For those of you interested in learning more about animal communication, reading articles written by different communicators and reading what the animals themselves have to say, I invite you to check out Species Link: The Journal of Interspecies Telepathic Communication.

Here’s a sampling from the Summer 2008, Issue 71 edition. It’s an article on allergies to animals, and offers these postulations for allergic reactions:

1. Allergies are based in subconsciously-stored emotionally-charged events
2. Animals on raw meat or homemade lightly cooked meat diets provoke fewer allergic reaction in their people and visitors
3. Allergies may be based in a traumatic experience from this lifetime, or even be based in a past life experience
4. The people may have something inside that needs to be loved but is not, so they compensate by over loving in another direction

I haven’t seen this magazine in bookstores or at news stands, but it can be ordered from Species Link. While there, you can sample articles from previous issues.

Harmony,

Janet Roper

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Hiho, Teddy here. Wishing all of you a good 4th of July with lotsa good food to eat and lotsa good times with your dog pals. But remember we dogs have sensitive ears and those loud fireworks and bright lights can really scare us dogs, so take care of us and help us feel safe and secure!

Over and out,

Teddy

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I have been blogging since February ‘08, so I view myself as at old hand at it by now. I’ve even reached the point where I don’t stop what I’m doing simply to respond to a comment.

When I first started blogging, I promised myself I would not use the blog as a soap box. No matter what came up. No matter what my feelings were on any given subject. Blogging does not equal soap box.

I’m pleased to share with you that I have resisted every single urge to create a soap box. I know - I searched the blog not once, not twice but thrice and the words ’soap box’ were nowhere to be found.

Yeah me!

Ah, but did I mention that I’m a teacher? An experienced teacher who has worked and kept order with 300 little second and third graders with violins and bows in hand. I did this by using my ‘teacher voice’. We all know what that is, and I imagine the majority of us have experienced having the teacher voice used on us. When a teacher uses that voice we all cease whatever we are doing and pay attention.

So, I am not on a soap box, but I am using my ‘teacher voice’. Pay attention!

The other day a friend forwarded an email to me entitled ‘What You Don’t Know about Plastic Bags’. I watched this and was horrified to learn what plastic bags are doing to the environment, and how they are endangering and killing animals.

I feel very strongly that people need to be aware of this situation. Because of this, I am providing a link so that you can learn about this yourself. Click and you will be able to download the file. When you click, a compressed (zipped) PDF file will be downloaded to the hard drive of your computer. You can then open the file and see all the gory details for yourself.

We are One, we are Connected with Mother Earth and all creatures. When we abuse Mother Earth and her creatures, we are abusing ourselves. It is time for the tide to turn, and for us to take care of Mother Earth and our companion creatures.

The gift of responsibility is that it gives us the ability to respond.

We are called to step up and to step out to assist in the compassionate healing of Mother Earth and all creatures, who are, after all, our own kindred spirits.

My friend said this in her email:

I realize that a lot of people use plastic bags out of convenience (You’ll think differently when you look at this attachment!), but take just a few minutes to consider your impact. Don’t use the age-old excuse, “Well, I’m only one person. It’s not going to help anything if I make efforts. Let the other people do it.” If everyone keeps thinking that, we’ll get nowhere.

I was at Target yesterday and the lady just automatically started putting my stuff in plastic and I stopped her, requesting paper. She informed me that Target has now enforced a policy where cashiers cannot ask if you want paper or plastic (like they used to)…. Because it’s “so expensive to make paper bags”. Make sure to request paper…. Please.

I am still using my teacher voice: Your homework is to look at this attachment, and to explore ways that you and your family can cut back on/cut out the use of plastic in your life. Once you have done that, come back and share with us the ways you have cut plastic from your life. I pledge that I will carry my cotton grocery bags in the car so I will no longer need plastic or paper. Teacher voice done.

See? Five months of blogging and I have not used the blog as a soap box. As my dog Teddy says ‘I did GOOOOOOOOD!’

