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re: Do you bury your dogs?
Posted on 12/7/18 at 5:53 am to Chuker
Posted on 12/7/18 at 5:53 am to Chuker
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Yes. I find something therapeutic about digging a grave
This 100%
My dog of 13 years died a couple of summers ago and I buried her at noon in August.
I owed that girl all that sweat and those tears, and it felt right to pay it to her.
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Posted on 12/7/18 at 6:40 am to uway
I have lost two hunting labs over the last seven years. We had both cremated. The two were mother and daughter, the daughter passed just a few months ago.
Next weekend after our hunt is over I have a small amount of their ashes that I have placed in a air/water tight capsule and they will be buried in our favorite pond in Delta NWR with a seven gun salute. I also have reloaded a dozen shells with their ashes as a buffer those will be the 12 shells I start with on Saturday morning.
Burial is a great option I like it a lot spreading their ashes where they loved to hunt is also something I think a lot of.
Next weekend after our hunt is over I have a small amount of their ashes that I have placed in a air/water tight capsule and they will be buried in our favorite pond in Delta NWR with a seven gun salute. I also have reloaded a dozen shells with their ashes as a buffer those will be the 12 shells I start with on Saturday morning.
Burial is a great option I like it a lot spreading their ashes where they loved to hunt is also something I think a lot of.
Posted on 12/7/18 at 9:03 am to Da Hammer
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yes. all part of the healing process
This, and its only right.
We've got a spot on our farm where we bury our dogs. I've lost three, two wrapped in a blanket and placed in a box and buried 6 feet deep in a shovel dug hole. When I walk away I have peace that I did right by them.
My best lab had to be put down while my wife was in grad school and my firstborn was something like 2. An extremely tough time and I didn't have anybody to watch her while I dug the grave.
My vet knew all that, and without me saying anything put his hand on my shoulder and said "let me cremate him for you".
It was late October. I took his ashes out to the blind where he'd made most of his retrieves and spread his ashes right where the gap in the decoys sits, in the shape of the first letter of his name.
That fall, on my first hunt in that blind, I dusted a pair of Pintail drakes in that gap. I had my hunting partner hold his dog and I climbed down and fetched them myself. I didn't know that he was doing it, but he took a silhouetted picture of me holding those two birds backlit by the sun thats still one of my favorite hunting pictures.
I don't regret doing it that way.
This post was edited on 12/7/18 at 9:10 am
Posted on 12/7/18 at 9:06 am to Huntinguy
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That fall, on my first hunt in that blind, I dusted a pair of Pintail drakes in that gap. I had my hunting partner hold his dog and I climbed down and fetched them myself. I didn't know that he was doing it, but he took a silhouetted picture of me holding those two birds backlit by the sun thats still one of my favorite hunting pictures.
Posted on 12/7/18 at 9:13 am to SportTiger1
quote:She passed on her own during the night.
Taking my 14 year old in tomorrow. Can't walk anymore. It's time.
Ah man. Hate to hear that.
Posted on 12/7/18 at 9:31 am to AlxTgr
Damn dude, I hate to hear that but better that she could in her own home.
Posted on 12/7/18 at 9:33 am to AlxTgr
thats tough man. sorry for your loss.
Posted on 12/7/18 at 9:33 am to DLauw
Two labs by the lake they retrieved hundreds of ducks at. I feel that they hear the thunder when duck season arrives.
Posted on 12/7/18 at 9:39 am to VernonPLSUfan
There are three small sets of rocks from my yard stacked up in the back to mark the grave sites. Two dogs and a cat. We had another cat as well but my wife took him in after he was having renal failure and they cremated him. She was sobbing when she dropped him off and I guess they assumed she wouldn’t want to come back to get him.
Our other cat went missing a few summers ago. He was old and figured he ran off and died. A couple of weeks went by and I was cutting grass. One of the dogs must have found him and had drug him out to the middle of the yard. Not much recognizeable but his head and tail. I quit cutting to bury him and it started raining. Finished the yard in the rain.
A few months go by, and my wife found one of our dachshunds curled up under our deck stairs and stiff. I buried him in the rain that night when I got home from work.
Our other dog was almost blind and definitely deaf. We had her put down after our first one passed. They kept each other company during the day and he looked out for her. I guess they can tell things like that. He would lead her to the food bowl and to the basement door to go in and out of the yard. Without him around, it was time for her to be put down. No real quality of life. And she was pretty old too. Wife dropped her off and I picked her up on my way home from work and buried her next to the other two. At least it wasn’t raining that night.
Our other cat went missing a few summers ago. He was old and figured he ran off and died. A couple of weeks went by and I was cutting grass. One of the dogs must have found him and had drug him out to the middle of the yard. Not much recognizeable but his head and tail. I quit cutting to bury him and it started raining. Finished the yard in the rain.
A few months go by, and my wife found one of our dachshunds curled up under our deck stairs and stiff. I buried him in the rain that night when I got home from work.
Our other dog was almost blind and definitely deaf. We had her put down after our first one passed. They kept each other company during the day and he looked out for her. I guess they can tell things like that. He would lead her to the food bowl and to the basement door to go in and out of the yard. Without him around, it was time for her to be put down. No real quality of life. And she was pretty old too. Wife dropped her off and I picked her up on my way home from work and buried her next to the other two. At least it wasn’t raining that night.
Posted on 12/7/18 at 9:41 am to AlxTgr
That's tough, my condolences.
Posted on 12/7/18 at 9:48 am to Huntinguy
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That fall, on my first hunt in that blind, I dusted a pair of Pintail drakes in that gap. I had my hunting partner hold his dog and I climbed down and fetched them myself. I didn't know that he was doing it, but he took a silhouetted picture of me holding those two birds backlit by the sun thats still one of my favorite hunting pictures.
Damnit man. I know better than to read these threads but that post did me in.
Posted on 12/7/18 at 9:48 am to AlxTgr
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She passed on her own during the night.
sorry for your loss, man. Sucks.
Posted on 12/7/18 at 9:57 am to DLauw
Boy this thread has fricked my day up and has me teary eyed. My dog hasn't passed yet but is almost 7 and I dread the day she leaves me.
Posted on 12/7/18 at 9:59 am to tigerinthebueche
Thanks for the replies, but this was a relief. Poor girl had not had a good day in a while. I struggled with the decision to put her down, but I just couldn't do it as long as she walked on her own to the food bowl. I took her out by hand to pee etc. That ended yesterday.
Posted on 12/7/18 at 10:02 am to AlxTgr
Thousands of years from now archeologists will know how special our pets were when they find the properly buried.
Posted on 12/7/18 at 10:10 am to AlxTgr
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Thanks for the replies, but this was a relief. Poor girl had not had a good day in a while. I struggled with the decision to put her down, but I just couldn't do it as long as she walked on her own to the food bowl. I took her out by hand to pee etc. That ended yesterday.
Glad it happened the way it did. Probably better for both of you.
Posted on 12/7/18 at 10:44 am to AlxTgr
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Taking my 14 year old in tomorrow. Can't walk anymore. It's time.
So fricking sorry, man.
Mine is 16 and I'm dreading the day....
Posted on 12/7/18 at 12:25 pm to AlxTgr
Sorry for your loss
Posted on 12/7/18 at 12:25 pm to DLauw
Depends n how much I liked the dog. Had some I just threw in the gut pile. Had other I cried like a baby while digging the hole
Posted on 12/7/18 at 12:55 pm to AlxTgr
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I took her out by hand to pee etc
kudos to you for being such a good owner. Glad you and she are in a better place.
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