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So... I've had this awesome dog for eleven years, and he started having terrible seizures last week. My siblings and I have spent every last penny we've got on vet visits, bloodwork and medications just to find out they can't save him. He's gotten to be quite wretched, and they say it will only get worse, so we've decided to have him euthanised.
The vet would charge us $120 to have him euthanised there, and they'd give us the body back to bury him. The rescue society would charge us $50, but wouldn't release the body because the chemicals they use are so toxic. We're going to have to borrow the money anyway.
Thing is, I really want to bury him here on our land. It's another $70 that we don't have, but I have to have that sense that his remains weren't thrown away. Usually I give sentimental people a hard time... but this is just... weird. And its even weirder to be trying to decide with the dog still alive and looking at me. This all just sucks.
How important is burial to you? Or are there other rituals or customs that it just feels wrong to not carry out?
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Ask if there is a way he can be cremated after they put him to sleep. I know we charge any where from 75.00 to 150.00 for cremations ( for animals ).
If this love of your animal is strong and you want a place to remember him or her than by all means pay the extra ammount of money and bury your beloved pet on your property. Erect a structure where you can go to remember them. I know to god my little girl is not going to go with out being remembered. ( cat )
Jam it back in, in the dark.
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