![]() ![]() ![]() Matching the right card to the right dog “made him ridiculously happy!” Putting a smile on the children’s faces meant the team was accomplishing their goal. According to the Go Team’s Facebook page, the little boy matched each dog’s card with the dog. One little boy in Silver Spring made up a game with the cards. People who visit with the dogs collect the cards as a memento. For visits, Buck likes to ride around in a red wagon so he doesn’t get too tired while visiting.īuck, like every dog in the team, has a trading card with a photo on one side and his vital stats on the other. Buck has lost some use of his back legs due to a medical problem, but that doesn’t stop him from providing love and comfort to people who need it. She had brought her dog Buck, a white American Staffordshire. “People came up and we just started talking,” said Debi. When the team arrived at the Flower Branch Apartments, they didn’t have to wait long to start helping. Gary said that a visit from therapy dogs “cheers them up and it lets them kind of have an outlet for stress or trauma or grief.” He talked with the Frederick News-Post about the team’s work with people, including the survivors of the explosion. Gary Pigott is co-owner of Sit Means Sit Frederick where the team is based. Martha May told us that her first thoughts were “Let’s go! When can we go?” and “How soon can we go?” Those sentiments were shared by Bethany Hershberger, who said that her immediate response was that she wanted to go “instantly.” In the end, five dogs went with their handlers to Silver Spring. The Go Team Therapy Dogs of Frederick also wanted to help.ĭebi Haba, one of the group organizers, suggested visiting the survivors. People gave food, clothing, temporary housing, money, and time as translators, organizers, parental support, and resource counselors. Thankfully, the community rallied to help the affected families. Many of the people were Hispanic or Latino, and not all spoke English. ![]() Those people included dozens of families. Her team did just that for survivors of an apartment explosion in Silver Spring, Maryland.Īccording to, an explosion rocked the Flower Branch Apartments late on the night of August 11. Try keeping as much of a routine as possible, continue the normal feeding time, walking schedule as this can help them process the loss.“I truly believe dogs can make a difference,” said Trish Menjivar, a member of The Go Team Therapy Dogs. These emotions can be demonstrated by hiding behaviors, searching for the lost family member or wanting to spend more time bring with people. Pets will sometimes grieve as we as people do. Some may choose to use an urn with your pets ashes, a shadow box of photos, collar or paw prints, planting a tree or shrub, creating memorial stones, cremation jewelry to allow one to keep their loved one close by or having a funeral service for your pet.īe sure to continue to take care of yourself and/or providing care and routine for your living pets and family. Your relationship with your pet was one of a kind therefore the memorial can be just as unique as your pet. Memorializing the memory of your beloved pet can be a good way of feeling closure. Your pet was special to you and this letter will be special to them.įind a way to memorialize the love for your pet. Writing this letter may be difficult and does not need to be included all in one letter, but over many letters. If you have feelings of guilt, or that you need to apologize for anything that did or did not happen, you can add and explain to them why that happened. Writing a letter to your pet telling them of your appreciation for your bond, sharing your favorite memories or about the day you first got them or met them, or how they helped you in life. You have a community of animal-lovers that are behind you. Your love and care for that animal was real, the bond was real and the grief is real. Give yourself grace to know that the emotions are real and it is okay. Your pet may be gone in a physical sense but your memories and feelings of caring towards them will always live on. Allow yourself time each day to isolate yourself from your busy daily life and allow yourself to feel your emotions. My biggest advice is to be kind to yourself. There are different influences on how we experience grieving and what our perception of that process should look like is. Grieving is very individual and experienced differently by everyone. Research has shown that the loss of a companion animal can be just as painful, if not more than, grieving for the loss of a family member or friend. Know that you are not alone on this journey. ![]()
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