Relocatable dog coffin

BoBoDobie

Not a morbid question at all. I actually run a pet bereavement site and I get asked it quite a lot ie people want to bury their pets and are concerned about moving house if they can remove the coffin to take it with them. It totally depends on whereabouts the coffin is located and the type of soil its burried in as to how long it will last in the ground. What I tend to recommend if you are planning on relocating your pet is that you put the coffin in a thick plastic wrapping as that will be the best chance at preserving it.

Of course as you've already established, cremation is very popular partly for this reason and we do sell a lot of ash urns and caskets. Another thing I can suggest is choosing a nice big piece of rock or stone, and having getting your local trophy shop to engrave a plaque with your pets name/date on and you can move that with you when you move house. I think thats a nice way to remember your pets if its not practical to move the deceased.

Hope that helps!

Paparika

OP please don't throw a wobbly at me but have you considered that if you went with your original post of a plastic coffin, its bad for the environment?

The thought of a pet cemetery sounds more beneficial.

My parents buried both our dogs in their back garden and sold the house last year, fortunately to my OH so i can check that they are still ok, and he has no intentions of destroying the area they are in.

stevetodd

Paparika wrote: »

OP please don't throw a wobbly at me but have you considered that if you went with your original post of a plastic coffin, its bad for the environment?

The thought of a pet cemetery sounds more beneficial.

My parents buried both our dogs in their back garden and sold the house last year, fortunately to my OH so i can check that they are still ok, and he has no intentions of destroying the area they are in.

No I haven't considered that because I would not bury him in a plastic coffin due to reasons stated in the thread

stevetodd

Tye_Bo wrote: »

Not a morbid question at all. I actually run a pet bereavement site and I get asked it quite a lot ie people want to bury their pets and are concerned about moving house if they can remove the coffin to take it with them. It totally depends on whereabouts the coffin is located and the type of soil its burried in as to how long it will last in the ground. What I tend to recommend if you are planning on relocating your pet is that you put the coffin in a thick plastic wrapping as that will be the best chance at preserving it.

Of course as you've already established, cremation is very popular partly for this reason and we do sell a lot of ash urns and caskets. Another thing I can suggest is choosing a nice big piece of rock or stone, and having getting your local trophy shop to engrave a plaque with your pets name/date on and you can move that with you when you move house. I think thats a nice way to remember your pets if its not practical to move the deceased.

Hope that helps!

Thanks, I think it was a good idea to think this through now whilst my judgement wasn't clouded with grief. It was a useful learning experience and Mills my lab got an extra special long walk on Saturday (mind you he doesn't do badly for walks anyway)