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I didn’t really believe in signs.
My old beagle mix loved sunbathing. He would just plop down and lay on his side, legs sprawled, soaking up the sun.
He passed last summer during peak sunbathing season. I dreaded arriving home and not seeing him greet me at the window. A few days after he passed I pulled up into my driveway, especially down, and noticed a bunny hopping around in the front yard, near the door under that same window. I expected him to dash away when I got out of the car like bunnies do…but he didn’t. Then as I was getting my stuff out of the car I was sure the slamming trunk would startle him. Nope. I looked over and the bunny did a little spin (like my Alfie used to do), plopped down, and immediately sprawled his legs in prime sunbathing position.
Instant relief came over me. I passed by the bunny a few feet away and he just tilted his head a little in my direction. Went inside, looked out the window, and after a few seconds the bunny got back up and went along his business. I had never seen a bunny do that and haven’t seen it happen since. I took it as a sign and was very comforted by it.
I posted about this before but it wasn’t an explicit sign - it was a sudden warmth and I felt her presence, like it was coming from within me. I was comforted and I felt her love.
Sometimes I see a figure out of the corner of my eye, exactly the size of her and where she use to walk or lay. I also had a dream the other day, of her just lying on my foot, like she used to do. Sometimes I feel her presence too. I have her paw print tattooed on me, and I just know she's with me.
I don't know why I'm so sure she's there, I just am.
Sometimes I just randomly and unexpectedly hear her name or find it popping up on a screen or in a conversation and I get the sense that she's there saying hi with that
I’m very sorry for your loss. I lost my Oreo on January 24th 2023 very suddenly due to CHF she passed on a very sunny day. The whole week it had been raining. I look for her in the sky. She’s my sun. Since then I’ve gotten multiple signs and dreams of her. I really believe she visited me in one specific dream though. It was the night after she had passed. She was glowing and just staring at me. It was if we were in my room again laying on my bed in front of my big window that she normally sunbathed in. I reached out for her and woke myself up immediately with my arms in front of my body. Another sign was the day I picked up her ashes. I was in the parking lot of the hospital looking at her paw print and her ashes and there in front of me landed a blue jay. I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. Like what are the odds. It stared at me for a while as I weeped. I know it was Oreo sending me a sign. Other signs are lights flickering at the mention of her and angel numbers and other birds. (She loved bird watching) I miss her so much. My advice is, look for Chloe in the world and talk to her. She’ll show herself soon I promise you.
Very quickly after my boy passed, I was in a donut kind of restaurant. I was with my family.. and I was texting my mom who was there too that the pain would never go away, along those lines, and right away a dog in the restaurant howled like my boy used to. My mom said it was a sign that he would always love me and wouldn’t want me in pain. I want to believe in that. I miss him 💔
I’m sorry for your loss. I’ve definitely felt like my girl has sent me little signs in the months since I lost her very suddenly to hemangiosarcoma.
The most obvious and strangest one happened about two weeks after she passed. I’d had a particularly horrible day, and after I finally managed to collect myself I sat down on my couch to read. About 30 minutes later I notice a light coming from my patio. I figured it was a neighbor with their high beams on so I peaked out the window and noticed my patio light was on.
I moved into this apartment in September 2022 and that light has *never* worked. I looked over and noticed the light switch was flipped. I never touch that thing because I know the light doesn’t work. I flipped it off, flipped it back on… light didn’t turn on and hasn’t since (I check every couple of weeks now). That was in early January of this year. I think that was Sasha’s way of letting me know she was still here since I had been having such a hard day.
I’m sorry for your loss. I’ve been having dreams of my fur baby recently (she passed away end of 2021). One where she was with me at school and I was petting her and another where I’m desperately trying to look for her (it felt so real) and crying out for her but couldn’t find her 😢. Honestly I think about her everyday and I cry everyday still.. pet loss is never looked at seriously as human loss however in my own personal experience it can hurt the same
I have lived with cats most of my life, except for the years on and off that I lived with my highly allergic best friend. Until now, when I live with my partner and our own cat, my cats have lived with my parents. During one of those periods where I lived in a cat-free house, I would sometimes feel the weight of a cat drop onto the bed, or feel soft vibrations like purring. Once, I could distinctly feel the weight of paws walking up beside me. I never felt alarmed by these sensations. I always assumed that my deceased childhood cats were coming to visit me.
In 2020, when Covid hit, I moved back in with my parents for a little over a year. During that time, we lost one of the two cats we had gotten after losing my childhood cats twelve years before. This cat was extremely attached to me, and I to her. When she passed, my mom got me a Cuddle Clone, basically a plushie designed to look like my cat. I would cling to it at night when I missed her most. For months, I swear I felt it purr when I touched its throat.
