Thanks, everyone. They are convinced that Bully is there and it comforts them to an extent. Possibly they're just not ready to let go, or maybe they really DID experience visitations. They've had a bad year: first their 20 year old cat and now Bully.
It's not for me to say. I did suggest they keep an open mind with regard to getting another pet, but I don't think they'd accept anything but another Bully.
I saw and heard our late dog quite often soon after we had to put him down, to the point where we moved the furniture around. He's been gone nearly five years and it was just two weeks ago that I threw out his collar and tags.
It's difficult to get over a beloved pet's death. The vomit is really spooky. I don't know just what you could say to them. We have not gotten another dog. He was our third in 37 years and we can't do it again. Our children, or some of them, were home when the first two dogs passed on and that's one reason we replaced the pets, but we just can't do it to ourselves again.
Pat
May the road rise with you, the wind be always at your back.
Am I glad to hear I'm not the only one. Our Angel used to sleep on the bed, curled up to my back. Not too long after we had her put down, I woke up one night because I could not roll over. It was like she was sleeping there. I thought it was normal until I realized that she was not with us any longer. I know that I was not sleeping as I looked to see what time it was. Weirdo-rama.
No what anyone says. When you loose a Pet, it is hard to forget. But that is the whole point. Never forget them. Sometimes the memories that you have shared with your pet, well help you get through tuff times in the future.
After I had Gerolles put down due to kidney failure at 9 years of age I was heartbroken. My apartment was so empty without a cat, but I was having a hard time getting another one. Kind of like I was "cheating" on her. 6 months after her passiong I got an 8 week old male kitten who looked nothing like Gerolles, nor acted like her. However, every once in a while I would look in his eyes and it wouldn't be him. I would say to my husband "Look! It's Gerolles" It was so eery to see her expression on my kittens face. To this day, 5 years later, Riggz's favorite toy is an old catnip filled pillow that had belonged to Gerolles and he still sleeps on what had been her bed.
Does she really visit me through him????? I don't know. I am well educated and like to think of myself as reasonable and level headed. All I know is that whatever it was, my own imagination or not, it did and still does help me deal with not having Gerolles in my life.
I, too, am well educated, but just can't explain those unexplained things....3 days ago in our garage, I swear I saw Maicey walk around the side of the van. She has been gone 3 years almost to the day. I felt it enough that I actually walked around the van and called her name. Talk about feeling stupid.....The thing is, when I went out on errands shortly after that, I had 2 close calls driving -not of my fault. Made it an even weirder...like she had come to check on me or something. Ok, now even I think I sound weird!
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