For most of my life I’ve been caring and communicating with animals, especially dogs. 

Over the years I've honed my ability to tune in to animals and understand what they are thinking. Yes, I actually talk, listen and ask animals questions, and gets answers. I rely on my ability to build trusting connections with my client animals, receiving images, hearing words, getting a knowing sense and even feeling sensations a dog might be experiencing like nausea, stiffness or even pain in a specific area.

Host of the popular Talking with the dogs!™ podcast, I'm passionate about dogs, going on adventures with them, and find  joy helping dog people better understand their pets or the animals with whom they work. 

With a Masters in Education from Teachers College at Columbia University, and continuing studies in Animal Communication,  I'm grateful my lifelong experiences as an educator and dog lover enable me to support others throughout the world on how to  talk and understand their dogs, or any animal in their life.  

Besides chat sessions with the dogs, I teach Animal Communication, am a popular guest in elementary school classrooms, at special events, 

and available for speaking engagements

So how did this start?  At age 5 a kindergarten classmate

 brought a standard grey poodle to show and tell. I instinctively knew what the dog was thinking and went home pleading for a dog. It wasn't till we moved and I was 7 that I walked home from a neighbor's house falling in love with my first puppy snuggled under my chin, becoming forever bonded with dogs.  At age 9, dog training came naturally to me.  My little mixed mutt and I won the blue ribbon in dog obedience, competing against mostly adults at the county fair.  Animal Communication came easily as my dog and I instinctively understood and trusted each other.

Years later, I adopted a black Labrador puppy from the Humane Society. I resumed dog training, we excelled as a team, and because of previous traumatic injuries from a car accident I was inspired to help others by becoming a certified Pet Partners Animal Assisted Therapy Team with Sam.  For years we worked in a traumatic injury rehab center, and regularly visited the Children’s Hospital in San Antonio, TX.  It was working there with Sam that I became more aware of being a dog whisperer. 

After a long and happy life my beloved Pet Partner 

Sam passed away. When my family was ready we fostered a dog named Teddy, adopted him, then Wolfgang, a black Lab. Due to a full house of dogs, I became an animal and home evaluator for a rescue group in Northern California.  Working with hundreds of dogs and families, I further developed my skills at intuitively understanding a variety of dogs, their situations and needs to thrive.

 It brings me great joy to help people understand what their dog is thinking, and wants them to know. I've witnessed and cherish the messages I receive from clients testifying to the transformative effect my sessions have on dogs and their people, at home and in placing and rehabilitating rescue dogs. I believe talking and listening to an animal is essential to maintaining a happy, healthy relationship,

in and out of the doghouse!