What to do with a dead dog?!

blankAs

Ok so just got news that a friends dog is dead but there is the little problem now of what to do with the body as she has no garden, just a patch of concrete out the front. where can the body go? any help advice much appreciated!

SafeSurfer

Korea

dahat

Ring the Guards,there is a killer on the loose..

pet cemetery?

Arpa

http://www.dogstrust.ie/az/b/bereavement/bereavementfinalrestingplace09.aspx#.UYQ4J1Ez-I4

Uusally your local vet would know how to deal with it. Unless you want to splash out on a pet cemetery which I think is overdoing it.

I'm not advocating it, but maybe a nice spot on communal land in the Irish countryisde...don't know what the law says about it but I'm not sure anybody would really care as long as you do it carefully.

dee_mc

http://www.petcrematoriumireland.com/

Phill Ewinn

Reggae reggae sauce

the keen edge

Thank God you came here to us first.

Now pay close attention because you're going to get a lot of useful advice. If there is anything people around here are well versed about it's dead dog disposal.

kraggy

It's illegal to bury any animal on private land (As far as I know)

2 options:

a. Bring him to the vet and the vet takes him and sends him off to be cremated amongst a group of other dogs.

b. Bring him to the vet and the vet sends him off to be cremated individually and his ashes can be put in a sealed box with his name engraved on a silver plate and then given back to his owner.


Obviously the answer will depend on how close your friend is to the dog. I was very close to mine so I spent the money on getting Sam cremated individually. He is now on the mantlepiece at home with a photo of him in the sea resting on his box.

I also cut off a lock of his hair. Both his hair and the fact that he's still with us really helped with dealing with the loss.

blankAs

blankAs wrote: »

Ok so just got news that a friends dog is dead but there is the little problem now of what to do with the body as she has no garden, just a patch of concrete out the front. where can the body go? any help advice much appreciated!

Try Pet cemetery? Taxidermist? Perhaps there is a pet crematorium? Maybe bury the pet on a relative or close friends land should they give you permission?

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

I was going to say Chinese takeaway, but Korean is good too.

DEFTLEFTHAND

Yep, inquire at a veterinary office. I remember when my cat was put down I was upset and didn't want to take his body home so they told me they'd take of him.

stefan idiot jones

Gas mark four for an hour then turn, baste with butter then a further twenty minutes at gas mark six for some nice canine crackling.
Serve with roast potatoes and bingo, feed your family for a fiver.

blankAs

no no no, nothing elaborate like that. just been looking at the info on the dogs trust and she more like one of the ''people feel that the dog’s remains are merely an empty shell since the ‘essence’ or life of the dog has departed and can therefore simply be disposed of by the vet, not an elaborate funeral with a red velvet lined coffin. any one know bout the vet option, does it cost?

WoollyRedHat

blankAs wrote: »

Ok so just got news that a friends dog is dead but there is the little problem now of what to do with the body as she has no garden, just a patch of concrete out the front. where can the body go? any help advice much appreciated!

So your friends gone away on holidays, asks you to mind the dog and the house until she gets back, but while you were going to the shops, you accidentally ran it over, killed it, and now are in a panic and need to get rid of the evidence, before popping down to the pound to get another dog just like it. That's what's really happening here isn't it

nocoverart

Stew?

kraggy

blankAs wrote: »

no no no, nothing elaborate like that. just been looking at the info on the dogs trust and she more like one of the ''people feel that the dog’s remains are merely an empty shell since the ‘essence’ or life of the dog has departed and can therefore simply be disposed of by the vet, not an elaborate funeral with a red velvet lined coffin. any one know bout the vet option, does it cost?

Yes. Not sure about how much the group cremation/disposal costs but we paid about €200 to have our fella cremated and his ashes returned.

What size of dog is it, my biomass boiler will take a small Labrador...

Sonovagun could put it in his safe.

101 uses for a dead dog

Smidge

It's around 150 euro for the vet to dispose(cremate)a dog.

oppenheimer1

There are plenty of animal disposal companies in the golden pages, and if you live outside Dublin there is probably one relatively close.

Other options are the Dublin mountains. I don't know if they are allowed in the black bin? Can't see why it wouldn't be tbh.

mattjack

flush down toilet , did you say goldfish or dog OP ?

kraggy

Dispose of him respectfully. He deserves that much at least.

blankAs

150 euro?! thats a bit much, dont want it back or anything, no silver engraved thing just the body gone...

c_man

kraggy wrote: »

Dispose of him respectfully. He deserves that much at least.

Aye. Down to the local pitch with you OP. The U-12's will be training on his place of eternal rest for ever more.

I have to ask OP, how did the dog die? Was it ill? Had you taken it to a vet?

150 is a reasonable price.

boomerang

It depends on the size of the dog and also group cremation (where you don't get the ashes back) is cheaper than individual cremation. AFAIR a cat would be about twenty euro and for a terrier-sized dog it would be about fifty. You don't need to be a client of the vet for them to accept the body but you would have to ring them first.

BillyMitchel

Ring the blue cross and donate it to science.

Or next time you are making a nice stew, instead of using beef, use the hound. Problem solved.

oppenheimer1

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

I have to ask OP, how did the dog die? Was it ill? Had you taken it to a vet?

