It is a sorrowful day when we have to say goodbye to our beloved pet. They leave such a huge hole in our hearts and lives. Sometimes it helps to do things that help us keep their spirit alive. Here are 5 innovative ideas to immortalize your furry friend.
Keep Them Close to Your Heart
A popular way to remember a loved one – including pets, is to have a tattoo done in their memory. Have an image of your pet or their name and date of birth inked onto your skin, close to your heart. If your pet has been cremated, you could ask the tattooist if they would combine the ink with some of your pet’s ashes.
Frame Their Image
Ask a local artist or a talented friend to paint or draw a portrait of your dearly departed, which you can frame and hang on your wall in pride of place. Alternatively, look at webpages such ashttps://animalist.art/pages/dogs, which has stylish images of different dog breeds that would look great in any home.
If you would like to create an artistic tribute to your pet yourself, make a collage from your pet’s photos and adorn your walls with it or construct a memory book filled with photos and mementos from their life.
Treasure Them
Have the image of your pet hand etched or lasered onto a necklace locket or a pocket watch. If your pet was a dog or cat and wore an identity tag, you could have the tag made into a necklace or keychain. If you have a locket necklace, you could place a tuft of your pet’s fur inside it or some of their ashes if they have been cremated. Pendants with your pet’s actual paw or nose print (no two dog noses are alike) can be created from silver so you can have a permanent reminder of them with you at all times. Alternatively, you can have a necklace made from your pet’s tooth. Look on websites such as Etsy for some unique pet-inspired jewelry.
Love Keeps on Growing
Your love for your pet will keep on growing when you plant a tree in their honor. If you have your pet’s remains, you could bury them in your garden or scatter their ashes and plant a tree at the gravesite. If your pet is not buried on your land, some places will plant a tree in a forest in their name and label it with a plaque engraved with their name.
Donate Some Love
Some people like to donate money to local animal shelters and charities in their pet’s honor. This can be particularly poignant if you adopted your pet from a shelter and you give a donation to the establishment after their death. A generous donation will be a reflection of how much love the charity brought to you when you met your furry friend, as well as a symbol of the generous amount of love your pet gave to you.
