Pet Loss

My dog is slowing down, but I can't imagine her death

How much time have I wasted on adrenaline in social-media comment sections when instead I could be loving my dog right here, right now, in front of me?

Oct 10, 2025 • Haley Young

Gifts for and of an old dog

She greets me when I walk in the door—everything different and everything the same—as if we had not spent the bulk of our lives hundreds of miles apart.

Aug 20, 2025 • Haley Young

What it is like to love a dog who is wearing out before your eyes

What it is like to love a dog who is wearing out before your eyes

Jul 24, 2025 • Haley Young

Moments I'd forgotten and will never remember

I feel vaguely like I’m blinking in confusion on my way out of the movie theater or waking from an accidental nap. How much time has passed, you say…

Feb 21, 2025 • Haley Young

Losing Larry, my first childhood dog

14 years with him, eight without, and how his absence colors my love for Scout

Oct 15, 2024 • Haley Young

Goodbye, Ophi, the last of my childhood pets

She was eighteen when she left. That was so long to love her. It’s just never long enough.

Aug 22, 2024 • Haley Young

On death: Why we think and talk about losing our dog

It was Sean, initially, who pushed me to think about death.

Dec 29, 2022 • Haley Young

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