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The Irish Sun
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
Coleen Nolan, Corrie's Ken Barlow & other celebs ask me to read their pets' minds… I charge £130 a pop – I'm no fraud
A "DOG whisperer" charges £130 a pop to read the minds of people's pets - and has worked with Corrie's Ken Barlow and Coleen Nolan. Psychic Jackie Weaver says one of 5 Jackie Weaver says that she is an animal psychic Credit: Jackie Weaver 5 Loose Women star Coleen Nolan with her dog Credit: Splash 5 William Roache has also worked with Jackie Credit: Getty Jackie, 61, claims she first realised that she 'knew' impossible things as a child and that she always had a 'close connection' with animals. However, Jackie says she only learned to receive 'pictures, words and physical feelings' from animals later in life after beating All she needs is a picture of the animal to connect with a 'wavelength' in her mind - like a mobile phone - which allows her to chat to the dog or cat. During her cancer battle, she says she was told by another psychic her mysterious 'connection' was actually a powerful psychic ability. Read More on Animal news Now, Jackie runs a successful business where she tunes into the minds of cats and dogs to reveal their innermost secrets to their owners. She works closely with many famous celebrities, who are fans of her spiritual service, including soap veteran Jackie has remained close friends with Roache, whom she knows as Bill, ever since appearing with him on Jackie said: "I went to Bill's house and chatted to all three of his dogs. Most read in The Sun "We had such fun and they were all very individual in their own ways. "What makes me smile to this day was when one pointed out that Bill often started hobbies but tended not to complete them! Psychic powers "Bill's face was a picture as he pointed to a door and said, 'Behind that door is a painting that is half finished, and it has been like that for the past two years!' "Just goes to show, animals know much about their owners, celebrities or not." Jenny Seagrove, star A Woman of Substance, is also a longtime customer of Jackie's - having become her friend during one psychic reading. Despite her immense popularity, though, Jackie says that she finds that people are 'sceptical' about her abilities. One doubter was Jackie said: 'I have done a lot of TV over the years and had to prove again and again, often live on air, that I am communicating with that person's animal and they are recognising the information. 'I remember chatting to several animals live on air, for the ladies of the Loose Women panel. 'Coleen Nolan was open with me and said she was still not sure about my ability, until I told her the reason why her dog only had three legs and what had happened.' 5 Jackie appeared on Loose Women where she read the mind of Coleen Nolan's dog Credit: Jackie Weaver 5 She claims to be able to communicate with animals through a wavelength in 'her mind' Credit: Jackie Weaver During the episode, Jackie said that Jackie claimed that Mika, the dog, had lost its leg after falling from a height. Coleen confirmed that she had rescued her dog, adopting him after he fell from a sofa and lost his leg. Some of the animals that Jackie meets have heartbreaking stories to share, like one horse who told the psychic that it has been supported by 'the angels'. The horse had fallen into a cattle grid and was unable to be rescued by the However, somehow, the horse suddenly freed itself from its trap. Trying to understand the bizarre incident, the horse's owner called Jackie - having thought that the horse had 'given up'. Opening up about the story, Jackie said: 'I suddenly heard, loud and clear, 'The Angels lifted me out'. 'I interrupted her, and quickly thought of how to put this, and said, 'This might sound odd, but all of a sudden did he seem to be up and out?' 'She said, 'Yes, it was astonishing and nobody could believe what they had just experienced. He had a few scrapes on his but was absolutely fine.' 'I told her what he had said about the Angels. I get goosebumps to this day when I recall it. 'Like my work, and my own 'terminal' survival, sometimes things happen that we can just not explain.' Often, Jackie works with animals who are about to die and claims to be able to let owners know what their animals are thinking. According to her, animals can tell owners about their pain and even reintroduce them to pets who have passed on. She says this serves two purposes. Jackie said: 'Firstly, they know their pet will not be alone when they pass over, and there is an afterlife. 'This is not the end. 'Secondly, the owners have experienced the grief of losing a pet before and came through it, eventually.' According to Jackie, every animal is different and each one has its own unique personality - with her own cat acting 'like a dog' who likes to go on walks. Because of that, she doesn't have a favourite type of animal to chat to. She said: 'I do not have a favourite species of animal to chat to - they are all individuals and I love it when I learn something new - you would be amazed what information animals can share. 'Funny animals are fabulous as I love to laugh and make people smile.' Have a story? Email
