Healing Hearts, HonoUring Pets
A Professional Pet Loss & Bereavement Service
"I loved you your whole life, I’ll miss you for the rest of mine."
We know the loss of a pet and that of a person, although entirely different, do in fact elicit similar emotional responses and feelings of devastation.
Losing our pets is a deep and difficult wound to heal from the process of grieving our pets that have passed requires support.
Our feelings of loss need to be nurtured, witnessed, heard, and consoled.
“IT’S IMPOSSIBLE TO FORGET A PET THAT GAVE SO MUCH TO REMEMBER.”
- Grief is not linear and may look different for everyone.
- There is no timeline for long it takes to grieve.
- Grief comes in waves at anytime, anywhere.
Grief may begin the moment the idea of parting presents through anticipatory grief and also exists during as well as after your pet has parted.
The Parted Paw is committed to helping you understand, process, and grieve the loss of your pet.
Our service is designed to hold space, honour, and support you at each stage of grief you may currently be in.
Each session is dedicated to your emotional wellbeing and provides a safe space where your process of healing can begin.
SERVICES
*Traumatic Incident and Couple Sessions available, inquire within for details
BEFORE YOUR PET HAS PARTED
Processing & Preparing
HOW IT WORKS
- Processing Anticipatory Grief.
- Addressing how you want your pet to part.
- Processing feelings of sadness, guilt, anger, bewilderment
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- Work through preparation and create a plan for the passing of your pet.
- Work with specifically designed tools to help manage feelings of pre grief and pre passing of your pet.
- Mitigate feelings of loss of control and inability to function during this difficult and challenging time.
- The timeline of these services ranges anywhere from 3 months – 3 weeks prior to pet passing.
WHEN YOUR PET HAS PARTED
Grief Recovery
HOW IT WORKS
- 1 hour grief release and assessment.
- Understanding your current emotional landscape.
- Understanding and supporting the unique circumstance of when your pet passed.
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- Processing the initial stages of grief with specially designed tools to deeply understand the emotions attached to this time and provide you with concrete ways to navigate the initial feelings of loss and sadness after the passing of your pet.
- Most clients require a min of 3 grief recovery sessions when their pet has parted.
AFTER YOUR PET HAS PARTED
Life After Saying Goodbye
HOW IT WORKS
- Assess the emotional landscape after parting.
- Transformative Wheel of Life Assessment.
- Address feelings of prolonged grief and sadness
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- Work with healing exercises to create feelings of positive memory, light and love of the parted pet.
- Discuss what to do with any left over personalised pet items (ie: collar, harness, leash, bedding).
- Begin to process feelings of understanding, peace and positive memory of the parted pet.
- Start to look ahead and think about a new pet.
- Most clients utilise this service for 3 weeks – 3 months.
About Koryn & Georgia
Georgia’s passing was an emergency euthanasia. The entire experience was tragic. It was painful. It is something I can never forget or not feel pain from. And yet, through it all, I have learned to think of Georgia and smile, to remember her in light & love. I choose to know she is with me still, each and every day since we have parted.
From one pet parent to another, this is the journey of grief that we all must go through.
In 2010 I met my soul dog Georgia and the rest as they say is history. With Georgia by my side, I left my corporate PR job and dedicated my career to my love of dogs and all animals.
As the founder and previous of owner of Urban Dog Walks (UDW) in Toronto, I had the opportunity to work with 100’s if not 1000’s of dogs, pets and their wonderful humans. I noticed how much my clients adored their pets and quickly came to understand just how special and unique the animal human connection really is.
With the enormous loss of my sister, Joy, who passed in 2021 I decided it was time to make a change and walked UDW into a very successful sale only to have my Georgia girl pass 1 yr later. Mourning my loss gave me some of the greatest lessons yet and served as the catalyst to the creation of The Parted Paw – A Dog & Pet Bereavement Service.
Of the many lessons learned along the way is the undeniable knowing that the only way out of grief is through. It is from this knowledge that I am dedicated to the process of grief and in being a helpful hand, a strong shoulder and practical system of support to all of my clients who are anticipating the loss or are currently grieving the loss of their Parted Paw.
In loving memory of Georgia and all of our parted paws.
CREDENTIALS:
Certified Pet Loss Bereavement Specialist
ACC-ICF Certified Coach
Founder and Previous Owner of Urban Dog Walks Inc 2010– 2022
Business Owner at Edit Forward: 2022 – Present
YOU AREn’T ALONE, LET’S TALK
start the conversation by filling out our form or email Koryn directly at koryn@thepartedpaw.com
