How do I help someone grieve for lost pet?

Today has not been good. My boyfriend got a puppy a couple months ago. Levi. He fell in love with him and they were inseperable.(The puppy even would jump in the shower when he would be in there.) Today was my boyfriends 23rd birthday. I sent him some flowers,when he opened the door for the UPS guy Levi ran out and was hit by a car and died immediently. He had to see the body and everything. He then carried it and buried him in the sideyard. He called me crying his eyes out. He kept saying " I miss him, I want him back." I live a few hours away from him and cant see him until this weekend. I feel so bad, the card I sent with the flowers said --- Love me and Levi.--- .He even went out last night to petsmart with Levi and bought him some new toys and everything.What can i do? Anything? My heart is breaking for him and Levi. He sounds horrible on the phone.


Man, why do things like this have to happen!!

How do I help someone grieve for lost pet?
I heard a story once that might help.





This veterinarian was on his way home, and he had to stop at a client's house to put their old dog to sleep. He wasn't looking forward to it, because the family had a 6 year old boy. When he got to the house, he knocked on the door and the little boy answered. The vet noticed the little boy seemed cheerful, so he was worried the parents hadn't told the boy what was going to happen. He asked the boy "do you know why I'm here?" The little boy said yes. He then asked "so you know Goldie will go to sleep tonight and not wake up?" The little boy said yes. So the vet asked if he was upset about that. The little boy said no.





Then the little boy said, "My grandma told me that we are all here to become the best we can possibly be, and it just doesn't take dogs as long."





Maybe Levi was too perfect to stay.
Reply:Send some more flowers and a card with the poem Rainbow Bridge. It's about the loss of a pet. And maybe when he feels up to it you both can go pick out another puppy.
Reply:Sometimes life just sucks! What an awful tragedy. It's important for people who have lost pets to know that there are others in the world who know it's not "just a dog". That we cherish our pets, try our best to protect them and treat them right and that their loss is like losing a beloved friend or family member.





I know your friend will be comforted by your compassion and distress at his puppy's death.
Reply:Just listen to him ,your company is all he needs.Time is a great doctor.
Reply:Different people need different things. I myself would want to be alone, and would also want another dog to help comfort me. Do not get your bf another dog though. He should pick out his next one without having him/her pressed on him. I think the best thing that you can do for him is listen to him and let him know you are there to help if there's anything he needs.





I ONLY WANTED YOU





They say memories are golden


well maybe that is true.


I never wanted memories,


I only wanted you.





A million times I needed you,


a million times I cried.


If love alone could have saved you


you never would have died.





In life I loved you dearly,


In death I love you still.


In my heart you hold a place


no one could ever fill.





If tears could build a stairway


and heartache make a lane,


I'd walk the path to heaven


and bring you back again.





Our family chain is broken,


and nothing seems the same.


But as God calls us one by one,


the chain will link again.





Author unknown





Run free Levi. You are loved and missed so terribly.
Reply:this poem always makes me cry but maybe it'll help your friend... i like to beleeive it is a true place..











Rainbow Bridge


Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge.





When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, that pet goes to Rainbow Bridge.


There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and play together.


There is plenty of food, water and sunshine, and our friends are warm and comfortable.





All the animals who had been ill and old are restored to health and vigor; those who were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by.


The animals are happy and content, except for one small thing; they each miss someone very special to them, who had to be left behind.





They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance. His bright eyes are intent; His eager body quivers. Suddenly he begins to run from the group, flying over the green grass, his legs carrying him faster and faster.





You have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet, you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again. The happy kisses rain upon your face; your hands again caress the beloved head, and you look once more into the trusting eyes of your pet, so long gone from your life but never absent from your heart.





Then you cross Rainbow Bridge together....





Author unknown...








Return to the Pet Loss Grief Support Website
Reply:dont know what to say. i just lost my little fuzzy (he was a parakeet.) and i also lost a malamute a few years back. death sux.
Reply:oh...


I'm sorry 2 hear that...


anyway...um...its kinda nonsense word to u


but, buy him a dog almost same with that dog.


its going to be good and he will do the left love to the new dog.


hoped it helped

leather sandals