The Loss of a Pet: A Guide to Coping with the Grieving Process When a Pet Dies

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Wiley, Jun 11, 1998 - Crafts & Hobbies - 194 pages
The Loss of a Pet, New Revised and Expanded Edition
Sadly, all living things die. While you can never be completely prepared for that time, what is offered by Dr. Wallace Sife in these pages can help you draw upon new strength to ease your grief and pain.

In this fully revised and expanded edition of the award-winning book The Loss of a Pet, Dr. Sife, one of the pioneering authors and counselors in the field of pet bereavement, covers all viewpoints of bereavement for a beloved animal companion. This book includes practical suggestions, as well as brief case histories, and illustrates the insights that Dr. Sife has gleaned from his many years of experience.

In addition to helping the reader cope with the death of a much-loved pet, The Loss of a Pet addresses pet losses that are not death-related. Dr. Sife has specially designed this book to help you learn more about yourself through the grieving process and to successfully cope with this unique kind of loving and grief?and, most importantly, to help you realize that you are not alone.

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Contents

The HumanPet Bond
1
Responsibility
11
The Grieving Process
19
Copyright

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About the author (1998)

WALLACE SIFE, PH.D., is an internationally respected professional pet bereavement counselor practicing in Brooklyn, New York. He is the founder and first president of the Association for Pet Loss and Bereavement (APLB). In its first edition, The Loss of a Pet received the coveted Maxwell Award, presented by the Dog Writer's Association of America.

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TitleThe Loss of a Pet: A Guide to Coping with the Grieving Process When a Pet Dies
Loss of a Pet
AuthorWallace Sife
ContributorWallace Sife
Edition2, illustrated, revised
PublisherWiley, 1998
Original fromCornell University
DigitizedMar 3, 2011
ISBN0876051972, 9780876051979
Length194 pages
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Crafts & Hobbies / General
Pets / General
  
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