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Location: Peach State | I've seen more horse owners turn towards animal communicators to help with illness and soundness issues. Just wanted to hear everyone's views or experiences. |
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| Sounds to me like hog wash but everyone who tries it says its real. |
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I just read the headlines
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| I have used one and she did help. If it weren't for Kay, I would never have found my daughter's dog when she ran off, and my horse would still be out in his poll. |
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Red Bull Agressive
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Location: North Dakota | I don't see how they can possibly be legit...but I'm curious to see for myself. |
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| I tried one that was free - she was just starting out so there was no charge. Nothing was even close to correct. |
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Location: siberia it seems | I feel its hogwash and a waste of money. Out of desperation, i tried a very well known one and she was not even close. She said my mare was anxious because she was counting steps between her barrels and not in pain. This mare ended up having kissing spines and terrible back pain. I should have known better, I would never do it again. |
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Location: In my own little world | I had to try it for my self to see if it was accurate or not. Dead on with 2 different horses! I was very careful not to lead her with my response to what she had to say. It didn't matter, she picked up on things that she would have had no way of ever knowing. Pegged their personalities perfectly. Knew there was a foot issue that was bothering him, told me which foot and what the shoer had done to him (which he had) . For being a Nellie Negative regarding communicators before the call I was Polly Positive following it! I was amazed. |
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Location: The South | I thought it sounded crazy, but I was desperate after my accident so I gave it a shot. I almost died and I was home alone so no one knew what happened when I got hurt. My neighbor found me out in the pasture, and he told my husband that my horse's nose was dirty/dusty like he did a nosedive.
I didn't give her any details, I just said "We had an accident and I want to know what happened".
She gave details that I don't think anyone could just make up. It gave me some sort of closure and was well worth the money. I still think it sounds crazy, but I guess some people just have that gift. |
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Location: Northeast Nebraska | Malarky. Also, the bible warns against this kind of thing. |
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Industrial Srength Barrel Racer
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| I would have to experience it to believe it and so far my experience with "people" psychics has been a joke. It would take a LOT to convince me. |
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  Angel in a Sorrel Coat
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Location: In a happy place | GoGaited - 2014-11-26 2:31 AM Malarky. Also, the bible warns against this kind of thing.
Whether these people are right or wrong this is what is foremost in my mind......the Bible warns against this kind of thing. |
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Location: South Dakota | sorrel horse ranch - 2014-11-26 6:00 AM GoGaited - 2014-11-26 2:31 AM Malarky. Also, the bible warns against this kind of thing. Whether these people are right or wrong this is what is foremost in my mind......the Bible warns against this kind of thing.
Agree...this is messing with the Dark Side..We are warned to stay away from this type of thinking. |
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 Own It and Move On
Location: The edge of no where | sorrel horse ranch - 2014-11-26 6:00 AM GoGaited - 2014-11-26 2:31 AM Malarky. Also, the bible warns against this kind of thing. Whether these people are right or wrong this is what is foremost in my mind......the Bible warns against this kind of thing.
^This. I have no doubts that they are often correct, but I'm not going there. I'm not going to judge anyone else for it, but the way that I interpret the Bible, it's wrong for me. |
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 Accident Prone
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | And some of us believe the real ones have a gift from God. |
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Location: Gainesville, TX | Curiosity killed the cat for me, so to speak. Spoke to a more well known one. Almost completely off base with my gelding. I'm not going to say there can't be something to it. I've seen way too much in this world that's unexplained, but my experience wasn't accurate. I didn't have a horse in extreme pain or anything so I didn't feel super disappointed. I just did it out of my own curiosity. I like to know how everything works so I can talk with someone about it. Most evidence for this stuff is anecdotal. Studies have also shown with these types of things we have a confirmation bias going in. We tend to think they will be right or wrong. If we think they will be right, we tend to find things that are and ignore the stuff that's not. If we think they will be wrong, we pick them apart more strongly than we might normally. I tried to stay neutral. I won't bash it for other people that have had positive results. I have often wondered if this is supposed to work along the lines of a 'horsie' horoscope though, if they are using some form of astrological calendar or its just a 'communication' OBE type thing.
ETA: I like to read my horoscope . . . at the end of the day. Amazingly a decent number are accurate. I have one app on my phone that can even peg it down to physical symptoms. I don't live my life by it. It's just for entertainment. Someone did an informal study on those once. One in five are deemed to be wholly inaccurate but the other ones have some merit. I wonder if this would apply to animal communicators too?
Edited by oija 2014-11-26 8:43 AM
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Angel in a Sorrel Coat
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Location: In a happy place | Three 4 Luck - 2014-11-26 8:26 AM And some of us believe the real ones have a gift from God.
Three 4 I struggle with your point of view too. My grandmother foresaw things that happened in the future and I have lived long enough to see them come true. As I said I struggle with this. |
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Accident Prone
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | oija - 2014-11-26 8:40 AM Curiosity killed the cat for me, so to speak. Spoke to a more well known one. Almost completely off base with my gelding. I'm not going to say there can't be something to it. I've seen way too much in this world that's unexplained, but my experience wasn't accurate. I didn't have a horse in extreme pain or anything so I didn't feel super disappointed. I just did it out of my own curiosity. I like to know how everything works so I can talk with someone about it. Most evidence for this stuff is anecdotal. Studies have also shown with these types of things we have a confirmation bias going in. We tend to think they will be right or wrong. If we think they will be right, we tend to find things that are and ignore the stuff that's not. If we think they will be wrong, we pick them apart more strongly than we might normally. I tried to stay neutral. I won't bash it for other people that have had positive results. I have often wondered if this is supposed to work along the lines of a 'horsie' horoscope though, if they are using some form of astrological calendar or its just a 'communication' OBE type thing.
There are many who are flat out fake. Some of the ones who are real and do it for money, I think feel the need to deliver SOMETHING to their paying customers. So rather than saying "it's not working today" or "your horse isn't cooperating" will make something up. There have been times for me when my reaction was that they totally missed on my horse, only to find out they were correct. But like I said, lots of fakes out there. I've only found 2 that I trust. One of them found my daughter's missing kitten. Dead-on accurate, lots of detail in the place description, no way could she have made that up. |
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 Hawty & Nawty
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| I think owners are the best communicators for thier animals. If we'd get our noses out of our cell phones and maybe take a few hours to sit in the pasture and watch... |
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Accident Prone
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | sorrel horse ranch - 2014-11-26 8:45 AM Three 4 Luck - 2014-11-26 8:26 AM And some of us believe the real ones have a gift from God. Three 4 I struggle with your point of view too. My grandmother foresaw things that happened in the future and I have lived long enough to see them come true. As I said I struggle with this.
My thinking is that we are all given gifts by God, but we have free will that allows us to use those gifts for good or for evil. The greater the gift, the greater the responsibility. Our sermon at church a couple of weeks ago was about gifts and our responsibility to use them to do good in God's name and glorify Him. My mom has been riding my butt ever since because she thinks I'm wasting a gift I was given...I don't think I actually possess such a thing as she accuses me of wasting. LOL |
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Location: Cap'n Joan Rotgut.....alberta | i have used a few over the years and had very good luck and very accurate..... will continue to use them
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