Comments on: How to Create Joy After the Loss of Your Pet

By: 2 brown dawgs

2 brown dawgs — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 11:30:50 +0000

Very nice!

By: Greyhounds CAN Sit

Greyhounds CAN Sit — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 10:00:49 +0000

The memorial garden is a lovely idea. Sadly I’m not a good gardener, and all the pets I’ve had as an adult are buried with love on the farm where I lived for 24 years. They are in my heart and soul. I’ve got lots of videos from those days but while I can look at photos I can’t watch the videos. Just seeing them ‘alive’ is too hard. I’ve certainly got more photos of Frankie and Beryl than any other pets:) But hopefully it will be many years before either of them are memories!

By: 24 Paws of Love

24 Paws of Love — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 02:11:40 +0000

I’m so touched that you mentioned our Memorial Garden. Thank you Pamela. We too will have photos as well. I’ve never like the idea of cremation, I feel a deeper sense of closure being able to bury them. Dust to dust, kind of thing. I really do treasure our little garden waiting for the blooms or leaves to open. It’s like my pets are saying hello to me and are never really gone.

By: Jodi

Jodi — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 14:49:15 +0000

I’ve tossed this idea around, what will I do? I considered having Sampson stuffed but thought when I die who will want a stuffed 90+ pound dog? Exactly.

Our Roxanne is cremated and her ashes are on the mantle, I will probably do the same with Sampson and Delilah and have looked into necklaces where a small bit of ashes can be stored. When I pass I want them buried with me and if that is not possible then their ashes should be scattered over my grave.

I also have a cement block in front of the yard with Sampson’s paw print in it, I call it….wait for it…..yes, a Sampson Stone. he he he

By: Julie

Julie — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 04:23:45 +0000

Funny how so many of us aren’t really gardeners 🙂 We have the ashes of two of our cats. We recently had a discussion about not wanting shelves full of boxes with our pets ashes in them. I love looking at their pictures, but the ashes make me sad. We have already decided that when Cali passes, we will spread her ashes along her favorite trail (oh, but just typing that makes me cry!). I think images of our animals are important and I love her memorial garden.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 02:32:30 +0000

This is a timely, or untimely, post for me depending on how you want to look at it. I lost my cat Brandy this past May, and my dog Duke is not doing very well. He probably won’t be around much longer. I have my pets cremated, and when Brandy’s ashes were returned to me, they also gave me a paw print mold of her front paws. It’s in a nice bi-fold frame that has room to put a picture on the one side. It’s a nice little keepsake. The ashes themselves are in a wooden box that has a plaque on the top with her name engraved on it. I have it sitting on my bookshelf with a ceramic Angel sitting on top of it. Her sister Sunny’s ashes are right next to hers.

By: Pup Fan

Pup Fan — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 02:04:57 +0000

The memorial garden is such a lovely idea. (Sadly, however, I don’t have a green thumb either.)

I’m such a photo fan… I often pull out old photo albums and revisit my childhood pets. The photos often bring a tear to my eye, but it comforts me to see their faces. I also sometimes keep framed photos of loved ones (both human and canine) nearby for the same reason.

By: Kirsten

Kirsten — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 23:12:19 +0000

I liked 24 Paws’ memorial garden idea. My beloved Tashi is buried in my yard, and I planted a peach tree over her. The past few days, I have been eating peaches that have a bit of Tashi in them. I know its a bit macabre, but it makes me feel close to her.
I also saved some of her fur in a little box.

My sister has her departed pets’ ashes in little urns on a shelf where she also has their pictures. My uncle Johnny likes it so much he’s asked to join them on the same shelf when he kicks off (his actual words).

By: houndstooth

houndstooth — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 23:04:02 +0000

I loved the post about the memorial garden, too! A fellow Greyhound blogger that I know who is also an artist painted a portrait of the Greyhound he lost and mixed some of the ashes into the paint when he finished the portrait. He also took the ashes and left a little of them in places that were special to him and the dog — some were at friends’ houses that they’d enjoyed, some were special places to them alone, and one was a place where they took a special trip together.

One thing I always wanted was this, http://petreliquaries.com/, but I’ve never had the extra money to have one done.

By: Georgia Little Pea

Georgia Little Pea — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 21:33:26 +0000

I love the memorial garden with seasonal blooms. The flowers make it so much more special. I’ve never buried a pet in my backyard. Just as well, since we’ve moved so many times. I can’t imagine how the new owners would feel finding little burial mounds with favourite toys and blankies underground while trying to plant some petunias. Besides, it’d be sad to leave them there when we move. Sometimes, when I think about leaving this little house, I wonder about the memories of Jordan and Rufus that we’ll leave behind. All their favourite corners…

Like you, I’d be creeped out by taxidermied pets or, for that matter, rings and pendants. It’s the spirit that counts. All we have of Jordan and Rufus are 1 picture each on the kitchen wall, which is where they were never allowed to linger while they were alive (for fear of tripping the cook up and getting boiled or sliced) 🙂 x