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08/10/2019 at 1:33 pm #61517ModeratorModerator
Please post your questions and re-post questions you previously posted for our next Gold & Platinum Member Live Q&A Monthly Call on Saturday, September 14, 2019 @ 8:30 am Pacific / 10:30 am Central / 11:30 am Eastern Daylight Saving Time.
NOTE: The Live Q&A Monthly Coaching Call is an opportunity reserved for Gold & Platinum Members Only who are in good standing in the Club (membership dues are paid up). If you’re not a Gold or Platinum Member and want to participate, email ContactVal@ValHeart.com and ask to be upgraded now.
Calling All Questions! If you’d like a chance to get a hot “love” seat in the next call to interact personally with me, then post your question here no later than 24 hours ahead of the class time to assure that they are included on the call. Questions are normally answered in the sequence in which they are posted, so it is best not to wait until the last minute. Be sure to post before the deadline of 12 noon Eastern on Friday, the day before our QA call.
Remember to let us know if there are specific topics on which you would like more teaching.
Prior to the Call, I’ll review the questions posted and will choose how to best answer them in the time we have. Some questions may be combined or adjusted, answers combined to be of great interest to the group. Typically questions are answered in the order in which they are received and we may not have time to answer all questions during the call. Come prepared with your questions as this is your time to get the answers you need to move forward in deepening your animal communication skills. If you have a deep, personal or urgent question, you may be better served by signing up for a personal session.
There will be a recording of the call available after the call within 48 hours. However, student interaction can be the catalyst that produces remarkable insights, and your participation is vitally important. Please plan to be on the live call.
Thank you for being a member of the Coaching Club and for sharing your love of animals with all of your fellow students. I’m looking forward to hearing what’s on your mind and discovering how I can best guide you on your journey!
Love, Val
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08/16/2019 at 12:04 pm #61867Carol Schuyler (SKY ler)Inactive Member
Hello Val,
Lily-Grace, a cat who has lived with me since September 2012, continues to pee and poo outside the litter boxes despite different types of litters, levels of litter, types of boxes, and their locations. She uses the main bath ceramic tile floor and the wood floor in the hall outside the bathroom (not the bathtub because I’ve lined that with aluminum foil). During the laser session in April(?), you emphasized possible reasons for her behavior and ways to accommodate her. At her annual wellness exam in June or July, the vet pronounced her healthy.
My guess was that if the feline matriarch pooed outside the boxes, then why shouldn’t she do so also–and pee outside them too. Would you ask her why she changed her habits one to two years ago? And under what conditions she would return to using litter boxes? Thank you.
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08/25/2019 at 3:09 am #62355Yaarit YanovskyInactive Member
Hi Val,
Since Knight passed (1 year and 3 months) I didn’t have the willing to have a new dog. I felt for a while that I’m waiting for him to come back and I feel it was a part of the grief process. I understand that He will come back at the right time for him and I’m totally OK with that. I don’t use to be without a dog in my house for a long period and I miss it …and still I don’t feel the urge to adopt a new dog… Maybe it’s not the right time for me.
Can you check with Knight for new info about his coming back? I’ll also be happy to hear what you have to say or advice about this kind of situation.
And can you ask him about his end of life. I don’t know why, maybe I need to hear it from you, like a second opinion or more correctly 4th opinion. Can you check with him if the euthanasia was at the right time and place for him. I feel that I need to make sure again.
Thank you so much!
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08/29/2019 at 5:30 pm #62615Mayr SingletonGold Member
This is Liberty we got her 10 days ago at 6 weeks old. She died last night the result of a freak accident with an electric recliner. All the CPR and breathing for her I did couldn’t save her. We ask for prayers as we are devastated. She was a perfect angel who completed us. She was connected to our previous Boston Terrier Haley. Can anyone contact her and ask why she kept going under the chair. Will she come back to us?
Does she have any messages for us? Does Maddie our Maltipoo understand, she was winning her over.Attachments:
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09/05/2019 at 6:47 am #62983Klaudia SchmidtPlatinum Member
Strolch has lost a lot of weight over the last year. By now he is only bones and skin. He does eat and there are no signs of disease. He behaves like he always did. I cannot figure out what is wrong with him. Neither can the vet.
