Landlady wants to bury dead dog in the garden

krlyr

It's going to be an awkward one to stop but why not suggest cremation with a view to her burying the ashes in the garden once she moves back. You can get some very ornate urns/caskets nowadays and pet crematoriums offer private cremations for an extra price, to ensure the ashes are just your pet.

As someone else said, you may find that your objection gets you an eviction notice, but hopefully she can find the ability to be reasonable over this.

Bob_the_Saver

Don't see a problem as long as no bits are left sticking out.

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02119/shrig-dog_2119194c.jpg

AquaJen

What a horrible situation! As a dog owner myself I don't think I could ever bury my dog when she dies... just seems wrong. She will be cremated and her ashes scattered in her favourite walking place. Might be worth suggesting to your LL?

Okydoky25

I would say absolutely no to dog (even tho I've had to bury my own dog) but think a cremated pet would cause less harm and is a fair compromise.

aggypanthus

funny as it is/was, the thread has been here before, guys dont fall for it, its just a joke!

Beetlemama

koloko wrote: »

Three questions:

(1) Is this the standard way of disposing with large dead dogs?
(2) Can she legally do this?
(3) Morally, should I stop complaining and just let her get on with it, or am I within my rights to feel uncomfortable?

1) Yes
2) Yes
3) Yes - but I feel your pain.

The trouble is, as I see it, it's her garden, you're just renting it, and she can bury her dog there. I left my Gena at my old house because she was buried, I wish she was here. When Sasha died we had her cremated so she could come with us if we moved but it isn't cheap - a garden burial is free, you just dig a hole, cremating a large dog is upwards of £150. If you wanted to you could offer to pay for the cremation, otherwise perhaps you could lift and roll some turf and then relay it over him? it doesn't have to be a shrine like a person-grave with a marble outline and a headstone, perhaps a small stone statue near by?

btw the other dog thread is genius.

jjlandlord

Beetlemama wrote: »

The trouble is, as I see it, it's her garden, you're just renting it, and she can bury her dog there.

Well no, that's the thing: As long as OP is renting the property the garden is in effect his. So it's up to OP to decide.

As other have pointed out this is probably a sensitive issue which could destroy his relationship with his landlord.
At the same time, it's quite understandable that he does not want his garden turned into a graveyard.

Beetlemama wrote: »

If you wanted to you could offer to pay for the cremation

A bit over the top, isn't it?

sirmosh

Just make sure it's buried deep enough and then you can just plant over it. It's better people bury their pets than get them cremated, it costs energy to burn dead bodies whereas burying them lets some of their energy back into nature as worms and the such eat them.

maninthestreet

If it was a Chihuahua or Yorkshire terrier, it would probably be ok, but an Old English Sheepdog is orders of magnitude bigger....

michaelvintner

DiscoCat54 wrote: »

I came back home at lunchtime the following day and found a cardboard box in my kitchen with a note from my LL saying 'you should have asked'. Inside the box was my poor cat - following a tip off from one of my neighbours he had exhumed her and deposited her in my house.

Opening that box was the most horrific moment of my whole life....

What sick freak digs up a dead cat. If I was your landlord and I was really annoyed about something like that I would have rung you up and given you a severe ear bashing down the phone. However Tiddles would have stayed buried in the garden.