Most mediums would say that if you receive an animal it is usually brought in by a friend or relative in spirit. I think it's often true when I'm in mediumship mode, but I aso believe animals can speak.
Whether through live telepathy and healing, or from the after-life, I've worked with it myself.
I saw TV's Susan Deren last Sunday afternoon in Andover MA(on December 7th, '13) switch from pet-whispering(she's actually called an Animal Communicator) right into mediumship, with a person's grandmother who had not come in before, and who wanted to supercede the reading of a dog. The sitter and Susan were both crying. Deren helps a lot with show horses, cats and dogs in Eastern MA.
It was a wonderful experience and proved that this works! You can Google to be on Susan's email list.
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