Janet Roper is a fellow Animal Communicator, and Musician.
We met on twitter a few months ago, and we decided to do a blog post exchange.
I picked this post because it gives such a interesting and unique perspective about communicating with animals.
Thank you Janet so much for letting me post this!
I hope you all enjoy it.
I love telling people I have the best job: I horse around and fiddle around! When I’m not working with animals and/or their people partners, I perform with my violin Lucy at elder care facilities in the new and growing field of Music Wellness.
Sometimes I combine my two passions and end up doing Music Wellness for animals.
Last summer I had an interesting experience at the barn where my horse Shiloh is boarded. One of the women has a racehorse off the track, and even though she’s worked with him a couple of years, he can still be a handful. She had turned him out in a paddock to enjoy the beautiful MN evening.
I happened to have my violin at the barn that evening. Shiloh was out grazing with his buddies, so I pulled up a chair, made myself comfortable, and started to play my violin.
The ex-racehorse was probably 50 yards away from me. As soon as he heard the music, he became agitated, pawing the ground and wildly throwing his head looking for that mysterious noise.
I noticed his reaction – it would have been hard to miss – and stopped playing. This puzzled him, and he stopped his wild contortions.
As soon as he calmed down, I began playing a different, calming song. This time he started to charge the fence.
I stopped, gave him a chance to calm down, and when he did, I started playing yet a different soothing song. He was becoming calmer in his movements and more relaxed in his demeanor.
We continued playing our game. While playing for him, I gradually moved closer and closer. He began to sway and ‘dance’ to the music. When the music stopped, he would look at me, saying, ‘Come on, I’m having a good time here. Keep making that sound!’ After approximately 40 minutes, our game was finished and I was standing close enough to him that he could touch my violin with his nose.
Thanks to the calming effects of music, the wild ex-racehorse was as docile as a baby lamb as he was led back to the barn that evening!
Harmony,
Janet Roper
About the Author: Janet Roper is an animal communicator based in Shorewood, MN, and was led into animal communication by her dog Teddy. (You can read their story on Janet’s blog Talk2theAnimals.net, entitled “How I Became an Animal Communicator”.) In individual communication sessions Janet holds a heartfelt conversation with your pet, gets answers from your pet and renews your relationship. She also holds monthly teleconferences, as well as Talk2theAnimals Teleparties, a unique way to talk to your animals in a party setting. For more information, visit her blog www.Talk2theAnimals.net and watch for her upcoming website at www.Talk2theAnimals.com. You will also find Janet on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and PetTalez.com. Contact Janet at Talk2theAnimals@me.com for more information.
4 comments
Carolin
March 19, 2009 at 12:22 am (UTC -4)
Wow. That must have been an absolutely wonderful experience!
Janet Roper
March 19, 2009 at 7:45 pm (UTC -4)
Hi Carolin,
It was an amazing experience! Music can be a very powerful tool for healing. Thanks for the comment, and CoryElle, thanks for thinking of the idea of doing an exchange!
Harmony,
Janet
Coryelle
March 21, 2009 at 10:11 am (UTC -4)
Hi Janet you are most welcome BUT we came up with it together great minds think alike!
Janet Roper
March 21, 2009 at 10:03 pm (UTC -4)
Hi Coryelle,
I like that great minds think alike! Glad we’re on the same wave length
Harmony,
Janet