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Living with pet loss

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Contributed by: Michael Dawson on 2/10/2008

Our pets are such an important part of our lives! Today, we know that people mourn the loss of a pet just about as much as the loss of human loved ones.

Does anyone have any good stories of veterinary clinics or anyone else who helped you after you had a pet die? I have just passed the one year anniversary of the death of my beloved Springer Spaniel, Cooper, and my mourning has surfaced again for a season, mostly in the form of healing memories. (Pheasant hunting in South Dakota this past fall without him was not one of them; it was not much fun at all.)

Part of my bittersweet memory of Cooper is the way the clinic handled things after he died. He died a few days after my brother died and my grief was already pretty strong, so a lot of what happend seems like just a blur. But somewhere inside of me is a place that feels some comfort because of how the folks at Companion Animal Clinic handled things during and after his death. In honor of Cooper, and since I can think a bit more clearly now, I would love to hear your stories of things that helped when your pet died.

I help people with their grief as my profession, but there is nothing like the things you learn from your own loss experiences. I hope my experience can help others, and I trust that yours will, too.

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Submitted By: Jeffrey Schwartz

posted on 2/11/2008 @ 8:33:23 AM

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Michael. I'm sorry for your loss. Yes, I have a great story, and invite you to read the following: http://snipurl.com/1zg94

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