Talking with Dogs and Cats: Joining the Conversation to Improve Behavior and Bond with Your Animals - Softcover

Link, Tim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1608683222 ISBN 13: 9781608683222

Verlag: New World Library, 2015

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Learn to talk and listen to your pet in order to connect and solve behavioral issues

Animal lovers often wonder what their pet’s meow, bark, tweet, or stare means. Why the incessant meowing after Kitty has been fed, petted, and played with? Why is Fido barking up a storm or digging as if his life depended on it? Pet owners want to know, and Tim Link, an expert animal communicator, teaches readers how to find out. The author was surprised to find himself communicating with the pets of family and friends. Because Link was caught off guard by his own gift, he is adept at helping readers first hone their communication skills, using the spoken and the visual, and then focus on particular behaviors. Unlike most training methods, Link’s approach respects the personality and feelings of animals. His methods, simple and accessible to all, facilitate the understanding that all animal lovers crave.

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Tim Link is the host of the nationally syndicated radio show Animal Writes and a regular contributing writer for Victoria Stilwell’s Positively pet expert blog and Dogster and Catster magazines. He lives with his wife and their many pets outside Atlanta, Georgia.

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Talking with Dogs and Cats

Joining the Conversation to Improve Behavior and Bond with Your Animals

By Tim Link

New World Library

Copyright © 2015 Tim Link
All rights reserved.

ISBN: 978-1-60868-322-2

Contents

Foreword by Victoria Stilwell, 
Introduction: How You Can Join the Conversation, 
Part I: Understanding and Communicating with Your Animals, 
Chapter 1: The Animal Connection, 
Chapter 2: Giving the Animals a Voice, 
Chapter 3: Talking to the Animals, 
Chapter 4: Trusting What You Receive, 
Chapter 5: Telepathy Basics, 
Chapter 6: Respecting and Understanding Each Unique Animal, 
Chapter 7: Past, Present, and Future, 
Chapter 8: Animals' Emotions and Sensitivity to Our Energy, 
Chapter 9: Animals as Barometers, 
Chapter 10: Training and Communication, 
Chapter 11: Keeping Animals Informed, 
Chapter 12: Behavior Changes, 
Part II: Addressing Animals' Needs and Behavioral Challenges, 
Chapter 13: Jobs for the Animals, 
Chapter 14: Socialization of Animals, 
Chapter 15: Separation Anxiety, 
Chapter 16: Changes in Routine, 
Chapter 17: Cats and Litter Boxes, 
Chapter 18: Excessive Barking, 
Chapter 19: Riding in the Car, 
Chapter 20: Storms, Fireworks, and Other Loud Noises, 
Chapter 21: Crate-Training, 
Chapter 22: Making Outings Enjoyable, 
Chapter 23: Walking on a Leash, 
Chapter 24: Dogs and Cats in the Yard, 
Chapter 25: Digging Dogs and Cats, 
Chapter 26: Show Dogs, 
Chapter 27: Equal Treatment, 
Chapter 28: Company Is Coming, 
Chapter 29: Baby Is Here, 
Chapter 30: A New Pet Has Arrived, 
Chapter 31: Sharing Toys and Treats, 
Afterword, 
Acknowledgments, 
Recommended Reading and Supplemental Material, 
About the Author, 

CHAPTER 1

The Animal Connection

Since you're reading this book, I'm assuming you have or have had dogs and/or cats in your life. I'm sure you would say that you have a deep love and bond with each of them. Sometimes it takes a little time for them to work their way completely into our lives. However, for most of us, it was love at first sight and we don't want to think of what life would be without them. Their cute, sweet, and gentle faces always bring a smile to ours. Their soulful eyes connecting with our inner being and expressing pure love is almost too much to handle. Their individual personalities, joyful free spirits, and endless excitement for life are undeniable. It doesn't take long for them to win our admiration and bring about our complete and undeniable attachment to them.

