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And welcome back George nor with you, Kieren Anderson with us. Her book is called The Pet I Can't Forget. As we talk about animal communication and the afterlife. Are our departed pets with family members who have died? Karen?
You know, almost always, George, when a departed animal comes through, there with somebody and what we call our soul group. So that would be a loved one, human loved one that has passed on. So yeah, they are definitely with our our human departed loved ones.
Are they there to comfort us or the departed one?
A both? Actually, and even if somebody didn't particularly like animals. Let's say you had a grandmother that didn't like cats, she would still be there with your departed cats because you are the common denominator and both of them love you, so they come together in the afterlife.
Tell us about your soul group, Well.
A soul group is everyone that we have incarnated with in this lifetime. So it doesn't have to be a blood relative. It can be a friend, it can be a neighbor, a coworker, it's somebody that has had a significant impact on this lifetime and this sole group is somebody that are These are people that will often send messages through to you and signs from the afterlife, including your departed companions.
Now, how do you handle people who there are some out there who just don't like animals? How do they affect this?
Well, it's hard for me to imagine that.
I know there's some folks out there, of Karen, there.
Are there are, But for those people who truly don't like animals, You know, I understand everybody's unique, everybody's different, But there's so much that they can teach us. There's so much we can learn from them. And in many ways they've kind of got it figured out a lot more than humans.
You know.
They they're in the present moment. They don't worry about yesterday, and they don't stress about tomorrow. They're right here right now, enjoying the moment and living their life to the fullest. And we could really learn a lot from them.
What communicates with us more the pet that's living or the pet that has passed on?
Oh, that's a great question. I would say probably the one that is living, because they want so much of your attention while they're here. So that would probably be my best guess. You know that they tune out a lot of what we run through our minds because it doesn't concern them, But they're certainly trying to get our attention while they are here with us and still alive.
Did you ever run into anybody who treated an animal badly and the animal passed on, Maybe not at the hands of the individual, but it died. Did the guy ever feel regret or any remorse or anything like that.
I've had a lot of feelings of remorse come true from departed humans, and that's something that I rarely. I don't think I've ever felt regret or remorse come true from a departed animal. So that's an interesting comparison to me, the feelings of regret and remorse. That's more of a human concept than an animal concept.
Explain what grief is to you, Karen, Explain that definition?
Well, I think it is a profound emotional rollercoaster when you lose somebody that you dearly love, and that can be a human, it can be an animal. There's even grief involved when we lose our job, you know, so there's different kinds of grief. There's even anticipatory grief. So I think it's that emotional roller coaster we go on when what used to be our normal life is no longer our normal life because that special someone is no longer a part of it.
If you were close with your pet, but you passed on and the pet lives, what kind of grief does the pet go through?
Oh, tremendous. They can really feel those deep emotions just like we do. They become depressed, they can stop eating, they lose interest in just about everything. It's it's interesting how in this I don't I think it's really individual. Some animals will show very deep signs of grief while others don't. So I'm not quite sure why that is. It's just unique to that individual.
Do these animals that experience grief know that the person has passed on?
Some seem to know exactly what happened, so they'll have a very good understanding that their loved one is no longer there. While others can ask where this person is, they don't understand where they went. So again, it comes down to an individual understanding. Some just seem to be more highly evolved and have a greater understanding, whereas other ones are a little bit less informed and don't really seem to be able to connect the dots as to what happens.
If you happen to be outside, you're in a park or something, and somebody walks by with their pet. Does that animal know that you have this ability to sense them?
Yes, some of them absolutely do, and they will literally like bomb you with information. It's almost like walking into one of those you know, big box warehouse stores with all the TVs on the walls and they're all playing you know, giant big screen TVs, like getting inundated with messages.
You're like a human cell phone to them, right exactly.
Yeah.
Do you ever come across an animal that is negative or demonic or evil?
I have not. That's more of the human animals. Just being a police officer, I can tell you that I'm far more wary of the human animal than any other type out there. They're the ones that you've really got to watch out for. But no demonic or negative animal energies in my line of work. I've been doing this for twenty six years now, and they've all been good. It's the human species that we have to watch.
Yeah, no doubt about that. Just witness what's going on in Israel right now, I know, I know. Now. Now here's an interesting question. What are the loving animals there experiencing with all that trauma?
Well, it must be terrifying for them because of course they don't understand what's going on, So all that terror and trauma is just compounded because they have no understanding. The world as they know it is falling apart around them, and you know, it's like having your entire world turned upside down. Not to mention all the noise and the fear from the humans around them. They pick up on all of our emotions, so it must just be utterly
devastating for them. It just kind of makes me sick to my stomach just to think about it.
I know it, but it's reality.
It is it really is.
What are most animals expect from a human be What do they want?
I think they want us to just appreciate them for who they are and accept them in the package that they come to us in. You know, they really are here for our benefit. They're here to live a better life, a richer life, a fuller life. They're here to keep us present and in the moment, and to pay attention to the day to day life and I think that when we appreciate them for who they are and the little quirkiness and funny moments that they bring us, I
think that's really what they want from us. I mean, truly, there's very few animals that ever come through that say, gee, I wish my mom or dad didn't spend so much time with me. You know, that's just something that I would hear from them.
