God, I got that dreaded call I didnt want to get

[ladybugg74]

I am so sorry for your loss. HUGS

[TommiGirl]

Originally Posted by pepe mint

I am sure that is hard. why don't you bury him?

that would seem the best thing to do. Make a pretty stone arrangement around the 'grave' and put something memorable there to honor him. or perhaps put something there that he loved.

Remember this is just Scooby's body. His soul will live on with you forever.
Hopefully it will get easier. Hugz
RIP sweet baby!

I know this must be so hard for you.

[Jenn218]

I am soooo sorry you are going thru this...and I feel for you, I really do...I have been there before w/ our Shih-tzu many years ago.

This is going to sound crazy, but I can't imagine my life w/o Mojo..and I know you feel the same about Scooby. I am also not a big believer in cremation, but I couldn't have it where I wouldn't have Mojo around...so when the time comes (I hope it is many many years away), I will have him cremated and turned into a stone so I can have him with me no matter where I go. (although, I know he will be there in spirit). I couldn't possibly think of burying him somewhere, as I know we would probably move and I couldn't leave him behind.

Oh goodness.... Just let it all out....we are all here for you and many have been in the same situation. Rest easy knowing that he is still with you and always will be.

[Patti]

I am so sorry and know how you feel. I got the call on Dixie's ashes last week and went to pick them up and just lost it. I just kept saying to myself just last week I was holding her alive. Dixie was the same age as your baby and way too young to leave us. I bet they found each other and are complaining on how much time their Mom's spent on YT. You are in my thoughts and prayers.

[BarbaraM]

I too had a very hard time bringing Teddy back. It took me a long time before we had a memorial for him in the backyard.
I need to get a tree for him. Something that will keep him shaded in the sun. I miss him so. I know what you are going thru. My heart goes out to you and in time you will be able to get everything taken care of. It's also very important to grieve. Don't worry if it takes awhile. It took me three years before I put Ted in his final resting place and I still have a bed for him in his usual spot.

[RowdysMom]

I had to go pick up my beloved Schnauzer's ashes a couple of years ago. But he lived a long life till he was 14, so it is different. I found though, that I was/am very comforted by looking at the beautiful box with his ashes. We didn't sprinkle them, they are on the mantel. I love knowing that the box symbolizes all the great times we had over the years.

I'm really sorry for you though, I can tell it is really hard.

[Tibby]

So sorry for your loss... You will be in our thoughts & prayers

[hha]

Originally Posted by soccbydo

The Funeral home called this afternoon to say come collect the remains of Scooby ...I cant go for him, I just cant bear to see my dog as a small box of ashes ......I told my husband please go and get it and keep it in his office, I cant bear to see scooby like that. I have been really upset about this. Each time I think of his cold gray dead body laying in that basket it makes me want to scream and now knowing he is a box of ashes is something I cant deal with. I am not being cold, I just cnat see him this way.

The funeral home? When they cremate them here, the vets take over and in a week, they call you to go to the vets office...

[Monday]

Originally Posted by hha

The funeral home? When they cremate them here, the vets take over and in a week, they call you to go to the vets office...

The vet's office does it here also. I guess it is different in each country.

I was at the vet with Monday once when a man came to pick up his dog's ashes.
He had tears in his eyes and it was so sad.

His dog was diabetic and blind, so he was also donating syringes to the vet. He told me that he still looks down on the floor to make sure he does not step on his dog.
I felt like hugging him.

I am so sorry for your loss.

[mh357]

I'm so sorry for your loss...it's so hard, especially when our dogs are our babies/children. My heart goes out to you right now

[Grizzley Bear]

I am so sorry for you and my heart goes out to you. I hope in time you will find comfort knowing that you were the best MOM. I am sending hugs your way to keep you warm. Please take care .

Mary

[soccbydo]

Originally Posted by Grizzley Bear

I am so sorry for you and my heart goes out to you. I hope in time you will find comfort knowing that you were the best MOM. I am sending hugs your way to keep you warm. Please take care .

Mary

I had a dream last night he came back home and was jumping and chasing around , he did come back home but in a wooden box, my husband just picked up his remains, he said he too cried

[soccbydo]

Originally Posted by Monday

The vet's office does it here also. I guess it is different in each country.

I was at the vet with Monday once when a man came to pick up his dog's ashes.
He had tears in his eyes and it was so sad.

His dog was diabetic and blind, so he was also donating syringes to the vet. He told me that he still looks down on the floor to make sure he does not step on his dog.
I felt like hugging him.

I am so sorry for your loss.

this is Germany, vets do not do that, it costs several hundred euros to cremate a dog. They have a normal type funeral home like for people, except for dogs, they even have a viewing area to view your pet. I like this way, I think it makes it even more human and more of a real feeling of loosing a family member which the babies are to us. They creamate the animals in the north of Germany and then send it back to the funeral home, then the funeral home calls to say the remains are there for you to collect. They have beautiful dog cemeteries with headstones and so on. But vets do not do this, nor is it cheap

[soccbydo]

Originally Posted by RowdysMom

I had to go pick up my beloved Schnauzer's ashes a couple of years ago. But he lived a long life till he was 14, so it is different. I found though, that I was/am very comforted by looking at the beautiful box with his ashes. We didn't sprinkle them, they are on the mantel. I love knowing that the box symbolizes all the great times we had over the years.

I'm really sorry for you though, I can tell it is really hard.

Actually I said I wont look but I have asked my husband to bring it home tonight, he has picked the remains up and I said bring it home, I will weep and say my prayers for little cobo I used to cal him for short or cooby, then he will be sprinkled in Brittany France when we go there later this year, that was his last holiday and it will be his final resting place as he loved it so much, running on the beach and playing

[hha]

Originally Posted by soccbydo

this is Germany, vets do not do that, it costs several hundred euros to cremate a dog. They have a normal type funeral home like for people, except for dogs, they even have a viewing area to view your pet. I like this way, I think it makes it even more human and more of a real feeling of loosing a family member which the babies are to us. They creamate the animals in the north of Germany and then send it back to the funeral home, then the funeral home calls to say the remains are there for you to collect. They have beautiful dog cemeteries with headstones and so on. But vets do not do this, nor is it cheap

Wow, I thought they were quick in Germany(blood tests back that day), but it sure takes them a long time to cremate pets...Ours took actually less than a week..it took 2 weeks for poor scoobys ashes..?