17/06/2025
I often find myself speaking to animals and their parents about returning after their crossing. Sometimes they still feel undecided about whether they would like to come back; others say that they would rather not, and then some have decided that they will return when the time is right. The ‘Returned’, as I call them, are usually those animals who have formed a deep soul connection to their parents.
When I share the news of the decision, I always caution the parents against actively searching for their beloved animal, as the desperation of finding their loved one often results in them missing the obvious animal that crosses their path. Animals can take months or even years to return, so waiting and searching can literally drive a person insane – I often get bombarded with photos from desperate parents who are searching.
How will I find the Return?
This is a simple answer, they will find you – fate brought you together before, and fate will bring them back to you again. You might find a cat or kitten on your doorstep, you might find a puppy running on a highway, you might find a stray tame bird landing in some odd place, or a horse for sale, and you are drawn to them. But they will always find you; you just need to be patient. It is important to note that the Returned will not necessarily look the way they did at all, they will mostly have the same traits, but they can also have some different traits because they learnt from their previous life.
What if I find an animal very soon after the loss of my beloved animal?
This is an interesting topic. Sometimes, shortly after the crossing of an animal, they will send you a companion to comfort you. I once had a client who lost her cat in the morning, and by the evening, there was a kitten found outside their gate, sent to them as a comfort.
I have had two returns myself, and I would like to tell one of their stories.
I once heard about a dog that had been stolen, and I decided to join many volunteers to go into a township with a squatter camp next to it – something just told me to join the search party. Call it fate or destiny. We scoured the squatter camp and then went into a part of the township itself.
While I searched, I came across a very old, emaciated dog that was tied in the middle of an open field. It was winter and absolutely freezing; there was absolutely no food, water or shelter for him. He was skeletal and covered in parasites. The minute I saw him, the emotions I felt were so intense that I couldn’t even describe them. We left the township, but I just couldn’t get him out of my mind. So, I decided to go back to fetch him two days later, only to be faced with his so-called owner telling me to leave his dog alone. I left but returned the next day – I took him off his chain by removing the rotten leather collar that he had on and loaded him in my car – I had complete tunnel vision – nothing and no one could and would stop me.
And that is how my soul connection started with a dog that I named Winston. Someone sent funds to buy him everything we needed – a brand new bed, a large blanket and some other goodies. He was an extremely docile character and not used to human contact at all. The day after I got him, he was admitted to the hospital with Biliary, where he was successfully treated and discharged. Another 3 days went by, and then he started having seizures – such violent seizures that wouldn’t stop. I raced him to the vet, where he was diagnosed with Distemper, and I had to make the devastating call to release him from his suffering. I cried for days – something that is extremely unusual for me – it literally felt like a part of my soul had been ripped away. And all I kept thinking was that I wish that I had known him as a puppy, that he would have known a life free from neglect, and that he had more time to know what it was like to be truly loved. Winston stayed with me in my thoughts for about two years after that - he just never left.
While I was at work one day, someone brought in two puppies – they were so weak and riddled with fleas. Even though I rescue cats only, I decided to take these two puppies in. I raced them both to the vet, where the one died due to severe anaemia caused by the amount of external and internal parasites. I collected the surviving puppy and nursed him back to health, but something strange happened – he felt so familiar, but I couldn’t figure out what was going on – this was all happening before I even knew what animal communication even was.
A couple of weeks went by, and by then I had decided to keep the puppy whom I named Henry. One day, I was watching him, still wondering what was going on – why was this dog so familiar? And then I heard “You wanted to know me as a puppy – here I am”, and I immediately realised that it was Winston!
And so, Winston returned, and I got to know him as a puppy, and what he would have been like if he had grown up in a loving home, not tied up, starved and unloved. Loved for who he is – even if he hates Hadeda’s and tries to eat people that he doesn’t know.
The Returned will always find you – everything will fall into place; you just need to have faith and patience.
Do you have a Return that you know of? I would love to hear the way they found their way back to you.
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