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GENERAL INFORMATION:

Animals in Our Hearts
Offers links, articles, an audio-book, tips on helping a friend or loved one cope with loss, and a variety of other animal-related resources.

Association for Pet Loss and Bereavement
An association of pet loss counselors and professionals. The site offers links, articles, a bookstore, and directories of counselors and pet loss support groups.

Argus Institute for Families and Veterinary Medicine
This site provides a number of excellent articles on pet loss, plus additional resources for more help.

The Guide to Pet Bereavement: What to Expect After the Loss of a Loved One
An excellent discussion of how surviving pets react to the loss of a pet companion, and ways that you can help them through.

AVMA Guidelines for Pet Loss Support Services
Useful information for anyone interested in setting up a pet loss support group.

Chance's Spot
Lots of useful stuff here, including a lot of resources for children.

Coping with the Loss of a Pet
An article covering grieving, the five stages of mourning, how to explain pet loss to a child, and reasons for euthanasia.

Dog Party: Diary of the Best Last Day
I don't usually post links to personal tributes, but this is a wonderful, moving example of how to plan a "parting day" and create a farewell event for one's pet and family.

FidoFinder.com
A site where you can register a missing pet, along with useful tips for finding a lost pet.

Grief Healing
An excellent resource from pet loss counselor Marty Tousley. It offers an extensive collection of Marty's articles and columns on grief, plus other resources.

Healing and Inspirational Poetry
Dozens of lovely poems and "Rainbow Bridge Arrival Stories."

Healing Hearts: Navigating Anticipatory Grief and Pet Loss
An excellent, lengthy article on dealing with the impending loss of one's aging dog.

Hoofbeats in Heaven
A site dedicated to resources on "horse loss support," including an e-mail support group.

Land of Pure Gold: Leaving Pawprints on Our Hearts
Loads of tips and resources from a site dedicated to golden retrievers.

Lightning Strike Pet-Loss Support Page
One of the oldest pet-loss sites on the web, with an eclectic selection of resources and links. Now offers pet loss support blogs!

Nikki Hospice Foundation for Pets
The primary site for information on pet hospice care.

Parmenter Foundation Pet Loss Resources
Offers a series of videos on coping with pet loss.

PetLossHelp.org
Articles, a weekly blog, and a place to add your photo tribute for weekly postings.

Pet Loss Matters
This is a fabulous site with lots of resources. It offers free tributes, a means of keeping a pet loss or remembrance diary, and loads of quotes on pets and pet loss.

The 'Rainbow Bridge' Has Comforted Millions of Pet Parents. Who Wrote it?
Lovely article on the origin of the Rainbow Bridge story, which just about any grieving pet owner has surely seen.

UK Counselling Directory: Bereavement
Though not specifically focused on pet loss, this directory would be a good place to start a search for a UK bereavement counsellor.

Understanding Depression
A general information site on depression.

What to Do When a Family Pet Dies: Teaching Kids About Grief
Excellent guide to the various steps one can take to help children cope with the loss of a pet.

With Love, Gilbert
A community and website with loads of useful articles and information on how to cope with all stages of pet loss.


PETS IN HEAVEN:

All Creatures Do Go to Heaven... Especially Pets
The presentation on this site can be a bit off-putting, but the verses and translation details are very interesting and worth exploring.

Creatures in Heaven
A publisher of books, DVDs and music on the issue of whether pets go to heaven.

Do Animals Have Souls?
This is not a Christian site per se, but has some interesting comparisons of religious views on the issue, as well as a discussion of pets on the astral plane.

EternalAnimals.com
A number of loss-related resources, plus health tips and other info, and a book and articles dealing with the "pets in heaven" issue.

For the Love of Animals
A variety of articles discussing the salvation of animals, including a sermon by John Wesley!

BURIAL, CREMATION & EUTHANASIA:

In-Home Pet Euthanasia Directory
A state-by-state directory to veterinarians who provide in-home euthanasia, house-calls, hospice services and more.

Green Pet Burial Society
Information and advocacy regarding natural burials within pet cemeteries for those who prefer burial to cremation, and natural burial to underground entombment. They also address pet burials in family plots of (human) cemeteries.

Anthony Eddy's Wildlife Studio - Pet Animal Preservation
Information on freeze-drying pets.

Perpetual Pet
Information on freeze-drying pets.


VIRTUAL TRIBUTE/MEMORIAL SITES:

Angel Cats
Cat memorial site in the UK. (Lots of popups, unfortunately.)

ILovedMyPet.com
Offers a free online memorial listing for three months, and charges a small fee for longer (or large) listings. All profits go to humane associations.

In Memory of Pets

Light a Candle
An interesting site where you can light a "virtual candle" in memory of your pet.

Pet Heaven
Free online pet memorial tribute pages and a chat function.

Pet Loss Matters

Washington State University Pet Memorial Program
By donating to the WSU pet memorial program, you can post a tribute or you can obtain access for a friend or loved one to post a tribute to their pet.


PET LOSS CONDOLENCE CARDS:

1-2-3 Greetings: Electronic Pet Loss Condolence Cards
Free electronic pet loss condolence cards.

Pet Condolence Messages
This helpful site offers suggestions of messages to include in a pet loss bereavement card, and pet loss-related quotes.


MISCELLANY

How to Make a DIY Pet Urn
Interesting article on how to craft your own wooden pet urn or keepsake box.

TRANSLATIONS:

Here are links to some of our articles that have been translated into other languages:

Soutien lors de la perte de nos petit compagnons
French pet loss site; includes French translation of "Ten Tips on the Loss of Your Pet."

Coping with Sorrow on the Loss of Your Pet is also available in Japanese.

NOTE: If you would like to post a translation of materials on this site, please contact Moira Allen.


When a pet dies, you want help... fast!

You'll find it in Moira Allen's Coping with Sorrow on the Loss of Your Pet. In a book filled with comfort, compassion and support, you'll find the tools and tips you need to:
  • Understand the feelings you're going through -- and find ways to ease the pain
  • "Say good-bye" with memorials, tributes and other coping strategies
  • Help your children and other family members deal with their grief
  • Deal with people who "just don't understand"
  • Help surviving pets cope with the loss of a missing companion
  • Come to terms with the guilt we so often feel when a pet dies
  • Handle the agonizing decision of euthanasia
  • Choose the best and most comforting "final resting place" for your pet
  • Determine when and how to bring a new companion into your home (how soon is too soon?)
  • Improve your chances of recovering a lost or stolen pet
  • Help a friend cope with loss

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