Comments on: Soft-Hearted Pillow: A product I didn’t want to review http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2010/07/14/soft-hearted-pillow/ Blogging by a team of pet-care experts. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:26:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Patricia Moore http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2010/07/14/soft-hearted-pillow/comment-page-1/#comment-489879 Patricia Moore Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:25:51 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=16509#comment-489879 To Ericka: Thank you so much for entrusting me to create Coco's beautiful pillow. It is a gift to me to know that the pillow is helping you. To Other Kind Friends: Thank you for your comments. This product idea was created from my heart and still is with the absolute best fabrics, construction, and my own personal inspection with every product. For those who wish to keep their ashes, collars, locks of fur in a safe, beautiful, less costly place we also offer the same Soft-Hearted Memory Pouch that is included with each pillow only purchased separately. We also welcome any customized ideas such as the vinyl photo pocket (great idea perkysmom). Customers need only contact our customer service email address and we promise to do our best to make sure our products live up to your expectation. "we really are Soft-Hearted" Patricia Moore http://www.soft-hearted.com To Ericka: Thank you so much for entrusting me to create Coco’s beautiful pillow. It is a gift to me to know that the pillow is helping you.
To Other Kind Friends: Thank you for your comments. This product idea was created from my heart and still is with the absolute best fabrics, construction, and my own personal inspection with every product. For those who wish to keep their ashes, collars, locks of fur in a safe, beautiful, less costly place we also offer the same Soft-Hearted Memory Pouch that is included with each pillow only purchased separately. We also welcome any customized ideas such as the vinyl photo pocket (great idea perkysmom). Customers need only contact our customer service email address and we promise to do our best to make sure our products live up to your expectation. “we really are Soft-Hearted”
Patricia Moore
http://www.soft-hearted.com

]]> By: perkysmom http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2010/07/14/soft-hearted-pillow/comment-page-1/#comment-489877 perkysmom Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:07:12 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=16509#comment-489877 It would be nice if this product had a vinyl pocket so one can have a picture of the deceased pet on the pillow. It would be nice if this product had a vinyl pocket so one can have a picture of the deceased pet on the pillow.

]]> By: Bekye http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2010/07/14/soft-hearted-pillow/comment-page-1/#comment-489855 Bekye Fri, 16 Jul 2010 02:19:19 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=16509#comment-489855 I'm so sorry for the loss of Coco ... I lost my little heart dog, Lexie, on May 11 2010 after a 15-month battle with breast cancer. (Yeah, sadly, dogs get cancer too) ... her ashes are in a little box on my desk which is not terribly comforting ... what a wonderful idea this is! Thank you for sharing from your own pain to help others who are grieving. I’m so sorry for the loss of Coco … I lost my little heart dog, Lexie, on May 11 2010 after a 15-month battle with breast cancer. (Yeah, sadly, dogs get cancer too) … her ashes are in a little box on my desk which is not terribly comforting … what a wonderful idea this is! Thank you for sharing from your own pain to help others who are grieving.

]]> By: Ericka http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2010/07/14/soft-hearted-pillow/comment-page-1/#comment-489854 Ericka Fri, 16 Jul 2010 01:56:41 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=16509#comment-489854 Thank you for all your kinds words. Coco was the one, my heart dog, and I am happy to have earned her love. People like you all on Pet Connection truly understand that our dogs and cats we spend our lives with are more than just our pets. Thank you for all your kinds words. Coco was the one, my heart dog, and I am happy to have earned her love.

People like you all on Pet Connection truly understand that our dogs and cats we spend our lives with are more than just our pets.

]]> By: Leslie K http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2010/07/14/soft-hearted-pillow/comment-page-1/#comment-489821 Leslie K Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:29:37 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=16509#comment-489821 I am so sorry you lost Coco. I hope you can smile more at your memories of her soon. The pillow sounds like a great idea, but I also hope not to need one for a long time. Unfortunately mine are all seniors, so I guess I'm also covering my eyes and ears. I am so sorry you lost Coco. I hope you can smile more at your memories of her soon. The pillow sounds like a great idea, but I also hope not to need one for a long time. Unfortunately mine are all seniors, so I guess I’m also covering my eyes and ears.

