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Animal Communicators
Reiki_Masters
Grief and Loss of a Pet
Health Information
Health Products & Services
Reviewed Books on Animal Care
Animal Communicators
Animal Talk (Penelope Smith)
Penelope Smith is the founder of the field named interspecies telepathic communication. Having communicated with animals telepathically throughout her life, in l971she realized that she could apply her counseling skills, knowledge of nutrition, and holistic body energy work to helping animals be relieved of emotional issues and other problems. As founder, she developed a vast curriculum in telepathic animal communication and has taught many this art. She is a practicing animal communicator, teacher, and facilitator.
animaltalkblog.com
Linda Fortune shares what she has learned about telepathic animal communication and her experiences with the animals in her life. Being totally unaware of this field of learning previously, Linda was introduced to telepathic animal communication in March of 2006 just prior to Regal's passing. Her journey has proven to be a marvelous addition to her life. Her awareness and understanding of animal feelings has expanded and she has been able to utilize the art of animal communication in helping her animal friends. This is an evolving dialogue.
petstoriesblog.com
Linda Fortune will be sharing many of her animal communication pet stories as this blog evolves. This blog starts with the evolving story of Tux, a 14 year old "pistol" that came into her life upon the passing of a dear friend which left Tux in need of a home. Tux presented some big issues which are being resolved with the application of the lessons learned with Regal i.e. the presence of sacred chants, Reiki, and lots of love. It is a beautiful story of love and transformation.
Mary Getten
Coming from a background in marine mammal care, Mary was trained in the art of animal communication by Penelope Smith and is a Flower Essence Practitioner. Utilizing her skills, she works with animals and their humans, teaches a variety of courses on animal communication, and is an author relating her conversations with the whales in Orcas: The Whales’ Perspective.
Jasmine Indra
Jasmine is the animal communicator who first assisted Linda Fortune, the author of Regal, as she was coping with Regal’s decline in health. The experience was profound and very comforting. This site is fascinating. Jasmine shares her interesting evolution into the field of animal communication, what animal communication is, and her utilization of the Yuen Method of Chinese Energetics as a powerful healing tool for animals and humans alike.
Pet communication (Dr. Monica Diedrich)
Dr. Monica is a dedicated animal communicator who utilizes the healing energy art of Reiki and other skills in bringing physical, emotional and spiritual healing to animals. She is teaches courses on the skills of animal communication and is the author of three insightful books on animal feelings.
Animal Healing Institute (Elizabeth Fulton)
Elizabeth Fulton, an animal communicator and healer, offers a comprehensive approach to her healing work with animals and their humans. She utilizes animal communication, Reiki, and Flower Essences as she works with animals and their humans alike regarding animal health, death and grief, and other presented issues.
Kathy Paradise
Kathy was a psychiatric nurse who was drawn to develop her intuitive abilities and has applied them with heart in the field of animal communication. She draws from the fields of massage, Bach Flower Remedies, homeopathy, and Reiki as she works with animals and people.
Hilary Renaissance
Hilary incorporates the art of Reiki (healing touch), Tellington TTouch, and Flower Essence Therapy in her animal communication work with animals and their humans. Her goal is to work in partnership with her human and animal clients in bringing them greater awareness and enjoyment of each other. Her site offers a brief overview on animal communication, information on workshops, and more.
ReikiShamanic (Rose De Dan)
Rose De Dan, an animal communicator and healer, offers private sessions for animals and their humans and teaches Reiki and shamanic classes.
The Animal Communication Project
This website presents important information on communication among animals.
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Reiki Masters
The Usui System of Natural Healing Reiki on!
Jean Ferris, Reiki Master, travels year-round and worldwide to teach Reiki and initiate any person who desires entry into the healing realms of the Usui System of Natural Healing, Usui Shiki Ryoho. This website shares about Reiki, stories of helping animals with Reiki, and offers much information including Jean's schedule and upcoming Reiki trainings. Reiki is a powerful and wonderful form of energy healing that is easily acquired through training and initiation. One of the stories describes how Reiki supported Regal's unusual wonderful response to her western medical treatments for kidney failure.
Mary Ellen Floyd
Mary Ellen Floyd, Reiki Master, travels between New Mexico and Washington state. Please contact her directly through email, mefloydrm@gmail.com, for information regarding her training schedule and offerings. Linda, author of Regal, was trained and initiated into 2nd level Reiki by Mary Ellen when Regal was ill and wanted only distant work done. Linda has found Reiki to be powerful and instrumental in helping Regal and, now, her new cat, Tux 'the pistol'.
Grief and Loss of a Pet
byebyeblog.com
This blog starts out with an historical account of Linda Fortune's experiences with the passing of animal friends from her childhood up to the present day. From the things she learned during these experiences, Linda expands into a discussion of various aspects of grief and loss. An evolving dialogue, she honors the feelings that arise when an animal friend passes and will explore many related topics.
