7/18/2018 0 Comments Dog CremationsWhen death occurs, one of the first decisions that needs to be made is if your dog should be cremated. dog cremation Brisbane is common among pet parents, but you may be one of the many who are unsure of the process or even the questions to ask. If you have a veterinarian, you trust start there. Some clinics actually perform the dog cremation Brisbane process themselves. Others have a relationship with a crematory that handles their pet cremations. If they have a crematory do their cremations, feel free to ask them the name of the crematory. If you have your dog euthanized by a vet, they will likely offer you the option of having the body cremated for an additional fee. Cremation represents the professionalizing of the death industry for pets: the number of pet crematories is growing rapidly, in response to increasing demand and cremation is now more common than burial in a yard or cemetery. The cremation process is becoming standardized, with various ancillary businesses providing support. Vets typically serve as the death middlemen. They take the bodies from owners, and then pass them on to crematory operators. If an animal is euthanized at the vet's office, a veterinary assistant will, once the animal's family is well out of sight, place the body in black trash bag and stick it in the freezer until the scheduled crematory pick up day. Once a week, a truck will come and fetch a load of bodies and take them to the crematory. There are three types of dog cremation you can choose: private, comingled, and partitioned. In a private cremation, only one animal's body is in the oven. During a partitioned cremation, multiple animals may be in the incinerator at the same time, but they are separated so that the remains from each can be collected separately. Some "active comingling" of remains is unavoidable. Communal cremation is the burning of several animals at once, without any form of separation. Pet owners are often confused, and occasionally misled, about what kind of cremation their animal receives. They may ask for their animal's remains to be returned, and assume that this means the animal received a private cremation, when in fact it might have been a partitioned cremation. The cremains may be mostly their animal, but active comingling means that the cremains will also include little tiny bits of other pets. Even with truly private cremations, some residual mixing what the industry calls "unavoidable incidental comingling" of remains will occur, since it is near impossible to remove every speck of material from the oven in between cremations.
If you are concerned about what happens to your dog's body after you leave the vet's office or after the vet takes your animal from your home, the best thing to do is ask a lot of questions. What will happen to the body? Will it be cremated or taken to a landfill or donated to a veterinary school? If you have chosen and paid for cremation, how exactly is the body handled? How it is wrapped, transported? Is it stored in a cooling room or freezer? How can you be assured that the cremains are really from your pet?
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