]]> By: Lauren http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2010/07/14/soft-hearted-pillow/comment-page-1/#comment-489813 Lauren Thu, 15 Jul 2010 02:45:48 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=16509#comment-489813 Ericka, Coco was a very special girl, and I love those pics of her. What a great idea to be able to still (hug) her memory. Great review (tear!) Ericka, Coco was a very special girl, and I love those pics of her. What a great idea to be able to still (hug) her memory. Great review (tear!)

]]> By: Deb http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2010/07/14/soft-hearted-pillow/comment-page-1/#comment-489811 Deb Thu, 15 Jul 2010 01:35:51 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=16509#comment-489811 Sometimes it's just more than one can stand to buy, cover and decorate a memorial pillow or a whatever edifice we chose when we're in the throes of grief. To each his or her own. For me, I don't want a pillow with a place to hold his ashes. I just want my boy's ashes to magically reconstitute themselves back into his living self. Since that isn't going to happen, clutching a pillow won't help me. I do appreciate however that for many, this would be a real option. Whatever it takes for each and all of us to come to terms with our losses is fine by me. Whatever we have to spend to help us achieve a place of equilibrium, that's not for me to judge either. Sometimes it’s just more than one can stand to buy, cover and decorate a memorial pillow or a whatever edifice we chose when we’re in the throes of grief. To each his or her own. For me, I don’t want a pillow with a place to hold his ashes. I just want my boy’s ashes to magically reconstitute themselves back into his living self. Since that isn’t going to happen, clutching a pillow won’t help me. I do appreciate however that for many, this would be a real option. Whatever it takes for each and all of us to come to terms with our losses is fine by me. Whatever we have to spend to help us achieve a place of equilibrium, that’s not for me to judge either.

]]> By: Michelle http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2010/07/14/soft-hearted-pillow/comment-page-1/#comment-489808 Michelle Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:10:55 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=16509#comment-489808 I'm sorry for your loss. It's always hard to lose a pet. Even after all these years, I still cry over the ones I've lost. That said, while it's a very cute and charming idea (I know several people who have made their own versions of this when their pets have passed) I think $110 is steep. A small zippered throw pillow, even with the custom embroidering, costs maybe $10 to make yourself. You can buy the exact same thing made to hide other products for $20-30. With that kind of price tag, it honestly comes across as one of those many products out there designed to take advantage of a mourning owner's deep pockets, even if it's not intended that way. Of course, the same could be said for basically any and all of the couture products reviewed so far. They're all useful and pretty, but you can buy the exact same thing for hundreds less and spruce it up yourself. I’m sorry for your loss. It’s always hard to lose a pet. Even after all these years, I still cry over the ones I’ve lost.

That said, while it’s a very cute and charming idea (I know several people who have made their own versions of this when their pets have passed) I think $110 is steep. A small zippered throw pillow, even with the custom embroidering, costs maybe $10 to make yourself. You can buy the exact same thing made to hide other products for $20-30.

With that kind of price tag, it honestly comes across as one of those many products out there designed to take advantage of a mourning owner’s deep pockets, even if it’s not intended that way.

Of course, the same could be said for basically any and all of the couture products reviewed so far. They’re all useful and pretty, but you can buy the exact same thing for hundreds less and spruce it up yourself.

]]> By: Susan http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2010/07/14/soft-hearted-pillow/comment-page-1/#comment-489803 Susan Wed, 14 Jul 2010 22:42:28 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=16509#comment-489803 So sorry for your loss. I hope that as time passes the pain will lessen and give way to happy memories. So sorry for your loss. I hope that as time passes the pain will lessen and give way to happy memories.

]]> By: Ingrid King http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2010/07/14/soft-hearted-pillow/comment-page-1/#comment-489801 Ingrid King Wed, 14 Jul 2010 22:37:13 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=16509#comment-489801 I meant to add that Amber passed away a day after Coco did. I meant to add that Amber passed away a day after Coco did.

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