Q&A: Do Our Pets Reincarnate? When?

One of the questions I get asked most often from grieving pet parents is if their dog, cat, horse, etc. will be reincarnated quickly. In short, the answer is no, but there's a good reason! 

 

Here's the question: Rob! So sorry to ask you this... but I’m having some anxiety regarding one thing... Is my dog going to come back to me in my lifetime?! Will or has she reincarnated? Sorry for asking you this question but my heart needs to know... 

My Response:  No need to be anxious! As I wrote in my books "Pets and the Afterlife" our pets wait until we have passed and then meet us when we cross over. Then, once we're all together in the afterlife, we all reincarnate and come back, all connected again in some way. 

   It's the same thing with people who pass. They wait for everyone they knew in the physical to pass away before they reincarnate. So, all of them will be waiting for you in the light, including your pets.

   In the meantime, spirits of both people and pets will be around us for the rest of our physical lives, protecting and guiding us. 

 You can find more answers in my books "Pets and the Afterlife" and "Pets and the Afterlife 2" available on Amazon.com

Rob Gutro's Pets and the Afterlife books

 

 

A review from Amazon.com of my new book "Pets and the Afterlife 2"

Pets and the Afterlife 2 by Rob Gutro

Here's a review from Amazon.com of my new book "Pets and the Afterlife 2" by Rob Gutro 

5.0 out of 5 starsComforting and Insightful

ByCathy Heroldon March 21, 2016

Format: Kindle Edition

I read Rob Gutro's first book Pets and the Afterlife after my fourteen-year-old Yorkie, Cody, passed. To deal with his passing, I started compulsively cleaning my house. I thoroughly cleaned under all the furniture in my bedroom and that included cleaning under an armoire. I also had a desire to paint my room gray, which was unusual for me because I choose bright colors for my house. Before my husband and I started painting our room, I decided to clean under the armoire again, and I found a nickel with the year of Cody's birth: 2000. If I hadn't read Rob's book Pets in the Afterlife, I wouldn't have known the nickel was a sign sent by Cody.

I contacted Rob through his Facebook page and told him about the nickel and also about my desire to paint my room gray. Rob replied and said that finding the coin with the date that matched his birth year was indeed a confirmation that Cody wanted to let me know he comes around from time to time and is safely on the other side. Rob also explained that dogs see colors like red and brown in shades of gray and that it was likely Cody was influencing me to paint my room gray.

Cody's nickel story is one of the anecdotes published in Rob's new book Pets and the Afterlife 2. Rob sent me a copy of the book. He did not ask me to write a review; however, I decided to write a one because Rob's books have helped me deal with Cody's passing and his books will help others who are devastated over the loss of their fur babies.

Pets and the Afterlife 2 begins with the explanations of ghosts and spirits and then there are several anecdotes about people who have received signs from their pets in the afterlife. Rob explains how these occurrences work.

I have found a few more coins from Cody since I first found his nickel shortly after his passing. One coin, a dime, is very important to me. I hadn't had done many paintings on canvas for several years, but I felt compelled to paint Cody's portrait about a month after his passing. When I was walking on the sidewalk in front of an art store because I specifically wanted to go in to buy a canvas, I saw a dime on the ground. I thought, "It can't be one with the year of his birth or his passing." When I picked up the dime, it had the year 2000 on it: the year he was born. Here I was in 2015 finding a dime with the year of Cody's birth 2000 on it on the sidewalk right in front of an art store.

What's strange, or maybe not strange, is I have painted several paintings since I found that dime. It's like I have a compulsion to paint now and I can't stop. I feel Cody inspires me to paint. My paintings are different now, and I've gotten a lot more compliments than I did on the ones I painted years ago.

About Pets and the Afterlife 2 by Rob Gutro

If you're suffering from the loss of a pet, I highly recommend Rob's books Pets in the Afterlife and Pets in the Afterlife 2.

