How To Know When It’s Time to Let Your Pet Go
On this episode of Alive Again, host Brent explores how our souls sense and prepare for a beloved pet’s transition—and how to find peace when it happens. Listeners Laer and Joy share intimate stories: Jojo’s sudden dash that felt “different,” Trigg’s final night after hearing, “If you need to go, I’ll be okay,” and a Saint Bernard’s gentle passing chosen before suffering. Brent offers compassionate tools—giving loving permission, the life-force energy prayer, asking “Is it time?” while holding paws—and reframes common guilt (not being there, choosing euthanasia, or letting a pet pass naturally). The conversation also touches on signs after loss, the idea that pets choose us knowing how we’ll care for them, and resources for after-death signs and animal reincarnation. If you’re grieving, facing a hard decision, or seeking validation for what your heart already knows, this soulful, practical episode is for you.
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Welcome to Alive Again! We are so honored to be able to be on the largest, get that again, largest, one more time, largest, all caps, in the world! And check it out, you can find us all over everything, and I am honored to be here. Today, we're going to talk about, and this is gonna be strange folks, so hang in there, it's going to be how your soul knows or gets right with transition of your pet. As an example, you know, let's let Lady Lair talk about what happened and think about this.
This is, her husband knew what was happening, but he didn't know what was happening, but you do know what's happening. And here's sort of an example. When my fiance was killed, before he left on the weekend, I said to him, Mike, please be sure to ride the train, because you're so tired, you're going to get killed in that car, if you drive when you come down here.
And I thought to myself, what did I just say? And he said, now I am gonna be fine, I'm gonna drive down here. I said, Mike, you can get killed in that car, you need to take the train down, you're tired. And he said, no, I'll be fine, I love you.
And he hopped in the car, and he was killed coming back the next weekend in that car. It was the universe giving me a heads-up out of my own mouth of what was coming on, but I didn't even recognize it. So, listen to Lair's and see if you think it was universe giving a heads-up to her situation about having her husband's soul be ready for their transition.
Go ahead, Lair. So, my dog, his name is Josuke. We called him Jojo for other people to say it more easily.
It's a Japanese name, Josuke. So, Jojo would run outside the door. Most of the time it was okay, we could corral him and get him back inside.
But this one time, the food delivery was dropped, so my husband went open the door, tried to get the food. Jojo ran out, my husband ran after him, and he said he was running so fast, like he was, like, meeting an appointment. And, like, he didn't stop for my husband, he didn't even get distracted by the delivery driver who was still in our driveway.
And our driveway is very long, it's, like, 150 feet long, and he just kept going. And it was a busy time of day, it was about five o'clock, we're on a busy road. Car saw him, it honked at him, and after the incident just kept on going.
So, it felt different to my husband, this jut out of the house, like. So, he could sort of sense that Jojo was not doing what he normally did, and he's going, wait a minute, something about this is different. Okay.
And, like, just the week before, we put in for allergy testing and trying to figure out some, maybe, internal issues going on, because there were some things going on with his coat that I wasn't comfortable with. So, I sometimes wonder if he chose this way out to save us from a more hard journey with disease or disorder. Now, folks, after we hear from my sponsors, we'll be right back.
I'm sorry that you had to listen to this, but you know what, folks? This is something you need to understand. Pets do commit suicide, and that is a really not comfortable subject. But, pets understand their contract with you, how long they're supposed to stay, when they're supposed to stay, and when they're supposed to go.
And, part of this show, you know, in getting your soul right for the time that they leave, is understanding that suicide. I had a lady, and you will hear it in an earlier version of these podcasts, that had a Jack Russell that put himself, she lived on a farm, and the Jack Russell put himself, went to sleep under the back wheel of her tractor. And then, she backed over her Jack Russell, and he obviously went to Jesus.
And, when he transitioned, and we did a reading for him, she was just, I can't believe I'm beside myself. I killed my dog. I killed my dog.
And, he said, no you didn't. He said, your husband had fourth-stage cancer, and you needed to be with him. So, I wanted to let you spend all of your time with him, taking care of him.
