when your dog(s) die are you going to cremation or bury them?
i HATE thinking about my babies passing on, but it will happen sometime and i want to be prepared. i'm going to cremate Gracie so she can be with me forever.
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when your dog(s) die are you going to cremation or bury them?
i HATE thinking about my babies passing on, but it will happen sometime and i want to be prepared. i'm going to cremate Gracie so she can be with me forever.
Bury. I have always buried our pets somewhere in our yard(s). Somewhere where they used to roam. Sad, but they are dead. And you are only burying the body - and not the memories.
I'm seriously thinking about cremating my boys after its their turn to pass on.... I'm unsure why, though.... hopefully I'll have plenty of more years to decide.
I will probably cremate my pups. I have had BAD experiences with burying pets.. especially in your yard...
Jessika, do you mean, "you end up seeing them again"???Quote:
Originally Posted by Jessika
Unfortunately, I've already had to make this decision several times. All my bridge kids were cremated, the rest of them will be too when the time comes. I have shelf in my bedroom with all the urns along with pictures and other mementos. I wear a small portion of Hoodoo's ashes in a pendant pretty much every day. It is in my will that when my time comes, my pets' ashes are to be mixed with mine and scattered in a particular spot.
Yes that is exactly what I am referring to lolQuote:
Originally Posted by BOBS DAD
Cremation. I think by burring a pet some animal could come and dig them up....and well not nice experience..
I don't do anything like that. I'm not into cremating or burrying my dogs at all, I'd rather have the real dog or nothing at all but that's just me. IMO you don't even really know for sure who you are getting back when you cremate them, there could be some of your dog mixed in with a bunch of other pets...
I can appreciate your concerns. Everyone expects their final Goodbyes to be FINAL - at least in this life. I have never had a "bad experience" (aka Jessika) as described, but I do make sure that I dig deep (approx 4 feet) and then lay to rest with a wrapping of some sort (blanket they liked or something). I know this is rather morbid and all... but I find this final act to be less detached and more therapeutic.
OK Orangutango...Quote:
Originally Posted by Orangutango
but you do/will have to do something. Cause when they die, unless you do something... they will just continue to hang around - in the same spot. The only resurrection I know of was Jesus Christ!!!
:D
Actually.... niether.
I read somewhere that, for a substantial sum, you can have your dog or cat remains turned into a precious gem. It's similar to cremating and it is very expensive.
http://www.lifegem.com/secondary/whatisLG2006.aspx
Cremate.
If I burried one of my pets here, they will be stuck here forever.. what if we moved?
I have different places where I want to spread the ashes, and different ideas of how I want to keep them.
My husband and I buried our RB kitty about a year ago. I got a nice headstone for her and its nice knowing she is there. We plan on being in this house for a long time.
It was very hard burying her though, not sure I could do it again, especially with a larger animal. I also had nightmares the first week that she crawled out covered in dirt...sorry to be so graphic but they were disturbing dreams.
All of my pets so far have been buried, but with Maggie she'll be cremated. I want to have her with me always.
Wow...
Casey's Mom... that IS Disturbing. I buried our cat of 21 years last month and YES, it was hard. I don't know if it is getting harder because I am getting older myself or what. I thought about her there for a week or so too, and it made me feel sad. Don't know if incinerating her would have been any easier though?
We have buried our cats and guinea pigs in our backyard but I wouldn't want to bury a larger animal like a dog. :( So they will most likely be cremated.
Yes the idea of giving her to someone to burn is why I buried her. Either way is pretty hard I guess.
Angie is buried in our yard. I thought it would be hard, but I like having her there. She's home and that's where she'd want to be.
I had Bandit cremated. I paid extra for single (ashes not mixed with other pets) cremation, and bought a nice picture urn from Petsmart to store his ashes in. I also put a tuft of his fur and his collar in the urn. I can take that with wherever I may move, as I highly doubt I will stay in my current location forever.
Plus, in some cities it is illegal to bury animals in your yard.
