ANIMAL CHANNEL
NEWSLETTER
ANITA CURTIS * P O BOX 182 * GILBERTSVILLE, PA 19525 * PH: (610) 327-3820
FAX (610)
970-2696 * amicom@aol.com
* www.anitacurtis.com
Written
by: Elena Smith
FALL 2001 NEWSLETTER Editorial and Edited by: Anita Curtis
GREETINGS
FRIENDS 
Modern technology never ceases to
amuse and amaze me. Spelling has never
been my strong suit but I always felt superior to my typewriter because I could
spell better than it could. Now I work
with a machine that humbles me with a wiggly red line as soon as I make a
spelling mistake. A wiggly green line
lets me know when I have made a grammatical error, also a humbling experience.
If you are reading this you know
that I have put my spelling and grammar pride aside and turned to the new
machinery and know-how to have on-line newsletters. This all came about when my Webmaster asked if I was going to
resume sending out newsletters after not doing so for almost two years. I told him that it was cost-prohibitive and
I just couldn’t afford to. He suggested
going on line, we hammered out some details, and you are reading the results of
our discussion.
I am delighted with the idea and
hope you like this. I also hope that
you will contribute stories, photos, poems, and any interesting information we
can use to pass on to our readers. You
will find some new features from now on such as recipes for making treats for
dogs, cats, horses, and birds. If you
have favorites of your own please send them to us. We would like unusual or cute photos of animals and will send you
a gift coupon if we use your pictures.
Please read the newsletter for details.
Our next issue will give the results of the survey you filled out to
register – how many of our readers have which pets.
The Memorial and Welcome Home
columns will still be a part of the newsletter. It has been a long time since it was published, so if your pet
was missed in these columns please let us know. We want to keep the newsletter interesting to you and appreciate
suggestions for anything else you would like included. Elena is doing all the work and doing a
fantastic job!
The work of an animal communicator
is the same day after day: calls, lectures, workshops. However being sad, intense, fun, or
informative makes the calls exciting and varied. I enjoy lectures, and just love the workshops. In my “down-time” I often sit on the deck in
front of my house and watch the humming birds come to the feeders.
One evening when I was enjoying the
hummer’s suspended animation, I got a call from another animal
communicator. I had my cordless phone
with me and was chatting away when one of the tiny birds approached me. She stopped about three feet in front of me
and stared in my face as her wings fluttered loud enough for me to hear the
sound that gave her her name. I was
beside myself with joy as I described what was going to my friend. The bird flew off after a brief time and I
went back to my conversation. After I
hung the phone up and went in the house I realized that I must have been off
duty as a communicator. I had not even
tried to talk to the amazing little bird!
Feeling quite foolish, I went back onto the deck and asked her to
return. The sun had set and it was
getting past the time that the humming birds visited, but I had to try. About ten seconds went bye and she returned
to the feeder. I introduced myself as
being a safe person and assured her that I would supply fresh nectar for her
and her family. I thanked her for
gracing my property and hoped she would come often. When I had finished she left in a blur and returned to the tree
she called home. There was no message
from her, but I was overjoyed with her visit.
I’m still finding that my work, my
learning and my spiritual journey are each still work in progress.
WELCOME
TO THE RETURN OF ANIMAL CHANNEL
VETERINARY CARE
Anita has had the pleasure of working with many
talented veterinarians across the US. Many of you have asked for names of
alternative medicine veterinarians in your area. We don’t keep a list but you can call the following numbers to
get information on holistic and chiropractic veterinarians near you.
International
Veterinary Chiropractic Association
(309)
658-2920
American
Holistic Veterinary Medical Association
(410)
569-0795 phone
(410)
569-2346 fax
PHONE MESSAGE
If you
call between 10: 30 am and 4pm, eastern, Monday-Friday and get our voice mail,
please leave a message. Jean is on a
call helping another client and will call you back as soon as possible.
FRIENDS NOT
FORGOTTEN
If we
have inadvertently omitted the name of one of your animal friends, please
accept our apologies. Give us a call or
write us a note so we may include your friend in the next newsletter.
Honoring Our
Deceased Pet
When our beloved animal friends cross the Rainbow
Bridge, we are at a loss to know what to do.
Our grief overwhelms us and we struggle with the pain. Our pets are very concerned about our
grieving process and have kindly given us something to do that will help us AND
them at the same time.
Find a white candle (taper, votive, tea light) and
place it in a proper holder with extra protection (Pyrex dish, mug, etc) so
that you can let the candle burn safely until it goes out. As you light the candle, say a prayer of
thanksgiving (or thank your pets) for the joy they brought to your life and
honor them for their journey.
As you light the candle ask that its flame may light
their pathway home. Add to this any
other words that may come to you. Some
people like to do this once a day for three days, some more, some less. Do what feels right for you and know that
the animal will feel your love.
