Emotional Sayings For The Loss Of A Pet

The loss of a pet is something we all dread in life. It is something we never wish to face, and don’t wish our close ones and acquaintances to feel the pain of losing a pet. But all good things come to an end and one day, our furry friends will leave this earth for their next journey.

These furry love balls come into our lives and fill every moment with pure joy and happiness. They help us through dark times and ask just for love in return. They turn our houses into homes and fill them with a soul. Within a little time, they became so much more than a pet. They become a part of our family. For some people, they can be a son or a daughter, for some, a sister or a brother they have always longed for. Eventually, they become our best friends. And we vow to do everything in our power to save them from all pain and difficulties. 

Like all living things have an end to this life, sadly this is also true for our furry friends. When their time is near, the only thing we can do is hold them and love them so that they know that they are not alone. To make them feel that they have been a good boy/good girl in their short stay in this life. 

Sayings For The Loss Of A Pet 

If you are someone who has lost a pet or if you know someone who is struggling with the passing away of a pet, send them these quotes which might help them cope with this loss. 

Not the least hard thing to bear when they go from us, these quiet friends, is that they carry away with them so many years of our own lives

John Galsworthy

We should never underestimate the powerful draw of a bond with a being that loves us unconditionally, asking very little in return. Losing this comfort and source of joy can be incomprehensible

Linda Lipshutz

I felt a grief that I had really not experienced before, even though I had lost relatives

John Grogan

Grief is so painfully real, regardless of its origin. The love of, and attachment to, an animal friend can equal that of human relationships. Likewise, the loss of an animal can be just as devastating

Rev. Joel L. Morgan

Love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation

Kabil Gibran

Having a pet is a risk – you always have the grief ahead. But that’s the flip side of love

Tania

What we have once enjoyed we can never lose; all that we have loved deeply, becomes a part of us

Helen Keller

Sometimes losing a pet is more painful than losing a human because in the case of the pet, you were not pretending to love it

Amy Sedaris

One day we will again see our animals in the eternity of Christ

Pope Paul VI

Grief is like the ocean; it comes on waves ebbing and flowing. Sometimes the water is calm, and sometimes it is overwhelming. All we can do is learn to swim

Vicki Harrison

If there is a heaven, it’s certain our animals are to be there. Their lives become so interwoven with our own, it would take more than an archangel to detangle them

Pam Brown

Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened

Anatole France

Don’t cry because it’s over, Smile because it happened

Dr. Seuss

Animals have come to mean so much in our lives. We live in a fragmented and disconnected culture. Politics are ugly, religion is struggling, technology is stressful, and the economy is unfortunate. What’s one thing that we have in our lives that we can depend on? A dog or a cat loving us unconditionally, every day, very faithfully

Jon Katz

Sorrow is how we learn to love. Your heart isn’t breaking. It hurts because it’s getting larger. The larger it gets, the more love it holds

Rita Mae Brown

It is amazing how much love and laughter they bring into our lives and even how much closer we become with each other because of them

John Grogan

If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans

James Herriot

Heartbreak is life educating us

George Bernard Shaw

If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die, I want to go where they went

Will Rogers

How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard

Winnie The Pooh

Dogs have a way of finding the people who need them and filling an emptiness we didn’t ever know we had

Thom Jones

Time spent with a cat is never wasted

Sigmund Freud

Like a bird singing in the rain, let grateful memories survive in time of sorrow

Robert Louis Stevenson

The dog is the most faithful of animals and would be much esteemed were it not so common. Our Lord God has made his greatest gift the commonest

Martin Luther

If there is a heaven, it’s certain our animals are to be there. Their lives become so interwoven with our own, it would take more than an archangel to detangle them

Pam Brown

The dog is a gentleman; I hope to go to his heaven, not man’s

Mark Twain

A home without a cat — and a well fed, well petted and properly revered cat — may be a home, perhaps, but how can it prove title?

