Bridget Pilloud is a little weird. She talks to animals. Like, really talks to them. It doesn’t take long to discover that she’s both in earnest and truly legitimate, but in between that realization and the first experience with the site, it’s like you’ve stumbled into a parallel universe.

The idea of pet whispering is nothing new, of course. Some guy wrote a book, and stuff. To read Bridget’s reports of her interactions with animals is entirely different, though – somehow personal and also totally intriguing. She could be a cable show.

Tomorrow she turns 39, and she’d like to have some help improving the welfare of animals. To participate, all you have to do is go read the post and take some action to help animals who are disenfranchised. If you do, you’ll get a gift certificate for one question for Bridget to ask your pet (or your friend’s pet). This obviously only makes sense if you’re in Portland or surrounding metro, but hey, if you can video conference (and your pet isn’t completely freaked out) you could always try that.

Give it a shot. I mean, even if you don’t do the certificate bit, you can help out animals, yeah?