Pet Cremation, Bringing Comfort Now and Always

Our pets are part of the family. We grieve when losing a pet just as we do when losing our human loved ones. Memorializing your pet brings comfort during the grieving process with a proper memorial, giving your family a time to remember and pay tribute to your loyal friend. Pet cremation can provide a way to remember and honor your pet for the rest of your life.

Pet Cremation vs. Burial

When our pet passes, sometimes families will bury them on their property or find a local pet cemetery. Neither of these options are always practical, especially if you live in a cold climate. Also, you run the risk of leaving your beloved pet behind if you move or sell your home.

Cremation offers a way to memorialize your pet in a beautiful urn, custom keepsake or jewelry. You can rest in the comfort of having your trusted companion’s ashes near you wherever you may reside, and they can even be buried with you if you so choose. Your pet’s ashes can be spread with yours or buried with you and your family.

Who Performs Pet Cremations?

Pet cremation services are often performed by licensed funeral directors or veterinarian clinics. Some small cities or towns may have designated areas for pet crematoriums. A pet crematorium service will provide professional and caring cremation services for your animal in separate chambers with options for you to choose from.

Forever Friends Pet Cremation in Columbus, OH

Forever Friends offers pet cremation and memorialization services in Columbus, OH and surrounding areas, providing sensitive and caring respect for your pet. You can have peace of mind in our experience and professionalism, as members of the International Association for Animal Hospice and Palliative Care, IAAHPC, the Professional Pel Loss Alliance, PLPA, and the Cremation Association of North America, CANA.

We transform your loss into treasured memories with memorial and remembrance services to celebrate the life of your beloved pet. Our pre-planning services can ease some stress knowing all arrangements have been made. If your pet passes unexpectedly and you are unsure of what to do, contact us 24/7, 365 days a year for prompt service to help guide you through this difficult time.

Custom Pet Memorialization

Our customized services include engraving, images and messages with a wide selection of urns to pay tribute to your pet’s unique personality. Choose from custom paw print keepsakes, jewelry and more. Forever Friends is dedicated to bringing peace of mind to each family with quality cremation and memorialization services.

Forever Friends understands that losing your pet is losing a family member. We provide the professional and respectful cremation services they deserve. Contact us anytime to learn more about our pet cremation and remembrance services to honor the life of your beloved pet. 

Pet Cremation and Memorialization Preserves Fond Memories 

The holidays are a time for slowing down to appreciate all the things we have to be thankful for and to spend precious time with family, this includes our pets.  For families facing the loss of a beloved four-legged family member, the holidays can be especially rough.  Until you have experienced the grief of losing a trusted pet, it is difficult to understand the feelings of loss experienced by the whole family.

If you are facing the loss of your long time trusted companion, pet cremation and memorialization can give you a sense of closure and peace of mind with heart-filled memories. We put so much thought and planning into the time when we bring our pets home, who’s going to feed, walk and clean up after the new family member, it is helpful to prepare for our pet’s end of life services as we do other family members. 

Pet Cremation Pre-Planning: Focus on What’s Important 

It can be extremely helpful to those preparing for a pet’s end of life to plan ahead with pet cremation services you can trust.  This way, you can focus on the important things like wrapping your friend in a blanket so family members can say goodbye and allowing yourself and others to grieve the loss without worry of not knowing what to do next. 

Forever Friends offers professional pet cremation and memorialization services in Columbus, OH by providing dignity and respect to your pet and peace of mind to you as we take care of all the arrangements.  You can call us anytime, day or night, or if your pet passes unexpectedly, for prompt and caring service as we help you through this difficult time. 

Pet Memorialization: Keep Your Favorite Memories Close at Heart

With pet cremation and memorialization, you can forever keep your loved one by your side to recall fond memories. Forever Friends provides pet cremation services under the direction of a licensed funeral director and offers a host of beautiful urns and keepsakes to forever hold onto precious memories.  

Choose from custom keepsakes with your best friend’s paw print or other items that reflect your pet’s unique personality. Beautiful jewelry and memorial products with images and engraving can add to the uniqueness of your special friend’s memories. 

Forever Friends is committed to helping you through this difficult time with compassionate and caring service from a licensed funeral director.  We have decades of experience in helping those dealing with the loss of a loved one.  Contact us for more information and learn how we help you transform your loss into treasured memories.

Why You Should Consider Pet Cremation Instead of Burial

From the moment we bring our pets home, they instantly become a member of the family.  No matter how many years you have with your four-legged companion, losing our beloved furry friend can be a very difficult loss for every member of the family.  We spend a lot of time taking care of our pets, playing with, and cuddling with them, it can be easy to put off and not think about planning their end of life. 

If you are facing the loss of a beloved pet or think that you may soon be planning your pet’s end of life, you might be wondering what you are going to do.  Here are a few reasons why pet cremation may be the answer:

1) Burial may not be an option. 

Many families choose to bury their pet in the backyard, this is not always an option for various reasons.  If you ever plan to move, you will not want to leave your pet behind.  Some housing complexes may have rules against it or it may not even be a consideration during the winter months.  

Whatever the reason, pet cremation is always an option no matter where you live or what time of year it is. 

2) Adds much needed comfort and caring.

When using professional pet cremation services, you know that you will be treated with compassion by a crematorium with experience in providing comfort to those grieving from loss. This extra support can bring comfort to the whole family and alleviates any worry of not knowing what to do next. 

3) Pet cremation is environmentally friendly. 

You run certain risks when choosing to bury your pet on family property, such as the chance that another animal could dig up the remains.  This would be a dreadful sight and quite traumatizing for any family member to see.  If your pet were ill and received powerful medications, these pharmaceuticals could contaminate the ground.  With pet cremation, you do not have to worry about burial conditions or something going awry. 

Saying good-bye to our trusted companion is never easy, but with the help of professional pet cremation services you can focus on remembering and honoring your pet rather than trying to coordinate the final arrangements.  

Forever Friends offers pet cremation services in Ohio from licensed funeral directors with experience in knowing how to provide comfort during times of grief, taking care of all the details so you are there for your family.  We are available 24/7, 365 days a year to help you through the difficult time of losing a beloved pet.  Forever Friends offers a host of services to honor your pet’s life including unique urns and memorialized keepsakes to forever remember your pet’s unique personality.

Forever Friends provides pet cremation and memorialization services in the Columbus, OH and surrounding areas.  We bring peace and comfort during your time of loss, respecting your wishes and honoring your pet with professionalism and compassion.  Contact us with any questions and to learn more about the benefits of pet cremation over burial.