Can losing a young animal that you love dearly ever be a good thing? When young animals mistakenly die early, they often return in another dog body relatively soon. Some feel as if they still need to complete the life with their people, and will tell me they'll be back soon. But grief can be so thick, it's hard to let that information through, especially when the emotions are so raw. Here's a story about a young fearless chihuahua who returned to his people 6 months after he died unexpectedly at the age of just 1 and a half years old.