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It is said that a dog wears his heart on his tail and that the tail of a dog acts as a barometer for his emotions. This meter of emotions can be held under complete control through a human’s tone of voice, let alone the off the Richter Scale excitement from a scratch in a favorite spot. The emotional bond between humans and dogs is strong and runs deep between both parties.

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Young Adults Who Lose a Pet Need Support Teens and “Tweens” are always dealing with zig-zagging emotions. The beloved pet may have offered friendship when all other relationships were changing. The loss of a pet to this age group can be particularly hard. The Pet may have been a source of unconditional love and companionship during childhood.

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The process of coping with pet death, the grief associated with the loss has been talked about for a very long time, we are all educated of the 5 or 7 stages of grief. And if you have not yet read up on it I would strongly recommend you do it now as it is very helpful for your own healing. What I would like to talk about is the benefits of using visualization while coping with the death of a pet.

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For those who have deeply loved and lost their animal companions, the answer is obvious and yet disturbing. There are still far too many people in our culture who minimize and trivialize the loss of a pet. They tell the grieving friend, colleague or family member, “What’s wrong with you? Get over it. It was only a dog (or cat, bird, horse, etc.

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Sometimes our inability to cope with the death of a pet is caused by our unwillingness to “release the relationship” and free ourselves of the pain. Why would we not want to release the relationship stems from various emotions, like guilt, anger, resentment which are all based in fear, basically the fear of moving on.

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