Originally Posted by iloveemmy (Post 1233705)

Or you could both go--just one of you stay in the car with her and then swap out. You probably won't be staying long anyway.

Originally Posted by bettyeanne (Post 1233784)

OK ... I have been thinking of sharing this for almost a year now ... so here goes. As many of you know, I lost my precious 90 year old Mother on July 18, last year [also my Toto's birthday]. The night of the visitation at the funeral home, we had not even considered taking Toto. [Since I was in charge of my Mother's affairs, we had stopped by the FH with Toto early that afternoon ... it was extremely hot and the personnel had greeted her with open arms. My Mother adored Toto and Toto loved her Grammy so I took her by to see her ... didn't really expect a reaction from Toto. I was telling her Grammy went to live with Granddaddy & Jesus, etc. She looked down at my Mother, quickly turned and buried her little face in my neck and started whimpering! I was totally shocked!]As Patrick and I were settling Toto in her X-pen to attend the 6PM "family" viewing, there was a sudden storm with thunder, lightening, etc. and I could barely rip her off me she was so frightened. I just turned to Patrick and said "Mother would be furious with me if I left Toto home alone and so scared of this storm" ... I, quite frankly, didn't care who didn't like it! Anyone that I might trust to keep her would be at the FH and our Dr. Lucy, who always wants to keep her, was 45 minutes away ... I just scooped her up, grabbed a little blankie and took her with me. She is almost like an accessory on me anyway and anyone that mattered wouldn't think a thing about it ... and they didn't! The few family members who barely spoke to me anyway and showed disdain for Toto does it all the time .... the only one who truly mattered was my Mother and I knew I was doing exactly what she would have wanted me to do.

The next day when her Pastor met me at the church, the first words he said to me was "Where's Toto?" ... he loves her too and sees her often. :) I suppose it depends on the circumstances and the people involved as to whether you take Susanah with you ... I personally wouldn't think anything of it. I didn't spend that much time in the room with my Mother ... it was filled with bitter, guilt ridden people who spent very little time with her the last few years when she needed them most. I, on the other hand, spent as much time as I possibly could and tried to make excuses for the ones who didn't. I have no remorse and wouldn't change anything I did.

Sorry this is so long! ;)

Originally Posted by Graleyne (Post 1233617)

I would absolutely keep her inside her carrier and would head for the door if she even started wiggling around. I wouldn't want to give her the chance to whine or bark.

If it wasn't for all the yorkie thefts and that creepy man I would not even consider taking her.

Originally Posted by iloveemmy (Post 1233705)

Or you could both go--just one of you stay in the car with her and then swap out. You probably won't be staying long anyway.

Originally Posted by Graleyne (Post 1233586)

to take Susanah to a funeral home? It isn't the actual funeral itself today, just a viewing. The actual funeral isn't until Monday and I can have someone puppysit for her then, its just that the person I trust to do that is out of town this weekend.

The ONLY reason I am considering taking her is because I am paranoid about leaving her home - even in a crate. There is a creeeeeeeeeeepy man who lives on my street and he is always eyeing her and talking about how much he wants her. I just don't trust him.

The person who passed away is my husband's best friends (they are like brothers) father. E (hubby's friend) is VERY well aware of how much I love my Susanah and how neurotic and paranoid I am. I don't think he would have a problem with me taking her at all.

*IF* I do take her, I certainly won't have her out parading her around or anything. I would keep her in her carrier and be as discreet with her as possible. I could take her out to the car if she got restless or had to potty without any problem.

Originally Posted by Graleyne (Post 1233586)

to take Susanah to a funeral home? It isn't the actual funeral itself today, just a viewing. The actual funeral isn't until Monday and I can have someone puppysit for her then, its just that the person I trust to do that is out of town this weekend.

The ONLY reason I am considering taking her is because I am paranoid about leaving her home - even in a crate. There is a creeeeeeeeeeepy man who lives on my street and he is always eyeing her and talking about how much he wants her. I just don't trust him.

The person who passed away is my husband's best friends (they are like brothers) father. E (hubby's friend) is VERY well aware of how much I love my Susanah and how neurotic and paranoid I am. I don't think he would have a problem with me taking her at all.

*IF* I do take her, I certainly won't have her out parading her around or anything. I would keep her in her carrier and be as discreet with her as possible. I could take her out to the car if she got restless or had to potty without any problem.

Originally Posted by YorkieRose (Post 1233997)

Amy Tam said she takes her two Yorkies to the White House and no one knows they are with her.. in a purse type carrier, who would know?..and when I die, I everyone to bring their dogs to the funeral! The more barking and yapping there is, the happier I will be...why should death be any different then life?

Originally Posted by bettyeanne (Post 1233967)

Graleyne ... good decision!! Had I that option, that's the one I would've gone with too! :) I totally understand both sides of this and under normal circumstances would never have handled it the way I did. I often stay home with Toto rather than have to leave her alone and the thing that makes me feel really good ... Patrick usually opts to stay home with us!! ;)

Thank you Deborah and Judy ... I would have loved to be snugged up with my Mother & Toto in her den watching old AMC John Wayne movies all day on a Saturday! We did that a lot and although some of them were "new" to her ... I would always smile to myself and tell her "this does look like a good one" and watch "The Sons of Katie Elder" again!! :p

Originally Posted by nvnvgirl (Post 1234276)

WElllll.....at the risk of flaunting my tackiness......we did take Max to my MIL's funeral. He is very well behaved and was zipped up in his carrier; most people didn't know he was there; they thought it was my purse. He slept thru the entire thing. Had we had someone to babysit, we would have done it, but we had driven 10 hours away from home and anyone that we knew was at the funeral, so there wasn't anyone to take care of him.
Since it was my MIL and I'm married to her one son, and there is only his brother, who didn't mind us bringing Max, I think our "tackiness quotient" was rather a moot subject. And my MIL would have LOVED to have Max there anyway.

I would not however, take him to anyone else's funeral or the funeral home.