Comments on: Trends in pet-loss: Cremations increasingly chosen http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/06/20/trends-in-pet-loss-cremations-increasing-chosen/ The Web blog of the Pet Connection, a pet-care feature syndicated internationally by Universal Press. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:23:45 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Deanna http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/06/20/trends-in-pet-loss-cremations-increasing-chosen/comment-page-1/#comment-83371 Deanna Thu, 21 Jun 2007 18:31:13 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/06/20/trends-in-pet-loss-cremations-increasing-chosen/#comment-83371 "The Petland mentioned in the story is a pet cemetary and crematory in the Northwest. Not related to the retailer." Comment by Gina Spadafori — June 21, 2007 @ 6:43 am That's a relief. And what an unfortunate coincidence of names. “The Petland mentioned in the story is a pet cemetary and crematory in the Northwest. Not related to the retailer.”
Comment by Gina Spadafori — June 21, 2007 @ 6:43 am

That’s a relief. And what an unfortunate coincidence of names.

]]> By: Linda http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/06/20/trends-in-pet-loss-cremations-increasing-chosen/comment-page-1/#comment-83367 Linda Thu, 21 Jun 2007 18:24:25 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/06/20/trends-in-pet-loss-cremations-increasing-chosen/#comment-83367 Here's info on freeze drying taxidermy - I looked at the photos and the animals look so good. http://www.petpreservations.com/faq.html Here’s info on freeze drying taxidermy - I looked at the photos and the animals look so good.

http://www.petpreservations.com/faq.html

]]> By: Linda http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/06/20/trends-in-pet-loss-cremations-increasing-chosen/comment-page-1/#comment-83360 Linda Thu, 21 Jun 2007 17:48:18 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/06/20/trends-in-pet-loss-cremations-increasing-chosen/#comment-83360 I was thinking about this last night - and wished I could just put my little girl, when the times comes, on an alter, like the Native American's have done in the past, and raise it up to the sky and just burn it while doing my own little ceremony, and I would play music of wolf howls etc or beat a drum and usher her spirit into heaven, and then not deal with her ashes being mixed with others and handled by strangers. Then I could gather her bones and put them in a cedar-lined box. If I owned a large plot of land, I would do that, but I don't. I'm not even sure if a person could get a fire permit and go into the National Forest and then perform the ceremony... seems like a better alternative at least for me. Even the idea of trekking up the mountains with her body would be okay – a weight of love – and then alone under the stars perform her last rite – maybe even have communion. I just don’t want to leave the end in the hands of others – no matter how well meaning they are - seems important to do it myself. I was thinking about this last night - and wished I could just put my little girl, when the times comes, on an alter, like the Native American’s have done in the past, and raise it up to the sky and just burn it while doing my own little ceremony, and I would play music of wolf howls etc or beat a drum and usher her spirit into heaven, and then not deal with her ashes being mixed with others and handled by strangers. Then I could gather her bones and put them in a cedar-lined box. If I owned a large plot of land, I would do that, but I don’t. I’m not even sure if a person could get a fire permit and go into the National Forest and then perform the ceremony… seems like a better alternative at least for me.

Even the idea of trekking up the mountains with her body would be okay – a weight of love – and then alone under the stars perform her last rite – maybe even have communion.

I just don’t want to leave the end in the hands of others – no matter how well meaning they are - seems important to do it myself.

]]> By: steve a http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/06/20/trends-in-pet-loss-cremations-increasing-chosen/comment-page-1/#comment-83356 steve a Thu, 21 Jun 2007 17:25:53 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/06/20/trends-in-pet-loss-cremations-increasing-chosen/#comment-83356 Both the cats we got after getting married are cremated. We know about the QC issues, but see the ashes as more symbolic anyway. The plan is to use a furnace (normally used for bronze casting and for glass work) to make glass beads from the ashes and add them in our display of fossils and minerals. Cricket liked to rub her chin on the T-Rex claw, so being a sparkling presence there seems fitting... Both the cats we got after getting married are cremated. We know about the QC issues, but see the ashes as more symbolic anyway.

