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Pet Loss: Coping With The Loss of a Cherished Family Member Dealing with the death of a beloved animal companion can be one of life’s most difficult challenges. When one of our animal companions die we experience a variety of emotions as we try to cope with the sorrow of losing a cherished member of the family. The following books can assist you and your loved ones come to terms with your loss, fondly remember and even memorialize your dear friend. |
 Angel
Pawprints: Reflections on Loving and Losing a Canine Companion
Edited by Laurel E. Hunt ISBN: 0786865776 Dealing with the loss of an animal companion has received considerable attention from publishers in the last decade or so. Numerous books are available on this important subject. Many of the books focus on coping with the loss and recognizing and dealing with the emotions associated with grieving for a dear friend. While this information is very important, reading tributes that others have written about their animal companions can go a long way to coming to terms with the loss of a four-legged family member. In Angel Pawprints: Reflections on Loving and Losing a Canine Companion, Laurel E. Hunt has put together a beautiful collection of 46 poems and short stories about canine companions who were loved by their humans. Vintage photographs add greatly to this comforting book. Angel Pawprints is a valuable book for anyone who has loved and lost a dog and it would make a thoughtful gift for those who are grieving the death of a canine companion. |
 Angel
Whiskers: Reflections on Loving and Losing a Feline Companion
Edited by Laurel E. Hunt ISBN: 0786865784 More than 30 touching tributes to feline companions are contained in this wonderful compilation of poems and short stories edited by Laurel E. Hunt. Numerous vintage photographs complement the memorials. In the Introduction to Angel Whiskers: Reflections on Loving and Losing a Feline Companion, Hunt states that, "The purpose of this anthology is to honor the bond with our beloved pets as a pathway to healing the pain of pet loss." With Angel Whiskers, Hunt has accomplished just that. |
The
Loss Of A Pet
Wallace Sife, Ph.D
ISBN: 0876056257
The Loss Of A Pet
(expanded & revised) ISBN: 0876051972
Realizing a need to contribute in the area of pet loss counseling and helping grieving people over the death of a companion animal, Dr. Sife made a career change and began assisting people with their loss (Dr. Sife worked in the private practice of psychotherapy.) He accomplishes this important task by conducting private and group sessions with those grieving over the loss of their animal companions as well as through his book The Loss Of A Pet.
The Loss Of A Pet covers many of the important aspects of pet loss including: the human-pet bond, religion and pet death, euthanasia, the grieving process and final arrangements. Dr. Sife’s chapter "Children and the Death of Their Pets" is very informative and offers sound advice for assisting children on the loss of a beloved animal companion.
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Pet Loss: A Spiritual Guide
Eleanor L. Harris ISBN: 1567183476 In her book Pet Loss:
A Spiritual Guide, Eleanor Harris compassionately covers the standard
topics associated with pet loss. It is Harris’ inclusion of chapters dealing
with pet loss and pagan spirituality ("Crossing the Bridge & Other
Rituals" and "Pet Bereavement & Spirituality") which makes her book
unique among books on pet loss and bereavement. Eleanor Harris is a grief
counselor for pet loss and has worked for a pet cemetery.
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 Three
Cats, Two Dogs: One Journey Through Multiple Pet Loss
David Congalton ISBN: 0939165376 People fortunate to share their lives with animal companions will, in all likelihood, have to experience the tremendous loss associated with losing these cherished family members. While little attention has been given to the topic of pet loss, this is beginning to change with the publishing of numerous books on this topic in recent years. A good book recently published on this subject is David Congalton’s Three Cats, Two Dogs: One Journey Through Multiple Pet Loss. Three Cats, Two Dogs tells of the roller coaster ride that David Congalton and his wife Charlotte have gone through since the night of December 14, 1997. On this night they lost their five beloved animal companions to what terrifies many people who share their homes with animals – fire. While out for the evening David and Charlotte’s house caught fire and all five of their pets died. Their three cats, Triptych, Tripper and Trio, and two dogs, Topper and Tess, had died from “carbon monoxide intoxication.” Congalton writes openly and passionately of this tragedy. By reading about how he and his wife dealt with their incredible loss and how they were eventually able to move forward, you learn much about the important topic of pet loss. And David and Charlotte have moved forward. They continue to open their hearts and home to animals in need. When Three Cats, Two Dogs was published in 2000, 10 feline friends and four canine companions were sharing their lives with David and Charlotte! An added bonus to this informative book are some of David Congalton’s newspaper columns about his animal companions. These columns, which appear at the end of each chapter, were originally published in the San Luis Obispo County Telegram-Tribune. Winner of the “Merial Human-Animal Bond Award for Best Writing” in 2000, this book will help those who have loved and lost a pet deal with their animal friend’s death. To contact David Congalton or to learn about his next book, When Your Pet Outlives You: Protecting Animal Companions After You Die, go to his website at www.davidcongalton.com |
Coping
with Sorrow on the Loss of Your Pet
Moira Anderson
ISBN: 0931866979
In her book Coping with Sorrow on the Loss of Your Pet, Moira Anderson not only offers helpful advice on pet loss, but she also includes considerable information on related topics including acquiring a new pet and giving up a pet. She also offers practical advice regarding caring for your companion animal should he or she outlive you and helping others who have lost a pet. Anderson also includes an informative section entitled "Looking for More Help?" where she lists numerous counselors, support groups (including two in Canada) and pet loss bereavement hot lines and online resources.
