What do you do with your dead pets?

[spinbaby]

We've had cats die over the years. A couple are buried down near the garden. Some we just left at the vet for them to take care of--never inquired or really wanted to know what happened to them. This last one we had cremated. I got Matilda's ashes back Thursday. I was going to put the ashes under the birdfeeder but she never was a bird watcher and it's cold and wet out there--she hates that. So I've got the bag with the ashes in the corner of the living room near the kitchen door where she always liked to sit. I can't quite figure out what to do with them next.

[Deja Q]

1. I've only had fish and birds.

And, no, I didn't cook them on BBQ night.

The fish were flushed and I had proper burials for the birds. I wouldn't do cremations; it'd be too much like BBQ night...

[AirmensMom]

2. We have Sesame's ashes in a marble urn.

It has a figurine of a Siames Cat on the top. There's a picture of him an his buddy, Sundance, beside it. We let the vet take care of Sundance -- couldn't do the ashes again. I miss them both. :cry:

Oh, yeah -- we have a little plaque in the garden where Sundance used to poop. There are jasmine and hibiscus bushes growing there now.

[5thGenDemocrat]

3. I bury 'em out in the back yard

I live in the house I grew up in. The family has been here since 1961. The back yard is a veritable pet cemetery -- say, 30 or 40 cats and a couple of dogs.
John
That's over 44 years -- we're not doing anything bizarre here.

[spinbaby]

4. Do you do gravestones?

I always wonder if we should have.

[5thGenDemocrat]

10. Not gravestones, exactly

But, since I bought the house from mom's estate in 1994, I bury them around the lilac bush and mark their sites with interesting rocks. This has the added advantage of not accidentally exhuming deceased kitties before they've done the "ashes to ashes" thing.
John
Currently has seven kitties (one pregnant). Has had as twelve at one time.

[Oeditpus Rex]

5. I had Blondie cremated

Her ashes are in a cedar box. I keep a photo of her next to it.

Fourteen years later, I still miss her. Best dog ever. :cry:

[Maestro]

6. We had our first dog cremated.

She now sits on our dresser in a cedar box.

[XemaSab]

7. Koshie is outside my window

buried under the lion's tail, which is flowering now. :(

[Straight Shooter]

8. Place the ashes in a cedar box or in an urn with a tight lid.

I don't know about anyone else, but I often touch the containers that hold the ashes of my four-footed friends, just to tell them how much it means to me that they were in my life and I still miss them.

The first one who passed, I buried him, and I regret it, but I didn't even know cremation was available for animals at the time.

It may sound ironic, but if my house ever catches on fire, I'll rescue my current companion and grab the ashes, too, and head out the door. Nothing else would matter as much.

[caty]

9. We have a place up north where we

buried our two beloved dogs. It's the first place I go to after we get there and the last place I go to before we leave. I miss them so much.

[obxhead]

11. Plant a new tree over their final resting spot.

[skygazer]

12. Since I don't own my own land, I don't bury

My last two dogs I had privately cremated and have their urns on a shelf above my desk, with their collars and tags draped over them and their photos displayed beside them. I hope to have them buried with me when I go.

[skygazer]

13. Dupe

silly machine

[Giant Robot]

14. Mrs Giant Robot has her faithful dog's ashes

in a small box covered with his photos.

When our cat died when I was growing up, he was cremated and his ashes spread outside under a tree he would always run out of the house(he was an indoor cat) to spray. We never knew why he did this, but we thought it would be a fitting place for him.

I always hated this business of death. Putting affairs in order, what to do with stuff, what to do with remains. My hats off to whomever can do it without losing their minds, whether its a relative or beloved pet.

[judaspriestess]

15. get an URN for her ashes n/t

[LostinVA]

16. You can get nice ceramic urns or airtight wood boxes

Where the kitty's name can be engraved, and keep her around. My mom has her English Springer, who was her buddy, in a pretty urn on top of her piano.

[qnr]

17. Just posted this in another thread. Our boy Boomer is buried in the

shade of some trees, by a creek, in a wildlife viewing area of a national park. I won't say where.

[hatredisnotavalue]

18. When our dog died

I planted a special memorial garden for him and sprinkled some of his ashes in the garden. The rest, this may sound gross, I put in a baggy and it is in the glove covmpartment of the car, because he loved to go 'bye-bye' so much.

[ScreamingMeemie]

25. .

:cry: That is so sweet. and not gross at all. :hug:

[dolo amber]

19. I'm so glad no one thus far has said 'saute'

;)

[latebloomer]

24. Nah, too tough.

We have our dog and kitty's ashes in cedar boxes on a shrine in our living room, along with family photos, Buddha statues, etc.

[politicat]

20. My cat's ashes are going into Bast reliquary.

I've been looking for wooden boxes and a statue I like so I can put her ashes in the box and then glue it shut, then glue the Bast statue on top (turning the box into a base.)

We didn't want to bury her because we don't plan to be in this house forever, and our vet only does cremation - nothing else. And I really didn't want to scatter her ashes anywhere - she has traveled with me from Arizona to Colorado, and several moves in both states, and her home is where I am.

Did she like to eat plants? Play with catnip? Perhaps mixing her ashes with some potting soil and getting some cat friendly plants and building a terrarium is a good final end for her. Or a ginger jar with a lid you can seal or something....

[wildeyed]

21. I have the box of my dogs ashes sitting on a bookcase in my

bedroom, along with her paw print and a photo. I may be ready to sprinkle her ashes in the backyard this spring, she always liked to stay close to home. I dunno what to do now either. I haven't finished grieving yet, she only passed in July, so maybe I will know what to do once I stop feeling so sad.

[RebelOne]

22. When my Rottie died in 1999, I had her cremated and I have her ashes.

I will do the same whenever the Rottie I now have dies, which I hope will not be for a long time.

[Shine]

23. We buried our beloved 19yr old cat, Alfalfa, on our property.

we placed her where she used to always hang out. We made a special plaque for her, with her name tag embedded into it. It's very sweet to sit nearby and remember the good times we had with her.
O8)
What is remembered, lives.

[SW FL Dem]

26. I've lost two dogs and have had both cremated

Their ashes are in memorial boxes in my dresser. I considered spreading the ashes, but I have moved so many times. It makes it easier for me to move knowing I can take them with me.