Radiant Heart After-Care for Pets Blog

  Back at the end of September, a client paid me an extremely high compliment. Arshia Fathali and his wife Heather (owners of Fairhaven Rug Gallery) selected Life Cycle Pet Cremation for the honor of providing after-care for their Doberman Pinscher, Elsa.  Anyone...

Scattering cremated remains is a practice as old as cremation itself, and something that about one-third of pet parents opt to do in memory of their pet. I love it when pet parents share their plans for scattering their pet’s cremated remains. The ideas are always...

While at the Seattle Pet Expo one month ago (June 20, 2015), I came across a booth for a professional pet sitting company in Seattle that was so well put together, and had such great materials, that I just had to stop and compliment the owner. Once he discovered my...

Driving down Fairhaven Parkway, it's hard to miss the signs in front of Fairhaven Veterinary Hospital advertising flea prevention. In fact, these not-so-gentle reminders have been there for a while (a few months already?) and with good reason. Recent mild winters have...

A few months ago it was my privilege to provide after-care for an 18-year-old male orange tabby. The tabby's death hit his human mom very hard. The day after her cat's death she couldn't stand to be in the house. Even though her other cats were extra cuddly, the void...

I have an elderly cat named Emma, a tiny DSH tuxedo whose "boxing weight" was 9 lbs, but who today weighs around 5 lbs. Technically she's a family pet, but really...I have no problem claiming her as "mine." She was adopted when I was a singleton, 19 years ago, one...

The grief experienced by a human when they lose a pet is just as profound, and just as devastating, as the loss of a human friend or family member. Grief that is triggered by the death of a pet often results in a disruption of normal functioning. A grieving pet...

Prior to opening Life Cycle Pet Cremation, I came across a website for an independent service located in the Mid-West that was amazingly forth-right about why they opened their pet cremation business. Right on their home page they posted a no-holds-barred explanation....

In September 2014, it was my privilege to participate in the IAOPCC's Pet Bereavement Certification program led by Dr. Betty J. Carmack (http://bettyjcarmack.com/). The program covered subjects including the human-animal bond, understanding grief, communication...

One of the most common symptoms or side-effects I see in pet parents who have just lost their pet is exhaustion. With the aging of the baby boomers we all know someone who is caring for an elderly or disabled relative. Yet, how many of us recognize that our friends,...