my animal communicator experience....

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Right. here goes....

I had a call with an animal communicator a few weeks ago. Put off posting about it because I wasn't quite sure what to make of it. The one I used was one who has been mentioned several times on here and came with glowing recommendations.

Before I had the call I was reasonably sceptical but prepared to have my mind changed by something similar to those situations I read about (posters on here telling about how the AC managed to pinpoint something very specific about their horse etc). I honestly went into it with a very open mind and really wanted to believe it all.

Anyway, I'll try to recount our conversation and my comments on what she said.

First off, she said what a "big, beautiful and affectionate boy" he was. He is only 15.2 and is quite slender, certainly not big boned. As far as being affectionate goes - he likes a scratch but is rather selfish about it

Then she said she got the impression that I jump this horse - don't most pleasure horses get jumped occasionally?

Then she said she was getting the impression of standing in some sort of a line up, like being placed in a competition. The last time this happened was over a year ago and, again, haven't most pleasure horses been competed in something at some point in their lives?

Then she started going on about how he had a degree of low level pain, and she pinpointed this to his left hamstring. I asked her several times if she was sure it was his left side and she said that she couldn't be sure but that was the impression she got. I have since had a bowen therapist out to him and he does have something wrong with his left hind but it doesn't seem to be his hamstring.

When I said I was getting a back person out, she said that he said "oh no not this again" - every time I've had a back person out, he has absolutely LOVED it and pulled all sorts of faces indicating he's been having a great time

I asked her if he was happy - she said yes and that he knew i had no intention of selling him (this is true). She also said I had done a lot of looking to find him (not true - he was the second horse I viewed)

Then she said that he'd said his previous owners were harsh on him (he never indicates this to me in his behaviour)

She went on to say that he gets claustrophobic where the roof is low (I have never come across a horse that travels as well as this one)

Ok I'm waffling (I'm typing this out from the notes I took) so I'll get to the really specific points

"he does as much as I want" - no, he's a lazy git and will do anything to get out of working

"although his brakes aren't instant, he will pull up if we go fast" - see above - laziness = instantaneous stops

i asked her if he remembered his operation (he had a kidney removed)- she said "oh yes, the one under his belly, don't ask about the bill, was it £3k?!" nope, it was on his side and it was £10k.

She said he does sliding stops in the field - I've never even seen him so much as trot away from the gate.

his feet aren't as good as they should be - they are fantastic, even the farrier comments on what good condition they are in

we occasionally have fences down - yes, doesn't everyone?!

He likes it when I scratch his tail - this one I'll admit, I do understand, but I think he likes it when i scratch him anywhere!!




Anyway, all in all, I was very disappointed and would say it was definitely a waste of money. I was careful with what i said to her because I was being cautious to not give her too much to go on (i.e. I wanted to see what she could come up with herself).

Sorry this is so ridiculously long, just wanted to share my experience in case anyone who is semi-sceptical thought they'd test it out for themselves. Hopefully you can read this and decide against it

Save your money & buy yourself some new jods or something!!
 
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That doesn't sound very convincing at all! It sounds like she got more wrong than she did right! I have never used one myself, but have often wondered about trying it but I think your post has helped me to make my mind up. It seems like it is just a case of guessing and hoping there is some truth in what they say somewhere.
 
I *think* some bad readings have been given in the past from this person, and all of whom have got their money back. You need to tell her your not happy with the result , and go from there.
 
I once wandered into my yard to discover a horse communicator in one of the stables belonging to a friend. I had to avert my eyes to the candles and josticks glowing in the corner, and walked abruptly away when i realised it was a friends wife, who only a year before bought her first horse (had never ridden before), and who grilled me for 3 hrs on how to look after it/what to feed/water etc etc. The owners of the poor horse subjected to this scene that Derek Accora (is that right) would have been proud of, were dissapointed at the results, I managed to mutter "never" whilst running up the field and wetting myself laughing. I would however be very interested if someone could proove that a genuine horse communicator does exist.
 
