Kind of Morbid: When they pass...

[SouthernThistle]

I'm just curious. I have (personally) owned three dogs:

1 - German Shepherd purchased when he was 13 years old out of the back of someone's truck *shakes head* He passed away, and is now buried in my parents' backyard under some shade trees.

2 - Uno, my Doberman, "adopted" (for free) from her "breeder" (insert pissed off face here) when she was 9. Passed away (euthanized by vet) for having advanced HW, cancer, and liver disease. Also buried in my parents' backyard under some shade trees.

3 - Tobey, my last Shepherd, adopted when he was 10 months old. Euthanized at 19 months old due to EPI and digestive system (severe) complications. Cremated and ashes released over his favorite field.

What do you do? I'm curious, and sure it's morbid, but I just saw a woman on Craigslist forums with 10+ urns of her pet's ashes on display in her living room, and it creeped me out.

[NWS_Haven]

Did you see the Nat. Geo special on people that stuff their pets? That seriously creeped me out. They interviewed a woman that was sitting there petting her stuffed Golden like it was still alive.

Mine are all buried out back too. If I think that a dog is not going to make a winter, I'll even have my husband dig a hole in the fall. Morbid yes, but better than being stuck with a corpse in the freezer or my dog in a landfill.

[Smith3]

Urns creep me out, human or animal.

My grandfather just put his dog down and buried it by his house, which he has done with most of his dogs.

We buried our last dog (8 years ago) on our property.

I think I'd have an issue just "throwing it away" so to speak.

[DnP]

Dakota was buried on my parents' property under his favorite chesnut tree. He was buried there b/c he spent so much time with my folks while I traveled for my job.

I'm not one for urns. I'd opt for burial if feasible or possible. And if no, I'll do what I plan to have done when my time comes... cremation and spreading the ashes in a special place.

[BlackPuppy]

I have a friend who buries her dogs and then plans a shrub over it. They have a lot of shubs in that area of their yard.

I had Doerak cremated. As soon as I get around to it, I'm going to spread his ashes in his favorite spots. I always joked that I was going to have him stuffed.

[elsie]

most of my pets were buried in the backyard. they, of course, stayed behind when we moved. skyn is in a little box which sits on the shelf next to the stereo. an angel figurine sits atop of his box. i'll probably do the same with dylan. at least i can take him with me when i move. then when i go to the cooker, they can put their boxes in there with me

[ninhar]

My vets office has someone who makes very nice oak boxes for the ashes. My last 3 cats who died are in their oak boxes on a shelf in my dining room credenza. I see them every morning when I eat breakfast. I will move them out of there temporarily on Thanksgiving.

[Jazy's mom]

I had Jasmine and Traveler, one of my fosters that had to be PTS due to advance PF, cremated.

I have Jasmine's ashes in a nice wooden box which sits on my dresser in the bedroom with her collar on top of it. The box can only be opened with a screwdriver from the bottom. I don't like the idea of urns that can break or someone knocking over the box and the ashes spilling.

Half of Traveler's ashes are in a plastic bag in a tin with paw prints all over it. This was the container that the cremation company provided. The other half of his ashes are with another lady. She could not foster him in her home, but could help with his medical bills. I could not afford his medical care alone, but could provide a place for him to live out the rest of his life. It was a joint effort so we agreed to share his ashes. His tin is on a book shelf in my home office within eye sight of my computer. Some times when I get frustrated with rescue, I look up at his ashes and it helps me remember why I do this.

I do not want to bury them, because I could not leave them behind if I moved. Also, it would be a very big hole to dig.

[DancingCavy]

I have numerous pets buried at my parents' house. Two guinea pigs, two parakeets, my brother's two guinea pigs, one (if not both) of my brother's Anoles. . .

But now that I live in apartments and tend to move around more, I will probably have my guys cremated.

[Chicagocanine]

My Golden Retriever Ginger passed away last month at home from lymphoma.. I wanted to have my Ginger buried at a pet cemetery but I couldn't...so I ended up having her cremated, same as my terrier Pooch who passed away at home in August from lung cancer.

I decided I am going to buy a special memorial box, it's a wood box that fits two boxes of ashes and the person who makes them also will paint a photo of your pets on the front.

I would have buried them or the urns in my yard but I am afraid of what would happen if I moved away or if someone wanted to put in a garage in or something, I already have a small cemetery in the back from my small pets (hamsters, rats, rabbit etc...) but it's probably illegal in the city anyway.

I also ordered a Perpetua Life Jewel pendant which is a special pendant that is made with your pet's DNA.