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Ten Unique Ways to Memorialize a Dog

Perhaps the most difficult experience any dog owner faces is the loss of a beloved dog. Memorializing a dog who has passed away can help assuage grief and provide a sense of closure, especially if you find a personal and unique way to memorialize your pet. Below are 10 ways to honor your dog and help heal your heart.

1. Create a Calendar

A practical way to memorialize your dog is by creating a calendar, with each month featuring a photograph and favorite memory of your dog. This allows you to savor memories of your dog as you select photographs to feature each month. When your calendar is complete, it will greet you with a happy memory every time you look at it to check your schedule or the date.

2. Attend a Paint-Your-Pet Event

Paint bars have made painting accessible to even the least artistically inclined, and many local paint bars offer paint-your-pet events. These events encourage you to select a favorite photograph of your pet and let an experienced artist guide you in painting a portrait inspired by your photograph. You create a lasting piece of artwork of your dog to display and admire. And if you don’t want to do it yourself, you can commission someone to paint your pet for you.

3. Create Resin Jewelry

If you choose to have your dog cremated, one way to memorialize your dog includes preserving some of the ashes in resin and converting the finished product into a necklace or other piece of jewelry you can wear. This means of memorialization allows you to carry your dog with you everywhere you go.

4. Participate in a Fundraising Event for a Local Rescue

If you rescued your dog, or even if you didn’t, you might find participating in a fundraiser for a shelter or rescue organization a fulfilling way to honor your dog. You can raise funds in your dog’s memory and find solace in the fact that you are helping improve the lives of other dogs.

5. Create a Memory Box

Choose or build a pretty box that you can keep on your desk or dresser. Decorate the cover with a favorite photo of your dog, and put his collar, tags, and other special memorabilia that you can’t bear to part with inside.

6. Convert Dog Tags to Charms

Instead of hiding your dog’s tags away in a drawer, wear them as charms on a necklace or bracelet. Every time you hear them jingle on your wrist or around your neck, you will remember your dog.

7. Repurpose Dog Clothes or Bedding

After suffering the loss of a dog, figuring out what to do with the sweaters, blankets, and toys can be a challenge. If sentiment prevents you from using them with a future dog, consider repurposing them into an item you can use. Transform fabric from your dog’s clothing and bedding into a special piece of clothing, a quilt, or a blanket for yourself. There are companies that create custom hats with fabric you send them. A blanket sewn from your dog’s old clothing or bedding is sure to be comforting.

8. Frequent Your Favorite Parks and Walking Routes

While you might at first feel tempted to avoid the places you and your dog once frequented, revisiting them could prove healing. When you feel ready, enjoy a stroll at your dog’s favorite park, or take a route the two of you enjoyed walking. You might be surprised by how many happy memories surface along the way.

9. Plant a Tree or Perennial

Trees can prove to be a beautiful way to create a pet memorial. They live for a long time and provide beauty, shade, and wildlife habitat. If you don’t have space for a tree, consider planting a perennial.

1o. Donate to or Volunteer for a Local Shelter

Not all pet memorials need to be physical keepsakes; you may want to honor your dog’s memory through service. Consider donating funds, food, or other needed materials to a local animal shelter. You may want to volunteer. Many shelters need people to help socialize, train, and exercise the dogs in their care.

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