The Animal Communication Certification Program
Interspecies Telepathic Training to Work Ethically & Therapeutically With Animals & Their Humans
A 6-Month Training with the Grandmother of Interspecies Telepathic Communication,
Penelope Smith
Program Starts September 8, 2025
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- How can I learn more about this program?
- What if I can't attend sessions live?
- Is it possible to participate in the program if I love to learn, but don’t have a need for certification?
- What is the program focus?
- Who is this program for, and who will benefit from it?
- Why should I study with Penelope Smith? What makes her different from other animal communication teachers?
- Why should I take the animal communication certification program with Penelope Smith now? Won’t it be offered again at a time that may work better for me?
- Who are the instructors?
- What is the schedule, and what are the main program details?
- If I participate, how many hours per month should I plan on dedicating to this certification program?
- Will there be individualized guidance?
- What is the cost, and do you offer payment plans?
- Are scholarships available?
- What is the refund policy?
- May my enrollment be shared with family or friends?
- Is there an online community for this program?
- How will I receive my certification?
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How can I learn more about this program?
The Animal Communication Certification Program with Penelope Smith starts on September 8, 2025.
If you are a graduate of one of Penelope’s previous courses with The Shift Network, please visit www.CertifiedAnimalCommunicator.com to learn more and apply.
What if I can't attend sessions live?
Do not worry if you cannot attend teaching sessions, integration sessions, or guest workshops live! We have designed this program to work even for those with busy schedules, as well as for those that live in different time zones.
While we hope you’ll attend as many live sessions as possible, you’ll be able to stream recordings. You’ll never have to worry about missing a session, and you can watch them anytime and anywhere at your convenience.
If you are unable to join a session live, we request that you access the replay within the same week, when possible, to stay up on the material. All recordings can be accessed on the Program Homepage. Recordings typically become available within 48 hours, and written transcripts within one week. You have ongoing access to these materials.
Is it possible to participate in the program if I love to learn, but don’t have a need for the certification?
Yes! This program will provide excellent learning for everyone who wishes to go deeper into this work. You can choose to participate in the program for self-cultivation only. This option is ideal if you're interested in the program content but need a flexible learning approach.
The cost of the program remains the same. Self-cultivation simply allows you to access the program materials and participate at your own pace without the pressure.
If you are interested in this option, please reach out to us right away to go over your options. You can submit a Customer Support Request or write us at support@theshiftnetwork.com.
What is the program focus?
The Animal Communication Certification Program is a chance to gain knowledge and skills that will help you strengthen your connections to animals and help you understand, support, and heal them.
Throughout the program, information will be conveyed to you through:
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Leading-edge practices
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Inner work for your own spiritual transformation
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A dedicated, supportive community to practice alongside
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Animal communication teachings and techniques — and guidance on how to apply them in different contexts
Faculty, along with a team of instructional design experts, have created one of the most immersive and highly organized learning experiences offered at The Shift Network.
This training will prepare you to:
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Conduct one-on-one consultations to help people understand their animals' needs, behaviors, and emotions
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Collaborate with veterinarians, trainers, or shelters to address behavioral issues through a deeper understanding of the animal's perspective
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Integrate telepathic communication with energy healing modalities, like Reiki and vibrational medicine, to support animals' emotional and physical wellbeing
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Assist animals and their human companions during end-of-life transitions, providing comfort and helping to make compassionate decisions throughout the death and dying process
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Specialize in helping find lost animals by tuning in to their experiences and whereabouts
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Connect with deceased animal companions, offering comfort and closure to the grieving by assuring them of their animal friend’s continued presence and sharing its messages from beyond the veil
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Raise awareness about animal consciousness and communication through your experiences, stories, and insights — in books, blogs, podcasts, or social mediae
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Cultivate a richer, more conscious relationship with animals, plants, and the natural world
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Develop greater empathy and intuitive skills that will benefit all areas of your life
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Experience a deeper sense of Unity Consciousness and personal healing through direct communication with other species
Who is this program for, and who will benefit from it?
The Animal Communication Certification Program is designed for dedicated animal lovers, practitioners, and professionals. Mentorship from Penelope and her expert guest faculty in real-time will equip you to serve both animals and their human companions with wisdom, compassion, and purpose.
You’ll also develop or refine your ability to communicate with nature and engage in co-creative partnerships with the natural world. Penelope will teach you new ways to guide animals and humans with compassion, even through life’s toughest moments.
