PET CEREMONIES

A pet becomes part of the family

Ceremony offers a way to celebrate our pets and animal companions throughout their lifetimes. 

Bringing your new pet home for the first time is an amazing feeling - this creature is dependent on you for warmth, caring and a loving home. 

 Whether we mark their arrival into our homes with a family welcoming and naming ceremony or formally honour specially trained service dogs as they retire from their working lives, ceremonies for animal companions give us the opportunity to accept responsibility, bestow a name, pay tribute with storytelling or to create a lasting memorial. 

 I will create a naming ceremony or blessing for your pet and your family and provide a naming certificate. Families can also have a "My Commitment to my Pet contract" for the children to sign, showing their commitment to caring for their new best friend. 

 Anyone can be involved in the ceremony - it can be particularly nice for children to be involved so they can be part of their new pet's life right from the start. 

 YES, it is a thing!  PET WEDDINGS A barking bride. A panting groom. An intimate backyard ceremony. I now pronounce you…dog and dog?

The popularity of social sites like Pinterest, Instagram and FaceBook make it easy for animal lovers to share their pets love connections with the world.

Pet weddings, whether sincere

expressions of inter-species

affection, arranged marriages

of show animals, or publicity

stunts for animal rescue, are fun, funny—and okay, sometimes downright weird.

For example, some dog marriages are arranged by breeders to celebrate the fruitful pairing of purebred dogs, or a pair of rescue dogs that look so good snuggling up to one another.

A pet wedding ceremony can be a tasteful backyard affair or as extravagant as you want, complete with puppy bridesmaids and a flower dog. In the ceremony, they vow (with the help of a human translator): “I promise, from this day forward, to sniff and to dig with thoughts of only you.”

You don’t have to be rich, famous, or even overly-eccentric to hold a pet wedding. As your Pet Celebrant, I will meet with you to develop a bespoke wedding ceremony specifically for your beloved pets, including poems and music.

 Not every butt sniff leads to marriage, but if your dog is in puppy love, why not celebrate with a wedding ceremony? It’s a fun party in honor of your best friend, and a great photo op, to boot. 

Say a Special Goodbye to your precious pet at home or favourite place.

Losing your pet can be a very sad and lonely time, grieving for a lost family member.  I am ready to be at your side if you would like to pay tribute to a life shared in a special way.

Our pets may be furry, fluffy, feathered or scaly, big or small; for many of us they are much loved and cherished members of the family, they mean something uniquely special to you.

Saying farewell in a meaningful way is very important when you have lost someone you love, and losing a pet can be as  

devastating as losing a person for some. Often, they are buried or cremated, but beyond that there is not always an avenue where the grieving process can be fostered.

A pet funeral ceremony is similar to that of a person.  It can include all the same elements like tributes, poetry, readings, storytelling, candle lighting, reflection, memorabilia and music, or it can be a simple funeral service, celebrating your pet's life and its contribution to the family may assist grieving and your family will be able to join in every aspect of the planning and choice of content. 

In consultation with a pet funeral celebrant who offers this type of service your family would have the opportunity to farewell your pet in a meaningful and dignified way.  This can be especially beneficial for children who may experiencing their first painful loss of a loved one and seeking ways to come to terms with it.