To lose a beloved pet has to be as difficult a loss as to lose a relative or friend. You mourn in the same way. Pets - as with all life forms - know when it is their time to move to a higher frequency realm.

If you have recently lost a pet - take time to heal. You do not have to replace the pet immediately. The soul of your old pet may come back now to be with you.

My friend, Chelsea, reports that in 1995 just before her pet 'toy poodle' died - it sent her a message telling her when it would be reborn soon. It told her the exact date, time, and place - that it would be a tall white pedigree female poodle. As it turns out - the dog was correct and Chelsea found her just as the dog's soul had guided.

The frequency signature of a deceased pet can often be found in the home they lived in - or with beloved spirits on the other side. In my readings I connect with pets in the same way I do with deceased humans as they too can send energy images. I often see the spirit of the pet standing next to a deceased member of the family. Sometimes the deceased pets sit beside me and my client and make noises during the reading (often picked up on the audio tape I use), or we feel the pet brushing across our ankles.

If you sit quietly, relax and close your eyes you may be able to connect with your deceased pet. Relax your mind and focus of the name of the animal. Visualize what it looked like when it lived in a physical body.

On higher level human souls decide when they are ready to leave third dimension. But do the souls of animals make that same decision?

In recent years many animals have left en masse - or been slaughtered - due to Mad Cow Disease and Foot and Mouth Disease.

If you read about aliens and such - you wonder about a link to cattle mutilations - though I see no correlation here. It is interesting that much in our history links back to this animal. Hathor - a creational goddess

Currently the slaughter of so many animals in Europe has to make one wonder about the soul of animals at this time and why so many have chosen to leave.

I have also noticed in recent months that many people are losing pets that have been with them for many years. Most of the pets are old and usually sick. The owners all seem to know - or intuit from the pet - that its time has come to move to a higher reality.

So why are many animals leaving now?

As I can connect with the energy signatures of deceased animals - as I do with humans - animals seem to be leaving as a natural pattern of events. They desire to incarnate back - also seems no different than in past timelines. Some will return quickly while others remain on the other side.

The need for survival is strong in animals but not as convoluted as the human experience. They see to move between realities much more easily than humans.

Remember that many animals species are connected to the other side. They experience spirit. They are more intuitive than humans - often warning about disasters like earthquakes and danger from other humans. They understand the cycles of existence as a natural course of events.

I have been asked if their leaving signals any special event for the planet? Not as I see it. this is just another drama. It is interesting that as we are going to a higher frequency level - wherein most people I know don't eat much meat or pork anymore as they can't digest it - these animals are leaving.

I love chicken and veggies! I've never been like fish - and can't seem to eat meet at all! Did anybody hear anything about lots of chickens 'leaving' now??!! (Laugh)

I do feel a great sadness for the farmers and those in related industries who will loose everything.

We send to those animals who move to the other side - our love and a feeling of continuity - as no energy is ever lost.

Pets can more easily be experienced in our homes after they are gone as we are in higher frequency.

We can hear, see, and intuit that they are around us.

They too can join us in dreamtime and bring messages.

They can guide our spiritual journey - as with power animals - sometimes even better from the other side.

They can still protect us from their place in higher realms.

Most of all they can still fill our souls with love though they have left our physical reality!

From Connie Johnston-

Pets offer unconditional love and a respite from loneliness that bring to their companions a renewal of life. There is exceptional relationship formed from this bond. It is acceptance without conditions. This has been so clearly demonstrated to me by the loss of Thumper, last week, experienced by my friend Jack. This little dog came into Jack's life and became companion and friend. Thumper was always there to greet him, guarding him as he slept, filling lonely times with his presence. This little dog was to endure poisoning as a puppy, numerous surgeries for internal problems, a myriad of heath matters that would have overcome a human. In the last year, my friend spend endless hours nursing and caring for his small companion. It was an act of selfless love, beyond which many of us would understand. There is a profound grief that follows a loss of a beloved pet. We are made more noble when entrusted with the care of creatures large and small.

Later that day - Anna called about a dream she had three nights. In her dreams - her deceased aunt, Angela, who brings Anna messages for other people - came by. First Angela passed in an open car with this little black and white dog on her shoulder. It had a little red bandana on its neck! Then Angela drove by in the opposite direction with the dog on her head as if to say, "Look at us! We are together and we are playing!". Then the dog sitting was on Anna's lap. The dog jumped off - went back to Angela - and they both sped away.

Anna knew the dream was not meant for her but she didn't know who it was for until she read today's column.

When I was reading my last client yesterday - I asked her if she had a little black and white dog. She said, "No". I told her that a dog like that had just run through the kitchen so perhaps it meant she would get a dog. She doubted it as she lives alone and works. I wondered about the doggie connection. I guess Jack's dog gets around. The dog wants Jack to know that he is happy and at peace.

Our psychic connection to animals is based on frequency - just as it is with all other things in our reality. To psychically tune in with an animal - one must adjust their frequency to that of the animal. I know this sounds difficult but with practice one can learn to do this. It is the way animals try to connect with us and how they connect with each other. It is the way with link with others who are far away. It is part of our instinctual patterning.

The souls of pets and humans usually are linked together through lifetimes of experience.

As far back as ancient times animals have always been part of our experience - most notably cats and birds in ancient civilizations.

Animals are also mentioned in creational stories and prophecies.

Many intuitive people can look into the eyes of their new pet and can 'see' the soul of an animal they lost in this lifetime who has come back once again.

Many pets come from our past lives or parallel experiences as their souls can also have multiply experiences.

The connection of a human to a pet is as profound as to any other sentient life form.

A pet - in most cases - seems to want nothing more than to bring the person unconditional love, caring, guidance, and often a feeling of protection. This has always been a comfort to us as a species.

Pets can absorb a lot of their owner's negative energies when the owner is feeling depression, sadness, fear, and anger.

In the case of a human care taking a pet that they are not connected to yet can't seem to give away - the need can come from the feeling of a karmic debt - perhaps that pet saved the person's life in another timeline - or psychological needs of the human that need to be addressed - such as - why doesn't that person need to remain with an animal who is harmful to their life.

As protectors - or those who warn us of impending disaster - animals are often aware of earthquakes and other natural disasters long before they physical occur. They can sense a change in the frequency vibrations of the planet. It is usually very disturbing to them. Some animals hide, some cling to humans, and some howl as if in pain. Many run away before an earthquake or other major physical devastation. This can be seen very often with cats and dogs.

Pets often 'find' their 'owners'. We know they have 'called' us to them when we meet them. We chose pets - or they chose us - for many reasons.

Many people communicate telepathically with animals especially those who live together.

Animals communicate through frequency just as everything on the planet does. They send images and you just have to 'tune in'!

With training most people can learn to communicate with other life forms.

Next time you meet an animal and you feel connected to - try to tune in to it.

Some pets run away from home because they have completed what they must karmically with one person / family - and must now move on either with another family or to be free and away from humans. There is a reason they are no longer in our lives and we must find that 'higher' reason.

Look for a message from a pet you lost - perhaps sent to you through dream state or meditation.

As a psychic -who has found many lost pets - I tune into the frequency signature of the animal and see through the animal's eyes. You will get messages telling you if the animal is OK - if it is alive - where it is - if it wants to move to a new home - if it wants you to come and save it, etc. There is nothing sadder than having your beloved pet stolen or lost and you have no answers.

Many ancient civilizations worshipped animals - connecting them with various aspects of creation. Gods often were depicted with animals heads and wings. These animals - and what they represented - are all metaphoric in the story of our reality and the upcoming ascension of human consciousness.