When Ozzy passed away April 12, 2003, we grieved in ways we never thought a human could grieve for a pet. But that was because, he was so much more than that. In Ozzy's final week, I searched frantically on the internet to find veteranary advice. I needed second opinions, I needed descriptions on his illness, so that I could be fully educated on what my options were. And when it came time for us to let Ozzy go, again I turned to the internet. I needed to grieve, I needed to find something to memorialize him, I needed something. I just wasn't sure what it was.
And then, I decided to create ozzypup.com. I have absolutely no knowledge about creating a web-site, so I consulted a friend of a friend, who took my words, and magically transformed them into an official ozzypup.com site.
I have two main goals for ozzypup.com. The first is to memorialize Ozzy. Although he is no longer physically with us, his name will always be in cyberspace for as long as I am here, and this brings me comfort –which brings me to my second goal for this site. Although as I mentioned, I know nothing about building sites, I do have a major strength. I am excellent at doing research over the internet. Since I had such difficulty searching for information on pet illnesses and pet grieving, I decided to make ozzypup.com a destination for pet lovers around the world, where they can find out about all things, pet related, with an emphasis on resources that have information on illness, and grieving.
Pets are the most wonderful gifts in the world, and when they are sick, or when their time has come, we grieve just as if we have lost a human member of our family. My hope is not only to provide resources for pet lovers, but also to create a network of members that can help each other, provide advice, and more importantly, provide an ear to listen.
Thank you for visiting ozzypup.com, my labor of love. In the next few months, I plan to have quite a bit of information added. I welcome your feedback, so if there is anything you would like to see addressed on this site, please e-mail me.
Sincerely,
Nancy and Ron