I can't come in to work today...my fur child has passed

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

Well they're too stupid to realize if they really were superior they wouldn't be victims.

Cindie

That is sig worthy.

[IassaFTots]

That is sig worthy.

Great minds!  I was going to post the same dang thing!

[Gina]

I once had a pet ptarmigan.

When it died I cremated it with corn bread and pearl onions.

 

[NHSparky]

COULD I have been in AZ when my dad died?  Yes, but that's not how he operated, and that's not what he would have wanted.

And the title of the thread made me think their "furries" are dying, not that that's a bad thing.

[Odin's Hand]

And if an owner uses the word "Goggie," the owner should die, too.

 

[vesta111]

Jeees, When Hubbys Godmother died, his Aunt he did not or could not take the day off.

Most places have a list of relatives one is given a paid day up to 4 days pay in case of death.

Husband or wife
Sister or brother
grandparent
In laws ---close in laws.

Only problem was when we had to put down our big girl the Rottie and stopped after for supper at a restaurant.    Both of us were red eyed from crying but managed to pull ourselves together to be in public.

We found a table and were sort of staring off in space when the bouncy waitress came skipping over with a all so happy voice and asked how we were doing that night.   

This waitress must have been new on the job as she had not learned body language of her customers.
Without waiting for a reply she began to go into the days specials and asked for our drink order, we both ordered a double shot and a beer and the days special, what ever the heck that was and off she goes to bring us our drinks.  -------There we sat, holding each others hand, both of us mentally remembering the years of fun we had with our Girl.

The bartender, older and wiser brought us our drinks and said if we needed anything to just wave. Hubby saw the bartender then speak to our waitress and she delivered our dinner without opening her mouth, and we were left in peace, no, how is your meal etc. 

After we paid at the bar the bartender asked, or said to me, You two have had a hard day, the drinks are on the house.  At that time I began to weep and Hubby said we had had a death in the family. The BT then said he was sorry, a parent? he asked.    No, Hubby said our dog had to be put down.   

BT then came out and escorted us to our car, gave us a card that was good for 2 free meals on the house.

Seems he had lost a devoted companion just a month ago and could relate to our pain.

We became the best customer of the bar and grill, because of that one person that could and did the right thing.   When the place closed down 3 years later I felt homeless.

BTW our work gave both of a day off--no pay-- to pull ourselves together.    In our neck of the woods dogs are family, no outside dogs in the winter and the Natives understand the loss.

[Mike B the Cajun]

I once had a pet ptarmigan.

When it died I cremated it with corn bread and pearl onions.

   and a  ^5

[vesta111]

WOE is me, winter time is a horrid time to loose a pet for me, what the hell do you do with a dead cat???

Can't dump it in the garbage or bury it in the yard, a vet will charge $50.00 to dispose of it how ever they do that.   Most likely sell the carcases to dog food company's to be turned into dog and cat food.

My kids hate me because in 15 years we lost 3 cats to old age and sudden illness.  All 3 times in the winter time.   

So we took a page out of the book of the cemetery's in the area for humans when they die and put them in storage until the ground can we dug to bury them. 

We wrap them--the cats ,not the relatives-- in a hand towel place them in a shoe or boot box, tape it up and set it in the freezer on bottom shelf.     Soon as the ground can be dug we hold services for them and lay them to rest in the back yard.     What the heck else can one do with a dead cat, I have had family die in the winter and be stored in outside crypts until spring, we could have the family cremated but somehow that is up to the deceased to decide well before they pop off, and the idea of having Aunt Nelly's ashes in a closet waiting to be buried is not a pleasent thought.

Ah the arguments over the years about dead cats, birds and one pet Ferret, the kids want us to build a fire pit and cremate them that way, but I believe there would be a problem with the neighbors or the law.   

Up side is the kids take us out for holiday dinners and they pay for them as they refuse to eat anything I cook that comes out of a freezer with a dead cat inside.

We have very young and healthy cats for the last few years but I still have a shoe box  [empty ] all taped up on the top of the food in the freezer and haven't had to cook for them in years----And  the kids don't go scrounging for frozen food in my freezer when they spend their food money on beer and cigarettes.

How to survive grown children 101, Allot more fun things to do to finally have a life of your own.