Have you ever had a Rainbow Bridge pet come back to visit you?

[Glacier]

I have had two of mine come back.

Hoodoo died in February 2004. About six months later I was sitting outside reading one evening when I saw him as plain as day. He ran up my driveway, looked at me, gave me his Happy Hoodoo grin, jumped over a pile of logs and was gone. It was so real that I actually walked over to make sure there wasn't a stray dog there.

Dominique drops in pretty regularly. Dom died on May 26, 2005. Her most favorite thing in the world was to knock over the dogs water bucket and make a big mess on the floor. We learned not to leave any water in it or Dom would make puddles! Even if there was no water in it, Dom tipped that bucket every day and played in it. Sometimes now the water bucket falls over for no reason. It's sitting on a perfectly flat floor away from anything or anyone who could knock it over, but it still falls. Every time it does, I say hi to her as I put it back upright. Even Stuart talks to her if he's the one picking up the bucket.

Both of their deaths were unexpected and traumatic. I believe they drop by to let me know they are ok again; that despite the nature of their deaths, their spirits survive somewhere and they are happy. I have another bridge kid, Twicket, a remarkable cat who died in my arms just a few months shy of 16th birthday. No trauma, no struggle, just an old cat who's body failed him. It was peaceful and gentle. Twicket has never come back (yet). I believe he doesn't have to. I miss him terribly and love him deeply, but his death was not as hard for me as the others. I've never questioned if Twicket is ok again, so he has no need to show me that he is. I do believe Twicket arranged for Kasha to come to me--she's another senior kitty who looks a bit like Twicks.

[Jessika]

My room at my parents' is in the basement. Our dog at the time, Perdy, was my best friend. At night I would hear her nails clicking on the kitchen linoleum and lay down at the top of the steps, her favorite place to lay.

She passed away shortly before her 10th birthday for unknown reasons (though I'm sure being overweight and poor diet had something to do with it..).

A few days after her passing I was up late one night on the computer (yes, on a school night ) and I heard her walk across the linoleum in the kitchen above and lay down and sigh at the top of the steps as she did so often when she was alive.

This happened every night for three or four days.

Years later after I got Charlie, out of the blue I will find myself calling him "Perdy". And I don't know why, they neither look anything alike, act alike, nor are their names even similar, but I will find myself calling him "Perdy" for no reason at all

[kuhio98]

The morning after we lost Kuhio, I had one of those dreams where you are aware enough to know that you are dreaming. I was lying there with my eyes closed and Kuhio was rubbing noses with me. (This was our thing -- we called them Eskimo kisses). I tried to move, but I couldn't. I tried to open my eyes, but I was frozen. Finally, I just rubbed noses with her and thanked her for coming to visit me to confirm to me that she was really gone because at that time I still held out hope that Shelter had screwed up their records (again!) and not accidently put her to sleep.

She has come to visit several times since then. Once I saw her in a dream. We were up at the cabin (her favorite place in the world) and we were walking together in the woods. She was sleek and glossy just like she was in her prime. I kept calling her, but she wouldn't look at me. It was ticking me off! When I awoke, I started laughing, because that was just like her. She would never look at you when you called her name.

Sometime when I take long bubble baths, I will talk to Kuhio in my head. I will tell her what a good girl she is and how beautiful she is and how much I miss her, etc. It never fails, but Halo will come running into the bathroom and stare at me as if to say "Did you call me?" I don't think Kuhio has been reincarnated into Halo or anything, but I do believe that they are connected. Halo was adopted from the same shelter that put Kuhio to sleep. We were too late to save Kuhio, but at least Halo got out of there alive.

[dab_20]

Awww all these stories are so touching.

The night we lost Missy, I went to bed with my mom because I coulden't stop crying. Well Missy always used to sleep at the foot of my bed or down on the floor in my mom's room. Well, that morning I thought I felt a dog licking my fingers and I woke up to find Missy was really gone. I knew she was trying to tell me she's always with me and protecting me every moment. I will always miss and love my little Cocker girl.

[moosmom]

My RB Casey (RB, 2002) comes to visit all the time! I'll FEEL like one of my cats has just jumped up on my bed or pillow, but when I look, no one is there. It actually makes me feel good when that happens.

[slick]

Oh my, these stories bring on the LES big time.

Sadly, I've never really experienced this at all except right after my Speckles made the trip. I was sort of in a half asleep, half awake stage and thought I could feel her trying to get underneath the covers. I woke up......then fell apart.

[Tubby & Peanut's Mom]

Slick, I'm like you, I'm still waiting for Tubby to "come to me." But I think it's like Glacier said, he lived a good long life and died peacefully. He told me ahead of time that it was time to go, so there's not much reason for him to come back to reassure me....although I wish he would.

But in other ways, he has never left. Terry and I both have our screen savers set to show pictures from the My Pictures file. Needless to say, Tubby pops up quite often and when we're around to notice, we always say ""Hi Tubby. How ya doin' big boy?" Also, it was always kind of a joke with us that we'd get Tubby & Peanut there own Class C motorhome to follow us around in. A few weeks back we were at a motorhome show and I don't how many times it popped out of our mouths "Oh look, that one would be perfect for Tubby & Peanut." At first I thought I'd correct Terry and tell him "You mean Peanut & Cracker Jack" but I held my tongue and it was kind of fun going on as if he were still here.

Also, in some ways I know he's here "coming through" CJ. Sometimes CJ will do things he normally doesn't do and something that Tubby would do all the time. Totally throws me off guard and I pick CJ up and smooch on him and tell him about his brother then put him down, and next thing you know he's back to being CJ again. So no, he has never "come to me" but he has never really left either, and that makes me happy.