Friends of Paws & Presence
People and places I recommend. Canadian makers and small businesses I know, doing work I'd point any family to.
How this works
I recommend everyone on this page, to anyone. And for the families I work with through a path, I've arranged something more - a discount, or a service at no cost. Those arrangements are made with each business directly, and the details come from me when we work together.
Nobody here pays to be listed, and I don't take a commission on anything you buy.
Keepsakes
OLIB Jewelry
Preserve Your Precious Memories Forever: Cherish, Recall, and Adorn
OLIB Jewelry creates personalized pet memorial necklaces using your pet's hair, carefully preserved in resin to create a meaningful, one-of-a-kind keepsake. Born from the founder's own experience of losing her beloved dog, OLIB understands how deeply our pets become part of our lives and families. Each necklace is individually handcrafted in Canada to help you keep a little piece of your beloved companion close, wherever life takes you.
All Paws Pooper Scooping
Year-round yard waste removal for dog households across Calgary and area, plus snow and leaf clearing. Practical rather than sentimental - and one of the jobs that gets hardest to face in the weeks after a dog dies.
Knotted for Purpose
Paracord gear for dogs and the people walking them, braided by hand in Canada. Custom orders welcome - something made to your own specification, by a person, which is rarer than it ought to be.
One thing worth saying plainly
Nothing on this page is a suggestion about timing.
The bed, the bowl, the collar, the toys still out in the yard - keep them as long as you want to, and part with them when you're ready and not a day before. There is no schedule for this, and anyone who implies there is has not done it themselves.
These are here for whenever that day arrives. If it doesn't arrive for a long while, that is also fine.
Are you a Canadian maker or a small business doing something for grieving families, and think you belong here? Tell me about it. I only list people whose work I know.