Loss of Your Pet

      Losing your pet can be like losing your best friend to some people. When my girls were pretty little we had a wonderful barn cat that they loved named Oreo.

     Oreo was a very affectionate cat who loved to hunt. One day Oreo was out hunting and hunted his way over to the neighbors house which normally would have been okay except on this day the neighbor set a trap for the critters that kept crawling up under his house. Unfortunately, Oreo followed some of his prey under the house and died in the neighbors trap.

So there I was with a dead cat and 2 little girls who were inconsolable. It was time to have the talk with them about life and death, which went considerably well I thought, but then the deed came to disposing of poor Oreo. After teaching my kids that you never put an animal in a plastic bag so you don't hurt them - here I was placing Oreo in a garbage bag to bury him. With a little explaining that nothing can hurt him anymore we set out to lay Oreo to rest.

     After burying Oreo I got to thinking that there should be a more respectful way to dispose of your pet when they pass, so I started to do some research. I could not believe that there are places that actually sell coffins for your pet. If you are going for a green burial they even offer biodegradable coffins. Now that is what I am talking about. If only I would have known about this earlier, Oreo could have had a more respectable burial.

     Not only is there pet caskets, but you can also purchase a wide variety of memorial stones to mark the grave site of you lost loved one. Now a days you can even have your pets picture laser engraved on the memorial stone. Examples of these can be seen at: http://www.mansbestfriends.net/shop/amazon_products_feed.cgi?Operation=ItemSearch&Keywords=pet+memorials+laser&SearchIndex=node%3AKitchen%3A518353011

If you decide to have your pet cremated there is also a selection of pet urns that you can get to hold the ashes.

Now that I know these type of products exist, all of my critters will be getting a more respectable burial.
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