- Location
- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
Thank you to every single one ofmyou for your kind words.
I've paid to have Lemmy cremated individually. I promised him many things in his life (swim in the sea, have relations with a lady labrador, eat a steak, etc) and one of those promises was that when he goes he would stay with me.
His ashes should be ready in just over a week. When they come home he'll spend one final night in his basket next to my side of the bed, then he'll go on the mantelpiece so he can watch over us. When I go we'll be scattered together.
Been sorting out his bits and bobs. His bowls have had a clean and been put away, his collar has been hung on the wall alongside his pedigree, Mini D wanted his harness and lead as a keepsake. Daughter #3 is having the several months worth of food and flea treatment for her dog. Theres about 80 quids worth there, so little four legged Arnie has lucked out.
I had tears in my eyes the whole time while sorting it out.
Mrs D can see how broken I am and has raised the question of another dog. I can see some logic in that, part of my grief is suddenly not having a dog to share my heart and time with, and being retired he was my one constant companion, but it's a bit early to think along those lines yet. Lemmy's breeder is still going so id probably try and get one of his distant nephews, but I'm still a long, long way from being able to do that.
10 years down the track I still cannot commit to another dog - really don't want to do the final days thing again.
We still have Arnie's first (tiny) collar and his last (big) collar hanging in the hallway.
We had our best photo of him printed oversized and put into a nice frame and it is hung in the dining area which is fitting as he was a gready bugger!
Maybe an idea for Lemmy when you are ready?