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  • What Do You Do When Your Best Friend is Dying?
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  • Bringing people of faith together for the love of animals
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  • Understanding Euthanasia
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  • Dealing with the Guilt - A Pet Loss and Animal Communication Resource
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  • Pet Loss Grief Support Website - A Pet Loss and Animal Communication Resource
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  • Animals In Our Hearts - A Pet Loss and Animal Communication Resource
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  • The loss of an animal companion
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  • In Memory of Pets - A wonderful web site to help dealing with a loss.
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  • Audiobook Review: Journey Through Pet Loss
    Comprehensive review of the audiobook, Journey Through Pet Loss, by Deborah Antinori, MA, RDT, LPC, NBCCH.
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  • "Difficult Decisions - Understanding Euthanasia"
    From the Veterinary Medicine Guide. What happens when a pet is 'put to sleep' and how to assess the situation to make an informed decision.
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  • Association for Pet Loss and Bereavement
    Non-profit organization dedicated to helping people experiencing loss and grief from the death of a pet. Extensive resource information at this site.
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  • AVMA on Pet Loss
    From the AVMA - how to know when it is 'time' and how to deal with grief. Equine euthanasia is also discussed.
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  • Conquering Guilt Over Loss
    Guilt is a common emotion when a pet dies - feeling that we "should have" or "could have" done something to either avoid the loss or at least not feel so emotionally bad about the loss. This article explains the complex relationship of guilt and pet loss and how to start healing.
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  • Coping With Pet Loss
    Stages of grief, telling children about the death of a pet, and euthanasia questions and concerns.
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  • Cornell Pet Loss Support
    Detailed information about euthanasia, a list of books to help children deal with loss, a phone and email hotline staffed by veterinary students, and more.
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  • Rainbow Bridge
    Popular poem describing a place "just this side of Heaven" where pets go when they leave this earth.
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  • Euthanasia...What To Expect
    Comprehensive coverage of this difficult subject - from making the decision to grief management
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  • Grief And Pet Loss
    Overview of the stages of grief, and how to start healing. Also discussed is pet grief (pets missing their companions).
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  • Journey Through Pet Loss
    An audiobook from Deborah Antinori, a Registered Drama Therapist and Licensed Professional Counselor with specialties in pet loss, drama therapy, hypnotherapy (advanced clinical hypnotherapist) and expressive therapies.
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  • Pet Loss Support Resources
    State-by-state listing of pet loss resource counselors and support groups.
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  • Argus Institute for Families and Veterinary Medicine at Colorado State University:             www.argusinstitute.com
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    Additional Reading

    The Loss of a Pet -- Wallace Sife, PhD.

    Goodbye Friend -- Gary Kowalski

    The Soul of Your Pet -- Scott S. Smith

    Blessing the Bridge -- Rita M. Reynolds

    God's Messengers: What Animals Teach Us about the Divine -- Allen and Linda Anderson
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