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“If you talk to the animals
  they will talk to you
 and you will know each other. 
If you do not talk to them
you will not know them,
and what you do not know
 you will fear. 
What one fears,
One destroys.”
                                                        Chief Dan George   Northwest Coast Salish

All of nature communicates through a nonverbal process that was once as natural to humans as it is to animals. Like playing a musical instrument or writing a poem, some people are more naturally adept at reclaiming the intuitive skills that infuse the natural world, but all of us can learn. It is just a question of recovering, trusting, and developing those skills.
Healthy relationships of any kind are not ruled by dominator thinking. Ideally communication with our fellow beings, human or otherwise, should involve give and take, with plenty of open hearted, open minded listening, as well as sending and speaking. Cooperation, compassion, flexibility, and respect are essential prerequisites for healthy relationship with any species. With animals it is essential that we drop the common delusion that we humans are superior. When we approach our nonhuman relatives with humility and respect, emptying our minds of any preconceptions, we create a sacred space that heals us, heals our relationship to nature, and brings healing to the animals who so want us to hear their messages.
 Often, when I am teaching animal communication, there are some students who give up before they get started, expecting that interspecies communication is some magical world where messages and connections flow easily back and forth, with no blockages and misunderstandings on either part. In such instances, it can be helpful to begin by recognizing the myriad number of ways we already receive and send messages to the animals in our lives. Acknowledging even the most mundane communication provides a foundation on which we may build more complex communications. Even something as simple as the cat asking permission to jump on our laps is a beautiful, incredible gift. Just because it is common does not make it any less special. It is always an honor when an animal chooses to be with us.

Dr. Frances first developed her abilities in cross species communication during a serious long illness during which the animals who came to her provided a large part of the healing that enabled her to recover.

The stories that follow are provided to illustrate the power and magic inherent in cross species communication.

April Moon

    Cynthia was looking for a good home for a twelve year old quarter horse mare, but she wanted to be sure that April, the mare, was OK with the idea of coming home with me.

   “I work with an animal communicator who has a PhD in psychology,” she said. “I want to have her talk to April before I let her go home with you. It’s only fair to let her have a say as well.”
I had been going out to the little ranch to get acquainted with April for a couple weeks and I really liked her. She was solid and steady and really sweet.
April had been handed around a few times before arriving at Cynthia’s four years earlier. She enjoyed the company of Cynthia’s thoroughbred mare as well as the little donkey who shared the barn and she dreaded moving again.  Although she clearly liked me, she felt grief at having to leave yet another home and the horses she loved and felt bonded to. In addition she grieved the loss of her rider, Cynthia’s husband, who had moved to the southeast in response to their mutual decision to divorce. Although he dearly loved April, he could no longer keep a horse and had suggested that Cynthia contact me.
I really liked April and she seemed genuinely fond of me, but her grief at leaving her secure and happy home for places unknown created some ambivalence for her about relocating yet again. Sending pictures from my mind, I shared with her about my mare, Rosa’s illness and her inability to get out on the trails and about her yearling colt Waku who was a royal handful.
With only two weeks left before the scheduled appointment with the animal communicator, the pressure was on. I sent pictures to April like crazy, but the response was always the same. Yes she wanted to come with me, but no, oh no, she didn’t want to leave home. We kept talking back and forth, but the conflict remained unresolved until I said to her,
“April, I really need you. Waku is such a handful, and Rosa is so sick I need you to help me with him. You’ll have an important job. I really need your help.”
For the first time I felt something shift in April and I realized how important it is for us all to know that our lives have purpose and that we are contributing to the world around us.
“April,” I pleaded. “If you come home with me, you will become part of my family. We don’t sell our relatives. I promise, you will have a lifelong home with me. There will be no more moving from one home to another.”
That sealed it. The combination of a sense of purpose and a permanent home made up her mind and I felt it.
When the animal communicator connected with April telepathically from another state a few days later, April told her she was committed to going with me and that I had promised her a lifelong home, a piece of information I had not shared with anyone but her.

At this writing April is almost 24 years old and we are still together, riding and going strong.