Can you do a quick check, if he has any information that might help us get him back on track?Thanks.
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09/14/2019 at 11:49 am #63469Martha BreedingPlatinum Member
Hi Klaudia,
Val had a good point about it might being a thyroid issue going on with Strolch. One of my mom’s cats had a thyroid issue and she lost a lot of weight. I think checking his thyroid would be a good idea. My mom also gave the cat CBD or hemp I think and thought it helped her.
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09/05/2019 at 7:40 am #62987Klaudia SchmidtPlatinum Member
This is a pic of Strolch. First had to resize.
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09/05/2019 at 7:43 am #62989Klaudia SchmidtPlatinum Member
Obviously the upload of pictures is not working.
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09/13/2019 at 2:32 pm #63417ModeratorModerator
Uploads of pictures can take some time. Be patient.
Also, it is helpful if you can label the photo with the animal’s name as well as crop the phoot for a closeup of the animal. And yes, having a single animal in the photo makes it less confusing to us who don’t know your animal as well as you do.
Thanks!
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09/09/2019 at 6:53 pm #63188Gracie Astor BestInactive Member
Hello Everyone – I’m Grace.
I sit for a cat name Ava, a rather small torti about 5 years old. She was originally an indoor cat living with her current owner’s daughter. About 3 years ago, Ava came to live with her current owner, Wayne, who told me how he retrained Ava to go outside as well.
I didn’t realize initially when I offered to help him with his cat, that she goes in and out. In my area (filled with coyotes, mountain lions and occasional puma), it’s not the wisest choice.
I’ve “spoken” to Ava – she is very tuned in to me, and vice versa. She’d given me a lot of information about herself as well which I’ve verified with the owner, so I’m sure she and I are on a good wavelength in terms of information flowing back and forth.
However, she seems to be wandering further and further away from home, staying away for longer periods, and is not findable on her own property for many hours in a day.
(Note: I usually stay with her Saturdays, Sundays and sometimes 10 days in a row if the Owner travels. About 2 weeks ago, Owner Wayne broke his leg and cannot travel now, so for many weeks I’ll not be with her on weekends.)
When I stay with her for a week or two, she sticks close to home in her own yard more.
I love Ava, and enjoy the time spent with her, but it’s stressful for me when I can’t find her, and I do worry about her safety.
We lost a cat a couple of years ago due to the child of 30 letting the cat outside at 3 am, so I’m uber sensitive to this.
The complicating factors about Ava are that her owner doesn’t like her leaving the property, but clearly wants her to be outside to “do her business” and prowl her territory.
If I don’t sit for her for awhile, she stops using her inside litter box also, relying on the outdoor experience instead.
My questions are:
1) Given the fact that the Owner also doesn’t like her being gone for hours, I’m taking the approach it’s ethical to speak to her about staying “at home” and close by. Is that correct?
2) I show her the consequences of meeting unfriendly animals, and I can see in her eyes she understands me, and I see a difference in her behavior after those conversations. But then, the Owner comes home and we regress to not being able to find her for a whole day. How is that to be overcome?
3) I question at moments whether I’m the best pet sitter for her, because it really bothers me that she’s outside (only during the daylight hours by the way) but often as dark approaches, I still cannot find her and it’s extremely stress producing for me as I worry about her, so how does that transmit to her? I’m assuming not so well. And how does that translate to me – I go back and forth with “I’m here to help protect her” to “this is not making me happy”.
Thanks for any input that will help Ava (and me).
Gracie
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09/15/2019 at 2:34 pm #63547Gracie Astor BestInactive Member
Hi Everyone –
Val asked me to post update information to the Forum about Ava, the cat that I care for, and for which Val provided information on the 9/14/19 Q&A call.
As luck would have it, the owner, Wayne, asked me to take care of Ava for Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues. When I arrived at the home, the owner was gone, and as I unloaded some of my items and got organized for my stay, I looked for Ava. Nope. She was nowhere to be found. It was about 4:15 PM when I arrived.
