Remembrance Ideas

Journaling

Use a journal dedicated to writing about your beloved pet. This can be customized by putting their photo on the cover or choosing one of the colors that reminds you of them.

Best Friends also has a printout customized specifically for pet remembrance. Click here to access.

Scrapbooking

Scrapbooking or creating photo albums is a great way to remember your pet. Creating a scrapbook or photo album of your pet provides a way to easily look back on so many of your favorite memories together.

Scrapbooks also allow for additional customization by adding pressed flowers, colors, or items of your pet.

Custom Art

Sculptures, paintings, drawings, and other forms of art often provide a positive outlet for remembering your pet. If you’re not a creative, consider commissioning local artists or checking Etsy.

Tattoos are another art form for pet remembrance, with many getting custom portraits, dates, names, or things that remind them of their pet.

Memorials

Memorials are a popular way to remember your pet. Some options may include:

  • Shadow box with a photo and their collar

  • Plant or garden stone

  • Framed photo

  • Engraved plaque

  • Paw prints made with an ink pad or clay

  • Custom ornaments

  • Whisker or fur clipping preservation

  • Urn jewelry containing their cremains

  • Posting online

After Life Care Options

There are many options when it comes to after life care options for your pet, some are more common than others. Some options may include:

  • Private cemation

  • Communal cremation

  • Home burial

  • Pet cemeteries

  • Bone preservation

  • Taxidermy

  • Organ preservation - commonly, the heart

  • Aquamation

    Please remember that everyone grieves differently, and just because someone chooses to grieve differently doesn’t make it wrong.

Giving Back

Consider donating financial or physical contributions to an organization of your choice. Consider your local animal shelter or organization in which you adopted your pet, made out in their name.