Help for Coping With and Grieving Dog or Cat Loss

Posted by Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen Oct 26, 2009

If you need help for coping with and grieving your dog or cat loss, you're not alone. On my 8 Ways to Cope With Pet Loss article, a reader described her terrible, sad experience of accidentally running over her dog. Not only is she grieving the loss of her dog, she's experiencing terrible guilt.

I hope these articles help with the loss of your dog or cat. It takes time to get over those painfully sad feelings of grief, but they do fade. It's the first few weeks and months that are the most difficult and the most painful.

Help for Coping With and Grieving Dog or Cat Loss

4 Ways to Cope With the Guilt of Your Pet's Death - describes the feelings of guilt or shame, and offers ways to overcome them.

Dealing With Guilty Feelings After Your Dog or Cat Dies - is a similar article as the one above, but lists different types of help for coping with and grieving dog or cat loss.

Tips for Coping When Your Dog Dies - describes eleven ways to cope with pet loss, from planting a rose garden to setting up a pet memorial.

Coping With the Death of Your Dog or Cat - offers the experience of veterinarians who have lost their own pets. This help for coping with and grieving dog or cat loss includes suggestions for grieving.

Grief and the Mourning Process - describes the normal responses to the death of a loved one (and a dog or cat is a loved one!), and offers four ways to mourn in a healthy way.

If you have any thoughts or questions on these articles about coping with and grieving dog or cat loss, please comment below.