150 is a reasonable price.

150 is very expensive, considering a knackery down the country will dispose of a calf for €36 iirc and collect it too.

srm23

throw the corpse over the wall into the neighbours back garden, then accuse them of the killing.
the least they can offer to do is pay the 150euro cremation fee

Tigger

http://www.pawprintscremationireland.ie

this is where i brought my dog

guy who runs it is really sound and its cheaper
i didnt like the other services once id researched it

the_monkey

Flush him down the jacks ..

blankAs

the dog was about 15 years old and kinda in bits and just died, nothing more to it. but now its just a body that needs to go away somewhere and theres no where for it to go and really who has 150 just like that to dispose of a dog?!

stefan idiot jones

Cut it in half, submerge it in a glasstank full of formaldehyde, sell it to some dopey modern art tw@t for a cool million and bingo, you are Irelands Damien Hirst.

Blondie919

Whatever you decide to do don't get a replacement dog for your friend. I mean, what's she gonna do with two dead dogs??

blankAs

blankAs wrote: »

the dog was about 15 years old and kinda in bits and just died, nothing more to it. but now its just a body that needs to go away somewhere and theres no where for it to go and really who has 150 just like that to dispose of a dog?!

Well personally, I would find the money (whatever the price) if I had too. 15 years is a very long time to have a dog. I have had my 2 labs for 5 yrs now. I dint get them by choice, one was because my daughter begged and begged and the other was found and arrived at my house. I am so attached to them now, love them to bits.

I can't understand why you would say "ach, it's only a body" after 15 years. But that's just me.

The Backwards Man

Me no like this thread.

RIP poor wee doggy

Son0vagun

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

Well personally, I would find the money (whatever the price) if I had too. 15 years is a very long time to have a dog. I have had my 2 labs for 5 yrs now. I dint get them by choice, one was because my daughter begged and begged and the other was found and arrived at my house. I am so attached to them now, love them to bits.

I can't understand why you would say "ach, it's only a body" after 15 years. But that's just me.

Wheelie bin it, not the recycle bin, can't recycle dead dogs.

There's no room in my safe for it, been adding to my curry jar collection lately.

keelanj69

In some cultures you'd have the makings of a great bbq, OP. Invite the friends around. Eat the dog and he's always a part of you.

Source: Traveller culture.

WumBuster

Get a black bag and put him in the bin. Leave the bin out the front and bobs your uncle, the garbage disposal truck takes him away being none the wiser

NuckingFacker

Tie it to the back of a truck parked at traffic lights. There will be two outcomes, dog gets dragged/ground away on the tarmac=problem solved. OR, rope breaks some long way off from you=problem solved. Digging holes is effort. No-one has time for that. Think of it as sending Fido off one one last adventure.

ToddyDoody

Incinerate him / her... Keep ashes on mantle

squod

Dig hole. Pour bag of coal in hole. Put dog on coal and sprinkle with petrol. Light match, go for a pint and return when sober.


*Also works for people who piss you off.




** If dog is small, dig half a hole.

bnt

Well ... whatever you do, do it quickly. You really don't want that smell around the joint. :eek:

blankAs

yes that is something we are discussing, how long is there before decomposition or such like? its out the back in the shed but like is it hours, days? honestly the 150 for a disposal is just not available for this, there are one or two more important things than a dead dog!

oppenheimer1

blankAs wrote: »

yes that is something we are discussing, how long is there before decomposition or such like? its out the back in the shed but like is it hours, days? honestly the 150 for a disposal is just not available for this, there are one or two more important things than a dead dog!

It will start to smell faster than meat left out of the fridge.

Put him in a bin bag and put him in the wheelie bin, if you can't afford to send him to an animal disposal company (never mind this overpriced cremation nonsense) or have no suitable burial location. He's a health hazard to have hanging around.

Turtwig

This requires a bit of fortune and possibly some bit of money.

Put the dog inside a great big suitcase. Disguise the smell as much as possible. Take it on one of the more unscrupulous public transport routes in your locality. Visibly struggle to carry the suitcase. Wait for someone to offer you help. Make sure you audibly complain about your brothers' drums being sooo heavy - very expensive too when you drop them! Keep struggling with the case. Feign exhaustion every now and again.
With any luck the case will be stolen from you and not only will have you dealt with your dog problem you'll also mess with mind of some scumbag who'd never expect to be stealing a dead dog.

PandyAndy

When our dog of 14 years died we buried her in the garden facing Mecca. She would have appreciated that. So maybe you should do the same?

oppenheimer1

Jernal wrote: »

This requires a bit of fortune and possibly some bit of money.

Put the dog inside a great big suitcase. Disguise the smell as much as possible. Take it on one of the more unscrupulous public transport routes in your locality. Visibly struggle to carry the suitcase. Wait for someone to offer you help. Make sure you audibly complain about your brothers' drums being sooo heavy - very expensive too when you drop them! Keep struggling with the case. Feign exhaustion every now and again.
With any luck the case will be stolen from you and not only will have you dealt with your dog problem you'll also mess with mind of some scumbag who'd never expect to be stealing a dead dog.

When I read the first line of this I thought you were going to suggest to leave the suitcase on the bus :eek:

policarp

Stop the cars running over it.