It seams to me from reading this that the AC did not mention anything specific to that particular dog, you could almost say the same thing about 99.9% of dogs at some time in their development. I am not sceptical about this, I think it is outrite waffle and have never heard anything so daft in all my life as being able to communicate with a dog. I have also heard that this same AC can comminicate with your dead pets! Would be really interested to read about the experiene when she takes a look at one of your own dogs. (free of charge I hope) Best regards Gary

From your description of the event, it doesn't seem to me that the AC actually communicated with the dog at all, and the fact that she caused him to growl and be unaware that he was uncomfortable with her convinces me that she didn't have a clue what was going on in his mind. I too would be interested to hear more on the subject if she visits your dogs.

I have read your blog and understand your scepticism, I too was very sceptical when I contacted Inge a few months ago. However, having now seen Inge in action, I am totally convinced that Inge is a genuine lady with a genuine talent, she has completely transformed my rescue dog’s life. Like you, normally I need scientific answers and explanations, but since meeting Inge I have had to throw all that out of the window and start believing in the unbelievable. I have always had dogs and always trained them (with fun training) and achieved quite a high degree of success, but my newest adoption was proving to be a challenge. In desperation to make her life happier, I decided at the recommendation of a dog trainer here in San Pedro to see Inge, as we had reached a plateaux with her training and her emotional development. However, still sceptical, I did my research into Inge and found that she had the endorsement of my vet, so I bit the bullet and called her. I had already decided to tell her as little as possible, because to be able to believe what I was hearing I needed to have very specific feedback from her, otherwise like you, anything vague would not have convinced me. I only told her that my dog was about 5 years old, her name was Pippa, she had been with us for 8 months, and to be as vague as possible, I said she “growled out of character”. The consultation (without my dog present) started with Inge telling me my dog’s background. During this I was still sceptical because I didn’t know her background and it was not something I could prove was either right or wrong. But everything she said did fit exactly with her personality and what my vet and I had presumed had happened to her. When I took Pippa from the refuge she could hardly walk due to muscle wastage from what we presumed was having spent all her life in a very small space. By the time Inge saw her photo she was a normal, fit, healthy dog no evidence of muscle wastage, but Inge immediately told me she had been kept in a small space all her life. I then started listening more carefully. She described in detail how Pippa was when she arrived at my house; she stood on the doorstep looking in the house and was too scared to go in for about an hour, then she dared to take one step in and one step back out, until eventually she came in, this was precisely how it happened. By this time I knew for my dog’s sake I had to open my mind more to the idea that Inge was indeed doing what she claimed to do: communicating with my dog. She told me that Pippa was fearful of dogs and growled if anyone touched her when she was lying down, again correct. Please bear in mind that Inge had never met my dog only seen a photo, and up until now I had said nothing at the consultation because I had been determined not to give anything away. There was a lot more information Inge gave me which was absolutely spot on, even about my other dog who I had not asked her to communicate with. After the first consultation, I decided to take Pippa to see Inge and the results have been unbelievable. Just one example is that Pippa suddenly developed anxiety when I left her and she gathered anything of mine up in a pile and chewed it. I mentioned this problem to Inge, because whilst I could remove everything in sight so there was nothing to chew, this didn’t help my dog’s anxiety. Inge addressed this with Pippa and from that moment on Pippa has never, ever chewed anything since, and also from that moment on, before I even leave the house she is in her bed relaxed and quite happy that I am leaving. There are many such things that have had an instant impact on Pippa following Inge’s communication. My other dog has a number of lumps, Inge drew a diagram of a dog and pin pointed the lumps precisely without me giving her any clue as to where they were. Pippa’s improvement is ongoing, I still see Inge from time to time which is my choice because at one stage Inge said I didn’t need to see her anymore. I would recommend that you do not brush this under the carpet, because as strange as it all is, Inge’s talent is genuine. It has helped me continue training Pippa with a greater knowledge of what is going on in her mind, the change in Pippa is fantastic, she is a now a more relaxed and happy dog, albeit with some way to go. I only wish I had known Inge when I had my previous rescue dogs.

When Clare and Pippa first came to my classes, there was a confident and capable handler, with a very scared and nervous dog. Pippa quickly adopted my young dog, who is very calm and passive, and this helped her to relax more within the class situation. We have taken things slowly, and with care and patience they have become more integrated into the class. However, there were issues which, on a home visit we were able to establish, and Clare has diligently worked on with Pippa. There were still problems that Clare was experiencing, and it was suggested she contact Inge. Clare has worked with Inge over a period of time and she has been happy with the results, and there has been a significant change in the dog too. Whether you believe or not, I think having an open mind is healthy and if you want to understand how this works, Inge runs workshops, and is always happy to help where she can. Many people have skills we find difficult to understand, and some people, no matter how many times they think about it, will ever be able to see passed what they think are just people out there trying to make a fast buck! You can see from the comment that Clare has written that she feels this has helped her with a better understanding of her dog, and I think that, more than anything is the most important factor. Pippa is much more relaxed dog now, but is still a work in progress! And before anyone suggests it, yes, I do know Inge, and No, I don't get anything for recommendations, or give out information on clients I refer to her!

I have only fairly recently met Inge and animal communication was a new concept for me. I'd heard of horse whisperers and the like but assumed that only a handful of people could do this kind of thing. I asked Inge to do a reading for our dog as we wanted to find out just how much pain he was in. Our dog is an ageing rottweiller and consequently very stoic about showing the amount of pain he was suffering. Inge gave us a clear indication of that and also his opinions on a lot of subjects like the weather since coming to Spain, the swimming pool and various members of the household. Being fascinated by this and also by the fact that Inge said we could all do it, I enrolled on a workshop with her shortly afterwards. At the workshop we were taught the basics about tuning into an animal. We worked in pairs, tuning into the other's animal, and therefore one was able to authenticate or otherwise what the other said. I worked with Clare, one of the contributors here and she, I'm sure, would be happy to repeat here how many accuracies I came up with - to my total surprise, I have to say! I tuned into her rescue dog and was stunned to find myself having a conversation with a dog with a wonderful sense of humour! For example, when asked if she liked to chase cats the answer came, "Chance would be a fine thing!" It turned out they currently lived in an apartment and she would indeed, given half a chance, have loved to have chased cats! She gave other equally funny answers to some of my questions. I have to say here I'd never met Clare before and neither she nor anyone else had told me anything about her dog prior to my tuning in. Clare in turn tuned into a feral cat that I'd been feeding at my house. She knew nothing at all about the cat prior to tuning in and she was amazingly accurate. She said she'd never been to the vet (true), liked water (I watched her putting her paws into the jacuzzi to play with the water), liked trees (she was always climbing trees and resting in them) and many more things that I knew to be true and some that were at least possible i.e. that she'd like to be given a name. Since the workshop I've been practising tuning into animals and I have been truly bowled over by what I've been getting. Please don't knock this until you've at least been on a workshop and tried it for yourselves!

I find reading these personal accounts very interesting but I still have one major problem with the whole thing. If the dog and human were communicating on any level why did the dog feel he had to growl at the animal communicator to make her move away, after what I would interpret as her giving him a threatening gesture by leaning over him and staring directly in to his eyes? I have thought of a challenge that may help to shed some light on the subject. Let me know if you think this is possible. One of my dogs does a range of different tricks, would it possible for me to pick a trick, write it on a piece of paper and give it to someone who can "communicate" and for them to ask the dog to do the trick? You can even promise the dog that they will get a big reward if they do the asked behaviour. If this is possible, you might just make a believer of me yet. As I mentioned in the blog I am looking forward to trying one of her workshops.