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Tweet As many of you know, we recently lost our almost 19-year old American Eskimo, Kandi. Because of her declining health during the last 5 years of her life, attending to the daily needs of an aging dog began to create sets of ritualistic behavior for my entire family. Even though much of our actions [...]
Tweet It’s been four months, and yet if somebody asks me about that day, my voice will crack. By “that day,” I mean the day I came home from work to find my Doberman, Red, splayed out on my bedroom floor, his head to one side, his body lifeless but still warm. It’s an image [...]
Tweet Sadly, I offered my condolences to three friends whose dogs passed away during the holidays. Having experienced the loss of a dog myself, I understand the need to talk about it to someone who understands. Many people are uncomfortable with both the talking and the listening parts of the grieving process. If you are [...]
Tweet Support group helps those mourning loss of four-legged family members Last year was a tough one for Janine Kressler. Within six months, the Phillipsburg resident lost three beloved pets — Lily, Toby and Rosie — all to cancer. Lily, a gentle and loving 11 1/2 -year-old greyhound that Kressler adopted four years ago, died [...]
Tweet End-of-life pet care grows, and includes home euthanasia Ruby died near the dining room window in her navy blue dog bed, the same one she’d slept on for years. There was no stressful car ride. No cold exam table. Just her favorite people all around as she received a final injection and slipped away. [...]
Tweet Dealing with your pet’s terminal illness can be tough on your pet and you as well. Lisa Antao finds out how to cope Almost all pet owners swear by the unconditional love, emotional support and companionship that they receive from their pet, irrespective of what species of the animal kingdom it belongs to. After [...]
Tweet We love our pets, and we spend the money to prove it. The American Pet Products Association estimates that we will spend more than $50 billion on the little darlings this year. According to the same survey, nearly 73 million households in the U.S. own a pet, with 46.5 million households owning a dog [...]
