Yes, we can all tell when one of our animal companions is unwell. They act ‘off’ just like we do, from exhibiting actual pain to being depressed. As an animal communicator, I can also look at animals intuitively and see health issues. When I do this I explain to the people involved exactly what I […]
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Profiling Animal Communicator Joan Ranquet’s Book, Communication with All Life
I’m always curious about what makes people tick: how do they choose their work in the world, and what does it mean? I’m even more curious when they write a book and I get a chance to review it. Does the book make a difference? Does the writer? I’m happy to say, in this case, […]
What a Multi-Species Family Looks Like
Simple Steps to Deepen the Bond Between People and Animals
How do we deepen the bond between humans and animals? Start with this handout I gave away at a recent seminar on this topic moderated by noted animal communicator Joan Ranquet. Mindset Change your mindset, change your world. When we look at the world as equals, we learn that humans aren’t in charge of the world, we’re […]
It’s a Good Day When…
It’s never fun to be sick. In the last month, all four of us were down: Alki, my Cavalier boy, with a serious infection that required multiple rounds of antibiotics and herbal support and acpuncture; Grace the Cat, with an upset stomach; and me with repeated rounds of bronchitis and an unexpected trip to the […]
My Dog Is Dying: The Real Life Crappy Choice Diary, Entry 21 (How the Human-Animal Bond Meets, and Survives, Death)
It’s hard to say goodbye to a beloved animal companion. It’s harder to live the goodbye. Murphy and I managed to live our goodbye, accompanied by Alki and Grace the Cat. We found the courage, fortitude, and love to fully and gracefully embrace it, adding depth to the many years we’d shared. It’s not easy, […]
Our Birthday Wish for Your Animal Family
Today, July 16, 2012, my beloved Murphy would have been 14 years old. Instead, I lost her on March 8, 2012, to splenic cancer, one of many diseases I now learn is linked to early spay/neuter. Yes, my grief is compounded because I did what the animal care community, from veterinarians to shelters to breeders, […]
Demystiying Intuition: How to Be a Survivor
(c) 2011 Danny L. McMillin We are all intuitive. I teach this by explaining that there were once two branches of humans: one was intuitive, and the other got eaten. So relax, you are a survivor. Or, at least, you’re descended from survivors. Improve your odds of staying that way by learning to tap […]
Cloning Dogs: Grief Doesn’t Make It Work
Would I clone this dog? In a heartbeat—if it worked. But it doesn’t. At any price. Cloning our animal companions is in the news these days, stories of people paying upwards of $150,000 to clone their deceased dog or cat. I just sigh. What are these people thinking? Actually, I know what they’re thinking. They’re […]
My Dog Is Dying: The Real Life Crappy Choice Diary, Entry 19
Euthanasia is murder. Euthanasia is mercy. The problem is, how do we bring those two truths together? Future societies will call us barbaric. They’ll say, yes, they had comfortable lives, but they often ended them poorly. They had everything they needed to live, but they did not know how to die, they couldn’t let go. […]