i believe in "ghosts" but more like spirits and energies than a ghost ghost.
Good point, and bad choice of words on my part.
i also believe that every living being has a soul. it seems to me as well that beings that have passed have a way of making it back to you. have you ever lost a pet and sometime later another one shows up and you have a sense of familiarity with that animal?
Yes, I also believe that every living being has a soul. No, I have never experienced a sense of familiarity with another animal that showed up following the death of a pet.
now for possible debunks: it could be that your other dog has taken up laying in the bed. maybe he misses his friend or maybe he can get up there now b/c the other more dominant(?) dog is gone?
Good points, but Huck has always had access to the bed, laid/slept in it regularly, and he was dominant. Sugarbear would not cross Huck - ever. Yes, he misses her. He had never been seperated from her since the day they were born. He now goes with me whenever possible because he tends to freak if he is seperated from me. I'm also having problems getting Huck to eat since Sugarbear was put down. But, all of these occurances happened when I was here. I would be doing whatever in another part of the house, Huck wanted to go out, and I have to go past my bedroom on the way to letting him out. The first time I found the bedcovers like that, I was pretty darn close to flipping out myself. I had made the bed that morning, and they were halfway down the bed and all balled up. Huck has never, ever messed with the bedcovers.
maybe it has been colder and he just is getting up there more. most dogs will turn in circles and prepare a bed to lay in. for the shaking maybe the dog is sensitive to gunfire, thunder, or other activity like earthquakes and stuff. maybe he gets scared while you are not there and the bed comforts him b/c it smells like you.
Huck is an American Eskimo - he has the fur coat from hell, and it takes a whole lot for him to get cold. He revels in rolling in the snow, rooting it around, and will lay in it for hours while he is waiting for me to finish something. He also tends to prefer either curling up with his head on my pillow, or sleeping under the bed where it is cooler - rather than making a bed in my bed. No gunfire, no thunder, and no earthquakes that I know of - plus, he is not freaked out by storms, or much of anything else. He does freak when I'm not here, but I've been taking him with me whenever possible since Sugarbear was put down. He spends very little time alone, and all of these occurances have happened several hours after I got back home.
you never hear much about animal ghosts. but why not? do you ever get the feeling that the dog you lost is 'there'?