# Cremating a pet via the vet **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 9, 2013, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cremating-a-pet-via-the-vet/668451 "2013-09-09T22:31:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Yarster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/7c8e57/32.png) [@Yarster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yarster)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2013, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cremating-a-pet-via-the-vet/668451/21 "2013-09-11T21:13:23Z")
I know a retired guy with a backhoe whose sole business is running around Arizona and digging graves for horses. As far as my own dead cat and dog, our vet sends them to a pet cemetery a few miles away that does the cremation, and they let you pick whether you want the mass or individual cremation if you want the ashes. As a funny/horrible aside, the biggest fight I ever got in was when the cat died. We were on our way out the door to catch an international flight for a cruise, and that is (of course) when we found the cat dead. My wife was hysterical about what to do with the body, to which I said “Well, it IS trash day…”. Nope, I had to bag up the dead cat, leave it for a friend to pick up later and have cremated when we were gone, and I got a lot of nasty looks from my wife for the first few days of the vacation… ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cremating-a-pet-via-the-vet/668451/22 "2013-09-12T00:46:47Z")
My family has lived in this house since the 50s. Just about every time I start to plant something in the back yard, I wind up with a shovelful of dog or cat remains or a jar with a bird inside. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cremating-a-pet-via-the-vet/668451.md?page=1)