Disposing of a dead dog

[D143237G]

I know this may make me sound morbid but my dog is not getting any younger.

If I was to one morning find my dog had died during the night do I just take her body to the vet to make sure she is disposed of properly or what? Also how much does it cost?

Obviously this is opposed to the time when it may become necessary to have her put to sleep and I do not want to have her buried in the garden or taken to a pet cemetery etc.

[MantaRay]

Your vet should be able to take your pet for a relatively small fee c.£25 and will possibly offer some sort of burial service for c.£100. It's also worth contacting a local animal sanctuary/rescue centre as some of these offer a burial service [or that sort of thing] for similar cost...and your money will be going to a worthwhile cause. Hope this helps or gives you some ideas.

[boxtops]

Yes, I'd take her to the vet - but it would be worthwhile discussing with the vet in advance, to see what options there are.

[excelsior-1]

MantaRay has said exactly what i was about to say.

hope it's not too traumatic for you when the inevitable happens.

[wolf63]

And to add to what the others have said, I have always found my vets to be very professional but kind when it comes to having friends put to sleep or after death.

Your problem is one that I used to worry about when I had my first dog.

I hope that it all goes smoothly and painlessly (for both of you) when the time comes.

[bednobs]

look on the bright side - you might die before she does, then you wont have the dilemma

[divegirl]

What The Funicular bednobs....you really do take the biscuit at times! Seriously....get a life!

To the op, this was a question I asked on her many moons ago. I had an ageing Great Dane that I was buggered if I knew what I was going to to do with if I found he had passed in the night!
As others have said, talk to your vet, they will have measures in place for such eventualities and would/should help you out for a small fee. My vets have always been of great help at times like these.

Lisa x

[Prudie]

^ oh Lord!! I had my dog cremated and the ashes returned for about £120, it depends how sentimental you feel at the time and what you can afford. As said already the vets will have all the options.

[divegirl]

Am I missing something here?

Has the op done something to offend? Or is the heat getting to you?

Oh and it cost me £30 for my cat.... am London based.

Lisa x

[flump1]

A good question, I got lucky when my boy died in his sleep beside me, the local vet took his body from me with no charge.

[jules77]

The vets send them to a pet cemetery, but you can ask to have them cremated individually, at additional cost. To have the ashes back in a nice wooden box it cost me around £150 6 years ago, that included having the dog pts.

[bednobs]

blimey lisa i think the heat IS getting to you if you can't tell some light-hearted answers when you read them.

[hammerman]

You can buy as many black bin bags from me as you want. Save you a fortune.

[weecalf]

Heard once that dog died and owner was trying to bring remains to vet in hold all .As the person set the hold all down to find change for train ticket some noble gentleman dashed up and stole the hold all and ran off .Would nt you like to have been there when they opened the bag Might not work again but with vet fees and all .

[mike11111]

Weecalf's tale reminds me of the story of a friend of my late mother. It's almost 50 years ago now, but said mother's friend was sitting on the bus en route to a hospital appointment, for which he had to provide a urine sample. The only container she could find was an empty half-sized bottle of whisky. This lay on the top of her shopping bag. A shifty-looking bloke got on the bus and sat down beside her. When she got off the bus at the hospital she found that the bottle had disappeared.

[divegirl]

Bednobs.... save your 'light-hearted' answers for Chatterbank! The op obviously has concerns and you my love are being a dick!

[SlackAlice]

Some of these answer should be in the 'Joke' section.
Mind you, some of them might not qualify.

[237SJ]

Just out of interest, do you have to pay for disposal if you have an animal put down at the vet`s? On two occasions, I have had animals put down. One was my first pet (a little white rabbit) and the second was a cat. We were not charged for the disposal of either. I have long said that vets fees have increased since the advent of pet insurance but how can they justify charging so much?

[sunny-dave]

It's too easy to say "it was a joke", bednobs - it was bloody tasteless and (par for your course) bloody insensitive. An apology to the OP would have been nice, but I won't hold my breath ...