Dog Loss Grief

While grief is a normal, healthy response to losing a beloved pet, it is important to work through its various stages and eventually find a way to move forward. Understanding the depth of your bond and learning to celebrate rather than mourn your years together helps memorialize your pet. It also equips you with perspective and the capacity to love again. This book is your compassionate and comforting guide throughout the healing process—an understanding companion as you explore the depths of your grief. The journey to peace and recovery starts here.

From the moment pets come into our lives, we know the day will arrive when we have to say farewell. Still, we are never emotionally prepared for the last adieu. In Goodbye, Friend, Gary Kowalski takes you on a journey of healing, offering warmth and sound advice on how to cope with the death of your pet.

Communications from beloved pets are seen by thousands every day. Some messages are given in ways that require an acute awareness and more interpretation as well. From the heavens above, signs are given by deceased pets to connect with their families they left behind. Oftentimes, the gifts they share are unseen or are difficult to identify. Learning to speak the language of spirit requires practice, but once identified, the joy of hearing from your pet in spirit can bring great comfort.

From Old Yeller to Marley and Me, pet owners been bombarded over the years by emotionally wrenching stories that border on melodramatic and exploitive. In Going Home, Katz strikes a unique balance, giving readers a sentimental yet remarkably grounded guide to dealing with the passing of our canine friends.

BEST-SELLING BOOK ON PET LOSS AND GRIEF You wake up to silence, reminding you of the absence of paws padding softly across the floor. The toys remain untouched, collecting dust like the memories of joyful moments spent in each other’s company. Every corner of your home reminds you of the laughter and love shared, yet the void left is unmistakable as if a piece of your heart had been pulled away. Grieving the loss of a pet is a complicated journey that leaves many navigating a sea of emotions. It’s a struggle where sadness can often feel overwhelming, yet it’s also an opportunity to ...

Are you overwhelmed by the impending death of your dog? Discover a step-by-step guide to navigating the emotional journey of losing a beloved pet. Are you devastated by your vet’s serious news? Are you worried how your family will handle the loss of their faithful furry pal? Do you feel unprepared to manage your emotions and responsibilities? International bestselling author Wendy Van de Poll is the founder of the Center for Pet Loss Grief and has over twenty years of bereavement counseling experience. Now she’s here to reassure you that mourning is a normal reaction and to share ...

Losing one’s dog is one of the most difficult experiences we go through and it’s hard to find solace. However, the profound, four-legged narrator of I’m Still Here has nothing but good news for humans. The free verse is equally rhapsodic about the eternal nature of our souls and the amazing sound of crinkly wrappers that means cheese is about to be sliced. This very good dog proclaims that love never dies, that we will meet again, and that if you ever doubted that humans are magnificent creatures, look no further than the humble ball.

One of the best and most evergreen books, Dog Gone is considered one of the finest "go-to" books for veterinarians and animal grief counselors. Based on the death of my shaggy pup Grady, it touches upon all of the emotional challenges in a kind and sensitive fashion. It is cherished by kids and adults alike. It is also illustrated lovingly by children.

Are you devastated by the death of your dog? Discover the second book in The Pet Bereavement Series. A step-by-step guide to navigating the emotional journey of losing your beloved dog. Are you distraught by the loss of your companion? Are you worried how you will handle the loss of their faithful furry pal? Do you feel alone with your emotions of grief and loss? International bestselling author Wendy Van de Poll is the founder of the Center for Pet Loss Grief and has over twenty years of bereavement counseling experience. Now she’s here to reassure you that your emotions are valid and to...

This spiritual story of love and loss is a dog's memoir on Life and the Afterlife. Told by the canine Jack from the other side of Rainbow Bridge, it is an easy listen with short chapters. This book is carefully crafted by the author who has three decades of clinical hospice experience. This first book in the Jack McAfghan Pet Loss Trilogy is designed to walk you through the grief of pet loss one step at a time. Its goal is to heal your grief by the end.

