Let me start by telling you a little bit about me. I have two
wonderful Cocker Spaniels named "Rio" and "Nicholas". They have been
the joy of my life. Rio just turned 5 and Nicholas is 4. I
have had Rio since basically birth and Nicholas moved in with us almost a
year ago. I literally spend all my time with these two great dogs
and have become fascinated by the subject of animal communication. I
study their body language and all their other quirky movements and how
they interact with each other and things around them. Now I will say
I am not a great animal trainer nor an expert on dogs or any other animals
for that fact. I've been a human Nurse for over 20 years, yet have
no medical Knowledge regarding animals. Except what my vet tells me
or that I have researched. I never ever would think to try to
diagnose any pet or human condition. Yet I feel that I have broken
through some barrier when it comes to communicating with my two pets,
specifically Rio. In the past I was owned by several other great
dogs. Sunny- I was a child when we had him, I remember him as such a
great gentle dog that everyone loved. Then we Had "Happy"- he was a
terrier mix- a dog that was left with his brothers and sisters running in
a parking lot at a local mall by us. Happy was a great dog. Truly
Happy. Troubles- moved in with us when she was older not sure how
much but she lived till her late teens. She was Happy best friend
through the years. Then their was Randy- Another rescue- he was a
Shepard and Weinermarra. What a beauty he was. A huge dog with
a big heart for the family, he was very protective otherwise. Yet never
harmed anyone. Through all these Pets I had through the years growing up-
Communication was opened till Mr. Rio. I do not have children so my
investment in everything has always been my dogs. My children are
Rio & Nicholas.
Skeptics
Some people do not believe in Animal communication and that is alright, we
are all entitled to our opinions. Yet from all I have learned over
the past five years from my little furbaby Rio, I know that communication
is possible and is happening everyday and everywhere with all kinds of
animals. I've watched shows on TV about this. Searched other
websites reading about Animal Communicators. Sometimes my experience
seems similar, other times I tend not to agree with all the facts they
give. Yet these are my personal opinions. I know many of
these people have studied this subject a lot more then I have. I
have no scientific backing for anything I tell you here. I also do
not discredit anyone who makes claims other then the way I communicate
with my Animals. Yet the things and stories I tell you regarding our
communication are true to us. So as some may think I have flip my lid or
really don't know what I'm talking about or thinking that I'm talking
to myself. That's ok. Yet I just ask that you try to have an
open mind while reading this to understand all that we are telling you
here. The decision is yours to believe or not believe.
How Animals
Communicate
Have you ever watched animals and how they communicate with each other.
Fascinating to say the least. They use body language which can tell us-
they are happy or they are fearful or even angry. Smell- they smell
everything and pick up scents of other animals and people. Marking-
they mark plants bushes, tree's, furniture and just about everything else.
Touching- They touch each other , bump each other and people and lean on
peoples legs and communicate in so many different ways. Growling,
Barking, Howling so many different way to communicate. Yet they have
not been able to Master the communication skills of vocalization as
humans. Weather its do to vocal cords or anything else I am not
sure. Yet they still can communicate with us and do daily.
When you watch a group of animals together, you may not hear a bark,
howl or see anything different going on between them and then suddenly they
will get up and leave or do something. My belief is they communicate
telepathically to each other. Then if they can communicate this way
to each other why is it considered so odd that they could communicate to
us the same way.
Mr. Rio Breaks Through
It was two weeks Prior to 911 and I was moving from Las
Vegas to NY. Rio was almost 6 months old. I hated the idea of
him flying on the plane under me but had very little options available at
the time. We took the read eye a non stop flight. The whole
time sitting in that plane, I was sick to my stomach worrying about my
Baby. The vet and everyone said he would be fine but that didn't
make me feel any better. All I thought of was him cold and lonely
and scared. Yet I knew in less then five hours I would have him back
in my arms and the great trauma would be over. Well we landed at
Kennedy and low and behold for over an hour and longer no one could find
my baby. At the point of hysteric's I finally found someone to find
him. He was in a baggage room that they normally don't put the dogs
in. Mind you, I was told they are the first ones off the plane.
When I got him he was hysterical, I opened his cage he was soaken wet from
sweating and urinating on himself. I vowed to him never again.
Next time if we ever had to go we would drive all the way cross country.
During the next few days Rio would come to me and lick
me and I would get images in my head of him in the compartment on the
plane. I would see him panting and scared and sliding back and forth
in his kennel. Just trying to get into a comfortable safe position.
I could feel his fear and his dread that this was never going to end.
MY heart would break and I would comfort him each time he relayed these
images to me. Yet being a skeptic, I truly thought to myself that
these where just my thought and not his.
