grieving loss of pet

  • Animal hospice care: the power of three
    Animal hospice care: the power of three

    Losing one dog is tough, losing three in six month … can be a doorway into animal hospice care. Allowing a natural end of life for a pet can be challenging in the face of wide-spread beliefs about euthanasia. This story tells Sally’s path to experiencing death with a fur friend in the same manner…

  • Grieving the loss of a pet: No happy endings?
    Grieving the loss of a pet: No happy endings?

    Death – and any form of loss – is an invitation to pause, reflect, process, integrate and, when the time is right, remerge with a truer version of ourself. And isn’t that a happy ending in and of itself? Happy and sad are not mutually exclusive states, our capacity to feel is not a simple…

  • Grieving the loss of a pet: bits and pieces
    Grieving the loss of a pet: bits and pieces

    Grieving the death of a pet is just a real and deep as grieving the loss of a person. This article is about where I found warmth, comfort and peace after loosing a pet.

  • Animal hospice care: after the last breath
    Animal hospice care: after the last breath

    Our companion animals take such a special and unique place in our hearts, it’s important to consider how we’d like to remember them once they are gone.