Where do you bury your pets?

Once i had made tags for my mom's cats here in the UK and was going to send it back home. But 1 of the cats died after being spayed and the best friend ran away (probably depressed). Anyway, we're cheapskates so when we got 2 more cats we named 'em exactly the same so we could use the tags.

We've saved loads of cats around the area 'cos my mom and sister keep picking up stray cats. Some have died and it's very easy for us to just bury it in the garden.

Out of topic.
One day my mom lost her diamond tennis bracelet and was so heart sick 'cos she thought one of the workmen had stolen it. Anyway, about 2 months later she found a black bloody kitten outside our house. Barely alive. So she brought him to the vet for treatment and planned on keeping it. The very next day she found her bracelet in a box somewhere in the house. My dad still thinks that it's a special cat. But nowadays that little kitten is just a big fatso of a cat. Everyone who comes around to the house says he's a handsome cat. But they haven't tried living with him. You can't leave your shoes lying around or he'll pee in it. He pees all around the garden. It's such a problem now that when we do let him out we have to put on a harness and tie him to a tree. We had to give away our treadmill 'cos he kept peeing on it. I think he has cost us the most in terms of vets bills. Food poisoning, puncture holes in the body, eye problems etc.

I'm just wasting space here.
 
I appreciate everyone's thoughtful replies to this thread. I honestly didn't think that I was going to get any answers because the question, I'm sure, evokes a lot of emotion. I talked with my husband last night, and he seems really comfortable with the idea of cremating all of our pets. We even talked about potentially splitting them up and burying the ashes with us. Heck, I'm so short that my casket can have plenty of room at the bottom. :o It could be like I'm at home with them, and they're sleeping at the foot of my bed. We can all go together to heaven. :o :(

My husband didn't know that cats are attracted to the taste and smell of anti-freeze. Apparently, they eat it up like candy, and then they die. My husband had the vet do EVERYTHING he could to save Lucio. Unfortunately, the vet told him that a lot of people use anti-freeze to intentionally kill cats in their area. I think this made my husband feel worse because he loved Lucio and couldn't stand the idea that anyone would think he'd killed him intentionally. To make matters worse, my husband and Lucio had a special relationship because my husband would always have this sick sense about Lucio. We'd be standing in our driveway, and my husband would say, "Do you hear that? I just heard Lucio crying." I never heard anything. He'd go running around and find Lucio in some precarious situation. He'd always come back with Lucio in his arms, and a big grin on his face, like he was his big protector. I used to tease him about it. That background really made Lucio's death unbearable for him. :(
 
Back yard in an Igloo cooler (depending on the size of the dog). We had a 17 YO dog with a companion dog who passed on two years later, and everyday she would go sit for more than an hour on his burial site. Dogs know more in "that way" than we do.
 
The Hamster we buried out back. Our dog Buddy was cremated. We have a nice oak box with his picture on it that we keep in the house. Its not like a shrine or anything, but its kind of nice. I think cremation is the best way to go when you have a big dog, and also if you take the dog to be put down. I couldn't bring my dog home and bury him :( If he died at home, it might be a different story, but probably not.
 
When we had to have our older labs euthanized, we had them cremated. They remain in our house, in two small wooden boxes that were provided by the cremation service.

No matter what you do, this is closer to the truth:
"Skip died", Daddy said. He and my mama wrapped him him my baseball jacket. They buried him out under the elm tree, they said. That wasn't totally true. For he really lay buried in my heart.
 
A dog we were fostering had a terrible and fatal home accident. There aren't any local cremation facilities, so our choice was the back yard or the landfill. We buried her in the back yard, in her favorite spot.

