Coping with Pets who've passed

Hi, MizMargo:

Several possibilities exist. Sometimes pets come back again and again to the same people. Some of the lesser evolved animal souls dissolve back into the World Soul of their species, contributing to that species inner evolution. Some of them keep going up the long ladder of soul evolution, may even change species.  I do believe that when it is time for you to pass on, your beloved pets will be there in spirit. 

Time is an illusion, these things are not linear. They can be with you in spirit, reincarnating, and transmigrating to a higher level all at the same time. It's only the limited dimensionality of our nature that keeps us from perceiving this.

-R1-

MizMargo, I am so sorry for your loss. But, really, I think nothing is ever really lost. I know that your kitty may seem to be gone, in a sense,,but the love you share is still very much present. You loved that baby as best as you could,and that is the all we can ever do for each other, my beautiful cat friend. If Cat Heaven exists, it is probably something like ,just being in your arms, purring the world around

I'm so sorry for your loss MizMargo. For whatever it's worth, I think pets go where we do, and I think we go somewhere. A few years ago I lost a beloved dog very suddenly, and was led to a pet behaviorist/psychic (yup, they exist!) who could not have given a more spot-on reading of my little one. She confirmed what I'd always felt, that our little companions' souls live on.

I've always thought that if there is a true "heaven," it's where I'll get to see all the pets I loved and lost. I think you'll see your kitty again. In the meantime, be kind to yourself in this time of grief. Society doesn't always validate the feelings of loss that come when I pet dies, but those feelings are very real, as is the loss. xoxo

Finally! A topic that I know something about! Yes, all sentient beings have souls and all souls live on. And just like us, they usually need multiple lifetimes to complete their journey. We use an animal communicator (don't knock it until you have tried it) who can also communicate with animals that have passed. 

 On several occasions I have had vivid dreams involving pets that have crossed to the other side. Once a dog who had passed came to me in a dream and beautiful rays of light started shooting from her body (I'm crying now as I remember) until her whole body was a glorious white light. Another time a dog that had passed from a terrible infection came bounding up to me in a dream and I was so excited to see him that it woke me up. After our last dog passed I noticed flocks of goldfinches along the country road where I go on my morning run. When we talked to the animal communicator a few months later, Maggie, the dog who had passed, said that she sent the goldfinches to let me know she was okay and to show me some of the beauty of the other side.

We later got two golden retriever pups and one of them looked and acted just like the dog that had bounded up to me in a dream. He has the same behaviors, plays with the same toys, has made the same friends in the neighborhood, etc. We asked the communicator about this and she confirmed that it was the same dog. I'd tell you more but a lot of people will think I'm half nuts.

I would also add that people who have near death experiences often talk about seeing family pets on the other side.

Hope this helps.

MizMargo -- If I focus inwardly on your little kitty, I see her near you still.  Sometimes she is standing on the ground near your feet, tail up, waiting for a petting. Sometimes she is curled up on the bed or on something soft near you.  She looks young and sweet and healthy.

Everyone -- these are wonderful sentiments and they all resonate with me. When my little bichon Sandy died, my husband and I buried her near our woods and I spent days  making a beautiful grave for her.  I would go there every day because it gave me comfort.  But the grief was so unexpectedly painful.

Then something happened that showed me Sandy was still around. As I was approaching the grave a deer appeared about 20 feet away.  She stood there and did not move as I moved towards the grave and towards her. I could feel Sandy's presence in the deer.  Usually the deer where I live are elusive and dash off as soon as they see us.  But this creature just stood there and gazed straight at me.

Oh, I know this too is a deer behavior to stare at you, but I sensed something powerfully different this time was going on.  I felt  Sandy was there saying goodbye to me or perhaps she was saying hello to me, assuring me that she was still there.  

I don't see animals as separate from people (or trees for that matter).  Whatever  is true about people passing, the same is true for pets.  They are not really gone, just transformed, and transcended. They will stay with us if we need them to be. And they will return to us when we reach for them.  Right after my puppy died I saw sleepiness in her.  Within a week, when I imagined her, she'd be prancing around like she was a puppy again. I worried about her because they are our babies (and our protectors, and our friends, and our advisors).  I noticed when I tuned into her after she passed that there was a change, from tired old dog to lively happy puppy again. 

This brings me to the subject of reading animals. 

Reading animals is the same process as reading people, which is the same process as reading the future. Everyone reads intuitively in a little bit different way, so you will  find your own way to read her.  Mostly, Margo, trust what you sense, what appears in your imagination when you are not crazy in your head, but calm and focused. 

MizMargo so sorry to hear about your beloved cat passing away. As I read this thread  tears were streaming down my cheeks. So moving to read  these recollections, theories and thoughts about were our 4 legged friends go when they die. I have a little white dog called Cubby who is 3 years old and the love of my life. I can not imagine being away from her as she brings me so much love, I call her my little prozac pill. Jeanne even picked up on her and described her to me when I did a reading. Amazing the power they have to heal us and this planet. A thank you to all of these beautiful animals, wild and domestic??

Thank you, everyone. This all helps and I really appreciate your support and compassion. I'm a mess and will be for a while, but I made Cleo a lovely grave last night when I buried her in the garden -- the yard she loved and never left (she was too fat to get under or over the fence, lol, but she never even tried). She was the queen of my herd, always busting up fights (she hated fighting) and protecting whoever was getting picked on. A really lovely lady, and I ordered a beautiful black Egyptian cat statue for her grave marker -- Bastet, the protector of cats. She will be the center of everything forever. I do hope I see her in a dream or elsewhere sometime. I don't tend to have visions or visitations, as far as I'm aware, but that would be a wonderful gift. If not, your testimonies of where our babies go afterward is comforting. Thank you, again.

I had a cat that died, and that night she walked across my bed as if to say goodbye. My daughter has seen one of her cats that has passed. Recently, I have been seeing a phantom cat at my sisters home.  My sister is 87 and I've been spending almost all day there so I picked out a room to use. I was doing my bills, and out of the corner of my eye, I saw the cat jump up on the table next to me. I few days later I took a nap in the room. When I woke up, I felt movement down at my feet like there was a cat grooming. I have named her Sandy since she is brown.

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