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re: Neverthought I'd be doing this but...
Posted on 4/13/15 at 12:42 pm to auggie
Posted on 4/13/15 at 12:42 pm to auggie
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how come it cost so much more to do a person?
I'll ask about humans when I get there, I had a guy cremated about 10-11 years ago for abut $550, had quotes as low as $400
ETA: a "simple" cremation would have been $99
This post was edited on 4/13/15 at 12:45 pm
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Posted on 4/13/15 at 12:42 pm to 777Tiger
nm, someone else already linked you to Freakonomics.
This post was edited on 4/13/15 at 12:44 pm
Posted on 4/13/15 at 12:49 pm to 777Tiger
I did the same for my dog. Ashes came in a nice box with his name, DOB and DOD, and a personalized message carved into it, and the paw print in clay. We haven't buried it yet.
I don't see why you feel you have to be hard about it or defend yourself. It's a nice gesture if you cared for the dog, and the cost was only slightly more than the normal disposal fee. I am glad I did it. There was no extra effort on our part. The money was certainly worth avoiding the hassle of burying him (he was a big one too, about 130lbs).
I don't see why you feel you have to be hard about it or defend yourself. It's a nice gesture if you cared for the dog, and the cost was only slightly more than the normal disposal fee. I am glad I did it. There was no extra effort on our part. The money was certainly worth avoiding the hassle of burying him (he was a big one too, about 130lbs).
Posted on 4/13/15 at 12:50 pm to 777Tiger
A person I know, was cremated a few years ago, that plus the service was like $9,000, so I guess service is the expensive part. Good to know.
Posted on 4/13/15 at 12:54 pm to auggie
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that plus the service was like $9,000,
damn that sounds high, I know you can get elaborate as you want but that sounds crazy, at the time I was making the arrangements for my friend I was trying to temper a respectful service with cost efficiency because he had no insurance, was leaving behind three young girls and didn't have a lot of liquid assets, I was able to piece meal just about everything
Posted on 4/13/15 at 1:00 pm to 777Tiger
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damn that sounds high, I know you can get elaborate as you want but that sounds crazy, at the time I was making the arrangements for my friend I was trying to temper a respectful service with cost efficiency because he had no insurance, was leaving behind three young girls and didn't have a lot of liquid assets, I was able to piece meal just about everything
I agree, I think the people making the arrangements just let the funeral home handle everything, and the middle man stuck it to them.
Posted on 4/13/15 at 1:00 pm to GRTiger
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I don't see why you feel you have to be hard about it or defend yourself. It's a nice gesture if you cared for the dog, and the cost was only slightly more than the normal disposal fee. I am glad I did it. There was no extra effort on our part. The money was certainly worth avoiding the hassle of burying him (he was a big one too, about 130lbs).
you're absolutely right
Posted on 4/13/15 at 1:03 pm to auggie
honestly what are you supposed to do when a dog dies? do you call the animal control or what?
Posted on 4/13/15 at 1:04 pm to CurDog
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much cheaper to dig a hole in your backyard
well, did you one call it first? It can be expensive if you dont and cut a line.
Posted on 4/13/15 at 1:06 pm to 777Tiger
quote:Of the dead paw or is this something you had done long ago? If of the dead paw, how do they guarantee that this was your dog's paw and not just a generic mold of the breed?
clay paw print
Still not as weird as this.
Posted on 4/13/15 at 1:07 pm to Tiger Ryno
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honestly what are you supposed to do when a dog dies? do you call the animal control or what?
I have always buried my dogs in the backyard and set up a little marker, but I have never lived in a subdivision or anything like that. Might have to handle it a different way in that circumstance.
Posted on 4/13/15 at 1:11 pm to Tiger Ryno
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honestly what are you supposed to do when a dog dies? do you call the animal control or what?
we always buried them somewhere at home when I was growing up but we had a couple of acres, the first place I called was animal control thinking that if they gas them they would probably torch them too, the lady, in her most solemn and concerned funeral director voice referred me to All Paws Go To Heaven, this would have almost required a backhoe so I agree with GRTiger that this was probably the best way to handle it
This post was edited on 4/13/15 at 1:16 pm
Posted on 4/13/15 at 1:13 pm to HarryBalzack
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Of the dead paw
yep, this would be hard to fake, I'll bet the circumference on his front paw was 8-10"
Posted on 4/13/15 at 1:19 pm to HarryBalzack
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If of the dead paw, how do they guarantee that this was your dog's paw
It would have been hard to imitate my giant's paw, but I suppose it's possible. It's easier and healthier to just assume everything is on the up and up.
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