I'm afrad I'm one of these people that is very skeptical about this sort of thing. How can they tell anything from a photo. thnk they are like mediums who can say vague things that could apply to anything and manpulate you into gving away information. i fnd it hard to beleve that horses can speak English. Afterall we are not supposed to attach human feelings etc to animals
 
exactly reddie!! i thought that to start with but there were (a couple of months ago) loads of really positive experiences about ACs from posters on here whom I believed to be pretty sensible so I thought I must be missing out on something!!

actually, they say that the horses don't "speak" to the communicator, just pass feelings to them and then the communicator ascribes words to the feelings they receive.

Anyway, can't believe I was suckered in!
 
Very interesting Malletto, I've always thought it was a load of nonsense myself and am glad someone with an open mind has given it a go, and realised that it is mostly lucky guesses.

I'm sure the people on here who think talking to animals is possible will say oh, it's just a one off, perhaps x or y was wrong that day. But to the people who are already sold on the idea, anything the communicator says will be twisted to fit.
 
Dobby said:
anything the communicator says will be twisted to fit.
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that's exactly why I wanted to give it a go myself - because I KNOW what I heard and allowed the communicator to interpret.

She asked several leading questions, and left lots of awkward silences almost as if "oh, he's saying this, is that something you agree with?". I'm sure more open minded people might have replied with the full details of the history which would make it a lot easier for the AC to elaborate on.
 
Thats a shame. Maybe the one you used was having a bad day or wasnt that good??

The one I used was pretty good, she came out with specific things ie:-

lady- 'Your ride your horse out on the roads?'
Me - 'yes'
lady - ' you say to him 'careful, slippery! Careful!' and he goes 'Ok' and walks carefully'.

Thats EXACTLY what I say to my horse as we ride down the hills around the lanes as the tarmac is slippery. I found it weird and a bit random that she would know the exact words and tone that I talk to him in lol.

She said other stuff as well that is exactly what I say to him and exact things that happened to us. Like he told her about a cow that spooked him behind a hedge which was something that had happened a few days before I rang her, he nearly came down on the road he panicked so badly, the cow was up on a bank looking down at us thropugh the hedge and it totally took him by surprise. He told the lady 'it was bigger than me!!'. How would she know that??

I also told her he play bites me when I do the front of his rug up and no matter what I do (push him away, growl ect) he keeps doing it and I find it very irritating. She told me that it was his idea of fun but if I want it to stop I need to push his face away when he does it and say 'thats not nice!'. Anyway the next time I did his rug up I pushed his face away and said 'thats not nice!' and he hasn't done it since. Got to admit, thats a bit weird! I also told her that he tries to chase the dogs and since she has spoken to him about that (basically told him how would he feel if he was chased by something much bigger) he has been 100% better with the dogs and he hasn't put his ears back at them or tried to chase them since. In fact he has been really affectionate towards them :)

I think its a rather inexact science so to speak but my experience of it was a good one.
 
We used to have DIYs, and one of them was ruled by the horse communicator, as is a friend I know. Both ladies are not at all confident of their abilities, and its like they're justifying themselves. I used to sometimes be in the next box when the communicator came, and it seemed like she was constantly fishing, and waiting for the owner to get excited and start babbling about something that the communicator had mentioned. The owner usually did most of the talking. It used to annoy me as it was someone blatently taking advantage of a nice person, but then again, she was invited there by the nice person, and the nice person did enjoy it, so I guess no harm was done!
 
well i had a lady out to a couple of my horses and the yard owner also had a session with her two.
I was the same a bit sceptical some of the things she was saying, you could think yeah well that's pretty obvious or aren't most horses like that, but i must admit she did shock us both in some of the things she did say, she was absolutely spot on and no way could she have known.
I know of a few people who have had her out to their horses and again she was spot on with what she said.
It was all a bit spooky really, she did have me in tears at one point :-/ big softy :-)
each to their own i suppose.
 
I do think that it is possible that animals can sense things and are sensitive to changes in air pressure etc. They can also pick up on our emotions. However I find it very difficult to believe that they quote things their owners may say to them. Sayng careful to your horse when riding alond a slippy surface is very common!!
 
