It is painful to lose a pet that you grew up with. Pets are family – they come to you when you’re upset and dance with you when you are jovial – they adore you in ways that other people cannot. As much as one has fun when they are on holidays, it is also equally possible to be overwhelmed by grief when it is time to leave. We, at Heaven Gate, understand that the loss of a pet can be challenging to move on from and having a memorial or pet funeral service can assist with healing.
Managing Grieving
A loss of a pet is missing out on true grief, a type of grief that is not always acknowledged as legitimate. Sadly, the majority of people do not comprehend how vital the relationship between a man and their pet can be. Because of that, people grieving for a pet loss do not receive the emotional comfort that can be received when a human has been lost.
Pet funeral service creates an opportunity of having your loved one console you from people who have an understanding of your pet. It is comforting for people to also mourn their companions and to be ready to receive condolences from others. There are several avenues of support available to help you in the mourning process for a lost loved one.
Honouring Their Presence
You should notice that our animal friends live less than we do, or in other words, they have shorter life expectancies. That being said, the time that we, as fellow owners, get to spend with our pets is truly valuable. Still, such a condensed time results in losing them far too early. It does not feel right to get to spend only 10-15 years with such a valued family member.
Pet funeral service acknowledges how colossal that loss is. We make time to contemplate the fact that these members, which are so significant in our lives for a short amount of time, can have such a tremendous effect. Doing so, we underline the given significance in even those accounts that are specific to short-lived pets’, showing that they also create memorable paw prints on people’s souls.
Gaining Closure Through Ritual
Bereavement and funerals are a way which has been used by humans to cope with loss for many centuries. It is comforting to at least stand with other people who also have lost a loved one and have something in common. The same is true when we lose a pet, and when this occurs, one can turn to the lost pet’s toys and blankets to help fill the void. Visiting with family and friends is beneficial to get closure and share special moments of the life that has been lived.
Celebrating a Shared Journey
Pets are truly companions who are with us in moments of transition: from job to job, from singlehood to marriage, from childlessness to parenthood, and all other states of living. It is an honour to have them as a part of our daily lives and special moments as well as our friendships and relationships. Bid your faithful companion a goodbye with revealed memories of the great and small adventures that you went through together.
The pet funeral service can also be a way to interconnect your story with theirs with the help of memorials, photos, or speeches that involve the narration of the best moments. Pets lives may be short but the affection you cultivated is going to continue on beyond the last moments of your pal’s life on this earth. A funeral service, which underlines the beautiful time common for the families, is worth remembering and celebrating.
Saying a Final Goodbye
While it is universally understood that such companionship cannot be replaced, the loss of a loved pet is really quite devastating. The lack of affectionate greetings and playfulness as well as the embrace that used to ease their tension, is a daily reminder of their absence. It is possible to find other ways of separating and forgetting about it, which is helpful in stabilising that feeling that some part of the world is empty.
Altogether, the concept of memorialization, the support of the community, as well as the meaningful rites of pet funeral service help you look for a certain closure. It is indeed a long path when one is grieving, but to start the healing process, you must learn to let them go and say goodbye to the paw prints they left on your heart. Pet owners are often distressed by the fact that they cannot do anything for their pets or say something that will make them stay with them longer, and therefore, funeral rites by an empathetic partner like Heaven Gate can help the grieving pet owner.