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    <title>Real Life Rainbow Bridge Stories&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;'The Last Goodbye'</title>
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    <description>My little boy Snowy died june 4th at 6 o'clock.  He was 19 but he was my special little boy and always will be.  I feel as though part of me is</description>
    <pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:12:55 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Your Pet Loss Stories&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;'Philly' </title>
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    <description>We got Our Dog Philly when he was just a baby back in January of 2006. He was just the most friendly, loving, energetic dog I ever knew, and my Sister</description>
    <pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 09:41:38 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>&lt;h3&gt;Your Pet Tributes&lt;/h3&gt;'Copper'</title>
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    <description>My baby boy,  When we celebrated your first birthday I thought there would be many more. But that wasn't the case. It was wonderful seeing you mature</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:29:47 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Your Pet Loss Stories &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;'The Loss of My Two Beautiful Cockatiels'</title>
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    <description>On Saturday, March 15, 2008 I slept in, and woke up at 10am. When I woke up, I did my morning pet check and all was normal, so I started my day. </description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:46:24 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Your Pet Loss Stories &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;'Axl'</title>
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    <description>I found Axl at a pet food store, part of a local organization aimed to find homes for abandoned animals.  The moment I saw him I knew he was to be</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:37:24 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Your Pet Loss Stories&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;'Zeta'</title>
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    <description>So greatly missed. Zeta 2/3/95-20/6/08  My dog made my house a home. A shoulder to cry on. A forgiving friend.    My Zeta was 13 years old when we had</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:09:16 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Your Pet Loss Stories&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;'I Will Never Forget My Little Fur Baby'</title>
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    <description>Tomorrow, I am going to put my beloved Shih Tzu to sleep.  He's been suffering from a recurring tumor, and this time it grew back internally.  Surgery</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:56:13 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Real Life Rainbow Bridge Stories&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;'My Beautiful Bruno'   </title>
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    <description>Two years ago I lost my beloved boxer Bruno.  He was my best friend and my soul mate and for the last few years of his life we spent every day</description>
    <pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2008 13:24:15 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Real Life Rainbow Bridge Stories&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; 'My Cat Boo'</title>
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    <description>My big tomcat, Boo, left for the Rainbow Bridge in 2003; in fact, I lost both him, and a pet rat on that same day. It was emotionally devastating and</description>
    <pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2008 13:22:44 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Real Life Rainbow Bridge Stories&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;'Goldy'</title>
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    <description>My beloved cockatiel Goldy died on the 15th March 2008 but I felt Goldy's presence the day I was buying a new bird.   You see, it started out a very</description>
    <pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2008 13:21:17 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Real Life Rainbow Bridge Stories &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;'My Beloved Son, Fei Cha' </title>
    <link>http://www.pet-loss-matters.com/real-life-rainbow-bridge-stories-brbrmy-beloved-son-fei-cha.html</link>
    <description>My dearest son, Fei Cha passed on 29 May 2008, aged 14 and a half years.  It literally tore me apart at every level of my being.  He was my heart!  I</description>
    <pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2008 13:19:40 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Your Pet Loss Stories &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;'She Came To Me For Help'</title>
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    <description>Hello to you all. I am here again to tell you my heart wrenching story again just a few weeks since my last story of Gizzy dying from being attacked</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 09:11:20 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Your Pet Loss Stories&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;'My Little Black Princess'</title>
    <link>http://www.pet-loss-matters.com/your-pet-loss-storiesbrbrmy-little-black-princess.html</link>
    <description>Sissy, from the time that Michele brought you home to me for my birthday, I knew that I would love you forever.   All of my life I've never had such a</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 10:29:19 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Your Pet Tributes - for Pet Names beginning S - U</title>
    <link>http://www.pet-loss-matters.com/pet-tributes-s-u.html</link>
    <description>Writing pet tributes can help you to come to terms with the loss of a pet and begin to deal with pet grief.  Post Your Tribute here.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 18:09:45 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>&lt;h3&gt;Your Pet Tributes&lt;/h3&gt; 'Sissy Bohannon'</title>
    <link>http://www.pet-loss-matters.com/h3your-pet-tributesh3-sissy-bohannon.html</link>
