Where do you bury your pets?

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jsmatos

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Yiterp's thread got me thinking about the loss of our beloved pets. I was just wondering what everyone else plans to do if their best buddies die on them. Where will you bury him/her? We're such a mobile society, I always feel like if I bury them in my yard, then I'll never be able to visit. What if I want to visit? Also, many areas have restrictions for pet burials. How do you know someone isn't going to go and build on the area where you bury your pet. I don't want to put them anywhere where they'll be disturbed? What about a pet cemetary? I've heard a lot of hokey stories coming out of those places.

What about cremation? As crazy as it sounds, we cremated one of our cats. My husband felt responsible for his, Lucio's, death because he put anti-freeze in the basketball hoop. He didn't know any better. We just bought the stupid hoop the day before, and it was winter time. I've NEVER seen him so devastated. He still gets teary eyed and tells me he killed Lucio sometimes. :( I was ready to do anything my husband wanted to help him get through it. He was a complete wreck. I felt horrible, but he felt horrible and responsible. He seemed to want to make it up to Lucio, so he opted for cremation. He bought a beautiful urn to keep Lucio's ashes. It was like he wanted to show Lucio that he loved him and didn't mean to bring him harm. :(

So, what has everyone here done in the past? Did you worry about all of this crazy stuff?

Signed,
Jennifer- the Overanalyzer
 
I always bury departed pets in the back yard. I bury departed family members in cemetaries. I have never felt the inclination to "visit" either after they have been returned to the earth.

My wife and I both want to be cremated. She wants to be cast off a major bridge on the west coast that we used to enjoy driving and walking across. I would prefer to be cast into the local landfill.
 
Hi Jennifer,
We've lost three so far. Our Cocker Spaniel to old age and two (very sad) little Shetland Sheepdogs to the road. I don't know what it is about Shelties, but they seem to drawn to the wheels of moving vehicles. Lots of folks have lost Shelties that way.

We had all three of our "lost" dogs cremated. They give them back to you in little sealed cans. It's kind of crazy, but I keep thinking, "What if we move?" I wouldn't want to leave them behind.

Mycrofft,
I don't go visit people after they're dead, either. I go to see them while they're alive instead.
 
A few years ago I had to have my cat (the Fluffinator) euthanized because of advanced FIV. It was one of the hardest decisions I've ever had to make.

The vet's office had a service that cremates pets, then scatters their ashes in a park-like setting next to a pet cemetary.

I've heard of services that will take the ashes and mix them in with concrete, and cast some kind of memorial momento. That sounds interesting.
 
IMHO opinion, I think a gesture such as planting a tree where you bury your pet is a wonderful way to remember...
 
My mom has 12 cats now and many have passed on before that, mostly due to my dad's Mercedes/BMW throughout the years.

Since we've been at the same house since 1982 i don't think there's gonna be a problem of us moving anytime soon. So, the cats get buried in the garden. We used to have a big garden but my dad built a pool so there are only small patches around the house that we can bury 'em in. The most popular seems to be under the mango tree. FWIW, I think we have one of the best mangoes around.
 
I guess what I mean by "visit" is probably more like "look and remember." I think I'd like to have them somewhere that I can look over and know that they're resting there. We had some baby squirrels that we tried to take care of about a year ago. The two of them died because I'm not a good substitute mother to squirrels. :( Anyhow, they died one day apart, and we buried them next to this tree on our property. Now, everytime I look at that area, I know that those two babies are there. I'd like to be able to do that with one of my best friends too.

I also think that moving would be a lot harder if you know that you're leaving your best friend behind in some stranger's backyard. At this point, I "believe" that we will probably be here for a long time, so I'd probably bury them in the yard. I don't really know....
 
A few years ago, we lost our beloved black Lab, George. Came home from work to find him dead on the basement floor. I told my Wife to not even come downstairs, and that I would take care of it. I was going to bury him in our backyard and put a little white cross on his grave. While I was trying to decide how to get his heavy body upstairs(George was pretty fat), my wife called her Dad(who knows EVERYTHING). Turns out, it's illegal to bury an animal inside the city limits and that it carries a pretty stiff fine. We ended up calling the Humane Society and they came and picked him up for a nominal donation.
 