The Sun
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Coleen Nolan, Corrie's Ken Barlow & other celebs ask me to read their pets' minds… I charge £130 a pop – I'm no fraud
A "DOG whisperer" charges £130 a pop to read the minds of people's pets - and has worked with Corrie's Ken Barlow and Coleen Nolan. Psychic Jackie Weaver says one of cobbles stalwart William Roache's dogs revealed a secret about its owner to her - and she even performed her "gift" on Loose Women star Coleen's pooch on live TV. 5 5 5 Jackie, 61, claims she first realised that she 'knew' impossible things as a child and that she always had a 'close connection' with animals. However, Jackie says she only learned to receive 'pictures, words and physical feelings' from animals later in life after beating stage four lymphoma. All she needs is a picture of the animal to connect with a 'wavelength' in her mind - like a mobile phone - which allows her to chat to the dog or cat. During her cancer battle, she says she was told by another psychic her mysterious 'connection' was actually a powerful psychic ability. Now, Jackie runs a successful business where she tunes into the minds of cats and dogs to reveal their innermost secrets to their owners. She works closely with many famous celebrities, who are fans of her spiritual service, including soap veteran Roache, and even hypnotist Paul McKenna. Jackie has remained close friends with Roache, whom she knows as Bill, ever since appearing with him on This Morning - and she's even gotten close to his dogs. Jackie said: "I went to Bill's house and chatted to all three of his dogs. "We had such fun and they were all very individual in their own ways. "What makes me smile to this day was when one pointed out that Bill often started hobbies but tended not to complete them! "Bill's face was a picture as he pointed to a door and said, 'Behind that door is a painting that is half finished, and it has been like that for the past two years!' "Just goes to show, animals know much about their owners, celebrities or not." Jenny Seagrove, star A Woman of Substance, is also a longtime customer of Jackie's - having become her friend during one psychic reading. Despite her immense popularity, though, Jackie says that she finds that people are 'sceptical' about her abilities. One doubter was Loose Women panelist Coleen Nolan, whom Jackie met when she appeared on the show. Jackie said: 'I have done a lot of TV over the years and had to prove again and again, often live on air, that I am communicating with that person's animal and they are recognising the information. 'I remember chatting to several animals live on air, for the ladies of the Loose Women panel. 'Coleen Nolan was open with me and said she was still not sure about my ability, until I told her the reason why her dog only had three legs and what had happened.' 5 5 During the episode, Jackie said that Coleen's dog lost its leg when it was 'very young' as she received a direct message from the pooch - who said it had 'always known life like this'. Jackie claimed that Mika, the dog, had lost its leg after falling from a height. Coleen confirmed that she had rescued her dog, adopting him after he fell from a sofa and lost his leg. Some of the animals that Jackie meets have heartbreaking stories to share, like one horse who told the psychic that it has been supported by 'the angels'. The horse had fallen into a cattle grid and was unable to be rescued by the Fire Brigade. However, somehow, the horse suddenly freed itself from its trap. Trying to understand the bizarre incident, the horse's owner called Jackie - having thought that the horse had 'given up'. Opening up about the story, Jackie said: 'I suddenly heard, loud and clear, 'The Angels lifted me out'. 'I interrupted her, and quickly thought of how to put this, and said, 'This might sound odd, but all of a sudden did he seem to be up and out?' 'She said, 'Yes, it was astonishing and nobody could believe what they had just experienced. He had a few scrapes on his but was absolutely fine.' 'I told her what he had said about the Angels. I get goosebumps to this day when I recall it. 'Like my work, and my own 'terminal' survival, sometimes things happen that we can just not explain.' Often, Jackie works with animals who are about to die and claims to be able to let owners know what their animals are thinking. According to her, animals can tell owners about their pain and even reintroduce them to pets who have passed on. She says this serves two purposes. Jackie said: 'Firstly, they know their pet will not be alone when they pass over, and there is an afterlife. 'This is not the end. 'Secondly, the owners have experienced the grief of losing a pet before and came through it, eventually.' According to Jackie, every animal is different and each one has its own unique personality - with her own cat acting 'like a dog' who likes to go on walks. Because of that, she doesn't have a favourite type of animal to chat to. She said: 'I do not have a favourite species of animal to chat to - they are all individuals and I love it when I learn something new - you would be amazed what information animals can share. 'Funny animals are fabulous as I love to laugh and make people smile.'
