About 5 years ago, some time after our Cavalier King Charles spaniel, [name withheld], passed away, my wife dreamed of walking in our den and seeing [name withheld] and our then-living dog, [name withheld], sitting on the couch together. My wife greeted her enthusiastically but after a few moments, her image faded and disappeared. Was this just a wish-fulfillment dream, or was this a dream visitation by our dog’s spirit to put in an appearance?

As you saw intuitively, this was a true dream visitation and you told her this at the time she mentioned the dream to you. What she did not share, and you would not yet have appreciated, was the part two of the story in your next question. This is a blessing, doubly so, because it is a validation of multiple realities not fully believed on her part, that the divine is truly real, that dogs are divine, that their soul can reach out and visit you even following death of the animal, and there can even be a divine prophecy unfold that is a portent of things to come. This is a multifold blessing for all in the family.