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‘held him like baby he fell asleep my arms, which rescue said they’d never seen him do before.”: puppy's surprising calmness comforts grieving daughter in ICU waiting room, experience left permanent paw print her soul | thumbnail includes one image which shows a smiling white and brown dog sitting down on a concrete path ‘“I would have loved to adopt Julian but it would have been too overwhelming with the pending loss of my mom.”’

‘I held him like a baby and he fell asleep in my arms, which the rescue said they’d never seen him do before.”: A puppy's surprising calmness comforts a grieving daughter in an ICU waiting room, an experience that left a permanent paw print on her soul

‘Having Ivy taught me heart makes space new love enter while still being able honor what has been lost.’: Grieving pawrent opens her heart new puppy who helps her work through losing her ‘soul dog’ building new, hard-won bond | thumbnail includes one image which shows a border collie puppy sitting in a dry grass field ‘“She ran up to me right away when I first saw her, like she knew I was her mom already. She knew her name the moment I said it.”’

‘Having Ivy taught me that the heart makes space for new love to enter while still being able to honor what has been lost.’: Grieving pawrent opens her heart to a new puppy who helps her work through losing her ‘soul dog’ building a new, hard-won bond

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18-year-old cancer survivor adopts a dog who she takes to visit her dad's grave, though they never met, her dog refuses to leave his headstone: ‘He’s a spirit dog!'

18-year-old cancer survivor adopts a dog who she takes to visit her dad's grave, though they never met, her dog refuses to leave his headstone: ‘He’s a spirit dog!'

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‘Your dog, whoever are, highlight someone's morning.’: emotional story grief stricken commuter mourning loss their soul dog, who finds hope healing consistent sighting scruffy pup named popcorn | thumbnail includes one image which shows a scruffy with and gray dog ‘“I wanted you, dog walker, to know that your dog is the highlight of my morning.”’

‘Your dog, whoever they are, is the highlight of someone's morning.’: The emotional story of a grief stricken commuter mourning the loss of their soul dog, who finds hope and healing in the consistent sighting of a scruffy pup named popcorn

32 pictures of dogs and text | Thumbnail includes one drawing of a man and dog including 'Still my good boy.'

'I loved him more than I've loved anything else in this world': Dog owner shares grief over losing soul dog, prompting pupper pawrents to share what helped them heal

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“He waited door for friend who’d never come again”: When grieving dog refused move, husky who never cuddled opened her heart shared her kennel | thumbnail includes one image which shows a husky a dog bed a small basketball and a sad chihuahua ‘“Misty, the dog that didn’t like anyone, got up from her throne and walked over to him.”’

“He waited by the door for a friend who’d never come again”: When a grieving dog refused to move, a husky who never cuddled opened her heart and shared her kennel

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Sanctuary's Rescue Cow Provides Solace to a Woman Going Through Heartbreaking Trauma, Showing Just How Sentient These Magnificent Creatures Truly Are

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