 Goodbye,
Friend: Healing Wisdom for Anyone Who Has Ever Lost a Pet
Gary Kowalski ISBN: 1883478227 Dealing with the death of a beloved animal companion can be one of life’s most difficult challenges. Accepting the support of family and friends and learning how you can begin to cope with this sad experience are two things you can do. Gary Kowalski, a Unitarian Universalist minister, provides sound, compassionate advice pertaining to how you can cope with, and honour, your companion animal’s death in his book Goodbye, Friend. |
The
Final Farewell: Preparing for and Mourning the Loss of Your Pet
Martha M. Tousley
and Katherine D. Heuerman.
ISBN: 0965712818
In their book The Final Farewell Martha Tousley and Katherine Heuerman provide helpful and practical advice pertaining to preparing for, and dealing with, the death of an animal companion. While this book is not as extensive as some of the other pet loss publications, it covers many of the important points in an easy-to-read format.
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Separate Lifetimes
Irving Townsend ISBN: 0961742607 Separate Lifetimes, by Irving Townsend, is a wonderful collection of essays. Although this book is not specifically about pet loss, Townsend’s astute observations and stories about animals, nature, life and death make it an excellent companion to read in conjunction with books that deal solely with the loss of an animal companion. |
When
Your Pet Dies: Dealing With Your Grief and Helping Your Children Cope
Christine Adamec
ISBN: 0425152537
When Your Pet Dies contains considerable information on pet loss including how other pets react and cope when a companion animal dies. The Appendix is extensive and lists various services relating to pet loss.
Pet
Loss: A Thoughtful Guide for Adults and Children
Herbert A. Nieburg, Ph.D
& Arlene Fischer
ISBN: 0060926783
Dr. Herbert Nieburg, a psychotherapist, and Arlene Fischer deal with many of the important pet loss topics in their book. Their chapters "Helping Children with Pet Loss" and "The Role of the Veterinarian" are particularly informative.
Because this book was first
published in 1982, some of the information is dated. For example, when
evaluating the different methods of euthanasia, the authors used, "...information
from a 1978 report by the American Veterinary Medical Association Panel
on Euthanasia." (page 51)
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The loss of an animal companion is a very difficult time in life. Grief and sadness can be overwhelming at first. Thankfully, many books on pet loss have been published in recent years. In Remembrance of a Special Dog and In Remembrance of a Special Cat are two books compiled and edited by Richard F.X. O’Connor that offer comfort from the words of others. Short selections by such writers as James Herriot, Cleveland Amory and Mark Twain will assist those who have lost a pet and will provide enjoyable quotations for anyone who likes animals. |
Good-bye
My Friend: Grieving the Loss of a Pet
Mary and Herb Montgomery
ISBN: 1879779005
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Final Act of Caring: Ending the Life of an Animal Friend
Mary and Herb Montgomery
ISBN: 1879779021
These two books by Mary and Herb Montgomery provide assistance for those faced with, or experiencing, the loss of a companion animal. Although the books are only 32 pages in length, they contain considerable information on pet loss.
Cold
Noses at the Pearly Gates
Gary kurz
ISBN: 0966611705
Cold Noses at the Pearly Gates is unique among books on pet loss as it looks at where animals go when they die. Using his Bible education and extensive personal Bible study, Gary Kurz comes to the conclusion that, "Animals and pets will be present in eternity."
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Old
Dogs Remembered
How
Blessed I Am
