Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Messages from your animal companion

I’m very excited to announce that we now have a great fundraising item!  It’s a deck of oracle cards called, ”Messages From Your Animal Companion”.  The creator of the cards, Angelica del Mar, designed them to be used as a tool by anyone who’d like to have better communication with their pets.  You can use the cards successfully with absolutely no training; just read the brief instructional description card included in each deck and you’re ready to go.  Here’s what they look like:

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To summarize the included directions, you shuffle the cards while concentrating on a question you’d like to ask a specific pet, whether it be a parrot, a cat, a dog, a horse, a snake, or any other companion animal who shares your life.  You then pull a card from the deck and the card should contain some revealing information.  Some of the cards feature a simple “Yes” or “No” answer, but others contain more detailed issues about your pet’s physical and emotional well-being.  Some of the cards may seem to offer obscure information, but Angelique just suggests you look within yourself and use your instincts to reveal what the card could mean in your situation.  For example, if you see a card with a bird asking to have its nails and wings clipped, and you only own a cat, you should probably still check your cats nails just to make sure they’re not in need of a trim.  Sometimes the universe communicates with irony.

I did two sample readings this evening on my dog Dante, a 7 year old Anatolian shepherd.  The first question I asked/thought to Dante was whether or not he was happy and content.  The response card I drew from the deck said that Dante felt safe with me, and that I should feel safe with him because he will protect me.  That’s very interesting because Dante is a breed specifically designed to protect, but not to fight, and he will guard our bodies in certain situations.  I then did another shuffle of the desk to clear out the first question, and as I shuffled I asked Dante another question:  Was he feeling well?  I’d noticed he’s been licking one leg a bit recently, not really a concern because he tends to have skin allergies and the leg looks perfectly fine.  He also gets a little stressed, and we’ve got an unusually high number of cats in the house right now and that can get him overly-excited.  The card I pulled for an answer featured a horse saying, “I have an ailment, injury, pain, or wound”.  Interesting.  Of course you should never use any sort of “toy” to make medical decisions about your pets, and I would certainly take Dante to a vet if his random licking started to be damaging.  In light of the card, however, it might be the extra push to get Dante to the vet this week instead of next week.  I don’t think there’s anything hugely wrong, but I’d rather be an overly-protective parent than to let this go too long.  If I was to mention what happened to Angelica, she might suggest that my own mind influenced the card which emerged, that is, my thoughts of illness brought forth an illness card, not Dante’s thoughts of illness.  There are some notes to this effect on the instructional card.

I had initially thought I would offer some free or low-cost readings for people via email, for example, you send me your pet’s name and your question, and I’ll email you back the response I received from the cards.  However, I’m obviously not “in tune” with pets I don’t own, and I don’t know if the results could be considered accurate or genuine.  I’d be happy to give a few free readings a try if you’re interested, and I’ll conduct them with the utmost sincerity and good intentions, so if this interests you, just jot me a note (the email address is at the top of the page).  In the interests of full-disclosure, I’m not a religious person, and I don’t even think I’m much of a spiritual person, but I do believe that it’s possible to communicate with our pets and other animals in one way or another.

In the long run, if communicating with your pet(s) on a recurring basis interests you, you’ll probably want to buy your own deck.  I’ll be selling them for $30, including shipping, so we don’t need to worry about fussing around with shipping calculations.  I don’t want to buy too make decks before I know what sort of interest people have in them, so there’s a chance it could take me a few extra days to ship if I have to order new decks from the warehouse.  Otherwise, I’ll always try to be a “ship next day” sort of person.

If you’d like to order a deck or two (they’d make an unusual gift for a person with a beloved pet), please use the PayPal link on the right, under the image of the cards.  It’s the button which says, “Buy Now”.  Or, just click here to order.  Every purchase supports Wee Paws, and all our cats and dogs and parrots, and we sincerely appreciate it.

Posted by Leigh-Ann on 09/25 at 04:46 AM
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