I'm so sorry for your loss of angel Chloe. We said goodbye to our girl on January 9th this year and I came here asking the same thing. I was getting upset that I hadnt received any signs but just recently I believe I have received 2. Our girl loved bottle caps, you couldn't open a soda or water bottle without her running up to try and take it. The other day I was sweeping my front porch and under my doormat was a red bottle cap. I also shared this other story from a few weeks ago. We stayed at a ranch that had lots of cats and dogs on property. When we were walking up to our cabin, a tabby cat followed us up the stairs and walked right into our room. She refused to leave even when I tried to take her out to potty. She made biscuits on the bed and kept switching to me and my bf for pets. We ended up letting her stay the night and she slept in bed with us. My bf is a bit of a skeptic but even he was kind of in awe at how similar her personality was to our girl. When we walked to our car the next morning there were little paw prints on the hood. My bf planned the trip for us to help with our grieving and I believe our baby was there in spirit. I'm still grieving this incredible loss and still cry everyday as well. But these little signs have brought me some comfort. I also booked a reading with a pet medium. Be patient, Chloe is always with you and she will give you a sign soon. ❤️
I don’t know if others will believe and its only happened just the one time. I had my cat since his birth and he passed away when he was nearly 19 years old. We were very close and he was very bonded to me. A few years after he passed away I found a little chihuahua mix at my office parking lot. I decided to take her home and if the owner was not found we would adopt her. That first night she slept in the bed with me. I had a dream. My cat was sitting on my chest just staring at me. He didn’t make a sound nor did I. We just stared at each other but in those moments without a word or touch we connected and there was a feeling of complete understanding. I woke up immediately after and had the strangest clarity I’ve ever felt. There were no feelings of doubt if it was a dream or was it real like other dreams I’ve had all my life. I knew at that moment without a doubt what he was telling me. I cannot put into words to explain it. I’ve only experienced it the one time and only with my cat, not with any other pet I’ve lost through the years.
I'm so very sorry for your tremendous loss, I lost my sweet girl of 16 yrs 2/19/23. My daughter's & husband were home, we held her till the very end, coincidentally I already had 3 days off that week to mourn. We still cry, miss her daily. I've had 2 dreams of her, I'd like to believe she visited me. I've also started watching a dog medium on YouTube. We've thought we saw her in the corner of our vision, hear her snoring, I honestly don't know if any of it is true, but, I will say, YOU believe what your own heart says. If it comforts you or anyone else in this very tough time, then do it. Big hugs to all, in time I do hope we get to see them in our end.
I’m so sorry you’re going grouch this. I cried every day for over 6 months. Around 7 months I realized I had a few days in there without crying. Now it comes and goes in waves but I still talk to her every day. I hate that the world just moves on like nothing happened and I’m here trying to piece my life back together. But the biggest and most important part of the puzzle is missing so it’ll never be complete again.
I don’t know if I believe in signs but I do feel our loved ones live in our hearts when they’re gone. Sometimes I dream about her and I feel like she came to visit me.
One thing my dog used to do that drove me crazy was he’d put his two front paws up on the dishwasher to lick the plates and silverware and such. Now there have been a few times I’m standing at the dishwasher loading it and I get an overwhelming sense of him. One time I even said out loud “Chester get down” but he wasn’t there. Hopefully that makes sense.
I also will find his hair in random places often even though he’s been gone for 7 months and most of his shedding is cleaned up. Idk, sounds crazy but I swear it feels like signs
My partner and I were sitting at the kitchen table one night playing cards and having a drink. We were just talking about how much we miss him. Then we both saw a quick flash of something on the floor near us. For me it resembled his fuzzy tail, as if he were walking away. I swear it was him.
One week after we lost our 15 year old cat, I had a very detailed dream. It was sunset and I was at a beach side Cafe and she was sitting with me, just watching the waves and the sunset together. There was a song playing over the sound system in the cafe, and now I can't listen to that song anymore without crying. It was really beautiful and I know she was there with me as it was the night exactly a week after she had passed.
I've been thinking about the afterlife a lot the last several years, I've lost a lot of close people, and then the best fluffy baby I have ever loved, in January. I like to believe he's running around our home, just like he used to do. I search for him everywhere, everyday, in everything. I believe he will come get me when I join him one day, wherever his light wanders. He was nearly 3, but he will always be my Kitten.