Harmony,

Janet Roper

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Giddy-up cowgirls and boys and gallop on over to halt near x to see the latest entries for the Carnival of the Horses. Once you’ve dismounted and cared for your horse, take your boots off, rest your saddle-sore-joints and plan to sit-a-spell to read the entries. While you’re there, check out the halt near x site - it’s way cool!

Y’all have a good time now, ya hear?

Harmony,

Janet Roper

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Big purple button = new podcast. Check it out and hear more tips about creating a soothing soundscape for your dog over the 4th of July holiday.

Harmony,

Janet Roper

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It’s coming up - our nation’s birthday. A time for celebration, community, and merrymaking. And what better way to enjoy the celebration than by watching fireworks with friends and family?

While most people I know enjoy the sounds and festivities of the 4th of July, this is not necessarily true of my pet partners. This is an extraordinarily difficult time for one of my dogs, Emmie.

Firework celebrations in my neighborhood begin around the middle of June and end around the middle of July. OK, there’s a little bit of hyperbole involved with the statement, but you get my drift.

My two dogs have different reactions to the auditory celebrations. Teddy takes it in stride, as he does most things. Poor Emmie, on the other hand, is beside herself during this time. She alternates between pacing, worrying, hiding, staying as close to me as she possibly can, and refusing to go outside if she has heard fireworks.

Because of this, I now celebrate the 4th of July at home, creating an atmosphere as calming as possible for Emmie, helping her to survive yet another year of fireworks.

Here are some of the actions I take to help Emmie:

1. I choose to stay at home, creating a quiet, serene atmosphere.
2. I close windows and doors, insulating the house as much as possible from the outdoor sounds.
3. I will have the TV or music going to help cover the sound of the fireworks.
4. I explain to Emmie in advance that the 4th of July is coming up and she will be hearing the fireworks, but soon this will pass. I reassure her that she is safe, and if she needs to go to a different room to feel safer, that’s OK. I tell her how brave she is and I compliment her courage.
5. I do not go outside as I do not want to cause her more stress.

Here is an article that gives you more information on Fourth of July Safety Tips for your dogs.

Harmony,

Janet Roper

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Meet Billy, one of my beloved cats. Billy is an eight year old tabby. All he asks out of life is to be loved and to help me when he can. With a little help from my friend Billy, my day goes much better.

Billy makes sure there are no mice running amok on the book case.

Billy jumps into the box, checking I have removed everything before the box is recycled.

Here he’s reminding me to take a break and enjoy the sun.

A very discriminating musician, Billy previews the music I am planning on using at an elder care Music Wellness session.

On mouse patrol again, telling me we’ve captured one that needs to be released in the woods.

After all that hard work, it’s time to take a nap and dream sweet dreams.

Don’t forget to put the clean plates here.

He’s worked very hard today, trying to keep me in line. Time to call it quits.

Do you have an animal helper in your life?

Harmony,

Janet Roper

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Today’s Animal of the Day

Marsupial Mole

It is very rare, and is rarely seen

They only have small lenses where their eyes would be, and they only have two small holes where their ears would be

It’s an endangered species

Harmony,

Janet Roper

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I perceive part of my job description as a human being on Planet Earth is to spot dead animals along the road side and send them on their way to the Light. As I’m driving I may be talking to someone, I may be singing or performing some other driving friendly activity, but in my mind as I pass the animals I am saying ‘Go to the Light, Little One’.

Sometimes I will pass the same carcass many times, yet each time I give it my own personal little benediction, ‘Go the the Light, Little One’. I have even sent squashed paper bags, old boots or blown out tires to the Light.

When I’m not horsin’ around as an animal communicator, I’m fiddlin’ around as a professional violinist providing Music Wellness in elder care facilities. Today was a fiddlin’ around day. I had finished one engagement and was en route to another one. As usual, I was sending animals to the Light as I was driving.

I went past a turtle on the side of the road, was in the middle of sending it to the Light, when I realized that he was flipped over on his back, and was trying to right himself. His little flipper arm looked like it was trying to wave down help from the passing traffic.

