How to deal with terminal illness, the dying & death of your dog or other pet, grieving and healing from this loss
In Coping with the loss of your beloved pet: Animals & Grief, we learn how to deal with the old age or terminal illness of our pet and the dying & death of your dog or other pet. We examine grief and move towards healing from this unique loss.
What you’ll learn
- How to deal with your pet’s old age, terminal illness and accepting change as you care for an elderly dog or cat..
- How to cope with grief from the loss of a pet..
- Honoring your feelings about the cycles of life and death with your pet..
- Healing from the loss of your fur angel..
Course Content
- Getting the most from this course and an introduction. –> 2 lectures • 4min.
- Caring for your elderly or sick pet. –> 5 lectures • 14min.
- Death is a natural part of life. But it hurts like hell! –> 6 lectures • 55min.
- Euthanasia and being present as your pet transitions –> 3 lectures • 13min.
- It’s okay to grieve –> 4 lectures • 20min.
- Other animal survivors grieve too! –> 2 lectures • 7min.
- Honouring your pet and healing your heart. –> 5 lectures • 15min.
- What next? –> 2 lectures • 4min.
Requirements
In Coping with the loss of your beloved pet: Animals & Grief, we learn how to deal with the old age or terminal illness of our pet and the dying & death of your dog or other pet. We examine grief and move towards healing from this unique loss.
We discuss the challenging decisions we can encounter when facing terminal illness or old age and the death of our beloved pets through real-life stories of (primarily dogs) – our beloved animal companions and friends – from natural death to euthanasia. We have a series of videos, a workbook, articles and graphics to guide us through the course. We begin with:
- I’m not gone yet. I’m your pet
- Life expectancy
- What is death?
- Confronting death
- Let’s not take it lightly. Euthanasia is a decision
- Signs your pet is getting ready to transition
- Quality of life assessment
- The process of euthanasia – Kiki
- Being with your pet as they transition
Real-life pet stories:
- Bono’s Story
- Max’s Story
- Mira’s Story
- Sara’s Story
- Nerica’s Story
- Kiki’s Story
We then take a deep dive into grief itself:
- Grief, let’s talk about it!
- Dealing with people who do not understand
- Stages and symptoms of grief
- Grief looks different in different people
- Other animal friends grieve too
And we take action to heal our hearts through ritual, ceremony, self-care, and journaling.
- Heal your heart, self-care
- Heal your heart, journaling
- Remembering your animal companion and healing
- Ceremony
Finally, where do we go from here:
- Should you consider getting another animal companion?