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The death of a family dog will overwhelm the family with grief. It is not surprising if the death of the pet will deeply affect the family given that dogs are really considered as members of the family. The death of a family dog would have a strong emotional impact on children given that a strong bond usually forms between the young ones and the dog. Nonetheless, the passing away of the pet has to be faced . This will be an ideal opportunity to prepare a child to the realities of life

Decomposition of the body starts approximately six hours after death. Arrangements on how the body will be disposed must be made before the smell of decomposing body fills the house. The body has to be prepared before rigor mortis or stiffening sets in. This way you can easily position the body to prevent breakage. Death will relax all the muscles causing body fluids to leak. Before storing the body, you need to remove excrement from the mouth and from the anal and genital area of the dog. Tuck the legs in so that the dog will appear all curled up. The blanket wrapped body of the dog can be placed in a garbage bag.

The remains of the dog can be disposed in several ways. If space is available, you can have a garden burial. There can be a simple funeral service where the young master of the dog can have the opportunity to say a final goodbye for the pet. A meaningful message on a simple headstone will signify the resting place of a dear loyal friend . If garden burial is not available you can have the remains cremated or buried in a pet cemetery.

If you cannot bring the dog yourself, you can call a vet or a local pet cemetery to pick up the body as these facilities usually have freezers that can keep the remains while burial plans are being made . Pet cemeteries have available lots where the dog can be buried. Similar to human cemeteries, these animal graveyards are beautiful and well administered resting places.

Another option is to have the remains of the dog cremated. These pet crematoriums will do all the preparations – from picking up the body to delivering the ashes to the owners or spreading the ashes in an animal cemetery. Owners wishing to keep the ashes of the pet can have it delivered in an urn. This way, the pet can stay with the family.

What to do if your dog dies? Sarah’s Dogs have more answers to this common dog behaviour as well as information on first aid for dogs.

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