What did you do with all the paper work your dead pet accumulated?

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YourhandMyAss -> What did you do with all the paper work your dead pet accumulated? (10/18/2008 10:40:05 AM)
You know, all those files and reciepts and paper work and billing info you may have saved from everytime your pet incured a vet bill or got vaccinated. I'm going to save his adoption papers, and the rest I don't know what I am going to do with. I guess they can stay in the filing cabnit where they've been the past several years an years.

Raechard -> RE: What did you do with all the paper work your dead pet accumulated? (10/18/2008 10:43:43 AM)
Ideally these documents should be shredded to avoid criminals assuming the identity of your dead pets.

YourhandMyAss -> RE: What did you do with all the paper work your dead pet accumulated? (10/18/2008 10:58:21 AM)
I don't think there's any sensitive information, they do have his age and his breed and his weight an stuff listed an the cost of everything they did for him, but no cc numbers or anything. All though, if you have a fireplace you can burn the papers, not for sensitivity reasons, but cause it'd make great kindling, and the ashes can help the garden, which would be one more way your pet contributed to your life. even in the end.

KatyLied -> RE: What did you do with all the paper work your dead pet accumulated? (10/18/2008 11:06:46 AM)
make a scrapbook

YourhandMyAss -> RE: What did you do with all the paper work your dead pet accumulated? (10/18/2008 11:18:08 AM)
would a scrap book of vet bills and vaccinations really be all that interesting though?

LookieNoNookie -> RE: What did you do with all the paper work your dead pet accumulated? (10/18/2008 11:21:04 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: YourhandMyAss You know, all those files and reciepts and paper work and billing info you may have saved from everytime your pet incured a vet bill or got vaccinated. I'm going to save his adoption papers, and the rest I don't know what I am going to do with. I guess they can stay in the filing cabnit where they've been the past several years an years. What's a receipt?

servantheart -> RE: What did you do with all the paper work your dead pet accumulated? (10/18/2008 11:22:16 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: YourhandMyAss would a scrap book of vet bills and vaccinations really be all that interesting though? It would be meaningful to you and that's all that matters.

dcnovice -> RE: What did you do with all the paper work your dead pet accumulated? (10/18/2008 11:23:37 AM)
<fast reply> You might want to wait a bit before deciding what to do with it all. We don't always make the best decisions when grief is raw.

KatyLied -> RE: What did you do with all the paper work your dead pet accumulated? (10/18/2008 11:27:58 AM)
It's obvious you don't want to part with this stuff. It wouldn't be meaningful to me, but it may help you get some closure and it's a way to remember your pet.

Raechard -> RE: What did you do with all the paper work your dead pet accumulated? (10/18/2008 11:32:34 AM)
Possessions own you, the only memories you need are those you'll always have in your head. I find photo albums and home video of dead relatives so depressing and it sometimes adjusts the memories in our heads that should have remained untouched.

kdsub -> RE: What did you do with all the paper work your dead pet accumulated? (10/18/2008 12:09:23 PM)
Total the costs...It sure would help with the decision on whether you can afford a new puppy.

YourhandMyAss -> RE: What did you do with all the paper work your dead pet accumulated? (10/18/2008 1:03:05 PM)
I already know I can't lol. and before any new additions to the family,, first I want to go to kink in the carribian next year get a new camera and a flat bed scanner and afford wood for 3 wood projects first:)) quote: ORIGINAL: kdsub Total the costs...It sure would help with the decision on whether you can afford a new puppy.

MistresseLotus -> RE: What did you do with all the paper work your dead pet accumulated? (10/18/2008 3:28:34 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: YourhandMyAss You know, all those files and reciepts and paper work and billing info you may have saved from everytime your pet incured a vet bill or got vaccinated. I'm going to save his adoption papers, and the rest I don't know what I am going to do with. I guess they can stay in the filing cabnit where they've been the past several years an years. My of my pets have a file.. Everything they have gone through from cradle to grave. I put their collar in their folder with a tag I make from Pet Smart with their name/birth date/date of death and their name. When I miss them, I take it out and see their life and the part I played in it... and the part they played in mine. I think making a shadow box of their momentos would be a wonderful tribute :)

tweedydaddy -> RE: What did you do with all the paper work your dead pet accumulated? (10/18/2008 3:40:19 PM)
I would use it to line the box for the new puppy. I can live without anything except my dogs. I think they are the purest sort of love I've ever had. I have lots of single shoes and holey socks, and gnawed doors to prove it. I can tell you the name of every dog I've ever had, and only half the women. No one else wants you when your sad You can say anything you like to a dog, as long as you have bacon. My main dog serves as a book rest for reading in the bathroom, find me a human that will do that. better still - don't. And they are always ready to lend their lead to a collared woman.

YourhandMyAss -> RE: What did you do with all the paper work your dead pet accumulated? (10/18/2008 3:49:42 PM)
Yup. and It'll display the most cherished things nicely and safely too. quote: ORIGINAL: MistresseLotus . I think making a shadow box of their momentos would be a wonderful tribute :)

YourhandMyAss -> RE: What did you do with all the paper work your dead pet accumulated? (10/18/2008 3:51:03 PM)
LOL in this instance We use the leash in daddies toy bag on the dogs every once in a while, when theirs are missing. quote: ORIGINAL: tweedydaddy And they are always ready to lend their lead to a collared woman.

pahunkboy -> RE: What did you do with all the paper work your dead pet accumulated? (10/18/2008 4:53:05 PM)
that is a good question. which papers to save. the trouble with too many papers- is one then can not locate the important papers. yet if one throws out everything then one doesnt have relevant papers. they could come in handy if you ever have to prove you provided a good home. say a shelter or person is giving away a dog- but want re-assurance.. in that case the papers would be helpful.

winterlight -> RE: What did you do with all the paper work your dead pet accumulated? (10/18/2008 7:45:31 PM)
Would putting them on a cd be a good idea? Make an extra copy. I wouldn't put them in the fireplace because an ember could come up and start a fire i was told.

YourhandMyAss -> RE: What did you do with all the paper work your dead pet accumulated? (10/18/2008 8:50:04 PM)
I do not believe that a fireplace ember would cause a fire outside the fireplace, in normal situations.

corysub -> RE: What did you do with all the paper work your dead pet accumulated? (10/18/2008 11:51:17 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: YourhandMyAss You know, all those files and reciepts and paper work and billing info you may have saved from everytime your pet incured a vet bill or got vaccinated. I'm going to save his adoption papers, and the rest I don't know what I am going to do with. I guess they can stay in the filing cabnit where they've been the past several years an years. We have been through the same anguish with five great animal members of our family. Initially we kept all those papers but as time went on it's just the pictures on the desk and walls that we kept. We have all their ashes and will probably bury them in a corner of the yard someday...but they are in the house still. In the interim, there's no rush to do anything.

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