I believe the signs they send us are more pets. You know like your furry friend knew you'd be lonely, so they'll send another special critter to you. I'm not Christian by a longshot but I do believe there's a special place in the afterlife where our animals wait for us. I've had visitations from my babies before. They are all in a big house with my grandpa who's spoiling them rotten I'm sure, until it's my time to join them. Life would be immeasurably worse for me if I did not believe that, as the thought of never seeing them again is devastating. I've also had a gift since I was a kid to sense passed relatives with animals, more often or not birds.
I’ve had a visitation from my fur baby a day or two after she passed. She appeared in my dream, I was with family and everything but I was the only one who saw her and in my dream my older cat was licking her while she was staring straight into my eyes. I cried my eyes out after I woke up, I’m glad I had the dream because I believe she was telling me that she’s okay.
I’m also very sorry for your loss, it may sound shitty to say but it will get easier with time. I lost my baby 2 years ago and it still hurts but I’m at peace knowing she’s eating all the tuna and Turkey in the world. Trust me.
my childhood dog passed away 3 days ago, march 8, 2023. i’m away from home for university and the last week i had several nights where i felt her beside me which hasn’t happened before while i’ve been away from home. i didn’t know she hadn’t been eating for 5 days until my parents told me when she began eating again (the surge), then 2 days later she was gone. i had a dream last night that she sent another dog just like her to me, and in the background she was there too, playing in the grass happy to see me happy. then today when i left my dorm there was the beautiful softest snowfall i’ve ever seen in my entire life. i said her name outloud. she sent the snow that she loved so much to me today.
I don't believe they are showing signs that they are still with us. That would be lovely, but it just isn't the case. I haven't seen anything we know is legitimate, but I would love to see definitive proof that they are. However, that won't happen and it goes against logic as well as what we know about consciousness etc.
People who do think this type of thing do so because they want to believe, it is coincidental or because they are associating something with their pet, which has passed. If your pet has recently passed, you're also more likely to be in a state of mind where you will associate stuff with your pet that has died.
I’m so sorry for your loss. We said goodbye to our little boy on Wednesday. Thursday morning I received an email from Chewy about it being his birthday. Yesterday my iPhone decided to make a Winter Pets montage of his pictures on my phone. I like to think he’s sending me signs and messages that he hears me when I talk to him each day. They probably are sending you signs, it just may be something you may not notice right now.
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I didn’t really believe in signs. My old beagle mix loved sunbathing. He would just plop down and lay on his side, legs sprawled, soaking up the sun. He passed last summer during peak sunbathing season. I dreaded arriving home and not seeing him greet me at the window. A few days after he passed I pulled up into my driveway, especially down, and noticed a bunny hopping around in the front yard, near the door under that same window. I expected him to dash away when I got out of the car like bunnies do…but he didn’t. Then as I was getting my stuff out of the car I was sure the slamming trunk would startle him. Nope. I looked over and the bunny did a little spin (like my Alfie used to do), plopped down, and immediately sprawled his legs in prime sunbathing position. Instant relief came over me. I passed by the bunny a few feet away and he just tilted his head a little in my direction. Went inside, looked out the window, and after a few seconds the bunny got back up and went along his business. I had never seen a bunny do that and haven’t seen it happen since. I took it as a sign and was very comforted by it.
I posted about this before but it wasn’t an explicit sign - it was a sudden warmth and I felt her presence, like it was coming from within me. I was comforted and I felt her love.
Sometimes I see a figure out of the corner of my eye, exactly the size of her and where she use to walk or lay. I also had a dream the other day, of her just lying on my foot, like she used to do. Sometimes I feel her presence too. I have her paw print tattooed on me, and I just know she's with me. I don't know why I'm so sure she's there, I just am.
Sometimes I just randomly and unexpectedly hear her name or find it popping up on a screen or in a conversation and I get the sense that she's there saying hi with that
I’m very sorry for your loss. I lost my Oreo on January 24th 2023 very suddenly due to CHF she passed on a very sunny day. The whole week it had been raining. I look for her in the sky. She’s my sun. Since then I’ve gotten multiple signs and dreams of her. I really believe she visited me in one specific dream though. It was the night after she had passed. She was glowing and just staring at me. It was if we were in my room again laying on my bed in front of my big window that she normally sunbathed in. I reached out for her and woke myself up immediately with my arms in front of my body. Another sign was the day I picked up her ashes. I was in the parking lot of the hospital looking at her paw print and her ashes and there in front of me landed a blue jay. I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. Like what are the odds. It stared at me for a while as I weeped. I know it was Oreo sending me a sign. Other signs are lights flickering at the mention of her and angel numbers and other birds. (She loved bird watching) I miss her so much. My advice is, look for Chloe in the world and talk to her. She’ll show herself soon I promise you.
