Thank you for sharing. It is indeed time.
Pets that have passed on can also attach themselves to you. They love you and want to stay with you.
What you say is correct.
I’ve had deceased pets appear to people and greet them at death.
In 2016 I was with a woman when she died of bone cancer. She heard her corgies barking several days prior to her departure. I heard them too even before she mentioned it. They were there to greet her.
Animals have souls that are similar to humans in many ways.
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