Well I took a month off from work to get him used to
his new surroundings and would just leave for short periods of time.
When I would leave he would lay on the bed and just watch looking sad but
not doing anything. Then one day a tenant we rented to in our house
told me how when I wasn't home Rio would howl and cry the whole time. So I
placed a Camcorder on my night table pointing to where Rio laid when I left
the house and just went out for less then a half an hour. He was
quiet when I left. When I got back in the house all seemed fine.
Then I watched the video. Within minutes of me leaving he stared
right at the camera and cried his little heart out till he heard the front
door open again. With that knowledge I grabbed him and
hugged him and as I held him the images came in my head- Rio being
in the airplane alone scared and then his feelings that he was going to be
alone and nobody was coming back. How vivid these images where I
knew at that point it wasn't me. I told him as he looked away from
me. That I will always come back for him. Explaining that
sometimes I have to go out but I will always return. After a long
discussion and Rio not even looking at me like I was invisible. He
comes and licks my face and is licking nonstop and a full conversation
from him is going on in my head. Explaining he is afraid that he
will stay alone and now that I told him I will come back he will try to
remember that. He just kept thinking he was never going to see me
again. After that the next few times I left I recorded him and he
was fine and adjusted well.
Over the years he has become more verbal. I have
a chronic health condition that really wipes me out and he will come to me
and sleep above my head on nights I'm not feeling well. Telling me I
am going to make it through this. He is so in tune to my thoughts
feeling and energy levels its incredible. I trust his intuition.
When things are not going right- I have asked him questions and he has
always give me the correct answers. I don't know how he knows these
things but I know if Rio tells me things are going to work out then I can
relax. When I'm looking for something, he looks with me. We
have become a great search and rescue team in the house. We even
play hide and seek which is hard with him since he knows where I am.
Yet his brother Nicholas is not so in tune. I have hidden behind the
door and have told Rio who has found me to continue looking so his brother
doesn't know where I am and he leads his brother astray from my hiding
spots. Its truly remarkable. Rio's understanding of speech is
absolutely amazing. Considering he owns this business he has every
dog toys and more known to dogs. Each toy we name and each toy he
can retrieve by name. He can come to different people by name also.
Now I wont say Rio does not have his faults. With
being such a communicating dog he is also a very Barking dog. I told
him one day, you are going to be staying at the vet over night
because Mommy and Daddy have to go away. With that he walked over to
my suitcase lifted his leg and need I say more. I will continue to
update this page telling more stories about Mr. Rio and his communication
skills. As I write it seems hard to relay everything since this is
just a constant occurrence with us.
Now Nicholas
Nicholas the lover among dogs. He is in real
life Rio's natural brother from a litter after Rio was born. MY
brothers family has both Nicholas and Rio's parents their names are Makita
and Bono- and also Rio's older brother Bongo. On a recent visit over
a year ago to visit them all in Vegas. I noticed something different
about Nicholas then the other dogs. He seemed to stand in the back
of the pack. Which I guess is normal since they were their own pack
the four of them. Yet Nicholas came to me and would just lay his
head on me and just seemed so sad to me. I couldn't get a grip on
what he was trying to tell me. He just would not come through like
Rio does. What was coming through and was told to me also by my
brothers wife was he always has ear problems and goes to the vet a lot for
treatment and stuff. Poor little guy. Rio's has had his share
of those I thought. Well over the time we where their Nicholas was
also working on my husband and it just was coming through to us he wasn't
happy and for us to take him home. Half jokingly I said to my
brother can I take him. Sure of course, but everyone was sort of
like yeh your going to take him. Nicholas would come to me during this time
asking me am I going to take him with me and I didn't realize it but I did
make I promise I would get him to live with us. Now the kids
where like you can take him, so with that I was like fine you guys don't
want him I will make arrangements. That night as the kids where
going out my nephew said Dad don't let them take Nicky and he was very
upset. Which I was happy to see of course they didn't want him to
leave. I was confused and not knowing what to do. So we went
home and I said I would ask Rio what he wanted me to do. Now my husband
who said only one dog for us Rio no more. WE fly home and all he
talks about is Nicholas. Nicholas is haunting all of us. So I
ask Rio about being a big brother his Nicholas. At first he said no!
I was shocked- I explained about Nicholas and that he seemed sad.
Finally Rio agreed. A few months go by and its getting close to the
warm weather.
Well we will continue to update you on our
conversations and experiences that we have together. If your dog or
animals talk to you we would love to hear about them and post them here so
others could learn more about this. You can email your story to
askmrrio@aol.com
