It is the opinion of scientific skeptics that people believe in such abilities due to cognitive biases and the use of various techniques by the practitioners, including intentional deception.
[8] Furthermore, linguistic professor Karen Stollznow tested a pet psychic with a cat named Jed.
According to Carroll "the king of the animal quackers has to be Rupert Sheldrake, who thinks he's proved that some pets are psychic.
"[4] Skeptical investigator Benjamin Radford wrote about this topic in 2012 and said: Even though thousands of people claim to be able to communicate with animals, there hasn't been a single scientific test proving their abilities.
Professional pet psychics often sell books and teach seminars about their power, but don't prove that they can actually do what they claim.