I often get tempted to look in to one just to see what they are like, as we've had Herc since he was 4 (he's now 12) we know most of his history (however we know nothing from before that time apart from that he might have been in an RS briefly.) So it would be pretty easy to tell whether they do know what they are on about or not. tho tbh while I like the idea of it, I am rather skeptical.

i suppose it's like with 'psychics' give very vauge general responces that can be twisted to fit the persons responce.
 
Yep reddie, and the tone of voice is probably easy to guess too as most people wouldn't be screaming it in a funny accent.

As for pushing his face away and saying "that's not nice!" well, that's a typical reprimand that probably does get results alot of the time

And being scared of cows is also common, I know myself about 5 horses who can't stand them.

It's all just lucky guessing from what I can tell, and most stuff can be twisted to fit almost any horse so it's not spot on at all. Especially if you WANT to believe it.
 
Dobby said:
Yep reddie, and the tone of voice is probably easy to guess too as most people wouldn't be screaming it in a funny accent.

As for pushing his face away and saying "that's not nice!" well, that's a typical reprimand that probably does get results alot of the time And its not at all unusual for a horse to stop it immediately following that, for good?

And being scared of cows is also common, I know myself about 5 horses who can't stand them. and the AC was just lucky guessing because they said it was scary because it was "bigger" than him?

It's all just lucky guessing from what I can tell, and most stuff can be twisted to fit almost any horse so it's not spot on at all. Especially if you WANT to believe it.
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I love this quote:

Healthy skeptics are open-minded and interested in evidence. By contrast, dogmatic skeptics are committed to the belief that "paranormal" phenomena are impossible
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Be whichever you want to be. :)
 
fair enough, yours also sounds pretty unnacurate.

Like I say, its an art not a science, and yes sadly there probably are those out to make a quick buck. :(
 
I was very happy with the 2 iv had done by photo.
The 1st being a extreme problem horse and I had it done as a last resort, although I thought it was all crap. He was clipped out, looked fit and had his ears picked nicely for the pic. I gave no info what so ever and found her by google. The first thing she told me was " do not ride this horse, he is dangerous" the fact that he had a hunter clip would suggest I was riding this horse but she was spot on. She said " he will buck, rear and try his heart out to get you off" SPOT ON. I was gob smacked by this point. ( these are not general things) it went on and everything was spot on.
The 2nd was a ex racer I had and he's a very nervous chap which holds him back and she said picked up on this. " said he's a talented lad who I can not show off due to his nervousness" he will do anything at home but is a complete wreak out off his home ground. She also said which shocked me " I sence you have taken him hunting through but only the once, and you missed the meet and caught up with them down the road" HOW THE HELL DID SHE KNOW THAT!!!

I'm sure you have a lot out there after a quick buck but iv had 2 very good readings and am happy with them.
 
thatsmygirl said:
I was very happy with the 2 iv had done by photo.
The 1st being a extreme problem horse and I had it done as a last resort, although I thought it was all crap. He was clipped out, looked fit and had his ears picked nicely for the pic. I gave no info what so ever and found her by google. The first thing she told me was " do not ride this horse, he is dangerous" the fact that he had a hunter clip would suggest I was riding this horse but she was spot on. She said " he will buck, rear and try his heart out to get you off" SPOT ON. I was gob smacked by this point. ( these are not general things) it went on and everything was spot on.
The 2nd was a ex racer I had and he's a very nervous chap which holds him back and she said picked up on this. " said he's a talented lad who I can not show off due to his nervousness" he will do anything at home but is a complete wreak out off his home ground. She also said which shocked me " I sence you have taken him hunting through but only the once, and you missed the meet and caught up with them down the road" HOW THE HELL DID SHE KNOW THAT!!!

I'm sure you have a lot out there after a quick buck but iv had 2 very good readings and am happy with them.
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That is impressive!

I have always wanted to have a proper reading done myself, and would love to also have the horses done! (although I would be a bit apprehensive incase they say they hated me or something!!!!!!)

thatsmygirl- do you have contact details for this AC??
 
Maletto said:
Right. here goes....

