Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Pet Markers Of Many Different Kinds

By Shanna McNeil


For many, a loved pet is truly one the family. Those who have suffered the loss of a companion animal may want a visible memorial for home, garden, or the pet cemetery. Today a wide variety of pet markers are offered by skilled craftsmen and by mass marketers. Grieving families can choose a standard design which may be personalized or find a company which offers custom products for those who want to realize their own vision.

Company websites are one way to see what is available when you want to honor a lost pet. Check out photo galleries posted online by businesses which specialize in memorials for animals. You can get ideas from the samples shown and blend them with your own vision to achieve your perfect custom design. Customer reviews and assurances of quality can also be found on the websites.

Natural river stones are very appealing for those who wish to mark a grave in their own informal garden. The water-smoothed stones can also serve as memorials for pets that were cremated at the vets office and not brought home. The natural shapes and colors blend well with greenery, and the stones only get more beautiful as time passes. Engraving should be deep, so the message on the marker will last for years under all weather conditions.

For more formal settings, such as a designated memory garden or a cemetery, a marker can be similar to a headstone designed for a human. They come in rough or polished granite and other stone, in marble, in bronze, and in simulated stone. Memorials can be small and simple, noting the name of the animal and relevant dates, or fully as large as those made for humans, with any sort of message.

Among the many ways to individualize your memorial are photographs, poetry, etchings, raised carving or embossing, and flower or flag holders. Your message might be a familiar quote or something written especially for this occasion. Anything you want, traditional or modern, simple or eye-catching, is possible with today's pet marker services.

Statuary is suitable for a home garden or a formal animal cemetery. Children especially enjoy this sort of monument, and visitors know right away which sort of pet rests in that spot. Embossing, etching, and carving can also grace a marker made of any material. Traditional or modern design can be used to make your memorial stone or plaque stand out from the crowd.

Companies which offer this sort of marker have customer service departments that can assure you of their company's promise of quality, durability, and correctness. These representatives can also help you make choices based on price and suitability. Pet crematoriums often offer lines of memorial stones and plaques for grieving families to choose from.

Pet markers serve the same purpose as memorials to people who have gone on. They offer comfort to those who are grieving and a way to keep treasured memories alive. They make thoughtful sympathy gifts as well, ones which have lasting value to the recipients.




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