As one horse told us, “The candles you lit and the
prayers you said lighted my pathway with liquid gold.”
WELCOME BACK!!
Many of you have heard
me say that our animal companions can come back to us after they have passed
on. This new column is dedicated to our
loving friends who have returned to us.
Please contact us with any names and/or stories about friends that have
returned to you.
Weasel
Spataro returned, is now Nickel
Percy
Girard returned, is now Reggie
Ming
Evon returned, is now Dodger
Punch
Boyd returned, is now Leo
Laugh Lines:
Things
I Really Wish My Dog Would Remember:
The garbage
collector is not stealing our stuff.
I do not need to
suddenly stand straight up when I'm lying under the coffee table.
If I roll my toys behind
the fridge or behind the sofa, they're gone.
I can shake the
rainwater out of my fur BEFORE I enter the house.
I should not eat the
cat's food, either before he eats it, or after he throws it up.
It is not necessary to
find the few remaining pieces of clean carpet in the house when I am about to
get sick.
The bathroom wastebasket
is not a cookie jar.
If I chew crayons or
pens, especially the red ones, my people will think I am hemorrhaging.
When in the car, I
should not insist on having the window rolled down when it's raining outside.
Since we do not have a
doorbell, I don't have to bark each time I hear one on TV.
I
should not steal my mom's underwear and dance all over the backyard with it.
The
sofa is not a face towel.
My
head does not belong in the refrigerator.
I
should not play tug-of-war with dad's underwear when he's on the toilet.
If I eat mint-flavored
dental floss out of the bathroom garbage, my people will think I have worms
when they see a string hanging out of my butt.
I am not obligated to
roll around in the dirt immediately after getting a bath.
Sticking my nose into
someone's crotch is not an acceptable way of saying hello.
The toilet bowl is not a
never-ending water supply.
The cat is not a squeaky
toy, so when I play with him and he makes that noise, it's probably not a good
thing.
Top 10 Dog Breeds
Each year, the
American Kennel Club puts together the top 50 breeds registered with their
club. In 2000, the top 10 were:
From the Kitchen
If you have a favorite recipe for treats for you
pet please share them with us. Here are a few snacks we have come across. These treats are all natural, no chemicals,
no preservatives or food coloring.
These make great “welcome to the family” of holiday gifts. Please remember to refrigerate treats.
HORSE COOKIES*************************************************************************
Ingredients:
1 Cup uncooked oats 1 Tsp. Salt ¼ Cup molasses
1 Cup flour 1
Tbsp. honey
1 Cup shredded carrots ¼ Cup water
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Mix ingredients in bowl as listed. Make little balls and place on cookie
sheets. Bake for 15 minutes or until
golden brown in color.
DOG BISCUITS********************************************************************
Ingredients:
2 Cups whole-wheat flour ¼ Cup milk
¼ Cups white or yellow corn meal ¼ Cup wheat germ
¼ Cup chicken or beef broth 1 Tbsp. soft margarine
Directions:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Mix dry ingredients in a large bowl. Mix milk and broth in another bowl. Add liquid mixture to dry and stir steadily
with a spoon. Add margarine. (Add extra
corn meal if mix is not of s dough consistency.) Flour board; roll dough to 1/8-inch thickness. Use a bone shaped cookie cutter to cut
cookies. Bake on greased cookie sheet
for 15 to 20 minutes. Cool and serve to
your favorite pup.
CAT
CRUNCHIES*******************************************************************
Ingredients:
1 Cup whole-wheat flour 1 Egg 1/3
Cup powdered milk
¼ Cup soy flour 1/3
Cup milk 1 Tbsp.
unsulfered molasses
1 Tsp. Catnip 2
Tbsp. wheat germ 2 Tbsp
butter or vegetable oil
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix dry ingredients together. Add molasses, egg, oil, and milk. Roll out flat onto oiled cookie she and cut
into small, cat bite sized pieces. Bake for 20 minutes. Let cool and store tightly sealed container.
For
Out Door Birds*****************************************************
Theses mini-sandwiches may tempt Bluebirds,
Chickadees, Jays, Mockingbirds, Orioles, Robins, Woodpeckers, and Carolina
Wrens.
Ingredients:
Peanut butter, creamy or chunky Grape Jelly
2 Slices bread Cornmeal
Directions:
Spread peanut butter thickly on one slice of the
bread. Coat a second slice of bread
with grape jelly. Sprinkle cornmeal
thinly onto the jelly and thickly onto the peanut butter. Press slices together to make a
sandwich. Using a sharp knife, slice
into ½-inch chunks. Spread in tray feeder.
POISONS
Dogs and Cats are curious, hungry, and low
to the ground. Keep them away from
these:
v
Acetaminophen or Aspirin.
