Pets - Our Teachers and Healers

Pets - Our Teachers and Healers
John Cali
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Chief Joseph once told me the major lesson our pets have to teach us is to live in the moment and to love unconditionally. - Chief Joseph

Your domestic pets, especially dogs and cats, are one of the greatest gifts humanity has ever received. We realize you sometimes take these delightful creatures for granted—just as you sometimes do your fellow humans.

Pets are not in your lives solely for your entertainment, though they certainly do entertain you.

More importantly, pets are here as your teachers and, often, your healers.

You have a phrase bandied about much—“dumb” animals. By “dumb” you generally mean “stupid.” Or at least something less than human intelligence.

Dogs and cats have great intelligence.

Nothing could be farther from the truth. While we are in no way diminishing the importance of the human mind, we are saying there is far more “intelligence” in your world than you have ever imagined.

Dogs and cats have great intelligence. Obviously they cannot speak in words, verbally. But they can understand your verbal communication. Yet it’s a rare human who understands dog and cat communication.

Animals communicate with each other and they communicate with you. Their most powerful communication is through telepathy. They read energy. They almost always know ahead of time when something “good” or “bad” is about to happen. They are always tuned into what you sometimes call cosmic consciousness.

Animals have a wealth of intelligence available at all times. This is why, during your tsunamis of 2004,virtually no animals died, though many thousands of humans did.

Without further belaboring that point, we want to stress to you how important your pets are in your lives. They have much to teach you—if you only listen. You may not be able to “hear” what they want to say. But you can sense it if you pay attention.

Spend some quiet time regularly with your pet. Just be together. You don’t have to be doing anything. Just be in a comfortable place. Quiet your mind. Take a few deep breaths. Focus on your pet. Be open to whatever images and impressions enter your awareness. Your pet is quite capable of transmitting images and “words” to you. At least you are able to transmit their communications into images and words that make sense to you.

Practice this regularly. You will deepen the bond and love between you. You will be surprised at what you will learn. You will see life from a whole new perspective, from that wise and broad perspective animals have.

You will learn how to live more fully in the present moment. You will learn to remove the “conditions” you often place on your love for other humans—the “strings” you attach to your human relationships.

You will eventually come to see there are no “dumb” animals. There are no “dumb” humans. You are all one—humans, animals, plants, all of your Mother Earth.

That sense of oneness creates a unified whole. What some of you call All That Is. God, Goddess. The ultimate healer of all life.

About the Channel

John Cali

Since 1992, John Cali has been communicating with a non-physical entity called Joseph. In one of his many physical lifetimes, this spirit was incarnated as the legendary Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce tribe in what is now the state of Oregon in the northwestern USA. These messages are a blend of information from Joseph, other spirits in the "Joseph group," and John.

Joseph and John are available for private readings.
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Communicate with your Cat

Communicating with Your Cat
Sept. 18, 2008

http://www.hsus.org/pets/pet_care/cat_care/communicating_with_your_cat.html?print=t
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You and your cat may speak different languages, but that doesn't mean you can't communicate with each other.

While every cat is different, there is a common code of expression—a set of signals—that you can learn to read easily. Indicators such as the look in your cat's eyes, the tone of her voice, the position of her ears and the motion of her tail can provide important clues regarding your companion's feelings and intentions.

Talk to Your Cat

For starters, you can talk to your cat. Some people feel silly speaking to cats, because they think animals can't understand them. Yet these same people might feel comfortable carrying on long one-sided conversations with infants. Cats do receive information from your conversation: praise, comfort and a sense of security.

Listen

You can get information, too. The more cats are spoken to, the more they will speak back. You will learn a lot from your cat's wide vocabulary of chirps and meows. You will know when it is time to get up (at least in your cat's opinion), when your cat is feeling affectionate, or when your cat is feeling threatened or is in pain. Your cat doesn't necessarily have something urgent to tell you; a passing meow in the hallway may be a simple hello.

Body Language

You can also tell a great deal about what cats want or how they are feeling simply by the look in their eyes or their reaction to things. Are your cat's ears twitching in your direction like satellite dishes when you are speaking? He is absorbing everything you are saying.

Does your cat's back rise up to meet your hand when you pet him? This means your cat is enjoying this contact with you. Does his back seem to collapse away under your slightest touch? Your cat is on his way somewhere and doesn't want to be held up, even by a favorite person.

If your cat crouches low to the ground, he is feeling uneasy. If your cat stands on his toes, you are probably being asked to pick him up. Raised hair on the back and a puffed-out tail are universal signs of hostility or defensiveness. But how about a quivering tail? That is the greatest expression of adoration any cat can bestow upon a human. But a thrashing tail shows the mood has shifted to intense agitation.

Be Positive

Most kittens are eager to learn how to please you. You can easily correct behavior in a young cat with a gentle, but firm tone and a demonstration of the proper way to do things. Praise your kitten when you point out the litter box and scratching post.

Depending upon how happy and peaceful their former lives were, older cats can be a little more difficult to teach, but they are well worth the effort. Patience and kindness should help maintain most ground rules. Hitting your pet is cruel and accomplishes nothing—it will only teach your cat to be afraid of you. A good discipline tool is a spray bottle filled with water.

Catch the cat in the act of scratching the sofa or jumping on the sink and spritz the culprit with a gentle spray of water. (Your cat will associate the behavior with the unpleasant experience of water, but will not associate you with the unpleasant experience.) Then be sure to offer your cat an acceptable outlet for his behavior, and praise him when he does the right thing.

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Look For Signals

Cats are not spiteful creatures—that's one of their most admirable qualities. Contrary to popular assumption, a cat who has a lapse in remembering ground rules or stops using the litter box is not trying to get even with or punish her owner. Your cat might be feeling out of balance, and these signs should alert you that your cat might be unwell or that something else is amiss. There probably is a good reason for this behavior, and it's up to you to figure out what it is.

A cat who stops using the litter box, for example, could be getting a bladder infection. Cats will associate the litter pan with the pain they feel upon urinating and avoid using the litter, or the cat might not like the brand of litter you've started using, or the cat might not feel comfortable using the box where it is kept.

Other things that might disturb your cat might have to do with your behavior: Have you changed your routine or are you under stress or feeling sad? Cats' behavior can alter with any alteration in their routine or environment, such as a new cat or a new home. If abnormal behavior persists, have your veterinarian check your cat for any medical problems. If no medical problems exist, your veterinarian might suggest an animal behavior specialist.