Psychic Pets

Science has only started to investigate the psychic abilities of animals, but many pet owners already know about the special psychic communication they have with their special animal friends. Pet animals have been known to travel hundreds, in some instances, thousands of miles to reunite with their human owners, with only their psychic honing instincts guiding them. One such example is the amazing account of an Irish terrier named Prince, who traveled more than 250 miles from Britain to find his master in the front line trenches of Armentieres , France during World War I. Another well-known instance is “The Incredible Journey” by Sheila Burnford, a book based on a true account of pet dogs and a cat being separated from their human family, an amazing real-life event which was later turned into a much beloved Disney movie. These pets traveled several thousand miles, one of them dying, with the remainder finally being united with their human family who had moved across to the other side of the continent.

Rupert Sheldrake’s Research

Dr. Rupert Sheldrake is one of the scientific pioneers in the research of human-animal communication. A biochemist, his parapsychological work exploring plant and animal behavior is still controversial as well as amazing. Sheldrake explained some of his experiments and the amazing results he achieved during several Coast to Coast interviews. One particularly well-known project he worked on is examining the psychic link between pet animals and their owners, especially when the pets were waiting for their owners to come home from work. In 1994 he released “Seven Experiments That Could Change the World”, one of the subjects being: “Dogs That Know When Their Owners are Coming Home”.  His work was also the main topic of the 2008 Toward a Science of Consciousness, where he explored in detail telepathy between humans and animals.

In addition, from his work with plant life and young chicks, Sheldrake developed a theory called “Morphic Resonance” which maintains that living organisms develop under the influence of other like creatures, and that all sentient life has morphic memory, which while stored in the genes are not exclusive to this physiology. His work: “A New Science of Life: The Hypothesis of Morphic Resonance” is a landmark work in the field.

The Elberfeld Horses

The amazing feats of The Elberfeld Horses remain the original classic in the field of animal psychic research. In nineteenth century Germany , a peculiar man named Wilhelm Von Osten would engage anyone he met for the purposes of convincing them about the superior intelligence of animals, particularly horses. Von Osten maintained that horses are able to reach a human level of intelligence if correctly taught. With a meager inheritance, he then devoted considerable time to this experiment. He had his first success with a young Russian stallion named Hans, whom he soon nicked “Clever Hans” or “Kluge Hans”. Within months, Hans knew how to distinguish between various objects and identify them with his hooves. He also taught Hans how to count, and within time, taught Hans how to do not only math, but basic algebra. Word was getting out about this equine phenomenon, as the University of Geneva sent Professor E. Clarapede to investigate. The professor was astonished beyond words at what he saw, but managed to send a report back to the university.