After the “Departure” of a Pet — A Prayer for a Child

Saying goodbye to the Soul of a beloved household animal — a dog or a cat — can be long and painful, especially for a small child.
The little girl for whom I once wrote this prayer felt a lack of parental love.
She had decided that if the dog was being loved by her parents, then there was not enough love left for her.
The dog died, and the child could not recover.
I asked a few questions to understand what had been happening at home.
With the prayer in hand, I arrived at their house.
The girl could already read, so she took the printed pages and went to her room. Immediately she began to cry loudly.
I know these emotional releases very well, so when the mother worried, I said that it would pass soon.
It did not.
After 30 minutes of intense sobbing we went to her.
She was lying on her back beside the table, with her legs pulled tightly to her chest.
When she calmed down a little, I asked:
“So how many pages have you read?”
“The first sentence.”
That first sentence triggered half an hour of crying.
It took her several weeks of reading to fully forgive herself.
Dreams about the dog appeared.
She learned from them that although Maks had left, his Soul continued to live.
With some adaptation, this prayer can also help heal the relationship between a child and a dog who is still alive.

Prayer of Forgiveness (for a Child after the Loss of a Dog)
(Below is the full translation of your declaration-style prayer.
I… forgive myself for being jealous of the love and attachment that Maks had for Daddy, and for the fact that Maks showed more attachment and love toward Daddy.
I… forgive myself for pushing away from myself the responsibility for Maks’s safety and placing it on Daddy.
I… with joy, kindness, and love, always support the dog Maksymilian and always take care of his safety.
I… am glad and grateful that I always support the dog Maksymilian and always take care of his safety.
I… forgive myself for not wanting to go for walks with Maks.
I… forgive myself for throwing the dog Maksymilian onto the floor.
I… forgive myself for tormenting or bothering the dog Maksymilian and other beings.
I… forgive myself for teasing, irritating, and upsetting the dog Maksymilian and other beings.
I… forgive myself for teasing or irritating the dog Maksymilian when he is with me or with other people.
I… forgive myself for deliberately and spitefully waking, disturbing, or taking the dog Maksymilian when he sleeps.
I… forgive myself for deliberately and spitefully taking the things or toys of the dog Maksymilian.
I… forgive myself for deliberately and spitefully knocking over or bothering the dog Maksymilian and other beings.
I… forgive myself for bothering the dog Maksymilian in various ways to make him cry or hurt.
I… forgive myself for deliberately and spitefully “fighting” with the dog Maksymilian, with myself, and with other beings.
I… forgive myself for not loving or for hating the dog Maksymilian.
I… forgive myself for believing that Daddy, Mommy, or God no longer loved me, giving their love instead to the dog Maksymilian and other beings.
I am free from the belief that Daddy, Mommy, or God no longer love me, giving their love to the dog Maksymilian and other beings.
I… forgive myself for being jealous of the dog Maksymilian and of the love and joy that Daddy, Mommy, and God gave him.
I… forgive myself for wanting to claim all the love of my Daddy, my Mommy, and God only for myself.
I… forgive myself for wishing harm or trouble upon the dog Maksymilian.
I… forgive myself for hoping that the dog Maksymilian would no longer be in my home and that something bad would happen to him.
I… forgive myself for not noticing or ignoring the warning signs of danger that threatened Maksymilian.
I… forgive myself for not ensuring the safety of the dog Maksymilian.
I… now allow God to make me free from blaming myself for not ensuring the safety of the dog Maksymilian and for contributing to his death through my carelessness.
I… forgive the dog Maksymilian for leaving us in such a dramatic and painful way.
I… forgive the dog Maksymilian for choosing to leave us in pain rather than continue living with us.
I… forgive myself for discouraging Maksymilian so much that he preferred to leave us in pain rather than stay.
I… forgive myself for needing to experience the departure, the death of the dog Maksymilian in order to understand what his love was, how he showed it, and how he expressed it.
I… forgive myself for trying to enslave or emotionally bind the dog Maksymilian and other beings to myself.
I… forgive myself for manipulating Maksymilian and other beings.
I… forgive Maksymilian for manipulating me with his behavior.
I… forgive myself for ignoring the rules of safe walking and protecting the dog Maksymilian.
I… forgive myself for creating inside myself much resistance and dislike toward the dog Maksymilian.
I… forgive myself for not creating at home the conditions in which the dog Maksymilian would feel fully loved and accepted.
I… forgive myself for imagining various misfortunes happening to the dog Maksymilian.
I… forgive myself for not being happy about Maksymilian staying in my home, for being irritated by his presence.
I… forgive myself for teasing, “fighting,” and bothering Maksymilian and other beings.
I… forgive myself for hitting Maksymilian and other beings.
I… forgive myself for causing pain and suffering to the dog Maksymilian and other beings.
I… now apologize to the dog Maksymilian for all the pain and all the sufferings he experienced with me and because of me.
I… allow Maksymilian to forgive me for all the pain and suffering he experienced with me and because of me.
I… forgive myself for not being able to receive or understand the pure love that the dog Maksymilian gave me.
I… forgive myself for rejecting or not fully accepting the limitless, pure love that the dog Maksymilian gave me.
I… forgive myself for not appreciating or noticing the gift of pure, limitless love that the dog Maksymilian offered me.
I… forgive myself for rejecting, not accepting, and not appreciating the Soul of the dog Maksymilian and the way it expressed itself on Earth.
I… forgive myself for creating in the dog Maksymilian and in other beings a sense of guilt, unfulfillment, or rejection by me and by my family.
I… forgive myself for disliking the natural animal traits and behaviors of the dog Maksymilian and of other animals.
I… forgive myself for not appreciating what God gave me without any effort on my part.
I… forgive myself for not appreciating that God gave me a wonderful, loving dog — Maksymilian — without effort or merit on my part.
I… forgive myself for believing, imagining, or fantasizing that the dog Maksymilian disturbed me or interfered with my life.
I… forgive myself for feeling enslaved or dominated by the presence of Maksymilian in my life.
I… forgive Maksymilian for “enslaving” or “dominating” me with his presence.
I… forgive myself for being tired of constantly supervising or guarding the dog Maksymilian.
I… forgive myself for not being able, not knowing how, or not wanting to fully love the dog Maksymilian.
I… forgive myself for wanting the dog Maksymilian to stay in my home only for a very short time.
I… forgive myself for my lack of acceptance toward the dog Maksymilian and for my dislike of him.
I… forgive myself for not finding in myself kindness or love for the dog Maksymilian.
I… forgive myself for blaming or accusing the dog Maksymilian of disturbing or negatively changing my life.
I… forgive myself for accusing the dog Maksymilian of taking my time and space needed for my play, my work, or my activities.
I… forgive myself for praising the dog Maksymilian while simultaneously criticizing him.
I… forgive myself for praising the dog Maksymilian while holding many grievances and complaints toward him.
I… forgive myself for putting pressure and demands on Maksymilian and his Soul.
I… now return to Maksymilian and his Soul full freedom of choosing the further path of his life and his behaviors.
I… fully and completely accept the freedom of Maksymilian and his Soul to choose the further path of his life and his behaviors.
I… fully and completely accept whichever path the dog Maksymilian and his Soul choose.

Opublikowano: 25/11/2025
Autor: s_majda
Kateogrie: Animals

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