What do you do if your dog dies?

[Jayaly]

The one that died at home is buried off the beaten track in the local woodlands. The other three were cremated individually. Their ashes were supposed to be scattered but every time, I pick up the box containing my dog in a million, look at it, then put it back in the bottom of the wardrobe. One day I'll manage to scatter them.

 

[Elswick Cotterpin]

I'm going to have mine stuffed and use him for a draught excluder, payback for all the times he crashed out in front of the fire and stole all the heat.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

My dog hasn't died, but I found myself waking up this morning wondering what you do in such a situation...

Like a happy blues song - woke up this morning and my dog wasn't dead. I expect your woman hadn't left you either?

 

[biggs682]

That's a bit Kray twins innit.

saved them being buried in gardens etc etc

 

[Fnaar]

Like a happy blues song - woke up this morning and my dog wasn't dead. I expect your woman hadn't left you either?

No, and the wind storm that came just the other day left our house totally unscathed
And my mule has four functional limbs and a perfectly normal gait.
And I actually won at the poker game too!

 

[longers]

What did Ken Dodds dad do?

 

[SD1]

What did Ken Dodds dad do?

I don't know?

 

[threebikesmcginty]

What did Ken Dodds dad do?

Longers! Where the hell have you been?

 

[SD1]

Sway won't die before me. So it may be the other way round!

 

[Dave 123]

Write a country and western song.

 

[subaqua]

brother dog died on Thursday. went to the vets and will be was cremated.

 

[Mrs M]

@Brandane's Ex GF's daughter makes a good point too even if not for the below reasons.

The time to get a new dog / pet can seem callously short after one dies but there is a physical emptiness in the home and on walks or on not going on walks anymore that hits you as hard as the emotional loss of your companion and friend.

The emotional loss rolls on long beyond you filling that physical void with a different (not, never, ever a replacement) hound.

Also as someone committed to taking dogs from rescue rather than breeders, it feels wrong to have an empty bed in a loving home while so many dogs are crying out for that stability and a proper single family relationahip

We lost our 2 cats in 2013, both old boys. They are both in the garden.
We got Thomas from SSPCA a month after the last departure.
The house seemed empty without a cat and it was a good feeling to help a rescue cat. When Tommy was rescued he was injured, crawling with fleas, nervous and depressed. Now he is a happy, confident wee character who thinks he owns the place .

 

[Saluki]

Some of our dogs are buried in the garden, others cremated. It has depended on the dog and our finances at the time. Millie will definitely be cremated, after she has died that is.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Some of our dogs are buried in the garden, others cremated. It has depended on the dog and our finances at the time. Millie will definitely be cremated, after she has died that is.

Good to hear that - otherwise that would be cooking not cremating.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Write a country and western song.

See if it was a country song it'd be more like...

I was sippin whiskey in my pick up truck
When I ran over my dog cos I'm shït outta luck

Then you'd have stuff about; round these parts, a jukebox, the creek, cheatin on yer woman...

Totally different.