I will cremate my pets. It is illegal to bury pets in your backyard here. There is a HUGE fine if you're caught. Besides, I would like to have my pets ashes with me for life.
Buried. All of my past pets are buried in the garden with spring flowers just sprouting on their graves:(
We buried our last dog in our yard. I have regretted it ever since. Even though we plan to live here forever, you never know. I do believe it is also against the law to bury an animal here. I am very torn between burying and cremation. I don't like the thought of my pet being burned up and I can't stand the thought of someone taking my pets body away. :( If a person died they would take their body away, so I don't know why that bothers me so much.
I know it's just a body and my pets spirit and memories will be with me forever. I just don't know what I'll do when faced with this decision. :(
Cremated for sure.My RB muggins was buried at our old house in canada,but my other 2 RV girls whom we lost in Texas were both cremated.Like Kay said,if we move they'll be with us,which we do move alot.
Umm.. I honestly don't know. I don't know why, but I don't like the idea of having Mickey's OR Molly's ashes sitting on a shelf.. I don't think I would bury them either... but maybe in a pet cemetery?
And anyway.. your pet isn't there anymore. So what's the point of keeping the body or ashes? He/she's finished with it's body.. his soul is no longer with it. It's with you and God.
What do vets do with bodies when you don't ask for a cremation or burial? We left Wolfie's body with the vet and my aunt left our old dog (who we gave to her) at the vet as well..
We've actually done both.
Keisha's was such a sudden death we never really had any time to think of what to do for her. When she died at the vets I had them put her in the back seat of my car and I drove her home. We burried her in her favorite place in the back yard (where she used to lay on my flowers). I hated the thought of burrying her, but at the time it was the only thing we thought of.
Now I feel we can't move because I don't know if I could bear the thought of leaving her.
With Angus we were prepared. I had bought an urn and a necklace for some of his ashes so I'd always have him with me. The only time I don't have him around my neck is when I take a shower. And his urn stays in our bedroom, where he spent most of his last days. There are also other momentos with it.
I didn't like the idea of having him cremated and it bothered me for quite a while after we got his ashes back. But now I wouldn't have it any other way.
Remember... ashes to ashes, dust to dust. Even if you bury your pet (as I have), they will be nothing but dust in a few years. If your pet is buried in a flower bed and has been for 5-10 years, you likely couldn't find them if you tried.
Of course, this is all based on what I think... and not really on any scientific first hand knowledge. Does anyone know for sure how long the remains remain intact???
I had a private cremation for my Buddy.I couldn't bear to leave him
at the Vets.I do know the bodies are collected by the city & disposed
of. It seemed disrespectful & sad to me to have that happen to Buddy.
I suppose I'll do the same for Smokey & Maggie. I've also made known
( an put in in my will) to have cremation for myself & my ashes spread
with theirs in a local state park.
I had Willie and Cody cremated and in sealed wooden urns. I will always do something that enables me to keep part of them with me because I find it a comfort. I don't bury for some of the same reasons as has been mentioned.
Everyone is different and what's "right" to one person may not be to another, and there's nothing wrong with that. There's no right or wrong way, and the point is that whatever you choose to do to memorialize your pet, it is a comfort to your soul and your way of respecting their remains, the same way you would a beloved family member who passed away. I don't think anyone here actually considers the ashes/remains to "be" their pet, we all know their soul has moved on.Quote:
Originally Posted by BC_MoM
Well I think it's very personal to people. I wouldn't leave my family member at the hospital to be disposed of by the hospital staff, so I wouldn't leave my dog to be disposed of by the vet staff. They are all part of my family. I haven't decided what I would do yet but I certainly won't leave their bodies to be gotten rid of by someone else. I want to do it in a way that is comforting to me. They may be gone but that doesn't mean I would want their bodies disposed of like trash, anymore than I would a human family members. That's just me though.