HELPGUIDE.ORG
This comprehensive website gives information on understanding, preventing, and resolving many of life’s challenges. In the section on Grief and Loss, they offer this special page entitled “Grieving the Loss of a Pet”. Their recognition and respect for one who has lost a pet and how difficult that can be is very apparent. They provide valuable information on:
- understanding sadness and how the loss of a pet is similar to and different from a human loss,
- coping with, stages , and length of grieving,
- other specific issues related to the loss of a pet.
Words of Condolences
Words of Condolences offers message samples for expressing words of sympathy to someone after the loss of a loved one. Use these condolence examples to help you write your condolences in cards or letters of sympathy.
PetEducation.com
While this website provides wonderful resources on many topics related to animals, this link provides specific information on the grief and the loss of a pet. Some of the topics covered are:
- stages of grief and how grief is expressed
- understanding the pet loss of a child or elderly person and how to help
- understanding that animals also grieve
Pet Loss Grief Support Website
This website proves this wonderful article entitled “Grief and Pet Loss” by Margaret Muns, DVM. It also provides a link so that you could send this article directly to a friend who may be experiencing such a loss. This article covers:
- grieving the loss of a pet and the stages of grief
- helping both children and other animal companions with their grieving
- specific tips to help in the healing process
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Health Information
naturalcare4pets.com
Linda Fortune learned and continues to learn a great deal about animal care and health starting with her experience with Regal. More finely intuned, Linda shares information about important health issues, personal experiences, and resources of those who specialize in animal care. Her evolving dialogue is interesting and informative.
rescuerover.com
This blog honors those organizations and volunteers that care for the health of animals in all sorts of rescue circumstances. Thankfully, these organizations are dedicated to the care and protection of all animals that are in need and to the education and increased awareness in humanity.
Alternative Pet Health
This website provides a comprehensive guide to holistic pet care. It focuses on natural healing and healthy living for your animals:
- by sharing an overview of basic health principles,
- by sharing information about alternative treatment practices for different types of animals and/or ailments,
- by offering a directory of resources for books, additional websites, and alternative health practitioners that can supplement good medical care.
Animals Optimum Nutrition: Raw Food Diet
This is quite an eye opening educational web site that is dedicated to helping promote the natural health for humans and their animals.
- On the home page under Animal Diseases and their Natural Care you will find some very powerful statements by veterinarians regarding the problems with processed pet foods and their relationship to the illness and premature deaths of our dogs and cats.
- The site provides numerable links, as well as a fill in Search link, to find important information on health topics.
- This site will broaden, reinforce, and maybe even challenge some of your understandings of health practices.
HomeVet.com
This web site by an integrative veterinarian offers information on conventional pet care as well as holistic alternatives. This veterinarian believes, as does CatAcumen Press, that integrating conventional pet care and holistic alternatives is the best way to raise healthy pets and to care for sick ones:
- this website offers a wealth of information on both conventional and alternative health care and alternative healthcare providers.
- Excellent book recommendations.
Judy’s Health Café: Natural Health for Pets and People
This site offers products that support natural and holistic approaches to caring for pets and their nutrition, human health and diseases and problems. They provide healthy products and alternative treatments for you and your pet to achieve and maintain healthy lives.
Natural Pet Health Blog
This blog addresses natural pet health care issues that arose and expanded through the writing Regal’s story.
Natural Pet Health Blog
A resource site offering links to websites that focus on naturally caring for pets, natural herbs and remedies, and natural holistic health.
Only Natural Pet Store
This comprehensive site focuses on providing a wide variety of natural products (vitamins, supplements), holistic remedies, organic food for cats and dogs, toys and much more. They also provide:
- A Holistic Healthcare Library which focuses on health conditions and remedies,
- Newsletter Articles,
- ‘Ask The Vet’ link where you can ask a question of a veterinarian.
- They make available books on natural pet care written by holistic veterinarians.
Pet-Alive.com
PetAlive.com provides herbal and homeopathic remedies for your pet’s health. Given a long list of health issues, this site recommends specific products to naturally address the issue.
Pet Health Care Information
This site offers free pet health care information and even a free Pet Newsletter should you wish to sign up. Under the links to Birds, Dogs, Cats, Horses, and Small & Exotic Pets you will find further links to specific health issues and suggested health products to address these common issues.
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Health Products & Services
Only Natural Pet Store
This comprehensive site focuses on providing a wide variety of natural products(vitamins, supplements), holistic remedies, organic food for cats and dogs, toys and much more.
Pet-Alive.com
PetAlive.com provides herbal and homeopathic remedies for your pet’s health. Given a long list of health issues, this site recommends specific products to naturally address the issue.
Natural Pet Health Blog
A resource site offering links to websites that focus on naturally caring for pets, natural herbs and remedies, and natural holistic health.
