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A selection of dog quotes about loss to help ease the hole in our hearts from the loss of a dog.
Dogs leave pawprints on our souls. Their lives are always too short but leave long-lasting memories in our hearts.
These quotes about the loss of a dog reflect the beautiful souls they are and the feelings we have for our fur best friends.
Dog Quotes about Loss of a Dog
Heaven is a place where all the dogs you’ve ever loved come to greet you.
Some angels choose fur instead of wings.
A good dog never dies, he always stays, he walks beside you on crisp autumn days when frost is on the fields and winter’s drawing near, his head within our hand in his old way.
No one can truly understand the bond we form with the dogs we love until they experience the loss of one.
Not always eye to eye, but always heart to heart.
Once you have had a wonderful dog, a life without one is a life diminished.
The one best place to bury a good dog is in the heart of his master.
What is grief, if not love persevering.
What we have once enjoyed we can never lose; all that we have loved deeply, becomes a part of us.
When you adopt a dog, you have a lot of very good days and one very bad day.
A new dog never replaces an old dog, it merely expands the heart.
If you have loved many dogs your heart is very big.
When we think of those companions who traveled by our side down life’s road, let us not say with sadness that they left us behind, but rather say with gentle gratitude that they once were with us.
How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.
If you’ve ever wondered what the right thing is to say to someone who’s grieving a death, I think this is it:
Tell me all about your dear one.
Just because somebody is gone doesn’t mean they don’t exist anymore—with a little imagination, you’re never alone.
If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans.
If love alone could have kept you here, you would’ve lived forever.
His ears were often the first thing to catch my tears.
Those we love may come and go, but just like a rainbow doesn’t stay. They’re never very far away.
Not the least hard thing to bear when they go from us, these quiet friends, is that they carry away with them so many years of our own lives.
To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.
Love is how you stay alive, even after you are gone.
Dogs come into our lives to teach us about love, they depart to teach us about loss.
Having a dog will bless you with the happiest days of your life and one of the worst days.
Heartbreak is life educating us.
Dogs lives are too short.
Their only fault, really.
Death ends a life, not a relationship.
All dogs go to heaven because dogs are naturally good and loyal and kind.
Dogs die. But dogs live, too. Right up until they die, they live. They live brave, beautiful lives. They protect their families. And love us, and make our lives a little brighter, and they don’t waste time being afraid of tomorrow.
All the love you ever gave is waiting for you there at Rainbow Bridge.
Sorrow is how we learn to love. Your heart isn’t breaking. It hurts because it’s getting larger. The larger it gets, the more love it holds.
While we are mourning the loss of our friend, others are rejoicing to meet him behind the veil.
You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will be there long before any of us.
When we adopt a dog or any pet, we know it is going to end with us having to say goodbye, but we still do it. And we do it for a very good reason: They bring so much joy and optimism and happiness. They attack every moment of every day with that attitude.
