Meet the pet communicator who can "speak to dead animals" and made the talent her job after the furry friends "told" her to leave her corporate role.<br /><br />Danielle Mackinnon, 51, always felt “connected” to her pets but says her family and friends "didn't believe" she could speak to animals in the afterlife.<br /><br />It wasn’t until her dog at the time, Bella, a chocolate labrador, got sick and friends suggested she saw a pet psychic that Danielle realised her skills were "real".<br /><br />The psychic told Danielle and her husband, Kevin, 52, a hydrogeologist, their dog was telling him he had an upset stomach after eating corn cobs – which Danielle said was true.<br /><br />Danielle said the moment “changed her life” and it pushed her to train as a pet communicator.<br /><br />She started providing readings to pet owners alongside her marketing job and took the plunge to quit her former role entirely after animals she met told her to.<br /><br />Now Danielle helps owners understand what their living pets are trying to say and reconnects them with ones that have passed away.<br /><br />Danielle, from York, Maine, US, said: “The animals were telling me to leave the job.<br /><br />“It was scary. I was afraid.<br /><br />“I ended up losing my job and took it as a sign to take the business full time.<br /><br />“A lot of people ask to reconnect with their pet when they pass over.<br /><br />“The messages animals like to give to humans are like – ‘I saw you the other day working in a blue top’.<br /><br />“They talk about humans lives to show they are still around.<br /><br />“It provides a lot of closure.<br /><br />“I just need a name to connect. It’s even possible with ‘my dog’.”<br /><br />Growing up Danielle had always felt a “connection” with animals.<br /><br />She said: “I felt like I knew what they were thinking and what they wanted.<br /><br />“I would know when my dog wanted to go out.”<br /><br />After meeting a fellow pet psychic in 2000, Danielle took classes with him to be able to run her own readings.<br /><br />She finally took her business full time in 2005 after she lost her marketing job.<br /><br />Now she spends her days connecting with people’s pets and often helps them speak to the animals which have passed away.<br /><br />Danielle said owners often ask her how they know if their pet loves them.<br /><br />She said: “They love everybody.<br /><br />“It can look like a dog loves someone more.<br /><br />“The stare they give – it’s usually just them looking at you and showing love.<br /><br />“It’s not based on how many hugs you give them, or treats you give them.<br /><br />“It’s based on their intuitive connection to you because they can feel the love in your heart.<br /><br />“They love everybody. They have mastered unconditional love.”<br /><br />Danielle said people also often ask if their pet is mad at them.<br /><br />She said: “So many people worry they are harbouring a grudge.<br /><br />“They don’t hold grudges.<br /><br />“They know everything about our lives.<br /><br />“A cat can be standoffish until you chill out.<br /><br />"They use their behaviour and love with us.”<br /><br />Danielle said our pets can tune into our emotions and will know when we are holding them back with them.<br /><br />She said: “They tune into our emotions all the time.<br /><br />“They are so psychic - even when we try and hide it.
