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Do you believe in Rainbow Bridge?

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#1 ·
If you believe, does it make you sad that it will be different from what we have here.
If not, how do you deal with thoughts it is the end forever.
 
#2 ·
Because of my religious beliefs, Heaven is a wonderful glorious place, the after life is so much better than life here on earth. I also believe the Rainbow Bridge is the same, because I believe our dogs to go heaven. The Rainbow Bridge is the path they take to get to Heaven.

Because I believe in Heaven and the after life, it helps me to deal with loss of family members and my dogs. I know one day we'll all be together again.
 
#3 ·
It is weird to say the least as for the most part I am an Atheists but if there is a god I hardly doubt he would keep man and animal apart in death when we live together here on earth.

My mom told she thought that when one of our pets died they went to this beautiful meadow filled with grasses and wild flowers, there was a creek that ran through it and willow trees hung over it. There were birds and butterflies the weather was always nice light breezes and soft rains. It was a glorious place and not only were animals there but those people we lost in this life were there too.
I hope when I die that I am proven wrong that there is a god and he has provided this everlasting peaceful place for us.
 
#4 ·
I honestly do not know what I believe. I want to believe.
 
#11 ·
I don't know what actually is after death. For dogs or people. I believe there is life after death, Heaven.

For the Rainbow Bridge question, I believe that concept is in my heart. I don't think of her as sick or dying. I remember her running and playing, being silly, being my cheeky girl. She is young again, healthy and having fun. That is the Rainbow Bridge. It is within me.
 
#12 ·
While our ascension to the next realm might not be as depicted I have no doubt that Rainbow Bridge exists and our reunions are guaranteed. We were here to learn lessons of love, humility, humbleness, gratitude, giving and self inspection. Our pups are born with all these lessons already instilled in their soul and are our mentors. Having them in our life is to be a constant reminder that all things go full circle ~ and then begin again.
 
#14 ·
I think of Rainbow Bridge as a dog heaven until we are reunited. But does it really exist, I couldn't say for sure, but it is a comforting thought especially while we are grieving. I want to believe and many days I need to believe. I am sure my beliefs are based on my religious background of 12 years of Catholic schools. Sometimes when I doubt afterlife, I look out the window and witness the cycles of life. I'm a gardener, I move plants and I lose plants. But once in awhile I will find a phlox or iris or something appear out of the blue that I haven't had for years. I know some roots can reappear years later, but maybe, just maybe as Sharlin so eloquently put it "things go full circle". I guess we just have to wait and see and in the meantime believe what you believe.
 
#15 ·
No.... I don't.

I think that if the dogs go to heaven or if God allows them to, then they will be in heaven when I get there. Or maybe I will ask God if I can have them when the time comes. The same thing is true of my horse and other types of animals.

If they don't get to go to heaven, then that is fine too. I love them now and forever anyway. The life we give them in this life should be their heaven. And I think that the way the dogs' brains work - that is enough. They live in the here and now.

The idea of a rainbow bridge makes me feel very sad. Wouldn't it be better to imagine our dogs staying close to us in this life, their memories shining in our hearts... until the day we die? And then if it is meant to be, coming with us to heaven? Never being separated from us?
 
#16 ·
I believe in heaven, I feel we will see our loved humans when we get there, I don't know if our animals will be there ,or not.But I feel , it will be so very different than our life on earth, and what god has planned for us, will be beyond any here on earth can imagine.We won't be sad, wanting for anything, what he has for us, is just great.
 
#23 ·
I believe in the idea of the Rainbow Bridge, just not so sure it exists. It brings me comfort to think I will see my dogs again, and I think that is what the concept was intended for, helping us thru our grief. Whether or not it is real, well, I guess for me that is yet to be determined.
 
#25 ·
I believe in Rainbow Bridge simply because it fits right in with my beliefs on death, heaven and an afterlife.

I believe heaven is everywhere, within us. So, for me to believe my beloved Red, waiting at the bridge, is actually in my mind, and in my heart, is so very easy.

I sense my passed family, and I feel Red within me.
 
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#30 ·
I believe, too...



You've said it short and sweet. Call it "Rainbow Bridge" or whatever--I believe it exists and I wait, somewhat impatiently, for the day we'll be reunited not only with Atticus, our heart-dog, but all of the other pets we've had the honor of befriending along the way.

And I believe that they come and check in on us from time to time. Not as often as we'd like--but occasionally, we'll hear the same sequence and cadence of footsteps across the bedroom that used to mark Atticus' entrance into the room. All when the other Goldens were 'accounted-for' in another part of the house or staying with friends.

I'm not a particularly religious person, but I do believe in the Afterlife--and if you've been a genuine friend to man--and dog-kind, you will be rewarded with the companionship of your loved-ones and four-legged friends upon your passing. I like Mark Twains quote--in that mankind may or may not get into heaven--but a dog is almost guaranteed to get in.

To be rewarded by being reunited with your four-legged friends after you've loved and cherished them so many years before--that is "Heaven" for me.:)
 
#29 ·
I won't pretend that I know for certain what comes after this life for either us or our pets. What I do know is that my dog is a better individual than any human I have ever met, and that the God I believe in would never send him any place but Heaven. It is up to me to do the things it takes to meet him there. I will see him again one day and then we'll never be apart.

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#32 · (Edited)
In the middle of the night when our first golden, Buddy, was in the animal hospital, our two little girl dogs woke us up. Both had their ears up, tails wagging back ends trembling, gently yipping as they looked at my side of the bed where Buddy always slept.

It was 8 am when the vet called to inform us Buddy had passed away in the night.

I believe beyond a doubt he stopped by on his way back to Heaven
 
#34 ·
I believe that the true wonder is being alive at all; to have been the one life created from the billions and billions of possible combinations of your mother's and father's egg and sperm - like winning the greatest cosmic lottery right at the moment of our conception. Any other sperm (your father produces about 500 million of them every day of his life) and any other egg (your Mom had about 2 million in her life) would have produced a different person - that's a genetic fact - just think of those trillions of unborn siblings of yours who never got a chance at existence.

So those brief years on earth I believe is all we'll ever have to separate us from the eternity of non-existence that came before and comes after. Some people find that too scary a thought, but I think therein lies the true gift of life - how astronomically lucky we are to be here at all. What counts, even more than how long we live, is that they are good years - and that is partially up to us and partially up to some good luck.

I take comfort that the Pudden had good years and was loved and cared for. She was alive, and I was alive, and for a few brief years we had something rare and special together.

That's the real miracle of life for me. I don't expect there to be anything else, nor should it be necessary.
 
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