UNEX Tales from the rainbow bridge – evidence of our pets in the afterlife
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Raggedyman kindly asked me to post this from another thread. I haven't posted this story before because this still makes me cry after all these years. I love her still.
As far as pets . . . . I lost a dog suddenly, who was once my shadow. Her death was unexpected and devastating to me. The night she died, we buried her. That night, I could feel her sleeping at the foot of the bed, all through the night by my feet, like she always did. I could feel the weight of her. When the sun just crested the horizon, I "woke up" and saw her heading towards the light. She turned back once to look at me, wagged her tail, then disappeared in a flash. It still makes me cry to think of it. She comforted me that night in my sorrow, and I know that she will greet me on the other side, with my other beloved pets. (And chickens. I loved my chickens. OK, maybe not BRB and OBR, but the rest of them.
) Until then, Sequoia . . . .
As far as pets . . . . I lost a dog suddenly, who was once my shadow. Her death was unexpected and devastating to me. The night she died, we buried her. That night, I could feel her sleeping at the foot of the bed, all through the night by my feet, like she always did. I could feel the weight of her. When the sun just crested the horizon, I "woke up" and saw her heading towards the light. She turned back once to look at me, wagged her tail, then disappeared in a flash. It still makes me cry to think of it. She comforted me that night in my sorrow, and I know that she will greet me on the other side, with my other beloved pets. (And chickens. I loved my chickens. OK, maybe not BRB and OBR, but the rest of them.
) Until then, Sequoia . . . .
Raggedyman
Res ipsa loquitur
there are a couple of threads currently on the board with the topic of "HEAVEN" in their titles. one brought back me around to this excellent thread in particular:
a review of that thread prompted me to bump it to the top as well as this thread and its companion on the human side here:
there are new members here who may not be aware of these great threads. there may be others here who have something to contribute to one or both of these threads. if that latter is you - the experiencer - PLEASE - post what you've experienced. you're in the position to offer much hope and comfort to people in times of sorrow and great loss.
the "RULES" for each of these threads are in the OP - please DO read them. they are in "UNEX" for a reason. they are NOT debates on your particular world view or religious point of view - they ARE places to share personal experiences which some find amazingly comforting at a time of great loss.
enjoy these threads. if you're in a position as one who's had a personal experience to contribute - PLEASE DO SO
many thanks - RM
What do you hope will be in heaven when you die?
https://www.timebomb2000.com/xf/ind...e-in-heaven-when-you-die.616709/#post-9041049a review of that thread prompted me to bump it to the top as well as this thread and its companion on the human side here:
Tales of People Crossing Over - Evidence of Our Friends/Family in the After Life
UNEX - Tales of People Crossing Over - Evidence of Our Friends/Family in the After Lifethere are new members here who may not be aware of these great threads. there may be others here who have something to contribute to one or both of these threads. if that latter is you - the experiencer - PLEASE - post what you've experienced. you're in the position to offer much hope and comfort to people in times of sorrow and great loss.
the "RULES" for each of these threads are in the OP - please DO read them. they are in "UNEX" for a reason. they are NOT debates on your particular world view or religious point of view - they ARE places to share personal experiences which some find amazingly comforting at a time of great loss.
enjoy these threads. if you're in a position as one who's had a personal experience to contribute - PLEASE DO SO
many thanks - RM
Raggedyman
Res ipsa loquitur
thank you so much Jeanie!!!!!!!!!!!!
Raggedyman
Res ipsa loquitur
a WINK from BO
I received a very special “wink” from BO this morning. I KNEW it was something very special as soon as it happened . . . its special enough that I wanted to share it here.
