When your pet dies, what you feel is real grief By Joanna BartlettJanuary 18, 2019January 18, 2019 Categories: Grief recovery Tags: grief recovery, grieving a pet, losing a loved one, pet loss If there’s a loss where people feel like their emotions are swept aside and discounted, it’s when a beloved pet dies. Not only that, but we often have a host of conflicting emotions about our pet’s death and our part in it.