This program is for:
- Animal Lovers: Deepen your bond with your animal friends, understand their emotions and needs more clearly, and resolve behavioral issues using intuitive communication — experiencing a more profound, heart-centered connection with the animals in your life
- Animal Communication Practitioners: Support humans in understanding their animals’ emotional and behavioral needs, fostering a deeper connection and improving the human-animal bond through intuitive communication
- Animal Behavior Specialists: Collaborate with veterinarians, trainers, or shelters to address behavioral issues through a deep understanding of the animal's perspective, enhancing communication and creating effective solutions
- Animal Healers and Wellness Counselors: Combine telepathic communication with energy healing modalities — like Reiki or vibrational medicine — to provide holistic care, supporting animals' emotional and physical wellbeing
- End-of-Life Support and Grief Counselors: Offer compassionate guidance during transitions, steered by your intuition for animals and their human companions, to provide comfort and assist with end-of-life decisions, ensuring a peaceful passage
- Lost Animal Assistance Specialists: Utilize telepathy to assist in locating lost animals by tuning in to their experiences and whereabouts, offering hope and closure
- Animal Trainers: Deepen your ability to intuitively understand and respond to animals’ needs and behaviors — enhancing your training sessions, workshops, and classes with clear, compassionate communication that supports both animals and their humans in achieving desired outcomes.
- Animal-Focused Writers, Media, and Communication Professionals: Share transformative experiences, stories, and insights about animal consciousness and other aspects, through books, blogs, podcasts, or social media
Why should I study with Penelope Smith? What makes her different from other animal communication teachers?
Penelope Smith is a seasoned master in the field of interspecies telepathic communication. She has been practicing animal communication professionally since the 1970s and has consciously communicated with animals, plants, and other physical and non-physical beings throughout her life.
Penelope is a teacher of teachers, training generations of animal communicators. Her students gave her the title, “grandmother of interspecies communication.” She is the person who roamed the world teaching, hitting the media in the 1970s and 80s when the field was unknown to most people, making a significant global impact that jumpstarted the movement.
A few others practiced as animal communicators in the early 1970s. However, Penelope made education her watchword, focusing on reawakening the native ability to telepathically communicate with animals and other species.
Her publications have influenced generations of animal communicators. The principles and techniques she developed have been widely adopted and integrated into the writings and teachings of others. She planted the seeds and nurtured those who studied with her to teach others to help grow telepathic animal communication into a worldwide movement. People continually thank her for paving the way, making it easier for them to enter the field now known and more accepted globally through decades of groundbreaking work.
Why should I take the animal communication certification program with Penelope Smith now? Won’t it be offered again at a time that may work better for me?
After ceasing her in-person training program to focus deeply on her spiritual journey at an age when many people retire, Penelope is back teaching her renowned classic training online with The Shift Network. And she is going beyond what she had time to do when she traveled and taught groups around the world.
Her insights in this comprehensive six-month certification program are not to be missed whether you are a beginner or an experienced professional in the field. There is no one like her as a teacher in this field. Many have learned from her and become great teachers, expressing their unique talents, training, focus, and experience. Her teachings and publications have spread around the globe and influenced even those who did not train with her directly.
Now you have the opportunity to learn from the teacher of them all. Feel her presence and benefit from the wisdom gleaned during over fifty years of professional experience and a lifetime of conscious connection to telepathic communication with animals, awareness of her life mission, and connection to spirit in form and other dimensions.
Don’t miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. It may not be offered again. No one else can say that they taught as widely and spread the word through the media, publications, and teaching beginning in the 1970s and continuing to the present day.
In this program, Penelope has distilled counseling and healing techniques she learned from years of training and application with humans and other species. She took complicated processes created for humans and concentrated them into simple techniques for other species that are powerful and easy to learn. They work faster than when used with humans because other species have an unfiltered connection to their innate intelligence and spiritual nature and little resistance to healing, unlike humans with ingrained mental mechanisms that hinder them from letting go of traumas and dysfunctional patterns. These direct approaches access non-human animal willingness and awareness, even for domesticated animals who have adopted many emotional patterns of the humans they live with.
Who are the Instructors?
LEAD INSTRUCTOR
Penelope Smith
Grandmother of Interspecies Telepathic Communication
Penelope Smith is the founding pioneer of interspecies telepathic communication, having practiced professionally since the 1970s. Communicating with animals telepathically throughout her life, she discovered in 1971 that animals could be relieved of emotional traumas and other problems through the same counseling techniques that helped humans.
Her training and experience include bachelor’s and master’s degrees in the social sciences... years of training and experience in human counseling, nutrition, and holistic body energy balancing methods... research into animal nutrition, anatomy, behavior, and care... and her firsthand education from the thousands of animals she has contacted.
Penelope published some of the first and now classic books and audio recordings in the field. The tried-and-true telepathic communication techniques she developed are widely used by others in the field. Her students affectionately call her the grandmother of interspecies telepathic communication. A legendary teacher, she helped launch the careers of professional animal communicators around the world.
