I had an email from an animal communicator who has been helping me find our lost Sable dog who has been missing since late August 06. She says he is
out of body but didn't suffer. I also had a telephone conversation with another
lady Sun. night who told me the same thing....she was calling because of a local reike lady who had called her. I am grieving for my sweet Sable but do you put
all your faith into this. I feel so helpless. We have not had any sightings of him
for the past two weeks. It is hard to accept at any time but....what do you do
with the information. Has anyone had any experience with this.

Shirley,

No, I haven't had the misfortune of having either of my kidlets go missing, however, I'm familiar with communicators who do this sort of "lost" work. If it were me, I'd most likely keep looking anyway, just in case, but I'd be keeping in mind what they read so as not to have possibly false hopes. And if your dog was never found, the communications might help to provide some comfort in knowing there was no suffering. If you feel the need to keep searching, here's an excellent site for how to search most effectively; a section for lost dogs, and another for lost cats:
Missing Pets Partnership

I know lost animals are one of the hardest griefs to go through, just like any missing person, as there's little opportunity for any sort of 'closure' if there's no body found. It makes any sort of acceptance harder to reach. And that's why I'd keep looking, were it me. I think going the distance with all the many known techniques would help alleviate the lingering doubt, and at least you'd feel more peace from knowing you'd done absolutely everything you could have to find your dog. You also might find your dog's body this way, so you could be sure. Since I know of cats, at least, who have been recovered after even 2 years of going missing, for me, I'd need that self-assurance that I hadn't given up too soon.

I also know that many communicators won't do this type of work, because it's hard on their emotions, too, AND some say that when they connect, they can't tell if an animal's out of their body or not, depending on what they get from the animal. So I'd also want to be sure and use someone who's very familiar with this niche of communication before I'd be able to take the reading at face value.

I hope the Missing Pets site can help you.

And whatever you decide to do or not do, you can still come here to share your grief.

Shirley,

I don't have any experience with animal communicators although I would love to try to connect with my Alley someday. I just wouldn't even know where to find one.

I just wanted to say that I'm sorry about your Sable. I know how hard it is to lose a loved one and to not know exactly what happened can be devastating. I assume they've had no sign at any of the shelters in the area or anything?

Shirley

After our kitty, Moustache passed in late October we contacted an animal communicator. While some of what she said was right on, really right on, some was pretty off too. Just letting you know what I thought of the experience, you may make your own conclusions. I'm somewhat of a skeptic about the whole thing I guess.

I'm so sorry you are going through this, it must be so hard the not knowing. It has been a long time. I honestly don't know what I would do.

Thinking of you and Sable