keeping pets ashes

Kinski

chez22 wrote: »

I have got the ashes of two of my cats and my dog. I want them to be with me when I am cremated.

I have my first dog Ailsa's ashes, they sit on top of the computer desk and like you she has to go with me when I snuff it. I'm not sure about my dogs that I have now, I adore them but Ailsa was my bestest child and she was very rarely out of my sight.

Terri

donnac2558

Sherpa my first Burmese, is in a box under the bed. He was my baby and when I get buried or whatever he is coming too.

meerkat2007

We had our Doberman, Barnaby, cremated when he died in 1995. The ashes were returned to us, and we kept them until we were ready to let him go, which was several years later.

At that time, we took them to the local crematorium, and scattered them in the woodland glade where my father's and maternal grandparents' ashes were scattered. Mum wants her ashes scattered there as well, and I have the same instructions in my will.

yalik

susieanne wrote: »

Just wondered for any of you who have lost a pet did you pay to keep the ashes ?

it is usually a service that you pay for and get the ashes back. very commonly done in the UK

olias

Just thought it was worth poining out that you need to look at and pay for individual cremation if you want only your animals ashes back.

There is the option of joint cremation, where a number of animals are cremated together and you would obviously just recieve a portion of the resulting combined ashes. Not something I would want personally.

BTW, my 2 are in caskets in a unit between myself and my wifes armchairs, together with photos etc.

Olias

EmptyPockets

YorkiePud wrote: »

Having seen (at a vet I used to work for) the way the bodies were tossed around and stacked one on top of the other (regardless of size) whilst waiting to be collected...

... Thanks for that.

Not really the image I wanted in my head, and I don't think it needed to be said on a thread which people who have lost pets will obviously read.

OP, yes we have our dog Suki's ashes in the house with us. She's in a lovely wooden casket with brass handles and a big brass plate on top with her name inscribed on it. I've no idea how much it cost us, as we had a vet bill to pay also (she died under anaesthetic) and we just paid the bill in one go. TBH we weren't really concerned with cost at the time but I know we requested that she be cremated individually.

It helped us a great deal having her ashes back. Even now we often give the casket a little pat and 'talk' to her. She sits on a shelf in our bedroom with a large framed photo of her next to it. I printed and framed the photo myself and at the bottom it reads 'Rest in Peace, Suki. Forever young ♥'.

YorkiePud_3

Well EmptyPockets, everyone is entitled to their opinion, the same way as everyone is entitled to have their say.

I didn't say that was what it was like at every vets ... I just said that was how it was at the one I worked at and that is what made me decide in future to choose pet cremation.

It was nice you saying about the photo of your little one though ... some of the larger caskets are big enough to actually glue a photo on the sides (something I know a few people do) and it does look nice ....

david39

When our last dog died, we opted for cremation and the return of the ashes. We received them a couple of weeks later sealed in a cardboard box, which we did not open at the time.

I built a small rockery in the part of the garden that he loved to sit in and then came the time to scatter the ashes. Imagine our surprise when we opened the cardboard box and found, instead of a bag full of dust, a beautiful wooden casket bearing his name on a brass plate. I must say, that I had been a little surprised at the cost of the cremation, but now I understood why.

It seemed so senseless not to continue with the plan to use the dedicated rockery, so we buried the casket in the middle of it, under a large rock. It did seem a shame to put the casket into the ground as it was clearly intended to be kept on show somewhere but I feel our original intentions were correct and I don't regret what we did.

devildog

I'm sorry to have to say that I agree with Yorkiepud re what happens at a vets and I would never leave an animal there although this was a fair few years ago and I guess to a degree things have moved on(well I would like to think so anyway)

Fawny_2

Hi,

When I lost my 1st springer a year ago I asked for her ashes back & I received them back in a nice wooden casket with her name engraved on the top & a certificate to say when she had been cremated.

She is now laid to rest in a lovely planter in the garden with a rhododendron bush & when I look at it I think of her. I know she gone & we have another pup now but it's a nice way to remember her. I would not want them in the house though.