So honored to connect to this trio! <3

Barbara wrote:

I was blessed to have Joyce Ann do a long-distance Reiki session with my dogs . We have three. Patches, at 15, is completely deaf now and has trouble getting up and down stairs, but arthritis doesn’t stop her from eagerly participating in walks, and her appetite is as good as ever. As Joyce Ann found, her spirit is good. She reported some aches and pains, worried about not being able to hear intruders or other “bad” things and about being pushed out of her alpha status. She wants Samba, the other female, to succeed her as alpha dog when the time comes, not the young buck Hawkeye, who thinks he knows it all!

Samba, our sensitive one, told Joyce Ann that angels are around ‘Mom’ a lot – I’m not surprised that she can see them, even though I can’t.  She also sees herself as the keeper of peace in the household, which is true, and likes everyone to be calm and happy. Joyce Ann asked her to be more understanding of little people (Samba does not like children, to our sorrow). We don’t know yet how effective that will be, though a recent encounter with a young person – not a small child but an older one – was very encouraging.

Finally, Hawkeye had his turn. Joyce Ann sensed his high energy, very Jack Russell-like – he loves to play and will tease his sister mercilessly until she either agrees to play tag or jumps on him and wrestles him to the ground. He’ll submit to her superior strength, then come back and insist on more.

The sense I got from this session is that all three of them are quite content and secure.  We do become adept at reading our dogs’ signals and understanding their basic wants and needs, but we can never be sure what they are thinking since, for better or worse, dogs don’t share language with us. I feel now that I can relate more directly to how they see themselves: Patches, dignified but feisty; Samba, in breastplate and winged helmet; and strong, handsome Hawkeye.  Thank you, Joyce Ann, for this very special experience.