Options when a pet passes

PixelPound

You can also bury your pet in your garden. When we decided to have our dog put down due to inoperable cancer that was causing them a lot of stress we opted for cremation because we thought it was the only option. The vet did say we could take the body back but by then we'd come to terms with cremation. Do regret not taking the body back for burying in our garden - if you do the advice is to ensure the hole is at least 4ft down to not attract unwanted attention from foxes and the like.

sheramber

nic_c said:

You can also bury your pet in your garden. When we decided to have our dog put down due to inoperable cancer that was causing them a lot of stress we opted for cremation because we thought it was the only option. The vet did say we could take the body back but by then we'd come to terms with cremation. Do regret not taking the body back for burying in our garden - if you do the advice is to ensure the hole is at least 4ft down to not attract unwanted attention from foxes and the like.

But if you move house you have to leave the grave behind and the new owner may dig it up.

If you get the ashes returned you can bury them in a plant plot with a suitable plant and take it with you if you move,

Slinky

PoGee said:

There is a company that can send ashes (human or animal) ashes into space.

What a truly dreadful idea. Not only as a species are humans ruining this planet, we're polluting space to no good purpose either.

DullGreyGuy

sheramber said:

nic_c said:

You can also bury your pet in your garden. When we decided to have our dog put down due to inoperable cancer that was causing them a lot of stress we opted for cremation because we thought it was the only option. The vet did say we could take the body back but by then we'd come to terms with cremation. Do regret not taking the body back for burying in our garden - if you do the advice is to ensure the hole is at least 4ft down to not attract unwanted attention from foxes and the like.

But if you move house you have to leave the grave behind and the new owner may dig it up.

If you get the ashes returned you can bury them in a plant plot with a suitable plant and take it with you if you move,

Our gardener dug up our cat that was wrapped up in their favourite blanket about 4-5 years after he'd been buried in the back garden... never saw him (the gardener) again. 


Given with human cremation the casket and soft tissue is vaporised and what remains are broken bone fragments (and any metals/ceramics like replaced joints, fillings etc) which are then ground down to create the ash I'm a little surprised that some places offer individual cremation of birds and reptiles etc, wouldn't have thought there would be anything left after the process. 

Silvertabby

sheramber said:

nic_c said:

You can also bury your pet in your garden. When we decided to have our dog put down due to inoperable cancer that was causing them a lot of stress we opted for cremation because we thought it was the only option. The vet did say we could take the body back but by then we'd come to terms with cremation. Do regret not taking the body back for burying in our garden - if you do the advice is to ensure the hole is at least 4ft down to not attract unwanted attention from foxes and the like.

But if you move house you have to leave the grave behind and the new owner may dig it up.

If you get the ashes returned you can bury them in a plant plot with a suitable plant and take it with you if you move,

That's exactly why we had our two cats cremated, then we scattered their ashes in their favourite spots.  Just couldn't bear the idea of a future owner digging them up and throwing their remains away like rubbish.

TripleH

We lost our old cat 2 years ago. She was cremated and in a box on our shelves.

Last year my wife bought a tree for our garden and we buried her along with her favourite toy under the tree (my wife can look at it every day wfh).

Our youngest (who arrived 3 days after she passed) came to join us and got all excited about what we were doing, turning a sombre occasion into something happy.

We will probably bury our older 2 with her when they pass as we don't intend to move in their lifetimes.

neilyuk

We're going through this right now with my daughter's 3 year old whippet Quinn that we lost on Monday.  The vets practice asked how we wanted to proceed regarding cremation ie joint or solo cremation but after looking into this industry last year for a completely different matter I found that the vets tend to use large business's who are more profit driven than care providing & as said you can't guarantee that you have been returned your pups ashes :-(

I decided on Tuesday to research our 3 local pet cremation business reviews on google with the main one having terrible reviews for their handling of loved ones pets, second place had 4.5 stars but was located in a pretty depressing industrial estate then I found a 5 star reviewed business run by a husband and wife team with glowing reviews and messages on F/B.  Unfortunately my vets practise was a long way outside their area but they were happy to look after Quinn if I could take him over to their countryside location which I did on Wednesday in his own bed with blankets & toys.  Today we're going over to bring home his ashes but it has helped us immensely knowing that he was looked after at every stage even after death and that there is a few caring companys out there.

I hope its a long time before you need to through this stage but it may be worth doing your research now rather than letting the vets deal with it and always wondering if they were looked after correctly once gone.

Neil
Ayrshire  

JustGemini

Hi All, I have had many pets - most died naturally & some had to be put to sleep, which was too heartbreaking for words.  I have buried all of them, large & small, in terracotta pots & planted things like Roses, or Yesterday Today & Tomorrow's in the pots, on top of them, wrapped in a shroud with their favourite toys & flowers.  If you move home, you take the terracotta pots & plants with you & keep your pets close forever.  If you have their ashes, you could do the same, put the ashes in a lovely pot, plant a lovely shrub or similar & enjoy them with you forever Xxx

longwalks1

Hello all
sorry for the late reply, I had forgotten about this post until I had a notification come through.  

We sadly lost our little dog in June this year.  Ended up having a private/individual cremation at a local place, they were excellent. 

I’d like to get my partner a ring made with some of our pets ashes in it, again there are many companies and websites offering the service - Im very sceptical as to if you actually get your pets ashes in the ring. 

Can anyone recommend a company they’ve personally used? 

Thank you all 

longwalks1

And we plan to scatter the rest of her ashes at her favourite spot on her favourite walk.  Top of a gradual hill where we live, where she used to stop and sit for 5 mi utes and watch the sun rise and sun set most days