They can talk to us, we just have to learn how to listen. Lucy talks to me everyday, she tells me good morning, she tells me all through the day that she loves me and she tells me good night when we go to bed. When she looks at me in a certain way I know she understands what I'm telling her and we accept the fact that even though we speak differently, we still understand each other.
Bailey was one of the best listeners I've ever known. We would sit in a duck blind or on a dove field and have very meaningful conversations. I would talk and she would listen, she could speak and never make a sound but I understood every word. That day at the vet's office was, without a doubt the worst/best day of my life. Worst because I was losing one of my best friends of 13 years and best because I knew she was no longer in pain from the arthritis that wracked her body.
I know she's waiting for me at The Rainbow Bridge so we can go hunting again and share memories.