Try: Some care recipients cr may feel grief over the death of a pet pets often enrich the cr’s life and provide companionship emotional support and unconditional love given the intense bond most of us share with our animals it’s natural to feel devastated by feelings of grief and sadness when a pet dies while there is no right or wrong way to grieve there are healthy ways to cope with the grief of losing a pet others may not understand the depth of feeling the cr had for a pet but it is not embarrassing to grieve for a pet the key to coping is to accept one’s feelings and embrace emotions many people will think the cr is overreacting for many people a pet is just an animal however grief is often normal the level of grief depends on factors such as age and personality the age of the pet and the circumstances of their death generally the more significant the loss the more intense the grief grief can be complicated by the role the animal played in the cr’s life for example if the pet was a working dog or a helper animal such as a guide dog the animal played an important role in the cr’s life information references helpguide org

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Categories: Cognitive Intellectual, Emotional Psychological, Medical Physical

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Keywords: Grief pet loss

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