We live in an amazing Universe. Sometimes things happen in our lives where we have no idea of just how that experience will change our lives from that moment on. Like having a dog. They give us love. We give them love. And they make us better just because we loved them. But there’s more. Lots more. Behind the outward affection and love we share with them, come lessons about love, about life and about ourselves that would not and could not have happened unless our dog was in our life. Yet there’s a surprise. It’s a message your most beloved best friend wants you to know, a message you ...

Final Journey: After the publication of "Finally Home," Buddy was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Once the unthinkable happened and Buddy's precious life was cut short, his family was left heartbroken and devastated. At the same time, in another state, poor economic conditions forced another family to give up their golden retriever. As fate would have it, his name...was Buddy. While they were mourning the loss of their beloved dog, another dog was mourning the loss of his treasured family. Brought together by misfortune, they entered each other's lives to help put back together the pieces ...

This award-winning book has been hailed as the seminal work in the field. And now the fourth newly revised and expanded edition offers so much more to the bereaving pet owner. This edition also includes a significant new way of considering the meaning of afterlife for us and our pets. It discusses the topic from a 21st-century scientific perspective that is very different from existing religious or metaphysical ones, offering a new comfort to skeptics and agnostics as well.

How do you cope when the impossible happens? Poppy Parker's world is collapsing. Life was so safe and easy before her Grandma Beth had a stroke and ended up in a nursing home. Now she's desperately homesick and struggling to cope with life in a children's center. Worried her grandma may need help, Poppy runs away to visit her, never expecting to witness a serious crime that lands her under the temporary protection of the lead detective. Fearing that the police will return her to the children's center once she's no longer useful, Poppy hesitates to help them identify the suspect, focusing ...

Amazon Best-Seller in Pet Loss/Grief - First book in an Award-Winning series To lose a pet means to lose a child. The love we share with our pets never dies, and the author proves our pets do communicate with us from the other side. Rob Gutro is a medium and an author of several Amazon-best selling books about the afterlife. He explains how pets can communicate from the other side, and how energy is the basis of that communication. Learn how dogs, cats, horses and some birds have the intelligence and ability to send signs to the living after they pass. Take comfort in knowing our pets are ...

You'll be enthralled by this story of a man and his lovable Labrador retriever, Hannah, and what their canine friendship can show us about life, grace, and long walks in the park. Hannah was Dave Burchett's best friend. He couldn't imagine starting a day without her tail wagging an energetic greeting, her body wiggling with sheer gratitude when her food dish was filled, and her unbridled enthusiasm for tennis balls.

Have you ever loved a pet with all your heart, only to face the deep sorrow of losing them—whether to illness, tragedy, or the passage of time? There are countless books that claim to guide you through this kind of heartbreak. But the truth is, no advice can truly erase the pain or speed up the grieving process. Grief is deeply personal, and everyone moves through it in their own way and time. Still, it’s comforting to know you're not alone. This book offers that sense of connection. Written by an author who has lived through the heartache of losing a beloved pet, it shares a personal ...

"When our pets aren't with us anymore, an Invisible Leash connects our hearts to each other. Forever." That's what Zack's friend Emily tells him after his dog dies. Zack doesn't believe it. He only believes in what he can see. But on an enlightening journey through their neighborhood—and through his grief—he comes to feel the comforting tug of the Invisible Leash. And it feels like love. Bestselling author Patrice Karst's gentle story uses the same bonding technique from her classic book The Invisible String to help listeners through the experience of the loss of a beloved animal

When Mark Doty went looking to adopt a small dog, a cuddly creature who might comfort his terminally ill partner, Wally Roberts, he was surprised to find himself returning home from an animal shelter with a full-grown golden retriever, a dog whose "absolute openess of regard", and paw gently offered through the bars of a cage, proved irresistable to him.

Embark on a journey of healing as we explore the depths of pet loss together. In the midst of sorrow, find solace and compassionate guidance to navigate the intricate path of grief.