Pet loss issues and how to plan ahead are the topics tackled in this Before I Die New Mexico Festival panel discussion event. Panelists are:
- Ann Beyke, MA, pet loss counselor, www.PetLossCounselor.com
- Dr. Jeff Nichol, DVM, veterinarian, www.DrJeffNichol.com
- Julie Keller with Best Friends Pet Cremation Services and the Best Friends Forever Cemetery, where people can be buried with their pets.
- Estate planning attorney Jim Plitz with Morris Hall, provides insights about pet trusts www.MorrisTrust.com
Among topics discussed:
- How children and adults react to the loss of a pet, compared to the loss of humans.
- The differences at end-of-life for treatment and a gentle death for pets versus people.
- The implications when pet parents consider their companion animals as “fur babies.”
- “The Rule of Three” quality of life scale to determine when it’s time for euthanasia.
- How to tell when your pet is in pain.
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Held as part of the Before I Die New Mexico Festival, this panel discussion took place in Albuquerque on November 9, 2019, at Sunset Memorial Park in the Sunset House conference room.
The third annual Before I Die NM Festival was held November 3 to 10, 2019. It offered upbeat activities to think about, talk about and do something about our inevitable mortality. A record-breaking 1,800 people participated in these events, which took place in Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Taos and Espanola, New Mexico. Activities included Death Café conversations, field trips to cemeteries, funeral homes and crematoria, movies, panel discussions, and a wide range of speakers. A fourth annual festival will be held in October/November of 2020.
Festival Sponsors
A big thank you to our sponsors who made the 2019 Before I Die New Mexico Festival possible, and most of the events free:
- A Good Goodbye – Pioneering death educator Gail Rubin puts the “fun” in funeral planning. AGoodGoodbye.com
- Daniels Family Funerals & Cremations; DeVargas Funeral Home & Crematory; Fairview Memorial Park; and Gabaldon Mortuary;
- FRENCH Funerals and Cremations and Sunset Memorial Park – FrenchFunerals.com;
- Morris Hall PLLC – an estate planning law firm MorrisTrust.com;
- MyFinalChecklist.com – the end-of-life planning system you need to finally get it together for those you will leave behind;
- The Green Burial Council – a nonprofit organization that inspires and advocates for environmentally sustainable, natural death care. GreenBurialCouncil.org
- Passages International – Albuquerque-based providers of eco-friendly funeral and cremation products. PassagesInternational.com
- Everdays – an app that connects you with the people that matter most during life’s important moments. Everdays.com
