What to do with a dead pet?

[Marie5656]

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[HoneyNut]

I've buried little pets when they died (frog, hamster, guinea pig, chicken). My first cat I had cremated and kept the ashes in a little wooden casket like thing for decades (until I got rid of the contents of my house last year, then I scattered her ashes in the flower garden), all subsequent cats and dogs were disposed of by the vet's office (sent for group cremation I guess).

My first horse I had cremated (very expensive), but had the good sense to not want the ashes returned. The next horse I had collected by ...hmmm, I can't remember what they are called, the modern equivalent of the knackers.

Oh gee, I just remembered I threw one cat's body away in the trash, I feel sad about that now. At least I wrapped him in a pretty sparkly garment as like a shroud before I bagged him up. He was always a barn cat but we loved him. He died of old age in the barn, but I don't know why I didn't take his body to the vets.

 

[Repondering]

My pets were always family throughout their lives and when I outlived them, I only ever considered burying them personally in our ground. Their graves are marked and when I mow or stroll past them, I fondly recall their lives. At my age now, I might adopt an old, abandoned dog from a shelter, give it a good last few years and bury it myself. I'm reluctant to adopt a young dog who might outlive me.

 

[Nathan]

At my age now, I might adopt an old, abandoned dog from a shelter, give it a good last few years and bury it myself.

That would be such a special, generous and giving act, older rescue dogs are hard to place, but people don't realize these dogs have a lifetime of love to share.

 

[Teacher Terry]

For years I always had 4 dogs and all were old rescues. One only lived 6 months. When the last 4 died I had so much death between people and dogs that I adopted a 3 month old dog and his 5 year old sister. Amy is now 10 and when she dies I will adopt an older dog for a companion for max.