3 Tips on What Not To Say to Someone Grieving Their Dog

#3 “Cheer up, it’s only a dog”

Ali Hall
Know Thyself, Heal Thyself
5 min readOct 28, 2021

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Person holding Vizla dog
Author’s image of her and the late Princess Jasper

Have you loved and lost a dog? How did you feel?

Maybe you haven’t lost a dog yourself. But I suspect everyone reading this, will know of several people who have endured the heartbreak that comes with the death of our dogs.

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Ali Hall
Know Thyself, Heal Thyself

Kindness = my superpower. ✍Psychology, friendship, social justice, feminism & personal growth. Destigmatising the childfree. Lover of trail running & dogs.