Judy’s Health Café: Natural Health for Pets and People
This site offers products that support natural and holistic approaches to caring for pets and their nutrition, human health and diseases and problems. They provide healthy products and alternative treatments for you and your pet to achieve and maintain healthy lives.
Cat Health Products & Services
Take the Free CatAge Test: Get free cat health advice and learn how old your cat really is.
This site not only can help you determine your cat’s age (based on your cat’s health, risk of disease and behavior) in people years but is a good source for feline care health information in all areas, offers weekly health updates, and has a good reference section.
Cat Declawing Alternative: Veterinarian developed safe & humane alternative to declawing.
This site not only has an alternative to declawing but also has clear instructions on how to do claw trimming. Veterinarian developed safe and humane alternative to declawing.
Puget Sound Pet Stop
Driven by a genuine concern for keeping pets safe and protected, this site provides a product, underground electric dog and cat fences, which are the most advanced, highly-effective, safe pet containment systems available. Their service includes a home visit to evaluate your yard and customize an Indoor or Outdoor system that is right for your animal.
Cat Training Manual
This site offers information on an e-book, Cat Training Mastery – An Owner’s Manual, that is available on this site. This e-book covers understanding why cats do what they do, reading cat signals, forming and maintaining a bond, and solving behavior problems.
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Reviewed Books on Animal Care
Anitra Frazier and Norma Eckrote’s book, The New Natural Cat: A Complete Guide for Finicky Owners, is a comprehensive guide for the natural and preventative care of felines. It has an excellent section about the whole issue of food quality, describing how foods and supplements affect the feline, and how to offer your cat a completely balanced and nutritional diet. It details the problems with processed foods and toxins, and their effect on our pets. This book is a must for anyone who wants to provide the best care for their feline.
Dr. Pitcairn, D.V.M., Ph.D., and Susan Hubble Pitcairn’s book Dr. Pitcairn’s Complete Guide to Natural Health for Dogs and Cats is an excellent natural and holistic resource on nutrition, treatment, and healing of pets. Valuable information is offered covering all aspects of a pet’s life i.e. diet, exercise, environment, preventative health care, illness information with natural and holistic treatment options, caring for a sick animal, and coping with death of one’s pet. This book, written by a veterinarian and veterinary specialist, will stop you in your tracks, as you learned about the devastating truth of commercial pet foods. It provides the rationale and support for wanting to provide a natural approach to feeding your beloved pets. This book could be the bible of natural health care for animals. It speaks with authority and communicates great regard for animals and what they need.
Kymythy R. Schultze’s, C.C.N., A.H.I. book, Natural Nutrition for Dogs and Cats: The Ultimate Diet, not only provides the rationale and understanding for feeding our dogs and cats a natural, healthy diet but also provides all the information needed to make that possible. Drawing upon years of study and teaching about animals and their nutritional needs, Kymythy has clearly defined a workable nutritional program that anyone can follow to provide natural home prepared meals for their pets. This book is brilliant in its simplicity and clarity. Natural foods far surpass processed foods in their nutritional value and positive health benefits to animals.
Andi Brown’s book, The Whole Pet Diet: Eight Weeks to Great Health for Dogs and Cats, makes the case for and provides the information necessary to understanding and implementing a home-prepared fresh-food diet for your animal friend. With his guidance anyone can learn to provide his or her pet with an optimal diet. Dr. Pitcairn, author of Dr. Pitcairn’s Complete Guide to Natural Health for Dogs and Cats, wrote the Foreword to this book and expresses his understanding of the value of a fresh-food diet from his own personal experience.
Sandy Arora’s book, Whole Health for happy cats, is literally “a guide to keeping your cat naturally healthy, happy, and well-fed”. Part One covers the area of prevention that includes the principles of holistic cat care and comprehensive information on raw diets for felines. Part Two covers the area of wellness that includes veterinary care, home care utilizing holistic remedies, and understanding cat behavior. This book is beautifully done with wonderful photographs and excellent information.
Ann M. Martin’s book, Food Pets Die For: Shocking Facts about Pet Food, reveals her findings of the shocking and hidden truths of what is allowed in pet food after a thorough seven year investigation. Her documented book reveals serious problems and raises issues that we can address as we, pet owners, decide to make better choices in what we feed our animal friends. The recent pet contaminated food problem in 2007 certainly gives us further cause to consider the validity of Ann Martin’s revelations and to become firm in making more informed choices about the food that we feed our beloved pets.
The Ten Trusts: What We Can Do to Care for the Animals We Love, by Jane Goodall and Marc Bekoff expands our awareness, respect, and sense of responsibility and interconnectedness in our relationship with all the animals and living beings of our world. We truly are the stewards of our natural world and what we do makes a difference. Jane Goodall and Marc Bekoff call upon us to join their vision of making a better world by eliminating cruelty and hatred and giving rise to compassion and love for all living beings by putting these ten trusts to work in our lives. The very quality of our earth’s life and our life is at stake.
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