Guest: Reisa Mary Stone 07/21 by chammond | Blog Talk Radio

Hear me discuss Rainbow Bridge contact and the role of animal communication in rescue, on PAWSITIVE Radio!

Guest: Reisa Mary Stone 07/21 by chammond | Blog Talk Radio

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Big World, Too Cold

How the little patootie survived the neglect and abandonment to the streets, we'll never know. She showed me an overwhelming jumble of car tires, terrifying noise and scraggly bushes. An owner she yearned for but who mainly left her, ignored, in the back yard.

She wasn't emaciated, but her coat, teeth and nails spoke of significant neglect. Grooming isn't just for vanity. Neglecting same can create severe discomfort and infection.

There she was, a new "capture" by Animal Control.

Shandy, a tiny Maltese, was clearly uncomfortable and bewildered in the drafty, echoing kennels. She was a pretty popular gal, so it took a few days before I had a chance to take her for a walk. As usual, most volunteers hadn't showed in the cold rain.

When volunteering for a shelter, the weather is irrelevant. Besides meals, it's all shelter animals have to look forward to. Walks mean social time, fitness, training, and maintaining housebreaking. They can define the slim margin between a dog that seems adoptable, and one that exhibits "kennel craziness," barking wildly and otherwise displaying behaviors that turn off adopters. Unwanted behavior leads to longer shelter stays, and increased kennel craziness.

I bundled Shandy in a blue fleece jacket, carried her over the puddles, and put her on the damp but very walkable path.

She balked. In a high, tiny voice, much like a mosquito's, she said, "Big world. Too cold."

I walked a couple of steps forward and jiggled the slim lead, encouraging her with my voice. With a dog whose neck is the circumference and fragility of a banana, you don't dare try the smallest tug.

Shandy planted all four of those teeny paws, and repeated, "Big world, too cold." This time, her voice quavered like an old soprano's.

By now, even big ol' Manitoba-bred me was feeling the chill and damp. I noticed cold water running down the back of my neck. "Okay Shandy," I said, "You win."

I tucked her under my arm and felt her smug satisfaction radiating as I carried her back. Five pounds of fragility and iron will. She was grinning inside.

"Thank goodness you're back!" said the kennel manager, "Shandy's adopter has just been approved." A pleasant, comfy looking lady smiled at me. "I got here as quickly as I could. Thanks for taking her out, and for putting her in that warm jacket," she said.

It seems Shandy, as tiny, lost and neglected as she was, has her own ways of surviving this big, cold world.

Kind regards,
Reisa Mary Stone
Animal Communicator
www.reisastone.com

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Do Animal Trainers "Whisper"?

I'm not even sure where the idea began: that the special gift some people have with animals is based upon whispering to them.

Even the popular TV show named The Dog Whisperer is a misnomer. Have you ever witnessed Cesar Millan "whispering" to a dog?!

This notion of whispering comes from the fact that the truly great animal trainers use silent telepathic skills. I've verified this with many. They may not call it Animal Communication, but sending and receiving mental images from animals is routine. Want the dog to sit? Visualize her sitting. Want your horse to canter a circle without constantly applying leg, hand and seat aids? Visualize her cantering the circle, effortlessly.

Try this yourself: at a time of day you don't usually walk your dog, visualize him getting his leash and waiting at the door. Or silently tell your horse you'll be at the pasture gate in an hour, with oats. See what happens.

By the way, follow up on those promises. Animals are simple and sincere. Once you lie to them, they'll have a hard time trusting you. Since telepathy is by far their primary form of communication, not following through with a mental image is the same as being verbally lied to, to a human.

By the same token, visualizing one thing while saying another, is very confusing to animals. If you're galloping towards a jump while anticipating a refusal, the outcome is far more likely to be a refusal.

The idea that this is whispering, is a result of the onlookers not hearing the trainer speak. Because Animal Communication is still "woo woo" to the majority, it's not the term trainers use to describe, well, Animal Communication.

Does whispering have a place in animal training? No. Whispering is accompanied by a hiss of air, which is irritating to most creatures. They appreciate a well modulated voice. The closest thing to effective whispering is when you befriend a horse by mutually breathing in each others' nostrils. Chew a mint before doing so, and you have a friend for life!

What most matters is the telepathic and empathic connection. As for giving one word commands: they're efficient for fast paced sports. Otherwise, animals understand complete sentences, particularly when accompanied by mental images. One word, brisk commands are accepted with a mix of amused tolerance and confusion at the human inability to form complete ideas :-D

Yours in the love of animals,
Reisa Mary Stone
www.reisastone.com

The Politics of Blogging

Because I do so much personal animal rescue, I receive requests from my blog and newsletter readers to post animal welfare notices. The other day I was asked to post defamatory comments about a veterinarian, then became the recipient of the requester's anger when I called the vet clinic to get their side of the story. I determined quickly that the accusations about the vet were unfounded. I had been set up in a situation, that if I had responded with only my "heart for animals," could have resulted in a lawsuit, as well as distress for the veterinarian.

I love animals and care for their welfare with my entire being. I spend countless hours in direct rescue and advocacy, financed with my own dollars. I'm willing to hear your rescue story, as long as it's based upon facts I can verify. I would no sooner publish or otherwise spread unsubstantiated accusations, than I would tolerate someone doing the same to me.

Thank you for caring about the animals, and supporting my rescue and Animal Communication work.

With love and peace to all,
Reisa Mary Stone
www.reisastone.com

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