Receiving mental images, thoughts, and feelings requires the ability to create them and perceive that they exist. You're opening up the idea and flow of receiving communication from your animal friend. Practice this until you can imagine it. Practice, and get the idea of receiving a flow of communication by allowing it to come back to you. 3- Listen and accept what you get.
Thoughts are instantaneous.
They don't take long to travel the distance. They don't necessarily come packaged as words. You may receive the answer as an idea, impression, image, or feeling. People are better at picking up thoughts of animals and people they are close to than they give themselves credit for. A major barrier to receiving communication is invalidating what you perceive or doubting your own ability to do it.