Free tools
Small, practical help for when a pet has died, and for the years before. Nothing to sign up for, nothing to buy, and you are welcome to link to any of them.
- Pet sympathy card messages
Three messages for a card, with the pet's name in, from a friend, family, colleague, neighbour or vet practice.
- Pet memorial poem maker
A short verse with their name in it, for a card, a goodbye or a frame.
- UK pet bereavement support lines
Every free line with its number and hours, checked against each organisation every night, and a sheet to print.
- Can I bury my pet in the garden?
The official guidance where you live, in England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland, quoted word for word.
- Free pet loss leaflets for vets and rescues
Three one-page leaflets to hand to someone whose pet has died: where to find free support, what the rules say about burying a pet at home, and how to help a child.
- How long do pets live?
Typical lifespans for cats, dogs, rabbits, guinea pigs and hamsters, taken from studies of pets in the UK.
- Dog years calculator
How old is your dog, cat or small pet in human years?
How the tools work
Each one works inside your own browser. Nothing you type, a name or an age, is sent to us or kept anywhere, and there is no account to make.
The card messages and the memorial verses are our own words, written for these pages, and you are free to use and change them. The lifespans come from published UK studies of pets, and every page names the study and links to it.
Some things change: phone numbers, opening hours, official guidance and the UK life expectancy figure. Our site checks each of those against its source every night, and the line beside it shows the date it was last confirmed. If a source stops matching, the page says the figure is being re-checked.
The leaflets, the support list, the burial guidance and the poems print on A4. Print at 100% and the 50 mm line at the foot of the sheet tells you it came out the right size.
For vets, rescues and groups: you are welcome to link to any of these pages, and the leaflets can carry your own name. More to read: all the guides.
When you're ready, you can keep them close: ways to remember them. Their portrait, made from your photo, starts at £19.99 as a poster, with free UK delivery: make their portrait.