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The relationship with a pet can start when a new puppy, kitty, or feathered friend is welcomed home, or it can begin by rescuing a loyal companion. The bond between...

We haven’t been able to plan for compound grief, no one saw Covid-19 coming, and we don’t know when it will leave for good. Accidents happen, and we lose beings...

The magic of that first relationship with a pet does not dim. Yet it can be obscured by our grief, but the love stays. Whenever you have the unobscured view,...

 If a friend of yours has lost a pet, you may be wondering what you can do to help. When they lose an animal, it's not always easy. It's important...

There is a time when you know your pet’s life is coming to an end, but the timing isn’t there quite yet. This period is referred to as a “pre-loss...

People in general are not good helping others with grief and grieving, and that can be doubly hard when they don’t understand how important our pets are to us. Some...

 When pets come through from the other side, it is usually with pure love. They also say the crazy things they loved to do. That they are healthy and out...

Here is one of the reasons to keep trying to plow through grief: there is a bottom. The bottom might not be today, or three days from now but there...

You did everything right when you helped me transition to this place you call heaven. Don’t feel guilty that you didn’t notice I was sick fast enough, or that you...

 I fell in love with a dying dog. Original blog by Elizabeth Weiner Medium.com Aug 17 - Photo credits to the author, Elizabeth Weiner Medium.com  Today is the first anniversary of...

One of the things about grief is it is solitary. Even though the whole family loses a loved one, we each knew that being as an individual specific to us....

You can do what feels most appropriate with the physical body. You may want a burial, or to spread the ashes. A great thing to include in the ceremony is...