Pet Bereavement

When my mother died aged 40 we were all left devastated. Not only was I grieving the loss of my best friend and mother, I was also worried sick about my dad. He took my mothers death really bad. They had been childhood sweethearts. I had left home by now, and I used to be so upset to find, when visiting my father, him sitting in the dark just crying. We were really worried about him, he lost interest in everything. The only place he would go is to work and my mothers grave. His old friends would be nagging him to go out but he had sunk into such a low state that he had almost given up. (he was a 44 year old man). My aunty decided to take matters into task and ...  Read the complete review

Ooops, It would appear I broke site rules. very very sorry. edited!!! Inspired by the wonderful Goosey's review I wanted to share a poem with you that I often look at and is in a photo frame to think of my beautifully departed pets, and humans for that matter. I often have to search hard on the net to find this poem so I dont think it many of you will have seen it but it is certainly thought provoking. Whatever your belief it makes you feel that somewhere around you your loyal companion is still there. When we lost our beloved Raph I felt on a whole number of occasions that he was still around us, little things he used to do that seemed to still ...  Read the complete review

I am a great believe of mourning loss. I have a mourning time over all relationships whether it be because of a break-up, a death or moving away. When it comes to pet bereavement my pain lasts longer than all others, although having said that I am extremely lucky not to have lost too many people, and I should point out I prefere animals to humans, something more humane about them. So now for the depressing side of this. Animals I have lost have been a few. Some have past quietly away in old age or rabbits that have run away. Others were more tramatic. The saddest cases I have dealt with are giving away an animal (yes I know they're not dead but you can't ...  Read the complete review

All seasoned pet owners are only too familiar with the strong, emotional responses suffered, upon the loss of their pet, be it mouse, dog, cat or donkey. This review is mainly about those responses and how we deal with them; and may well be more useful to none-pet owners, in that they may understand the exceptionally strong emotional reaction to a beloved pet's death. I shall not be describing the demises of my own dear, faithful ones - so put those tissues back in the box and save another tree. Because my episodes of bereavement were over the losses of my dogs, I will be writing with those experiences in mind, but also with the full knowledge ...  Read the complete review

Losing a pet can be the hardest thing from the moment you realize you are seeing illness in your pet for the first time to the realization that maybe life is not forever. One of the things that has really affected me in the last few years is seeing one of my daughters grow up from a little girl who adored and cared for her pets and animals into a vet. When you visit your vet next time try to remember them as the grown up child who a few years before was holding their beloved guinea pig in their arms for the last time, and view them with the eyes which can picture them in the same situation as you and your family members face now. They are trained to show great ...  Read the complete review