On Angels Wings: Personal Stories About the Passing Away of Beloved Animal Companions [Paperback]

Alan Blain Cunningham (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 2003

Personal true stories written by men & women who have lost an animal companion. How the companion came into their life, touched their heart, enriched their life, and then departed. Each story is accompanied by a beautiful drawing (50 drawings). Includes heroic dogs dying in war and in police work, and a chapter by Veterinarians on pain control, hospice programs and theories, and euthanasia – when, how, where, when not to – and more.

Each warm and inspiring story provides comfort to those grieving over the loss of a beloved animal companion. To reassure them that others grieve deeply also and that grieving is a natural process following the loss of an animal companion.

Veterinarians share stories, thoughts, and medical guidelines so everyday people can see how they feel about and treat terminally ill animals, control pain, and perform euthanasia. Allowing an animal companion to die gracefully can offer comfort to the owner. Hotline support numbers provided.

Hospice care for pets, a new program, is outlined in detail and is a bridge to a more gentle and dignified death at home in the care of loved ones.

Encourages recognition of service animals such as Police Dogs and the War Dogs of Vietnam.

Veterinary Clinics are making this book available as solace to those whose ill or injured pets must be euthanized. The book’s tender and caring story of animals and their special closeness to a family touches the heart and offers comfort to grieving families.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Veterinarians will find an aid . . . grieving clients . . . stories and poems that may help them realize that they are not alone. -- Vet Medicine Today magazine, Martha A. Littlefield-Chabaud, DVM

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True heartwarming stories by men & women who have lost an animal companion provide solace to those grieving their own loss. How the companion came into their life, touched their heart, enriched their life, and then departed. Each story is accompanied by a beautiful drawing of the companion. Also stories of heroic dogs giving their life in war and in police work. Veterinarians share their own stories, thoughts, and medical guidelines for the care of terminally ill animals, and a new hospice program for animals is presented.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Agreka Tm Llc; 1 edition (May 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1888106611
• ISBN-13: 978-1888106619
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,945,863 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Helps with the grieving of a pet loss, July 20, 2009

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Yarii (Near Greentucky) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: On Angels Wings: Personal Stories About the Passing Away of Beloved Animal Companions (Paperback)

NOTE: I received this book for free from the author as one of the stories in the book was written by me. The author is a veterinarian, and even though he's on the other side of the country, if I lived near the area where he practices, I would take my pets to him.

The book is a compilation of short stories written about every kind of pet imaginable, but most of them dogs and cats, of the love we all share for our pets and the loss we feel when they pass on to the Rainbow Bridge.

If you have recently had a pet die, or have a terminally ill pet, this book will help you in your grief.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars on angels wings, August 19, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: On Angels Wings: Personal Stories About the Passing Away of Beloved Animal Companions (Paperback)

heartwarming stories about the loss of beloved animal companions and how to deal with the loss