Plus, phrases to avoid when comforting a friend or family member after their loss.

Welcome to Pet Peeves, a monthly series that aims to provide pet care solutions and expert advice for challenging scenarios that involve your beloved animal companions. Losing a pet can be an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. But I'm here to argue that we need to come up with some space to grieve our pets, and a collective acknowledgement of the pain of ...

Losing a pet is the first time many children encounter death. The experience can become an opportunity for profound emotional learning and influence how young people understand and process grief when ...

We all know that, other than the occasional parrot or tortoise, our pets have shorter life spans than we do. We know it will be sad when they die, but it still feels slightly illogical to be ...

For one in five people, losing a pet has been more distressing than losing a human loved one. New research has revealed that 21% of those who experienced both types of bereavement found their pet's ...

Helping children cope with pet loss with honesty, comfort and care One day the house is full of familiar sounds: paws on the ...

I recently lost one of my cocker spaniels, Bobbi. She was fit, healthy and active, but had a catastrophic diagnosis of oral melanoma two months before I had to make the decision that anyone with ...

I saw it firsthand after my cat Murphy died earlier this year. She'd been diagnosed with cancer just weeks before. She was a small, gray tabby with delicate paws who, even during chemotherapy, climbed ...

Our pets are our most trusted, treasured companions. So when they die, our lives are never quite the same. We cry. We mourn. We grieve. Perhaps that's why the "soulmated so hard" trend has been ...

It would be an understatement to say that Americans love their pets—94 million U.S. households (roughly 71 percent of the nation) own at least one pet, according to the American Pet Products ...