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Chance, pit bull. Stolen day before Christmas Eve '06.83

Dealing With The Loss of A Pet

Pets are a large part of the lives of many people today. I, for one, can say that my dogs, reptiles, and small animals, all play a part in my sanity at times. Having pets around will help your own health...

14 comments    pets animals pet
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Pet Gems: An alternative to Cremation and Burial of Pets

Your pet has lived with you many special moments and you have eagerly cherished memories of your pet's day to day life from the day you have met. Yet, pets come with a very dreaded drawback which...

4 comments    gems pet loss pet urns
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A Time Of Mourning After Losing A Pet

It’s hard to recover from the loss of a beloved pet. Nonetheless, there are still people who will try to tell you that it is nothing, and you can always just get another one.  People who believe this have...

6 comments    life advice family
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Pet Caskets

When I was a kid, my house was full of pets. A dog, cats, hamsters, gerbils and fish. Upon their death, the hamsters and gerbils went into a small box and were buried out in the garden. The fish were too,...

3 comments    pet loss casket losing a pet
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Pet Mourning - What To Do When Someone Close To You Has Lost A Pet

Has someone close to you recently lost a pet and now they are going through a period of pet mourning? We know that this can be a difficult time for all pet lovers, because we have been there before. If you...

2 comments    pets pet grieving
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Funerals for Pets

I provide a service that nobody wants. Working as a mortician is difficult to say the least, but over the years, I have learned to comfort and work with the bereaved. As the funeral director, I am the rock-...

2 comments    pet loss pet grief pet memorial
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Writing A Pet Memorial Service

Anyone who's lived with a pet has probably come to feel that it's a part of the family. Pets have become increasingly important in our lives, whether because more people are living alone due to divorce or...

0 comments    pets death pet
Montana, the best cat ever.61

Letting go....the painful choice of pet euthansia

On May 27th, 2009 I made the difficult decision to euthanize my beloved 19 year old cat, Montana. Over the past couple of years, she suffered a general decline in body weight, muscle mass etc., as is typical...

2 comments    pet pain cats
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Grieving Over the Loss of a Pet

I got Sparky, my first pomeranian, for my 23rd birthday. He was an adorable ball of fluff who was supposed to be at my side for at least sixteen years. In my mind anyway. If I had known that he would only be...

2 comments    pets dog death
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Death Do Us Part

I am woken in fright, the words that my parents so slowly tell me that the guardian of my heart and soul is dying. There is nothing I can do they say, it is not your fault but how can I believe this when I...

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