What to do with horses ashes?

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I lost my best friend in December, and since then his ashes have just been sitting in a cardboard box.

I haven't been able to find anything worthy of doing with his ashes and I know I'm putting off doing because it will be too final, like I'm accepting his death. But I know I can't leave the poor boy like this!

I don't want to sprinkle him anywhere, and I don't want to part with him.

Any suggestions of lovely urns or what to with his ashes so he can always stay with me would be greatly appreciated :)
 
Minto ashes were buried in the field beside his pair bond sultan. He sat in his stable for a couple of months until the farmer dig the hole for me.
 
My 2 are in wicker baskets in the living room. Nobody knows what is in the baskets unless they ask, they just look like any other kind of storage baskets.

You can get some of the ashes made into jewellery if you're interested in that kind of thing, so you would always have some with you.
 
This may seem a bit eccentric but I think a rocking horse or similar sculpture made in the horses likeness and for the ashes to go inside the hollow body would be lovely.
 
My friend has hers in nice wooden boxes (she has two lots of ashes) in the hall and sits on them to put her boots on. I think she also has some glass memorial jewellery made.

I don't have mine back - I made a donation to a horse charity in their name instead, it's just what works better for me.
 
My lad is in a nice wooden box with his name on it in the living room. I have a framed picture of me and him on top of it.

I also have a lovely bracelet made out of his tail hair, which is in a lovely box hidden away in my bedroom. It's too special to have out.
 
I lost my boy 5 years ago. I have him in a wooden casket in the dining room. I didn't want his ashes scattered as I felt like that was it. At least having him at home he's always with me ❤
 
I've never had ashes returned for this very reason, what to do with them. They are only ashes, the spirit of your horse will always be with you. I think I would bury the ashes in the garden or paddock and put a tree over them.
 
I would love a Stevenson Brothers rocking horse Merlod, although at around £3,000 I think I might have to get saving!

What a lovely idea Blanche, I'm awful at keeping plants alive but will look into a lovely little potted tree!

Some lovely ideas, I definitely want a framed picture of him next to it :)

Would anyone who had a casket made mind linking me some? I would love to have one personalised and custom built for him, happy to spend a few hundred £££ to get it right, but my googling skills are failing me!
 
http://www.petcrem.com/tributes/

This is who I used, had ashes returned in a beautiful wooden casket with a name plate on it. Although I did decide in the end to bury the ashes, they're buried at the yard, in the trees behind her stable, overlooking the paddocks and xc course, with a little tree planted over the top. They also do a lot of other more unique tributes, cast bronze statues, photo frames, jewellery etc.
 
My lad's currently sitting in the dining room with plan to be buried later this year when we have a digger in for some other work.... his box is rather large and heavy.
 
My old dog is in the dining room cupboard in a box for the precise reason that I don't have a clue what to do with him. I didn't want his ashes back but the vet misunderstood my answers between the sobs and I ended up with this urn thing that's now been in the cupboard for about 11 years! My friend's gran was in the back of her dad's car for a year until they decided what to do with her!
 
Sorry for your loss op. I have D in a large wooden chest with carved horses on it and E in a wicker basket. They sit in my bedroom on my side of the bed. I say D still helps me out as he 'holds' my book and occasionally bottles of infant calpol for dd1!

I couldn't part with them either.
 
Rebecca1988 said:
http://www.kingshillcremations.co.uk/
This is who I used, they also do jewellery too.
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I used these folks for my old boy too, and I'll use the again for my lovely lad when the time comes, but I scattered him in the woods behind the yard next to a path he used to love to canter along in the summer. I go along there sometimes now and "see" him cantering in the sunshine. I'm afraid I just couldn't live with my horses ashes in the house. Each to their own, of course, and if that's your way of dealing with a loss, then fair enough. But I truly believe there comes a time when you have to let go and move on, and hanging on to ashes in this way prevents you from doing that. My old lad lives on in my heart and my memories. I scattered my mum and dad and other people I've loved; I'll be scattered in my turn when the time comes. I always think it's best to chose a good spot and allow your loved one - horse or human - to move on too.
 
When my mare's time came I decided I needed her to be with me so I could keep looking after her. So she now lives in my living room is in a lovely wooden casket with her name on a brass plate.
 
What a lovely idea in a rocking horse.
My girl is in a whicker basket on top of my wardrobe. Would never bury it in case I moved house or yard and I want to keep her with me.
Coming up to 2 years since that awful day :(
 
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