I am so sorry for your loss. Oh please give your daugter a big hug for me. I can remember loosing my beloved kitten when I was 7. "Tea Cup" was accidentally run over by my uncle. She was the runt of the litter that would stay in my doll buggy when everyone else bailed out.  I fed her with my "Besty Wetsy’s"doll bottle and she loved it. I think I cried for two days non stop. I just read about loosing a beloved pet in the newspaper. The article suggested what everyone else did, having a funeral for the pet. ALSO they said to try not to replace the pet right away. The child or adult needs to have a grieving period, and replacing the animal will rob them of that much needed time to grieve. Grieving is a healthy step to recovery it says. It goes on to say that although some do not look at loosing a pet as something serious, to other’s it is as serious as loosing a family member. Which I know in my household, all the pets are part of our family.

As far as Hartz goes, I am not sure how old your daughter is but I would have her write a personal letter to Hartz. Boy that ought to get the ball rolling. Perhaps once she is to a point where she is calmer, this will also help her work through her grief, and I am sure the anger that sometimes comes with a stage of grief. I know if I worked at Hartz and got this hand written letter from a little girl that lost her pet due to my company’s fault, I would change my product. I know I myself am starting a letter tomorrow to them.  

Regarding increasing meds. for emotional stress, this just isn’t said enough. I am getting on my own endo. for this.(whom I really do love but everyone could use a little updating) This needs to be put out there. Increasing meds. for emotional upset. I remember some other adult posting here telling us she had to increase after her brand new truck was run into while parked in front of her house. Everytime my daughter cries, she gets an instant horrific head ache. Thank you Betsy for posting.

I will be praying for your daughter. God bless!