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‘Goodbye My Friend’ – A free pet loss resource for children

We understand it’s really difficult to initiate conversations with youngsters about an impending or sudden loss of a beloved companion. To help you, we’ve launched a new booklet to support you and your family in coming to terms with the loss of a much-loved pet. Featuring activities, stories, poetry and memory-making, Goodbye my Friend is available free online and as a printed booklet at our crematorium. Goodbye my Friend Available as both a...

Goodbye My Friend - A resource to support families with children through pet loss

New state-of-the-art facility opens in Paignton

After originally opening the doors in Exeter in 2004, Valley Pet Crematorium, now renamed Valley Pet & Equine Crematorium, has relocated to Paignton and will continue to offer the same high quality of service, but with additional options for those requiring equine cremations. In addition, there are two new homely rooms of remembrance for clients wishing to spend time with their pet before the cremation takes place. At the new...

The Horse Health Programme offers advice on equine end of life

It’s always that difficult question when you have an older horse or pony. They are getting progressively stiffer and struggling to hold their condition as well as they used to. You start to ask yourself, is it time to let them go? Sometimes, the decision is taken out of our hands as the result of a catastrophic injury or inoperable, incurable colic. Occasionally, horses pass away due to natural causes. However, studies have shown that only...

Members of The Healthy Pet Club receive 10% discount on Individual cremation services

We’re pleased to offer members of The Healthy Pet Club a 10% discount on individual pet cremations. Please inform our caring team when making arrangements for your pet’s final farewell. The Healthy Pet Club has offered this advice around the subject of pet loss, which you may find useful. Embracing the twilight years of our pets can be a wonderful time. Just spending time together, pottering about and enjoying the less active individual can...