Communal Pet Urn?

Does your family include several pets?  A couple of dogs and at least one cat to keep them in line?
If this is your way of life, you no doubt revel in the constant motion and joyful chaos they bring to your family's day-to-day.  And you are no doubt also aware of the ratio of your life-years to theirs, and the bitter loss when one of them reaches their end of life.

Knowing that several of your furry friends will pass away during your lifetime, there is a way to simplify the rites of passage for each of them, by having a communal urn at the ready.

Meadow Large Urn, holds ashes from pets up to 200 lbs.

When one of our pets passes on to pet heaven, their cremation ashes may go into an individual urn, but a communal urn is another option.  Each pet may be added to one large urn in turn over the years, each in their own plastic baggie.  And their tags could go in the upper sphere of any of our sphere-topped large urns.

The benefit of having one communal urn is that your pets will all be together eventually, and you will have a beautiful urn on your mantel, book shelf or china cabinet that will house them all in one place, versus several small individual urns.

I have found that in the first days after losing one of our pets, when we've received the ashes back from the crematory, it's been helpful to my family to gather together and conduct a brief funeral ceremony for our beloved dog or cat.  We bring out the communal urn, add the cremains within it, then each of us says a few words of remembrance.  It helps us to process our grief together, and begin the healing.

Here is a coupon code to use for purchasing an urn from our web store:  LOVE20, for 20% off your order - simply enter the code during checkout.  (And free shipping still applies!)

All best wishes,

Barbara Bergen, Designer
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Pet Memorial Urns

Losing a pet can be just as devastating as losing a family member - after all, our pets are our constant companions, part of our daily life, and indeed members of our family.  Many pet owners have trouble coming to terms with their pet loss, and struggle with understanding the depth of their grief.

It can be helpful to create a memorial.  I have designed a collection of very special pet cremation urns for this purpose, some of which are shown here.  Some have shimmering iridescent 'Tiffany style' glazes, and others have fanciful designs and patterns that are embedded as they are blown into the glass spheres.These urns have a brass 'closure' to provide a circular space for engraving name, dates, and a few thoughtful words.  Engraving can be done by your local jewelery or trophy shop, or we can do the engraving for you.  

Pet Cremation Urns that Serve as a Memorial

The spherical shape of one of of these pet urns can be helpful in the process of moving through grief, as the sphere fits perfectly in one's hands, for moments of remembrance and mourning. 

The brass closure is designed to be discreet, by placing the engraving face-down in the stand.  This way, the message on the closure creates a memorial that only the family is aware of, because visitors to their home will see only a beautiful object of art. However, some families prefer to place the engraved closure face-out for all to see, especially during the near term after losing their pet. 

Brass Closure for Engraving Upon

Some pet parents wish to place only the pet's tags within the sphere, and there is a velvet pouch inside for this purpose.  Other families benefit by conducting a scattering ceremony in a back yard or another location that holds special meaning, and enclosing only a portion of their pet's ashes within the sphere - there is a plastic liner bag provided that will separate the ashes from the tags in the velvet pouch.  Scattering the ashes as part of a life celebration can be emotionally helpful in the process of grieving, as it allows family members to say a few words in a remembrance ceremony that affords a sense of closure, much as a funeral service would do.

Still other families choose one large full-sized (human) cremation urn, to serve as a communal vessel for all their pets throughout life.  Most of our full-sized adult urns have a volume capacity for 200 cubic inches of ash, which is sufficient space for a combined weight of several pets up to a total of 200 lbs. 

'Meadow' Full-Sized Urn

Sometimes a small keepsake is enough to mark the importance of the life of our lost pet.  We have affordable keepsakes such as our series of glass hearts, which contain no ashes, but provide a polished back upon which to laser engrave a few words of memorial.

The ways in which we address pet loss are ever evolving. The most important step is acknowledging the depth of our grieving, and finding ways to process it, such as creating a memorial with which to commemorate our faithful friend and family member.

Barbara Bergen is Designer and CEO of Cremation Urns by Legacy.  Her goal is to help families cope with their loss by providing beautiful urns and keepsakes, including a selection of artistic pet memorial urns.