Traveling with a Surrogate Pet Brings Tremendous Comfort

When traveling, I often suggest my human clients take a surrogate pet to help them feel connected to their animal family. Using a surrogate pet can bring you and your animals’ comfort despite being physically apart.

Before Roz left on a 3-week cruise in South America, we spoke with her two dogs, Beau and Austen during an Animal Communication session to prepare them. 
During our conversation, I communicated to the dogs that their moms would be gone for three weeks and reassured them that they would return. I also suggested to Roz that she bring along a stuffed animal to act as a surrogate for her pets. 

Roz loved the idea and found Mr. Fuddle-Wuddle while on her cruise.

When Roz returned home, she shared the following:

I asked Cathy, the Animal Muse to help me prepare my dogs for being left at home while I traveled on a three-week vacation. She communicated reassurance to my dogs and suggested that I take a stuffed dog to be a surrogate for my two boys. Cathy told me it would keep me company and my dogs would feel it when I looked at it and thought of them. 

I acquired a small, stuffed animal that traveled with me. It must have worked because I came home to two happy and well-adjusted dogs. Thanks to Cathy, the Animal Muse.

Mr. Fuddle-Wuddle brought Roz tremendous peace and comfort on her long trip. Grateful, she gave me a Mr. Fuddle-Wuddle.

Cathy and Bodhi with Mr. Fuddle-Wuddle

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Hi! I’m Cathy “Cat” Malkin

My mission is to help you and your animal find calm, trust, and a deeper understanding together.

I believe that animals are powerful teachers, healers, and guides. For over 30 years, I’ve been a trusted guide for pet parents and their pets. As an Animal Communicator, Animal Reiki Master and Practitioner, Pet Parenting Specialist, and Pet Anxiety Expert, I bring a unique blend of professional training and deep intuition to my practice, supporting pet parents in their relationships with their animal family.

My Master’s degree in Counseling and Education has given me the tools to support you and your pet together through every stage of their life and beyond, from welcoming your new companion, chronic illness, the dying process, navigating grief, to connecting with a pet who has passed on.

My practice includes my global Pet Meditation Circle membership. In this safe community, you and your pet share in guided meditations, enriching your bond while creating a loving space of peaceful heart connection.

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