Has it always been possible to have your pets cremated? Who does it--the vet? What are the costs involved? My parents never had their pets cremated; I wasn't even aware that it was an option until recently.

I think we would choose to have Lefty cremated--we're not living in our "forever home" so I really wouldn't want to bury him there, and I don't know that Massachusetts is our "forever state" so I wouldn't want to go the pet cemetery route. We want to be cremated ourselves so it seems natural to extend this to the rest of our "family."