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Why does losing a dog feel like losing a family member? The way we attach to dogs is similar to the way we attach to humans. The challenge is to mourn the loss of a dog the same way we mourn the loss of a human. I try to do that here by remembering Mwaji.
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Topics discussed:
* Mourning the loss of a dog
* Disenfranchised grief
* Attachment to dogs
* Bereavement
Learn more:
* The death of pet can hurt as much as the loss of a relative: www.washingtonpost.com/nation...
* A pet’s death can hurt more than losing a fellow human: www.popsci.com/pet-death-grie...
* Oxytocin-gaze positive loop and the coevolution of human-dog bonds: science.sciencemag.org/conten...
* Grieving Pet Death: Normative, Gender, and Attachment Issues: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/...
* Pet loss: Issues and implications for the psychologist: psycnet.apa.org/record/2003-0...
* Why losing a dog feels like losing a family member: • Why losing a dog feels...
* When my dog died, I didn’t understand why it felt like a human had died. Then I read the research: www.vox.com/2016/7/11/1210978...
* Coping with the loss of a pet: www.avma.org/public/PetCare/P...
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