    <description>My darling little girl, I am completely lost without you.  How do I go on?    I want to hold you, hug you, kiss you and spend time with you just one</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 17:29:52 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Your Pet Loss Stories &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;'My Beloved Bandit'</title>
    <link>http://www.pet-loss-matters.com/your-pet-loss-stories-brbrmy-beloved-bandit.html</link>
    <description>Bandit was 6 weeks old when I first brought him into my life and from the first time I laid eyes on him I wanted him.    He was 9 years old when he</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 16:39:08 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Your Pet Loss Stories &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;'My Little Dizzy Busy Gizzy'</title>
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    <description> Gizzy on the right with his brother with a roll of toilet paper  My story about Gizzy starts with the trip back home from shopping at the Home Depot</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 15:51:23 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Your Pet Loss Stories&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;'In Loving Memory of B.b'</title>
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    <description>Yesterday morning when I went to give the birds fresh water and some scrambled eggs, I notice my cockatiel B.b. didn't quite look right.   His</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:36:30 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Your Pet Loss Stories&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;'Pebbles'</title>
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    <description>Pebs was 8 weeks old when I brought her home, from the time I laid eyes on her I was in love.  She was 11 years old when I had to make the dreadful</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:06:39 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Candle Lighting Ceremony for the Loss of a Pet</title>
    <link>http://www.pet-loss-matters.com/candle-lighting-ceremony.html</link>
    <description>After the death if a pet, many people hold a simple at home candle lighting ceremony, but you can also be part of a larger community and participate in a worldwide ceremony held online.</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:28:03 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Your Pet Loss Stories &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;'Life's Precious Gifts to Me'</title>
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    <description>I have been fortunate enough to have shared my life and love with many beautiful animals throughout childhood and adulthood.  These past seven years</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:12:21 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Your Pet Loss Stories &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;'Valentina'</title>
    <link>http://www.pet-loss-matters.com/your-pet-loss-stories-brbrvalentina.html</link>
    <description>Valentina was hit by a car at 4 in the morning.  She wasnt my cat, but my best friends cat.  The story is that my best friend wasnt taking care of</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:33:14 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Your Pet Loss Stories &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;'My Boxer Girl - 'Holly Boo Boos'</title>
    <link>http://www.pet-loss-matters.com/your-pet-loss-stories-brbrmy-boxer-girl-holly-boo-boos.html</link>
    <description>My beautiful Holly Boo Boos, she got the boo boos bit after my eldest son called her that and it stuck, she was a funny girl, and loved sneaking up on</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:24:24 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Your Pet Loss Stories &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;'Rufus'</title>
    <link>http://www.pet-loss-matters.com/your-pet-loss-stories-brbrrufus.html</link>
    <description>What do I say about Rufus? The tears are brimming now and finally, I don't want them to stop. I have kept them in for so long, nearly three months,</description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2008 10:39:59 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Your Pet Tributes - Post a Tribute for Your Pet here</title>
    <link>http://www.pet-loss-matters.com/pet-tributes.html</link>
    <description>Writing pet tributes can help you to come to terms with the loss of your pet and begin to deal with pet grief.  Post a tribute for your pet here.</description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 15:23:41 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Grief Poem, poems for pet loss, dog poems, pet loss poem, pet memorial poems</title>
    <link>http://www.pet-loss-matters.com/grief-poem.html</link>
    <description>A beautiful collection of grief poem regarding pet loss, pet memorial poems and animal poetry</description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 15:16:38 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>The Stages of Pet Grief - 'Pangs &amp; Waves'</title>
    <link>http://www.pet-loss-matters.com/pet-grief-pangs-and-waves.html</link>
    <description>Pangs and Waves are a characteristic feature of pet grief and one that most people find they experience.  They are probably best described as attacks of anxious pining. </description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 15:15:26 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Your Pet Loss Stories</title>
    <link>http://www.pet-loss-matters.com/pet-loss-stories.html</link>
    <description>Share your experiences of Pet Loss here.  Every one of our pets is unique and special and leaves us with many wonderful memories.  We invite you to share those memories to help and inspire others.</description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 15:14:45 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Reactions to Pet Grief - Grief and Pet Loss</title>
    <link>http://www.pet-loss-matters.com/pet-grief-symptoms.html</link>
    <description>Comforting and helpful information about the symptoms and reactions to  pet grief, grief and pet loss and pet grief recovery.</description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 15:13:45 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Your Rainbow Bridge Stories</title>
    <link>http://www.pet-loss-matters.com/rainbow-bridge-stories.html</link>
    <description>Rainbow Bridge - Many people believe that our pets remain with us in spirit and give us signs they are there to help comfort us in our grief.  Has this happened to you?  Share your story here.</description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 15:12:50 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>The Stages of Grief - Dealing with Grief - Pet Grief Recovery</title>