Mark Twain

No amount of time can erase the memory of a good cat, and no amount of masking tape can ever totally remove his fur from your couch

Leo Dworken

A pet is never truly forgotten until it is no longer remembered

Lacie Petitto

The bond with a dog is as lasting as the ties of this earth can ever be

Konrad Lorenz

Death ends a life, not a relationship

Jack Lemmon

The risk of love is loss, and the price of loss is grief. But the pain of grief is only a shadow when compared with the pain of never risking love

Hilary Stanton Zunin

Nobody can fully understand the meaning of love unless he’s owned a dog. A dog can show you more honest affection with a flick of his tail than a man can gather through a lifetime of handshakes

Gene Hill

Dogs…do not ruin their sleep worrying about how to keep the objects they have, and to obtain the objects they have not. There is nothing of value they have to bequeath except their love and their faith

Eugene O’Neill

His ears were often the first thing to catch my tears

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

It’s funny how…cats know the inside of folks better than other folks do, isn’t it?

Eleanor H. Porter

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do

Eleanor Roosevelt

Sometimes losing a pet is more painful than losing a human because in the case of the pet, you were not pretending to love it

Amy Sedaris

There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats

Albert Schweitzer

What greater gift than the love of a cat

Charles Dickens

Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole

Roger Caras

Emotional Saying For A Pet Memorial

We have listed the most emotional sayings that you can use for your pet’s memorial. This might be little help, but easing things for you while you deal with this tough time is what matters the most. You can engrave them on the tombstone of your pet, or use these sayings to send them away with well-deserved love. 

With eye upraised his master’s look to scan, the joy, the solace, and the aid of man: The rich man’s guardian and the poor man’s friend, The only creature faithful to the end

George Crabbe

When we think of those companions who travelled by our side down life’s road, let us not say with sadness that they left us behind, but rather say with gentle gratitude that they once were with us

Unknown

Animals are reliable; many full of love, true in their affections, predictable in their actions, grateful, and loyal. Difficult standards for people to live up to

Alfred A. Montapert

All his sweet and shaggy life, always near me, never troubling me, and asking nothing

Pablo Neruda

Those we love don’t go away, they walk beside us every day. Unseen, unheard, but always near, so loved, so missed, so very dear

Anonymous

Dogs are small rays of light caught on Earth for a short time to brighten our days.

Unknown

No one can truly understand why dogs are called
“man’s best friend” until they have experienced the loss of one

Unknown

The worst thing about losing your dog is not having someone there to lick your tears away

Unknown

One day all the cats we’ve ever loved will all come running
towards us and that day will be a good day

Unknown

No one can truly understand the bond that we form with our cats
we love until they experience the loss of one

Unknown

When people say “its just a cat” they just don’t understand

Unknown

When the cat you love becomes a memory, that memory becomes a treasure

Unknown

Sometimes a very special cat enters our lives…their presence changes our hearts forever.
And we can call ourselves blessed for having known them.
I am so sorry for the loss of your beloved friend

Unknown

I have sometimes thought of the final cause of dogs having such short lives and I am quite
satisfied it is in compassion to the human race; for if we suffer so much in losing a dog after an acquaintance
of ten or twelve years, what would it be if they were to live double that time?

Sir Walter Scott

The one best place to bury a good dog is in the heart of its master

Unknown

Everyone is taught that angels have wings,

but the lucky ones of us find they have 4 paws

Unknown

No one can truly understand why dogs are called
“man’s best friend” until they have experienced the loss of one

Unknown

The bond with a dog is as lasting as the ties of this earth can ever be

Unknown

Always remember that once a horse has touched your soul,
they will always be with you

Unknown

The essential joy of being with horses is that it brings us in contact
with the rare elements of grace, beauty, spirit and freedom

Sharon Ralls Lemon

Horses lend us the wings we lack

Anonymous 

Not the least hard thing to bear when they go from us, these quiet friends,
is that they carry away with them so many years of our own lives

John Galsworthy

They bring us love and happiness and comfort without end.
It’s hard to face such sadness without your furry friend

Unknown

Best friends come in all breeds

Unknown

Our animal friends teach us more than we could have expected and love us more than we could have hoped…
that’s why we miss them more than we could have imagined

Anonymous 

A companion is gone but the memory lives on

Unknown

Saying Goodbye

Even though it is one of the toughest things you do in life, make sure to send away your pet properly. When their time has come, ease things out for them as much as possible and make sure it is painless as it can be. After all, this is the least we can do to pay back all that unconditional love they gave us. If you know someone who is dealing with such a loss, make sure to check in on them. 

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