Pet Loss Grief Support, The Rainbow Bridge Poem, Monday Candle Ceremony

Pet Loss Grief Support Website

Welcome to Petloss.com, a gentle and compassionate website for pet lovers who are grieving over the death of a pet or an ill pet. Here you will find personal support, thoughtful advice, The Monday Pet Loss Candle Ceremony, Tribute Pages, healing poetry like Rainbow Bridge & much more.

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United We Stand

Click HERE to read "Welcome At Rainbow Bridge" (Original version).

Click HERE to read "Welcome At Rainbow Bridge" (Feline version).

Website status as of 01/23/12 3:00 PM Eastern Time

The Bridgelist & Special Needs List for 01/23/12 are now on the Website.

Click HERE for the most recent Tributes posted.

EdW

The Rainbow Bridge story
An answer to: Where do our pets go when they die?

Translations:

Terri Pike has created a beautifully animated "Flash" version of the Rainbow Bridge story:
http://www.indigo.org/rainbowbridge_ver2.html

The Monday Pet Loss Candle Ceremony

(The Candle Service & list of names.)

Translations:

On Monday evenings all across the globe we light candles in memory of our pets. It is a very healing ritual with no adherence to any religion or creed, just a simple lighting of candles to bring us all together.
While there is an on-line Ceremony in our Chat Room every Monday, the Candle Ceremony does not have to be done on-line. Each of us can light our candles in our own way, and privately, but since we share a common love and since most of us do light them at the same time, we are joined in love and in spirit.

Candle lighting times are...
In USA:
10 PM Eastern
9 PM Central
8 PM Mountain
7 PM Pacific
6 PM Alaska
5 PM Hawaii

Current time
at home of Ceremony

We also have online lists of the pets we honor in the Monday Candle Ceremony:
The Bridgelist for those pets who have passed on to the Rainbow bridge and the Special Needs list for those pets who are ill or have special physical needs.

You are invited to add your pets to these lists at no cost to you.

Click HERE to add your pet to the Rainbow Bridge List

Click HERE to add your pet to the Special Needs List

In addition to the Bridge and Special Needs lists, you can have your special thoughts about your beloved pet & a photo be memorialized in a Permanent Tribute.
Click HERE to add a Tribute to your pet
Click HERE to view the Tribute Pages

The Candle Ceremony is in the news.
In the Sunday New York Times: Click here to read the story.
In the Ottawa Citizen: Click here to read the story.

You can click on the image below to light a virtual candle.

Note: This is not a part of Petloss.com or the Monday Candle Ceremony
but it is a nice site where you can light a "virtual" candle in memory of your pet.
(Thanks to CareWolf for setting up the area there for our Petloss family to use.)

Custom Laminated Rainbow Bridge Prints by Petloss.com
"A Permanent Remembrance for your Home"

Click HERE

Message Board
This safe, monitored, Message Board is available for anyone who is grieving the loss of a pet or an ill pet and wants to communicate with others in the same situation.

Click here for the Message Board

A Bigger & Safer Chat Room
Open & available to everyone needing support.
The Monday evening pet-loss chat includes an online Candle Ceremony at 10:00 PM Eastern time.

Currently in the Chat Room:

Click here to enter the Chat Room

Please Note: AOL dialup users click HERE

(For those who cannot attend the regular Monday Ceremony there is a special Candle Ceremony, once a month, on the second Sunday of the month, at 3:00 PM Eastern time.)

Your help is needed to keep this website available.
Click here to see Why.

Important Notice:

Petloss.com is now in it's 18th year.
It is my 24/7 occupation & my only source of income.
Today more people than ever are using the site for support.
Unfortunately, because of the current economic conditions, the amount of donations received has dropped dramatically.
It is now far below what is needed to keep pet loss grief support features like the Chat Room & Message Board available.
And I can no longer make up the difference from my personal savings.

This past September 86,732 people used this website yet only 30 donations were received. (Many thanks to those who did make a donation.)
So if you believe in this website and want it to continue unchanged please support it. Thanks. EdW

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A Meeting at the Bridge
A true & very moving affirmation that the Rainbow Bridge exists.
If you participate in the Candle Ceremony, this is something you must read.
Click here to read "A Meeting at the Bridge".

How the Candle Ceremony began.
Excerpted from Best Friends Magazine.

Over 100 Healing and Inspirational poems.
Gentle words to help heal grieving hearts

"Precious Little Friend"
A loving song of remembrance. Written & Performed by Jacki. (This is VERY special - EdW)

Grief and Pet Loss
A thoughtful and comprehensive article by Margaret Muns DVM

Translations:

Dealing with the Guilt by Ginger-lyn Summer
Excellent advice on how to overcome the terrible guilt so many of us feel after losing a beloved pet.

Essay on Bereavement by Edgewood
Personal observations on man's grief.

Grief Support Writing
How to Write and Share Your Story of Pet Loss - by Harley King

Pet-Loss Grief Support Books that I recommend

Pet-Loss Books for the Kindle Wireless Reading Device

Custom Markers, Headstones and Urns

Online Support Groups
There is a wonderful group of people who know from personal experience how much it hurts to lose a pet and are more than willing to help ease the pain. Join them for support, a shoulder to lean on, a gentle hug, even share some tears.

They understand how you feel. They have all been where you are now.

On the Internet:

The support group formerly located on CompuServe's TWPets Forum is now at the Best Friends website: http://network.bestfriends.org/PHS
In the Prayers, Healing and Support Community.

I know the members of the Best Friends support group personally and most highly recommend them for their genuine sensitivity and caring.

Support by Phone:
Click here for list of services & phone numbers

Support by Local Group Meetings:
Click here for list of meeting locations by state.

Internet Support Links:
Click here for links to additional Pet-Grief Support and related Web Sites

Links to help for Special Needs pets:
Click here for Illness & Disease Information

Pet Loss Sympathy Cards: Click Here.

Biblical references to Animals & Heaven: Click Here.

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Please understand that while I carefully consider all suggestions, I cannot personally respond to every email. - EdW

Special thanks to our excellent veterinarians at the:
Meadow Veterinary Hospital

The Music playing on this page is:
"Evergreen" from "A Star Is Born"

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