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Have you ever had a dog that seemed a reincarnation of another?

When your best old dog died, did you meet another that was almost a clone? In either appearance or personality. Do you look at another dog and say..Wow! That's just 'her/him' all over again..Sometimes I swear they're the same dog!

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yup my dog is just like her auntie. she even looks like her. she's not like her mom at all except for the color of her coat.
Very interesting question but I'm going to have to say no, I have only owned 3 dogs in my 34 years on Earth and all 3 dogs have been totally different. Different breeds, personalities, everything. The only thing the same would be how much i love them and how loving they are back to me.
Well... Thank God, none of my dogs have died yet... we have a lab/shepherd mix and he is 10 y/o... and a lab/chow and he is 10 mo. old... hopefully they will live long... What about You??
I haven't but a friend told me about their dog. He seemed to be reincarnated as a different animal. He would go out to the chicken coop and sleep there. He would get along with the chickens and would even eat their feed!! Wow!!
not a dog but a cat
Yes my beloved boxer mix passed away, one night when I was walking my other dog a stray followed me home and had the same demeanor as the one that passed away.
Thought this to be a very interesting question. I didn't have this experience, but had something kind of uncanny happen when my GSD/Belgian Malinois passed. She had taken care of our adopted rescue from puppy hood and was a great mother to her, very protective of her. They were best buds. The pup had a shrill bark- being about seven mos old and still shrill when the GSD passed. She went to the door when no one was there and just stared at it and suddenly she barked a deep bark that sounded like the GSD. So much so that I came out of my room fully expecting to see Max standing there. Another thing that happened was that the GSD (Max) used to like to lay on these big dinosaur shaped pillows for toddlers. We had four of them laid beside each other under the large living room floor to ceiling window. Max used to love to lay there when inside. After her passing we stacked them up on the other side of the bed in our bedroom. For three or four days we found them back- in a row- under the window. We each thought the other person was doing it and then one day we asked each other and then we saw the pup come out, tugging a pillow and laying it by the window. She wouldn't lay there. She would set it there, like it was for Max. She kept her deep bark from that day forward.
Yes most definitely I have. One dog of mine passed away and the another one of totally different lines and was the exact same personality and did the exact same things as the dog we lost. She zooms around the yard like a crazy dog, loves to sleep where the other dog slept, is totally outgoing, and will lick you to death.... The one seems so alike the one I had in the past. It is so odd and scary at the same time. I don't know what you believe but, I believe that God can send us a miracle when we need one. Or God can send us little hints that he really does exist.. I guess that is just me.
Yes. I fully believe in it. Oddly enough, ( I know this will sound like bs, but its totally true) my beloved Misty {rip} passed away April 24th 2000. When I had finally mourned and decided it was time to get another dog, I bought my loved Logan, who it turns out was born the same day Misty passed. He has the same personality and we bonded almost instantly, as if we had known each other forever. So yeah, I am a full believer of reincarnation.
Not until just now! I have a 10 month old who is so like my first Golden. Not so much in looks but pretty close but in his temperment and his desire to just please me! I gave him a bath today and while i was really getting the shampoo into his fur it so reminded me of my first boy! Very thick undercoat hard to really get the soap in there down to the skin how in some spots it was so curly when wet. How he just stood there and let me do what I had to do with out moving! He was just such a good boy! Until my husband accidently let him out and he rolled in the dirt! LOL I had to rinces him completely down again! It took 30 years but he has come the very closest to my first Golden.
defintely my in laws had a border collie that died because it had been attack by 3 other dogs not long after we brought them another one and let me tell you if it was not from the marking you wouldnt tell the difference. they are the same if everyway, scary really
No but I always hoped I would someday find one. But my dachshund is almost close, since he loves to dig just like my half chihuahua half dachshund used to.
Sure have. My last Dobe was surely a clone of her Grandmother, maternal side.
Yes, when I lost my Pepper in 2004, I did not want another dog for the house....my husband took me to a kennel where he had already been in Edmond, Okla, and had picked a gorgeous male Min. Schnauzer, when I first saw him he was 8 wks old, I really didnt want to have anything to do with him all the way home on the trip, he kept curled up on the front seat between us on his back with all 4 legs in the air and his head turned toward me and kept watching me.. We got home and it was almost a week later, I still wasnt messing with him very much, and I had a really bad cold, and was curled up under my snuggle blanket on the couch, my husband picked Demon up and put him on the couch, I was gonna ignore him, but he said no way, came up on my chest turned around and went under the blanket and then back all the way to top and curled up on my chest and went to sleep, he stole my heart, he knew I was sick and was caring for me, this is exactly what Pepper use to do when I did not feel good. and here is the weird thing, Freddie was looking at his papers, he was Born Aug. 21, 2004, Pepper was born Dec, 21st the 21st both same days but different months. then Pepper passed on Sept. 8, 2004.....and I month to the day, we got Demon on Oct 8th, 2004 same day again the 8th. I really believe Pepper held on and knew this little puppy was waiting for me....and sometimes the way Demon is curled up to me and just stares at me, is the same look Pepper always did, total different colors......but this dog has something special about him, and I think he was sent by God and Pepper.
<<<<<Sassy...............After Sassy passed away one of my other poms Foxy started doing things that Sassy had done. Foxy had never done these things before. I think she may have been trying to comfort me and letting me now that Sassy was a part of everyone. It can be eerie, But at the same time It makes me feel better the Sassy Sue here with me in a strange kind of way.
