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August 2008

Henry Scott Joins White Rose

Henry Scott of Guilford joings White Rose as a part-time employee to assist with facility, animal care and maintenance. Henry is also a full time employee with the Brattleboro Fire Department.

May 2008

Marilyn George and Steve Hellus attend

Fourth International Conference

for Pet Loss and Bereavement Conference in Trenton, NJ

APLB offers many types of help and assistance to individuals in bereavement over pet loss, including quarterly newsletters on pet loss and bereavement and weekly discussions and counseling through chat rooms on its Web site, aplb.org.

In 1987, Wallace Sife lost his beloved seven-year-old miniature dachshund, Edel Meister, to congestive heart failure. As a loving and healing memorial he wrote the award winning “The Loss of a Pet.” He dedicated it to Edel and all his soul mates who were also beloved, as well as to the good people who mourn their common loss.

George and Hellus attended seminars, including Religion and Pet loss, Anticipatory Bereavement, Spiritual Aspects of Pet Ownership and Bereavement, Guilt, Lost and Missing Pets, The Elderly and Pet Loss, Euthanasia, Children and Pet Death and The Pet as a Family Member.

Dr. Sife stated,“We are becoming better people, because of our beloved deceased pets. Individually, as well as an association, they have bequeathed us a new sense of dedication and personal incentive. Here, we honor them, and ourselves as well. The APLB’s flourishing camaraderie and groundbreaking achievements are a living memorial to them all.”

George and Hellus share Dr. Sife’s sentiments about how we become better people through our relationships with our cherished pets.