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The Soul of Your Pet: Evidence for the Survival of Animals After Death

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This book should be read at all stages for pet owners: before you adopt your friend or "baby", while it is young and healthy, and when it is getting older. There is so much in it to show clear evidence that animals will be on the other side forever just as we will. So many people are afraid to read anything about this subject before they've lost their dear companion. This is a mistake. This isn't a book about grief counseling, to be avoided because of fear of facing the inevitable. but rather shows a wonder of hope (and evidence) of the afterexistence of animals whether dogs, cats, horses, birds-- any pet.Read it, tell your friends about it! They love their pets too! The topic is beautifully presented, with such cheering true stories of people's seeing their beloved pets after they have passed to the other side. But strangers see them too, at times. Some incidents depicted tell of everyone but the owner seeing the "ghost" pet. Sometimes there are several visits. They are either seen, heard, felt or combinations of these phenomena.This book can save a lot of people a ton of grief--the thought that they are forever parted from their pets because of erroneous teaching of some churches and general skepticism. Of course we miss our companions, but knowing that they still exist-- and are waiting for us can make all the difference in the world!

I bought this book out of curosity and was fascinated with the stories. Something told me that I needed to read it. About a month after reading it, my constant companion, my dog Lacey, was killed. The grief I feel is terrible, but having read this book has helped put my mind at ease. You can't help but ask what happens to your beloved pet once they die. Do they go to Heaven like we do? Reading these stories has helped me so much. I cannot recommend this book enough for anyone who loves their pet dearly and wants to feel comfort that they will see them again once they pass on. As my husband said to me, our pets are the most loving, loyal, and forgiving creatures on this earth. So much more than most humans. If anyone is going to go to Heaven, it is our beloved pets. No one deserves to go more than these innocent creatures.

Reading "The Soul of Your Pet" confirmed for me what I have always known to be true - that animals have souls and these souls live on after death. I wish this inspiring book had been available when I lost my beloved dog, Martha, in 1995. Shortly after her passing I realized Martha was trying to let me know she was happy and that we still had work to do together. It was a peaceful vision of her in the arms of an angel that led to the creation of my book, For Every Dog An Angel.

It is clear the author has done extensive research on his topic. One feels the stories in the book are offered with sincerity, and with an open heart. He does not try to force his beliefs on the reader. I was particularly moved by the last chapter, The Inner Lives of Animals. In it there is a comment from Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, author of The Hidden Life of Dogs. When asked if dogs have souls, she answered, "If we go to heaven, so do they....because if dogs are not there it is not heaven."

I couldn't agree more.

A number of books are out there with people's hopes and wishes about being with their pets again. They hope their pets will live on. Some of them quote the Bible about evidence of this. This book has that, too.

But, what this book has that is so needed is evidence...real evidence. So many stories about people who experience a ghost pet's presence even if that experience isn't always visual. Sometimes the pet jumps onto the bed. Sometimes the owner doesn't see the pet but their present pet does and reacts.Many times more than one person sees or hears the animal. Even a case or two where people and animals see the ghost pet.

THIS is what I wanted. THIS is what I craved. Things that one couldn't just "reason away". And there are so many stories.

I recommend this book to anyone who has ever cried a tear over losing a furry or feathered part of the family. Heck, there's even a fish story. Nothing fishy about the book, though! Get it!!

This book is a wonderful "read", and a comfort. It is almost impossible to put down.

"Anima" is the Latin word for "soul". Add an "L" to that and you have "animal". And don't forget that we too are animals -- human animals (we're mammals!), and the world's caretakers -- not its dominators. We were meant, from the very beginning, to live in harmony with all the animals, and I am sure that we once had the ability to communicate with and understand them. Ah, for the good old days!!

And now, when we lose a beloved pet (or a feral cat or dog, as they too deserve to be mourned!), we, who feel that sad well of emptiness, can be comforted in knowing that the true essence of life, our souls, NEVER dies -- for are we not all "Souls incarnate" -- "Souls having a life experience" ?

In the beginning, God thought so highly of the animals that God paraded all of them in front of our first ancestor(s), to see which on would make a suitable companion (I think they ALL would!). Don't you think God still has the same high regard for all these beautiful creatures??? I also like to reflect on the fact that Adam and Eve were not thrown out of the Garden of Eden for anything that the animals had done!