Some background:
BO - taken 7.7.21
she's just short of 14 years old here
BO was a total freak when it came to balls and things that roll and bounce. yes – most dogs are – but BO was over the top with it. We had a game calld “BO- nut”. It went like this . . . there was a dog toy that looked like a 6” doughnut. It squeaked and was covered in yellow tennis ball material. It bounced and rolled and I used to throw it for her so that it would bounce over the gravel and hop and roll a long long way. She'd chase after it, catch it and run back to me with it and literally toss it at me and eagerly wait to do it all over again. When she got tired of that she'd keep the BO-nut and go slink away and peel the skin off the danged thing and chew it apart if you didn't get it from her. Once right after we'd been playing she did that and I got called away to an important phone call. by the time I got back outside she'd chewed a piece of that BO-nut up and swallowed it whole. The result was a bowel obstruction, a $4500 hospital stay and a surgical procedure because it was impossible for her to pass it and she was going to perforate. There after BO was NEVER allowed to be unsupervised with either a tennis ball or a BO-nut again.
BO and I shared birthdays – we were both born on October 10'th. Interestingly that event took place on our birthday – her 3'd and my 60'th. that year BO and I spent our birthdays together in the doggie hospital; she came out of surgery at midnight straight up. I really did not expect that she was going to make it. She was profoundly obstructed and had instinctively been gorging herself with mulch trying to get it to pass. We thought she was going to perforate. they opened her up from stem to stern. She had a hospital stay of 3 days and it was touch and go for a good bit of that. There after, that event came to be called “TBT” - short for “tennis ball tummie”
many many years later (eleven perhaps) along comes Gracie - who was 8 months old when BO went over the bridge -12.27.21 . . . so Gracie knew BO. Gracie, like BO (and admittedly most other dogs) is a ball and bouncy things freak too – but nothing at all like BO was.
Yesterday I was playing “beesbol” with Gracie and remembering the TBT story. I started to tell Gracie about it, how BO loved to play ball all about the BO-nut game and the way BO would “toss” the ball back to me. I told Gracie about “TBT” and how BO almost died and needed surgery; about how I had to be very careful because BO would tear the outer skin off the tennis balls and then chew up the ball. I explained that was why the ball was always put away and never left for her to play with alone - something she's never been happy about.
Meanwhile there's this picture of BO right behind her and I'm very focused on it and all the emotions around the TBT event. I was looking at this picture (above) remembering all of this as I'm telling Gracie about it and Gracie is sitting there listening very intently to all of it, head tilting first one way and then the other like she's really taking it all in. some of us actually DO have conversations with our dogs as if they were kids. I'm one of them, and I am determined that we're NOT EVER going to repeat TBT - especially not with Gracie
So this morning I'm outside doing “clean up” . . . As I was walking crossing behind the wood shop carrying my shovel of doggie poo I happened to look down and there, lying in the dirt and gravel was an old piece of tennis ball skin – about 1/3 of the whole ball – that had very obviously been there for a very very long time.
As soon as I saw it I knew what it was. I also knew that BO hadn't had unlimited or unsupervised access to a tennis ball since that surgery – and that surgery was in October of 2010 – almost THIRTEEN YEARS AGO. further - NOBODT ELSE has had free reign with a ball that would cause TBT. as I'm looking down at it lying there – not really buried but also not really on the surface – I'm noticing that it was dingy gray just like the gravel and it blended in perfectly with the surrounding area. When I bent down to pick it up it literally crumbled into pieces in my hand. it had been there a VERY LONG time. I walk through there – across that very area – multiple times each week – sometimes multiple times in a single day. WHY HAD I NEVER SEEN THAT BEFORE? Not only that but cars, trucks, ATV's and even tractors have been in and out of that area and run all across it quite literally for well over a decade. this piece was right in the MIDDLE of all that traffic. So WHY wasn't it either destroyed or noticed long ago? Why hadn't Gracie – who finds EVERYTHING and ANYTHING on the ground - picked it up over the past TWO YEARS?
