Thanks, dear RedMDer. I’m on my second and final Bud Light of the morning...lol. DrO made sure to have those two iced for me. Doctor’s orders ya know! He’s in bad shape, too. He didn’t sleep very well. He got up at 5:00AM to sit with Jack in the red room where it was cold; -— like a wake for Jack. We already had his sheepskin, lamb’s wool burial sack to put in his coffin. Geeez, I know this all sounds crazy for a dog, but he was a special dog.
I don’t think it sounds crazy. I had an Angora cat that my Dad got for me when I was 4. She died when I was 21. She had a coffin that Grandpa made and a satin baby blanket and pillow in it. She sat in state on the table while we said “Goodbye” and took turns digging her grave. There’s nothing crazy about grief and honoring love and companionship.
That doesn’t sound crazy at all. We’ve done the same type of things for our pets.