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A slightly morbid post i know but i have never been through this before.
As some of you know i lost my lovely St Bernard a couple of weeks ago (i promise i will post some pictures soon) and his ashes have just come back from the vets.
I was just wondering what other people have done with their dog's ashes. It all happened so quickly with my boy that i just made a snap decision to have him cremated and it was a Sunday aswell so all a bit rushed and i hadn't thought at all about what would happen afterwards.
 
Really sorry for your loss. I lost a labrador and had her ashes back. I buried them (in the casket) in my parents garden under a tree that she used to lie under. My parents have now planted a lovely rose there so we will always remeber her
 
I have about 20 boxes
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Im waiting to move before I scatter or bury them, some of the older dog, lost when I was younger are buried in this garden, well their ashes
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Some people scatter, on a favourite walk, or under a tree, some in the garden, and other keep them in the house, in a urn, or mini casket type contanment.
 
Our old girl was scattered in our garden and I have kept the box and have a photo of her in there and it's on display in the lounge. Some people may not like it that way but I do.
 
I still have my 2 in their boxes on top of the cabinet,with a photo,purely because that way I feel they are still close. Am I a Sad person? I don't really care because it makes me feel better knowing they are there.
 
I was thinking of just keeping the ashes but they will have to stay at my parents house because that was his full time abode! I wanted to have a nice picture of him blown up and kept near the ashes, i'm not sure if i could scatter him because i want him close.
This is going to sound mad but he had his own voice, if any of us spoke to him someone else would answer back for him in a "voice" which we all adopted for him! Trust me some extremely funny conversations used to go on and he learnt his "voice" so he would listen so intently when we did it! He was obviosuly such a huge presence that i want him to remain in the house but i like the idea of planting something aswell.
 
Most of my dogs have been buried. 2 were cremated, my daughters Lancashire Heelers ashes are buried in the garden in the "grave" area. I still have not buried Ushi's ashes (she was pts in October), but hers too will be buried in the garden. I have shrubs planted on the graves. I want my ashes to be scattered/buried with the dogs .
 
YOU should do with your dog's ashes whatever is special to YOU.

My Jess was PTS 2 years ago in March and I had her cremated immediately after she was PTS and brought her back home, I took it quite badly at the time and couldn't bear her to be "away alone" however daft that sounds to other people.

I never wanted to scatter her ashes as she didn't really have a favourite place/walk and she was a funny dog, a staffie, hated the cold, rain, wind but she would glady lie out in the warm sun so I figured I didn't want to bury her either as it's mostly cold. So her ashes are in a pine casket with a little brass plaque on the top with her name on it, she sits on my bedroom windowsil with my favourite picture next to her, she has the sun on her all day.

I have buried one dog in the past and we no longer live in that house so that puts me off of burying them now in case we move, I know they're gone & it doesn't really matter but that's the way I am.

My dad's GSD died suddenly & unexpectedly and 8 months later my dad died, we truely believe he never got over the loss of his boy, he was his life. We had the dog cremated & I promised dad that should anything happen to him I would bury Max with him, so we did. His beloved dog went in his coffin with him (after a lot of paperwork), so now together for eternity, a lot of people would probably find that quite disturbing but I don't really care what people think, it was special for us.

I think I would love to have some of all my animals ashes with me when I go and in the meantime I will probably be known as "that mad woman who lives with all the dead animals"
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I still have my 2 in their boxes on top of the cabinet,with a photo,purely because that way I feel they are still close. Am I a Sad person? I don't really care because it makes me feel better knowing they are there.

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Our two girls are in their urns on the mantelpiece, near us and still part of the family. I couldn't bear the thought of moving and leaving them behind - ridiculously sentimental, I know.

You have to do what ever is right for you.
 
Im so sorry for your loss. My girlie was meant to be buried in the garden like the cats but we just haven't got round to doing it with the garden being a big mud patch. She is sat watching over us while we eat dinner at the moment with her collar and lead! Now im not sure that I do want her to be buried as I want to keep her with me when I move out.
 
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