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Location: Riding Crackhead. | purplemoon828 - 2014-01-05 5:53 PM CYA Ranch - 2014-01-05 5:50 PM For me personally I can't do it. If they are getting to the end of their life I put them down in the fall before the ground freezes and they are buried on my place. We did lose my daughters old mare a few years ago in January. We covered her with lots of hay and straw and burned her. It was more comforting for me to do that than let the rendering truck take her. Same here, I think the burning idea is a good one if you can't dig a hole.
What bones were left in the spring we then buried. My dad used to burn them too. We have way too many coyotes around plus our own dogs. I dread losing those good old friends. |
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Location: Royal J Performance Horses, AZ | I lost a broodmare in 2013 the night she foaled out and i REALLY loved this mare already even though I only had her a short time. Unfortunately i dont have a big ranch to have a burial for my horses. So she was picked up. I kept some of her mane and tail hair. and I of course still have the foal she delivered the night we lost her.
I feel once they are gone they are gone, their body is nothing more than a body that had a spirit/soul/heart (what have you) in it.
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| Call Your Dept Of Agriculture. Dogs And Cats Are Much More Expensive, Considering Their Size. A Few Years Ago, I Had The rendering Truck Take One, It Was $275, A Friend Had One Cremated By The Dep Of Ag, And Was Around $350. My Little Goat Was Around $200 At The Local Funeral Parlor. Get Prices, Before You Make Your Decisions, A More Tolerable Option May Not Be A Significant Difference In Price. I Wish I Was asware Of Other Options When I Had To Make My Disposal Choices. Sorry You Are Having To Go Tbrough This. |
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Location: Texas! | Amazing Grace - 2014-01-05 8:37 PM Call Your Dept Of Agriculture. Dogs And Cats Are Much More Expensive, Considering Their Size. A Few Years Ago, I Had The rendering Truck Take One, It Was $275, A Friend Had One Cremated By The Dep Of Ag, And Was Around $350. My Little Goat Was Around $200 At The Local Funeral Parlor. Get Prices, Before You Make Your Decisions, A More Tolerable Option May Not Be A Significant Difference In Price. I Wish I Was asware Of Other Options When I Had To Make My Disposal Choices. Sorry You Are Having To Go Tbrough This.
Not to be OT lol but do you capitalize all your words on your own or is it a phone typo? lol Sorry just thought it looked like it would take a long time to type!
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| WYOracer - 2014-01-05 10:49 PM
Amazing Grace - 2014-01-05 8:37 PM Call Your Dept Of Agriculture. Dogs And Cats Are Much More Expensive, Considering Their Size. A Few Years Ago, I Had The rendering Truck Take One, It Was $275, A Friend Had One Cremated By The Dep Of Ag, And Was Around $350. My Little Goat Was Around $200 At The Local Funeral Parlor. Get Prices, Before You Make Your Decisions, A More Tolerable Option May Not Be A Significant Difference In Price. I Wish I Was asware Of Other Options When I Had To Make My Disposal Choices. Sorry You Are Having To Go Tbrough This.
Not to be OT lol but do you capitalize all your words on your own or is it a phone typo? lol Sorry just thought it looked like it would take a long time to type!
No, I Dont Capitalize Any Of Them. I Dont Know How To Make It Stop. For That Matter, I Dont Know How I Made It Start. Its Visually Offensive. I Also Dont Make A Space Between The First Two Lines, Does That On Its Own Too. If Anyone Knows How To Stop It, I'd Love To know. |
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| redmansmyman11 - 2014-01-05 3:19 PM
bennie1 - 2014-01-05 3:48 PM
Prndi - 2014-01-05 4:41 PM
If burying wasn't a feasible option, how would you feel about sending to the rendering plant. I want my animals buried at home where I can visit the spot or plant a tree. But if were to have to do it right now with the frozen ground I couldn't. How do ya'll feel about this or do you care to share stories ?
I have done it. My thoughts are, they are gone. What is left is their "shell". I remember their life and "spirit" (for lack of a better term ). Maybe it's my outlook, my family seems to lean heavily toward cremation, too. I have kept shoes and tail hair for momentos.
Exactly. That's what I've always done too and have had to send them off to rendering.
I have done this too, and while I hate it there is a man in Southern California who specializes in " dignified disposal" of large animal carcasses. While he is more expensive than the dirty, gross people who usually drive the rendering trucks...or even worse...the guy that shows up in a Dodge diesel truck with NO trailer. I wondered at first how he was going to get the horse up there if he had no trailer. I will NOT use him again!
I also agree that my horse is "gone" and freed from the body that I knew and loved, yet trapped them in age, pain, or both. I remind myself that while it may not be ideal, when the day comes for me to be released of MY old or painful body, the horses that have passed will be whole, healthy, and happy. And they will ALL be waiting for me on the other side.  |
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Location: Texas! | Amazing Grace - 2014-01-05 9:01 PM WYOracer - 2014-01-05 10:49 PM Amazing Grace - 2014-01-05 8:37 PM Call Your Dept Of Agriculture. Dogs And Cats Are Much More Expensive, Considering Their Size. A Few Years Ago, I Had The rendering Truck Take One, It Was $275, A Friend Had One Cremated By The Dep Of Ag, And Was Around $350. My Little Goat Was Around $200 At The Local Funeral Parlor. Get Prices, Before You Make Your Decisions, A More Tolerable Option May Not Be A Significant Difference In Price. I Wish I Was asware Of Other Options When I Had To Make My Disposal Choices. Sorry You Are Having To Go Tbrough This. Not to be OT lol but do you capitalize all your words on your own or is it a phone typo? lol Sorry just thought it looked like it would take a long time to type!
