If You’ve Lost a Pet, Would This Help? Testing an Idea and looking for brutal feedback.

[Anonymous]

Pet Owners: Is This Idea Stupid or Helpful?

I’m working on an idea to help grieving pet owners create a meaningful tribute to the pets they’ve lost. It is like a tool that can help pet owners process their grief. It’s not a business (yet), just something I’m developing to see if it’s actually helpful before taking it further.

I’m looking for a few people who have lost a pet and are willing to try it (completely free) and give honest feedback. The process is simple—just a short form where you share a bit about your pet, and I create something personal in return and email it to you. If you want a way to provide an anonymous reply, let me know and I will figure out how to do that.

If you’re open to trying it, here’s the form:

https://form.jotform.com/250720853759161

[Anonymous]

No. Firstly, I don't need a meaningful tribute to a dead dog. 1, because it's already dead, and 2, because it was a DOG. Not a human. What matters is how you cared for it while it was alive, not what you say about it after it died. Secondly, I don't need help processing my grief over my dead dog.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No. Firstly, I don't need a meaningful tribute to a dead dog. 1, because it's already dead, and 2, because it was a DOG. Not a human. What matters is how you cared for it while it was alive, not what you say about it after it died. Secondly, I don't need help processing my grief over my dead dog.

Op here. Ok. Yeah it definitely wouldn’t be for everyone and it sounds like it would not be your cup of tea.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No. Firstly, I don't need a meaningful tribute to a dead dog. 1, because it's already dead, and 2, because it was a DOG. Not a human. What matters is how you cared for it while it was alive, not what you say about it after it died. Secondly, I don't need help processing my grief over my dead dog.

You clearly need therapy if you're this het up about the idea of a service for people grieving a pet loss. If it's not for you, you can just scroll on by. Your need to leave a vitriolic screed about it strongly suggests that you're not as over it as you claim, and that you're emotionally-stunted in general.

[Anonymous]

I'm not clicking the form. We commissioned a painting of our dog off a photo. That was nice.

[Anonymous]

I'm not going to fill out that form - but if you want to tell us what the tribute is I'm happy to weigh in. Losing pets is incredibly hard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm not going to fill out that form - but if you want to tell us what the tribute is I'm happy to weigh in. Losing pets is incredibly hard.

+1

Pet tributes are special and many people will want something.

[Anonymous]

Is this a service you're planning on charging for?

[Anonymous]

Take out the how are you feeling since they died. The rest is about memories about your pet and the happy things. Part of your tribute doesn't need to mention the grief you're feeling.

[Anonymous]

Funeral homes are already using AI to write obituaries. A pet obit service is going to be replaced by AI before it even launches.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm not going to fill out that form - but if you want to tell us what the tribute is I'm happy to weigh in. Losing pets is incredibly hard.

+1

Pet tributes are special and many people will want something.

+2. Many people would really love something like this, I’m sure.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No. Firstly, I don't need a meaningful tribute to a dead dog. 1, because it's already dead, and 2, because it was a DOG. Not a human. What matters is how you cared for it while it was alive, not what you say about it after it died. Secondly, I don't need help processing my grief over my dead dog.

Jeez Louise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm not clicking the form. We commissioned a painting of our dog off a photo. That was nice.

+1. I made a small photo book for the kids to look through when they missed our dog, and had a painting made for DH for Christmas.

[Anonymous]

I'm not going to click the link either but I can tell you what helped me when I was despondent after my first dog died. I needed to feel that he was still with me, so I took one of his whiskers that had fallen out onto the floor (I had saved it), and put it in a locket necklace that I never took off for 2 years. And my friend sent me a wind chime along with the poem - "Do Not Stand at my Grave and Weep". Every time I hear the chime I think of him, out there in the universe somewhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No. Firstly, I don't need a meaningful tribute to a dead dog. 1, because it's already dead, and 2, because it was a DOG. Not a human. What matters is how you cared for it while it was alive, not what you say about it after it died. Secondly, I don't need help processing my grief over my dead dog.

I agree. I'm sad for a day or two, then onwards. People who need more than that need serious therapy. I've noticed people who haw trouble grieving pets are lower IQ or were physically abused as children (source: am a therapist)