What’s your animal’s love language?
Today we are talking about the unique LOVE Languages of our animal friends!
Understanding what your pet’s love language is kind of like having an ace up your sleeve, when it comes to your ability to help them heal their past traumas and reassure them that they belong and are safe with you.
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Hello Dear Intuitive One,
When I’m feeling stressed and my nervous system is on overdrive, I seek out comfort from my animal friends. And with multi-crises that are happening in the world right now, Miss Kitty and dog friend Whiskey have been working overtime.
One of Miss Kitty’s super powers is dishing out Love when it’s needed the most. She is the kind of cat who loves to go under the covers and snuggle close and purr up a storm. All of which can melt my worry and fear like nothing else.
When heavier duty healing treatments are in order Miss Kitty has a special knack for homing into tight spots on my legs or back and then kneading the stress away as she makes biscuits.
Despite how fiercely independent and no-nonsense this girl is, she loves hearing how helpful her support is.
In fact, the more I tell her about how much I love her snuggles and how great of a massage she gives, the more she comes around for care and connection.
Hearing me tell her just how wonderful she is, and how good she is at what she does, is one of her most favorite ways to receive love. It’s one of her love languages. More than head scratches and almost as much as snacks.
Miss Kitty LOVES keeping an eye on things. She’s the kind of gal who sleeps with one eye open.
Words of affirmation help Miss Kitty know she belongs here
Knowing Miss Kitty’s Love Languages has helped us, help this girl, feel comfortable in her skin and know she belongs here. It’s helped us know what she needs to feel safe.
Feeling safe is what this girl wants, more than anything, and knowing her past, I can fully understand why. Before we adopted her at age 5, she had a home and a family, until suddenly she didn’t.
According to her account of what happened, her family up and moved without her, without saying a word to her. Leaving her to become a “stray at large” for about 6 months before she was picked up by the local heroes at The Whatcom Humane Society.
After this trauma of being a stray without food and shelter, her need to feel safe and to know she belongs here is fierce.
Understanding her love language and just how much she needs heaping doses of these powerful words of affirmation and assurance has helped Miss Kitty feel safe. She trusts us, but like with any trauma she has her triggers (like cardboard moving boxes) and knowing what she needs means we can help curb any uncertainty and fear flare ups for her, often before they have a chance to take root.
Whenever we take trips outside to lay on our blanket and bask in the sun, Miss Kitty always asks for her hot pink harness. Because to her it’s a physical assurance that she is attached to me and she is safe
What’s your pet’s love language?
There is another benefit to knowing your pet’s love language, especially if you are someone who lives with an animal friend who is secretly (and not so secretly) working to help break through your guarding and emotional walls so it’s easier for you to receive that unique flavor of unconditional love that they are SO good at dishing out.
Some animals I talk with have shared that this kind of healing is a mutual process that unfolds over the course of your life together. They help you and you help them learn to trust more deeply and know that the love they offer matters.
Knowing your pet’s love language helps you both do this big inner work, openly. You’ll recognize their love requests, and know when they are doing some love healing work on you.
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"Knowing my kitten Charm's love language is touch (and snuggles and pets) helps me know how to make her feel safe, secure and loved -- so important for a newly adopted kitty!"
-Lauren V.