The plan is to use a furnace (normally used for bronze casting and for glass work) to make glass beads from the ashes and add them in our display of fossils and minerals.

Cricket liked to rub her chin on the T-Rex claw, so being a sparkling presence there seems fitting…

]]> By: Linda http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/06/20/trends-in-pet-loss-cremations-increasing-chosen/comment-page-1/#comment-83331 Linda Thu, 21 Jun 2007 15:44:56 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/06/20/trends-in-pet-loss-cremations-increasing-chosen/#comment-83331 Jan C comment June 20 at 5:23 pm: I love the names for your dogs, Sasha sounds rather musical and peppy and Hannah has a wise soul and great strength. Sometimes when I do a ceremony for a pet that passed without loved, the kind we hear in the newspapers chained in the back yard for years and years, I gather my dogs on the back patio and place a leash and dog biscuit and toys etc. and send up an offering of love in the dog's name - and I offer the leash for the walks the dog never took, the dog biscuit for the treats it didn't get - but all is offered now to honor the spirit of this abused animal that has transcend the physical and is now in God's embrace. So too one can bring out the toys the dog played with, the blanket etc. and as you commune with your dog and talk to it and ask forgiveness for not preserving her body, I hope you will feel Sasha's understanding and know that she accepts your offering and the cermanic dog image in the spirit of honoring her life. Because that is what we do with the ashes and the bones - it is a way to honor and treasure our pet's life and all the good they brought to us - I firmly believe that the spirit of our pet will accept our offering and this is very healing. Jan C comment June 20 at 5:23 pm:

I love the names for your dogs, Sasha sounds rather musical and peppy and Hannah has a wise soul and great strength.

Sometimes when I do a ceremony for a pet that passed without loved, the kind we hear in the newspapers chained in the back yard for years and years, I gather my dogs on the back patio and place a leash and dog biscuit and toys etc. and send up an offering of love in the dog’s name - and I offer the leash for the walks the dog never took, the dog biscuit for the treats it didn’t get - but all is offered now to honor the spirit of this abused animal that has transcend the physical and is now in God’s embrace.

So too one can bring out the toys the dog played with, the blanket etc. and as you commune with your dog and talk to it and ask forgiveness for not preserving her body, I hope you will feel Sasha’s understanding and know that she accepts your offering and the cermanic dog image in the spirit of honoring her life. Because that is what we do with the ashes and the bones - it is a way to honor and treasure our pet’s life and all the good they brought to us - I firmly believe that the spirit of our pet will accept our offering and this is very healing.

]]> By: Diana L Guerrero http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/06/20/trends-in-pet-loss-cremations-increasing-chosen/comment-page-1/#comment-83313 Diana L Guerrero Thu, 21 Jun 2007 14:59:38 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/06/20/trends-in-pet-loss-cremations-increasing-chosen/#comment-83313 Hi Gina, Glad you found the article. Actually, my research for my newest book revealed the early BIG shift began with innovative services in the 1970's which really began to take hold in the 1990's. In the pet loss service area there are services for turning the ashes to gems, locket storage, upscale coffins, taxidermy, freeze drying (both a little unsettling to some). A wide variety of other new products are entering the marketplace as pets move into the household as furry family members (versus the utilitarian roles they once had). Anyway, I still encourage you and other blog readers to take a look at my blog for Blessing of the Animals (ISBN 1402729677) since I get into the trends and attempt to keep up with what I come across. For clarity, unlike similar titles, in addition to blessings, I discuss current trends of pet loss, pet parties, mitzvahs, weddings, etc. I still have my dog Clyde's ashes in my office...thought I could scatter them but I was wrong. When I lost my parrot this last year I buried her. Hi Gina,

Glad you found the article. Actually, my research for my newest book revealed the early BIG shift began with innovative services in the 1970’s which really began to take hold in the 1990’s.