Tomorrow- Come to the New England Pet Expo! (Wilmington, MA) - FREE

Tomorrow- Come to the  New England Pet Expo!
 On Saturday Sept. 19 from 10a-6pm Medium Ruthie Larkin aka "the Beantown Medium"  joins me (Rob Gutro), author of "Pets and the Afterlife" at a booth #124 at the New England Pet Expo!!  

Ruthie and Rob will be greeting people and may even pass on messages. Rob will be speaking about his book mid-day from the Expo stage. 
******COME TO MY TALK at 12:45 pm! - On the main stage about "Pets and the Afterlife" 
INFORMATION:  http://www.newenglandpetexpo.com/

WHERE: Aleppo Shriner's Auditorium, Wilmington, Mass. 
 FREE! Free Parking & Free Admission, Bring Your Pet!

Pets and the Afterlife synopsis

Author Rob Gutro

Part 2: A Cat Named Tiki and Jobs on the Other Side

Last week, Victoria wrote me about the amazing floral signs in sight and scent that her late cat Tiki used to communicate that he was fine on the other side, and that he was still around. Victoria asked some good questions about what happens with pets on the other side, and agreed to let me share them with you. 

Tiki the Cat

VICTORIA WROTE: 

   My husband does not believe in spirit -  I would say he’s agnostic. Since this has happened (Tiki's signs and scents of flowers) he’s been asking me about the other side and what I think happens to people/animals after they die. I’ve always been a spiritual person and have read many books by people like Sylvia Browne  and James Van Praagh. I’ve also been to many mediums and would say I’ve had “psychic” visions in the past (they scared me when I was younger, so I tried my best to turn away from it, but recently have opened myself up more). It warms my heart that this experience, although sad and devastating, has begun to open my husband’s mind to the possibility there’s life after death.

   He has asked me a question that I don’t really know, and I was hoping you could help with.  

When animals die and go to the spirit world, what is it that they do there?

I’ve read that people often times have jobs that they do on the other side, but what about animals?

 I understand that “time” as we know it doesn’t exist, but what do animals do on the other side once they’ve passed over? 

MY RESPONSE:
   Your husband does not need to believe in a god to know believe there's life after death. As I mentioned in my book(s), it's all about energy. The energy that is within our bodies has to go somewhere after our physical bodies die, so it couples with our personalities and memories and joins all of the energies that run through the cosmos. Existence in general is energy, and energy cannot be destroyed only transformed. Religions call it "heaven" or "valhalla" or many things. I consider it joining the energies of the cosmos- and that collective consciousness is basically what "god" is.

WHAT ABOUT JOBS ON THE OTHER SIDE? -   We actually don't need "jobs" on the other side, but we and our pet children's spirits take on tasks, and the usual task is to help and guide our relatives still in the physical plane. So, Tiki's spirit is thriving with all of your relatives on the other side, doing what he did here- show unconditional love.

  Tiki will also very likely influence you which pet to choose whenever you're ready to give another homeless pet a loving home. They do that, and that's one of their "jobs" if you will. They want other pets to experience the love they did when they were here.

Part 1: A Sign of Flowers from a Cat Named Tiki

As I wrote about in my book "Pets and the Afterlife" cats and dogs have the ability to convey signs to us to tell us they're still around. I received the following email from Victoria and Greg about their cat Tiki who passed in April, and who was very active in communicating. Victoria wrote:

I just finished your book, Pets and the Afterlife and I wanted to share a story with you about o

Tiki the communicator!

ur cat Tiki. He passed away this past Wednesday and I read your book in trying to deal with my grief. My husband rescued him as a kitten 13 years ago, and they’ve been inseparable ever since.  I’ve volunteered at a cat rescue shelter for many years and I’ve never seen a cat so attached to their human before. Tiki was a member of our family, but his world revolved around my husband, Greg.

