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Losing a pet or making the decision to euthanise your pet, are very painful and often confusing situations.   We often feel that others can't understand what we are feeling, after all - "it's only an animal".... to that end we have assembled a series of resources that we hope will help to answer your questions and make some sense out of what you are going through.  We hope that you will find information, and perhaps even some comfort or peace, that will assist you in this difficult process.

Euthanasia

• Facing Pet Euthanasia
• Euthanasia...What To Expect
• How can I decide if it’s time to help my pet die?
• How Do I Know It's Time?
• Euthanasia of a Beloved Pet
  

Grieving and Five Stages of Mourning

• Coping with grief
• Understanding Sadness
• Why does pet loss hurt so much?
• Coping with the loss of a pet
• Stages of Grieving
• Reactions to Pet Grief
• Real men don't grieve - or do they?
  

Explaining Pet Loss to Children

• Explaining pet loss to children
• Explaining Pet Loss to Children - Six Do's and Don'ts
• Rainbow Bridge Grief Support Center for Kids
• Children and Pet Loss
• Pet Mourning
• ASPCA - When a pet dies
  

Pet Loss and the Elderly

• Pet loss and the elderly

Do Animals Grieve?

• Do dogs mourn?
• Grieving: When your dogs mourns the loss of another dog
• Do dogs grieve their owner's passing?
  

Hotlines and Support Groups

• By State
• Chance's Spot Pet Loss Hotline Listing
• Cornell University
• University of California
• Rainbow Bridge Pet Loss Hotlines
• Chance's Spot Support Group
• University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine Pet Loss Help Line
• Tuft's University
• Washington State Pet Loss Hotline
• ASPCA Pet Loss Support Hotline
• In Memory of Pets
• Lightning Strike Pet Loss Support Group
• Petloss.com Support Group
• Association for Pet Loss and Bereavement
  

Rememberance

• 4 Paws Forever
• Art from Ashes
• International Association Of Pet Cemeteries & Crematories
• PALS Grief Support
• In Memory of Pets
• Gone To DogStar
• Pet Loss Grief Support Website
• Cheers Pottery Pet Urns and Memorials
• Pet Preservation through Freeze Dry Technology
• Perfect Memorial
• 4EverInMyHeart.Com
• Best Friend Services
• Angel Ashes
• Fur-ever Keepsakes
• Precious Pet LifeGem
• Memory Glass
• Pet Memorial Jewelry
• Paws 2 Heaven Pet Memorials
• Chimes of Your Life
• Eternal Paw Prints - Garden Memorials
• Furry Angel Pet Memorial Candle
  
  

Devaluing by family and friends

Helping a friend with Pet loss

Should I get another pet?

Pet Loss Chatroom

Virtual Pet Cemetery

Dog Quotations on Grievance and Loss

Coping with the Death of Your Pet

Grieving Animal Lovers Bill of Rights

Reference Books

I Am Not There
Do not stand at my grave and weep;
I am not there. I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow.
I am the diamond glints on snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain.
I am the gentle autumn's rain.
When you awaken in the morning's hush,
I am the swift uplifting rush
of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry;
I am not there, I did not die.

-author unknown