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Experiencing the Loss of a Pet - How to Help

Sometimes we have our own personal loss, a beloved dog, a sweet cat.

 

Other times, people we love and care about suffer a significant loss of their dear pet.

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This page is a resource dedicated to both sorrowful events.

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Choose which section best would be most supportive.

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My Pet Might Pass Away Soon -
How Can I Prepare?

Click here to read more about:

Saying Goodbye to a Pet

Letting Go with Love

What to Do When a Pet dies at Home

Coping with Grief

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“When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight” – Khalil Gibran

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Someone is Grieving the Loss of a Pet -
What Can I do?

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How to Help When a Friend Loses a Pet

Comforting those who are Grieving

What to Say 

What Not Say 

Things You Can Do To Help

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“Some angels don’t have wings,

sometimes they have whiskers” – Unknown

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Losing a pet is hard, and saying goodbye

to them is the most difficult of all.

But having them in our lives, even for just a little while, makes the pain of goodbye worth it.

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“If love could have kept you here

you would have lived forever."

A Pet’s Farewell Letter: A Video For Anyone Who Has Lost A Beloved Pet

“The loss of a cat is immeasurable. But so is the love that is left behind” – Unknown

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“Heaven will not ever Heaven be, unless my cats are there to welcome me” – Unknown

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“The risk of love is loss and the price of loss is grief. But the pain of grief is only a shadow when compared with the pain of never risking love." - Hilary Stanton Zunin

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“Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.” - Roger Caras

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