# Are There Mediums Who Will Contact Your Deceased Pets?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-mediums-who-will-contact-your-deceased-pets/725318>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 16, 2015, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-mediums-who-will-contact-your-deceased-pets/725318 "2015-07-16T13:49:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2015, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-mediums-who-will-contact-your-deceased-pets/725318/21 "2015-07-18T15:34:31Z")

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If no one believes dead pets can be contacted, how can some people think the services of a medium would work?

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**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2015, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-mediums-who-will-contact-your-deceased-pets/725318/22 "2015-07-18T15:53:55Z")

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> [@Dewey\_Finn](#):
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> If no one believes dead pets can be contacted, how can some people think the services of a medium would work?

Also, sorry to press on this issue but **ralph124c** has not answered whether or not he believes people who can contact the dead exist.

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**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2015, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-mediums-who-will-contact-your-deceased-pets/725318/23 "2015-07-18T16:16:14Z")

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I can contact my dead dog but just like when he was alive he still doesn’t come when I call him.

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**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2015, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-mediums-who-will-contact-your-deceased-pets/725318/24 "2015-07-18T18:18:57Z")

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> [@ralph124c](#):
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> Of course, no one believes dead pets can be contacted. The thread was started to understand if some people thought the services of a medium would work.

Of course some gullible people believe dead pets can be contacted. That’s why there are animal communicators. :smack:

Similarly mediums earn a living exploiting people who have lost loved ones. :mad:

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