According to Oprah Winfrey, her Golden Retriever Gracie “did more living in two years than most dogs do in 12. She never stopped moving. Was energy in motion. Chasing squirrels, hop-leaping through the pond like a rabbit. Finding anything she could to play with, chew, run with. Dashing, frolicking. Speeding across the lawn as though […]
Five Ways To Help You Mourn: How To Prepare And Handle The Passing Of A Beloved Pet
Your pet is like a family member. So when a pet dies, it is normal to mourn his death and find ways to remember him. There are many ways to cope with the death of a pet. Animal Fair interviewed Coleen Ellis, founder of the Pet Angel Memorial Center, the first stand – alone funeral home for pets. […]
A Comedian Extraordinaire Shares His Personal Salute To A True New York Sergeant
In the spring of 1994 I was living in Venice, Ca. One day my housemate, C.J. and I were driving along and were at a red light when C.J. recognized a friend of hers walking her pet boxer. The Boxer rushed over to our car and stuck his head in to say hello. After […]
Exploring the Wacky World of Pet Loss with Psychic Rae Ramsey
The signs showed up everywhere. More pills from the vet than from all your own doctors in the last six years? You pondered where she peed last? Did she even pee? Eat? What did the vet say the signs were again? What the heck do you do with an old cat who isn’t facing […]
A Dog Send of a Chapel
This Vermont Chapel is a dog send in the rollicking hills of Vermont’s Green Mountains, stands a poignant tribute to one man’s love for dogs. Stephen Huneck, internationally acclaimed artist and sculptor, built his Dog Chapel several years ago after recovering from a serious illness, to celebrate the spiritual bond people have with […]
When A Pet Dies…
Princess Lwoff-Parlaghy layed to rest her lion named Goldfleck, rescued from the Ringling Brothers Circus, in the Hartsdale Canine Cemetery in 1912. 1920’s Celebrity, Irene Castle, buried Rastus, her pet monkey, on this ground. Last year, Mariah Carey and Tommy Mottola interred their cats, Clarence and Princess, in this peaceful place. Thousands more beloved […]