Creative Pet Urns

While searching for a dog memorial and dealing with our loss, we found this site, griefhealing.com, which has a lot of really great articles dealing with pet loss; this is one of them.

There is much talk in today’s world about unconditional love. It would be wonderful if human beings were capable of such a thing. The sad truth is that we fall short of the mark. While unconditional love is probably impossible, it is a wonderful goal and we should continue to strive for it.

In reality, the closest thing to unconditional love we ever perceive is that which we sense from our pets. Even then, there are a few conditions. After we have fed them and their other basic needs have been met, animals are unconditional. We have yet to hear that someone’s dog, cat, parakeet or hamster judged them or criticized them or called them stupid. Read the rest of this entry »

My sister had a turtle that she absolutely loved.  When we got the turtle, we were barely 11 and 13.  Over the years, my sister kept our turtle – who was already quite old when we got him – and after 20 years and a few kids, the turtle died. 

I shared my sister’s grief and pain and I wanted to get her something that she could keep with her, so I bought her a pet locket.  Now, she wears it everyday and speaks fondly about our beloved childhood pet when people inquire about the locket.

A few months back, my dog passed away.  It wasn’t sudden as we’d been together for nearly 13 years and the last year-and-a-half, he’d been very sick.  When he finally passed on, a friend of mine suggested that I think about cremating him and look at some dog urns.

After a day, I mulled this over and combed through the internet for the perfect posthumous home for my dog.  Eventually, I found a suitable one and when I look at my shelf and see the urn, I know that my dog will live on in my heart forever.