BO died on 12.27.21. we had a special blue spruce "BO tree" that we decorated for her out in the cook house. we planted it up on the bank over the wood shop and behind the house. I like to think that she sits there beside that tree and watches us come and go - looks out over what was hers here and watches over it and us just as she did in life. that tree has been in the ground about 18 months now and it sits right above the spot where we played BO-nut.
it seems pretty obvious to me that BO had sent me a WINK this morning. she'd let me know she was aware of the games Gracie and I were playing and that she was aware of how I'd been asking Grace just the day before if she remembered BO and did she know how much BO had loved to play ball. I really believe BO was aware of ALL of that. I ALSO know that when I found that piece of tennis ball skin in the dirt this morning and walked over with it in my hands and stood in front of the BO tree and shouted her name out as loudly as I could - that SHE HEARD ME say: “I GOT YOUR WINK BO! I LOVE YOU! THANK YOU BO!” And I KNOW – with all my being – that BO is watching and waiting and remembering.
one more thing - and I hadn't even realized this until I found her picture above to post it here. its time stamped 7.7.21 TWO YEARS ago to the day. I KNOW that you heard me this morning old friend and I know that you wait for us and that you remember. we'll be along soon enough BO - soon enough.
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evenso
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Not fair to make me cry so early in the morning! We have the most precious buddy now, Ziggy (his pic is my avatar) We had sworn after our last dog left us that we'd never get another. Thankfully God dropped Ziggy into our lives and didn't care about our vow.
When we were newly married, we got our first baby, Chippy. Then he was replaced with Ruffy who was replaced with KC and then Riley. Each had their own "trait." The most astounding thing about Ziggy is that he manifests *every* one of his predecessor's traits.
We have decided that before Ziggy was sent to earth to take care of us, each of his big brothers told him which of their endearing traits to manifest when he got here. We feel like we're surrounded by our family of puppies (each one lived 12-13 years but they will always be "puppies.")
Can. Not. Wait. to see these precious pets again. Call me crazy but I think some day we'll actually be able to talk with them!
When we were newly married, we got our first baby, Chippy. Then he was replaced with Ruffy who was replaced with KC and then Riley. Each had their own "trait." The most astounding thing about Ziggy is that he manifests *every* one of his predecessor's traits.
We have decided that before Ziggy was sent to earth to take care of us, each of his big brothers told him which of their endearing traits to manifest when he got here. We feel like we're surrounded by our family of puppies (each one lived 12-13 years but they will always be "puppies.")
Can. Not. Wait. to see these precious pets again. Call me crazy but I think some day we'll actually be able to talk with them!
Raggedyman
Res ipsa loquitur
I don’t think you’re crazy AT ALL. I’m also convinced we’ll be able to talk to them and they to us - and both sides will have complete understanding of the conversation. There will be no voice - it will be telepathic.
momma_soapmaker
Disgusted
When I start the day out crying, it's gonna be a soggy rest of the day. 
I don't understand people who can't love animals. They are completely selfless with their love for us.
I don't understand people who can't love animals. They are completely selfless with their love for us.
Chance
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This is the thread I was looking for....I put this on the other Rainbow Bridge thread.....
I thought I'd report this here because it goes along with a couple of other posts I've made on this thread - one in 2022 and one before that.....it's buried somewhere here.
Something very strange happened last night with my German Shepherd Dog Kholla Khan. Kholla is still a pup - he's 18 months old.
I was in the bathroom getting ready for bed, when I heard a small growl. I knew Kholla was in the bathroom with me and he never growls! So I turned around to see what the problem was.
There was Kholla sitting right in front of a picture (it's copy of a watercolor painting) on the wall of two German Shepherd Dogs on the beach. That picture has hung in that spot for years. He walks past that picture multiple times a day. Tonight, he was fixated on the picture. I couldn't get him away from the picture.
He kept staring at it, at one point he barked, and he even jumped up a couple of times to look closer at the picture. But he couldn't take his eyes off the picture. This went on for at least ten minutes. I eventually went and got my phone and when I came back he was still staring at the picture. So I took several pics.
It was eventually time for bed, so I called him away from the pic and as we were walking out of that room, he glanced back at it. Like he sensed something??
All of this gave me an odd feeling - it was kinda spooky.
Why was he attracted to this picture NOW? What the heck....
And when you add this to what I wrote back on March 28, 2022 to this same thread - about this picture....
Here is that story I posted on this thread a few years back:
I wanted to add this story about my two GSDs - Banshee and Phantom.
