A Michael Broad Blog
The French seem to be ahead of most nations in this regard: demanding an extension to statutory paid leave after the death of close relative to compassionate leave on the death of any companion animal but usually a cat or dog. This attitude applies to 68% of the pet owners who participated in this …
Perhaps in France grieving over the passing of a loved pet is a societal taboo and in which case the writer for Le Monde is correct but I don’t think he is. I think he/she is out of date in their thinking. They were writing about a gym teacher’s elegy in a novel which …
A pet psychic, Nikki Vasconez, claims that pets choose the day that they pass, ‘the exact time, the exact way’. In the video below she claims a cat, Smokey, delayed his death to be present for his owner’s 15th wedding anniversary. It is a very bold statement. She says that her psychic communications with …
In other words how long is the grieving process on the passing of your cat companion? It’s like asking how long is a piece of string? There is no fixed answer despite what the experts might say on the Internet. The Psychology Today website suggests that for “one individual, it may take four months …
The question in the title presupposes that your cat has, in fact, died but you should check if you are unsure as, for instance, you were out when she died. I think the best way to check is to find your cat’s pulse which you can detect by feeling the femoral artery in the …
Percy’s brother passed away yesterday. He’s been looking all day and then jumped up and just looked at me like this… Do you think domestic cats feel sad, as this cat gives us the impression that he does, when they lose a close relatively with whom they have been friends all their lives? I …
AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND: A one-eyed tabby cat called Muffin living in the Auckland area of New Zealand (Titirangi) was killed on the road. Her owners, as is quite typical, did not know what had happened to her and they put out a call on a community Facebook page to try and find out. Facebook …
A grief-stricken teenager was fired from her job with a fast food chain following the death of her beloved dog. You’ll never believe the reason she lost her job. Emma McNulty, 18, from Baillieston, Scotland was devastated when her 14-year-old Yorkshire Terrier Milly died. She contacted her manager at 10 a.m. Saturday morning that …
