Bottle them and keep them forever

[JES72]

Do you ever wish you could bottle it up & keep it forever? The smell of their head, their velvet ears, when you kiss them A love for them that actually hurts
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This was posted on the lab forums Facebook page.

I couldn’t post this comment on Facebook but i’m posting on here where we know each other a bit better.

I often think about taxidermy when Homer eventually inevitably goes. The other day I was leaning up against him thinking he’d make a lovely soft pillow.

 

[SwampDonkey]

Stuffed animals aren't really soft though. Taxidermy good taxidermy is very expensive and hard to find.

 

[HAH]

Hm, yes - more something for display than snuggling. I know what you mean though @JES72, it would be magical if you could preserve a tangible memory of them like the pensieve in Harry Potter

 

[Jacqui-S]

I saw that post too @JES72 and the picture, looked at the soft eyed ageing black lab and it just made me feel a bit sad.

Personally I think taxidermy would be a bit creepy. Like those little model children leaning with their faces against walls.
Not that I ever would in a million years, but preserving the coat and soft bits like ears would bring more comfort than replicating form, but wouldn't keep the spirit or essence
I know of fold who have tatoos (paw prints for instance) that incorporate a pet's ashes. Who knew?

 

[SwampDonkey]

You can take casts of their paws and noses then get the metal or resin. I've seen laser cut doggie pictures and paw prints in jewellery.

 

[Xena Dog Princess]

I've definitely heard about tattooing with ashes (for humans too) and you can for sure get jewellery made with any sort of cremains. I'd love some special jewellery when the time comes.

preserving the...soft bits like ears

Oh the ears, it would be lovely to do something non-creepy with them, like a small cuddly...something? Labrador Ear Ball, but just for holding and stroking? I think the idea of it is one thing but in practice it would just be too weird.

 

[JES72]

I know in practice it might not work. but I still think about it.

 

[Cath]

 

[Selina27]

but wouldn't keep the spirit or essence

That's how I see it.

 

[Atemas]

Do you ever wish you could bottle it up & keep it forever

No but I love the smell of my dogs and the velvet of their ears. I am forever kissing the tops of their heads and smelling their lovely smell.

 

[Selina27]

I love the smell of my dogs and the velvet of their ears. I am forever kissing the tops of their heads and smelling their lovely smell.

Me too!

 

[snowbunny]

The thought of having that lovely feeling of the velvety ear is tempting until I think of it having to be removed from my beautiful dog. Nope, no way. That sends shudders down my spine. Lots of videos are my answer, that I can look back on and feel the love.

 

[Selina27]

The thought of having that lovely feeling of the velvety ear is tempting until I think of it having to be removed from my beautiful dog.

And anyway it would be cold, wouldn't it?

No it wouldn't be for me either, I can't bear to think of her cold, without that lifes spark

 

[SwampDonkey]

Watching the life fade is hard, you see the thing that makes them them just leave,. But you know they are at peace.

 

[kateincornwall]

I cut a piece of Sams fur , minutes before he died . Paul bought me a locket , his fur is in there and it hangs on my neck for always xx

 

[Stacia]

The thought of having that lovely feeling of the velvety ear is tempting until I think of it having to be removed from my beautiful dog. Nope, no way. That sends shudders down my spine. Lots of videos are my answer, that I can look back on and feel the love.

Years ago, a neighbours dog ripped off two thirds of my German Pointer's ear. The poor dog had to have 36 stitches and the vet put the rest of the ear flap in some kind of spirit (I have forgotten the name!) and I kept it for years while she was alive. I must have eventually thrown it out while she was still alive, I don't think I could have had just part of her in a jar if the rest of her had gone.

 

[Jen]

I will always keep a piece of Stanley with me forever (Soppy but true). He’s the first thing I’ve ever loved so much that I burst into instant tears just thinking about how much I love him.

I wouldn’t want to see him as anything but full of life and happy so preserving him somehow would just feel extra sad to me. Same as people who keep ashes, I can see why it must be so hard to let him go but I want to think of him as free when the time comes

 

[edzbird]

I cut a piece of Sams fur , minutes before he died . Paul bought me a locket , his fur is in there and it hangs on my neck for always xx

I really wish I'd done this with Belle & Scooby.

 

[Emily_Babbelhund]

I cut a piece of Sams fur , minutes before he died . Paul bought me a locket , his fur is in there and it hangs on my neck for always xx

That's lovely, Kate. I've got a bit of Brogan's fur that goes everywhere with me as well. In my case I didn't cut it, but collected it from shed fur that was in my apartment when I came home after he passed suddenly. Couldn't bear to sweep it up and throw it away.

 

[Stacia]

I have an envelope with my first dog's hair in it, she was euthanised aged almost 14 years old due to osteosarcoma in 1984. It took me 6 years to get over her death; I found her in a pet shop, last pup and costing 30/- about £1.50 in today's money!