    <link>http://www.pet-loss-matters.com/stages-of-grief.html</link>
    <description>A guide to the Stages of Grief experienced with Pet Loss and the death of a pet, helpful and comforting advice for dealing with grief and pet grief recovery</description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 15:12:01 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Pet Quotes about Pet Loss</title>
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    <description>A collection of my favourite pet quotes, all about the loss of a pet, pet death and pet grief.  Some quotes refer to human loss but are still touching to those who have lost a pet.</description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 15:10:28 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Your Pet Tributes - for Pet Names beginning D  F</title>
    <link>http://www.pet-loss-matters.com/pet-tributes-d-f.html</link>
    <description>Writing pet tributes can help you to come to terms with the loss of a pet and begin to deal with pet grief.  Post Your Tribute here.</description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 14:57:00 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Your Pet Tributes - for Pet Names beginning A - C</title>
    <link>http://www.pet-loss-matters.com/pet-tributes-a-c.html</link>
    <description>Writing pet tributes can help you to come to terms with the loss of a pet and begin to deal with pet grief.  Post Your Tribute here.</description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 14:56:00 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Your Pet Tributes - for Pet Names beginning Y - Z</title>
    <link>http://www.pet-loss-matters.com/pet-tributes-y-z.html</link>
    <description>Writing pet tributes can help you to come to terms with the loss of a pet and begin to deal with pet grief.  Post Your Tribute here.</description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 14:15:47 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Your Pet Tributes - for Pet Names beginning V - X</title>
    <link>http://www.pet-loss-matters.com/pet-tributes-v-x.html</link>
    <description>Writing pet tributes can help you to come to terms with the loss of a pet and begin to deal with pet grief.  Post Your Tribute here.</description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 14:14:58 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Your Pet Tributes - for Pet Names beginning P - R</title>
    <link>http://www.pet-loss-matters.com/pet-tributes-p-r.html</link>
    <description>Writing pet tributes can help you to come to terms with the loss of a pet and begin to deal with pet grief.  Post Your Tribute here.</description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 14:13:06 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Your Pet Tributes - for Pet Names beginning M - O</title>
    <link>http://www.pet-loss-matters.com/pet-tributes-m-o.html</link>
    <description>Writing pet tributes can help you to come to terms with the loss of a pet and begin to deal with pet grief.  Post Your Tribute here.</description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 14:12:23 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Your Pet Tributes - for Pet Names beginning J - L</title>
    <link>http://www.pet-loss-matters.com/pet-tributes-j-l.html</link>
    <description>Writing pet tributes can help you to come to terms with the loss of a pet and begin to deal with pet grief.  Post Your Tribute here.</description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 14:11:10 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Your Pet Tributes - for Pet Names beginning G - I</title>
    <link>http://www.pet-loss-matters.com/pet-tributes-g-i.html</link>
    <description>Writing pet tributes can help you to come to terms with the loss of a pet and begin to deal with pet grief.  Post Your Tribute here.</description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 14:10:24 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Your Pet Loss Stories&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;'Our Family Cat - Mizzle'</title>
    <link>http://www.pet-loss-matters.com/your-pet-loss-storiesbrbrour-family-cat-mizzle.html</link>
    <description>My wife and I moved into our new house and a short while later we got a kitten.    I named our cat Mizzle and it was a grey tiger striped stray we</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:44:02 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Pet Loss Matters 'Pangs and Waves' Newsletter</title>
    <link>http://www.pet-loss-matters.com/pet-loss-newsletter.html</link>
    <description>Subscribe to the new Pet Loss Matters 'Pangs &amp; Waves' Newsletter to be kept up to date with all the latest developments on the PLM site, new features and articles on all things pet loss.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:48:50 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Your Pet Loss Stories &lt;br&gt;'Clara'</title>
    <link>http://www.pet-loss-matters.com/your-pet-loss-stories-brclara.html</link>
    <description>Here's a little piece following the loss of our young brindle Great Dane bitch some years ago. It deeply affected our eldest son such that he found it</description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2008 16:48:47 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>The Stages of Pet Grief - 'Acceptance'</title>
    <link>http://www.pet-loss-matters.com/pet-grief-acceptance.html</link>
    <description>The next in the stages of pet grief is 'Acceptance'.  Often misunderstood this stage does not mean that you are happy with the situation you find yourself in or that you have 'gotten over it'.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 21:29:13 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Grief and Pet Loss - The Stages of Grief - 'Depression'</title>
    <link>http://www.pet-loss-matters.com/grief-and-pet-loss-depression.html</link>
    <description>The next of the stages of grief and pet loss is 'Depression'.  Like Anger, this stage is a much misunderstood but necessary step on your way to pet grief recovery.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 21:25:46 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Share Your Real Life Rainbow Bridge and Animal Afterlife Stories</title>
    <link>http://www.pet-loss-matters.com/rainbow_bridge.html</link>
    <description>Whilst many people believe in Rainbow Bridge and an animal afterlife, many also believe they have had experiences which prove our pet's stay with us even after their death. 

