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Why Nobody Sends Flowers When a Dog Dies | Pet Loss
· 37 min · Episode 110 · Explicit
Episode Why Nobody Sends Flowers When a Dog Dies | Pet Loss
Has anyone ever told you it was just a dog?
When a pet dies, the grief can hit as hard as any loss you’ve lived through, but the world around you doesn’t always treat it that way. There may be no time off, no cards, and no one who understands why you can’t stop crying at work. This conversation with grief counselor and author Anne Marie Farge, founder of the Rochester Center for Pet Grief and Loss, walks through the different kinds of grief that come with losing a pet, why healing doesn’t follow a schedule, and simple ways to honor the animal you loved.
You’ll hear:
• The difference between anticipatory, acute, ambiguous, and complicated grief, and why knowing which one you’re in can help • What it was like to let a dog with canine dementia go on his own terms after talking it through with the vet • The journaling exercise that has you write a letter from your pet’s point of view • Small ways to honor a pet after they’re gone, from a candle and a photo to a donation in their name
Press play if you’ve ever felt like you weren’t allowed to grieve your pet as hard as you did.
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