If you aren’t sure what to write in a pet sympathy or condolence card, including one or more pet loss quotes can be a good choice. They can often offer understanding when the recipient has lost their pet, and knowing they are not alone with the pain can be comforting.
Loss of pet quotes can also offer insight into the loss, helping them to come to terms with what has happened. And having a friend or loved one reach out with some touching words will let them know they aren’t alone.
So try one of the many pet loss quotes below for your card:
Pet Loss Quotes
“That one true heart was left behind! What feeling do we ever find, to equal among human kind , a dog’s fidelity!”~ Thomas Hardy
“We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals” ~ Immanual Kant
“The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too”~ Samuel Butler
“Nothing to be done really about animals. Anything you do looks foolish. The answer isn’t in us. It’s almost as if were put here on earth to show how silly they aren’t” ~ Russell Hoban
“I believe all animals were created by God to help keep man alive”~ Iowa Fujita
“No one loves you unconditionally as your beloved pet”~ Cynthia Dobesh
“All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it” ~ Samuel Butler
“Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened”~ Anatole France
“Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in”~ Mark Twain
“Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole”~ Roger Caras
“If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans”~ James Herriot
Pet Sympathy Quotes
“If I have any beliefs about immortality it is that certain dogs I know will go to heaven, and very very few people”~ James Thurber
“A pet is never truly forgotten until it is no longer remembered”~ Lacie Petitto
Having a dog will bless you with the happiest days of your life, and one of the worst days.
~ Unknown
“I think dogs are the most amazing creatures; they give unconditional love. For me, they are the role model for being alive.”
~ Gilda Radner
“No one loves you unconditionally as your beloved pet.”
Cynthia S. Dobesh
“Dogs die. But dogs live, too. Right up until they die, they live. They live brave, beautiful lives. They protect their families. And love us. And make our lives a little brighter. And they don’t waste time being afraid of tomorrow.”
~ Dan Gemeinhart
“Dogs lives are too short. Their only fault, really.”
~ Agnes Sligh Turnbull
“If there are no dogs in heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went”
~ Will Rogers
“Dogs make you somebody in the eyes of the universe.”
~ Bob Sullivan
“One day we will see our animals again in the eternity of Christ. Paradise is open to all of God’s creatures.”
~ Pope Francis
“The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.”
~ Samuel Butler
“The one best place to bury a good dog is in the heart of his master.”
~ Ben Hur Lampman
“All his sweet and shaggy life, always near me, never troubling me, and asking nothing.”
~ Pablo Neruda
“No heaven will not ever Heaven be. Unless my cats are there to welcome me.”
~ Unknown
“If not for dogs, how would we know the meaning of unconditional love.”
~ M.L. Gerard
“Once you have a wonderful dog, a life without one, is a life diminished.”
~ Dean Koontz
“You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will be there long before any of us.”
~ Robert Louis Stevenson
“Some angels choose fur instead of wings.”
~ Unknown
“A good dog never dies, he always stays, he walks besides you on crisp autumn days when frost is on the fields and winter’s drawing near, his head within our hand in his old way.”
~ Unknown
“All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it.”
~ Samuel Butler
“No matter how little money and how few possessions you own, having a dog makes you rich.”
~ Louise Sabin
“God Made the earth, the sky and the water, the moon and the sun. He made man and bird and beast. But He didn’t make the dog. He already had one.”
~ Unknown
“That one true heart was left behind What feeling do we ever find, to equal among human kind a dog’s fidelity!”
~ Thomas Hardy
“The highest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude.”
~ Thorton Wilder
“The dog is the most faithful of animals and would be much esteemed were it not so common. Our Lord God has made His greatest gifts the commonest.”
~ Martin Luther
“They’re just happy you’re there.”
~ Sandra Barker
“Having a pet is a risk – you always have the grief ahead. But that’s the flip side of love.”
~ Unknown
“If love alone could have kept you here, you would’ve lived forever.”
~ Unknown
We hope that these quotes and words for the loss of a pet have helped you to offer support and comfort to someone mourning their beloved animal friend.
Sally Collins is a writer and the founder and owner of Sympathy Message Ideas. Her passion is to help others deal with grief and provide assistance with talking to those grieving. Learn more about Sally.