Credit: SWNS / Danielle Mackinnon<br /><br />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.