https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 11 May 2026 23:02:08 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-honor-a-pet-that-has-passed#post-2774101 Tue, 19 Sep 2017 10:23:02 +0000 808love 2774101@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So sad! I'm so sorry. I don't know of any books but thank you for starting this thread. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-honor-a-pet-that-has-passed#post-2774098 Tue, 19 Sep 2017 10:11:18 +0000 mrsmacSLP 2774098@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We lost our lab, Blue, in June. It was one of the toughest losses we've had. We also had him cremated and opted to spread his ashes in his favorite places (the park, river, backyard rolling pit and a few to a previous owner) but also decided to create a memorial out of his ashes through this lady:</p> <p><a href="http://www.rainbowbridgehearts.com/product-catolo/" rel="nofollow">http://www.rainbowbridgehearts.com/product-catolo/</a></p> <p>She is so sweet. And let's you know how to do everything. </p> [attach=7419/17/owj8uv.450x600.IMG_0128.JPG] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-honor-a-pet-that-has-passed#post-2774054 Tue, 19 Sep 2017 07:52:38 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2774054@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@youboots: sorry for your loss :heart: </p> <p>At my mom's house we display a photo featuring our beloved Golden Retriever dressed up like a cowboy for Halloween. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-honor-a-pet-that-has-passed#post-2773994 Mon, 18 Sep 2017 19:28:10 +0000 petitenoisette 2773994@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm so sorry for your loss, it's so tough. When we lost our kitty we printed out some pictures of her including a large one that's hung up next to a photo of our daughter over our couch. We also put a picture in our LOs room. We wanted to feel like she is remembered and still a part of our family. :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-honor-a-pet-that-has-passed#post-2773984 Mon, 18 Sep 2017 19:06:55 +0000 MenagerieMama 2773984@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@youboots: I'm so sorry for your loss. We have 4 fur babies and I dread when we approach their senior years. I read this book at the library with LO on accident the other day and didn't realize the subject matter and it made me cry. It's very lovely though and I think could be good for LOs. The Heaven of Animals <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0312553692/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_f8fWzbPREN139" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/dp/0312553692/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_f8fWzbPREN139</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-honor-a-pet-that-has-passed#post-2773867 Mon, 18 Sep 2017 13:08:43 +0000 youboots 2773867@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@snowjewelz: thank you. I snapped a few photos on film yesterday but he was not looking good so older photos I bet will be my favorite.@Mama Bird: thank you.@MediaNaranja: I'm sorry for your loss. I know that time is going to make it easier.@alphagam84: he was adopted. This is a nice idea. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-honor-a-pet-that-has-passed#post-2773859 Mon, 18 Sep 2017 12:44:05 +0000 alphagam84 2773859@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I donate money every year to a local animal rescue in memory of my dogs that have passed as they were all rescues. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-honor-a-pet-that-has-passed#post-2773856 Mon, 18 Sep 2017 12:39:33 +0000 youboots 2773856@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p> [attach=5281/17/owhl1x.600x450.IMG_8603.JPG] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-honor-a-pet-that-has-passed#post-2773855 Mon, 18 Sep 2017 12:38:51 +0000 youboots 2773855@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just ordered this for our succulent garden on our windowsill. I also got our girl a new pretty coller today. </p> [attach=5281/17/owhl0r.337x600.IMG_8613.PNG] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-honor-a-pet-that-has-passed#post-2773843 Mon, 18 Sep 2017 12:03:23 +0000 MediaNaranja 2773843@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@youboots: Oh no, I'm so sorry :( Losing a pet is so hard. Our sweet boy had to be put down while we were on vacation back in June. I still get teary-eyed thinking about how he must've felt in his last few days when I wasn't there.</p> <p>A few months on now and I laugh more than I cry when I think about him. It may sound stupid, but we still sometimes talk to him like he's there--mostly telling him to quit doing naughty stuff. It helps.</p> <p>We don't have his ashes or anything because it wasn't honestly something I was thinking about at the time. I think I'm going to get a small felted christmas ornament in his likeness (and one for our girl who passed away 3 years ago) for our tree.</p> <p>So sorry for your loss. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-honor-a-pet-that-has-passed#post-2773842 Mon, 18 Sep 2017 11:58:45 +0000 Mama Bird 2773842@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm so sorry... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-honor-a-pet-that-has-passed#post-2773836 Mon, 18 Sep 2017 11:46:21 +0000 snowjewelz 2773836@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am so sorry for your loss :sad: </p> <p>This def motivated me to take more pictures of ours; she's close to 12 so the topic always comes up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-honor-a-pet-that-has-passed#post-2773799 Mon, 18 Sep 2017 09:03:10 +0000 youboots 2773799@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yoursilverlining: thank you. What a nice tradition.