General Pet Guardianship

Why You Need An Animal Communicator

An animal communicator is a resource for taking better care of your pet. Just like pets have a veterinarian for physical health, an animal communicator helps animals maintain mental and emotional health as well as addressing overall wellbeing. In addition: Pets have trainers. Pets have “personal trainers” for exercise and fitness (example: dog walker). Pets

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The Most Misunderstood Behavior

The most misunderstood form of animal communication is what humans labels as “AGGRESSION”. It’s not aggression, its communication. It means: * I’m uncomfortable with this * I’m in pain * I don’t feel safe * I’m scared * That hurts * I want to be left alone right now * I’m confused And most importantly…..

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Do you have 30 minutes?

When you think about how much your animals give you every single day, it should be easy to give them your undivided attention for at least 30 minutes each day. Its the bare minimum they deserve. BARE minimum. It can be a walk. A play session. A grooming. Undivided. No phone. No distractions. Just your

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Don’t Discourage Communication

Guardians shut down their animals efforts to communicate frequently. They unintentionally discourage their animals from communicating and then wonder why their animals do “bad” things.  Animals will use a growl, a hiss, ears back, showing teeth, etc.. as a warning that theyre uncomfortable and their limits are being pushed. As humans we can use words

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Do You Expect Too Much?

The world we live in expects way too much of domestic animals. We ask them to be something other than what they are because our world is human centered. We do this by asking them NOT to engage in behaviors that ARE who they are (dogs, cats, horses, etc…). Why? Because those behaviors don’t line

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Difficult Animals

Animals that bite, growl, scratch, buck, rear, kick or bolt are often labeled as dangerous or difficult. These animals are NOT that at all. They are usually the most sensitive animals. These animals resort to these behaviors, which are forms of communication, because their more subtle, polite ways of communicating to tell you something is

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Training Is Fun

The foundation of a well behaved animal is not obedience. It’s not even training. It’s your relationship with that animal. If your pet (any species) thinks good things happen WITH YOU, they will be super eager to do what you ask. What does it mean when I say good things happen WITH you? Rewards –

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