After Your Dog Passes On

[Heagler870]

Okay, I wasn't sure were to post this exactly so someone can move it if it needs to be.

I was just wondering. I have never used the same collar on different dogs. My dad never did either. When one dog passed on we would save the collar and get new ones for a new dog. I'm sure a lot of people do this. It seems like common knowledge to me. When my last dog Marshall passed away I still used the same leashes, choke chain that was used for training, and food bowls. Does anyone else reuse items? I am just curious. I actually wanted to buy all new items for when I got my dogs because I felt like those were Marshall's things. At that time though I was a little low on money and couldn't get all new things.

[Cassidy's Mom]

I reuse puppy collars, but the adult collar gets retired when the dog is gone. I do reuse leashes, bowls, crates (and crate pads), and toys.

[Heagler870]

I had a puppy harness and I reused that. I wasn't able to reuse his toy.

[doggiedad]

i always buy new stuff. if i couldn't afford new stuff
i would use what i had. the water bowl and the feed bowl
i'm usuing where used by my 2 Grey Hounds.

Originally Posted by Heagler870

Okay, I wasn't sure were to post this exactly so someone can move it if it needs to be.

I was just wondering. I have never used the same collar on different dogs. My dad never did either. When one dog passed on we would save the collar and get new ones for a new dog. I'm sure a lot of people do this. It seems like common knowledge to me. When my last dog Marshall passed away I still used the same leashes, choke chain that was used for training, and food bowls. Does anyone else reuse items? I am just curious. I actually wanted to buy all new items for when I got my dogs because I felt like those were Marshall's things. At that time though I was a little low on money and couldn't get all new things.

[Pattycakes]

I reused bowls, crates, toys. But I did retire my last GSD's collar and leash.

[Emoore]

Cash's collar with his tag is sitting on the shelf with his urn and ashes. He "personalized" his food bowl by chewing half of it off, and I haven't been able to bring myself to use that either. We are re-using his leash. The water bowl was Rocky's as well so of course we're still using that.

We also sold the car that he died in on the way to the vet's.

[Whiteshepherds]

Collar with tags hang over the corner of the dog's pictures. sigh

[ChancetheGSD]

I've never lost a dog (Zoey was our first and since I'm older, has become "my" dog. She's still going strong at 12.5 and recently got a perfect bill of health besides a low thyroid which is being controlled with meds. ) but I can't imagine reusing collars, leashes or toys on a new dog. Crates and bowls I would though but I feel like collars/leashes/toys are "personal". I mean if you already have multiple dogs, continuing using toys wouldn't be a big deal unless one or two were "special" to the dog who passed. Then I'd probably put those couple away.

[selzer]

I will reuse things. I move my dogs, they do not always have the same crate, the same kennel, the same food or water buckets. So I do not connect them to the dog.

The collars I use are expensive leather collars with deerskin lining. I only put them on the dog when we leave the premesis. They last pretty good. Since they are not on the dog 24/7, in fact, I think Whitney's was in the collar box from January to June one year, I do not feel the need to retire them when the dog is gone.

My vet sends me a nice cut glass plaque with my dog's name on it. I put a little GSD figurine in front of that on my decoration shelf. I do not save anything else except pictures and ribbons, and their books with all their papers and titles and certificates in them.

[Lesley1905]

I don't use the collars, they are draped over their box that has their ashes in hit I do re use dog food bowls!