Animals are the silent pull towards our heart’s desire, our true connection to spirit. Without them we would indeed lose our humanity.  With them we are regaining it.  Yet with all the joys of pet ownership that flood our daily life and infuse our soul, there is one that we must all face and that is their departure, as for the most part we will outlive them.

C4PAW has allowed me work with clients and assist them during this difficult time and I am finding the animals are calling me to do this work more and more.  So here it is; these are the things I can do to help.  You don’t have to go through this alone.

• Education, resources and companionship after an initial diagnoses
• Tuning into your pet’s energy/communicating with your pet
• Supportive therapy considerations
• Daily or weekly relief visits
• Daily phone/e-mail check-ins
• Emergency transportation to the hospital/vet
• End of life companionship
• Bereavement counseling
• Memorial service assistance
• Memorial book creation
• Anything else you need

I have the following qualifications that assist me in doing this work and will continue to be educated in the area of pet loss and bereavement and hands-on energy work:

• San Diego Hospice Training
• Member of APLB – The Association for Pet Loss & Bereavement
• Fundraising Committee for PAWS for CURES with ACVIM
  (American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine)
  Pioneering Today’s Care and Tomorrow’s Cures
• Facilitator of 2009 Animal Healing & Communication Workshop presented
  By Barbara Suter from Switzerland

Recommended Resources & Reading:

The International Association for Animal Hospice and Palliative Care - www.iaahpc.org

The Association for Pet Loss and Bereavement - www.aplb.org

“The Loss of a Pet” – Wallace Sife
“Dog Heaven” – Cynthia Ryland
“For Every Cat an Angel” – Christine Davis
“On Death & Dying” – Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

Client Testimonial - Nikola and Bosco

I've always believed in angels, our departed loved ones who look out for us, pull strings for us and guide us along the way. But sometimes, when you don't think you can handle the challenges you are facing, you need someone in the here and now.

Elizabeth came into my life and it was like an angel had dropped down from above at a time when I was hurting the most. The vet had just given us the heartbreaking news that our beloved friend had only a few weeks to live. It was my darkest hour. With her warm embrace and consoling and wise words I felt immediately uplifted. I knew we would walk this path together.

Elizabeth helped me to really tune into Bosco's needs, to communicate with him and to understand what was happening on a much deeper level. Along with the tears we were able to share many beautiful moments together in the last few weeks of his life.

I am forever grateful to Elizabeth for guiding and supporting us through this difficult time and don't know what I would have done without her.

The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated -
~ Mahatma Gandhi