Extremely poisonous to cats
v
Antifreeze.
It tastes sweet but can cause fatal kidney damage.
v
Chocolate. The darker the chocolate, the more dangerous
to a dog.
v
Decaying Compost or Garbage.
Dogs will scavenge the unthinkable.
v
Prescription Medicines.
A human dose can be an enormous overdose for a dog or cat.
v
Rat Poison.
Evidence of internal bleeding may not show up for two weeks.
v
Slug Bait (Metaldehyde).
Can cause drooling, shaking, and seizures.
First Aid for Poisoning:
v
If you know the source and can find the container,
hold onto it for when you call the vet or your local poison control center for
advice.
v
If advised by a Veterinarian to induce vomiting,
and if your pet seems normal and alert, take your pet to the kitchen or
bathroom or put it into its kennel, add ¼ cup hydrogen peroxide to ¼ cup water
and gently administer 1 2 teaspoonfuls of this by mouth, using a syringe of
child’s medicine spoon. The pet should
vomit within 5 minutes; if not, administer one more dose. Do not induce vomiting if the poison is
unknown. Caustic poisons can do more
damage coming back up.
The
ASPCA has a new poison control hotline phone number for pets.
If you have reason to suspect
that your pet may have been exposed to something toxic, either internally or
externally, this phone number will connect you with an ASPCA veterinarian
specially trained to assist pet owners or other vets.
This is the only
dedicated animal poison control hotline in the world manned by veterinarians,
not telephone operators. The number is staffed 24/7.
(888) 4ANI-HELP or (888) 426-4435
OF GENERAL INTEREST
I sometimes forget that not all the readers
of my newsletter are clients and that we have added new services as this
business evolves. Listed below is a
brief description of the services we now offer.
Consultations - $20.00/15 min.
These consultations are all done over the
telephone. I can help many more animals in a shorter amount of time this
way. It is also less distracting for
the animal to be in his own home environment.
Tape
recording -
$5.00/tape
A tape recording of your consultation is
entirely optional. If you decide you don’t want the tape after having your
consultation recorded, you just don’t send the extra $5.00.
Workshops - $85.00 and up
The workshop fees can vary because of travel
costs, space rental, and lunches provided.
Lectures - Mileage fee
Sponsors
of the lecture may charge admission as a fundraising event. I do require reimbursement for travel
expenses.
Books
& Video tape- see below + $2.00 to ship item &
PA tax for PA residents.
v
Anita’s books: ‘Animal
Wisdom: Communications with Animals’ and ‘How to Hear
the Animals’ (kit) have been combined into one book: ‘Animal Wisdom:How to Hear
the Animals’ $15.95 (Meditation Tape $2.00 extra)
v
The Psychic Connection $15.00
A video of interviews with
animal communicators featuring Anita Curtis, Carol Gurney, Lydia Hiby, Beatrice
Lydecker, Penelope Smith, and Teresa Wagner.
v
Flower Essences - $10.00 + $3.00 shipping.
If you are unable to find
flower essences in your area we are able to provide these for you. They can be mixed to suit your needs. You might be interested in a line of flower
essences carried by Equilite that are designed especially for either small
animals or horses. Call 800 942 LITE
for more information.
v
Gift Certificates - variable
We can provide gift
certificates for consultations (w/wo tape), workshops, books, flower essences,
virtually any service we provide.
PHOTOS,
PHOTOS, PHOTOS
Anita receives many photos from clients of
their animal friends and we would like to share them with you. Starting with this newsletter we would
like to ask you to send us cute photos of your animal friends. Unfortunately we can’t guarantee that your
photo will be printed. But if we do use
your photo we will send you a $5.00 Gift coupon good towards a discount off of
any of Anita’s services or products.
Please don’t send any original photos to insure that we don’t lose your
only copy. We can’t take that kind of
guilt!!!!! If you would like the photo
returned, please send a self-addressed envelope and we will do our best to
return it to you.
Please label the picture with your name, the
name of your animal friend or friends in the picture, and any caption you would
like printed.
I’m ready for ‘Trick or Treat’ fun! Now all I need is a quick cup of courage.
Gandolf Gillis
Special thanks to his mommy LaDonna
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Lectures and Workshops 2001:
Here is a list of the remaining workshops for 2001…..
September
29, 30
|
Level I, Level II Stockertown, PA
|
Stockertown,
PA
|
October 13, 14
|
Level I, Level II
|
Pittsburgh area, PA
|
Lectures and workshops 2002:
We are still looking for hosts and hostess for the upcoming
year, if you are interested in holding a workshop and/or lecture please contact
us and let us know. The Schedule for
the 2002 year will be posted in the Spring 2002 Newsletter (or maybe sooner J
).
Look for upcoming
information on a “swim with the Dolphins” workshop next year.
