My style.

Every communicator has her own special gift and style with this work. To understand the differences between us, imagine for a moment that I am sitting in my kitchen peeling potatoes. You drop by for a visit, but we get interrupted three times, when three different people call me on the phone and ask me “how are you Calloway?”

The first time the phone rings, I say. “Oh, hello! I’m fine, thank you. Yes, the kids are well, they’re out in the barn playing. Yes, I am just sitting here peeling potatoes. So-and-so’s dropped by. One of the horses turned up lame this morning and we had the vet out. No, not much news except for that.”

The second time the phone rings, I answer the “how are you?” question differently. “Oh, I’m OK,” I say. “But it’s so good to hear from you. I’m feeling kind of down today. Yes, I had a confusing session with an animal last night, and I just can’t put it out of my head... I hate it when I can’t figure out how to be helpful. The owner’s desperate. It’s really a sad case. And now our horse Belle is lame and the vet was out this morning and he told me I need to pay off my bill, but I don’t know where to find the money. Yes, it’s been a rough day.”

The third time, I answer differently again. “Oh, I’m fine,” I say. “I did hurt my back this morning picking up Belle’s foot, but it’s a lot better now. I used that salve you gave me and it does seems to help. But you know, I’ve had 3 headaches this month and I don’t know why. You think that might help? I’ll try it. Yes, I’ll let you know if I get any more.”

Three completely different answers to the same question, and all are 100% accurate and true. The first answer was newsy and factual but not at all deep. The second was deep and emotional, but not newsy. And the third was a detailed description of how I felt physically. The interests and personality of the person asking the question, of course, had a huge impact on the answer I gave them.

The animals discriminate the same way when they communicate with us! Some animal communicators can routinely rattle off startling details about the inside of your house and the flavor of your dog’s food. Some of us are gifted empaths, and work most easily with the deeper level emotions and psychological/spiritual needs of the animals. Some of us are geniuses at telling exactly where and why an animal’s body hurts. Almost all of us who do this work professionally are able to consistently receive accurate and relevant physical, emotional, and general information from the animals, but in my experience all of us have our natural strengths and genius.

I am a skilled empathic communicator. The deeper level emotional/spiritual landscape is just my first language and my natural specialty. I love unravelling the emotions and psychological needs that cause the animals’ strange behavioural “problems.” I love the peculiar challenge of getting a guarded or difficult or traumatized animal to relax and trust me and communicate honestly. I love working with “problem” animals that other communicators and trainers and vets can’t seem to help. Once I’ve got an animal to relax and communicate at a deep and honest emotional level (this usually takes anywhere from two to fifteen minutes, but can take longer depending on the animal), then I’m happy to ask her questions about her physical health, her daily routine, her preferences, her behavior, etc. But I always start by understanding the emotions and spirit of the animal. It’s just what feels right and consistently works best for me. Sometimes, of course, the animal will take charge of the session immediately and pull me right inside her to show me how she is feeling physically and what organ systems need attention. In these cases, I let go of my plan and try to follow the animal’s lead about which direction the session should go.

Animal communicators also structure our sessions in many different ways. Some of us work “live,” either in person or on the phone, answering your questions one by one. Some of us only work with the animal physically present. Some of us work off the phone in a quiet meditative state, and then email you the animal’s answers to your questions. Some of us like to have a photograph of the animal, or even some fur. Some of us communicate with the animals using in a kind of “automatic writing.” Some of us like to know a lot about the animal’s background and history. Some of us like to work blank. All of these different styles are valid.

I love to work with the animals physically present, but since most of my clients are far away I do 90% of my work over the phone. I prefer to work live, with you on the phone, asking the animal your questions one at a time and relaying his answers. I prefer to have a photograph of the animal, if possible. I prefer to know little about the animals before I “meet” them telepathically.

ANIMAL SCHOOL

Once upon a time, the animals decided they must do something heroic to meet the problems of a “New World,” so they organized a school. They adopted an activity curriculum consisting of running, climbing, swimming, and flying. To make it easier to administer, all animals took all the subjects.

The duck was excellent in swimming, better in fact than his instructor, and made excellent grades in flying, but he was very poor in running. Since he was low in running he had to stay after school and also drop swimming to practice running. This was kept up until his web feet were badly worn and he was only average in swimming. But average was acceptable in school, so nobody worried about that except the duck.

The rabbit started at the top of the class in running, but had a nervous breakdown because of so much makeup in swimming.

The squirrel was excellent in climbing until he developed frustrations in the flying class where his teacher made him start from the ground up instead of from the tree-top down. He also developed charley horses from over-exertion and he got a C in Climbing and a D in running.

The eagle was a problem child and had to be disciplined severely. In climbing class he beat all the others to the top of the tree, but insisted on using his own way of getting there.

At the end of the year, an abnormal eel that could swim exceedingly well and also could run, climb and fly a little had the highest average and was valedictorian.

The prairie dogs stayed out of school and fought the tax levy because the administration would not add digging and burrowing to the curriculum. They apprenticed their children to the badger and later joined the groundhogs and gophers to start a successful private school.

          ~Dr. R. H. Reeves