Well, it's actually MY story. Or so I thought....
I always wanted to take them to the beach...don't know why. Logistically it was not feasible - not enough vacation time and I was not well. Living in Colorado and driving to an ocean beach with two GSDs was just not possible.
For some reason, years after they were both gone, this was just eating me up - I wanted to take them to the beach and now they were gone and I missed my chance. Don't know why I felt so sad and guilty about this - it was ridiculous - I did lots of other things with them. Banshee went with me to Kentucky one summer when she was one. Both Phantom and Banshee got to do lots of things outdoors - lots of short trips. But it always went back to 'the beach'. My thoughts always returned to them at the beach.
I pictured Banshee, my saddleback GSD, the daring one who was adventurous and loved to swim - in the waves, running through the waves as they splashed up on the shore. I picture Phantom, my black GSD - less adventuresome, walking in the sand just a bit away from the rushing waves. That was my picture of them. That was always my picture of them years after they died. Them on the beach. Even though we'd never been.
Long after they'd died, a friend of mine gave me two paintings. One was of a saddleback GSD running in the waves on a sandy beach. There other of a black GSD walking on the sand of a beach. They looked just like Banshee and Phantom. Exactly as I pictured them.
I couldn't believe it! I never told anyone about my beach wish or how I pictured my two dogs.
And there they were - just like I imagined them! Oh, how those paintings did my heart good!
To me - this is a message from them/G-d telling me all is well. They know I'm thinking of them and I know they are thinking of me.
Every time I look at those pictures, I'm just amazed....
I had to come back and figure out how to add the pics - got two below. Think I got it figured out now with the second pic.
I thought I'd report this here because it goes along with a couple of other posts I've made on this thread - one in 2022 and one before that.....it's buried somewhere here.
Something very strange happened last night with my German Shepherd Dog Kholla Khan. Kholla is still a pup - he's 18 months old.
I was in the bathroom getting ready for bed, when I heard a small growl. I knew Kholla was in the bathroom with me and he never growls! So I turned around to see what the problem was.
There was Kholla sitting right in front of a picture (it's copy of a watercolor painting) on the wall of two German Shepherd Dogs on the beach. That picture has hung in that spot for years. He walks past that picture multiple times a day. Tonight, he was fixated on the picture. I couldn't get him away from the picture.
He kept staring at it, at one point he barked, and he even jumped up a couple of times to look closer at the picture. But he couldn't take his eyes off the picture. This went on for at least ten minutes. I eventually went and got my phone and when I came back he was still staring at the picture. So I took several pics.
It was eventually time for bed, so I called him away from the pic and as we were walking out of that room, he glanced back at it. Like he sensed something??
All of this gave me an odd feeling - it was kinda spooky.
Why was he attracted to this picture NOW? What the heck....
And when you add this to what I wrote back on March 28, 2022 to this same thread - about this picture....
Here is that story I posted on this thread a few years back:
I wanted to add this story about my two GSDs - Banshee and Phantom.
Well, it's actually MY story. Or so I thought....
I always wanted to take them to the beach...don't know why. Logistically it was not feasible - not enough vacation time and I was not well. Living in Colorado and driving to an ocean beach with two GSDs was just not possible.
For some reason, years after they were both gone, this was just eating me up - I wanted to take them to the beach and now they were gone and I missed my chance. Don't know why I felt so sad and guilty about this - it was ridiculous - I did lots of other things with them. Banshee went with me to Kentucky one summer when she was one. Both Phantom and Banshee got to do lots of things outdoors - lots of short trips. But it always went back to 'the beach'. My thoughts always returned to them at the beach.
I pictured Banshee, my saddleback GSD, the daring one who was adventurous and loved to swim - in the waves, running through the waves as they splashed up on the shore. I picture Phantom, my black GSD - less adventuresome, walking in the sand just a bit away from the rushing waves. That was my picture of them. That was always my picture of them years after they died. Them on the beach. Even though we'd never been.
