Canada Pet Medicine

I was reading in a pet medicine magazine from Canada about how to deal with the loss of a pet. When a pet eventually dies, as all must, we are never prepared emotionally, from our pet loss. We first get an extreme case of separation anxiety. Our routine and patterns are disrupted abruptly by the loss of our pets. Understanding the phases of grief and mourning that other people have gone through, can help us through our loss and bereavement. Often the way we react depends upon the circumstances of how our love ones pass, and how attached we were to them. Whether the pet's death was sudden or expected. It doesn't seem real. We have trouble accepting the truth, and are not equipped to handle the reality of the pet loss. We all experience this to some degree. The Canada pet medicine magazine said that when the numbness wears off, we are often overwhelmed by anger. This emotion must be released and let go. Withheld anger can become a potent force in self destructiveness. It is common to feel anger when something we love is taken away from us. We feel overwhelmed and very sad at the loss of our love one. All we seem to care about is the loss of our pet, and our own misery. Appetite loss and difficulty to sleep are signs of this emotion. Depression is the most normal of the stages to our pet's death. We need some time and privacy to recover through our depression and grief. The length of time to recover varies with each individual. Some need more time and support than others. We have to give time for release of grief without diminishing the memory of our pet. We never lose a sense of bereavement for a pet. But we do learn to be less and less overwhelmed by their death.