Beravement Services
After Loss
How to cope with loosing your pet.
When losing a pet, acknowledge your grief as valid, allow yourself to feel emotions like sadness and guilt without shame, and find support from understanding friends, family, or pet loss hotlines, while also creating memorials or new routines to honor your pet's life and care for your own physical and emotional needs through self-care.
If you require anymore assistance please contact the association of pet bereavement counsellors: https://apbcounsellors.co.uk/
Acknowledge Your Grief & Feelings
Validate your emotions:
Allow yourself to feel:
Expect waves:
Seek Support & Connection
Talk to understanding people:
Find online resources:
Honor Your Pet's Memory
Create a memorial:
Establish rituals:
Volunteer:
Practice Self-Care & New Routines
Be gentle with yourself:
Maintain physical health:
Adjust routines:
Navigate Guilt & Future Decisions
Let go of guilt:
Don't rush a new pet:
After Loss
How to cope when a child looses a pet.
When a child loses a pet, offer honest, simple explanations about death, validate their strong emotions, and create special rituals to honor the pet, like memory boxes or ceremonies, to help them process grief, maintain connection, and understand that their memories will last even as the pain fades. Encourage talking, drawing, or writing about happy times, provide lots of comfort, and maintain routines to help them cope with the significant loss, as grieving a pet can be very hard for a child.
If you require anymore assistance please contact the association of pet bereavement counsellors: https://apbcounsellors.co.uk/
