"It is very heartbreaking when it comes to the time your best friend, your pal, your love has to leave you but then don't worry you will be seeing your pal later in the other world, he or she is moving on to happier world before you and making sure when you arrive everything will be welcoming when it is your natural time..."
I haven't faced a dying pet that I had cried for yet, but I do imagine if one day Oby & Shylie leaves me I will be kneeling on my knees and crying my eyes out as well but then that is another reason I want their babies in order for them to be with me forever until the day I die.
Eventhough Oby just turned one year old as of July 2003 and Shylie is presently just almost 4 months old as of July 2003, I have thought about it when I was browsing the web the other day, I found some useful I guess information that I may need when that day comes which I hope will be never or at least realistically at least 20 years from now.....
For Cremation:
I had thought about keeping a keepsake sterling silver or white gold charm to store their ashes in which it will be sealed and be with me at all times. Which for the rest of the ashes I would like it to be in a picture frame or some kind of containment that I could place in my home or work place wherever I will spend most my time at.
Check out these websites for interesting containments.
http://www.classicurns.com