There is/was a Saturday morning TV show on CBS called, "Lucky Dog". The host and star was a guy named Brandon McMillan. At the beginning of the show, he would rescue a dog from a local shelter. And then, we'd meet the eventual recipient of that dog. Through the show, we see Brandon training the dog specially for that person. Each episode ends with Brandon presenting them with the dog.

I want to do a similar show but kinda backwards. There are ZERO tools for teaching people how to grieve in a healthy way, not just for pets, but for the loss of a person, too. Nothing. When we experience that loss, most people are left at a standstill. Others around us might help, but actually going through the grieving process is a solo experience we are never prepared for and rarely have any tools.

It's worse for kids. As adults, we have likely been to a funeral. We have had a family member pass and we learn from our surviving family members how to get through that. But when a pet dies, often even the adults have no answers about the grieving process. If the adults Don't know what to do, how will they teach their kids?

This TV show gets the sad ending out of the way first. We see a few minutes of a person who has lost a pet and we get their story. The rest of the show is about what they did to heal. Each episode ends with them rescuing a new pet.

So many people I've talked to said they would never get another pet because they didn't want to hurt like this again. Meanwhile, there are countless pets in shelters who need a loving person to bring them home. It hurts so much because we have tremendous love. It hurts double when we withhold that love from another pet that needs us.

What if this is teachable? Could we coordinate with therapists and those who work in veterinary social work to write a show that teaches "How To Grieve"? The show is about grieving the loss of a pet, but the lessons are easily transferrable to losing a person or other great losses people experience.

The show could center around one of our locations and even film there. Each episode features a different way someone got through it.