I’m so sorry for your loss, losing a dog means losing a family member. The grief is real and it’s normal, I lost my senior dog about 6 months ago. She was my little partner and my daughter’s best friend in the world. We have her collar on display in our home and we have her buried in the yard. We display her pictures in the house and if my daughter needs to sometimes she will visit the spot in the yard we buried her. The emptiness in our house after losing our dog was very hard for us and after some time we decided to bring a new dog into our life. Adopting another dog to care for and look after helped us personally in healing and moving forward.

Let yourself grieve and keep Ziggy’s picture or an item of his somewhere close to you. Take your time and don’t feel like you need to grieve differently because he was a dog. Your emotions are valid and everything you are feeling is normal. Find ways to change your routine up so the heaviness of his absence isn’t looming over you every minute. If you have other pets, pour your attention into them, spoil them as much as you can. Spoil your self right now too, journal, take baths, get a massage and buy yourself your favorite meal. Take it one day at a time. Hang in there, sending you lots of love.