We resonate on a higher plane than we realize, with all of creation. Although I consider myself to be a "rational human being", I will never doubt the experience I had when my beloved kitty came to me the night she died, even though we were 300 miles apart.

Perhaps these pets of ours really are "angels unawares". This book reaffirms the fact that we humans need not feel ashamed when we take pride in our relationships with our pets and other animals, and need not be ashamed when we morun their passing -- for they are not "just animals" that "can be replaced" , but soulmates and maybe even little angels, who are a great comfort to us in this life (and surely in the next one as well!)

The pain, the terrible sense of loss, the tears I shed- the depths of despair I felt after losing my loving little dogs! It was such a boon to me when a good friend put together his book on pet souls. I read books that offered great comfort but I really needed more. I wanted proof that I would see my pets again but that seemed impossible to me. Before the book was finished I had already seen so many people's stories about encountering their beloved four-legged (or 2-legged) friends after they had died. I was very impressed when I heard that sometimes the living pets sensed and reacted to them too. I talked to some of the people as well. There is no doubt in my mind these things happened. A very important reason Scott had in writing the book was that he hoped that both Christian  and non-Christian researchers who exploit animals in labs and elsewhere would step back and take a serious look at how God values them. Even the non-believers will not be able to give a reasonable alternative explanation for a lot the stories in this book. It is clear that animals are important enough in God's  scheme of things to go on after they have left us. The Lord gave them souls. They will resurrect just as we will. He writes also of their intelligence and wide-range of emotions. I have no doubt our pets will be in Heaven. They are going to all praise Him it says in the Book of Revelations. Since God's throne is in Heaven I assume that is where they will do this. Also, I have read of near-death-experiences where people have seen them there. And fter all, could it really be Heaven without those wonderful animal companions who gave us such unconditional love?

This book helped to ease my broken heart. For anyone that has lost their beloved pet,The Soul Of Your Pet is a treasure. It made my heart smile again instead of crying myself to sleep at night. I recently passed it on to friend that just recently lost her puppy baby. She commented on the strength it has given her to move forward as well.

This book has helped me SO much! All those people just like me-ordinary folks- who have had all those experiences with pets after they had passed on. I have been asking around after reading it and I found that so many people have stories to tell! Mr. Smith put in his book about people who had near death experiences too and saw animals in Heaven. He shows all kinds of experiences. He also talks about animal intelligence and their emotions. He has deep feelings about treating animals with compassion. There are other matters discussed in his book, too. I wish I had the money to send a copy of this book to every vet clinic and every pet cemetery.and every grief counselor's office. Perhaps they're ordering them on their own. I sure hope so. I really hope they find out about this book.

I have recently lost a beloved cat and have another with cardiomyopathy who could pass any time. After reading The Soul of Your Pet, I now have confirmed my own personal feelings that one day I will be reunited with them. I had no idea animals appeared to their former owners after death. I only hope one day I may have that supreme privilege. This book will be shared with the Rector of my church and hopefully discussed at our next Blessing of the Animals Service. Thank you Scott Smith for lessening my anxiety.

Frankly, I was perplexed with the reviewer from VA; this book is about evidence of animal afterlife; certainly a book that focuses on the probability of animals in Heaven can be very soothing to a fellow-believer, but it is hardly solid evidence for animals' existing after death, while this book definitely is filled with what most of us who are looking for solace want-- good, convincing evidence.I don't know what that person meant by "messages" from beyond; this book doesn't deal with that at all; as a matter of fact there is a warning about seeking out mediums since the entity that answers from the other side might not be what it claims to be. There are a couple of incidences with mediums, but it is just a couple and the warning is given. The sightings of pets were not expected-- people were going because of the loss of family or a friend, and the medium happened to see the pet.I know the author, and I also know that by accident two Biblical passages were left out of the book; both of them show that believing that animals live on after death is absolutely biblical. In Rev it says that every animal will praise God which is pretty hard to do if it doesn't exist! In Rom it says that all creatures as well as Christians are waiting for deliverance from corruption (defiition is bodily decay here).The true stories presented in this book are really convincing; the only explanation one could give against most of this evidence is that everybody is lying! Many of these people can be contacted; they are normal folks who have been blessed with contact with their beloved pets that have passed on. Of course a number of situations involve perfect strangers seeing (or hearing) the spirit pet.This book has been immensely helpful to thousands of people and hopefully it will be to thousands-- perhaps millions-- more.God bless you, Scott Smith!