Top 5 Ways to Deal with Pet Loss
By Susan Walker-Ford
In the wake of tainted pet food deaths that has devastated pet lovers across the country, the subject of grief and loss is paramount. How does one begin to accept that the unconditional love from their best furry friend is no more? How does one find understanding of such unnecessary loss? How does one reach a place of forgiveness or even hope of moving on in the presence of such pain?
Veterinarians have often listed the stages of grief in the loss of a pet as shock and denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. These are much the same stages for experiencing the loss of a human family member. What makes dealing with the death of a pet so much more difficult to express than that of human loss? First and foremost, grief over the loss of a human loved one is not only universally accepted, it’s expected. The loss of a family member or friend is license to wail, scream, cry, buy flowers, and at the very least take a day off work. When one loses a pet, the same emotions may apply, but most corporations do not have a pet grief policy when it comes to paid leave. When one feels the same powerful emotions for a pet, it is often met by ridicule from non-pet people.
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