Pet hospice is alive and doing well

Pet hospice is alive and doing well
More pet owners choose hospice care for ailing pets

07/22/2014 | ConsumerAffairs | By Stacey Cohen

Elizabeth Kubler Ross wrote the infamous book on death and dying and the different stages that we all go through in the grieving process. Saying goodbye to a pet can easily put you through the exact same stages. Grief is grief and a loss is a loss.

Many times people grieve the loss of their pet alone because for some reason society is not always as generous with support in the death of a pet. Many times people are told to get over it — it’s just a dog, a cat or a bird. Yet, these animals become companions for many and fill holes in people’s lives. The death…

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