Long after they'd died, a friend of mine gave me two paintings. One was of a saddleback GSD running in the waves on a sandy beach. There other of a black GSD walking on the sand of a beach. They looked just like Banshee and Phantom. Exactly as I pictured them.
I couldn't believe it! I never told anyone about my beach wish or how I pictured my two dogs.
And there they were - just like I imagined them! Oh, how those paintings did my heart good!
To me - this is a message from them/G-d telling me all is well. They know I'm thinking of them and I know they are thinking of me.
Every time I look at those pictures, I'm just amazed....
I had to come back and figure out how to add the pics - got two below. Think I got it figured out now with the second pic.
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Raggedyman
Res ipsa loquitur
Chance - I call things like this "WINKS" from the other side . . .they DO KNOW we're thinking of them - take a look at #246 above. THAT just happened to you as well!
BTW your boy is BEAUTIFUL!!!
Old Reliable
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A dog is the only critter that loves you more than he loves himself. And that is what makes them so special & so hard to lose.
We just put down our dog that we've had for 12 wonderful years. She would not have survived the drive out to Washington. (Sold our house here in FL). We were originally going to bury her ashes here, but the new buyers are planning on digging up the backyard and I don't want her to end up on the trash (her ashes are in a sealed wooden box). So we are taking her with us and will bury her at our new place.
2dollarbill
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So sad for you, it's always hard.
etdeb
Veteran Member
So glad you decided to take you furbaby to new home.
I'm so sorry, keric...
Summerthyme
Summerthyme
momma_soapmaker
Disgusted
My heart goes out to you, Keric.
We have had four cats prior to our current fur ball in our house. It is not unusual to glance out of the corner of our eyes and see a shadow or a ultra-fast visual of one of them walking by or doing something they typically did around the house like special sitting or sleeping spots.
dioptase
Veteran Member
I'm so sorry Keric. I understand your decision to bring your beloved pet's ashes with you; I now have 4 such containers. Part of me says to "let them go" and bury them here, but like you, I worry about what would subsequently happen. If I were a gazillionairre with tons of land, and home burials were legal, I'd mandate that my body be buried along with their ashes, on my land.
Getting back on topic, I don't know if this has any meaning or not, but lately I've been dreaming about our last dog a lot. He's been gone now almost 2 years, and the first such dreams were very sad for me, when I woke up and realized that he was gone. Now, not so much (although I admit I'm tearing up as I type this). I do have to wonder *why* I am dreaming about him lately; I haven't really been talking about him with DH (or anyone else), so ???
Getting back on topic, I don't know if this has any meaning or not, but lately I've been dreaming about our last dog a lot. He's been gone now almost 2 years, and the first such dreams were very sad for me, when I woke up and realized that he was gone. Now, not so much (although I admit I'm tearing up as I type this). I do have to wonder *why* I am dreaming about him lately; I haven't really been talking about him with DH (or anyone else), so ???
Mzkitty
I give up.
Because you still miss each other.
Orion Commander
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PW had a Maine coon rescue named Barley before we married. He ruled here, bending my 86 pound weimaraner to his will. Barley died jumping up to her lap. She had him cremated. His ashes are still here. I'm thinking she will be pleased if he is with her's. She and he were through a lot together.
SAR01
Social ButterFly
so sorry Keric...
I think PW would indeed be happy with your plan..
for those with any doubt.. I know our pets go on and come to meet us or sometimes check in on us.. I know it cause I have both seen it, dreamts it, and had validations from others....
and your current pets are very aware when the "other" come for a quick visit...
I think PW would indeed be happy with your plan..
for those with any doubt.. I know our pets go on and come to meet us or sometimes check in on us.. I know it cause I have both seen it, dreamts it, and had validations from others....
and your current pets are very aware when the "other" come for a quick visit...
Well...last night was interesting!
Hubby and I were lying in bed in the pitch dark, listening to the snowstorm blowing outside. I suddenly heard dog nails on the floor...just three steps, then the familiar thump and sigh of a big dog lying down. Then I heard them licking their paws..
