Animal grief is real and something I have not only experienced myself but have also discussed with our clients at Eden Memorial Pet Care Inc. We have all experienced the heart wrenching emotion with either a friend or loved one and/or a pet. Just as you have dealt with grief, so do animals. From elephants [...]
How do we move forward after a natural disaster? Now that the fires of Northern California Wine Region have been extinguished, the truly hard part begins....starting over. I read an article today from my Facebook Feed and the Santa Rose Firestorm Group--- it related to the difficult task now people are faced not only starting [...]
Eden Memorial Pet Care is in it's 14 years of business! And it has taken me over a decade to build the A-Team, as I like to call them. Daily people tell me how nice it is to visit our website and see our faces and read our stories. I feel it is so important [...]
We don't like to talk about it...we don't like to face it...Death. And it can be even more difficult to handle with our beloved pets. A new pet industry trend is In-Home Euthanasia Services for Pets. You have heard me talk about Pet Aftercare and pre-planning. Now you can add a peaceful passing at home [...]
Depression can be a scary emotion. We have all have felt at one time in our life. But what about one, who feels depressed all the time? Facing this emotion daily can be detrimental to relationships and feeling of self worth. The important thing...find help! Talk to your doctor and/or psychiatrist and find the right [...]
"The best executive is the one who has the sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done and self restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it." -Teddy Roosevelt This is the business advice that Dr. Cathi Smith of Oak Park Veterinary Clinic follows every day. And [...]
Let's face it-- Euthanasia is a difficult word to even say. The emotions that are associated with that word make me form a lump in my throat as I type. We have all been there. Our elderly pet is starting to suffer and the question we keep asking our selves, "How do I when the [...]
It seems like in this industry "aftercare" is the new buzz word. It's a word we all know and usually think of when we have been faced with the illness or death of family member. Maybe you are familiar with aftercare when your grandmother/grandfather or mother/father passed. Maybe the burden was placed on you to [...]
Hello out there, My neighbor/friend, Sydney Metrick, recently sent me a press release promoting one of her recent works - Crossing the Bridge: Creating Ceremonies for Grieving and Healing From Life’s Losses. Sydney is also the co-author of The Art of Ritual: Creating and Performing Ceremonies for Growth and Change (with Renee Beck). She holds [...]
Hello out there, I recently returned from the beautiful Canadian Rockies with my family and two and a half year old son. After seeing so much wildlife and enjoying the sites, we came home to our 7 year old lab, Aztec. We all missed him horribly...but it was Eli, my son, who missed him the [...]
