they could actually tell you and you could understand them? That can be a reality for you!














Val Heart, Expert Animal Communicator & Master Healer for You & Your Animals! Dedicated to assisting seekers ready to take a pro-active approach to improving their relationships with themselves & their animals through improved communication, energy medicine, health & balance for body, mind & spirit.
Free Report: 10 Things You Must Know Before Hiring An Animal Communicator, Free Expert Animal Communication eTips, Animal Classes & Workshops. Speaker, Teacher, Columnist, TV, radio. Call (210) 863-7928, visit www.ValHeart.com

© Copyright, Val Heart & Friends.

Animals (and plants) use a variety of communication techniques to converse with each other. Alternate frequencies, projections, sounds and body language have been observed, and researchers now know there are additional variables that have yet to be discovered. I believe that these variables are telepathic in nature, and that every Being is born with the ability to communicate on this level

Many animals are truly remarkable healers. It's pretty well known now that dolphins, dogs, horses and many other species have the ability to sense cancer and other disease in humans. Often they will point to the problem spot repeatedly. And that's partly what makes them such good therapy animals, and why they can get results that traditional medicine often cannot.

Animals (and plants) use a variety of communication techniques to converse with each other. Alternate frequencies, projections, sounds and body language have been observed, and researchers now know there are additional variables that have yet to be discovered. I believe that these variables are telepathic in nature, and that every Being is born with the ability to communicate on this level

"That's just spooky!" A recent 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 Body-Mind Connection. Did you know that animals mirror you in mind, body and spirit? They Reflect Us. Animals are spiritual teachers, and are at times barometers of our souls! So when they have a problem, they are talking to us. The question is: are we listening!?

Do you know the eight common signs of illness for your animal friends? Things can go wrong in big or subtle ways, so be sure you are paying attention. The most distressing consultations are the ones where I am called in as the Hail Mary, the desperate plea of last resort, to help people or their animals who are suffering a health “emergency.”
In almost every case, there were signs for weeks or months before things became acute. Our animal friends show signs in every way they can, but are often ignored, mistreated, misdiagnosed or misunderstood – they got “missed”, often until it’s too late.
Animal communication can help discover problems brewing long before things get really bad, giving us time to address them. Among other things, I have pinpointed spinal misalignments, diet problems, allergies, brain dysfunction, broken bones, vaccination reactions, vision loss and hearing problems.

Lucky Lady, a warmblood mare, told me about a pain in her right hind hoof. It was the reason she wasn’t able to jump well anymore. She was hurting and unable to push off with her hind leg.

Recently I worked with a wonderful therapy dog named Dougie. His owner wanted to know why he was behaving aggressively and growling a lot even though she’d been punishing him for it. It turned out he has a serious back and hip injury, and that he is eaten up with cancer. When she took him to the vet, they discovered a tumor in his anal sacs…

Then there was Percy, a Persian cat. He’d had a pressure and pain sensation behind his eyes for almost a year before they finally found the cancer tumor. By then, it had grown so large they were unable to surgically remove it.

Our animals do what makes sense to them from their viewpoint, and they always communicate what they are thinking and feeling. Listening to them allows us to take appropriate action on their behalf by discovering from their viewpoint where the real problems are coming from, what the triggers are, and if there are other unknown factors we don't know yet which are critical to resolving things.

Many signs of illness are nonspecific and can be associated with many different diseases. Each one is significant and should prompt your attention.

1. Lack of appetite is often the very first sign of illness. This can be difficult to determine if you let them ‘graze’ all day and just keep their bowl full. I recommend scheduled feedings at the same time every day so that you can accurately assess their appetite.

2. Less activity can be a real important clue too. Many times this "less active" sign is mistaken for "getting older". We shouldn’t lose our zest for life, playfulness, or ability to move just because we are ‘older’! If we do, then something is definitely wrong.

3. Weakness can show up as being "less active" or by displaying a loss of balance and coordination. These are potentially serious and you should seek immediate evaluation by your veterinarian.

4. Lethargy is a general lack of interest in their environment. This common symptom sometimes is mistaken for depression or sadness, and can show up early or as a late sign of illness depending on the severity.

5. Losing weight can be an indication of disease or illness. Be careful as this is sometimes difficult to notice, especially in longhaired animals that you see every day. It’s easy to miss subtle changes. If they feel bonier, lighter, or you can easily feel the ribs, pay attention.

6. Drinking more water is often associated with certain diseases including kidney disease and diabetes mellitus. Not drinking enough water is also a problem clue, and can lead to dehydration or renal failure.

7. Animals that don't feel well don't groom themselves, or you may notice a dull lusterless coat. If your animal’s coat quality or color changes, have them evaluated. This can also be a sign of nutritional deficiency.

8. Bad breath (halitosis) can result from dental disease as well as other metabolic disorders, such as tummy trouble, toxic buildup or kidney problems.

Your biggest job as your animal friend’s caretaker is to educate yourself. Prevention is the best cure for any problem, so choose to feed your animals a high quality diet, give them plenty of exercise, and pay attention if you see any of these signs.

Remember, a vet visit is always a good idea if you notice any of these signs of illness. But if you or your vet have trouble figuring out how to resolve things, then it’s time to communicate with your animals directly. After all, who knows better how they are feeling? Where they hurt? What helps or doesn’t? When it started and how? Why they are doing what they are doing?

If you are ill, please ask for the support you need. If your animals are ill, please give them the gift of an animal communicator so they can have a voice in what happens to them.

Don’t let things get to the Hail Mary stage before you notice. Chances are that by then, it might be too late.