Losing a pet is difficult for the whole family and it turns out to be a greater blow than anyone expects. Although most people struggle with grief for a few months, it can last for a year or longer. While much is written about grieving the loss of another human being, much less is known […]
4 Tips to Help Your Kids Deal with the Death of a Family Pet
Losing a beloved pet changes your family forever. As a parent, you naturally want to shield your child from the pain of grief, but this can do more harm than good. Although difficult to discuss, death is an inevitable part of life, and your children need to learn that with your support and guidance. These […]
Signs Your Dog is Grieving and How You Can Help
Dogs may not be human but when dogs lose either an owner or another pet, they grieve as their owners do. Dogs can experience many emotions, just like humans. After all, if they have other basic needs in common with humans, such as food and sleep, so why can’t they also feel sadness? In fact, […]
How to Know When It’s Time to Put Your Pet to Sleep
In a perfect world, our pets would live forever. In a somewhat imperfect world, they’d all pass away in their sleep at a ripe old age. Unfortunately, in the real world that isn’t how things work. As our pets’ owners and guardians, we usually have to make that final big choice regarding their lives- when […]
Helping a Child with Grief over a Pet
When a pet dies, all members of the family feel the grief and will mourn. But, little humans often hurt even more than the big humans. The death of one of us is often the first time a little human experiences death, and how parents and other big humans handle this grief is important and […]
Helping Pets Deal with Grief
Human folk aren’t the only ones that grieve when a pet dies. We survivin’ pets mourn, too. It may even be harder on us to grow used to the absence of our friend. They were probably a friend we were with all day while you human folk might be at work or doin’ other things. But, […]
