The memorial kit

A small kit for the hardest week.

When a dog dies, the house goes quiet and the internet mostly offers things to buy. This is not that. It is a free set of printable pages: a memorial certificate, a small plaque template for a frame you already own, and a short, honest guide to the first days and weeks. Print what helps. Skip what does not.

No sign-up, no email, nothing to buy. The files are just here. Any home printer and any paper will do; heavier paper holds a pen line better.

What is inside

Preview of the memorial certificate: a framed page with space for a name, years, and a photo

The memorial certificate

A quiet page for their name, their years, and your favorite photo of them, held by four photo corners. Two tones, one warm and one cool; print the one that feels like them.

PDF, two pages, US Letter

Download the certificate
Preview of the plaque template: cut-out name plaques in three frame sizes

The plaque template

The small name-and-years plaque, sized for 8 x 10, 5 x 7, and 4 x 6 frames. Write their name, cut along the dotted line, and tuck it beneath a photo you already have framed.

PDF, one page, US Letter

Download the template
Preview of the guide cover: The Quiet House, for the first days and weeks after you lose a dog

The Quiet House, a short guide

A few pages of plain company for the first days and weeks: what has a clock on it and what does not, the guilt almost everyone carries, the other animals in the house, children, and when to ask for more help.

PDF, four pages, US Letter

Download the guide

For vets, shelters, and rescues

Copy freely. Print these for families, keep a stack at the front desk, or link this page from your pet-loss resource list. Permission is printed inside the guide, in writing: unchanged copies, no charge, no strings. If another format would help your clinic, ask through the contact page.

If you would rather have them painted

This kit is free, and it is enough on its own. The memorial portraits live in a quieter room of this store; there is no hurry, and there never will be.