-Bob
 
shappa said:
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.
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All I can so Is right on man!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
jsmatos said:
I appreciate everyone's thoughtful replies to this thread. I honestly didn't think that I was going to get any answers because the question, I'm sure, evokes a lot of emotion. I talked with my husband last night, and he seems really comfortable with the idea of cremating all of our pets. We even talked about potentially splitting them up and burying the ashes with us. Heck, I'm so short that my casket can have plenty of room at the bottom. :o It could be like I'm at home with them, and they're sleeping at the foot of my bed. We can all go together to heaven. :o :(

My husband didn't know that cats are attracted to the taste and smell of anti-freeze. Apparently, they eat it up like candy, and then they die. My husband had the vet do EVERYTHING he could to save Lucio. Unfortunately, the vet told him that a lot of people use anti-freeze to intentionally kill cats in their area. I think this made my husband feel worse because he loved Lucio and couldn't stand the idea that anyone would think he'd killed him intentionally. To make matters worse, my husband and Lucio had a special relationship because my husband would always have this sick sense about Lucio. We'd be standing in our driveway, and my husband would say, "Do you hear that? I just heard Lucio crying." I never heard anything. He'd go running around and find Lucio in some precarious situation. He'd always come back with Lucio in his arms, and a big grin on his face, like he was his big protector. I used to tease him about it. That background really made Lucio's death unbearable for him. :(
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I like the idea of bury them with you Jennifer.Last night my kids Ian(12) and Kristian(10)
asked me to tell you this.God has your fur babies next to him waiting for you,to come to them....Out of the mouths of babes.That is what they think,and I think it is wonderful how children can put thing so simple and truthful.They miss monkey,but also know the will hold her agian oneday.Good luck Jennifer.And please tell your husband it is not his fault.I worked at a vets office for many years.Saw this more often that I would expect.It made me run a crusade on how to winterize a house saftley around animals.So now you know and this will never happen agian,and..just on this thread maybe you have brought this deadly situation to peoples attention. and saved someones pet. I'm so so sorry for your loss.My thoughts and prayers are with you....Kristy
 
We have about 3 acres of woods, and we have a spot for all of our dogs down in the woods. It's marked by stones and weatherbeaten crosses. Kudzu and vines have grown over it over the years, its probably due another cleaning down there.
 
knivesismilivesbydon said:
I like the idea of bury them with you Jennifer.Last night my kids Ian(12) and Kristian(10)
asked me to tell you this.God has your fur babies next to him waiting for you,to come to them....Out of the mouths of babes.That is what they think,and I think it is wonderful how children can put thing so simple and truthful.They miss monkey,but also know the will hold her agian oneday.Good luck Jennifer.And please tell your husband it is not his fault.I worked at a vets office for many years.Saw this more often that I would expect.It made me run a crusade on how to winterize a house saftley around animals.So now you know and this will never happen agian,and..just on this thread maybe you have brought this deadly situation to peoples attention. and saved someones pet. I'm so so sorry for your loss.My thoughts and prayers are with you....Kristy
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Hello Kristy,

I enjoyed reading your post. Your children sound like they come from a loving home. :) I agree about my husband, but he insists that he killed the cat. I just try not to talk about it because it gets him really upset. He keeps Lucio's ashes on the backboard to our bed where he used to like to nap (and mess with my hair when I was trying to sleep :D).

It's interesting to see how thoughtful everyone is about dealing with their pets post-mortem. Shappa, I told my husband about your dog's burial within city limits. We both agree that, if we wanted to bury our dog in our yard, the city's restrictions wouldn't deter us. Good for you.
 
We have had our dogs creamated that have passed away. One in a garden, it is a garden now. Our JR used too like to dig there, so we call it Caspar's garden. We palnted flowers and such after we put his ashes in there. Our other dog's ashes are still on the shelf.
 
A Dogs Best Friend said:
Just a heads up on the antifreeze/cats problem. I understand that stuff is equally deadly to dogs.
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Dog,cats, birds, humans, mammals..,Antifreeze is POISONOUS to all it seams.

Paul
 
As a Christian, I believe that once the person dies what is left is a husk. Ash and dust. The being that was that husk is no more.

I had to put my beloved cat down this last spring. :( I received her as a gift from an ex-GF, and she was my companion for 9 years (lived with me in CA, Chicago-land, and IA).

