Animal Loss

Zoë Colville spent years in a fancy hair salon with a long list of clients, living on cigarettes, croissants, and a shoestring. It was everything she'd ever wanted. But when an unexpected and overwhelming loss caused her life to shift unexpectedly, she found herself on a different path. One where the only use for a hairdryer is warming new-born lambs; where the cycle of life on a farm gives new meaning on purpose, and where nature is both a strict teacher and a balm to soothe the pressures of everyday life.

Like most people, I was born into a meat-eating family. Our daily meals consisted of meat and dairy. What I thought was a lot of healthy fresh foods like dairy products, eggs, meat, etc., were consumed. Though naturally, I love animals. After studying the vegan diet when I was 14, I decided to change my life and have been vegan ever since.

Losing a pet feels like losing a part of yourself. They weren’t just animals—they were companions, confidants, and family. Their absence creates an empty space, leaving behind quiet moments and loneliness that can be hard to explain. Grieving a pet is deeply personal, layered with emotions like sadness, guilt, and anger. You may feel regretful over the things left undone. Memories bring both tears and smiles as the pain of their absence clashes with the joy they brought.

Losing a pet is never easy. Discover how to heal your heart after such a profound loss. For many people, the loss of a beloved pet is just as hard, if not harder, than losing a human friend or relative. After all, you lose an important source of companionship and unconditional love. Such a loss can make you feel confused and alone in your sadness, and can even leave you wondering why others seem able to recover so quickly and how you too can move on from your grief. In all this, however, it is important to remember that you don’t have to go through this alone.

Pet grief is still grief – this book about pet grief recovery offers emotional validation and practical guidance for your path toward healing. Pet loss is one of life's hardest emotional experiences. The empty food bowl that will never need filling again. The leash hanging silently by the door. The sudden stillness in spaces once filled with purrs, barks, or gentle footsteps. When we lose a pet, we lose not just an animal, but a piece of our daily life, a source of unconditional love, and a cherished soul who shared our most intimate moments.

After the Rainbow Bridge is your compassionate guide to managing the tides of sorrow that follow the loss of a beloved pet. Our pets are a constant in our lives—they wait for us at home, give us comfort after a bad day at work, and snuggle close to us throughout the night as we sleep. And when we lose them, we feel their absence in every facet of our world, which makes dealing with our grief all the more overwhelming. But the special love they provided us lives on in our hearts long after they've passed.

For Those Preparing to Say Goodbye, Mourning a Beloved Pet, or Supporting a Loved One Losing a pet can feel overwhelming, and hearing "it was just a pet" only deepens the pain. Your grief is real — a natural response to the love you shared. You are not alone. Though your beloved companion is no longer by your side, their love remains a part of you. In PerPETual Love: Forever In Your Heart – A Guide Through Pet Loss Grief, certified grief educator Ann Harris offers heartfelt support, practical guidance, and comforting strategies to help you navigate pet loss.

Healing Hearts: A Guide to Coping with Pet Loss tenderly navigates the depths of grief with compassion and insight for those mourning the loss of a beloved animal companion. Author Jameson Evan Salas shares his own experience, reminding us that it's normal to struggle, to ache, and to yearn for one more moment with our non-human.

Good Dog offers memorable, beautifully written stories of dog ownership, companionship, friendship, and kinship. From the troublemakers who can't be fenced in to the lifelong companions who won't leave our sides, this poignant anthology showcases man's best friend through all of his most endearing--and sometimes maddening--attributes.

The pursuit of a childhood dream has taken Suzy Fincham-Gray on a journey in veterinary medicine from pastoral farms on the English-Welsh border to emergency rooms in urban American animal hospitals, with thousands of stories collected along the way. In this unforgettable literary debut, she writes about some of the most emotionally challenging and rewarding cases of her career. Like many physicians, Fincham-Gray tends to see her patients at often life-or-death moments. While dramatic, these stories expand into deeper explorations of our complex, profound relationships with the animals in our lives.

