They go to a lovely place in heaven called the rainbow bridge. All our pets go there.

 

You've got to believe in heaven to have an opinion on this

 

When my daughter was about 3 or 4 she brought a dead rabbit home and laid it in the garden. After an hour or so when it was still there (obviously) she told me very seriously that animals did not go to heaven.

 

http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2184683008/tt0096787?ref_=tt_ov_i
of course they do

seriously tho, one has to believe in the animal having a soul, to believe that the soul enters heaven [and believe in heaven and god of course]
and if you believe one species has a soul, then why not all species
tbh i dont think any animals think of the 'afterlife' as we do, as I dont believe any animal is born knowing that they are going to die, unlike ourselves

 

Depends if you believe in heaven or not- if you do, then why not

 

I believe they do

 

If you believe in heaven, you can make it whatever your want it to be can’t you?

Personally I believe that dogs decompose (or are cremated), return their molecules and atoms to the earth and those atoms and molecules then reform in to other life forms so we all live on based on the physical laws of conservation.

 

I wish religion would stop leading humanity towards living for an afterlife and treating real life like at best a rehearsal or worse a competition of up oneship

 

I believe they do yes. I also believe we will all be together there one day, in spirit if not in body so I am looking forward to meeting up with my horses, cats and dogs although some of the people I'd prefer to give a miss Death doesn't frighten me, I feel I'll have lots to look forward to such as warming my hands under my horse's long flowing white mane whilst resting my head against him, I can still smell him now 17 years after he died not to mention having the biggest rottie hugs with my departed boys and girls.

 

If there is a heaven, all animals will go there.

 

my family gets cremated as we believe this free's the soul to move into the next lifetime and be reincarnated. How do you explain children who can describe a previous life they lived?

I believe animals have souls and only difference is cos their lives are short compared to ours, they can reincarnate back in the same lifetime and come back to their same owner more than once.

 

my family gets cremated as we believe this free's the soul to move into the next lifetime and be reincarnated. How do you explain children who can describe a previous life they lived?

I believe animals have souls and only difference is cos their lives are short compared to ours, they can reincarnate back in the same lifetime and come back to their same owner more than once.

I can clearly remember as a fairly young child "knowing" that this is what happens; I was quite surprised when someone started telling me about heaven etc. Because I had just assumed we'd be reincarnated as someone else and have a different life.

 

I think that sometimes animals go to heaven and sometimes they become new lifeforms. When I had one of my rabbits die,I sware I saw him at the back of my garden and I also see my Granddads dead cat sitting at the top of the stairs. If ghosts are real then heaven is too in my opinion ☺.

 

Yes. Of course heaven would not be possible without them.

 

No, I don't believe heaven exists.

 

Of course they do!

 

I believe that heaven is somewhere you go to be perfectly happy for eternity so if you need your animals with you after you die they will be there for you. I do not believe heaven is a place for animals automatically. Maybe though we will all just be happy and not need anything at all.

 

Yes I would hope to see my dogs again if there aren't allowed I wouldn't want to go there, not that I really think there is such a place.

 

I was in Cornwall when my lovely Pei M'boi died. We had her cremated and scattered her ashes on the cliffs facing France, so her spirit could find its way home to Hungary. Although it was probably due to a fertile imagination I sure when we arrived home I saw her running down the garden to meet me.

I'd very much like to think humans and their animals are reunited in heaven,if only because It's comforting to believe that she and my beloved younger son who died the year before M'boi are enjoying themselves somewhere up there!

 

Yes I think they do I once went to a show to see a medium the hall was packed all the lights were out when he came on the stage apart from the foot lights and he actually told me there was someone here for me he then went on to tell me it was a cat gave the cats name and said it died very old and it was a cat with no tail now there is no way he would have known that I was not even thinking about my old cat but he got it all spot on so if he could contact my cat then they must have a soul

 

wow, that would freak me out I think! .. but I think if someone predicted with that kind of accuracy I'd definitely believe in it completely!

 

As heaven is a place made up by the human race then I guess any thing can happen. So animals going there as well? Sure.

 

I'll let you know when I get there.. as long as there's a WiFi signal.

 

Yes I believe they do.

I could easily imagine my grandparents up there walking around beauty spots with their OES, Toy Poodle, Springer, Yorkie x Pom and Kerry Blue x Staff

 

I believe they do. I once read someones experience of a near death experience (may have been on here actually - I shall have a looksie) and they went to a lovely place where all their deceased relatives and pets were. They greeted their deceased family and pets but a voice said that they could not stay as it was not their time and they needed to help and do good in their life. They then woke up in hospital.
That, amongst other stories, and my own believes lead me to belief there is an afterlife and a heaven and that animals will be there. For me, it wouldn't be heaven without my lost pets.

Just found the NDE I was refering to http://www.petforums.co.uk/threads/nde-dogs-in-the-afterlife.274693/

 

. For me, it wouldn't be heaven without my lost pets.

I'm not going if they aren't there. I'll stay here ta.

I'll be the ghost of the Crufts halls

 

What about if your past dogs would hate your current dogs?

Poor buggers, not heaven for them is it? If DA dogs are forced to put up with your past and future other dogs

 

Even to an atheist who knows virtually nothing about religion, this doesn't make sense.
It is heaven you know?

 

But DA wouldn't exist, nor fear, anger, hunger, illness and other negatives.

The lion will lie down with the lamb.