This beautiful American Kennel Club® urn featuring the official AKC logo is an elegant way to memorialize your faithful dog. Your dog's photo takes center stage on the urn's top. The AKC logo is embossed on the front of the metal casing, above a plaque that allows you up to 4 lines of text. Perhaps include your dog's name, years of birth and death, and a motto to remember her by.

The urn is made of burnished copper and bronze die-cast aluminum. The base's clear-coat finish gives it the appearance of wood. The urn measures 9"H x 6"W x 8"D and has a 109 cubic inch capacity. It costs $149.99 with free customization. Among the thousands of dog urns outthere, this is the only one in the world officially licensed by the American Kennel Club.

When your beloved pet comes to the end of his or her life, one of the last things you want to be worrying about is the cost of medical treatment, euthanasia, burial or cremation. Your emotions are overwhelming, and having to figure out how to pay for these expenses just isn't something you should have to be thinking about. Thankfully, insurance coverage for your pet is becoming more and more common and affordable. While pet insurance has been around since 1890, only recently has it become so readily available. 

Different plans offer highly varied coverage for end-of-life expenses, so do your research. Most pet health insurance plans are intended to help you with medical expenses during your pet's life to keep him healthy. But some plans do offer coverage for final expenses. Some plans will pay up to a specified amount (typically around $100-$200) for burial or cremation expenses. Some will pay for euthanasia should your pet need it. Others will reimburse your for the purchase price of your pet should he die from accidental causes.

Here are just a handful of popular pet insurance plans that have plans that cover final expenses:

• 24PetWatch covers accidental death, and euthanasia, including burial or cremation.
• Petplan Pet Insurance covers death from illness or injury.
• Petfirst covers burial or cremation.
• PetCare covers accidental death and euthanasia.

The time to think about insurance coverage for your pet is of course while he is healthy and happy. Though you may not want to envision the possibility of your pet's death, the truth is that it's just good planning and will be a lot easier now than when your pet is nearing the end of his life. 

The loss of a pet can be devastating. Often, your pet has become a true, integral part of the family. When they pass, you experience immense amounts of grief. It can be hard to deal with the strong emotions and learn to heal. Thankfully, you don't have to figure it out on your own. There are many helpful resources out there to help you to move through the grieving process in a healthy way. Here are a few books that may help you to find some measure of comfort.

Our motto here at Best Friend Services is, "Memorials for a Lifetime." Today, we'd like to share with you a little bit about the thought that went into adopting that phrase for our business.

When you lose a beloved pet, it is even clearer what an important part that pet played in your life. Whether it was your dog who accompanied you everywhere you went, or your cat who was always waiting to snuggle with you when you got home from work, your pet had a strong physical and emotional presence in your life. When a pet passes on, your own life continues without that special presence.

But just because your pet is no longer physically with you doesn't mean that the memories generated during his lifetime have to die with him. That's where we got the idea for our motto. You see, memorializing your pet's remains with an elegant pet urn help you to preserve the memories of your pet's lifetime. In such a way, you can keep them alive for the rest of your lifetime. That is why a pet urn or memorial from Best Friend Services is a memorial for a lifetime. 

If you are visiting this website, it is most likely because you have lost a pet recently, or you are about to lose one.  You are going through one of the hardest moments of your life, and it’s understandably hard to cope with.  You are probably asking yourself a lot of questions, and not getting any answers.  The important fact to remember right now is that everything is going to be okay, and that you are going to get through this.  

One of the questions you may be asking yourself is “Why does it hurt so much?  It was just a pet.”  The truth is, a pet is as much a part of your family as the rest of your family.  Yes, your pet was an animal and not a human.  Therefore, it is hard for others and yourself to understand the way the searing pain of loss is reaching your heart and affecting your life. 

It is crucial to remind yourself that your pet was probably there for you many times when no one else was.  Pets are the most forgiving creatures on the planet, and they are truly loyal to you.  Your pet was a constant part of your life, day in and day out.  Whether you or others want to admit it or not, your pet was a significant part of your life.  Thus it will not be easy to get over, nor will you be able to get over it quickly. 

The best thing you can do right now is accept these facts to be true.  Repeat to yourself daily that it is okay to feel grief because you just lost an important member of your family.  If others don’t understand your feelings, that’s not your concern.  You don’t have to judge yourself based on their opinions.  Remember, everything will be healed in due time.