Relocatable dog coffin

Errata

Steve - the only things that won't corrode in the ground are lead and plastic. Lead is incredibly expensive and you'd have to find someone to seal it shut after you've put the dog in it. Plastic is almost impossible to seal 100%, so if you had to dig it up at some point in the future the contents wouldn't remotely resemble your dog.

**woody123**

Some good posts above on how hard it is to lose a dog and its one thing that i never have experienced but will do soon as our family dog (a Border Collie) only has about 6-12 months left as she has a heart murmur and other problems. She is 11 yrs old.

We have had her from a puppy at just eight or nine weeks old and it will be strange when she is gone because i'm sure you as pet owners are the same as you call them first thing in a morning and feed them, you take them for walks, give them fuss and you check on them at night and call them when you return home from work and you have to get out of that routine when you have lost a dog. When the time comes i don't how we will all manage as this is our first dog.

My advice to the OP is to have your dog cremated but it is your decision and of course you only came on here for advice regarding burying your dog in a suitable coffin and didn't ask for opinions on what to do when the dog dies.

Kavanne

hethmar wrote: »

Kavanne, have you ever lost a pet?

Yep my mum and I have always had cats and yes we've lost a few. I love them but I also don't want a fox to try and dig them up so we went for cremation!

orlao

stevetodd wrote: »

Thanks for your input, but there is no way that I would disfugure my dog by burning him, I would never do that to him

Your perogative of course but the only other option I can think of is some way of preserving the body-taxidermy or something similar?

I have to admit that freaks me out a little as an aunt of mine had her cat stuffed when it died and it always gave me nightmares when we visited as kids....but he was buried with her when she finally went as per her wishes.

Anyway, hopefully the need to make a decision is many years away.

foreign_correspondent

I have often thought I might get my dog stuffed cos she is so pretty! - I know its freaky in a way but i also quite like the gothic-ness of it!!

stevetodd

Kimberley wrote: »

Pardon? But you would rather maggots and allsorts eat him underground? I don't understand the logic in what you have just said :think:

I too would cremate a loved pet and have their ashes put in an Urn.

You have to do what you want to do and I have to do what I want (that's the way life works) I would not burn him, that's my personal choice, I am not judging others that elect to do this I am simply saying that's not for me. The logic is simple it's my choice and I wouldn't want to do that, what can't you understand?

stevetodd

Errata wrote: »

Steve - the only things that won't corrode in the ground are lead and plastic. Lead is incredibly expensive and you'd have to find someone to seal it shut after you've put the dog in it. Plastic is almost impossible to seal 100%, so if you had to dig it up at some point in the future the contents wouldn't remotely resemble your dog.

Yes I know that my dog would decompose (not wanting to cremate him is just a personal thing with me, I obviously realise he would decompse if left). I think a plastic coffin would do the job, a wooden one would rot and fall apart when dug up. Is there such a thing as a plastic coffin?

stevetodd

orlao wrote: »

Your perogative of course but the only other option I can think of is some way of preserving the body-taxidermy or something similar?

I have to admit that freaks me out a little as an aunt of mine had her cat stuffed when it died and it always gave me nightmares when we visited as kids....but he was buried with her when she finally went as per her wishes.

Anyway, hopefully the need to make a decision is many years away.

Whilst I can see your logic I think that would be too freaky for me also

MrsE_2

stevetodd wrote: »

You have to do what you want to do and I have to do what I want (that's the way life works) I would not burn him, that's my personal choice, I am not judging others that elect to do this I am simply saying that's not for me. The logic is simple it's my choice and I wouldn't want to do that, what can't you understand?

I wasn't sure on cremation.

But I get great comfort from knowing Ted is here with us (in his curled up cat) in front of the fire, rather than out in the cold ground.

chucknorris

Kimberley wrote: »

Pardon? But you would rather maggots and allsorts eat him underground? I don't understand the logic in what you have just said :think:

I too would cremate a loved pet and have their ashes put in an Urn.

Burial or cremation is a very personal choice, where does logic come into it, are you saing everyone who elects to bury a loved one is illogical? I too would prefer to bury than burn, of course the body will not stay intact but he never said it would. What he said was that 'he' would not want to do it, in other words I guess he means that 'he' isn't doing/causing it.