What did you do with the dead pets?

I have thought about this, and it's always a hard subject for me to think about. I've never had a pet die, luckily, and I hope I still have a long way to go until that happens. The problem is, I don't live in a house so I don't have a yard to bury them in, and where I live there's no such things as pet cemeteries and pet cremations (and I mean the whole country, not just close to me). If they have to end their life being euthanized, or end their lives differently in the vets office, I would probably leave them to the vet. Otherwise, I don't know what I would do. I hope that my cats still have long lives in front of them, and that the situation will be better when they do meet their end. I would prefer to have them cremated, I see it as a nicer tradition than being buried.

When my dog Max died in 2007, we had him cremated. It wasn't cheap but it seemed like the most dignified way we can say farewell to our lost companion. The cremation also came with a plaster paw print that they take of the dog, some clippings of his hair, and a poem that your dog "wrote" telling you that he's in a better place. Honestly I could do without the hair and poem but I appreciated the paw print a lot.

I know that death is a part of life both in the human and animal world but it is still hard to deal with and sad. Cremation will be what we will do when the time comes for our Brogan. I pray to the good Lord that is very very far away though. I actually saw a friend post on facebook that they buried their pet on their family plot in the cemetery. I know that they did not get permission to do it so I don't see how they got away with that but they did it.

We buried all three of our dogs next to each other in our back yard. We had plastic tubs with lids that we placed them in with their favorite blanket and toys and some pictures and other sentimental things. Then we made some tomb stones for each of them and planted some flowers by their graves along with some solar lights to light them up at night.

My friend's vet does something kind of cool. They take a paw print and a hair sample and frame it along with a photo of the pet and a poem honoring them. They provide that long with an urn of their ashes.

I'm not real sure why your asking this question. If you loved your pet you would burry it.

the only pets i have had that have died have been small rodents, birds and fish. and since a little girl i have always given them a burial. out in the garden, say a little prayer and add a small item like a photo, mite seem sad but i have loved all my pets and bonded with them, even my goldfish, and i now do it with my kids, when their pet dies we bury in the garden xx

My deceased pets get buried in my backyard and have a small shrub planted over their remains. I like to use azaleas for this because they have such beautiful blooms in the Spring and are available in so many different colors. Their remains help to fertilize these beautiful flowers so it is like they are born again every Spring.

When I was growing up we were lucky enough to live out in the country where we had a lot of land. Back then, we had a little cemetery way in the back of the yard where we would bury our little pets. It was nice to able to walk back and say a prayer and visit them there.

Now we live in a community that is not conducive to that at all! If anything does happen, I am planning on having them cremated... hard to even think about really. That would be our only option now.

Danyel

Our cat disappeared. So we don't know where she went. One if my grandmas cats did the same. They had many cats over the years and when they past away grandpa would bury them behind the bushes in the back yard. If our kitty had died at home we would have done the same for her. I have parakeets now and I think when they go I will put them in s ziplock and out that in a box and throw it away. That way there won't be a smell in the dumpster.

Depending on your decision, you may have to keep the body in your home for a short period of time, particularly if the death has occurred at night. A well-cooled body can be held for up to 24 hours, but as this is difficult to maintain in a home, the sooner it can be taken somewhere else, the better.