subject: How To Memorialize Your Family Dog [print this page] Coping with the loss of a family dog can be a very trying experience for the entire family. For many people, the family dog becomes an integral part of the family and, when your pet passes away, the home can feel very empty. An effective way to help everyone move through the process of grieving is to work together to find ways to memorialize your beloved dog.
Creating a space, whether its in your backyard or in your house, where family members can visit to remember your loved one will help everyone cope with the loss. For instance, you may choose to frame a picture of your dog. There are frames that can be engraved with your dogs name and that have a special place to attach your dogs tag.
If you decide to cremate your dog, a pet cremation urn is a beautiful way to memorialize your special family member. These days, you will find pet urns that look traditional or that include a space for your pets picture and an engraved plaque. Pet urns are also made with an engraving of the well-known Rainbow Bridge poem.
Creating a memorial garden in a backyard spot that your dog loved to play and rest in is another beautiful way to pay tribute to their life. You can mark this space with a memorial marker that reads, My beloved pet, or simply the name of your dog along with their birth date and the date of their death. These memorial stones can also be used to mark your dogs burial spot.
It is important that the entire family talks about how they would like to honor their family dog. Young children and older children alike are likely to feel comforted when they are part of this process, and will be able to work through their sadness so that they can eventually remember your familys beloved pet with joy rather than grief. Finding personalized ways to memorialize the family dog will also help the adults in your family.
Dogs have a way of working their way into our hearts. When they are gone, it often takes quite some time before pet owners are able to work through their grief. Paying tribute to your family pet in a way that is fitting to your beloved friend who has passed away will help you and your family a great deal. It will also give you a space to visit whenever you are missing your dog.
by: Renee Wood, MSW
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