Exactly. And I didn't say everyone has to believe what I stated. lol I just didn't think I need to say "IMO". It's a little silly.Quote:
Originally Posted by K9soul
I agree. But I was young at the time and was not as into dogs then as I am now. So, it's not my fault and I am allowing myself to use that excuse because it's the truth.Quote:
Originally Posted by Vela
I don't know what I would do still.. I guess I would most likely bury in a pet cemetary.
BCmom, you seem a bit defensive (or I could be misinterpreting). My intention wasn't to lecture or scold.. you asked what the point of cremation/burial/etc. is so I tried to explain how I see it, explain what the point to me is. There's nothing wrong with someone who doesn't wish to keep their pets' remains with them either, it's all individual. Just for me personally, it's important.
I'm not sure what I will do. When my cat passed away last year, I buried her at my dad's house where she spent some of her time, since it is out in the country. She was buried on the same hill that our family dog was buried about 10 years ago.
You are not allowed to bury your pets in your yard in the city I live in, so I would probably need to cremate the pets if we still live here. Honestly though it's not that important to me because I feel they are gone, and my connection with them will just have to live in me. When Yogi (my cat) died, I was with her when she died and I knew she was no longer there, it was just her poor little body. We buried her right away, and I put together an album of her pictures. It's still hard to think about her being gone, and it's also very hard to think about my pets dying! :(
We always buried on the farm , But I had Merlin creamated now awaiting the beautifull box Tim is making that I designed. They did a great paw print in clay.
I plan to get Autumn creamated and made into a lifegem
JUST my oppinion but... Actually, I see both a little pointless. When I think of cremating all I can think of if my pet being burned up and having to be turned over to burn the rest of the way. :eek: :( don't ask. I'd like to think of my pets as living with me, as a part of me and in the memories of the lives they touched. It kind of seems pointless to keep the burned up bits of their body. I heard that in one religion (forgot which) they leave thier bodies out for sacred jackals. That sounds like the most honorable way to go for ME. That way all my pets and the legacy they left will be "layed to rest" in an honorable way.
I've actually seen that. I think they just speed up the process by thousands of years, and I think it involved compressing all of your molecules. I know that diamonds are exepionally hard.Quote:
Originally Posted by beeniesmom
jeez this is such a sad thread :(
All of my past dogs were put to sleep and left with the vet, if one happened to pass before having to be PTS then I'd take it to the vet. I just wouldn't go any further than that as far as burrying and cremating goes. Not sure why, I guess it's because that's how my parents did/do it and it's what I'm used to.Quote:
Originally Posted by BOBS DAD
I have only went through having one of my very special dogs passing on. we buried her at my dad's house. I like to go to her grave and think about all the memories we had together. I don't think I would cremate any of my dogs, though.
Right now all of my RB pets are buried under a tree in the back corner of our yard. I'm sure Snowy would attempt to dig some of them up, so we keep a cement block ontop of their graves until she loses interest.
When we had a squirrel die in our yard and my dad buried it, Snowy would not leave the grave alone. When I buried Taffy, Snowy just layed next to his grave, never trying to dig him up.
Right now my family and I live in a big house, so someday when my sisters and I move out, I'm not sure if my parents will be here forever. That is one thing that bothers me, if my parents move I wouldn't 'have' my RB pets with me anymore.
I still have many more years with Snowy, so I don't want to think about her spot under our tree just yet.
As has been mentioned several times, this is a very personal decision. And one that is not taken lightly by most of us animal lovers. Peaches was very ill for a while before I had her put to sleep, and I had lots of time to think about it. I don't have a backyard so the only decision to be made was whether I wanted her ashes back or not. I decided that I did not want her ashes back. I have never regreted that decision. I thought it would be much to hard for me having my dead dogs ashes. I wanted to only to remember her as she was when she was alive and the very special bond that we had, and not be constantly reminded of her death. Prior to her being PTS the vet tech made a clay imprint of her paw, which was Peaches' last present to me. I will treasure it always; although, I have not done it yet, I plan to put it in a display case along with my favorite picture of her and perhaps a copy of The Rainbow Bridge.