When if Pety comes incapacitated, Karen, or it can't function properly, the vet may reckon men that you euthanize the animal as you put it down. And I would guess a lot of animals that have been in families don't die naturally, but they die when you bring them to the vet and they euthanize the animal. What kind of trauma is that for the animal? And do they know what's happening.
Well, they don't understand euthanasia per se, but they probably understand that their body is failing them and they look to us as their guardians to help manage them and help them through this time. So they trust us completely. They trust us wholeheartedly, And there's more of a struggle, George when they pass naturally, unless it's of course, you know, sudden and or they go in their sleep. But you know, death is ugly and I've seen it far too much
as being in law enforcement. It doesn't happen like it does on t you're in the movies. It can be painful and a struggle, and most animals have shared with me that the process of euthanasia is far less stressful and traumatizing than struggling through a natural death.
Does a certain breed have abilities to communicate better from the afterlife?
No, there isn't a certain breed. It's not like you know, the dolphins are the smartest, or chimpanzees. In every type of species, cat, dog, horse, you name it, there are going to be very intelligent animals that communicate very well, and there's going to be some that don't. Just like in humans, you take you know, ten people and try to sit down and have a conversation with them, there's going to be a couple that are really easy to talk to, a few that aren't, and most of them
will fall some we're in the middle. It's the same with different types of animal species, Karen.
If you can get fifteen or twenty years out of your pet, that's a pretty good long life. Why can't they live longer?
Though I don't know. I haven't figgured that one out yet, George, But when I do, I promise you'll be the first to know.
I've always wondered about that, haven't you.
Yeah, they're here far too short, and I don't understand because some of them live very early in their lives, so I don't know. I've had a horse that lived into her thirties and that's old.
That's old for a horse, I know.
And then other animals that pass when they're just a puppy or a kitten. So maybe someday, when you and I are both on the other side, it'll all make sense to us. Or maybe when we're on the other side, we'll realize that that part of it doesn't really matter the length of time that we're here. Maybe it's just the quality of the time that we were here and the purpose that we were here for that truly matters.
How often does the pet that has passed on come back to its owner who's still living, or does it at all?
Reincarnation happens. It doesn't happen all the time. Some animals come back a lot, like a couple different times during our lifetime and others just once and it really just depends on the sole path of that particular animal and also your path, because think about how many times we change our minds about things. We move, we change jobs, we come in and out of relationships. Some people have allergies, so there's all kind of things that can happen that can throw a monkey rap incarnation.
Okay, now you talked about earlier the kind of signs that pets send to us. You mentioned dreams in different sounds and things, but you mentioned feathers. You said something about feathers. What is that It seems to be.
A really common way that our departed companions will let
us know that they're near. I'm not sure if that has something to do with the symbolism of feathers and birds just being spirit messengers, but it seems to be a very popular method for animals to send a sign to their loved one because these feathers will show up in places that have no logical explanation, and sometimes they'll just drift down from the ceiling when there's nothing on the ceiling or there's no reason a feather could come from above, So it really is quite miraculous.
Karen Anderson with us. We're going to take calls next hour with her about your pets that have passed on or maybe have not passed on, to see how you can communicate. Are some people more tuned in to their animals than others?
I think so. I think that we all have a different level of ability with our intuition, and some of us work really hard at it, and others maybe they don't believe in it, so they're not as highly tuned in. But I also think it runs in families. If you have intuitive family members, you tend to be more intuitive as well.
How often does the individual a grieve when their pet has passed on?
Can you say that again? I didn't quite touch that.
How how often does the person grieve when their pet has passed on?
Well, I think constantly. I know for me anyway, it's a constant thing. And I don't know that we ever forget righty, we'd never really truly stop grieving. I think I think we just suddenly get to a point where we think, well, this is the way my life is going to be now without this special someone, and I think we just adjust, and it's a matter of adjusting. I think, are I think we change completely after a loss, and we never can go back to the way that we were before.
And I would guess that the animal that has passed on Karen really doesn't want us to grieve that much for them, does.
It Absolutely not? In fact, George, many of them, many of the animals will ask me, you know, why is my mom or dad so sad? Every time they think of me they cry, or every time they think of me they get upset, and it confuses them because they think, wow, I used to make them so happy and make them smile, and now every time they think of me they cry or they get really upset. So our grief can be very confusing for them if it goes on and on and on. So that something to think about if you
are stuck in that place. It really does affect them. They don't always understand it.
I've been seeing some television commercials lately for animal shelters, and they're very effective because they'll have like the pet outside of fence looking for its owner, but the owner never comes and stuff like that. That's got to be emotional for the animal it is, and.
You know, they share so many of our emotions, but they're the pure ones. They're you know, the the love and the sorrow and the sadness and the pain. They share so much of what we feel and it is very traumatic for them. And I can't even watch those commercials because it is very upsetting.
They are sad. They are sad indeed, and does the pet know that we care about them?
You know your intentions with in your heart and how you feel about your animal companions. That is the number one motivator and the most powerful force that connects you to your companion. That's why once they pass on, once they are out of their physical body, they will always be connected to you because that powerful force never ends, it continues into the next dimension.
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