What to Do With Toys and Balls Afterward? - Page 2

CarrieJ · 05-06-2011, 01:42 AM

Alice is wearing his collar...when she was smaller it was looped around the cremation box. (He had lifelong separation anxiety and I couldn't send him away to be buried)
I couldn't stand the thought of the landshark killing the toys that he would keep intact for years...so they're on the shelf by his picture.
I'm so sorry for your loss.

Remo · 05-06-2011, 07:36 AM

I kept Remo's favorite Frisbee, but I donated the others to a fellow volunteer in the rescue who has a Frisbee dog. I know that Remo would approve and I enjoy knowing that his Jawz Frisbees are being enjoyed by another rescue dog.

DnP · 05-06-2011, 08:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Emoore

2 things I can think of with your departed dogs toy's: keep them for your next dog, or donate them to the animal shelter.

I donated everything except Dakota's orthopedic bed which I gave to my brother for his new puppy. I did keep the food bowls as they were plastic and the shelter preferred metal.

I kept his collar with his tags. I have it hanging on the corner of a picture of the two of us.

kelso · 05-07-2011, 01:02 AM

So sorry for your loss

We buried Meeka with the one toy she always carried around. Kept her bowl and use it with our other dogs now. We keep her last collar in our curio cabinet next to a picture of her.

Hope you find a way that will bring some peace and healing for you, it is so hard to lose a best friend and have their things left behind.

I think the animal shelter idea is great

JazzNScout · 05-07-2011, 09:39 PM

As many times as I've said I am not going to get another dog for a while, I always end up getting another one and find pleasure in watching the new ones play with the old ones' toys.

My Morgan girl especially liked footballs, and none of my other dogs ever did. I have her footballs in a box in the garage. I like to see them every once in a while.

PaddyD · 05-07-2011, 09:44 PM

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Originally Posted by GSD_Xander

That was my thought too.

Most importantly I would do what you are comfortable with.

Exactly

Very sorry for your loss.
The pain fades but the love remains.

Smithie86 · 05-07-2011, 10:09 PM

I kept certain things from Baer and Drigon. Everything else, washed, sanitized and donated to the shelter.

goatdude · 05-21-2011, 03:26 PM

In most cases I always hang on to my last dogs stuff for the next dog. I still have leashes and collars from the 70's. I'm not cheap, more for nostalgic reasons.

Drkhse · 06-07-2011, 06:26 PM

I put all my Jess's toys in her coffin with her when buried her under her favorite tree, so she could have them with her wherever she was going.

anngie · 06-09-2011, 09:15 PM

We buried his favorite Orbee ball with his ashes and collar. I threw the old gummy Orbee balls and Kong away in a plastic bag. The rest of his toys are still in the black plastic garbage bag in the garage. We still have his harness that he did not wear very much, brushes, combs, etc. We are planning to get a small girl GSD rescue. I think we could use the harness with her and the other things. I think we will just save the toys where they are and maybe someday bring some of them out.

05-06-2011, 07:36 AM	#12 (permalink)
Remo Knighted Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Northern VA Posts: 2,468	I kept Remo's favorite Frisbee, but I donated the others to a fellow volunteer in the rescue who has a Frisbee dog. I know that Remo would approve and I enjoy knowing that his Jawz Frisbees are being enjoyed by another rescue dog. __________________ Yours in GSDs and rescue, Lea Good Dogs for Good Homes Virginia German Shepherd Rescue www.shepherdrescue.org

05-07-2011, 01:02 AM	#14 (permalink)
kelso Crowned Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Kansas Posts: 6,281	So sorry for your loss We buried Meeka with the one toy she always carried around. Kept her bowl and use it with our other dogs now. We keep her last collar in our curio cabinet next to a picture of her. Hope you find a way that will bring some peace and healing for you, it is so hard to lose a best friend and have their things left behind. I think the animal shelter idea is great __________________ -Steph GSD's Allie, gotcha 7/2007 Forever our angels Meeka, b. 10/31/94-11/25/06 Kelso, b. 9/3/2006-2/09/12

05-07-2011, 09:39 PM	#15 (permalink)
JazzNScout Master Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Land of the Chupacabra Posts: 665	As many times as I've said I am not going to get another dog for a while, I always end up getting another one and find pleasure in watching the new ones play with the old ones' toys. My Morgan girl especially liked footballs, and none of my other dogs ever did. I have her footballs in a box in the garage. I like to see them every once in a while. __________________ Spending more than a few hours a day in a forum is unhealthy and makes people mean

05-07-2011, 10:09 PM	#17 (permalink)
Smithie86 Crowned Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Nashville, TN and Budapest HU Posts: 4,029	I kept certain things from Baer and Drigon. Everything else, washed, sanitized and donated to the shelter. __________________ www.k9imports.com V KK1 Molinari Enzo SCH3,IPO3,VK3,FH(WUSVx3,FCIx4)HOT: KK1 Frodo v Biezenhoeve SCH3,IPO3,HPO3 WUSVx3, FCIx3 HOT; KK1 Griff v Tajgetosz SCH3,IPO3(BHOT) 2nd USA 2012 Nat'ls, FCI World Team

05-21-2011, 03:26 PM	#18 (permalink)
goatdude Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: The armpit of America Posts: 173	In most cases I always hang on to my last dogs stuff for the next dog. I still have leashes and collars from the 70's. I'm not cheap, more for nostalgic reasons. __________________ Ruby's home page

05-06-2011, 01:42 AM	#11 (permalink)
CarrieJ Knighted Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 2,904	Alice is wearing his collar...when she was smaller it was looped around the cremation box. (He had lifelong separation anxiety and I couldn't send him away to be buried) I couldn't stand the thought of the landshark killing the toys that he would keep intact for years...so they're on the shelf by his picture. I'm so sorry for your loss.

06-07-2011, 06:26 PM	#19 (permalink)
Drkhse New Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 4	I put all my Jess's toys in her coffin with her when buried her under her favorite tree, so she could have them with her wherever she was going.

06-09-2011, 09:15 PM	#20 (permalink)
anngie Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: savannah georgia Posts: 299	We buried his favorite Orbee ball with his ashes and collar. I threw the old gummy Orbee balls and Kong away in a plastic bag. The rest of his toys are still in the black plastic garbage bag in the garage. We still have his harness that he did not wear very much, brushes, combs, etc. We are planning to get a small girl GSD rescue. I think we could use the harness with her and the other things. I think we will just save the toys where they are and maybe someday bring some of them out.

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