Pet Loss Library

Pet Loss

We who choose to surround ourselves with lives even more temporary than our own, live within a fragile circle; easily and often breached. Unable to accept its awful gaps, we would still live no other way. We cherish memory as the only certain immortality, never fully understanding the necessary plan.

Irving Townsend

Grief Support Articles

Meister

Surviving the Hollow Days

When an Animal Loved One Dies

Grief Stories

Frannie and Frieda

Love of My Life

My Love for Lizzie

The Day I Lost a Good Friend

Winter

Ask the Experts

Connecting with Mr. T. C.

Dog's Recent Death

Euthanasia Guilt and Your Pet

Getting Another Pet

Guilt is All-Consuming

My Dog Drowned

My Little Jack Russell

Second Year of Loss

Traumatic death of a pet

When is the Right Time to Replace a Pet?

When Will Grief End?

Who Gets Custody of the Pets?

Featured Story

My cat Lizzie was a truly unique cat. She acted like a dog, in that she ran to you if you called, she followed you or strangers down the sidewalk, visited the neighbors, she followed commands, and jumped from the ground into my arms.

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