Prayer for sick dog to recover

A healthy dog means a happy human. How we look after and take care of our animal companions reflects our personality and our morals. It pains us, pet owners, to see dogs or any animals being mistreated or injured or become sickly and weak. When one of our own pets becomes unwell, we worry just as much as if it were a family member because that is what pets are, family members whom we choose. As much as we strive to do our best in providing medical and surgical care, we can’t help but worry to see them in pain or discomfort. We become anxious when we see them even slightly out of sorts because we can’t ask them to tell us where it hurts or how they are feeling.

We pray for all sick dogs. We pray for the healing and quick recovery of our pets. We ask God to lay upon them His healing hand so that they may regain their original strength and energy. We trust that our dogs are in good hands with a knowledgeable and caring veterinarian. We also must simply entrust them to God’s hands too, to cure them and help us in overcoming this challenge in our dog’s life and in our life.   

Catholic prayer for sick dog

All powerful Father in heaven,

Through this prayer for a dog, I bring to You the ailing health of my sick dog. I ask for Your healing hand to hover over my dearest pet companion. I beg for their quick and full recovery so that I may see my dog again, full of energy and of happiness. It aches my heart to see my pet dog frail and weak. I never want to hear my sick dog whining in an agony about the pain which he is enduring. May You look upon my sick dog with mercy, sparing him from the grip of death.

As an entrusted steward of Your creation, our Father in heaven, I care for all Your creatures and pray for all to be treated with dignity and love. I am sorry for the times when I did not properly care for Your wonderful creations.

Father, You have entrusted to me the pure soul of my beloved pet dog. May my efforts in providing the care and attention they need hasten their recovery. Allow them to slowly regain their strength as they recover from their surgery or sickness. Let my prayer for my dog rise like incense to Your altar, O Lord. May they not contract any serious diseases or harmful infections in the future. Let Your light ward off any and all health risks from my dog. I also commend to Your, dear Father, those sick dogs wandering on the streets and who are in animal shelters. May those sick stray dogs be rescued by kind hearts. That they may be given immediate attention. Allow those sick dogs in shelters to be cured of their ailments. May they have access to surgical and medical care. More importantly, please provide strength to the kindhearted workers and volunteers who rescue and look after sick animals in their care.

I make this prayer through the powerful name of Jesus Christ, our Lord.

Amen.  

Short prayer for sick dog

All powerful Father, lay Your healing hands upon my beloved sick dog. May You free my dog from the bonds of sickness and injury. Please bring him back to his happy, loving, joy-giving self. Amen.

The Word of God

Hear my prayer, O Lord; give ear to my supplications in your faithfulness; answer me in your righteousness.

Psalm 143: 1 NRSVUE

For every wild animal of the forest is mine, the cattle on a thousand hills. I know all the birds of the air, and all that moves in the field is mine.

Psalm 50:10-11 NRSVUE

Know well the condition of your flocks, and give attention to your herds.

Proverbs 27:23 NRSVUE

Prayer to Saint Roch, the Healer, for sick dogs.

Dear Saint Roch, a powerful instrument of God’s healing grace, kindly look upon my sick dog. Your miraculous intercession testifies to the numerous healings of sick people suffering from skin disease, allow then, your prayers to pass over onto my sick dog. Let my dog recover from his surgery or sickness. Kindly hear my humble prayer for my weak and feeble loyal companion. Through you, may God help to regain the strength of my well-loved pet dog. May you keep him from any harmful and contagious disease so that he may continue to join me in offering our thanksgiving to God for having a healthy body.

During the deadly bubonic plague in France, you, Saint Roch, contracted the contagious and deadly disease. Exiling oneself to the forest, you accepted your fate of dying of the disease. But through God’s intervention, you were saved by a wandering dog in the woods. The dog provided you with bread to eat. He even licked your inflamed wounds, only for you to find that the wounds healed slowly after each visit from the caring soul. Eventually, you, along with your newfound dog companion, regained your strength and continued following your vocation as a pilgrim for Christ until the end of your journey on earth.

O miraculous Saint Roch, lend an ear to the prayer for my sick dog. My sweet dog is godsent to me, as providential as the dog who tended to your dire need. He has been my faithful companion in life, and I never want to see him feeling weak and unhappy. Allow my loyal dog to recover and, in due time, continue to be a blessing in my life and in the lives of others. My pet dog is my companion. He is my bundle of joy. He is my furry guardian angel.

I also bring you my prayerful intentions for those sick stray dogs found on the streets and those rescued in shelters. Extend your hand over them also. May they be given the love, care, and medical attention that they richly deserve. May you always strengthen their volunteer caretakers and rescuers for them to continue to be an extension of God’s love and mercy to those unfortunate animals.

Saint Roch, God’s powerful healer, pray for my sick dog and for us.

Amen.

Further reflection

Our prayers, for whomever and whatever it may be, even for our sick dogs, can work wonders. We only need to ask and beg with a pure heart and a firm faith in God. We are even more assured that God listens to our prayer if we seek the intercessions of the saints whose lives are living testaments of God’s grace and whose own being personified God’s mercy and love for humanity.

Our prayer for our sick or injured dogs may seem trivial and petty to some people, but it is a response to our vocation as stewards of God’s creation. In a sense, how we take care of our pet dogs, especially when they are sick, reflects our moral obligation towards caring for the creatures of God. No matter how small our response is when done with great love and devotion to God, it nurtures our faith. Dogs are even considered to be “wingless angels” of God. Seeing our pet dog’s trust and fidelity in us provides us with a glimpse of God’s infinite love and undying fidelity.

May we continue to provide all the attention and care needed for our sick dogs recovering from illness, surgery, or disease. A single life nurtured and looked after is a life both honored and treasured as a gift from God. Let us allow God to look upon us with mercy and heal our sick dog.