Penelope feels that the sacred connection made through telepathic communication with other species is essential for human wholeness. She believes everyone is born with the power to communicate with other species, and that we all can rediscover this ability for the benefit of all beings on Earth.
GUEST FACULTY
- Tammy Billups
- Val Heart
- Donna Lozito
- Lynn McKenzie
Please note: Guest Faculty are subject to change.
For full bios, please click here.
What is the schedule, and what are the main program details?
All sessions will be held online through Zoom. There will not be any in-person engagement.
The program starts on September 8, 2025 and ends on April 6, 2026.
Live Weekly 120-Mintue Teaching Sessions are on Wednesdays at 9:00am Pacific (26 Total)
Weekly Teaching Sessions, led by esteemed lead faculty Penelope Smith, include lectures, experiential practices, Q&A, and breakout groups.
Live 90-Minute Integration Sessions are on Select Mondays at 9:00am Pacific (8 Total)
As part of the core curriculum, you’ll gain a deeper understanding of the content through live Integration Sessions led by Penelope Smith.
Live 90-Minute Guest Faculty Workshops at 9:00am Pacific (4 Total)
Throughout this 6-month program, there will be 4 live workshops presented by guest faculty chosen by Penelope for their depth, diversity, scholarship, and contribution to the teachings we are covering. These offerings will supplement and personalize your program experience.
If I participate, how many hours per month should I plan on dedicating to this program?
This will vary, but on average, you can expect to spend approximately 11-16 hours per month on this program.
Will there be individualized guidance?
This is a group training program. However, during Teaching and Integration Sessions, you'll have the chance to engage in Q&A with faculty, which may allow for direct interaction and insights tailored to your learning journey.
What is the cost, and do you offer payment plans?
The investment for those who have completed one of Penelope’s previous courses with The Shift Network is $3,000 USD if paid in full (a 5-month payment plan is also available). If you apply now with a payment plan, your first payment will be due upon submitting your application, and subsequent payments will be automatically processed every 30 days until complete. The total payment plan price includes a finance charge. Any applicable discounts will be deducted from the total amount at the time of purchase.
The $100 application processing fee, which is included in your purchase, is non-refundable.
Are scholarships available?
A limited number of partial scholarships are available. For more information and to apply for a partial scholarship, click here. (Do not fill out a regular program application or submit payment if you wish to be considered for a partial scholarship.)
If you are awarded a scholarship and enroll in the program, your purchase will be non-refundable.
Typical partial scholarships will provide a 25% reduction in program cost.
What is the refund policy?
The $100 application processing fee is non-refundable.
A refund for the program, minus the application fee, is available for any reason on or before Midnight Pacific on October 1, 2025. Refunds will not be available after this date or with scholarships.
To request a refund, please click on this refund request form and submit your request. Qualifying refunds will be processed within five business days of submitting your request and an email confirming the refund will be sent. However, we’d love to have a chance to address and resolve your concerns first. If there’s something we can assist you with, please email us at support@theshiftnetwork.com and we’ll be happy to help! (No refund requests accepted after the above date or with scholarships.)
May my enrollment be shared with friends or family?
No. We understand that it can be helpful to share with friends and family the meaningful insights, reflections, and revelations you experience during the program.
While we encourage you to share with others what you learn in the program, we ask that you do not share any of the program materials or anything from the Homepage or private Facebook Community Group.
We maintain this policy out of respect for our Faculty and to honor the contractual agreement with them. This program has been designed to replicate an in-person training as much as possible; therefore, each enrollment is designated for that participant.
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Here is our full Spousal Sharing Policy:
The Shift Network is happy to offer our 2-for-1 special to spouses or partners living under the same roof for most of our foundational courses with the purchase of one full-price registration. (Spousal participation is offered at the sole discretion of the Shift Network and is subject to availability. Certain exclusions may apply. The Company reserves the right to change or cancel this policy at any time.)
However, we are unable to extend this offer to participants in any of our advanced-level or application contingent programs, such as Certification Programs, Immersion Programs, Coaching or Teacher Trainings, and any courses or programs involving 1:1 faculty coaching and mentoring sessions.
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We appreciate your inquiry about this and your commitment to being in integrity. Thank you for not sharing any program materials!
Is there an online community for this program?
Yes. Our exclusive online community is the perfect place to continue your discovery process. Here, you can continue the discussion about your program materials and interact with your fellow participants to take your exploration to an even deeper level.
How will I receive my certification?
After a short review period following completion of the program, students who successfully complete the six-month program requirements will be granted access to a digital certificate.
FOR ALL OTHER QUESTIONS
Please submit a Customer Support Request or write us at support@theshiftnetwork.com for additional support needs.
You can also sign up for an Information Session with our Program Manager and other prospective students here.
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