Posted by Halton/Peel PLSG (Terry) on 5/7/2007, 11:48 am, in reply to "Unfortunate victims of Natural Balance food contamination" Children and Pet Loss: A Guide for Helping – Marty Tousley, R.N. A Special Place for Charlee, A Child’s Companion Through Pet Loss, author Debby Morehead “For Every Dog an Angel” – Christine Davis You can also go to the follow (copy and paste into your browser) for an article about helping children cope with euthanasia: http://griefhealing.com/article-helping-children-cope-euthanasia.htm There is also an article on the same website at: I hope this information will be of help, Vicki, and please let us know how Rocky & Rudy are doing. I will keep all of you in my prayers and if there is anything at all that I can do to help, please don't hesitate to let me know.
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Hi Vicki
I am so sorry to hear that you have been affected personally by the pet food recall. It is a tragic, tragic thing and there are no words that I can say that can really make this any better for you, but please know that we are here if you need to talk.
As for telling your 3 year old son about what is happening, there are several good books that you can read to a child - some/most of which you can get from amazon.ca or, if you are nearby, we could arrange to meet so that I can loan them to you (generally we only lend out books at our meetings but the next one is not until May 26). The titles of some of them are:
http://griefhealing.com/article-explaining-pet-loss-to-children.htm
about explaining pet loss to children.
If you need to contact us by telephone, click on the link at the top of the page for our telephone numbers and just let whomever answers know that you want to leave a message for Terry of the pet loss group.
Sending a hug,
Terry
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