And so, I left. I was fine. I was asleep.
And, when you have a pet like that, they're usually an angel dog, and they leave before the incident ever occurs. So, they're in no pain whatsoever. But, do pets commit suicide? Yes, they do.
We have videos on YouTube and TikTok that talk about that, if you want to go into that further. So, that's something that you think is not viable, but it is because the pet is a sentient being. They recognize you.
They recognize what you're going through. And, I had Remedy was my Labrador. And, I knew there was a time when I would say to him every morning, he had laryngeal paralysis, and he also had, was developing degenerative myopathy.
And, I would look at him, and I'd say, how are you today, Remedy? And, he'd say, I'm fine. And then, one day, I looked at him, and he looked at me, and I said, how are you? And, he said, I'm tired. I don't want to do this anymore.
And then, he had an event that we had to take him to the vet. And, while he was there, he chose to leave. They didn't even have to euthanize him, or I didn't have to help him.
He just let his heart stop. And so, a pet understands the environment that you're around. And, I know that's hard to think about, but it's real.
If you want to get signs, I have a book, After Death Signs, that talks how to connect and touch with them on the other side. If you think they're gonna reincarnate, got a book called Animal Reincarnation. And, with that, we're gonna take a break, and then, let Joy tell her story.
We're back, and Joy is gonna tell us her story of how she knew it was time. Go ahead, Joy. Okay, when Trigg was sick with this cancer, we were, I pretty much stayed on the floor with him 24-7.
And, just, you know, I was bottle feeding him. And, of course, I was hoping I could save him, but I also believed I could save him at the time. And, I just, I knew it was gonna eventually get to him transitioning, but I really thought it wasn't gonna be for a long time.
And, one evening, I was, I really shocked myself because I had just gotten up from the floor with Trigg, and I, I think I had gone into the bathroom for a minute. And, when I came back out, I was like, well, right before I went in the bathroom, I told him, you know, if you're hurting, I understand. I don't want you to hurt.
So, if you need to go, I understand, and I'll be okay. That was the words I said to Trigg. And then, as soon as I said them, I remember in my mind, I was like, what? Why did I say that? That's not true.
I won't be okay. I don't want him to go. I don't want him to hurt.
I'm not okay. I was just shocked at saying, at saying that, because I wasn't thinking it, and I didn't plan on saying those words, but they just came out. And, it was that same evening.
It was like, maybe an hour. Maybe, it was like one to two hours. It was like, right after that, he did transition that same evening.
So, it was my soul, I guess, recognizing the situation was there. And, even though my mind wasn't catching up, you know, to, to see what was going on, it made sense because that's nothing I would have ever said because I didn't want him to go. And, I was just shocked that I told him, it's okay.
If he needs to go, I'll be all right. And, it was just something that I would have never have said. I mean, I am okay, and Trigg knew me better than I knew myself.
He knew I'd be okay. But, it was like, once I gave him permission, I mean, it was the same evening, just shortly after that, is when he transitioned. Wow, I am so sorry.
But, let me tell you, for those who aren't quite as in tune, there is a prayer that you can say. You hold their little paws and say, I send you my life force energy to use as you so choose. And, that way, the pet can decide whether he wants to get better with the life force energy or he wants to leave using the energy and your love to surround him and exit.
Okay? Now, another thing you can do is hold their paws or say it in your mind or out loud because everybody says, do you do that in your mind or out loud? Doesn't matter. And, you can say, I give you permission to do as you so choose. I send my love with you.
And, that way, you're encapsulating them in love so that they can do what they need to do. Go ahead, Joy. Another thing about that, it was just, you know, I was able to think about all of this after the fact.
But, one of the specialists that Trigg saw, she had just told me a few days prior to that, that Trigg was ready. He was ready to go transition. She said he was ready to go.
And, he was just waiting on me to get there. And, I wasn't there yet. And, that's okay.
And, I do feel like he was waiting for me to be at a point where I would somewhat be okay. And, once I did give him that permission, that's why it did all happen. But, looking back at it now, it was like I knew the time had come.