Earlier in the day, on the Q&A call, Val asked Ava if she would consider coming home earlier and a number of other very helpful questions. While Val was chatting with Ava, and also later in the day before I arrived, I did suggest to Ava that if she could be home by 5 PM every day Summer and Winter, that would make us very happy. I’d planned on having a big “session” with her during the 4 days I’d be in her home.
Around 445 PM I looked around the property – it’s zoned a horse property, so it has some decent land. I didn’t see her, and predictably became a bit stressed. I fixed a cup of coffee and tried to calm down and settle in. At 5:11 PM I looked out of the back window and who do you think was laying on the warmed concrete pathway? AVA!!
I was SO impressed with her. She received more praise than I thought possible. So good for her – she’s very receptive to visiting with humans!
In the past, Ava and I have had a bit of struggle in the mornings, because I wake up very early – 4 AM – because if you have horses, that’s what you do! And Ava always wants to go outside, and I say no, and suggest the litter box. I’ve had conversations with her about why it’s dangerous to be out before the Sun is bright which is usually around 630 am, so I tell her “we have to wait until 630” and she is receptive and will settle down.
So this morning, I got up at and expected her to want to go out. NOPE! She busied herself with napping, playing, scouting around, and being groomed. I was impressed! At 627 AM she came to be and meowed and (swear to God!) looked towards the window as if to say “hey lady the Sun is shining!”. So of course she went out.
And we had another breakthrough this morning: I asked her to please stay where she could see the house. That her “job” was to be able to SEE THE HOUSE AT ALL TIMES. I explained that if she’s IN the house, she can see the house, and that’s wonderful. And if she’s ouside, she can ALSO see the house, and that’s wonderful and makes everyone happy because we can see her, find her, and she’s safer from the unfriendly hungry wild animals.
So that little girl stayed fully in the big yard and did not leave the property AT ALL and came in within a reasonable length of time.
THANK YOU, VAL, and to everyone participating in helping Ava stay home and safe from coyotes and other wild animals that come to our neighborhood.
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09/09/2019 at 7:12 pm #63189Gracie Astor BestInactive Member
Hello again – I’m Gracie –
I’m submitting a second question. If there isn’t time for both, I fully understand. The Ava question is more immediately important right now.
I have a beautiful winning racemare, 8 y.o., who was trained hard and raced hard at 2 y.o., had a series of awful situations too lengthy to discuss her but ultimately colicked and I took her off the track at age 3, literally to save her life.
She’s a mystery horse, meaning no one can figure out what ails her. She clearly has two legs in the front that don’t match, which doesn’t help, and has been diagnosed with LLD (Limb Length Disparity) by a world-class Farrier. Her current Farrier states that her right front leg is 1=1/2″ longer than her left front. He compensates with shoeing, but in truth, only one leg (the right hind) is always sound; all other feet test sore.
I’ve had Vet after Farrier after Chiropractor and recently brought on an old-time Vet last week who, I felt, nailed her personality, her symptoms, and many other things that I, as her attentive owner know about her. So of course, I like him.
He suggested an injection called “Osphos” which is a heavy anti-inflammatory, as he felt whatever is going on in her feet/body would be aided by that and might give her the comfort to exhibit no or reduced lameness. It’s a product that can be administered every 4-6 months forever and could buy her relief and a more normalized life. Right now she has controlled exercise in a Eurociser and controlled turnout in a small pen.
I’m curious to know how to assess, in my chats w/her, whether this is a product she is finding helpful, whether it has any side effects for her she doesn’t like, and so on.
And if anyone here has experience with this product and what that experience has been.I’m also concerned that the medicine might give her a false sense of well being so that she rams around, bucks, kicks out, and generally acts up like the zealous thoroughbred she is, and since she isn’t as sore or lame, that she’ll injure herself since she may not be as self-protecting if soreness/discomfort isn’t registering in her brain. That may be a discussion for another time.