Fortunately for me, but unfortunately for my cat, I got married and my wife also had a cat. My cat was too aggressive to my wife's cat (who is a very friendly and well-behaved cat), and was too aggressive to consider finding her a foster home. Both cats were indoor-only for their whole lives. She wasn't going to be happy anywhere else if I wasn't around, so I had to suck it up and put her down. :(

I was told I could have her cremated, and keep her remains; but for me to hold on would have made getting over her even worse. I know that she is in a better place now, basking on a sunbeam. :o

Jeez, even remembering her is choking me up... I'm sure that there are many others who contributed to this thread that feel the same way.
 
Used to let the vet dispose of the bodies of my friends until I had to put down an older stray that I only had for 2 1/2 years (he was probably 12 or so). I don't know why but he was the first pet I paid extra to be cremated. Angus's ashes sit in a small metal container in a wall unit next to Bonnie's container.
 
I have a wooded area beyond the back lawn that I always wanted to remain as natural as possible so birds and such would have ground cover, bushes and trees. Several of our departed felines are buried back there and should remain at rest as long as I own the property. We also have the ashes of one cat and one dog (my wifes before we got married) in urns. :)
 
jsmatos said:
Hello Kristy,

I enjoyed reading your post. Your children sound like they come from a loving home. :) I agree about my husband, but he insists that he killed the cat. I just try not to talk about it because it gets him really upset. He keeps Lucio's ashes on the backboard to our bed where he used to like to nap (and mess with my hair when I was trying to sleep :D).

It's interesting to see how thoughtful everyone is about dealing with their pets post-mortem. Shappa, I told my husband about your dog's burial within city limits. We both agree that, if we wanted to bury our dog in our yard, the city's restrictions wouldn't deter us. Good for you.
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This is what got me through it all..My vet gave this to me..

And God asked the feline spirit
Are you ready to come home?
Oh, yes, quite so, replied the precious soul
And, as a cat, you know I am most able
To decide anything for myself.

Are you coming then? asked God.
Soon, replied the whiskered angel
But I must come slowly
For my human friends are troubled
For you see, they need me, quite certainly.

But don't they understand? asked God
That you'll never leave them?
That your souls are intertwined. For all eternity?
That nothing is created or destroyed?
It just is....forever and ever and ever.

Eventually they will understand,
Replied the glorious cat
For I will whisper into their hearts
That I am always with them
I just am....forever and ever and ever
 
That's a beautiful poem Kristy. Thanks for sharing. :)

I'll have to keep that one for future use.
 
Although the early remains of my pets are buried in my backyard, I believe that they have merely gone on ahead, and are waiting along with my other loved ones for me to be called home as well.
 
This was given to me when I was young and lost my rotty Ben....

You're giving me a special gift,
So sorrowfully endowed,
And through these last few cherished days,
Your courage makes me proud.


But really, love is knowing
When your best friend is in pain,
And understanding earthly acts
Will only be in vain.


So looking deep into your eyes,
Beyond, into your soul,
I see in you the magic, that will
Once more make me whole.


The strength that you possess,
Is why I look to you today,
To do this thing that must be done,
For it's the only way.


That strength is why I've followed you,
And chose you as my friend,
And why I've loved you all these years...
My partner 'til the end.


Please, understand just what this gift,
You're giving, means to me,
It gives me back the strength I've lost,
And all my dignity.


You take a stand on my behalf,
For that is what friends do.
And know that what you do is right,
For I believe it too.


So one last time, I breathe your scent,
And through your hand I feel,
The courage that's within you,
To now grant me this appeal.


Cut the leash that holds me here,
Dear friend, and let me run,
Once more a strong and steady dog,
My pain and struggle done.


And don't despair my passing,
For I won't be far away,
Forever here, within your heart,
And memory I'll stay.


I'll be there watching over you,
Your ever faithful friend,
And in your memories I'll run,
...a young dog once again.
 
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