# Red hot pit: Animal communicators **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 8, 2015, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-hot-pit-animal-communicators/717127 "2015-04-08T15:26:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2015, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-hot-pit-animal-communicators/717127/41 "2015-04-09T17:08:48Z")
I ran into a pet psychic at a pet store one day. She said she “knew”\* I was a cat lover and would I like her to talk to my cat? I gave her a photo of one of my cats. Said kitty had been deceased for five years. She proceeded to do a reading on the cat about how smart she was and how much the cat loved me and which toys kitty liked and blah blah blah. Then she asked how old kitty was. “Well, she’d be 20. She died five years ago.” “Oh, yes, I can tell now, she’s speaking from the other side. She likes playing in the grass with other kitties!” Yes, my little kitty was communicating with this woman _from beyond the grave_! - – probably from the cat hair all over my coat. Or because I’d been back in the cat food section of the store. Ya think? ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2015, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-hot-pit-animal-communicators/717127/42 "2015-04-09T17:09:58Z")
> [@bup](#): > > You can talk to pond scum? Can you teach me how? Sure. Donate to their election campaign. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2015, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-hot-pit-animal-communicators/717127/43 "2015-04-09T18:43:33Z")
> [@JcWoman](#): > > Believe me, I started out with an open mind on this. Why? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2015, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-hot-pit-animal-communicators/717127/44 "2015-04-09T18:48:51Z")
> [@Darth\_Panda](#): > > Why? A little bird told her it was a good idea. ---
**Author:** ![JcWoman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jcwoman/32/2889_2.png) [@JcWoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JcWoman)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2015, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-hot-pit-animal-communicators/717127/45 "2015-04-09T19:12:40Z")
> [@Darth\_Panda](#): > > Why? Just to be nice, really. I mean this crap is pervasive in the animal rescue circles. We do large social events where people who hand-made coats and collars and other stuff vend and they’re always a ton of fun. And there’s inevitably one animal communicator also vending. Also if you go around telling your friends that they’re full of shit, you won’t have any friends at all in a very short amount of time. Okay, and also way back at the beginning when I first entered these social circles, I thought maybe it was about reading body language. As mentioned before, I have two-way communication with my dogs because we read each other’s body language, moods, etc. So I had a small learning curve to realize it wasn’t that at all, but a psychic hotline level of crapola. > [@running\_coach](#): > > A little bird told her it was a good idea. 😃 You, sir, are hysterical! ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2015, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-hot-pit-animal-communicators/717127/46 "2015-04-09T19:12:45Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > When does this dog get time to lick his balls? What kind of dog do you even have? I’m starting to think you don’t even have a dog…sheesh! My dog is a retired slut for Guide Dogs for the Blind. She knows what happens when she has sex - she’s stuck with a bunch of puppies munching on her teats. She’s delegated that to her daughters. So, no dogs to munch. Sexist! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![JcWoman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jcwoman/32/2889_2.png) [@JcWoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JcWoman)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2015, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-hot-pit-animal-communicators/717127/47 "2015-04-09T19:15:22Z")
My boy has also had his balls removed. He’s switched to a new fun game: pissing on his sisters head any chance he gets. :mad: Thus she gets bathed twice as much as he does. I’m tempted to give him a bath when he pees on her just to teach him a lesson. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2015, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-hot-pit-animal-communicators/717127/48 "2015-04-09T19:40:51Z")
> [@bup](#): > > You can talk to pond scum? Can you teach me how? I can talk to pond scum so lucidly that it has never once asked for clarification. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2015, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-hot-pit-animal-communicators/717127/49 "2015-04-09T19:42:00Z")
> [@JcWoman](#): > > My boy has also had his balls removed. He’s switched to a new fun game: pissing on his sisters head any chance he gets. :mad: Thus she gets bathed twice as much as he does. I’m tempted to give him a bath when he pees on her just to teach him a lesson. Remember Rule 34 and get out your camera. There’s **got** to be a market for bestiality water-sports porn. ---
**Author:** ![JcWoman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jcwoman/32/2889_2.png) [@JcWoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JcWoman)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2015, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-hot-pit-animal-communicators/717127/50 "2015-04-09T20:50:29Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Remember Rule 34 and get out your camera. There’s **got** to be a market for bestiality water-sports porn. Eww, these are my BABIES you’re talking about dude! You want me to pedo-pimp my own little darlins?!? :eek::mad: 😛 Seriously, I’ve mostly trained her to jump away from him when he lifts his leg. I’m worried about her getting urine in her eyes or ears and just… no. Nasty. I do like watching him try to write his name in the snow, though. Pretty impressive for a dog! ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2015, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-hot-pit-animal-communicators/717127/51 "2015-04-09T21:23:00Z")
> [@JcWoman](#): > > I do like watching him try to write his name in the snow, though. Pretty impressive for a dog! Does he write the name you use for him or his _real_ name? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2015, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-hot-pit-animal-communicators/717127/52 "2015-04-09T21:33:27Z")
