When my German Shepard, Lady, died we buried her in my husband's pet cemetary at his mom's house. When my kitty Mathew was put to sleep I buried her at home (against city ordances to bury pets at within city limits) and when we move I'm going to bring her with us. She's in a metal box. I've planted a lot of flowers over her and I'm going to make a gravestone with one of those stepping stone kits you buy at craft stores. Another friend of mine got his dog cremated and keeps the dog's ashes in the house with him.
2006-08-26 09:24:41 · 22 answers · asked by nokhada5 4 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
I have always wrapped them in their favorite blanket, put their favorite toy under their chin/on top of their legs. I position their front paws together with their head laying on their toy. put in white plastic bag. I then dig a 5' deep hole, one end lower than the other (at a slant). When I lay them down for the last time....I put their head up higher and the hind quarters down lower. Say my last goodbyes, and cover up for their last sleep, and say a final prayer for the last journey home. Now you ask.....why put the head higher up with the front paws extended out and the toy under their chin.....the head is higher so the journey to heaven is easier, almost a straight shot, legs extended with the toy under the chin so when they get to heaven they take off running around with their favorite toy, they have something familiar with my scent on it.....so when I pass, all my blessed babys will be with me once again. I bred dogs since 1989, and love them as family.....so that is what is done here. I have my own pet cemetary and this house has been in our family handed down for 100 years now.
2006-08-26 10:19:02 · answer #1 · answered by airam4454 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We buried our dog in our back yard after she was hit by a car at the age of three. I buried her with her favorite toys, wrapped in a tarp in a box with her paws crossed, and had a funeral with a sprinkling of holy water, and covered the gravesite with flowers, crosses, cement angels, and a frisbee.We never found out who did it, but I have a friend who is into voodoo and I asked her to do a curse that the person that ran over her die a painfull slow death and rot in hell. I also buried a Catholic cross a few inches under the soil above her heart and planted flowers. I still keep her collar in my jewlery box, and will forever.
2006-08-27 02:18:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends what you want to do-your friends will respect you and your decisions.
For a fish- flushing the fish down the toilet is the most humane way of doing away with it so that no animals can smell it and dig it up and tear it to pieces.
For everything else: just bury it in a private place in your yard. If you want, have a memorial service and use a rock as a gravestone.
2006-08-26 16:28:53 · answer #3 · answered by renthead 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
wasn't a true pet..it last for 1 1/2 days. My brother went fishing and then there were fishies (the bait) leftover. I especially liked one so i kept it in a fish tank (mini one) with the air pump we used for fishing to keep the fish alive.
I used scot towels and dried it up... used 9 squares of bathroom tissue and wrapped it up, took an empty kleenex box and layered it, put the fishin and layered it more. I took an extra-large ziploc bag and put the box in. I blew in some air to puff up the bag. Then I rode my bike, holding the fish, crying to the river nearby... I place it on the river bank... it floated, but wouldn't go away.. I added some branches and stuff ... I sank a bit..then floated out with the tide. it didn't sink even after 10 minutes staring at it. Then I left, I had to get home for tv.
I was 8 then.. back then... 7 years ago?
my friend was like shocked --> O.0 the other one was like I'm proud of you >,<
2006-08-26 16:35:00 · answer #4 · answered by Charly C 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
We've had 3 rabbits die. The first one was cremated, and I spread his ashes over his favorite garden. The other two are buried in the same garden, in shoe boxes. I wrapped them in a lot of duct tape, so our dog wouldn't smell them and try to dig them up. We had funerals for all of them, and no, I don't think that's weird at all.
One of my sisters has had several cats that were buried in her back yard. When she moved, she dug them up and moved them to her new house.
Pets are like family members. We love them, and we want to remember them when they're gone.
2006-08-26 17:42:14 · answer #5 · answered by Terisu 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When my 18 year old cat, Bear, died we had her cremated and bought a nice wooden urn that has her name and picture on the front of it. The urn is at my parents house where she lived her whole life. Personally, I don't care if my friends and family feel we are weird for doing that. It was the right thing to do and and I'm happy we did it.
2006-08-26 16:30:06 · answer #6 · answered by Lilah 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I bury them in my yard and I don't give a fig what my friends think of it. I wish I could afford to do better, like your friend or a real pet cemetary with all the trimmings, though.
2006-08-26 16:38:22 · answer #7 · answered by pessimoptimist 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That is such a nice thing to do for your pet!
I wanted to show my cat love after he had to be put to sleep so i buried him in my back garden and planted a rose bush on top of him!
I buried him with his toy that he played with and i had previously made a collage of him and me, and certificates best cat and all that! So i put them in with him!
My friends and parents thought i was mad putting those things in with him as they would get wrecked but i didn't care i wanted him to have comfort things with him as i felt guilty about him dying and so him in spirit had somewhere to come back to!
My cat was 19 and i was 18 when he had to go but i had asked him to stay alive until i turned 18 and he did that for me and that's what i did for him!
I know i can go back to his grave and talk to him at any time and i go there to just chill out!
2006-08-26 16:33:46 · answer #8 · answered by Sazzle 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i had my 10 yr old Chesapeake Bay Retriever, Jessie put to sleep back in March due to a 3 yr battle with diabeties. We had her cremated. Half of her remains are buried on my aunt's farm (since she was born in Virginia and my aunt and uncle watched her for us for 2 months) and the other half was sprinkled into the river we use to live on back in Georgia because she loved to swim!! People thought this was weird but after explaining it made sense to them.
2006-08-26 17:25:18 · answer #9 · answered by crazyhorse1643 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My grandpa's dog passed away and my grandparent's got her cremated. My grandpa was so close to that dog that when he passed away we buried his dog's ashes with him. I don't think that anyone thought that it was odd.
When my dog passes away I want to get him cremated and there is a company called lifegems who can create diamonds from the ashes so then I can always have him with me. I have some people tell me that it's strange to spend so much money to get a diamond created from my dog's ashes.
2006-08-26 16:31:54 · answer #10 · answered by Scully 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