And, it was just, that was like remembering what the doctor had said, too, about he was waiting on me to get ready and that he was ready. It just, it's just so, it goes with how everything is pre-planned. And, even every detail, as you say, in the death is pre, you know, there's sickness pre-planned.
And, that things do happen as they should, even if it's hard to accept at the time. A good friend of mine and I, we were having this conversation about patch transitioning and owners. Like, and how I think there are two kinds of owners, because she's enjoy.
And, I think even you, Brent, are an at-all-cost. Like, I will do whatever I need to do to make sure you, you live another comfortable day. Whereas, I am a little more pragmatic.
And, this came up with my Saint Bernard. I helped her transition in 2015. And, I had just come to the point where I realized she, she wasn't living like a very full kind of life.
And, I decided it was time. And, I didn't know if it was a selfish choice or not. And, another animal communicator confirmed for me that, obviously, it was the right choice.
And, I think what's important to remember is your pets choose you. So, they know how you would react in those times. So, if you are going to be that at-all-cost person who is going to do all the cancer treatments and do the septic treatments at home because the vet is not giving you the answers you want to hear, they know that's who you're going to be.
And, my cookie, my Saint Bernard knew I was going to let her rest before it got to that point. And, you know what? I mean, I just don't have the strength that you have. But then again, you have, and I think that is the most beautiful comment that you did to pull this all together.
It's the pet knows when he comes in. Like, when I took Friend, he was having issues, took him to the vet and she said, we need to put him down. And, I went, no, we're not gonna do that.
And, I said, why? She never asked me why, of course. She was trying to, well, he might be in pain. Well, he wasn't in pain.
She just, you know, it's going to progress and let's stop it before it progresses. And, I just said, no, because Friend had sent me a dream where he showed me he was going to go in his sleep. And, I promised him I would allow him to do that.
So, as Laird is talking about, Friend knew when he came in with me that I was going to honor whatever he wanted me to do. And, he gave me that dream four months in advance of this. And then, when he got it, he gave me that dream again.
And, I went in and I told him, I said, I don't like it, but I got the dream. And, I promise you, I will allow you to go to sleep and transition that way. So, I did.
And, you know, because people would come in and they say, he doesn't look like he feels good. Maybe you ought to put him down. Well, first of all, you can't put living energy down, folks.
You can't put living energy down. All right? Living energy transitions into living spirit on the other side. So, it's just discarding the pet suit.
Okay? So, then you have somebody who has more strength and courage, or you're St. Bernard understood. I'm coming in with Laird because she's not gonna let me get so sick I can't handle it. And, there's a fine line of guilt there.
But, there's also you need to recognize just what she said is the key. They knew who they came in with. And, St. Bernard knew that she wasn't gonna let it drag out to like, I'm hurting in so much pain.
But, oh, by the way, you want me to stay just for you. Laird was saying, you know, I'm not gonna be so damn selfish. I'm gonna let you be peaceful in your passing and in your transition.
I'm gonna honor it. Because they knew that that's the way she would do it. And, Friend knew by giving me the dream that I would honor, no matter what happened, I would honor him passing in his sleep.
So, don't beat yourself up. And, sometimes you can say to them, is it time? Take your hands, hold their front paws, and say, from my heart to your heart, is it time? You'll hear the answer. I promise you.
There's a TikTok video and a YouTube video on it. You will hear the answer in your heart. Joy, have you got anything else to add? I do.
I just wanted to add to, as far as they know you and they know what you can handle, that also goes along with, as far as, for the people that are so upset that they didn't get to the vet on time. You know, they weren't with the pet when it transitioned. It's, I've heard Brent say in the past, it's a gift that they are giving to you.
Because they knew that you could not handle it in person, watching it take, it happen. And, watching them see that, you know, seeing them take their last breath. So, they do know ahead of time.
And, they do know, you know, how you're gonna react. And, as they always are, even in physical, they're more concerned about you and you being okay than they are about them. That's right.
And, that wraps us up tonight. We thank you for listening. We thank you for joining us on a weekly basis, or however long it is.
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