PERSONALIZED ONLINE PET MEMORIAL DESIGNED TO HELP EASE LOSS OF PETBy Naperville Animal Hospital

Introduction Veterinary staff and personnel at the Illinois-based

Naperville Animal Hospital understand that losing a pet is equivalent to losing a treasured member of the family for many people and seek to help distraught owners through a range of loss support services. To honor the lives of pets after their passing, Naperville Animal Hospital offers an online pet memorial archive that allows owners to create personalized memorials.

Memorials present a healthy and oftentimes comforting means of coping with the loss of a pet, particularly for those with few or no human family members. They offer a dedicated space for keeping precious memories alive and celebrating the time spent together before the loss.

Personalized Online Pet Memorial Designed for easy use, the hospital’s online memorial

creator allows pet owners recovering from a loss to create a personalized memorial for their companion.

Customization options for memorial creation range from a selection of page templates to the opportunity to insert images and text. Available templates come in a variety of colors and designs and include several choices for specific pet species, such as dogs, cats, and horses. Pages feature two text boxes, and individuals may choose to input a personalized statement or select from the application’s library of prayers and poems. Individuals can also add photos of their pet to create a simple slideshow, or use an image from the library’s collection of stock images.

Conclusion Once created, the memorial page is automatically

included into Naperville Animal Hospital’s online memorial archive, although creators may choose to exclude it from the hospital’s public listing. It also provides the option to include a guestbook at the bottom of the memorial page where fellow pet owners and other members of the family may share memories and words of comfort.

For more information on the hospital’s pet memorials, visit www.napervilleanimalhospital.com/petmems.