Things You'll Need
- Three candles
- Scrapbook
- Photos and mementos of dog
Instructions
Create a pet memorial. Many online retailers offer low cost memorial plaques and monuments that include a picture and a sentimental verse that commemorates your pet. (See Resources.)
Perform a Monday candle-lighting ceremony in honor of your pet. Every Monday at 10 p.m. EST, pet lovers who have lost a pet light three candles in honor of their pets who have died. You can perform the ceremony in private or join people online who are lighting their candles at mondaycandleceremony.com.
Donate to an animal cause in your pet's name. Places may include the Morris Animal Foundation, a local shelter, the ASPCA or another worthy cause.
Add a permanent tribute to your pet at petloss.com.
Create a scrapbook of photos and special items of your pet, so you may look through it and reminisce.