Last night I had the first remembering dream of Spike. I was drifting in and out of the waking world and the dream world, if you will. I remember in the dream seeing a quiet room, with beige walls. In the far left corner was a table lamp, softly lighting the area. One couch for each wall. On the right wall and the farthest wall, were unrecognizable people sitting with their pets. On the left couch was Spike sitting comfortably by himself. His forpaws were just over the edge of one of the cushions.

My dream portrayed him as laying on his stomach. With a healthy coat. Tail contouring one side of his body. Head raised and level, looking straight me. Not one meow. Infact there was no noise from anything in the room. The look given to me by him is that look of when a cat had finished his or her meal and then rests.

I've have been so afraid of my sleep and the dreams it would bring since a few weeks ago. I was even more afraid of waking to the reality should I dream of him. Though last night in this dream, I made no attempt to enter this room. We just looked at each other for the time I had in the dream before returning to the waking world. I feel like I should have felt fooled upon returning to a complete awoken state of mind but, I didn't. I was left with this feeling of gladness somewhat upon returning to the waking world. I feel uncomfortable with that a little because, I really do miss him and I guess I sort of feel like there is something wrong with me over that. I miss my him yet, I remember smiling at him. It wasn't painful.

Is there something wrong with me?

Does anyone else know what this is like?

Know what? i think that your dream was real. know what else? the reason I think so is that you wrote

Subconsciously, you knew that the physical is no longer part of Spike's world
and the other world is not yet yours, this is why you were just happy to see one another without touching or talking. lucky lucky you

no there is nothing wrong with you. i too had a dream about my cat after the fact. and it wasnt a pleasant one. i had a dream that she was purring and meowing and rubbing my legs..and when i reached down to pet her she started biting me and chewing me to pieces. i awoke in a sweat to petrified to fall abck asleep.. all the while wondering why? why would she do this? i loved her so much and she loved me. i was angry that i was the one who had to make the choice to put her to sleep. she was quite ill. i was mad at my self therefore this dream i think was a manifestaion of my anger. because my dear sweet kitten would not have done that to me. but about a week after she passed. i lay down to nap i was exhausted. i had a dream about her walkng to me.. and i could smell her. this was november 16th. when i awoke i could still smell her. all day in fact. when i picked her up from the vets after she was cremated i looked at the cremation cert and she had been cremated on the 16th of november. i took it as her way of saying goodbye to me. i havent dreamt about her since and i am sad that i havent. but yes i think there are alot of members here who have had dreams about thier pets. i think that if we dream about them it means they are still in our hearts forever.
much luv
michelle's kitty

I agree--



I just lost my cat this past Monday and I am hoping she will appear in a dream and let me know she is not angry with me for what happened.

I hope that, with time, you won't be so hard on yourself---and that your dreams will be more happy than sad---

Oakshil, Dreams can be so strange at times and so hard to decipher. I know what you mean by when your awake but not awake. It's so weird when your having a dream and your concious and aware that your in a dream. In a dream I had I was taking Max for a walk in the woods and he took off on me. I was yelling to him Max stop your going to get lost, But then I thought to myself he can't get lost he's dead. I woke up right then and there and started to cry. When I said those words your going to get lost I knew that I was dreaming. Later that morning after pondering the meaning of the dream I just put the meaning aside and thought It was nice seeing him again healthy and full of life, like how he was before he got sick. Sounds to me that both you and Spike knew it wasn't time for you to go and that both of you were happy just to see each other. Of course you were smiling the way that you described him in your dream he was healthy and content. I know at times I think if only I could see Max again just doing his every day routines. The things we miss about them. Dreams allow us to do that again to be with them. You got to be with Spike and that deserves a smile.