In the early 1980's, my veterinarian, Dr. Marvin Cain, DVM, told me about Beatrice Lydecker - a lady who could communicate with animals. I was quite skeptical, but he insisted that he had tested her and that she could really do it. I read her books What the Animals Tell Me and Stories the Animals Tell Me. In 1986, I met Beatrice and she talked with my dog. Although she told me things that only my dog could know, I was still a skeptic. I attended her lecture and then took her seminar to learn to communicate with animals myself. It was at that seminar that I first received a picture from a dog and my skepticism dissolved.
After that, I talked with any animal I could. My students brought pets after school and I described where they lived and the friends (people and animals) they liked and played with. I talked to 4H clubs where each member brought a pet I could talk with. I attended more of Bea's seminars to improve my skills.
In 1996, I left the high school classroom. I spent the next two years as a vet's assistant at the Mt. Healthy Animal Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. Besides my normal duties, I helped with some diagnoses by asking the pet how it felt and by describing the sensations to the vets: locations of pain, nausea, ringing in the ears, etc. I asked a cat what it ate before it felt so sick and the owner confirmed she was missing a key ring that matched what I described.
I am now a full time professional animal communicator. I do phone consultations and teach Animal Communication Seminars. Although most of my clients ask me to talk with dogs, cats and horses, I have worked with a variety of creatures in a variety of locations. I have done phone consultations with animals from all 50 states, most of the Provinces of Canada, Australia, South America and several European countries.