@mediagirl: we don't know Dutches birthday either ❤️@Mamaof2: that is very sweet. We will have a little ceremony for Dutch at the coast where our family beach house is. Our final wishes are to be creamated and have our ashes spread there so I guess someday we will all be together. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-honor-a-pet-that-has-passed#post-2773795 Mon, 18 Sep 2017 08:42:21 +0000 Mamaof2 2773795@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@youboots: so sorry for your loss - we lost our sweet girl last month at the age of 16 - it was so so hard :crying: </p> <p>I have her ashes and we are planning to plant a tree in the backyard and put her ashes there. We have a stepping stone and the kids painted rocks - this will be her tree :heart: </p> <p>As a cute funny side note my 6 yr old DD asked me to put her ashes in the backyard and plant a tree on her head when she dies just like the dog :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-honor-a-pet-that-has-passed#post-2773783 Mon, 18 Sep 2017 07:55:57 +0000 mediagirl 2773783@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@youboots: I'm so sorry for your loss. :( We got this to remember our girl by. We didn't know her birth date so we put a quote at the bottom that makes us smile when we see it. <a href="http://bit.ly/2hb4V3q" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/2hb4V3q</a> It also gives us a place to go outside and talk about her with our lo. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-honor-a-pet-that-has-passed#post-2773775 Mon, 18 Sep 2017 06:25:45 +0000 yoursilverlining 2773775@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So sorry for your loss. I continue a tradition from my childhood: we make albums but also go to the rocky coast as a family and together select a rock to symbolize the lost pet. Then we put that rock (eventually with others as time passes) near a tree/special flower (somewhere of significance to us) in our garden so that there is a physical place to remember and to grieve </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-honor-a-pet-that-has-passed#post-2773764 Sun, 17 Sep 2017 22:45:30 +0000 youboots 2773764@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jhd: thank you for your kind words.@Mrs. Oreo: our pup was 2-3 when we got him 11 years ago. So we had a lot of years.@ChiCalGoBee: thank you. We still have our 9 year old Aussie. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-honor-a-pet-that-has-passed#post-2773763 Sun, 17 Sep 2017 22:41:46 +0000 ChiCalGoBee 2773763@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@youboots: I am so sorry for your loss. These fur babies have such a presence in our homes that the void is so painful after they're gone. I sent this book to a friend who lost her pet and she said it was helpful for the whole family: <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-rainbow-bridge-adrian-raeside/1111031107?ean=9781550175844&#038;st=PLA&#038;sid=BNB_DRS_Core+Shopping+Books_00000000&#038;2sid=Google_&#038;sourceId=PLGoP78860#/" rel="nofollow">https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-rainbow-bridge-adrian-raeside/1111031107?ean=9781550175844&#038;st=PLA&#038;sid=BNB_DRS_Core+Shopping+Books_00000000&#038;2sid=Google_&#038;sourceId=PLGoP78860#/</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-honor-a-pet-that-has-passed#post-2773762 Sun, 17 Sep 2017 22:40:47 +0000 Mrs. Oreo 2773762@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@youboots: it's a hurt that feels completely unreal. Our girl was DH's dog since she was 7 weeks old and passed at age 10 years. I cried a lot from her loss, but my heart hurt the most for his loss. </p> <p>I wish your family comfort and hope that someone is able to suggest something you can read to DD. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-honor-a-pet-that-has-passed#post-2773761 Sun, 17 Sep 2017 22:40:05 +0000 jhd 2773761@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@youboots: I'm so sorry. My parents lost a dog last year and my mom couldn't even speak about the dog for months it was so painful. I have a ten year old dog and know this time is coming soon for me too. Sending hugs and I hope you find a special way to honor your pup! :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-honor-a-pet-that-has-passed#post-2773760 Sun, 17 Sep 2017 22:24:43 +0000 youboots 2773760@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Oreo: thank you. The waves of grief are unreal. I don't think I've ever cried this much in a day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-honor-a-pet-that-has-passed#post-2773758 Sun, 17 Sep 2017 22:15:37 +0000 Mrs. Oreo 2773758@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@youboots: I'm so sorry. We experienced that heartbreak last year and we're still recovering. Our girl was also cremated, but we haven't done anything with her ashes. I found a sweet photo DH took of her way back when and blew that up as a black and white canvas and it's hanging up in our living room with a candle and her ashes in a box underneath it. I'm also in the middle of putting photos in album together and surprise DH with it sometime.</p> <p> I don't have much suggestions for you....just wanted to send hugs and love through this tough time :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-honor-a-pet-that-has-passed#post-2773756 Sun, 17 Sep 2017 22:11:23 +0000 youboots 2773756@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had to put our older dog down today unexpectedly- he is old but he declined within hours. We are both reeling from the shock of it. I had a colored pencil drawing done of him years ago and have his collar on that but I'd like to do something else. He is being cremated and we are spreading his ashes at the beach. I was thinking a small album? DH is really struggling it's his dog- we adopted him full grown 11 years ago. It's been a tough one.</p> <p>Also DD keeps walking around saying he's gone and saying find him. Any books we could read about the loss of a pet? </p>