Comments on: Ghoulish? My Dog’s Skeleton Hoisted Eternally in Regal Display

By: Lee Jones

Lee Jones — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 20:57:37 +0000

It’s a tad big to keep around, isn’t it? I could see a cat… but I’d figure you would trip over it regularly.

By: Doug

Doug — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 14:43:03 +0000

Dude, wanting the dog skeleton is totally normal, totally healthy. Live it up.

By: scott_335

scott_335 — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 13:40:34 +0000

The thing about dogs, as any George Carlin fan knows, is that they all die. By the time you get in that last car accident, you will have had 10 or 20 dogs croak on you. And every time you forget to untie their leash from the bumper, you go out and get a new one. I see nothing wrong with keeping one of em around a little longer. Get some more use out of that dog, I’ll bet he wasnt cheap.

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 20:01:13 +0000

i had my last dog cremated and put in a very nice urn, which has his name on it. i also have his collar around it. my current dog, who hopefully has more than a decade to go, will be cremated as well.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 18:31:01 +0000

I’ve read about other pet lovers who have fluffy’s pelt turned into a pillow or something like it.

I don’t see anything wrong with it, Joel. It’s a tad eccentric, but we all know that while eccentricity may not be the spice of life… it is a good garnish.

By: racohen415

racohen415 — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 16:44:16 +0000

While I don’t find the idea of keeping a skull or skeleton in itself morbid or disgusting I have reservations on keeping the skeletal remains of something that I loved and that loved me back as a show piece. I don’t believe in ghosts or spirits either but it just seems disrespectful to me. To love something for years and then when it dies to put it on display as an oddity to enjoy is not fair to the deceased, human, dog, cat or other. This is also why I disapprove of cremation and keeping the ashes on the mantle or in the china cabinet.

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By: Chapu

Chapu — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 16:29:58 +0000

I’ve always considered just making a necklace from the teeth of my dead pets. Hopefully by the time I’m 40, it will be an illustrious neck-piece with an array of beaks, teeth, claws, fur pieces and finally a cat skull in the center. Needless to say, I wouldn’t wear it often… Just on special occasions like my wedding night.

I think keeping the skeleton of your dog is a great idea. You clearly have a well-conceived notion of mortality and anyone who claims this as morbid is hanging on to the idea that All Dogs really do Go to Heaven. Disney is the morbid one here.

By: Brock

Brock — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 16:03:37 +0000

I love how “It’ll go in my den” seems to make the whole thing perfectly acceptable. Before now, I hadn’t even considered how much I need a den for just this sort of thing.

And yes, I would totally do the same thing. Maybe have it hung from wires like a marionette, too.