Our shelter often gets donations from people who's pets have passed. They just mix it in with the regular food they feed.

I have Hoodoo's collar hanging from a dreamcatcher above my bed.

I made Hoodoo a memorial stone and we scattered his ashes in all his favorite places. I did keep a small portion of the ashes which I wear in a pawprint pendant. I wear it every day. I also wear a small husky in harness charm on a bracelet. My husband is a Cree Indian so he did a personalized version of a smudging ceremony.

I actually tend to put up more pictures once they pass and I can't see their physical face everyday anymore. I have an 8x10 of Hoodoo framed with a brass plate on the frame that has his name, birth and death dates on it. It's also says "forever loved". I have a smaller one that I put above the tv in a heart shaped frame.

Jake can never be replaced--even if you got 100 new dogs, they won't be Jake. I could go find another black and white, bi-eyed husky, but he won't be Hoodoo. We did adopt two of our foster dogs a couple weeks after Hoodoo died. They don't replace him, no dog ever will, but it made me feel a bit better to give them a forever home. Hoodoo had been our first rescue dog so adopted another one or two seemed like a tribute to him.

Someday your heart may heal enough that you want a new furkid--or Jake might send one your way. I've heard of that happening alot--a new furkid wanders in to your yard and eventually your heart. If you do get another dog in the future, it won't diminish your love for Jake. He knows that.

I'm sorry for your loss. Be gentle with yourself.