Psychic Pets?
22nd Jan 2008
Are Pets Psychic?
Is your pet a psychic? In a recent column in the Herald-Review.com the author, Dr. Larry Baker, a vet and apparently animal lover, writes on the topic of pets and whether they possess psychic abilities or not. It’s an interesting question considering the recent interest in mainstream media concerning all things psychic. Dr. Baker writes:
“Are some pets psychic? I doubt it, in spite of many anecdotal stories, “pet psychics” on television and even incidences I have witnessed, which may seem inconceivable otherwise.”
Pets, amazing things or psychics?
Pets truly are amazing, they bring us unconditional love and attention. Sometimes they do things that seem completely incredible, and things that are just not easily explained. For example, finding their way home after being trapped in a train or truck, alerting strangers to save a owner who has a medical emergency or other amazing things. Although incredible, these feats themselves are not necessarily evidence of any psychic ability.
Wikipedia defines the term “psychic” as:
“Relating to or denoting mental abilities or phenomena that are apparently inexplicable by known natural laws, since they seem to transcend the confines of the brain…”
The issue here is the term “natural laws,” which most would agree applies to our pet friends.
To summarize Dr. Baker: It is completely fitting for pets to use the natural abilities they are given. For example, consider dogs with their incredible smell, cats that seem able to seek in almost complete dark or birds that are able to fly south for the winter, and north again each year with unerring accuracy. Although incredible, all of these events can be explained by the natural abilities animals have. Thus, just because our pet friends can do seemingly incredible things, this does not “prove” they have psychic abilities.
Are Pets Psychic?
So what do you think? Are pet’s psychic? Send your comments in now and let us know what you think!
More Psychic Resources
arealpsychic.com - Information about psychics and the paranormal
wikipedia.org psychic page - Definition of psychic and overview of psychic topics
Psychic Medium page - Explanation of mediums and their psychic connections