Let me say that I have a totally different view of the afterlife. I think the idea of eternal bliss is the pie-in-the-sky that is so often mentioned.

Rather, I think of it as another level of learning. Which is where reincarnation comes in- you wouldn't send the typical third grade kid directly to the second year of high school, for instance.

Dogs understand death, their own as well as that of others. That is one thing I am sure of.