Actually now that you ask i do. People think i'm nuts but i've noticed that my dog Brinkley has a similar personality to my dog Dreyfuss that passed away almost 3 years ago. People think i'm nuts to think that because they are 2 totally different breeds of dogs. Brinkley the dog i have now is a 10 month old Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. My Dog Dreyfuss was an American Bulldog. Strange huh? Dreyfuss was the best dog i've ever had. He was almost human.
A puppy will sometimes have the same disposition, energy and same markings as one of the parents. For example Lassie and the son of Lassie were very much alike almost a clone. But I have not seen an unrelated dog to be just like another dog.
No, but wish it were so. In the past twenty five years, I`ve owned eight different dogs, some at the same time, some at different times, including 3 white/cream Pomeranians. No two were alike, each had their own personalities, from sitting back and observing to loving everyone around, from roamers to couch potatoes. Each was different. Each was special. God lent them to me with long life spans for me to love. They were my comfort, my protectors and my joy. They have all passed on now. I have since had to move to a place that does not permit pets, so my life is empty, but if things change I would gladly take a reincarnation of any one dog I ever owned.
Yes, in terms of devotion to me, but the reaction may be caused by me, in both cases. I am, after all, the common link in this threesome. I am very kind and solicitous to animals in my life, thinking of their feelings, how they see things, unconsciously making sure things make sense to them. I'm sure this comes from being a mother, as this was a concern in my raising of my daughter when she was young. The unrealized knowledge of that respect created similar respect from her; It is apparently the same in my canine-human relationships. Both dogs have been very kind and helpful to me---I have severe MS and often have needed their help. Not so oddly, Allie came to me when I was first sick. And after I lost Allie, Gracie found her way to my doorstep, and was happily adopted by me. She fell right beside me where Allie spent her time. Both dogs have constantly been aware of whatever I do, ready to come and help unasked, and at any given moment. Both have chosen to sleep at the foot of bed, on the same side, facing the same direction, no less. It has seemed Gracie is beloved Allie reincarnated because she knew she needed to fill the hole left in my heart with Allie's passing. I need the help, and Gracie seemed to know I would need her, too. I know this all sounds a bit sappy, but it truly has been the reincarnation of a beloved and needed friend, thank goodness........
If only... All the dogs I've had have been origionals. None have ever been remotely the same. If I could have a clone of my golden boy, I would in a heartbeat.
yup i had a germanshepard and i bought a new one and it was exactly the same.
i sure have i have mini doxie the first one lived 18 yrs i got another same everything color weigh, same marking i swear its the same dog
yes i have my dog looked like my previous dog.i think it was a sister.
I think you have a good point, dogs are used as messengers sometimes, I had to be selfish and give up my dog of twelve years, and find a home while I stay at a Veterans center, for the past four years, recovering from drugs and alcohol, I was at a Va. Hospital, for a class after the group I was out side on a bench head down, hoping for a sign from the man up in the sky, to help me from my depression by sending me a sign that Im doing the right thing and needed some spiritual support, They never have dogs at the hospital, but while on the bench, I felt something nogging I look it was a dog, I talked to the dog telling my problems, when I finished, the dog started talking dog talk like it had problems or understood what I was saying and on it's way it went, which reminded me of two dogs I had when I was younger. It was a blessing.
Each dog and cat that I have had has been very unique!
Nope :-(
no but if my dog ever dies i would love for him to come back to me. he is so smart and so sweet.
No, I've never experienced that, though I have had many different dogs. They have taught me things that are important to them, like how it's important to be polite to animals. Few people know or think about that. My most extraordinary dog experience - and I've had some, believe me - was with my Norwegian Grey Elghund, Dolly. After she passed away, she kept coming back to me. I'd actually see her out of the corner of my eye. If I did nothing, she'd stay for a while, staring at me intensely with that amused expression she sometimes had. If I turned towards her, she'd be gone. Then one day she looked more serious, didn't wag her tail. Usually, she'd just disappear after some time, but that day she turned and left. I haven't seen her since. I am a skeptic by nature, but Dolly certainly made me rethink a bit. Of course, she WAS just about the most intelligent dog I've had or known, although there have been a couple of dachshunds that have been seriously smart as well. But no reincarnations. Yet.
No
Nope NOT reincarnation... Its just coincidence thats all...
never. But i believe that reincarnation can happen to pets too.
I've had a lot of dogs in my life, and many at the same time when I lived on the farm way back when. I can't say that I think that any of them (or any that I met) were reincarnated from a previous dog, but, they all had one thing in common..........they were/are all my best friends.
Well, sort of. My best dog died Dec. 10, 2001. We found and adopted a kitten in early February 2002.... the vet (and I) pegged the kittens birth date being rather close to Brenna's death date. No biggie, right? That cat is a DOG! I'm tellin' ya. It's weird. I enjoy him, though. It's kinda cool having a feline dog to boss around the "real" dogs. I caught on when the cat used to go on car rides with us. On one occasion he was stalling about jumping into the vehicle and I got short with him.... I used a command that I had only used on Brenna, "Load Up!". The cat jumped right into the car and gave me a rather odd look of satisfaction. It was then that I "knew".... and I'm okay with it. Brenna's spirit eventually left the cat. But that cat is still a "dog" as far as he's concerned.
No.. I think each animal has his own personality. It is not fair to expect one dog to be like another even if they seem alike. I think God is just as creative with each animal just like he is with people. Although dogs are kinder and more loyal.
yes, my old doggy looks just like my new puppy ^_^
Nope! not at all. Do you mean in character, appearance or both?
no, i've only had and still have one dog.
i know exactly what u mean!! my dog that died was named sofie, so when ever we see a dog that looks like her, we say "its a sofie dog!" :)
Maybe a dog is just a lot alike to a old dog? it could be possible