Nov 20, 2023
Ellie is an animal communicator and healing expert who consults with people, animal rescues, and sanctuaries all over the world on how to save, heal, and treat their own animals.
Ellie is a powerful speaker and the author of “My Gentle
Barn: Creating a sanctuary where animals
heal, and children learn to hope.” Ellie has
appeared on some of the most influential media outlets including
The Ellen Show, People Magazine, Life Magazine, Animal Planet, The
Huffington Post, Turning point, Women’s World, NBC, CBS, ABC, PBS,
The NY Times, and many more.
Ellie has been saving, rehabilitating and communicating with
animals since she was a child. From the age of seven Ellie heard
the distress calls of baby birds, injured wildlife, and orphaned
animals and would bring them home to heal them. By age 11
Ellie was working with families in her community to solve
behavioral and training issues for their dogs.
As a young adult, Ellie founded "Rover Rescue" where she focused on
taking dogs and cats from high kill shelters deemed unadoptable. By
communicating and connecting with the animals, Ellie was able to
resolve their issues and place them into forever homes. During her
time with Rover Rescue Ellie saved over 500 dogs and cats.
Later Ellie discovered a petting zoo and was overwhelmed by the
animals desperate pleas for help. Not able to walk away, Ellie
ended up bringing those broken farm animals home to her half acre
backyard. She listened as they recounted their tails of abuse and
neglect and gave them everything they needed to heal. This made
Ellie want to do more.
Ellie founded The Gentle Barn in 1999, a nonprofit organization
that rescues and rehabilitates not only dogs and cats, but horses,
cows, pigs, goats, sheep, chickens, turkeys, peacocks, emus,
llamas, and donkeys. Ellie formulated her own "Gentle Healing"
method, using a combination of animal communication, energy
healing, holistic healing, holding therapy, and western medicine to
heal animals no one else would take and had nowhere else to go.
Ellie specializes in healing puppies with Parvo, calves from veal
crates, and orphaned animals of all kinds.
Ellie and her husband Jay Weiner have brought The Gentle Barn
national and now have three Gentle Barn locations, in California,
in Missouri and in Tennessee. The Gentle Barn is one of the largest
and most beloved farm animal sanctuaries in the world. It is their
goal to be the voice for animals, share their stories, and open the
hearts of humanity towards all living beings. For more information
about The Gentle Barn, please visit: www.gentlebarn.org