Hi Jennifer,
well all I know is that in life we are allowed to enjoy such wonderful souls as our pets.
I myself have 2 dogs,2 cats,1 hamster,and 30 fish.When my cat(monkey) passed almost 1 year ago from leukima.I was HEART BROKEN!!!! So was my husband and kids.
I did cremate her and kept her ashes with us for all time.Call me strange,but that is what we decided to do.It helped all of us.My kids were at ease to know that death is
final but a fact of life.I know that I will do the same with my other fur babies.I say to each there own.And just savor every moment with them,they are gifts,and I think
we are blessed to have them in our lives. I hope this helped you....Kristy
 
About three summers back, when we lost our little grey cat, my wife was so torn up that we did this:

We had the cat cremated, and the ashes returned. Then the wife went and got one of those "Create your own paving stone" kits. We mixed in some of the ashes, she put a nifty saying on it, and off to the Nether-realms, he went. It's a sort of nice way to keep 'a little bit' of a well-loved pet.

Of course, the wife herself has made PERFECTLY clear that she wants to be buried (NOT cremated) in the following manner:

1) Dig hole.

2) Pitch in body.

3) Say nice words.

4) Fill in hole.

5) Go home.

Of course, this is easier said than done, given all of the hoodoo associated with the "...sanitary disposition of a loved one's worldly remains."
 
When i had to have my Brittany put to sleep I had to sign a paper stating that it was illeagal to bury pets inside the city limits.
I live inside the city limits.
She is buried under her favorite resting spot in my back yard. #%^&* the city. my dog , my land.
 
Bury them in the woods near my house.
For myself, I plan on being tossed in the ground in a cheap pine box. :thumbup:
 
When my last Alaskan Malamute, Shredder, passed away nearly five years ago, my wife and I were totally torn up even though we had another surviving dog. We had Shredder creamated and while his passing was terribly sad for us, bringing home his ashes gave us great comfort. He's been sitting in his urn up on the big screen with his last collar and a picture of him ever since.

When my wife's current dog Tot passes, I'm sure we'll do the same. They were great friends and it would be a shame to seperate them at this point.

Now Toto and Shredder's successor, our current Malamute; Blade, have become close, so I see a pattern developing.

My wife wants to be creamated, I want to be planted. I don't think logic applies to this situation, it's all about emotions.

I was saddened to se Yiterp's thread. Losing a pet sucks.
 
jsmatos said:
because he put anti-freeze in the basketball hoop.
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Wow. It took me a long time to figure out what you were talking about.


My last dog was buried in her favorite spot on a little knoll where she liked to lay and look out over the valley. I still have a mental picture of her laying there in the evening; surveying her domain.

--SAK
 
Jennifer, I first of all have to say that the story you originally told brought me to tears. (Doesn't take much these days ;) , but still, you probably know by now how I feel about animals.)

My cat of nineteen years, whom I chose as a kitten when I was four, is buried with a beautiful tombstone in my parent's backyard.

There are also probably a billion random shoeboxes full of mice, hamsters and the like buried around the rest of the property, from when I was a kid. :)

My cat, Ouzo is buried in my own yard with a cat-angel statue engraved with his name and date of death (I didn't know his date of birth because he was a shelter cat.) Beside that statue I have a hand-painted porcelain statue of an orange cat that kind of looks like he did beside it. I planted flowers around it too.

If my dog ever dies (which she won't) I would probably have her cremated. It took me about four hours (alone, of course) to bury Ouzo in my rock-infested Pennsylvania lawn! I don't know whether I could keep the ashes in my house though... I'd probably spread them somewhere where she likes to be and put some kind of "monument" there... but that will never have to happen because she will never die. ;)

love,
ashes
 
Both of our cats that had to be put to sleep (Tiger-Man & Toby) were cremated via a "service" that our Vet uses. The nice thing is that with both of 'em, we received a nice little memorial plaque with their name, a nice memorial-type saying, and a silhouette of a cat on it.
 
My last hound, Loose, a doberman / rotweiler cross was cremated. This is his resting ground on the farm, his ashes in an urn on a little rocky outcrop high on the property.
I often sit at this spot and remember my old pal.
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A stray had some kittens then she left and I had to take care of the things.
the moma cat would one by one not feed the kittens so I talked to a vet
friend of mine about one of them and they said that they all had problems
and were likely to die. I tried to feed them milk etc. no luck at all.

So I buried them one by one by an old rose bush in the backyard. The next
spring the bush bloomed and I was reminded of the kittens.

The rose blossoms were rather abundant that year though.
 
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