Post by Old Dragon (Al) on Aug 19, 2004 11:21:13 GMT 1
Here is the second of the two stories about psychic pets by Maisie Walker...
Gigi's Story.
Just after our 50th wedding anniversary we got rid of our collectors' car because my hubby could not drive anymore. He has osteoarthritis in his badly deformed foot that was gradually getting worse. I wanted him to walk as much as he could because I am a firm believer of keeping the limbs moving.
This got me thinking that we should be doing a bit of walking to keep our limbs going. I suggested us getting a dog which I thought would help keep us active now that we were in our 70+ years.
Having discussed it with my family we agreed to get a dog on condition that they cared for it if anything happened to us.
So we put the wheels in motion by first looking in our local dog rescue home for a small dog. Unfortunately they were all too big for me to handle at less than 5ft in height. We went home rather disappointed but we did not give up hope.
About a week later I spotted an advert for a 10 month old Cairn Terrier bitch.
I phoned the owners and the lady of the house said they wanted to get rid of her because her hubby suffered with asthma and the dog's coat made it worse.
I also suffer with chronic asthma and my hubby was dead against me going with my son to look at her. However I got my way and my son took me on the 12 mile ride to the house in question.
As soon as we walked in the dog came bounding towards us throwing herself down on her back to have her tummy tickled. That as far as I was concerned sealed the deal because even my son was bowled over with her.
We paid the money for her and just as we were coming out of the door there was a terrific screech.
I must have had a really startled look upon my face because the lady of the house said "Oh don’t worry it’s the parakeet playing up."
Those few words explained a lot to me because I realised that it wasn’t the dog that was causing the bad attacks of asthma for the man of the house it was the parakeet.
I took the dog and her bowl and bedding and got into the car with her on my knee.
She walked in our house as though she had lived there all her life and when my hubby asked what her name was I said she was registered Chin-Chin.
He promptly said " If you think I am taking a dog for a walk with a b****y daft name like that you are mistaken. "This prompted my lovely daughter-in-law to say " Well why not call her Gigi then?" So Gigi was her name from then on.
Funnily enough I have never had any asthma attacks from her and yet I brush and comb her every day.
She has grown into a lovely little bundle of joy and one day my son phoned and said he would pick us up because they were going to have a barbecue. He wanted us there with the dog to meet his friends from New Zealand who had come for a holiday.
After greetings were said all round and a quick chat with everyone I said I would take Gigi for a walk round the man made lake at the back of my son’s house.
It’s a beautiful place that has been built on top of an old quarry with a very deep lake that housed every kind of duck and swans. It was a lovely walk right round the lake and I was looking forward to going there with my dog.
As we got near the entrance to the place Gigi got extremely agitated.
The more I pulled her to take her through the entrance the more she nearly choked herself trying to turn back. I picked her up to make headway through the gates thinking she would be alright once inside, but she wriggled SO hard I had to put her down and once more she headed away from the entrance.
I was completely baffled by her behaviour because there were no other dogs around which could have perhaps made her frightened.
I gave up and decided to walk to the recreation ground instead. But Gigi kept her tail between her legs all the time and seemed extremely jumpy.
When I got back to my son’s house they asked me if I had enjoyed the lake and I told them of the strange behaviour of Gigi. She was perfectly alright once back with her family.
My daughter-in-law said, " I wonder if she sensed the murder that happened a few days ago?"
I was dumbstruck because I had not heard anything about this murder.
My daughter-in-law then went on to explain that a young chap had murdered his former sweetheart because she wanted to finish with him and he had gone home and hanged himself.
It took place evidently just inside the entrance to the lake.
Gigi will still not go in those gates even a year or so after that event.
Had she sensed something terrible had happened?
If only she could speak.
She has never acted that way since.
(C) Maisie Walker
Gigi's Story.
Just after our 50th wedding anniversary we got rid of our collectors' car because my hubby could not drive anymore. He has osteoarthritis in his badly deformed foot that was gradually getting worse. I wanted him to walk as much as he could because I am a firm believer of keeping the limbs moving.
This got me thinking that we should be doing a bit of walking to keep our limbs going. I suggested us getting a dog which I thought would help keep us active now that we were in our 70+ years.
Having discussed it with my family we agreed to get a dog on condition that they cared for it if anything happened to us.
So we put the wheels in motion by first looking in our local dog rescue home for a small dog. Unfortunately they were all too big for me to handle at less than 5ft in height. We went home rather disappointed but we did not give up hope.
About a week later I spotted an advert for a 10 month old Cairn Terrier bitch.
I phoned the owners and the lady of the house said they wanted to get rid of her because her hubby suffered with asthma and the dog's coat made it worse.
I also suffer with chronic asthma and my hubby was dead against me going with my son to look at her. However I got my way and my son took me on the 12 mile ride to the house in question.
As soon as we walked in the dog came bounding towards us throwing herself down on her back to have her tummy tickled. That as far as I was concerned sealed the deal because even my son was bowled over with her.
We paid the money for her and just as we were coming out of the door there was a terrific screech.
I must have had a really startled look upon my face because the lady of the house said "Oh don’t worry it’s the parakeet playing up."
Those few words explained a lot to me because I realised that it wasn’t the dog that was causing the bad attacks of asthma for the man of the house it was the parakeet.
I took the dog and her bowl and bedding and got into the car with her on my knee.
She walked in our house as though she had lived there all her life and when my hubby asked what her name was I said she was registered Chin-Chin.
He promptly said " If you think I am taking a dog for a walk with a b****y daft name like that you are mistaken. "This prompted my lovely daughter-in-law to say " Well why not call her Gigi then?" So Gigi was her name from then on.
Funnily enough I have never had any asthma attacks from her and yet I brush and comb her every day.
She has grown into a lovely little bundle of joy and one day my son phoned and said he would pick us up because they were going to have a barbecue. He wanted us there with the dog to meet his friends from New Zealand who had come for a holiday.
After greetings were said all round and a quick chat with everyone I said I would take Gigi for a walk round the man made lake at the back of my son’s house.
It’s a beautiful place that has been built on top of an old quarry with a very deep lake that housed every kind of duck and swans. It was a lovely walk right round the lake and I was looking forward to going there with my dog.
As we got near the entrance to the place Gigi got extremely agitated.
The more I pulled her to take her through the entrance the more she nearly choked herself trying to turn back. I picked her up to make headway through the gates thinking she would be alright once inside, but she wriggled SO hard I had to put her down and once more she headed away from the entrance.
I was completely baffled by her behaviour because there were no other dogs around which could have perhaps made her frightened.
I gave up and decided to walk to the recreation ground instead. But Gigi kept her tail between her legs all the time and seemed extremely jumpy.
When I got back to my son’s house they asked me if I had enjoyed the lake and I told them of the strange behaviour of Gigi. She was perfectly alright once back with her family.
My daughter-in-law said, " I wonder if she sensed the murder that happened a few days ago?"
I was dumbstruck because I had not heard anything about this murder.
My daughter-in-law then went on to explain that a young chap had murdered his former sweetheart because she wanted to finish with him and he had gone home and hanged himself.
It took place evidently just inside the entrance to the lake.
Gigi will still not go in those gates even a year or so after that event.
Had she sensed something terrible had happened?
If only she could speak.
She has never acted that way since.
(C) Maisie Walker