In the pet loss service area there are services for turning the ashes to gems, locket storage, upscale coffins, taxidermy, freeze drying (both a little unsettling to some). A wide variety of other new products are entering the marketplace as pets move into the household as furry family members (versus the utilitarian roles they once had).

Anyway, I still encourage you and other blog readers to take a look at my blog for Blessing of the Animals (ISBN 1402729677) since I get into the trends and attempt to keep up with what I come across.

For clarity, unlike similar titles, in addition to blessings, I discuss current trends of pet loss, pet parties, mitzvahs, weddings, etc.

I still have my dog Clyde’s ashes in my office…thought I could scatter them but I was wrong. When I lost my parrot this last year I buried her.

]]> By: Deanna http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/06/20/trends-in-pet-loss-cremations-increasing-chosen/comment-page-1/#comment-83302 Deanna Thu, 21 Jun 2007 13:45:14 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/06/20/trends-in-pet-loss-cremations-increasing-chosen/#comment-83302 I just hate to see a casual mention of Petland in an article about cremation without opening the Pandora's box that is associated with the Petland name. I hadn't heard that they are in the business of cremating pet remains. If they are and unthinking vets give them business without their clients knowing who does the cremations... ugh, I'd be disgusted to find out that I was unwittingly lining Petland's pockets and that they were benefiting from my pet's death. Or the answer to my first two questions could be the even more insidious option. I just hate to see a casual mention of Petland in an article about cremation without opening the Pandora’s box that is associated with the Petland name. I hadn’t heard that they are in the business of cremating pet remains. If they are and unthinking vets give them business without their clients knowing who does the cremations… ugh, I’d be disgusted to find out that I was unwittingly lining Petland’s pockets and that they were benefiting from my pet’s death.

Or the answer to my first two questions could be the even more insidious option.

]]> By: Gina Spadafori http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/06/20/trends-in-pet-loss-cremations-increasing-chosen/comment-page-1/#comment-83301 Gina Spadafori Thu, 21 Jun 2007 13:43:18 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/06/20/trends-in-pet-loss-cremations-increasing-chosen/#comment-83301 The Petland mentioned in the story is a pet cemetary and crematory in the Northwest. Not related to the retailer. The Petland mentioned in the story is a pet cemetary and crematory in the Northwest. Not related to the retailer.

]]> By: Patrick Mahoney http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/06/20/trends-in-pet-loss-cremations-increasing-chosen/comment-page-1/#comment-83298 Patrick Mahoney Thu, 21 Jun 2007 13:34:17 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/06/20/trends-in-pet-loss-cremations-increasing-chosen/#comment-83298 In recent years more manufacturers of human related death care products as well as licensed funeral directors have entered the pet death care market. You can view a huge selection of cremation urns available for pets and humans at www.urnseller.com Pat Mahoney www.urnseller.com www.allohiocremation.com In recent years more manufacturers of human related death care products as well as licensed funeral directors have entered the pet death care market.

You can view a huge selection of cremation urns available for pets and humans at http://www.urnseller.com

Pat Mahoney
http://www.urnseller.com
http://www.allohiocremation.com

]]> By: Deanna http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/06/20/trends-in-pet-loss-cremations-increasing-chosen/comment-page-1/#comment-83297 Deanna Thu, 21 Jun 2007 13:33:42 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/06/20/trends-in-pet-loss-cremations-increasing-chosen/#comment-83297 Gina, why does Petland (the retail store that sells puppy mill dogs --headquartered in Ohio) have 3,000 lbs. to incinerate each day? Is that where all the puppy mill dogs that don't get sold go? Or is it a different Petland? Gina, why does Petland (the retail store that sells puppy mill dogs —headquartered in Ohio) have 3,000 lbs. to incinerate each day? Is that where all the puppy mill dogs that don’t get sold go? Or is it a different Petland?

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