Synopses & Reviews
Planning a sensitive send-off for your dear, dead Fluffy, Fido, or Flipper is one small way of assuaging the inner hurt and sending him or her gently into that good night. This book guides you through this most difficult life experiencefrom the moment you realize that your pets days are numbered (or have passed), right through to the sticky details of deciding between an old-fashioned interment or a spectacular cremation. Covering every aspect of established pet funereal practice for every type of pet, Dead Pet is the essential manual of practical techniques to ensuring that the deceased is dispatched with both dignity and haste.
* Preparing for the Endand making sure the Ends really come
* Custom coffin templates for pets of all shapes and sizes
* Heart-rending readings to accompany the send-off
* Burials on land, at sea, and in the sky
* Séances and Internet memorials
* What to do with your pets worldly goods
Synopsis
Planning and organizing a sensitive and appropriate funeral for a beloved pet is one small way of assuaging the inner hurt and sending him or her gently into that good night. This book has been written to guide you through this most difficult life experience, from the moment that you realize rigor mortis is setting in all too quickly right through to the sticky details of deciding between an old-fashioned interment or a more spectacular cremation. Dead Pet covers every aspect of established pet funereal practice for every type of pet. There is expert advice on everything from embalming and vigils to headstones and wakes, including a chapter on finding or building appropriate coffins for every size of petfrom a goldfish that stirs happy memories to a late, lamented horse that has gone to meet its Maker. Whether you are saying goodbye to Fluffy or laying Fido to rest, this is the comprehensive manual of practical techniques to ensure that the deceased is always dispatched both with dignity and haste.
About the Author
Andrew Kirk, who became a pet embalmer after the tragically premature death of his Chihuahua, Lucky, is also the author of the do-it-yourself taxidermy manual Get Stuffed.