pet loss/grieving

Losing a pet is never easy. Even when we know they’ve lived a long and full life, it is still a difficult thing to go through. But to have them taken from us in a brutal fashion is unthinkable. Pets are our companions, our friends, our family.  Only people who have loved and lost pets can understand this particular kind …

We received this to the Montreal Dog Blog mailbag and wanted to share it with our readers. This happened this week – here in Montreal.   We often hear stories of the dogs that never find their forever homes.  But there also are so many who do.  Like Huck – whose family had to say goodbye this week.  Anyone who …

Many NDG’ers will recognize Lori Kalef as one of the special crew at Animal Health Clinic. But if you knew Lori, you definitely knew Maggie – the sweet bear of a dog that was never far from her side. Fuzzy gold fur to match her gold heart. The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags his …

I think about it now.  Bailey, who is now 11, will not live forever.  I think about life without him but I think more about when the time comes for us to make one of the most painful decisions, myself as a  pet owner will have to face – the decision about  how we will handle his remains when he does pass away. I want to be prepared.  …