For this family, having an emotional support dog helped their daughter, who is struggling with several disorders, feel more independent and confident. However, they were only able to get four years together before the pet suffered an accident. The dad refused to pay the steep $2000 vet bill and found an alternative, majorly freaking out his daughter. Scroll down to find the full story and a conversation with Katie Lawlor, a doctor of clinical psychology, and a pet loss grief recovery specialist, Helen Goldberg, who kindly agreed to tell us more about the process of grieving a lost pet....