Sorry this is so ridiculously long, just wanted to share my experience in case anyone who is semi-sceptical thought they'd test it out for themselves. Hopefully you can read this and decide against it

Save your money & buy yourself some new jods or something!!
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Thanks for sharing this, Maletto!

While I do believe in empathy and intuition, I remain sceptical about people who take money to communicate with someone else's horse in this way. I think the best thing is for us to learn to communicate with our own horses ourselves, using our own empathy and intuition. My mare makes her opinions known loud and clear, lol!
 
i'm a sceptic too but i'd love to try it for myself, i know the history of 2 of my horses, the other one i'm intrigued about so i would know if they were guessing or being 'true'.

however i am wondering whether in this day and age of modern technology that when you contact them and give them your details or even the horses name do they google that bit of info and try to put it into a reading, maybe the ones they get wrong they googled/read up about the wrong horse???
 
Maletto, tell her she was obv having an 'off day' as it was totally inaccurate about your boy. I had a reading for 3 horses hear this spring, all were totally inaccurate, and I got a full refund immediately, no quibble.
Then a few weeks ago I tried Jackie Weaver, she did my 2 mares, and was very accurate about both of them. Lots of very specific stuff about their individual ways (they are very different). Really impressive. NavalGem posted in CR a week or two ago about a v accurate reading JW did on her horse Bob, worth a read I think, even for the sceptics.
 
I am a complete non-believer in this. Absolute nonsense, how on earth can anyone 'read' anything from a photo or on the telephone.

It amazes me how gullible people are.
 
I have a rescue Arab mare and have had 2 separate AC to her.

One was done from a picture and the second one the AC was standing next to her.

Neither AC had spoken or met each other but each came up with the same thing.

The second one told me that the mare had been in a trailer / lorry and another horse had died there. I had told her nothing at all. The other horse that died was my 27 year old pony and yes the mare was in the trailer with him.

These readings have helped me put all the pieces of the Jigsaw together about this mare.

If by using an AC helps me understand my horses then I will continue to use them.
 
thatsmygirl said:
I was very happy with the 2 iv had done by photo.
The 1st being a extreme problem horse and I had it done as a last resort, although I thought it was all crap. He was clipped out, looked fit and had his ears picked nicely for the pic. I gave no info what so ever and found her by google. The first thing she told me was " do not ride this horse, he is dangerous" the fact that he had a hunter clip would suggest I was riding this horse but she was spot on. She said " he will buck, rear and try his heart out to get you off" SPOT ON. I was gob smacked by this point. ( these are not general things) it went on and everything was spot on.
The 2nd was a ex racer I had and he's a very nervous chap which holds him back and she said picked up on this. " said he's a talented lad who I can not show off due to his nervousness" he will do anything at home but is a complete wreak out off his home ground. She also said which shocked me " I sence you have taken him hunting through but only the once, and you missed the meet and caught up with them down the road" HOW THE HELL DID SHE KNOW THAT!!!

I'm sure you have a lot out there after a quick buck but iv had 2 very good readings and am happy with them.
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I have had a very simliar experience. This was an animal communicator that visited me though not one that did so it by photo.

She told me ALL of the horses past history, all of his numerous homes (and how long spent at them) including a riding school (which I didnt know at the time, found out later). She explained his unpredictable behaviour, his anxiety about being seperated from other horses and his reactions perfectly. There appeared to be no motives to his actions but what she said would have tied in 100%. She also knew he had had a name change at one point. The most amazing thing was when she described in great detail the recent trip out hunting and how he repeatedly threw his rider off and how said rider retaliated with a beating of the horse (not me before you say). The horse even pointed out said rider as they entered the barn. Very BIG assumptions to make.

Have also had her out to various other horses where the stories are believable and what I gather true but not so specific. I wasnt a believer in any of this before I had this horse read.
 
Orionstar said:
I once wandered into my yard to discover a horse communicator in one of the stables belonging to a friend. I had to avert my eyes to the candles and josticks glowing in the corner, ...
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Have I got this right in that somebody put candles and josticks in a horse's stable? That's not spiritual, that's plain stupid!
 
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