The Grief Of Losing A Dog Summary

The article, The grief of losing a pet is traumatic and universal. So why don't we talk about it?, written by Eliza Henry-Jones for the Guardian, urged readers to ask themselves a question about how they perceive others who have just lost a pet. Do they comfort them, or do they reduce the meaning of their loss? The author made the argument that losing a pet can feel almost as terrible as losing a family member, yet, society does not provide those grieving the loss of a pet with the same support as it would if they had just lost a family member. In making the argument that society needs to reconsider how it judges the loss of a pet, the author started by telling a personal anecdote about the grief she felt when her horse died and how she
After wrapping up her story, the author delved into the idea of disenfranchised grief and describes it as something that is hard to relate to from the outside but something that is extremely painful on the inside. The author made the claim that people grieving the loss of a pet often feel that their grief is disenfranchised because others do not realize the emotional severity of the loss. To support this claim, the author referenced a survey she conducted where she asked people to call a number and describe their experience after losing a pet. The author talked about the results of this survey and says that most respondents felt that their pets provided them comfort and when they died they felt a sort of a void in their life. However, they often felt that friends and family did not provide them with enough support after their pet had died. Next, the author gave a few specific stories from the survey respondents to make an emotional appeal to strengthen her argument. After wrapping up the emotional stories regarding pet loss, the author concluded the article by urging readers to provide people in their lives who have recently lost a pet with the same type of support that they would provide to someone who recently lost a