Friend's beloved family dog died

[Anonymous]

The couple had the dog before kids and she was cherished. What can I do to acknowlegdege the dog's passing? The kids are 10 and 12.

[Anonymous]

There are sympathy cards for pets. Get one, send it. If you have any pics of the dog, make them 8x11 or whatever and give them to the family.

After our dog died we put pics of her around the house and we all liked seeing them.

[Anonymous]

Make a contibution to the Humane Society in the name of the pet and family -- they will send a nice email and a calendar to the family.

[Anonymous]

new dog

[Anonymous]

Our dog just died too. There are condolence cards for pets and we received a surprising number of them from friends and family. We thought that was so thoughtful. A few friends also gave us token gifts (frames, cookies). We thought it was very thoughtful too.

[Anonymous]

If you had a relationship with the dog - a particular memory, for example, then a note would be fabulous.

Randomly, the things that touched me most when our dog passed away was the lovely condolence note written by his dogwalker (among other things, calling him the "Paul Newman" of the neighborhood because he was such a handsome senior), and a Facebook post from DH's friend along the lines of "X was a great dog. I believe I'll be seeing him alongside a mountain trail again someday." This was perfect because that is exactly who our dog was - he loved being in the woods and hiking, and DH's friend knew that.

The other stuff is really nice, too. But those things really stuck with me.