Most people believe that doing one or more of the nine practices this article discusses will help us recover from our grief fully and quickly. Unfortunately, in most cases, these nine practices cause more pain and delay our recovery from grief.

Studies show that 10 to 25 % of pet parents will not return to the same clinic after euthanasia because it is emotionally too painful. We are in a profession where we have the gift of being able to cease the suffering of animals. However, for our practice to thrive, we also want to be mindful of the human wellbeing.