   A few days before he passed away he was not acting himself and we took him to the vet. After evaluating him she told us he most likely had cancer, probably lymphoma. We were devastated and took him home to make him as comfortable as possible. Tuesday night he was in and out of consciousness, so Greg and I took turns holding him all night. At one point while he was laying in my arms I had a vision of Tiki playing in a flowerbed full of yellow flowers. He put his nose in one and smelled. When his nose came out, it was covered in pollen. It was a brief, but calming vision.

    The next day we made the difficult decision to take Tiki to the vet to be put to sleep. He was no longer eating, drinking, using the litter box or able to walk. We were beyond devastated, but knew it was the right thing to do. Our vet gave him a sedative/tranquilizer before the medicine to stop his heart. We had 10 minutes with him before she gave the final dose. It was during that time a strong smell of flowers filled the room. Both Greg and I smelled it. I told him about the vision I had the night before. I knew at that point Tiki was gone.

  I noticed on the drive home so many yards had beds of yellow flowers. Once we got home we both sat on the bed feeling upset. Once again we smelled a strong scent of flowers. Greg got up and frantically searched the bedroom to try to find the source of the smell. He of course found nothing in our room that smelled good, let alone like flowers. I finally told him to sit down and enjoy his first obvious communication with the other side.

MY RESPONSE: My deepest sympathies in the passing of Tiki. I commend you on your courage in knowing that it was the right time- that's the hardest act of unconditional love for anyone. Your email was very moving to me and reminded me of the passing of our dog Sprite.
 - The yellow flowers and scent was a perfect sign that it was Tiki's time and message. Sometimes our human relatives who pass will help provide those signs to us while our pet is still physically with us. It was likely one of yours or Greg's grandmothers who was sharing that vision with you - I get the sense it was a grandmother on your side.
 Once your grandma welcomed Tiki to the other side, he was able to make the scent of flowers appear in the vet's office and your bedroom while he walked around. I sense that your grandmother was in the room at the vet's office taking Tiki in her arms just as you and Greg held him the night before. Then she walked into the light with him, keeping him safe.
   BTW, Don't be surprised if you feel Tiki on the bed one night soon because he will come back to visit and check on you both from time to time. :) 

NEXT: PART 2: TIKI AND A QUESTION ABOUT "JOBS ON THE OTHER SIDE" 

Lessons Learned, Ghosts and Spirits

For Rob Gutro's books: "Lessons Learned from Talking to the Dead," "Pets and the Afterlife" and the new book "Pets and the Afterlife 2" -  visit Amazon.com   (or click this link) 

Pets and the Afterlife 2, Pets and the Afterlife

Cat Spirit at the Vet's Office!

Tonight I went to my local vet as two of our Dachshunds needed to get their Bordatella update shot.

A cat's spirit visited me in the vet's office!

After the Vet Tech weighed them we went into the exam room with the dogs to give them their shots. She asked me if I was the medium (the Vet's office folks know me and some have read my books). I told her I was. I told her that there was a feline spirit around her. She said that her cat passed recently and she wanted to know if she was around.
  Her cat was in fact, there, although I couldn't get her cat's name. Her cat had a great message for the Vet tech, though. Her cat's spirit said, "Thank you for taking care of other animals, mom, and giving them the love you gave to me every day. I'm still with you."
  I was trying to corral my two dachshunds, so I kept getting distracted, and after I was on my way back to my car, the cat's spirit had followed me outside and told me that she's going to be walking around her mom's house tonight and will curl up on the bed with her mom. Hopefully, her mom will realize her spirit cat is present!
 

CHECK OUT MY NEW BOOK: 
PETS AND THE AFTERLIFE by Rob Gutro: The loss of a pet is like the loss of a child to pet owners. The love we share with our pets never dies, and in a new book called "Pets and the Afterlife" by Rob Gutro, the author provides proof that our pets do communicate with us from the other side.    Available in paperback and E-book, on Amazon.com and other outlets at: To order paperback of Kindle- click here