The Loss of a Pet
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By: Wallace Sife
Format: Paperback
From: Howell Book House
Pub. Date: October 2005
From: Howell Book House
Pub. Date: October 2005
Product Details:
Catalog: Book
Release Date: 2005-11-07
Media: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 272
Ean: 9780764579301
Isbn: 0764579304
Catalog: Book
Release Date: 2005-11-07
Media: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 272
Ean: 9780764579301
Isbn: 0764579304
ABOUT THE BOOK
EDITORIAL REVIEW
Understanding helps heal the hurt when you lose a pet
A cherished pet gives you boundless, unconditional love and occupies a special place in your routine, your home, and your heart. When your pet dies, that warm, special place becomes a sad, empty space. This book helps you understand:
* The grieving process, including typical stages of grief and techniques for coping
* Grieving for a missing pet, one you had to give up because of a change in life situation, and other difficult circumstances
* Children and the death of a pet
* Euthanasia, including important considerations
* Religion and the death of a pet, with articles by various religious leaders
* Aftercare facilities, including an extensive index of pet cemeteries, crematories, and memorial gardens
The Loss of a Pet, Third Edition has new expanded information, is filled with practical suggestions, resources, and most importantly, compassion and understanding. This important book helps you cope and reassures you that you are not alone.
A cherished pet gives you boundless, unconditional love and occupies a special place in your routine, your home, and your heart. When your pet dies, that warm, special place becomes a sad, empty space. This book helps you understand:
* The grieving process, including typical stages of grief and techniques for coping
* Grieving for a missing pet, one you had to give up because of a change in life situation, and other difficult circumstances
* Children and the death of a pet
* Euthanasia, including important considerations
* Religion and the death of a pet, with articles by various religious leaders
* Aftercare facilities, including an extensive index of pet cemeteries, crematories, and memorial gardens
The Loss of a Pet, Third Edition has new expanded information, is filled with practical suggestions, resources, and most importantly, compassion and understanding. This important book helps you cope and reassures you that you are not alone.
USER REVIEWS
"I agree the book contains some useful information. But the author clumsily and repetitively makes the point that 'normal' pet grief should last just a few weeks, for people with other issues the loss of a pet may be "the straw that broke the camel's back", and for lonely people dependent on their pets, the loss can be a "disaster". He repeatedly advises that these people seek other counseling. That pet loss counseling won't help them.
I can't imagine there exists a single adult human in the world without baggage, regrets, unresolved grief of some kind. Of course a new loss brings up past matters. Of course grief can be a complex affair. And of course there are vast numbers of lonely people in the world. The author seems to have a fantasy of being able to treat perfectly healthy humans through a few weeks of grief.
If you are in the vulnerable state of grief, you deserve to be treated more gently and thoughtfully. And if you do need extra counseling to cope with any the past issues a new loss brings up, you deserve to be positively encouraged to do so, not told that you are an impending disaster when you are so fragile.
The suggestions at the end contain some useful coping strategies, but they include the consideration of a job change or move. This is inexplicable.
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~ Written on 2008-12-19
I can't imagine there exists a single adult human in the world without baggage, regrets, unresolved grief of some kind. Of course a new loss brings up past matters. Of course grief can be a complex affair. And of course there are vast numbers of lonely people in the world. The author seems to have a fantasy of being able to treat perfectly healthy humans through a few weeks of grief.
If you are in the vulnerable state of grief, you deserve to be treated more gently and thoughtfully. And if you do need extra counseling to cope with any the past issues a new loss brings up, you deserve to be positively encouraged to do so, not told that you are an impending disaster when you are so fragile.
The suggestions at the end contain some useful coping strategies, but they include the consideration of a job change or move. This is inexplicable.
"
~ Written on 2008-12-19
"Dr. Sife, is a wonderful man full of compassion. love and knowledge and heartfelt feelings for the Loss of a Pet. To read his book, is to know his heart and soul for he, has experienced the same in that we all bond and unify with our animals. God Bless you Dr. Sife! "
~ Written on 2008-04-28
~ Written on 2008-04-28
"I highly recommend this book for anyone grieving the death of a beloved pet. Dr. Sife gives very helpful information about the grieving process, and most important, reassurance that the pain one feels is very real, and not to be dismissed by anyone. Very well-written, insightful, with numerous photos. I would have been lost without this book."
~ Written on 2008-04-25
~ Written on 2008-04-25
"I ordered this book the day after my two dogs were euthanized for some extra support. It is very informative and helpful. I think it would even help deal with the grief of a human relative or friend aswell. I would suggest it to someone in grief with a pet definately."
~ Written on 2008-04-21
~ Written on 2008-04-21
"I operated a professional pet sitting service for eight years and this is the book that I always recommended to my human clients when their beloved companions made their transition to heaven. Dr. Sife writes with such compassion that he draws the reader in to assist with their anugish. Dr. Sife suggest many helpful things. From the very important stages of grief, to planning a memorial service, to offering to the reader ways to bare their grief until healing can come. Many books on pet grief are written but Dr. Sife's was pionner in this field. He is a practing therapist with a degree in counseling psycholoy, (Ph. D.). He specializes in pet berevement. He is also the founder of The Association of Pet Loss and Berevement.
My best friend and I just have suffered a terrible tragic loss of Solomon, a young feline companion that died very suddenly from choking. The Loss of A Pet is a lifeline for our broken hearts. One final note: The Chapter on our pets going to heaven is so comforting. Thank you Dr. Sife for helping the reader travel down this dark road."
~ Written on 2007-03-18
My best friend and I just have suffered a terrible tragic loss of Solomon, a young feline companion that died very suddenly from choking. The Loss of A Pet is a lifeline for our broken hearts. One final note: The Chapter on our pets going to heaven is so comforting. Thank you Dr. Sife for helping the reader travel down this dark road."
~ Written on 2007-03-18