We'll tailor daily techniques to the animal actually in the room with you. No virtual avatars — just your real one.
Small moments, gently kept.
Two minutes. One breath at a time. With Miso beside you.
Tap a feeling. We'll remember it for you.
Sometimes the way we’re thinking makes it louder. Tap any that fit.
These stay with this entry. Not a diagnosis — just noticing.
Follow the orb. In four, hold seven, out eight. Let your shoulders drop.
4 · 7 · 8 rhythm — classic calm breath.
Notice one thing you can feel — the warmth of your tea, your pet's fur, your feet on the floor. That's enough for now.
Short, quiet practices for when the moment feels loud.
Save a mood from Today, or write a small reflection just below.
with your companion
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Short, quiet practices. No timers counting you down. Stop whenever you want.
A few quiet things, chosen by you. These aren’t goals. They’re the feel of a life you’d want, in the next hour or the next week.
There’s a part of you that’s just watching these feelings, quietly — the one who notices them.
Choose whichever speak to you.
One tiny thing you’d take in the next day. Ordinary, doable, softly kept.
Thoughts are weather. You don’t have to follow every one of them.
Tap a reminder to mark it done. Toggle individual ones off without pausing the whole routine.
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Curated from UK welfare bodies and peer-reviewed sources. Not a substitute for veterinary advice — welfare alerts open Triage.
Listings matched to your pet’s species and breed. PAWSE prefers accredited professionals (ABTC, APBC, IMDT, APDT, AVS, RCVS). Always confirm credentials before booking.
Educational support only, not veterinary advice. If something feels wrong, check Triage or your vet.
Tap the bell to get a gentle nudge the evening before. RSVP to show up on your plan — or add a one-off reminder for anything not listed.
Pick what you're seeing. We'll ask a couple of quick questions, then tell you whether it can wait.
Quiet, anonymous, and here when you need it.
"My dog noticed before I did. That was enough to start asking for help."
If you're in crisis or thinking about harming yourself, please reach someone now.
PAWSE is a wellbeing companion, not a clinical service. We're here between moments — not in place of care.
This part of PAWSE holds the heaviest moments — when a pet is ill, close to the end, or already gone. There are no timers here, no days to complete, nothing to finish. You can close this at any moment.
If the weight is too much right now, a trained human is a tap away:
Tap the chapter that matches this moment. Nothing is locked. Nothing expects you to come back.
Clinically informed. The PAWSE Grief Arc draws on Dr Alice Villalobos' HHHHHMM quality-of-life scale, research on disenfranchised grief (Doka), and UK pet-bereavement protocols. A named clinical advisor — a UK-registered psychologist and an RCVS-registered vet — is being appointed before public launch.
If you need someone now Samaritans, Shout, NHS 111 · 24/7 · freeGrief starts before the ending. If your companion is ill, aging, or facing a decision, this ache has a name: anticipatory grief. It is real, and loving them well now does not rush what comes next.
Seven quiet observations, scored 0 to 10. Vets use this scale to support families in hard conversations. It is not a test. A total above 35 often means "more good days than bad." Low scores are information, not a verdict — share them with your vet.
You can read more on Dr Villalobos' scale at the Veterinary Practice News reference.
Write a short sketch of the life they still enjoy: the morning sun spot, the five minutes of zoomies, the way they press into your palm. A good day is not a ranking — it is your private compass. Keeping one helps hard decisions land on steadier ground.
When the words are hard, having a few opening lines ready makes the first sentence survivable. Pick what fits. Edit it. Ignore it.
"Can we talk about quality of life for them? I want to know what you see, not just what's possible. I'd rather be too early than too late."
"I think we're getting close. I want us to decide together — before we have to decide in an emergency. Can we sit down this week?"
"They is very poorly, and her body is tired. The vets can make her comfortable, but they can't make her young again. I'll tell you what's happening as we learn it. You can ask me anything."
Use real words: "died," "body stopped working." Avoid "went to sleep" or "ran away," which can create fear of bedtime or of being left. (Source: Blue Cross — helping children with pet loss.)
"Love is the reason this is hard. Grief is the cost of caring. I don't have to be okay today."
Anticipatory grief lives in the body before it has words. A long exhale tells the nervous system you are safe enough to feel this. Rest a palm on your companion. Breathe in for four. Out for eight. Three rounds is enough.
There is no way to do this perfectly. There is only doing it with love. Everything below is a suggestion. Take what helps. Ignore the rest.
Many people find it helps to speak, even if only a sentence. Here is a short script. Edit it in your head. The words are less important than your voice being the last thing they hear.
"Thank you for being mine. Thank you for every walk, every purr, every time you waited at the door. You can rest now. I love you. I love you. I love you."
Most UK vets use a two-step process: a sedative first, so your pet is deeply asleep before the final injection. Some pets sigh, twitch, or open their eyes — these are reflexes, not pain. The vet will confirm they have gone. You can stay as long as you need.
Source: Blue Cross — saying goodbye.
Blue Cross volunteers are trained specifically for this day. They will not judge your decision, hurry you, or tell you what to do. They are there to sit with you — on the phone, for as long as you need.
Losing your companion is a real bereavement, even if the world around you doesn't treat it that way. This is called disenfranchised grief — grief whose legitimacy others may not recognise. It is grief all the same, and it deserves its time.
Related: Doka's Disenfranchised Grief (1989) · Payne et al., The psychological impact of companion-animal loss, Journal of Veterinary Behavior, 2020.
Kübler-Ross's five stages were never meant as a ladder to climb. Grief arrives in waves — smaller ones further apart as the months pass, occasionally enormous ones at birthdays, at their favourite walk, when someone asks how many pets you have. You are not behind. You are grieving.
Your GP can refer you for bereavement counselling on the NHS. Cruse Bereavement Support offers free help for any kind of loss. Pet-specific counsellors are listed via APLB.
If it's urgent, tap hereThere's no wrong way. You can write what you wish you'd said, or what you'd want them to know now. Some people write once and never again. Some keep writing for years.
Only if it helps. A memorial card for your companion. Private by default. You can edit or delete it at any moment. Nothing here is shared, and nothing asks to be completed.
A simple card with their name, dates, three things you loved, and one sentence that captures them. You don't have to fill it all out. You don't have to do it today.
Every Monday at 10pm local time, pet owners across the world light a candle for the pets they've lost. It began with APLB and has continued quietly for decades. You don't have to register. You just light something.
Read about the ceremonyMoods and care moments, side by side.
You showed up — for them, and for you.
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Gentle links to the tools already in your life.
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Prototype mock. In the real iOS build this uses the Journaling Suggestions API — PAWSE moments and mood entries become gentle prompts in Apple Journal. Nothing writes automatically.
If you need someone now Samaritans, Shout, NHS 111 · 24/7 · freePrototype only — no payment taken. Your mood entries and journal are saved locally on this device.