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Sympathy Gift for a Pet
Sorry to contribute a sad post this moring, but my brother and SIL had to put down one of their dogs yesterday. She went into kidney failure. I know they are heartbroken and I want to send them something, but I don't know what. I was thinking flowers that they could re-plant in their yard, but they rent and if they move I would want that memory to go with them. I would appreciate any other ideas. Thanks!
Re: Sympathy Gift for a Pet
I wouldn't send a gift. Just a card or a phone call is good.
Offer to take them out next week or something.
First, I am so sorry for their loss.
When we lost our cats, someone gave us a poem about losing a pet that they had put on a pet themed scrapbook page, decorated with stickers and framed. We have it with their ashes.
Honestly, though, what I really wanted was for people to acknowledge that losing a pet is like losing a member of your family.
I just remembered that some people on the pets board have found things on etsy - like a nice urn instead of a wooden box for their pets' ashes. Maybe you could do something like that? Or if they rescued the dog, maybe a donation in the dog's name to that rescue group?
edited to fix grammar
5 cats. 1 baby.
I think a nice sympathy card is the best thing. My mom received a few when our old dog died and displayed them around the urn (well a wooden box really.) It wasnt as morbid as it sounds, I promise.
But try to stay away from that damn rainbow bridge poem/story. The vet gave my parents a card with that on it and every time I so much as looked at it I burst into tears.
We got a couple of those - they are super sad. The poem I mentioned in my reply isn't RB, thankfully.
5 cats. 1 baby.
My old dog passed right before christmas last year, and a friend (a nestie actually) got me an ornament with her name and a pawprint on it. It's just a plain etched glass oval, so it's not overtly christmasy and I could display it year round if I wanted to.
I was SO touched. Some sort of momento like that might be nice if you want to go above and beyond a sympathy card.
My Goodness...another food blog. Featuring: Macarons from a old post with a photo taken by my mom for a break from my crappy food photos!
I just googled it and looked at it. Stupid stupid stupid. We have lots of dogs waiting for us.
Thank you for the suggestions. I am definately sending a card, and the donation to their favorite pet charity is a great idea, or maybe a donation to the rescue they got her from. I have seen ornaments for pets before, so I will look into that. They could definately put that up in their house.
I wish I could take them both out, but they live in Denver, so I can't do that right now.
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