The Sad Dog.

I thought this was a worthy story to tell because our pets are important to so many of us as companions and therefore, bound to be and, are, active in our after-lives as well.  I want the story to illustrate another observation too, that I see and believe applies to ghosts and earth-bounds and their effect on the living.  This second point, I feel, has a profound effect on our happiness and well-being.

When my friend and business associate, Sheena, lived for a time in Broadwindsor in County Dorset, UK, it was an area very active with old and ancient psychic activity that kept her quite busy.  It wasn't a restful time in her life, but that's another story.

Sheena is an outgoing individual and in quick time made friends and acquaintances with her near neighbours, and, especially, a lady from two doors down the street.  This woman had fairly recently been widowed, was very busy with her career and still had her teenage and younger children at home.  She had no time for, nor the inclination, to develop a social life beyond that so, when and she and Sheena got to know each other, Sheena would visit, when it suited.  They would chat and escape the challenges of life by sharing a glass of wine occasionally.

Sheena is an animal lover and offered to sometimes take her dog, George, for a walk as the lady had little time herself.  The dog had been devoted to her husband and both ladies observed that he still seemed to miss his master.  In fact, the more time Sheena spent with the dog, the more convinced she became that he was still grieving the loss of his master.

When I came to visit Sheena, we would go for daily walks, usually up to the local iron-age fort.  We often brought George along as well and, I noticed too, that, while he was a young dog, there was absolutely no spark in him.  As we talked about this, I mentioned to Sheena, my views about how, when we lose a family member or someone close, we naturally grieve their loss but that it, usually, dissipates in a reasonable period of time.

I am convinced that when our loved one’s go to heaven and a reasonable time has passed, they remind us of themselves in a fond way, that makes us smile or laugh out loud.  An example being one of our children saying something in exactly the same way as the deceased loved one would have said it, had they still been here.  But I have observed too, that when a loved one hasn’t crossed over and is still earth-bound, we think of them more frequently but, also, we are always still sad when we think of them.  Our grieving period is extended unnaturally too, sometimes for years.  My belief is that we know, on a subliminal or soul level, whether loved ones are still stuck here or have gone back to heaven.  Although we miss them, we are, intuitively, happier when they have gone to heaven.

As Sheena and I discussed all of this we concluded that the dogs owner was still around and George was empathising his master’s sadness.  We decided to do a clearing for the man, so next time we took George for a walk we went again to the fort.  The fort has wonderful views, is very peaceful and rarely visited, so was an ideal spiritual setting for our mission.  On arriving we found a suitable place to sit and settled in to do the ‘rescue’. When we started the 'clearing' the dog came close and sat between us through the whole procedure.  George knew, or his master knew, we were doing something to help.

George is still one of those ‘sensible’ animals, possibly because of training, but Sheena was able to see a change in both the dog and in her new friend, over the following weeks.

Note;
I have done similar 'clearings', when someone buys a car and feels it is haunted or someone buys or inherits a piece of furniture and discovers they have got more than they bargained for.  My feeling is that the car or other item was someones pride and joy when they were alive and the soul has not been able to let go and remained to 'protect' their possession.  I have learned that, that travelling people used to burn and destroy the property of their recently deceased relatives.  I believe they must have learned from experience how to prevent similar hauntings happening in their communities.