what do you do when your dog dies?
 

I've never had a dog, and neither has my friend. Yesterday we got into a drunken argument about what you do when your dog dies.

He said that you have to tell the Police which seems bizarre to me; would you tell them if you're goldfish had died? Someone else overheard us and said that you just bury it in your garden, but then their friend got involved and said that you're not allowed to bury it - something to do with a new law after the foot-and-mouth-crisis. I wasn't sure about this, but I did wonder what someone who lived in a flat would do - they can't bury it anywhere, anyway. Surely you don't put a dead dog in the bin?

Can anyone on here solve this mystery for me/us? I'm from the UK but I'd be interested to see if there are cultural variations.

here in belgium you can't just bury him too, you have to take it to the vet and they take care of it (read: cremate)

Yeah, you just take it to a vet and they cremate it.

I cried, skipped the Melvins show I had tickets for and drank a lot.

In the bin, if he's not too big.
Or in a pet cemetary.

No one who actually loves their dog like a family member puts in the bin, for chrissakes.

You get your friend cremated just like you would if s/he were your mother, and then you grieve for a very long time.

For fuck's sake, people.

I don't think you are technically allowed to bury pets on your urban properties here in MN, but lots of people do it anyway. I'm sure the laws on this vary widely in different states/municipalities.

sounds about right

noisereductions: i'd go to the Melvins show and drink myself out of reality, kind of agressively grieve for my pet while enjoying the gig.
sorry, may sound not right at all to you, but dude, its the fucking Melvins.

i'd go nuts if Yoda the cat dies though. but he's so young and small and cute I hope we'll live together for a long long time anyway.

PS never had a dog.

I hear that local Chinese restraunts will give up to $50 bucks for them. More if they are already skinned.

you want to say Vietnamese or at least Korean.
not sure about Korea though. maybe they were eating cats, i may be wrong. it's the Vietnamese that have dog meals in their cuisine (sp?)

I'd have it stuffed and mounted.

and by that, I mean, have sex with it.

Damn you are harsh with girlgun.

I'll bury my cat in my yard. If I happen to outlive her.

girlgun is feline.

dogs suck.

I prefer a pussy over a bitch.

when my dog had to be put to sleep it was horrible. the vet had a disposal fee.

pretty much, including the shock the night of, the day after sleep all day, then the next 3 day total haze of drunkiness

what do you do when your mom is a skinhead?

you write a song about it