It took me 2.5 miles before I could find a place to turn around and return to help him. Once I found him again, I pulled off the road and went to assist the little guy. Not only was he on his back, his shell had been cracked top and bottom, and he was bleeding.

I gently turned him over, and would have set him in the shade if there had been any available. I returned to my car and called my vet to see if they worked on turtles. Unfortunately, they don’t. I left him on the side of the road, not knowing how else to help the little guy. I sent out prayers that someone more knowledgeable than I would soon be by to help the fellow.

A few miles further I saw a snapping turtle with a big gapping hole in the apex of her shell. It looked like the turtle had been hit very hard with either a hammer or a hard ball. This one appeared to be dead, so I sent her to the Light.

I was late arriving at my engagement because of my turtle troubles.

At some point, after seeing these injured (dead? dying?) turtles I was spiraled back to my childhood, and remembered my dad, his brother and a young uncle reminiscing about their childhood, laughing about turtles they had put on their back, watching them struggle to right themselves. It was a game to them. I was too young to know better, so I laughed along with my dad and uncles.

I am disturbed by the turtles’ troubles, and can’t detach myself from worry and wondering what happened to them.

I have to accept the fact, no, the truth, that I did what I could for the turtles, and it probably was not enough to save either turtle (assuming the snapping turtle was alive). I am not a saviour ~ I can’t make everything right or resurrect dead or dying turtles.

This is a difficult lesson for me - to do what I can and then release the outcome of the situation. Not only release the outcome of the situation, but to be totally detached from the outcome: to allow the situation to develop and grow as it needs to.

I know this is an overly simplistic view, but when I am in a balanced state, feeling life is good, it is easy to say, and believe, that what happens is the best for all involved. Today is not one of those days.

Harmony,

Janet Roper

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When we do a communication, we move from an ordinary sense of being to a remarkable state of being. We start this by moving to a place of quiet, where we won’t be interrupted or disturbed as we connect with the animals. Once in this quiet setting, we proceed to quiet ourselves, removing the mental, emotional and physical debris of our hectic, sometimes disorderly and cacophonous life, which allows us to be a clear and open channel for the information from the animal.

We then start to send and receive information telepathically with the animal. The ways we exchange the information are:

• Clairvoyance: seeing images, pictures and/or visions.
• Clairaudience: hearing sounds, thoughts and/or words.
• Clairsentience: feeling emotions, feelings and/or emotions.
• Clairgustance: smelling.

‘Clair’ means clear, so we are picking up information by clearly seeing, clearly hearing, clearly feeling and/or clearly smelling. Information that we pick up in this manner is not physically present.

In working with the information we psychically receive, we are working with ‘higher’ information than we are used to taking in and working with on a daily basis. If we are not in good shape physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually, this can take a toll on our body, wearing us out or even making us feel physically ill. It can also skew or influence the information we are working with.

In the early days of doing “No-Pet” Pet Parties, the hostess would have desserts available for when we finished the animal conversations. I would join in for both the food and camaraderie, only to find myself feeling nauseous afterwards. I learned that I can not mix animal communications with sweets or carbohydrates without it taking a toll on my body. I am thankful I didn’t partake of the sweets before the event, otherwise this could have affected the information I received.

As communicators, or intuitives, it is important that we take care of ourselves, being as healthy, well-rounded and balanced as we can be. The better care we take of ourselves, the clearer our channel to receive and transmit information.

Good diet and exercise, as well as an alert mind and a willingness to learn more about ourselves so we don’t project our own issues into a communication are good customs to implement and practice.

Finally, once we are finished with a communication, it is always a good idea to give our body a chance to acclimate to our customary state of being. Sometimes after a communication we can feel spacey or ‘out of it’. Coming back gently and slowly, stretching, doing some physical movement will help the transition. Sometimes when I have finished a communication, especially if it has been an exceptionally deep or lengthy one, I crave a hamburger to get me feeling back to my everyday self!

Harmony,

Janet Roper

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