cremation or burial?

**BOBS DAD** · 03-22-2006, 02:46 PM

Originally Posted by Jessika

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"???

**Jessika** · 03-22-2006, 02:50 PM

Originally Posted by BOBS DAD

Jessika, do you mean, "you end up seeing them again"???

Yes that is exactly what I am referring to lol

**buttercup132** · 03-22-2006, 02:51 PM

Cremation. I think by burring a pet some animal could come and dig them up....and well not nice experience..

**BOBS DAD** · 03-22-2006, 02:56 PM

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.

**Tollers-n-Dobes** · 03-22-2006, 02:52 PM

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...

**BOBS DAD** · 03-22-2006, 02:59 PM

Originally Posted by Orangutango

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...

OK 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!!!

**beeniesmom** · 03-22-2006, 03:10 PM

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

**Suki Wingy** · 03-22-2006, 07:08 PM

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.

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.

Originally Posted by beeniesmom

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

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.

jeez this is such a sad thread

**lv4dogs** · 03-23-2006, 09:36 AM

Originally Posted by beeniesmom

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

Carmen, are you getting Beenie & Frankie turned into gems?
I saw that before & it really is beautiful, I'd love to get something like that done but I can not afford it.

My dogs will all be cremated. This way I can keep their ashes & dispose of them when the proper place & time comes along.
Actually I'd prefer to bury them, but only if I had the land and a permenent house that I knew I would live in forever but I don't see that happening in the near future.

**beeniesmom** · 03-23-2006, 09:55 AM

Sue, I'd love to do something like that but do not know if I can afford it either.
HOPEFULLY, it will be a VERY long time from now. Beenie is 2 yrs old and Frankie is 10 months.

**Kfamr** · 03-22-2006, 03:12 PM

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.

**caseysmom** · 03-22-2006, 03:15 PM

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.

**animal_rescue** · 03-22-2006, 03:19 PM

All of my pets so far have been buried, but with Maggie she'll be cremated. I want to have her with me always.

**My Peanuts** · 03-22-2006, 03:30 PM

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.

**Crazy-Cat-Lover** · 03-22-2006, 03:42 PM

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.