Warning! Soppy sod overload inside...

[Morningside]

After 14 years of being at the current address I have moved in with my partner and love her to bits.

But I have a problem. All six of my dogs will have to be left buried in the garden and I find that very hard. Not so much as leaving the home that my wife and I had before her untimely death but that is another sad story.

What is the best thing to do to try and remember them when I give up the property?

[Pints]

Plant a tree.

Sorry for your loss.

[Ekona]

I'm not sure there is an easy answer to this. It must be an awful thing to have to consider, and tbh it's why I still have the ashes of my cat who passed away last year on a bookshelf in my house rather than having been scattered in the garden like I planned.

I tend to agree with Pints though, plant something in the new house that you can remember them by. Or a small plaque, or anything really. Or even do nothing, say a final goodbye when you move out knowing that you'll always have them in your memories and in your heart.

[Morningside]

Thanks. Tree is a good idea as they have an apple tree going over them so hopefully I can grow one from its pips.

It may also be time to say "goodbye" as my life is starting a new chapter.

I am both very happy and sad at the same time.

[bexVN]

Morningside said:

Thanks. Tree is a good idea as they have an apple tree going over them so hopefully I can grow one from its pips.

It may also be time to say "goodbye" as my life is starting a new chapter.

I am both very happy and sad at the same time.

Growing a tree from the one that is with them now woukd be a lovely idea. I like that idea. I hope you can.

[MYOB]

This reminds me of a friend's tale when buying a house. He put in a really low offer and the old lady selling the house was selecting the seller on who she thought would respect her old dog buried in the garden, rather than the highest bidder.

Despite my friend's ridiculous low offer, she sold the house to him because he promised he wouldn't do any landscaping that involved digging the dog up. Of course, other bidders said the same but apparently my friend was the most sincere.

[moorx]

I had a similar issue as I buried the ashes of the first of my dogs who died. I just did what my parents had always done, without really thinking about it properly. I regretted doing it almost straight away but (stupidly) didn't dig them up again. It made it very difficult to leave the house many years later. I did, though, have a plaque made which I brought with me to the new house and placed under one of the lovely big trees here.

I never buried any more ashes after that - I have them all in a cupboard. Some people may find that odd, but I don't really care.

Echo the idea of a tree or shrub to remember them by.

[ali_kat]

I had to leave my 2 cats in their garden resting place, I brought the stone cat that guarded their spot with me & use it as a door stop.

I have a picture of them on the wall.

I'm planning on mixing some of my parents ashes together in a big pot & planting a magnolia tree in it once we've bought a house - that way when we move I can move them with me. Future deceased pets will have this done too.