Each dog and cat comes into our life for a specific reason and purpose. It's a much deeper purpose than just providing companionship. Yes, they enrich our lives in numerous ways. But over the past decade I've learned time and time again that there's a much greater purpose at work.

We all would like to believe that we choose the dogs and cats that are part of our lives. Originally, your choice of a dog or cat may have been based on a favorite breed. Or it may have been based on the type of dog or cat you grew up with. Your choice may have been based on the size of dog or cat you're physically able to handle. Maybe you're active and wanted a dog that could enjoy the outdoors with you, or maybe you wanted to provide a stable, happy forever home to a rescue cat or dog. Some people like small dogs, and some prefer large dogs. Some people prefer thick-coated dogs, and others prefer dogs with a short or more hypoallergenic coat. Perhaps you wanted a cat who would lie on your lap, being petted and brushed while you both relaxed on the living room sofa. Some prefer cats who are independent and who don't mind if we live a busy lifestyle outside the home. Whatever the case may be, we all believe we choose the dogs and cats we bring into our lives. However, have you ever had a dog or cat just show up on your doorstep or in your neighborhood and you've been compelled, for some unknown reason, to make the animal part of your family? Have you ever visited a pet-supply store during a dog- or cat-adoption event and unexpectedly taken a dog or cat home? Have you ever searched the internet for a new dog or cat and found that you had an unexplained connection with one of the photos, which resulted in your taking the necessary steps to bring the animal home? We think we choose our dogs and cats, but in many cases they actually choose us, and they invariably bring us unexpected gifts and teach us exactly the lessons we most need to learn at that time in our lives.

I originally chose our two standard schnauzer boys, Buzz and Woody, because the breed is known to be intelligent and easy to train. Schnauzers are also hypoallergenic, which was important because my wife is allergic to most dogs. Also, at twenty-five pounds, standard schnauzers seemed to be just the right size to run with in the park and small enough that we would be able to transport both of them in one vehicle, and, as they got older and their health started to decline, to carry them up and down the stairs without much effort.

I later came to realize that these attributes — the characteristics you can read about in dog books and see with your own eyes — were merely the superficial reasons for our choosing schnauzers. I grew to learn that there was more to it than that — that Buzz and Woody each had a distinct personality, their own purpose to fulfill, and their own lessons to learn when they became part of my life.

Buzz and Woody were more than just canine companions and play partners to me. They both taught me to appreciate the many blessings in life. They both taught me not to waste a single minute in life and to pursue what makes me happy — the things that bring a smile to my face and make me excited about waking up in the morning. Before Buzz and Woody, I had no real spiritual path. I barely took the time to focus on anything outside of work. Until they joined our family, I never would have considered leaving a lucrative corporate career to pursue writing and working with animals on a full-time basis. They each imparted individual gifts to me that I will forever be grateful for.

The cats in my life, Momma Kitty, Natasha, Rusty, and Ash — those that remain of a feral colony of eleven cats that showed up at our house — most definitely chose us. Before that, I'd never had a cat of my own because I've always struggled with cat allergies (though my wife had a Siamese, Little Bit, whom I got to know well when we first started dating in junior high school). I have worked with thousands of people and their cats. I've visited many rescue shelters, including a local humane society where I was president. I've always loved cats and wanted to be around them. But the right and perfect opportunity never presented itself.

Once our cats arrived on our doorstep, that all changed. I got to know all four of them well, especially Momma Kitty. I spend as much time as possible with them, and each has a special place in my heart. Momma Kitty is my constant companion when I'm outside in the garage, driveway, or front yard. She sits beside me and supervises everything that I'm doing outside. Our bond has grown stronger over the years, and I am touched that she has chosen me as her human companion.

Throughout the years, I have seen countless other examples of animals choosing their people and bringing unforeseen gifts to their lives. John was an alcoholic until his dog came into his life. His dog was in desperate need of training and...

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: New World Library
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1608683222
• ISBN 13: 9781608683222
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 240
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