I have been giddy with the arrival of this new Animal Planet show but, due to being out shopping, came home in the last half of the program. When the lady was talking to owners whose pets had gone to the great beyond.
I just loved this show. I think I could be addicted.
Lemme tell you why: it is part side show grifter and smooth operator who looks and acts classy combined with precious widdle pets.
I give it two big thumbs up.
Do they at least give a disclaimer saying something like “This psycho-looking lady cannot actually read minds, for entertainment purposes only”? If they did that I might watch.
I saw part of it, trying to find something to watch. I was so hard up for entertainment, I actually turned to Animal Planet, ugh.
I was laughing and saying, “Aw, come on people! Give me a break!” Until I couldn’t stand it anymore, and changed the channel. Does she talk to fish by any chance? “He says to quit tapping on the aquarium glass. It makes him nervous.”
This woman makes John Edward look respectable, almost.
See, I found her very irritating and extremely fake. I was hopeful for something I could at least try to believe in.
My wife’s boss was taped for this show, but her episode isn’t airing until July. It goes without saying that I think it’s crap, but Julie actually fell for some of the stuff. (“Your dog is so happy that you’re pregnant!” :rolleyes:)
I didn’t see the opening credits ( I came in about 830) so if there was a disclaimer, I missed it.
She didn’t talk to a fish, but she did (snort) talk to an alligator.
I’d really like to get the background on this woman. She was realllly smooth. Cons all over are going to watch and learn how to con the mark.
When I saw the promo for this show when the “psychic” said some bullshit about, “You may choose not to believe it, but it’s true,” or something along those lines, the show immediately jumped into my NEVER WATCH THIS SHOW EVER pile, along with The Man Show & The Best Damn Sports Shows Period.
I’ve decided to ultimately become a pet psychic. Being a regular human psychic is a bit too much work…I mean, there’s always the chance you are wrong. However, being a pet psychic is a lazy bullshitter’s dream.
PET PSYCHIC is a hoot! I don’t care whether Sonya is a fraud or the real deal. The show is funny. I just want to know how they get all those animals to behave when they’re all in a group. No doggie howls or scratches. No cat runs and hides under the bleachers. Even the bunnies behave. I’m thinking there’s a side business in animal Prozac somewhere on the Animal Planet!
I love this! I love it because it is so obviously, clearly a con. It’s like watching The Sting, only with the little boo boo kitty babies. The lack of a disclaimer is sort of a non-issue for me, does anyone really need to be told this? (Wait, don’t answer that. I’m sure some people do need to be told this, but frankly, that’s not my problem.)
I’m also pleased to report that my cat told me this morning that I’m the world’s most perfect human being.
Slightly more seriously, I would probably not like this show so much if it seemed that the Pet Psychic lady (Sonia?) didn’t really like animals. But it’s my impression that she really and truly is person who is devoted to animals. I’m actually impressed that she found a way to market her inclination to spend her days talking to animals.
My understanding is that she has to ask for the pet’s name. Wouldn’t she already know that, since she’s psychic?
this ties in real well with my theory that animal dander causes retardation. i know thats what happened to my mom…
(for the benefit of snermy)
I said it before, and I’ll say it again:
I hate cats.
I flipped by briefly, in time to see her reveal the shocking psychic insight that someone in the family made fun of the Bassett hound’s ears. OMG!!! She must be for real! How could she possibly know that!?! It’s amazing!
It causes me physical pain to watch this sort of thing, honestly. At least she’s not bilking the grieving, but sheesh!
Ok we’re on the straight Dope right?.. Why would anyone here think there was anything to this BS other than a con artist getting stinking rich off of idiots.
Sounds like fun though.
It WAS fun! I started watching when she was talking to the guinea pig, “Pookie.” I have to admit to being suckered. My left brain was screaming “SCAM, SCAM”, but my right brain was saying, “Wow, the pony started to EAT! Sonya’s cool!”
I loved that she said the boxer wanted more french fries. Are there any dogs out there who don’t love fries? And the owners said they gave him one before the show. Did she smell it on his breath? Hmmmmm…
In any case, I thought it was totally entertaining, and I’ll be watching it again. The only part I really didn’t like was the portion with the “pets from beyond the grave.” That was a bit much, even for me.
She even claims to communicate with worms.
Give me a break.
“She even claims to communicate with worms.”
—To be fair, she was referring to the network execs who greenlighted the show . . .
“Thanks, Sonya, for your report on what my iguana Quincy is thinking. Now, I’d like you to know that I’m a real pet psychic, and this whole time, Quincy has been sitting there thinking, ‘WTF is she going on about? That’s not what I’m saying. I just want my water bowl cleaned. Tastes like old mealworm. All that stuff about my heatlamp is BS. The lamp is fine, you flabby-armed fraud.’”
I too think Pet Psychic is a hoot! It may be farfetched, but I dig on the animals, and I love the way the Pet Psychic talks “oh what a beautiful alligator you are dahling!!” Heehee. It’s a guilty pleasure, and I’m not going to apologize for liking it or judge anyone else who likes it or even believes in that kind of thing. More power to ya, I say. When I started a thread about it a while ago, DavidB jumped down my throat and said I was spreading ignorance to the masses. He was serious. DavidB where are you? I would figure you’d put in your two cents worth already.
I for one watched the show and absolutely loved it. I even cried when she talked to the little racoon about its mommy dying. (I’m a sap) And the little horse that had it’s baby taken away too soon so it wasn’t eating, yup, I cried again.
I love the show. If I could get her to come to my house and talk to the kitten I would. (I got a kitten from the Humane Society, they had her from the time she was three weeks old and they have no idea what happened to her mommy. I’d like to know if my little kitty remembers her cat mommy.)
Of course logically I know she can’t possibly be communicating with the animals, but I don’t care I like her show anyway.