A luminous, true story, Name All the Animals is an unparalleled account of grief and secret love: the tale of a family clinging to the memory of a lost child, and a young woman struggling to define herself in the wake of his loss.

Tassen siempre ha sido perro de un solo hombre. Y desde que murió el Mayor Thorkildsen, se ha visto obligado a entenderse con la anciana viuda de éste. Ambos echan de menos al Mayor y por las noches, frente al resplandor de un buen fuego, se consuelan leyendo sobre la expedición de Roald Amundsen al Polo Sur, que culminó con éxito gracias a las decenas de intrépidos perros de Groenlandia que el aventurero noruego decidió llevar consigo. Cuando el hijo y la nuera del Mayor planean quedarse con la casa, Tassen y la señora Thorkildsen, inspirándose en los audaces perros de Amundsen.

Society often questions and ridicules the pace and depth at which we grieve a loss, but especially the loss of a pet. The same pointed questions and hollow phrases are repeated over again, which ultimately create more pain and social withdrawal as we fall short of their expectations.

In 2015, Michele and Jeff Allen started Monkey's House, a dog hospice and sanctuary. Celebrating the beauty each dog has to offer, they have welcomed over 100 hospice dogs into their home. This book highlights 37 of the dogs that have called Monkey's House home. Share in their journeys, laugh at their crazy antics, and shed a few tears while witnessing miracles of transformation. Rejoice along with these dogs, knowing they experienced the greatest gift of all, the healing power of love.

Eric O'Grey tenía un sobrepeso de 70 kilos, estaba deprimido y enfermo. Después de toda una vida de hacer dietas fallidas y con diabetes tipo 2, Eric acudió a un nuevo médico, quien sorprendentemente le prescribió que adoptara a un perro. Fue entonces cuando conoció a Peety: un perro obeso, de mediana edad y olvidado que, como él, había visto días mejores. Los dos se adoptaron y comenzaron un viaje increíble, formando un vínculo de amor incondicional que cambió para siempre sus vidas.

The seaside town of Isla has many stories, the most notable being the legend of the Seafaring Parrot. Locals claim that the Seafarer remembers every sound, every whisper, cry, laugh, or snort ever uttered. But, though there have been rumored Seafarer sightings, no one has actually seen the bird before. Other stories surround a boy named Pablo, who had washed up on shore in a blow-up swimming pool as an infant with only a lavender parrot as a companion.

Ever since food became relatively plentiful in human societies, health has become an issue. Plentiful food has led to weight gain for more and more people, and this has been the case especially since the end of the World War II, when processed carbohydrates began filling up grocery store shelves. The medical establishment made things even worse when they demonized animal fats, claiming they caused weight gain and heart attacks. Many doctors and nutritionists alike still buy into this antiquated mythology.

Once in a lifetime, if you are lucky, you come across that one special pet. The one who is more than just the typical companion. The one whom you know, your souls have met before. Barron was that pet for me. She was the best cat I could have ever asked for. Even at 16, she seemed like a young cat and I thought we still had years together. Cancer had other plans. This is the story, told as it happened, of having to say goodbye to the best kitty I will ever know.

Ich heiße Dich herzlich willkommen zu einer heilsamen Reise an einen wundervollen Ort des Trostes und der liebevollen Erinnerung an Dein verstorbenes Tier. Mach es Dir sitzend oder liegend bequem. Schließe Deine Augen. Atme ruhig und gleichmäßig ein und aus. Spüre, wie Du immer mehr entspannst. Wir erschaffen nun einen Raum, in dem Du einfach nur Du selbst sein darfst – mit all Deiner Trauer, Deinem Schmerz, Deiner Hoffnung und Deiner Liebe. Dein geliebtes Tier ist gegangen. Du musstest Dich verabschieden und Lebewohl sagen.

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.