The Picnic Table

What the Dogs Know — Stories from a shelter volunteer and animal communicator

A shelter volunteer and pet psychic walks two dogs, gets ignored by one, and stumbles into a lesson about presence, attention, and what it means to finally stop talking and listen.

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Each One Enough

What the Dogs Know — Stories from a shelter volunteer and animal communicator

My last walk of the day was a new arrival. In the isolation kennel — the place I would want to be if I were scared. No name, no notes.

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Some Days

What the Dogs Know — Stories from a shelter volunteer and animal communicator

When I arrived, Bella was gone. Nobody at the shelter knows what I do beyond the leash and the poo bags. But something else happens in the middle of it. As an animal communicator, this is how I've come to know who they are.

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They're Still With You

What I witness in pet loss sessions — and what becomes possible on the other side of grief

When I open a session with someone grieving a pet, the animal is usually already there. Not restless. Not demanding. Just — present. The question I'm asked most is simply: are they okay. And what I witness, over and over, is that the answer is yes.

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How I Became a Psychic Medium

On Following a Feeling You Can't Explain

I had been walking for five days when it arrived. The path along the Alentejo coast, the Atlantic on one side, almost no one else out there — and on the last day, standing at the edge of a cliff in Portugal, something became clear. This is part of the answer to the question people ask me most.

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She Knows What Matters

What the Dogs Know — Stories from a shelter volunteer and animal communicator

She jumped up to greet me the moment I came in. Both paws on my chest, tail going, face close to mine. Not aggressive — just certain. You're here. Good. Let's go. That's Bella. A big lumbering white lab pit bull mix, strong as an ox, with a warmth that hits you before she does.

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Still Here, Still Okay

What the Dogs Know — Stories from a shelter volunteer and animal communicator

Nobody at the shelter knows what I do beyond the leash and the poo bags. But in the middle of that ordinary work, something else is also happening — a quieter kind of listening. This is what one dog had to say.

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