Coping With The Loss Of Your Beloved Pet: Animals & Grief

How to deal with terminal illness, the dying & death of your dog or other pet, grieving and healing from this 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.
Requirements
Having been or is currently a pet parent (dogs, cats, or other small animals).
An open heart and an open mind.
Description
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 petLife expectancyWhat is death?Confronting deathLet's not take it lightly. Euthanasia is a decisionSigns your pet is getting ready to transitionQuality of life assessmentThe process of euthanasia - KikiBeing with your pet as they transitionReal-life pet stories:Bono's StoryMax's StoryMira's StorySara's StoryNerica's StoryKiki's StoryWe then take a deep dive into grief itself:Grief, let's talk about it!Dealing with people who do not understandStages and symptoms of griefGrief looks different in different peopleOther animal friends grieve tooAnd we take action to heal our hearts through ritual, ceremony, self-care, and journaling.Heal your heart, self-careHeal your heart, journalingRemembering your animal companion and healingCeremonyFinally, where do we go from here:Should you consider getting another animal companion?

Overview

Section 1: Getting the most from this course and an introduction.

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 What to expect

Section 2: Caring for your elderly or sick pet.

Lecture 3 Complete Workbook Download

Lecture 4 Terminal illness: Making the most out of a bad situation.

Lecture 5 What is death? and confronting death.

Lecture 6 Life expectancy and measuring the quality of life of your pet

Lecture 7 Euthanasia is a decision, let's not take it lightly: Nerica, Tigruta & Jen too!

Section 3: Death is a natural part of life. But it hurts like hell!

Lecture 8 Bono's Story: Natural causes (old age)

Lecture 9 Nerica's Story (end of life) When is it time to help your dog transition?

Lecture 10 Max's Story (old age) last minute decision

Lecture 11 Mira's Story: Natural causes (old age)

Lecture 12 Sara's Story: Sudden illness and prolonged process of dying

Lecture 13 Kiki's Story (cancer) When is it time to help your dog transition?

Section 4: Euthanasia and being present as your pet transitions

Lecture 14 The process of euthanasia: Kiki's Story

Lecture 15 Chelsea's Story: Getting the support you need from your vet [audio]

Lecture 16 Being with your pet as they transition from the Earth.

Section 5: It's okay to grieve

Lecture 17 Grief

Lecture 18 Dealing with people who do not understand the depth of loss felt to a fur being.

Lecture 19 Symptoms of grief

Lecture 20 Grief looks differently on different people

Section 6: Other animal survivors grieve too!

Lecture 21 Other animal friends grieve too

Lecture 22 Video Version of Other animal friends grieve too! if you have surviving pets

Section 7: Honouring your pet and healing your heart.

Lecture 23 Remembering

Lecture 24 Spiritual experiences [audio]

Lecture 25 Heal Your Heart: Journaling

Lecture 26 Heal Your Heart: Self-Care Practices

Lecture 27 Ceremony

Section 8: What next?

Lecture 28 Taking time alone, adopting a new pet, volunteering or something else.

Lecture 29 May you find comfort and peace.

This course is for anyone who has lost a pet (dogs, cats and other small animals), has an elderly pet or a pet with a terminal illness.