Many people say that after the loss of a pet, they can still feel their pet's presence around them or hear their footsteps walking familiar patterns in the house. 

Others believe they can feel the weight of their pet on their beds, or even on their laps. They hear their pet's familiar bark or miaow or even see them in familiar places. 

I've met many people who firmly believe that their pet's are still with them in spirit, and come to say a final goodbye or even perhaps regularly visit, and send them signs to comfort them in their time of loss. 


Has this happened to you?

Have you lost a pet and then felt or seen their presence around you? 

Have you seen 'signs' that your pet is still watching over you? 

Have you experienced amazing coincidences that reassure you that there is an animal afterlife and that your pet lives on somewhere else? 

Would you like to share your experiences to comfort and reassure others?</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 18:28:48 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Pet Loss - Animal Quotes</title>
    <link>http://www.pet-loss-matters.com/animal-quotes.html</link>
    <description>Animal Quotes - a collection of my favourite pet loss related animal quotes.  Inspirational quotes on grief and pet loss to comfort you in your grief.</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:21:59 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Pet Loss Pet Quotations</title>
    <link>http://www.pet-loss-matters.com/pet-quotations.html</link>
    <description>A collection of pet quotations covering the subject of pet death, pet grief and the loss of a pet. to comfort you in your grief.</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:15:52 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Pet Loss - Pet Quotes</title>
    <link>http://www.pet-loss-matters.com/pet-quotes-2.html</link>
    <description>More wonderful pet loss pet quotes, that remind us we are not alone in our grief and make us reflect on the wonderful friends we have lost.</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:04:06 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Pet Death  -The Stages of Grief - Bargaining</title>
    <link>http://www.pet-loss-matters.com/pet-death-bargaining.html</link>
    <description>Bargaining is the next stage in the stages of grief suffered following pet death.  Here you will learn about the typical feelings and behaviours you may experience whilst in this stage.</description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 19:42:37 GMT</pubDate>
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