I have many more questions about this, and about Hattie the mystery horse but that’s the immediate concern (the medication) as I have to talk to the Vet in the coming week to decide whether to increase her controlled exercise.
Thank you.
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09/16/2019 at 8:36 pm #63615Gracie Astor BestInactive Member
Hi everyone – more follow up about Ava:
On Sunday evening, she came home at 430 PM; and today, Monday, she showed up at the door around 420 PM.
I’m very impressed with her progress.
I’ll be leaving tomorrow, as her Owner will be returning from a weekend away. I plan to let him know what we’ve been working on, so he can give her a boost each day as well.
We had progress also this morning, in that she did use her litter box willingly because it was too dark to let her go out. She ran around to show her displeasure initially, but only for a minute or so, before I heard the scratch-scratch-scratch of the litter.
I did take Val’s suggestion and told her this afternoon about Boots, our household kitty who went outside in a torrential downpour in the middle of the night and didn’t make it back due to meeting his end via coyote or mountain lion. It was emotional for me, and I did cry, and she was comforting. Her body language told me she was SURPRISED when I told her what happened. Her eyes told me she “got it”, so we’ll proceed and celebrate her progress. I will reinforce her “curfew” of 5 PM daily even if I’m at my own house – she’ll pick up the message.
Thanks so much, everyone, for your care and support.
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09/17/2019 at 1:05 pm #63653ModeratorModerator
Greatjob, Gracie and Ava. Excited to watch as you both evolve with Animal Communication
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09/13/2019 at 12:35 am #63370Mayr SingletonGold Member
We decided to get another Boston puppy BeBe to help with the grief and we were already in puppy mode. BeBe will be 8 weeks on Sunday. Maddie seems to really good with her. BeBe picked my husband giving lots of affection. Are there any messages from Liberty, Maddie or BeBe? I don’t feel BeBe is connected to our previous dogs Dixie,Lizzie, Allie, Haley or Shelby. Am I correct?
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09/20/2019 at 12:02 pm #63828Carol Schuyler (SKY ler)Inactive Member
This post is not under “Reply” to my question because the column would be too narrow. Lily-Grace told Val she’d consider using a litter box open on all four sides. There was one already in the den, but I added one in the large main bath. Except for maybe two weeks when I didn’t notice a packaging change, the litter has been unscented, and there hasn’t been a scent diffuser since before she stopped using the boxes.
Lily-Grace’s decision was to continue using the bath’s tile floor and the hall’s wood floor the next three days (Sun, M, T). My legs mostly stopped working, so I could only bend to scoop the boxes. With help from a vet-tech, Lily-Grace and I got to the clinic for her euthanasia. For months, I’d been telling her she had to use the litter boxes or she’d go to a new home.
We had about an hour together in the room before the procedure. I recounted the reasons I loved, liked, and admired her and the good times we had together. This spring, after I had begun to shut the bedroom door at night and she hadn’t been sleeping on my side, she’d scratch at the door and call to wake me in the morning. In the evening, when I watched a film on the laptop, she’d lay on the table along my left arm, often with her head in the crook of my elbow. While waiting, I told her I regretted not being able to accommodate her outside-the-box habit any longer. If she responded, I didn’t receive it.
A vet-tech and the vet took her to another room to insert a catheter in her front paw. On her return, she briefly sniffed at it, then rested. When the vet inserted a needle, she shrieked and jolted upward, so he and the vet-tech held her down. A second or so later, he held a stethoscope to her heart and confirmed there was no heartbeat. On two previous occasions (2000 and 2011), when my near-to-death cats were euthanized, there was no catheter and anesthesia and euthanasia were separate, not simultaneous. Their passing was outwardly peaceful.
Since then, I seem to see her looking beautiful with four limbs and content exploring a flower garden, and I imagine her sleeping on my side in the bed. But I haven’t had even the brief connection I had with Shoshana after her death. It seems I’m experiencing the deaths of my parakeets, squirrels, and cats all together now with the death of Lily-Grace. I would like to get well enough to thoroughly clean and sort the house (Swedish death cleaning–dostadning), then get a shot for my transition.
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