Muggsy Came Back Home Yesterday
Two weeks to the day of having our wonderful dog Muggsy put to sleep we got a call from the vet’s office that the crematorium had just delivered his ashes.
My husband picked them up and Muggsy is now back in our house.
His cremains are in a beautiful poplar wood box stained dark cherry. It looks like an urn one would use for a person. His ashes are inside and the bottom is screwed on.
When we saw it we liked it so much we called the man at the crematorium/pet cemetery and asked if we could purchase one for our dog Precious, who was put to sleep six years ago. We offered to pay for it but he told us he would deliver it to the vet’s office next week and there would be no charge.
He told us how to open the plastic box she’s in and to just transfer the bag of her ashes to the new urn and screw in the bottom.
We thought that was a very generous thing for him to do.
On the front is Muggsy’s first and last name (In loving memory of Muggsy —) and the year of his birth and year of his death.
My husband wanted to put it on the mantle but I said no. The more I think of it, though, the more appealing it seems to me as it is too pretty to just hide.
Whichever of us goes first will have their urns placed in our casket. I’m just a bit over five feet tall so there will be plenty of room at my feet. 
We’ll do the same with our remaining animals. I just can’t bear the thought of burying them right now.
So, with hearts still aching, we welcome home Muggsy.
Written by ~J~
Sue Says:
May 26th, 2007 at 12:23 pmVisit Sue
It is wonderful the love you both show your animals. Muggsy and all the others are so very fortunate to have found you.