No, I Dont Capitalize Any Of Them. I Dont Know How To Make It Stop. For That Matter, I Dont Know How I Made It Start. Its Visually Offensive. I Also Dont Make A Space Between The First Two Lines, Does That On Its Own Too. If Anyone Knows How To Stop It, I'd Love To know.
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Location: Kansas | I contacted a place that cremated horses when my old guy started getting some age on him. This was within the last two years. It would have cost $1,000 to have him cremated. I ended up having to put him down last July, so he was buried.
ETA-This is who I contacted...http://www.petcremationkc.com/Our_Pricing.php
And, as far as your original question, I think you do what you have to do. I've had to send one to the rendering plant before. I just wasn't there when the truck came.
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Location: Texas! | The only crematory here won't do horses, because she would have to cut them up and doesn't want to deal with that. I do know that there is a place in Colorado that cremates horses...I bet our vet lab does also...Check with your State Vet Lab maybe if it isn't too far? |
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| Would Like To Add, No One In This Area Will Cremate A Horse That Has Had A Necropsy Done. |
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Location: Alberta | For those that would consider cremation for their horse, dog, cat etc. make sure to check that your animal is the only one being done at that time. A friend was going to have her cat cremated and was making the final arrangements and the person she was dealing with slipped up and told her it would be a few days till he was done as they wait for a few animals to be done and do it all at once. I would be ticked if I paid that much money and ended up with part of my animal plus someone elses dog and rat and whatever else in a jar on my mantle!! Lol I know it's just ashes but still for $500 it better just be my animal beng done by itself. |
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Location: Phoenix | Amazing Grace - 2014-01-05 8:01 PM WYOracer - 2014-01-05 10:49 PM Amazing Grace - 2014-01-05 8:37 PM No, I Dont Capitalize Any Of Them. I Dont Know How To Make It Stop. For That Matter, I Dont Know How I Made It Start. Its Visually Offensive. I Also Dont Make A Space Between The First Two Lines, Does That On Its Own Too. If Anyone Knows How To Stop It, I'd Love To know.
But this thread had me about crying.
We've always been able to bury ours on our property. I get sad thinking about taking my horses' hair for the last time. :( |
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Location: North MS | Couldn't send one off. Even had to have a pet cow put down once. She ended up being similarly covered and burned as she had become seriously ill in an area we couldn't get a backhoe to. As far as cremation- I don't know of any around here that even have a crematorium. There is a private service advertised at a vets office but i've only noticed it being mentioned for cats and dogs. It would possibly be offered at Mississippi State University but I do not know for sure. Sadly they have given several of my friends the sad hair momentos. Sweet and sad at the same time.
But as far as the fire issue- for forestry controlled burns we use 1/3 gasoline and 2/3 diesel to avoid the "fast flash fires". Typically it starts and lingers to allow more items to catch on fire in the woods. You might try adding small sticks, hardwood mulch and firewood around. Others may have a better guide to doing this. Bless you for thinking in advance though. |
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Location: Texas | Had to make that decision during winter. Didn't want my beloved old stud to suffer till I could bury him. We didn't have any cremation companies. I saved his mane and tail hair. Eventually what really helped me come to terms with it was realizing that this was an unfortunate part of horse ownership for many horse lovers. |
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| I have no issues with having a renderer come and get my horse AFTER it has been put down.
That is a fact of life. I will be honest-I would rather do that than bury it.
We have a renderer in our area and that is what the majority of people do. For $80.00 (then you get $40 reimbursed to you from the extension office) you can have it done. The extension office does this so that people don't run the risk of polluting water sources, because nine times out of ten horses are not buried properly. |
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| If you have a vet school near by, maybe look into taking the horse, watching them put it down and then donate the body to the school.
I wouldn't just drop it off. I would first make sure the horse was put down. Not saying that you can't trust them... but I would just feel better doing it the way I described. |
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Location: N Texas | CEFERG - 2014-01-05 11:46 PM
For those that would consider cremation for their horse, dog, cat etc. make sure to check that your animal is the only one being done at that time. A friend was going to have her cat cremated and was making the final arrangements and the person she was dealing with slipped up and told her it would be a few days till he was done as they wait for a few animals to be done and do it all at once. I would be ticked if I paid that much money and ended up with part of my animal plus someone elses dog and rat and whatever else in a jar on my mantle!! Lol I know it's just ashes but still for $500 it better just be my animal beng done by itself.
My sister had one of her animals cremated last year, and the guy who did it assured her that each animal was done individually, and that the ashes she got back would be the right ones. That was her main concern...she didn't want her animal's ashes mixed in with a lot of other random animals. I know people can say what they want, but be sure to research the company if you choose cremation. |
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Location: Kentucky | Mine will be buried here. We have the means and the land to bury one, even in the winter, the ground usually isn't too frozen. I understand some folks don't have that option. |
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Location: N Texas | I wanted to add that you do what you have to do, and don't beat yourself up over it. If people want to give you a hard time about not burying your horse, then ask them when they'll be coming over with their shovel.  |
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Location: The Oklahoma plains. | SKM - 2014-01-06 6:21 AM
If you have a vet school near by, maybe look into taking the horse, watching them put it down and then donate the body to the school.
I wouldn't just drop it off. I would first make sure the horse was put down. Not saying that you can't trust them... but I would just feel better doing it the way I described.
That is a great idea. And it is also a good time while it is NOT an issue for those of us reading- to look into the options so we can make a clear headed decision if we ever have to in the future. |
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