What is Lycanthropy?
1.
1. The mythological ability to turn into a werewolf.
2. The ability to shift mental/physical state into that of a wolf.
3. A spiritual connection to wolves and canines.
Some Native American tribes practiced lycanthropy through chanting and other rituals.
2.
The knowleg or act of speaking with animals practiced by the druids of stonehenge and ireland durin the stone age, also act of animal transformations.
talking to your dog would be a technical way of lycanthropy