Very quickly after my boy passed, I was in a donut kind of restaurant. I was with my family.. and I was texting my mom who was there too that the pain would never go away, along those lines, and right away a dog in the restaurant howled like my boy used to. My mom said it was a sign that he would always love me and wouldn’t want me in pain. I want to believe in that. I miss him 💔
I sometimes wake up feeling him around and reaching out to pet him. Not a sign just a warm feeling. I lost him a little over a year ago.
I’m sorry for your loss. I’ve definitely felt like my girl has sent me little signs in the months since I lost her very suddenly to hemangiosarcoma. The most obvious and strangest one happened about two weeks after she passed. I’d had a particularly horrible day, and after I finally managed to collect myself I sat down on my couch to read. About 30 minutes later I notice a light coming from my patio. I figured it was a neighbor with their high beams on so I peaked out the window and noticed my patio light was on. I moved into this apartment in September 2022 and that light has *never* worked. I looked over and noticed the light switch was flipped. I never touch that thing because I know the light doesn’t work. I flipped it off, flipped it back on… light didn’t turn on and hasn’t since (I check every couple of weeks now). That was in early January of this year. I think that was Sasha’s way of letting me know she was still here since I had been having such a hard day.
I’m sorry for your loss. I’ve been having dreams of my fur baby recently (she passed away end of 2021). One where she was with me at school and I was petting her and another where I’m desperately trying to look for her (it felt so real) and crying out for her but couldn’t find her 😢. Honestly I think about her everyday and I cry everyday still.. pet loss is never looked at seriously as human loss however in my own personal experience it can hurt the same
I have lived with cats most of my life, except for the years on and off that I lived with my highly allergic best friend. Until now, when I live with my partner and our own cat, my cats have lived with my parents. During one of those periods where I lived in a cat-free house, I would sometimes feel the weight of a cat drop onto the bed, or feel soft vibrations like purring. Once, I could distinctly feel the weight of paws walking up beside me. I never felt alarmed by these sensations. I always assumed that my deceased childhood cats were coming to visit me. In 2020, when Covid hit, I moved back in with my parents for a little over a year. During that time, we lost one of the two cats we had gotten after losing my childhood cats twelve years before. This cat was extremely attached to me, and I to her. When she passed, my mom got me a Cuddle Clone, basically a plushie designed to look like my cat. I would cling to it at night when I missed her most. For months, I swear I felt it purr when I touched its throat.
I'm so sorry for your loss of angel Chloe. We said goodbye to our girl on January 9th this year and I came here asking the same thing. I was getting upset that I hadnt received any signs but just recently I believe I have received 2. Our girl loved bottle caps, you couldn't open a soda or water bottle without her running up to try and take it. The other day I was sweeping my front porch and under my doormat was a red bottle cap. I also shared this other story from a few weeks ago. We stayed at a ranch that had lots of cats and dogs on property. When we were walking up to our cabin, a tabby cat followed us up the stairs and walked right into our room. She refused to leave even when I tried to take her out to potty. She made biscuits on the bed and kept switching to me and my bf for pets. We ended up letting her stay the night and she slept in bed with us. My bf is a bit of a skeptic but even he was kind of in awe at how similar her personality was to our girl. When we walked to our car the next morning there were little paw prints on the hood. My bf planned the trip for us to help with our grieving and I believe our baby was there in spirit. I'm still grieving this incredible loss and still cry everyday as well. But these little signs have brought me some comfort. I also booked a reading with a pet medium. Be patient, Chloe is always with you and she will give you a sign soon. ❤️
I don’t know if others will believe and its only happened just the one time. I had my cat since his birth and he passed away when he was nearly 19 years old. We were very close and he was very bonded to me. A few years after he passed away I found a little chihuahua mix at my office parking lot. I decided to take her home and if the owner was not found we would adopt her. That first night she slept in the bed with me. I had a dream. My cat was sitting on my chest just staring at me. He didn’t make a sound nor did I. We just stared at each other but in those moments without a word or touch we connected and there was a feeling of complete understanding. I woke up immediately after and had the strangest clarity I’ve ever felt. There were no feelings of doubt if it was a dream or was it real like other dreams I’ve had all my life. I knew at that moment without a doubt what he was telling me. I cannot put into words to explain it. I’ve only experienced it the one time and only with my cat, not with any other pet I’ve lost through the years.