Not having gone to school, it must be ruff. ---
**Author:** ![Trancephalic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trancephalic/32/380_2.png) [@Trancephalic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trancephalic)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2015, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-hot-pit-animal-communicators/717127/53 "2015-04-09T22:01:58Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Bah. Animals are easy. Plants are easy. Ya wanna impress me? Prove you can communicate psychically with microorganisms. Somewhere there’s a spirochete undergoing fission. It is beside itself with seperation anxiety. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2015, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-hot-pit-animal-communicators/717127/54 "2015-04-10T01:16:52Z")
> [@JcWoman](#): > > Just to be nice, really. I mean this crap is pervasive in the animal rescue circles. We do large social events where people who hand-made coats and collars and other stuff vend and they’re always a ton of fun. And there’s inevitably one animal communicator also vending. Anyone vending this stuff? Seriously, this is some of the craziest crap I’ve seen: someone put hours of work into this crazy. [These People Are Wearing Sweaters Made From Their Dog's Shed Hair - The Dodo](https://www.thedodo.com/these-people-are-wearing-sweat-453318420.html) ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2015, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-hot-pit-animal-communicators/717127/55 "2015-04-10T01:44:14Z")
> [@JcWoman](#): > > I do like watching him try to write his name in the snow, though. Pretty impressive for a dog! Not if his name is Spot. ---
**Author:** ![JcWoman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jcwoman/32/2889_2.png) [@JcWoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JcWoman)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2015, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-hot-pit-animal-communicators/717127/56 "2015-04-10T14:02:18Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > Anyone vending this stuff? Seriously, this is some of the craziest crap I’ve seen: someone put hours of work into this crazy. [These People Are Wearing Sweaters Made From Their Dog's Shed Hair - The Dodo](https://www.thedodo.com/these-people-are-wearing-sweat-453318420.html) Better than throwing the old fur away. It also reminds me of the old joke about knitting yourself another dog (or cat). But really, I think the white-light-woo psychos^b^b^b^b^b communicators are much more crazy. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2015, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-hot-pit-animal-communicators/717127/57 "2015-04-10T15:23:23Z")
I remember watching some “pet whisperer” TV shows years ago. After listening to stuff like, “You dog says he likes your hairdo!” all I could think was, “Really? How the fuck do you know that?” The worshipful pet owner was obviously impressed and the bond with her pet increased. No wonder the Brooklyn Bridge gets sold so frequently. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2015, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-hot-pit-animal-communicators/717127/58 "2015-04-10T16:10:51Z")
Forgot to add, that in addition to my SIL being able to talk to animals and find out what their “real” name is (you see, animals name themselves), her mother did the same thing … with cars. Yes, cars also name themselves. ---
**Author:** ![JcWoman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jcwoman/32/2889_2.png) [@JcWoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JcWoman)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2015, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-hot-pit-animal-communicators/717127/59 "2015-04-10T17:01:37Z")
Saint Cad, you win! We’re still working on our lost dog situation, which is how this remains fresh on my mind. Every day there are FB posts from people sending white light and visualizing calming hands and telling the dog to let herself be caught by the nice people and that we all love her. I know most of this is just well-meaning nice wishes from kind people and don’t have a problem with it. But at some point it starts to sound like everybody thinks they can wish the dog into being caught. The dog in question is a rescue from bad conditions, never lived in a home as a pet, and hated her first foster mom so she’s essentially a wild animal. People keep treating her like a lost little Bambi. She has to be caught in a humane trap, not called in a loving voice to your warm, open arms. In cases like this I think hunters have a much more realistic perspective when it comes to animals - which is a shocking thing for me to say given that we rescued her from hunters! ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2015, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-hot-pit-animal-communicators/717127/60 "2015-04-10T18:51:48Z")
> [@JcWoman](#): > > I do like watching him try to write his name in the snow, though. Pretty impressive for a dog! > > > [@Musicat](#): > > > > Not if his name is Spot. This makes me happier than the “Game of War” woman galloping in slow motion. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-hot-pit-animal-communicators/717127.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-hot-pit-animal-communicators/717127.md?page=4)