What do you think about funerals/wakes for dogs?
Melrose Funeral Home To Have Wake For Dog http://wbztv.com/local/dog.wake.melrose.2.934482.html It seems some local people are pretty bent out of shape about a funeral home hosting a wake for a dog, citing that's disrespectful to lost loved (human) ones. I don't think it would be something that I'd want to do for my dogs but it might really help some people with the healing process. I just think a lot of people just can't even relate to the love people feel for their dogs. They mean as much to some people as a person does. I think it might be better to separate dog obits from human obits but, funeral/wake-wise, it's not hurting anyone. If someone wants to have a dog funeral, it's a free country, right? What do you guys think? |
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| A funeral home may not be the best place for it. WHile I wouldn't mind a wake for fluffy next door to the wake for auntie em, I can see where people, especially people who have lost a family member or loved one unexpectadly (a child, soldier etc) might lash out and find it innappropriate.
Now as a business opportunity, making wakes for pets commonplace and in an adjacent or seperate facility - may be a growth industry. |
| I can see where some people would might find it disrespectful. At the same time I can also see where animal owners would consider such a service. I personally would not do it for Obe and not that I'm against it. Maybe a building adjacent to the funeral home as Kerry mentioned. If it happened at the funeral home here in Evergreen would I care... Not at all. |
| I am with Shon. Not in the sameplace we put our families.
I must add that 1) I would not due this. I put 2 down last yr. I saw my 2 babies after and I regret it. 2) I don't beleave in funeral homes. I will NEVER forget what happened to my mother seeing my Dad there. She went into such a state that 6 weeks later she took her own life. And again I had to go to the same place. Just my thoughts. |
shon wrote: I can see where some people would might find it disrespectful. At the same time I can also see where animal owners would consider such a service. I personally would not do it for Obe and not that I'm against it. Maybe a building adjacent to the funeral home as Kerry mentioned. If it happened at the funeral home here in Evergreen would I care... Not at all.
My impression was that it was the only wake in there. I hadn't thought about multiple things going on at once. I can see that possibly being upsetting. Good points. It definitely seemed like the possibility of a good business opportunity to me to me, too. Again, not for me, lol, but definitely has potential. |
| Well, it's a better idea than the couple who just paid 750,000 for a clone dog from S. Korea. They said they knew instantly it was just like their old dog b/c the 10wk old puppy got along with the other animals. (what puppy doesn't)? |
| Some people do not have family and depend on their pet as family so I guess they could take comfort by holding a wake and funeral for their beloved pet. However, imho i think their money and time would be better served to help a rescue organization or a shelter or an animal in need. Patch is my heart, but I will go to the OES rescue, bring home a homeless sheep, and donate to the rescue, all in the name of Patch. |
| well said, Sheepie 2. |
| Personally, I would not do it BUT,
I would not be offended if I was at a funeral and it was being done at the same time. (my family knows me and the love I have for my dogs) JMHO My dogs are my family but, alot of people do not look at it that way. There are still some folks that think dogs are dogs!  |
| Funeral/wake for Dogs is OK especially if they want to celebrate the love and life of their dog but not in a funeral home.
Should be done at home or some where else more appropriate. Somewhere that has meaning to the dogs life lived. Think with the funeral home they are working on peoples grief and the dollar factor knowing people will spend heaps in relation to pets/furkids. I have a memorial garden up at the farm where I lay ashes of the fur kids I loose and we have a little service of rememberance as we lay them to rest, might sound weird but rememberance does help in a grief situation and helps with closure. I would never dream of a funeral home just think it is funeral homes cashing in on sad situations.  |
lisaoes wrote: I have a memorial garden up at the farm where I lay ashes of the fur kids I loose and we have a little service of rememberance as we lay them to rest, might sound weird but rememberance does help in a grief situation and helps with closure. I would never dream of a funeral home just think it is funeral homes cashing in on sad situations.
This place evidently did it for free, though. The funeral home owner didn't charge the owner anything to hold it there. |
ButtersStotch wrote: This place evidently did it for free, though. The funeral home owner didn't charge the owner anything to hold it there.
Oh well fair enough if that is what the individuals wanted and needed. Still a bit creepy to hold it there though.  |
I guess my thought is the bond between my dogs & me & my husband is extremely personal. We have lots of friends with dogs & lots of friends without dogs. Many (of both catagories) do not understand how much we miss them on vacation etc. Since I don't care for calling hours or such for humans, I definitley wouldn't care for one for my dogs. I am sure others feel otherwise. My 1st 2 OES are buried in my backyard in a pretty garden. Melody was individually cremated & returned to me. It took me almost a year to move her ashes from the receipt container into one with a beautiful OES decoupaged on the lid. She graces the center of my new curio cabinet. My others will all be cremated & my family has instuctions to bury their ashes along with mine when the time comes. And before you ask, yes I have checked with my cemetary & we are permitted to do that  |
| I like the idea of having them buried with me.
I still haven't been able to open Lucy's ashes. I want to have some of them put into a piece of glass, something like this: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?li ... d=12210048 I just haven't been ready to open them up. It'll be a year next month... |
| after the loss of any of my dogs Friends always came by. I guess it was a kind of wake. We always talk about the dog and how they knew them. Many of my friends make donations to rescue and some send flowere. So I guess that is a kind of wake but always at my home. When my mom died her much loved golden's ashes were put in the casket next to her That made me feel good. Maybe wierd but they were together, I will have my past dogs ashes put in with me Weither I am buried or creamated. I don't care what my family does with me Dead is dead. Maybe this helped this family heal. |
| We bury our dogs up north on our property, from the sun room we can see the graves. Benny makes the caskets from oak and I line them with thick foam padding. I use fabric (Daisy had a pretty daisy pattern) to cover the whole inside and have a collage of pictures laminated to put inside. We put something that belonged to each dog in with them, Benny always puts a $5 bill "just in case they need it". Each dog has a regular headstone with name and dates plus a heart shaped stepping stone with name and paw print. At some point I will use the stones to make a path that will lead down to the graves. It never occurred to me to use a funeral home for a service, for me it's hard enough to get through with just Benny and I there. My dearest wish is to be buried with them and in MI it's legal to set aside 1 acre for a family plot if you have more than 10 acres. |
| I always acknowledge my dog loving friends' losses with a donation to the humane society or rescue in their name. Being dog lovers they usually appreciate that something positive was done in their dog's memory.
I am planning on burying my dog's ashes with me as well and the kids know that. In the meantime Mopsy's ashes are buried in the backyard under a marker with her pawprint. She loved to sit outside and we thought it was the best place for her. We waited until Brian came home from school to bury her and we each through a shovel full of dirt on over her as we all cried. If we ever move we will dig her up to take with us. I received lots of sympathy cards when we lost her and that meant as much to me as any wake would have. |
| I had two previous dogs whose ashes I saved and they will be buried with me. My previous sheepie, Max, is in an urn on a shelf in my bedroom, and will be buried with me as well. Who knows how many dogs will be "going" with me when I die!! |
| Not very far from the town I live in there is a pet cemetry, they have services if one wishes to do so. There is a creatorium there also, that is where I had my Blue cremated. I opted not to have him buried there. He will be buried with Rick and I. It is a little ways out in the country, the setting is very pretty, and they have some beautiful haedstones on the graves. |
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