Pet Hospice Care & Loss Archives - One Heart Healing Center

7 Tips to Warm Up Your Animals

Sandy Rakowitz — Sat, 10 Dec 2016 17:59:57 +0000

Do you know if your animals warm and cozy in the cold weather? Cold temperatures cause constriction in muscles, which slows down circulation and tightens muscles. This is true for all ages, and especially so for the young ones and the senior animals or elders of your tribe. Decreases in circulation can show up as shaking, […]

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Pet Hospice: Embracing The Last Season

MasterUser — Mon, 24 Nov 2014 04:13:21 +0000

Sunny my horse was 35 yrs old when I first met Holistic Vet Ella Bittel. I heard her speak on End of Life Care with animals and was so deeply touched and moved. I was able to spend some time talking with Ella. Her suggestions for caring for my aging horse were inspiring and comforting. The following year, […]

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Pet Hospice Options

MasterUser — Tue, 11 Nov 2014 13:49:09 +0000

Animal Hospice & End-of-Life Preparation While Your Beloved Animal is Still Well Join Sandy Rakowitz in this Interview with Dr. Ella Bittel, Holistic Vet during National Hospice Month DATE: REPLAY is now available (Registration below) TIME: Anytime around the World WHERE? Listen from your computer Free? – YES! See more info below or click here to go to […]

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Pet Hospice: Keeping Elder Animals Warm

MasterUser — Sun, 08 Dec 2013 17:37:07 +0000

Are your elder animals warm and cozy? As animals and people age, our ability to regulate body temperature can decrease. Adaptability to varying temperature is not as strong. Colder temperatures cause constriction, which slows down circulation, and tightens muscles. Decreases in circulation can show up as aches, pains in joints or muscles like arthritis, and […]

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The Jet Stream of Life and Love…

MasterUser — Tue, 24 Sep 2013 05:00:58 +0000

I love messages from the animals that are so knowing and wise. It has been awhile since I’ve included an “Animal Wisdom” so… I asked K. if I could pass along the message from her cat Tiggles. I was so moved by the wisdom of our conversation. …Whether you have an animal or not, everyone […]

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Living Strong after Pet Loss: Coping with Anniversary Grief

MasterUser — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 10:17:05 +0000

Anniversaries from the loss of a loved one, whether pet or human, can stir up all kinds of memories, both sad and sweet. Pet loss can be as a deep process as it is for loosing a human. Living strong is not what we think of after we loose a friend and family member. So, […]

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Pet Loss: 3 Steps to Using Photography and Creativity to Ease Grief

MasterUser — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 23:27:00 +0000

We do not often connect these things together, easing grief with photography and creativity. Engaging our creative side by gathering pictures, placing those photographs and then creating something new and different can have a potent impact to help ease the grief in our heart after an animal passes away. It is just that simple, and that difficult. Even taking small steps to create something to remember our loved one can go a very long way to helping our hearts. Each action we take can help our grief move and can help us begin shifting forward in our lives. Each act no matter how small or big can help us come to terms with our loss. My motto is, create something, anything at all.

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Hospice And Pets; Radio Interview

MasterUser — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 02:47:26 +0000

Ella's experiences with Momo, her dog, passing naturally, and feeling that just like birth, the dying process is of inherent value and an important part of an individual's journey, led Ella to engage in animal hospice and create a weekend seminar as well as online classes for anyone interested in options in end-of life care for our animal companions.

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Pet Loss: 10 Tips for Soothing Heartbreak

MasterUser — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 20:15:16 +0000

Grief has its own rhythms and goes up, down and all around. Grief does not have a neat time schedule and it rears up sometimes when you least expect it. Sometimes it shows up months or even years later. Taking time to veg out, cry, write, talk… whatever you need do to help your heart and to honor the memory of your animal is all important. Take the time you need. Trust your instincts. Feelings of grief often do not fit into a neat package....and heartache takes time to mend.

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Special Tribute to a Dog & Cat

MasterUser — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 02:31:53 +0000

Her parting gift was to show me what it was like for someone to accept in the deepest sense, their end of life journey. She gradually, easily, with great ease and grace, showed how you can ebb out of your body to peacefully pass over. Thank you my friends for your many gifts through out all the years we shared together. May you rest and play in peace to your heart’s content. We are always and forever linked though our hearts.

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