A service tailored for you

If a loved family member passes away in hospital then would you expect the doctor/nurse to arrange the funeral or cremation for you? No? So why would you leave the funeral/cremation arrangements of your pet to your vet? Take control, make your own personal arrangements to be assured of the service you want.

Individual cremation

We have been asked if we can undertake communal cremations and the answer generally is NO. We only ever undertake individual cremation for your pet. The only exception would be if by some chance that pet friends or pet siblings have passed away around the same time, then at the request of the owner, we would then consider communal cremation. However this happens very rarely.

Transportable memories

We are finding that home burials are becoming less and less popular as more people move house and often have to leave their loved ones behind. Exhumation is always an option but as a general rule, once a body has been interred then they should never be moved. Individual cremation means that the ashes are transportable and can stay with you forever.

Vets and pets

Vets, on the whole, do an excellent job when it comes to the treatment of a pet, but what happens if the unthinkable happens and your beloved companion passes away? In most cases vets will offer to arrange the cremation for you and often people would trust their vets to do this expecting their vet to do the right thing for them and their pet. Although it is perfectly understandable in moments of grief to allow your vet to arrange this, often people have little idea of the reality of how their pets are handled. There are vets who use companies who will collect your pet but in addition will collect clinical waste ie needles, scrubs, bottles etc and transport everything far afield. In addition these companies may have many vets on their books and after collection from one vet then they go to the next, then another until their vans are full of all sorts of waste materials all crammed in with your pet and a number of other pets. Ashes are normally returned within a week to ten days normally when they return to repeat the waste collection again .... and so the circle continues. Often vets will offer a very reasonable price for your pets cremation but often the cremations may be communal so the ashes that are returned may not necessarily be the total ashes of your own pet. Although this may be acceptable for some, it may be a shock to others. Our advice therefore is to ensure you ask all the relevant questions ie who collects, where do they go, are pets cremated individually etc. Then, with the information, you can make a decision which suits you, your pet and your finances.

Summer vehicle care

A reminder to all our followers, as the temperature increases heading toward summer, please take care of any pets in your vehicles. Even if you just popping into a shop, please ensure adequate ventilation at all times and water where possible. Keep your pets safe!