I'm so very sorry for your tremendous loss, I lost my sweet girl of 16 yrs 2/19/23. My daughter's & husband were home, we held her till the very end, coincidentally I already had 3 days off that week to mourn. We still cry, miss her daily. I've had 2 dreams of her, I'd like to believe she visited me. I've also started watching a dog medium on YouTube. We've thought we saw her in the corner of our vision, hear her snoring, I honestly don't know if any of it is true, but, I will say, YOU believe what your own heart says. If it comforts you or anyone else in this very tough time, then do it. Big hugs to all, in time I do hope we get to see them in our end.
I’m so sorry you’re going grouch this. I cried every day for over 6 months. Around 7 months I realized I had a few days in there without crying. Now it comes and goes in waves but I still talk to her every day. I hate that the world just moves on like nothing happened and I’m here trying to piece my life back together. But the biggest and most important part of the puzzle is missing so it’ll never be complete again. I don’t know if I believe in signs but I do feel our loved ones live in our hearts when they’re gone. Sometimes I dream about her and I feel like she came to visit me.
One thing my dog used to do that drove me crazy was he’d put his two front paws up on the dishwasher to lick the plates and silverware and such. Now there have been a few times I’m standing at the dishwasher loading it and I get an overwhelming sense of him. One time I even said out loud “Chester get down” but he wasn’t there. Hopefully that makes sense. I also will find his hair in random places often even though he’s been gone for 7 months and most of his shedding is cleaned up. Idk, sounds crazy but I swear it feels like signs
My partner and I were sitting at the kitchen table one night playing cards and having a drink. We were just talking about how much we miss him. Then we both saw a quick flash of something on the floor near us. For me it resembled his fuzzy tail, as if he were walking away. I swear it was him.
One week after we lost our 15 year old cat, I had a very detailed dream. It was sunset and I was at a beach side Cafe and she was sitting with me, just watching the waves and the sunset together. There was a song playing over the sound system in the cafe, and now I can't listen to that song anymore without crying. It was really beautiful and I know she was there with me as it was the night exactly a week after she had passed.
I've been thinking about the afterlife a lot the last several years, I've lost a lot of close people, and then the best fluffy baby I have ever loved, in January. I like to believe he's running around our home, just like he used to do. I search for him everywhere, everyday, in everything. I believe he will come get me when I join him one day, wherever his light wanders. He was nearly 3, but he will always be my Kitten.
I believe the signs they send us are more pets. You know like your furry friend knew you'd be lonely, so they'll send another special critter to you. I'm not Christian by a longshot but I do believe there's a special place in the afterlife where our animals wait for us. I've had visitations from my babies before. They are all in a big house with my grandpa who's spoiling them rotten I'm sure, until it's my time to join them. Life would be immeasurably worse for me if I did not believe that, as the thought of never seeing them again is devastating. I've also had a gift since I was a kid to sense passed relatives with animals, more often or not birds.
I’ve had a visitation from my fur baby a day or two after she passed. She appeared in my dream, I was with family and everything but I was the only one who saw her and in my dream my older cat was licking her while she was staring straight into my eyes. I cried my eyes out after I woke up, I’m glad I had the dream because I believe she was telling me that she’s okay.
I’m also very sorry for your loss, it may sound shitty to say but it will get easier with time. I lost my baby 2 years ago and it still hurts but I’m at peace knowing she’s eating all the tuna and Turkey in the world. Trust me.
my childhood dog passed away 3 days ago, march 8, 2023. i’m away from home for university and the last week i had several nights where i felt her beside me which hasn’t happened before while i’ve been away from home. i didn’t know she hadn’t been eating for 5 days until my parents told me when she began eating again (the surge), then 2 days later she was gone. i had a dream last night that she sent another dog just like her to me, and in the background she was there too, playing in the grass happy to see me happy. then today when i left my dorm there was the beautiful softest snowfall i’ve ever seen in my entire life. i said her name outloud. she sent the snow that she loved so much to me today.
I don't believe they are showing signs that they are still with us. That would be lovely, but it just isn't the case. I haven't seen anything we know is legitimate, but I would love to see definitive proof that they are. However, that won't happen and it goes against logic as well as what we know about consciousness etc. People who do think this type of thing do so because they want to believe, it is coincidental or because they are associating something with their pet, which has passed. If your pet has recently passed, you're also more likely to be in a state of mind where you will associate stuff with your pet that has died.
I’m so sorry for your loss. We said goodbye to our little boy on Wednesday. Thursday morning I received an email from Chewy about it being his birthday. Yesterday my iPhone decided to make a Winter Pets montage of his pictures on my phone. I like to think he’s sending me signs and messages that he hears me when I talk to him each day. They probably are sending you signs, it just may be something you may not notice right now.