Pet Loss Grief Support Articles — K9 Hearts
K9 Hearts publishes evidence-based pet loss grief support articles written by Paige Cummings — a credentialed grief support professional with nearly 30 years of experience supporting families through loss.
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How to Find Support Groups for People Who Have Lost Their Dogs
You are not too much. Your grief is not an overreaction. Here is how to find pet loss support groups, grief hotlines, and communities that truly understand — plus what to do when you are not ready to talk yet.
What is a Heart Dog?
A heart dog is not just the dog you loved most — it is the dog who became part of how you survived a season, understood yourself, or found your way back to something real. K9 Hearts founder Paige Cummings explores what a heart dog is, how to recognize one, and why the grief when they are gone — or leaving — feels like nothing else.
When Three Years Feels Like Forever: Losing a Dog Too Soon, and the Grief That Built K9Hearts
Charlie Brown lived three years. Before we even reached his final diagnosis, we traveled through a suspected CCL tear, a bone cancer scare, and a Lyme disease verdict that made no sense — each one carrying its own wave of anticipatory grief. His death was not fair. And it became the reason K9Hearts exists.