04/15/2025
At Boise K9, we understand how hard it is to lose our best friends. We are pleased to announce we have our next grief and loss support group planned to start May 6th at 6pm.
The group will be limited to 7-8 people to provide adequate time for each individual.
Message us today if you would like to attend!
Farewell Beloved Friend: Living with Loss is a four-session grief support program for people who love dogs. This group is for anyone that may be going through or anticipating a loss, or if you are someone who wants to know how to help a loved one through a loss.
Our Facilitator for this group is Dr. Mary-Ann Sontag, Ph.D. LCSW.
Dr. Mary-Ann is a member of the faculty at the University of Montana (working remotely from Boise). She has spent her career focused on loss, grief, and end of life care but Mary-Ann is also an active member in the dog community. She has bred, trained, shown, loved - and grieved-- Bernese Mountain Dogs for almost three decades. Mary-Ann has combined her interests repeatedly throughout her career, from utilizing her dogs in grief groups for children to publishing three book chapters related to loss, grief, and dogs. Mary-Ann also maintains a free grief support website at www.helpwithgrief.org.
