Maple City’s Catherine Siterlet doesn’t just talk to animals. They talk back.
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There’s a dusting of snow over this hobby farm in Long Lake Township near Traverse City as Catherine Siterlet steps into the barn to stand nose to muzzle with an imposing horse. The two are having a quiet chat about the fact the horse is a bit bored—wild groups of deer haven’t been passing by as often this winter—and that he’s feeling better physically but his medicine gums up his mouth a bit. Could Siterlet ask the owners to mix the powder with a bit of water?…