Some wonderful (and weird) ways to remember your pet
It's something I don't like to think about but I know it's true, one day I'll have to say goodbye to my furless family. I wish we could all go to that big all-you-can-eat treat buffet in the sky at the same time but no soap.
So I thought I'd help my pack out by researching some of the many ways they can remember me while at the same time help themselves deal with their broken human hearts. Some of these ideas are sweet, some are unique and some are downright weird...
Create a website to honor your pet's life. Great example: My Golden Prince
Create a memorial video yourself or have one made: Dogcacher.com
Create a memory book: Scrapbook.com
Have a portrait painted from a photo: PetsPictured.com
Buy a garden memorial or a memorial stone: Eternal Paw Prints
Make a book about your pet's life: Pet Story
Write a letter to your pet, frame it and display it on your wall: Pet frames
Donate to an animal rescue group in your pet's name: List of pet rescues
Unusual ways to memorialize your pet
Create gold or silver jewelry containing your pet's ashes: Precious Pets
Create a diamond or gemstone from your pet's carbon or ashes: LifeGem
Have your pet's ashes made into fireworks: Angels Flight
Launch your pet's ashes into deep space: Celestis
Have your pet's ashes made into a vinyl record: And Vinyl
Have your pet’s ashes poured into bullets for one last hunt together: Holy Smoke
Get a tattoo of your pet from ink mixed with her ashes: TattooFinder
Have your pet mummified: Mummification of Transference
Adult books about dealing with the death of a pet
Association for Pet Loss & Bereavement (APLB)
Children's books about dealing with the death of a pet
Dear Labby: Advice on grieving for a pet
Dear Labby: Pet mummification?
Grieving turns to giving when a family loses a pet
National Pet Cemetery Directory
Morris Animal Foundation sympathy cards
Nelli Designs Memorial Candles
Pet memorials and headstones directory
Have you memorialized your pet in a way I haven't listed? Do you know of a resource that can help pet owners deal with their loss? Leave me a comment and let me know!
Obama's Dog Blog sources: DogTime.com, Oddee.com





