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St. David’s Day – Alfie the Chepstow Cat

St. David’s Day – Alfie the Chepstow Cat As it is St.David’s Day what better way to celebrate than to remind ourselves of Alfie the Chepstow Cat. It is a beautiful story about the love and joy that a cat brought to an entire town. Alfie was a black cat who lived with his family […]

What to do with your cats ashes

What to do with your cats ashes. Welcome to My Pet’s Ashes. We are an award-winning pet advice website that has helped people cope with losing their pet for over 10 years. If you have just said goodbye to your cat or they are nearing the end of their life then we can help you […]

Questions to ask your vet - pet cremation

Questions to ask your vet about pet cremation

Questions to ask your vet – making the right choices for you and your pet. After hearing Dr James Greenwood talk so movingly and bravely about the passing of his dog Oliver I felt I had to write this post. As you know I am a huge believer in sharing our pet loss stories. For […]

Pet Loss Card

Pet Loss Card – sending them your love in their time of need. A pet loss card is such a wonderful way to show you care. It can be really hard sometimes to say the ‘right thing’ when a friend or family member is grieving the loss of their pet. Sometimes we hold back because […]

How do I deal with the loss of my cat?

How do I deal with the loss of my cat? How to get over the grief of losing a cat? I’m afraid there isn’t a simple one-size fits all answer to these questions. Some days will be harder than others. Some cats will take longer than others. We all grieve differently and each cat loss […]

Scottish Pets and Burns Night

I want to take this opportunity to celebrate our Scottish Pets and Burns Night. Burns Night and our pets Scottish Pets and Burns Night. A truly Scottish celebration Burns Night is done with great aplomb once a year on or around 25th January. It comes three weeks after his most recognised poem Auld Lang Syne […]

Pet Grief and Nutrition

Pet Loss and Eating well The relationship between pet grief and nutrition is often ignored as we tend to focus on the emotional impact of bereavement. But pet loss can affect our bodies just as much as our hearts. When we are grieving it is often difficult to remember to eat well. At times of […]

Pet Bereavement Guide Step 1 – acknowledge the loss is real

Acknowledge the loss is real. Pet Bereavement Guide Step 1. One minute they are there, the next they are not. The shock can be overwhelming. Don not panic, this is totally natural. You have lost a pet and that loss is extremely real. Your pet was part of your family, part of your daily life […]

Thank you 2021 and Goodbye

Thank you 2021 and Goodbye! I can’t say that I’m not pleased to see the back of 2021. When I wrote my round-up of the year last year I genuinely thought that all the covid stuff would be gone by now. And here we are 12 months later and we’re not clear of it…yet. This […]

Last minute Christmas gifts

There’s still time for those last minute Christmas gifts. You can show them that you understand and that you haven’t forgotten that they might be struggling this year. If it’s the first year without their pet make sure you ask them how much they want to be involved in the festivities. Some people want to […]

How to Survive Pet Loss – Comfort Recipes for Breakfast

How to Survive Pet Loss – Comfort Recipes for Breakfast How to survive pet loss is a question that people ask me all the time. And it is a great question! And people are often surprised when I start to talk about eating well and getting outside for exercise. I don’t think that you can […]

Losing Your Cat – April’s Story

Losing Your Cat – April and the reason for My Pet’s Ashes Losing your cat can affect you differently on different days or times of the year or even different times of the day. And this is okay, it is normal. There are times when you’re alright and times when you’re not. We have a […]

What is a Rainbow Bridge Ceremony?

What is a Rainbow Bridge Ceremony? I am often asked by people what is a Rainbow Bridge Ceremony? Inspired by the Norse poem the Rainbow Bridge is a place where our pets go when they are no longer with us. I find it very comforting to think that there will be a time when I […]

Pet Bereavement at Christmas

Pet Bereavement at Christmas Pet Bereavement at Christmas and Finding Ways to Cope: Christmas can be a very difficult time of year, this year more than any other. Our pets have been our sanity, our joy and our hope this year so you might feel the loss even more sharply. Christmas always brings back our […]

Good Grief Food – Onion Pie

Good Grief Food – Onion Pie Good Grief Food. Recipes that will help to nourish your heart and your body if you are coping with the loss of your pet. Pet bereavement can have a very physical as well as mental impact on your health. Typical symptoms include loss of appetite and difficulty in breathing. […]

Dog Poems – memories of your beloved pooch

Dog Poems – celebrate and mourn the life of your beloved dog. Dog Poems. I am often asked ‘should I say some words when I’m burying, scattering, immersing my beloved dog’s ashes?’ The answer is firstly ‘it’s up to you’, but often we just need a little inspiration to think about a suitable way to […]

Gisele Bündchen and Vida – how to mourn on social media

Gisele Bündchen and Vida I found this fascinating American post on refinery29. It is an article about the etiquette around pet bereavement on FaceBook and Instagram. To cut a long story short, you can see the full article here, it’s a one post only rule a la Gisele Bündchen. According to the author Madeline Buxton […]

Sheridan Smith and Panny

Sheridan Smith and Panny. Sheridan Smith and Panny. The actress Sheridan Smith posted on social media, she accused her boyfriends mother of possibly being involved in the death of her dog. She apologised the following day and removed the Instagram post. It’s not the first time that the actress has been in trouble on social […]

Lacey Turner and Reggie the French Bulldog

Lacey Turner and Reggie the French Bulldog Lacey Turner and Reggie the French Bulldog. The actress who plays Stacey Fowler in the BBC Soap Opera EastEnders, has announced the death of her dog Reggie on Instagram. Tributes to Reggie She shared a series of pictures captioned with touching memories of the little guy, who loved […]

Katie Price and Queenie

Katie Price and Queenie Katie Price and Queenie. Whilst scrolling through the cute cats photo on Instagram I came across another sad ‘hit and run’ story. This time it was Katie Price whose beloved family dog Queenie had been hit by a driver and left for dead. Whilst we cannot be sure of the events […]

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