Hope nobody thinks I'm nuts
but I've been communicating with Jewel this way and am amazed at how it works. She is 12 years old and deaf and blind, and I've only had her for 6 months so it's not like we have a lifetime bond so that she knows my cues and routines. And being deaf and blind, she obviously cannot see my body language or cues, so that is how I know it is working
What I do is visualize what I want, for example if I want to call her, I visualize her coming to me, and in a few moments she does
It's really fascinating, and I've only just begun to explore it with my other dogs too.