What Is a Good Death For Pets? - Big Picture Questions

Here is a short excerpt from my newest book, “Spiritual Guide To Our Afterlife” to give you a better idea of what it contains along with an anecdote about pets. What is a good death for pets?

Excerpt From: “Spiritual Guide To Our Afterlife” by Ulla Sarmiento

“What is a good death for pets?

At some point, all living entities have to go through death or transition from the physical to the energetic side. Animals have three ways to leave the incarnation: traumatic or sudden death (e.g. accident, hit by car, acute fatal infectious disease, colic, lightning strike, poisoning, etc.), natural death (e.g. old age, heart condition, wasting, fading away) or assisted death (euthanasia).

When small and large domestic animals show signs of pain (e.g. hiding, whining, not eating or drinking, growling or flinching when touched, excessive panting or pacing, not moving, etc.), we have to assess their condition and quality of life and then decide how to proceed.

Some people (e.g. Buddhists) believe that animals should be allowed to die on their own or naturally even when they are suffering, because they have vowed not to kill or injure any living being for karmic reasons. But that’s not very practical from an animal husbandry or veterinary perspective. We routinely treat animals with compounds that kill some parasites (e.g. fleas, ticks, maggots, intestinal parasites) or infectious agents (e.g. bacteria, viruses) to save the host animal and eliminate the offending pathogens. We sometimes have to quarantine animals or cull a herd infected with a reportable disease (e.g. rinderpest, rabies, tuberculosis, foot and mouth disease, etc.) because of the potential hazards to other animals or even human populations.

As veterinarian Karlene Stange (“The Spiritual Nature of Animals”) wrote, even the Buddha taught that the first precept (no killing) can be broken for the purpose of relieving suffering. We offer humane euthanasia (assisted death) to end the life of an animal that is clearly suffering or terminal. Both veterinarians and owners have to make peace with their decision to carry it out.

Everyone wants a good death. But most people are afraid of doing the wrong thing, not knowing when the time is right. It helps to use a quality of life questionnaire to decide when it’s time to let go. Dr. Stange said the best thing anyone can do is hold calm, loving thoughts, express gratitude, forgive them and pray for all karma to be forgiven. Then we can release them to go into the light knowing that we have given them the gift of a good and loving transition.

It’s important to understand that any prolonged grieving or energetic attachment toward our deceased pet (or any loved one) doesn’t really help them, but holds them back from swiftly moving onwards and upwards in the multiverse. Remember that animals are eternal entities with a very brief physical experience here on Earth, where we help each other grow and evolve.” For more on what is a good death for humans, please read my book.

Final Thoughts

It seems like a lot of pets have been crossing over this month around or after the Lion’s Gate Portal (8/8), which operates both ways (in and out). Here is what Nora Herold told us about it recently:

“Put your attention on pink and green light and tune into it as often as you can — run it through your entire chakra system — it is associated with this download, as you’re all Love, all Compassion, unified with All That Is in this universe with a noticeable deepening of our telepathic ability.”

She said this portal will allow us to RELEASE that which no longer serves you, whether it’s physical items in the closet, home, clutter in life or outdated belief systems, patterns of behavior or trauma that you’ve already transmuted, but go back to out of habit…you’ve moved on! This applies to animals as well.

Sandra Mendelson is an animal communicator, who said that every animal is a soul at its own unique level of consciousness. Some are very enlightened and others are still working on life lessons. When it’s time for them to transition, people get confused, because the worst thing to us is death, but not to animals — it’s like turning the page in a book to them. They may not be ready to go today, but they may be different two weeks from now. When watching a pet in its last days, you need to pay attention to their spirit — is their life force gone or are you keeping that pet alive for yourself? They don’t want more meds or procedures, they want you to see when they are done. An evolved dog told her, they don’t want to get stuck between worlds, so call the vet! Or go to a 24-hour emergency vet if the animal is suffering.

Sadly, my daughter’s 15-year-old dog (Jill, a Chihuahua mix) suddenly developed seizures of unknown origin about nine months ago. She was finally put to sleep this month, because her condition got worse. A few days after her death, my daughter felt her presence around her as a big, diffuse energetic form. The dog’s soul said:

“I’m as big as this house, so you can sit on my lap now. I could be around you all the time, whenever.”

We were amazed and comforted by this telepathic message from Jill that shows her old soul wisdom and old soul wit to boot. It’s easy to forget, especially in the midst of our grief, that our pets are sentient entities in their own right and have very fluid forms in the astral plane. She is probably one of those dog souls that will incarnate in human form one day. But in the meantime, we are hoping that she will come back to enrich our lives as the incredibly strong, bold, protective, loving and adaptable character she was.

Jill (2004-2019)

Note: This week my daughter and her husband lost their other 15-year-old dog (Daisy) and Nora Herold lost her own beloved cat (The Smurf/Ursula) as well. Lots of souls in transition! God bless them all for being in our lives.