This helps relive the cherished moments and gives tribute to your dogs celebration of life with you. You may wish to get involved with an animal rescue group doing volunteer work. This brings you close to needy animals but does not commit you to take in a new pet until you are ready. And finally, there are pet loss grief counselors available for those who just find it too overwhelming and don't know how to handle their grief. The Internet offers many websites where you can memorialize your pet and also pet loss grief chat lines and counselors to tie in with.
Dogs give so much more than they demand.
Surely, it is better to have loved and lost, then never to have loved at all. And who is not going to agree that you and your departed pet will very likely be reunited in the hereafter. Hardly, my friend. Enjoy your companion animal now, enjoy wonderful memories when they go, and be ready to take the chance and love again. She has been a published writer since 1980 and has had her articles featured in horse and dog magazines as well as regional newspapers and newsletters.