Pet Talk: Bill’s Ability to Follow His Heart

When I got home I thought of my clients in Southern California, Todd and Dana with their own beloved Puggle, Ray. I realized Bill and Ray are about the same age and look almost identical. For some reason I kept thinking Bill would make a nice addition to their family. This thought kept niggling at me so a few days later I called Todd to share Bill’s story with him. Afterwards Todd explained that recently Ray had become closer to Dana and he was feeling a little furry cuddle deprived. He went on to say he had been thinking about getting another dog to be a friend to Ray and fill that cuddle spot for him. So Todd spoke to Dana and they both agreed that Bill was the perfect solution for them.

When I stopped by the daycare center to tell Chris that my clients had decided to adopt Bill, I was thrilled to discover that his kennel cough was completely gone and he no longer was barking incessantly. Chris said it was like he got to talk to someone and that made him happy. So with one obstacle down I now wondered about getting him transported half way across the country. The next Saturday I was scheduled to do animal communication sessions at a pet boutique in Oklahoma City. One of the clients that came to see me is involved in Collie rescue. I told her about Bill and his need to travel to California. She knew of several organizations that help transport animals to their new homes and offered to contact them for me. When I got home that evening I was amazed to see an email message from one organization indicating there was a volunteer transport leaving the following weekend for Riverside California, an hour and a half from Bill’s new family! I sat there marveling at the synchronicity of events starting with Bill becoming separated from his family, his going to the house of an employee of the doggie daycare center, which lead him to Chris. Then his non-stop barking and kennel cough brought me into his life and through that encounter he found his new home.

Now how much of these events are due to Bill wanting a new family and to be held and Todd’s desire to find a friend for his dog and someone to cuddle? No one can know for certain but I do know animals do not have the kind of logic that allows them to make decisions from doubt or fear. They don’t fear the future or regret the past. They follow their instinct and hearts in everything they do. We all are divinely guided but in order to fully access this help we need to let go of our logical minds and follow our hearts, like Bill. Who knows what wonderful things are in store for us when we have faith in Spirit to guide us?