The Guardian
15-02-2025
- General
- The Guardian
Cat person or dog person? It's which animal we loathe that matters in the end
The resignation last week of James Garnor, a parish councillor in Whittlebury, Northamptonshire, may look like further proof of the maxim, established by the infamous Jackie Weaver lockdown meeting, that low-level politics produce high-level emotions. However, the cause of his undoing was nothing as trivial as democratic principles; it illustrates a far more profound question that, sooner or later, we all confront: are you a cat or a dog person? Garnor, we may safely conclude, is not a cat person. He quit following allegations that he rigged up a bird table with a firework device so that it exploded when a cat paid a visit. The consequences of this shocking but non-lethal incident, which took place back in 2023, have only now come to a head, but it's fair to say that, as anti-cat statements go, a remote-detonated IED is at the extreme end of things. Apologists for feline terror will doubtless argue that it wasn't really anti-cat so much as pro-bird. For it's estimated that domestic cats account for more than 50m avian deaths each year in the UK. As the dog-lover's favourite walk is up on the moral high ground, that's a statistic that could appear decisive in the matter of which species of pet is most deserving of our respect and affection. But before anyone cracks open a celebratory can of Chum, let's note that one Australian study found that dog-walking in woodland led to a 35% reduction in bird diversity. Added to which, there's also a 5,000-10,000 annual UK death count of sheep (mostly lambs) to be placed in the canine con column. Suddenly that familiar hangdog look, often witnessed when a cut of meat goes missing, makes more sense. It's a measly number compared with the 14m sheep slaughtered each year by human hand in this country, but then this is not about us. It's about their relationship with us. 'What relationship?' is the question many dog people might ask of cats. For, make no mistake, you could die in a ditch before your average kitty would give you a second look – unless it's feeding time. Imperious, capricious, indifferent, oblivious and bored are just some of the adjectives that are closely associated with what we must term the feline mystique. If that sounds harsh, it should be said that these are the very same qualities that many of us look for in our partners in human relationships. Perhaps this is why it is often and wrongly claimed that Sigmund Freud said: 'Time spent with cats is never wasted', as if their enigmatic detachment repaid close behavioural study. In reality he once wrote to a friend: 'I, as is well known, do not like cats.' Yes, the father of psychoanalysis was actually a dog person, and dog people appreciate other characteristics such as loyalty, obedience and enthusiasm. Or to put it another way, eager subservience. Philosophically speaking, is it better for an animal to be content in servile compliance or miserable in haughty independence? Which is smarter, the stoic conformist or the high-maintenance rebel? Looked at from a different perspective, dogs aren't submissive and oppressed but noble and collaborative, and cats aren't suave and independent but selfish and calculating. The American cultural critic Adam Gopnik once went so far as to argue that all cats are Republicans and all dogs are Democrats, although that was before the rise of Donald Trump and the triumph of fat cats and top dogs. It's easy to run through their respective plus points: dogs can help the blind but cats are less needy; you can't take a cat for a cross-country walk but then you don't have to; dogs greet each new morning as if it were their first, while cats are cool if you just want to have a lie-in. Yet this doesn't establish exactly why we like one more than the other or what the healthiest preference is. Perhaps we are approaching this pet battle from around the wrong way. Sign up to Observed Analysis and opinion on the week's news and culture brought to you by the best Observer writers after newsletter promotion The problem with deciding who most merits our indulgence is that it's a question driven by sentimental preferences. All those wasted hours of scrolling through videos of daredevil cats living their nine lives and hysterical dogs reuniting with someone they haven't seen for a decade are, like so much in the digital world, siloed endeavours, reaffirming tastes we already hold. The age-old nature of the subject demands a more primal reckoning. It's not about whom we love most but whom we dislike most. The critical thing about us is not whether we're cat or dog people but whether we're anti-cat or anti-dog people. Our latent antipathies may be more telling than our avowed predilections. Garnor clearly nailed his colours to the bird table, but say what you like about cats, they're not in the habit of leaving a steaming shoe-ready pile on the pavement. And they don't go to pieces if you go out for the day. Nor do they bark or bite. Cats can be vicious, especially with other cats (and birds), but around humans they're, well, pussycats. Whereas who has ever encountered a salivating XL bully straining at the leash, and felt wholly at ease? As the old joke goes, it may be safe but you're not. And yet, and yet, what has a cat ever done for me? They're all but giant fur balls during the day, as animated as a scatter cushion. Then at night they're out screaming like wounded banshees, martyrs to petty territorial battles. They are, let's face it, squarely among life's withholders and takers, those incurably precious beings whose idea of giving is tolerating your generosity. That doesn't mean they should be blown up. I'm not deranged. But when I see our 11-year-old terrier growl at some insouciant moggie strolling along the top of the garden wall, I know in this ancient enmity which side of the fence I'm on. I'm Team Bow-wow all dog day long. Andrew Anthony is an Observer and Guardian writer
