In my family's sadness we have lost another beloved family pet. His name is Sniffles, and he was a…read more15 and half year old Chihuahua. He and his big brother Piglet are the light of our lives. The bedrock on which our family is built upon. Losing both three years apart; 10 days apart, is beyond words. Beyond devastating. We as a family have two other equally cherished pets, a Chihuahua Terrier named Clarice and a new baby Chihuahua we've just adopted. They, with my father and myself grieve together as a family and will eventually find a way forward.
In our despair of losing Sniffles after a short downturn in health; we found ourselves once again in the dreaded position of needing the services of a crematorium. With the trauma and emotions experienced from our interaction with Borden's still painfully fresh in our minds and hearts, we sought out a service here in Louisville that caters to pets and their families. We were blessed in our time of absolute devastation to find that service in a company called Pet Angel's; located on Grassland Avenue in Jeffersontown.
The staff; Theresa, Mark and Gerald could not have been more caring, supportive and compassionate. From my first call to them to the time spent at their location saying goodbye to one of the loves of our lives, they went above and beyond. We were directly attended to by Theresa and Mark, and they are absolutely stellar. We were allowed as much time as we needed to be with Sniffles, with Theresa attending unobtrusively nearby. Their support was always present and they were ready to assist at a moments notice.
When the moment came to let Sniffles' mortal remains to be removed from our arms, he was placed calmly, slowly and above all Respectfully in the crematory. My father and I said our final goodbyes and gave Sniffles our love. With that the door was closed and the process of his mortal remains into the afterlife began. At that moment my father and I broke. The most painful moment of our lives was knowing he was gone forever, and we would never hold him again, he would never run and be free in his favorite park again with Clarice, he would not continue to live life to the fullest with Clarice ever again. He will never get to live and share all the new experiences the new puppy we just adopted will have. That he and Clarice and the new baby pup will never have the chance to romp and play and be happy together. All that is left is heartache and memories. His beautiful baby button nose would never again be kissed. His chubby little baby belly would never again be rubbed after a full meal. His beautiful, soulful brown eyes would never again peer impishly at us, in his moments of love and joy. He soft little baby ears would never again be rubbed soothingly whilst he slept. He soft little baby paws would never be massaged again. We would never hold our baby love in life and vitality ever again.
We will miss every atom of his being, ever breath that lived in his body, every moment of every day that he lived; in the knowledge that if he could, we would move heaven and earth for him to live it all over again.
After a period of time the process was complete and Theresa brought Sniffles urn to us. She apologized again for our loss and again offered her condolences. During the entire time we spent with them, both Theresa and Mark apologized profusely for our pain and suffering. They spoke with us; they took the time to listen, to get to know Sniffles and our family. Their entire focus was to our needs and to easing our despair. Their support and compassion was and is priceless.
There are no limits to how I recommend they highly enough. As we will carry our previous experience with us for the rest of our lives, we will carry our time and experience with Pet Angel's as well. But we will share the positive and supportive experience we had with them, and highly Highly recommend them to anyone else experiencing the lose of a beloved pet. You will be in their care. Their compassion and loving support will be a brace in this, one of the hardest moments a pet parent had to endure. Trust me, you will be in good hands with Pet Angel's, with Theresa and Mark by your side.