I said to hubby, "there's a dog in here! Did you accidentally leave the gate open?" He assured me Prince was in his crate and Maggie was down in the shop. I sat up and looked over the edge of the bed...and of course, the rug was empty. So, I said, "goodnight, Dixie...thanks for stopping by!"
It looks like my granddaughter was right...
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Summerthyme
Hubby and I were lying in bed in the pitch dark, listening to the snowstorm blowing outside. I suddenly heard dog nails on the floor...just three steps, then the familiar thump and sigh of a big dog lying down. Then I heard them licking their paws..
I said to hubby, "there's a dog in here! Did you accidentally leave the gate open?" He assured me Prince was in his crate and Maggie was down in the shop. I sat up and looked over the edge of the bed...and of course, the rug was empty. So, I said, "goodnight, Dixie...thanks for stopping by!"
It looks like my granddaughter was right...
CHAT - From the mouths of babes...
Oh, boy... this one got to me! I was spending some one on one time with my 6 year old granddaughter...she's the middle one. She's bright, our "fashionista", a bit fey...very tender hearted. Anyway, we were in my sewing loft, and she dropped a piece of decorative tape she was using. She picked...
Summerthyme
Raggedyman
Res ipsa loquitur
we are blessed to have a holistic small animal vet here . . . we've used her for well over 15 yrs. she's become a close friend and has helped several of our fur kids to cross the bridge. when BO went home just after Christmas of '21, Tami opened her closed-for-the-holidays office just to help BO cross the morning of 12.27.21
Tami's lead tech is "MJ" who's also become a good friend. in the past MJ, Dr Tami and I have shared several stories regarding how our animals have come back to visit once they've gone on ahead.
earlier this morning I called Tami's office to inquire about some Chinese Herbals I'd asked MJ to order for Gracie and Bear last week. MJ let me know that she'd had to put one of her dogs down this past wed morning - a small rat terrier named "Evelyn". Evelyn was a fixture in the office; she always came out to greet the other patients and their owners. last time we were in, MJ'd said that "Evelyn's time was short" . . . apparently due to chronic kidney disease and simple old age. when we were done discussing the herbs, MJ asked if I had time to hear about Evelyn's visits . . .
MJ told me that Evelyn had a habit of jumping up in bed and sleeping next to MJ's head. when it was time to wake up -Evelyn would sound reveille by tapping her paw on MJ's head. MJ said she'd experienced that several times since the morning Tami helped Evelyn to cross the bridge . . . but yesterday morning something even more dramatic. MJ has another dog named "Moose". on the way into the office MJ stopped at the dollar store to get a certain kind of treat Moose likes. on the way to the checkout MJ noticed a single can of Coke on a shelf in the cooler - sitting there all by itself. on the can was a yellow stickie note
Tami's lead tech is "MJ" who's also become a good friend. in the past MJ, Dr Tami and I have shared several stories regarding how our animals have come back to visit once they've gone on ahead.
earlier this morning I called Tami's office to inquire about some Chinese Herbals I'd asked MJ to order for Gracie and Bear last week. MJ let me know that she'd had to put one of her dogs down this past wed morning - a small rat terrier named "Evelyn". Evelyn was a fixture in the office; she always came out to greet the other patients and their owners. last time we were in, MJ'd said that "Evelyn's time was short" . . . apparently due to chronic kidney disease and simple old age. when we were done discussing the herbs, MJ asked if I had time to hear about Evelyn's visits . . .
MJ told me that Evelyn had a habit of jumping up in bed and sleeping next to MJ's head. when it was time to wake up -Evelyn would sound reveille by tapping her paw on MJ's head. MJ said she'd experienced that several times since the morning Tami helped Evelyn to cross the bridge . . . but yesterday morning something even more dramatic. MJ has another dog named "Moose". on the way into the office MJ stopped at the dollar store to get a certain kind of treat Moose likes. on the way to the checkout MJ noticed a single can of Coke on a shelf in the cooler - sitting there all by itself. on the can was a yellow stickie note
with the name EVELYN written on it.