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You never truly know who's on your side until tragedy strikes. Really.
On a sad Tuesday some short time ago, I had to say goodbye to my beautiful red-headed cocker spaniel, Tabatha. With a large tumor completely occluding her ear canal and pressing on her brain, the only humane thing to do for this 13-year old dog was to put her to sleep. Let me tell you, when you're someone that loves their dogs like four-legged children, the decision isn't easy.
So on that sad day, two of my clients/colleagues/friends showed up to make the process easier. Dr. Rex Urich, my veterinarian, and Michelle Nelson of Annie's Healing Hearts, a pet cremation service. You see, we'd opted to put our precious Tabatha down at home, while we held her. Gut-wrenching for sure, but I thank god that we had Dr. Rex there. There's no veterinarian more compassionate, more professional, more wonderful for the moments that are so hard to deal with. Rex Urich is utterly amazing. He's supportive and calm when you need it most, and he explains everything so well, so thoroughly. Tabatha was able to pass from this life in the best possible way, in our arms, while we kissed her gorgeous head and talked to her right through her last breath.
After Dr. Rex did his part, Michelle stepped in; we had time to hold her and grieve, and only when we were ready, Michelle took our precious dog and brought her ashes back to us later that afternoon. (the wonder of this is that you can use a bit of the ashes to get a gorgeous blown-glass paperweight to remember your baby by, and the rest of the ashes can be scattered or put in an urn) And folks, there's no one more compassionate to pet loss than Michelle Nelson -- she was absolutely amazing, before, during and after. A process that is difficult enough to deal with emotionally, was made easier thanks to Michelle and her support.
I know there are a lot of us out there -- those of us who truly love our animals. They're not tied up outside without attention or affection, they're in our homes, cuddling in our beds, spoiled totally rotten and making our lives all the better for it. Sometimes our animals are better than our own relatives at times.
But nonetheless, when you get to the point where you have to say goodbye to one of them, do yourselves a favor: Call these two people. Dr. Rex Urich of Hometown Veterinary Services and Michelle Nelson of Annie's Healing Hearts. They're truly the Best of the Best.
On a sad Tuesday some short time ago, I had to say goodbye to my beautiful red-headed cocker spaniel, Tabatha. With a large tumor completely occluding her ear canal and pressing on her brain, the only humane thing to do for this 13-year old dog was to put her to sleep. Let me tell you, when you're someone that loves their dogs like four-legged children, the decision isn't easy.
So on that sad day, two of my clients/colleagues/friends showed up to make the process easier. Dr. Rex Urich, my veterinarian, and Michelle Nelson of Annie's Healing Hearts, a pet cremation service. You see, we'd opted to put our precious Tabatha down at home, while we held her. Gut-wrenching for sure, but I thank god that we had Dr. Rex there. There's no veterinarian more compassionate, more professional, more wonderful for the moments that are so hard to deal with. Rex Urich is utterly amazing. He's supportive and calm when you need it most, and he explains everything so well, so thoroughly. Tabatha was able to pass from this life in the best possible way, in our arms, while we kissed her gorgeous head and talked to her right through her last breath.
After Dr. Rex did his part, Michelle stepped in; we had time to hold her and grieve, and only when we were ready, Michelle took our precious dog and brought her ashes back to us later that afternoon. (the wonder of this is that you can use a bit of the ashes to get a gorgeous blown-glass paperweight to remember your baby by, and the rest of the ashes can be scattered or put in an urn) And folks, there's no one more compassionate to pet loss than Michelle Nelson -- she was absolutely amazing, before, during and after. A process that is difficult enough to deal with emotionally, was made easier thanks to Michelle and her support.
I know there are a lot of us out there -- those of us who truly love our animals. They're not tied up outside without attention or affection, they're in our homes, cuddling in our beds, spoiled totally rotten and making our lives all the better for it. Sometimes our animals are better than our own relatives at times.
But nonetheless, when you get to the point where you have to say goodbye to one of them, do yourselves a favor: Call these two people. Dr. Rex Urich of Hometown Veterinary Services and Michelle Nelson of Annie's Healing Hearts. They're truly the Best of the Best.
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