If only they could talk: the psychics who know what your pet is thinking

The Guardian ^ | Tue 20 Nov 2018 10.36 EST | Arwa Mahdawi

[BenLurkin]

Shira Plotzker did not set out to become a pet psychic. It just sort of happened. She was sitting at home in Nyack, New York, watching the animal communicator Sonya Fitzpatrick on TV.

Suddenly, the dog that was talking to Fitzpatrick started talking to her. “He told me he thought it was a lot of fun to be on TV! And he was very proud of himself for doing so good.”

Realizing she had abruptly developed the ability to communicate with animals, Plotzker expanded her existing psychic business to cater to pets.

Fifteen or so years later, business is booming, Plotzker tells me. Dogs and cats make up the bulk of her clientele, but she’s spoken to snakes, horses, wolves and the elephants at Tampa zoo. She was also invited to speak to some police dogs, but, she says, the police aren’t allowed to endorse her.

She charges $100 for a half-hour session and has no shortage of customers. People seek her help to find lost animals, fix behavioural problems, diagnose illnesses, and communicate with pets who have passed away. (Yes, she also speaks to dead animals.)

[BenLurkin]

[Jeff Chandler]

She charges $100 for a half-hour session and has no shortage of customers.

Can I train for this at community college? Because the field looks wide open.

[NorthMountain]

She's barking mad ...

Apparently, that's a professional asset in these demented times.

[Obadiah]

“Scratch my belly.”

There. That’ll be $100 please.

[pgkdan]

She charges $100 for a half-hour session and has no shortage of customers.

P.T. Barnum was right!

[Pilgrim's Progress]

I don’t need to spend a dime on a dog psychic . . . I always know what my dog is thinking . . . “I’m hungry.”

[bigbob]

My cat read this article and says anyone named Plotzker needs to stfu.

[NEMDF]

I usually know what our cat is thinking, but it has taken years. Usually it is something about what I can do for him at that particular moment, involving scratching, petting, food, or playing. Sometimes it is about picking him up or sitting so he can get on my lap.

[BenLurkin]

Gotta have the right persona...

[vikingd00d]

>>(She promptly lost some of my newly won confidence, however, when she went on to say Rascal is very fond of the color blue “because blue is for boys” – clearly I would never raise a dog to have such gender-normative views.)

And the reporterette decides to race the "animal psychic" to Crazytown.

[jeffc]

“A sucker is born every minute.” lives on...

[Michael.SF.]

[laplata]

P.T. Barnum was right!

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For sure.

[Simon Green]

P.T. Barnum was right!

As he says himself, in song and dance:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UWUhk_pdSeE

[C210N]

[gunnyg]

the more i see of people the more i like dogs...~wc fields, i think...

GyG@PlanetWTF?
Semper TRUMP.45!
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[KarlInOhio]

I prefer to use google translate.

[posterchild]

Yes, she also speaks to dead animals.

I speak to dead animals also, though it is typically in short phrases such as; 'tasty!' or 'that looks like a good medium rare.'

[blueunicorn6]

“It just sort of happened.”

Magically, dollar signs appeared in her head.

[wbill]

“Food. Food. Fooooood. Foo...SQUIRREL!!! ..........food. food. food.”