The Funeral.com Journal

Resources to help you create tributes as unique as the people (and pets) you love. Learn how engraving, photos, colors, and symbols add meaning; discover scattering rituals and at-home memorial ideas. We focus on the details that matter—because small choices can carry a lifetime of comfort.

Preserving Your Pet’s Scent: How to Store Blankets and Toys Without Mold or Odor - Funeral.com, Inc.

Preserving Your Pet’s Scent: How to Store Blankets and Toys Without Mold or Odor

There are certain comforts that skip the thinking part of grief and go straight to the body. For many people, scent is the quickest one. You can be managing your...

Leftover Pet Medications After Death: Donation Limits, Legal Issues, and Safe Disposal Options - Funeral.com, Inc.

Leftover Pet Medications After Death: Donation Limits, Legal Issues, and Safe Disposal Options

After a pet dies, the house often feels unusually quiet. Even when you’ve handled the urgent things—calling the veterinarian, canceling upcoming appointments, returning borrowed equipment—there’s still a small corner of...

Washing the Food Bowl: The Quiet Ritual That Marks Goodbye (and Other Healing First Steps) - Funeral.com, Inc.

Washing the Food Bowl: The Quiet Ritual That Marks Goodbye (and Other Healing First Steps)

There are losses that announce themselves with big, unmistakable moments, and then there are losses that arrive in a series of ordinary tasks you never expected to feel so heavy....

National Pet Memorial Day: Meaningful Activities to Honor a Pet (At Home, With Kids, or Outdoors) - Funeral.com, Inc.

National Pet Memorial Day: Meaningful Activities to Honor a Pet (At Home, With Kids, or Outdoors)

Grief has a way of returning on ordinary days. You’re making coffee, you hear a familiar sound in the hallway, and for a second your body expects your pet to...

Custom Pet Portraits Online: Popular Styles, What to Send the Artist, and How to Choose One - Funeral.com, Inc.

Custom Pet Portraits Online: Popular Styles, What to Send the Artist, and How to Choose One

When you start searching for a custom pet portrait, it often begins as something simple: you miss the way your dog looked at you when you came home, or the...

Potted Pet Memorials for Renters: Portable Plant Tributes That Move With You - Funeral.com, Inc.

Potted Pet Memorials for Renters: Portable Plant Tributes That Move With You

When you rent, grief can feel like it has to stay quiet. You may not have a backyard to plant a tree. You may not be allowed to dig. You...

Bringing Home a New Pet After Loss: Introducing Them to a Grieving Dog or Cat - Funeral.com, Inc.

Bringing Home a New Pet After Loss: Introducing Them to a Grieving Dog or Cat

When a pet dies, the house changes in ways that can feel both obvious and strangely invisible. The quiet is different. The daily rhythm shifts. And if you have a...

Police K-9 Funerals: Common Traditions, Honor Guard Customs, and Line-of-Duty Tributes - Funeral.com, Inc.

Police K-9 Funerals: Common Traditions, Honor Guard Customs, and Line-of-Duty Tributes

A police K-9 funeral can be both heartbreaking and deeply beautiful. It is heartbreaking because the loss is not abstract; it is the loss of a partner who worked, trained,...

Veterinary End-of-Life Costs: Typical Estimates for Euthanasia, Cremation, and Aftercare - Funeral.com, Inc.

Veterinary End-of-Life Costs: Typical Estimates for Euthanasia, Cremation, and Aftercare

When a pet is nearing the end, most families are trying to do two hard things at once: protect a beloved companion from suffering and stay steady enough to make...

Service Dog Memorials: Meaningful Ways to Honor a Working Partner’s Life and Service - Funeral.com, Inc.

Service Dog Memorials: Meaningful Ways to Honor a Working Partner’s Life and Service

Losing a service dog can feel like losing family—and also losing independence, routine, and safety all at once. People who have never lived inside a working partnership may not understand...

Cremation Decisions That Feel Like Love: Choosing Urns, Pet Urns, Cremation Jewelry, and a Plan You Can Live With - Funeral.com, Inc.

Cremation Decisions That Feel Like Love: Choosing Urns, Pet Urns, Cremation Jewelry, and a Plan You Can Live With

There is a quiet shift happening in the way families say goodbye. More and more people are choosing cremation because it offers flexibility, simpler logistics, and often a lower overall...

Pet Loss Hotlines and Support Resources: Phone Lines, Text Help, and Free Grief Groups - Funeral.com, Inc.

Pet Loss Hotlines and Support Resources: Phone Lines, Text Help, and Free Grief Groups

Losing a pet can feel disorienting in a way that surprises even people who “knew it was coming.” One minute you’re taking care of daily routines, and the next you’re...

Pet Cemeteries: Understanding Fees, Burial Rights, Deed Restrictions, and What You’re Really Buying - Funeral.com, Inc.

Pet Cemeteries: Understanding Fees, Burial Rights, Deed Restrictions, and What You’re Really Buying

Losing a pet can feel like losing the steady rhythm of your home. The routines that used to anchor the day—feeding times, walks, the sound of paws, the quiet companionship—suddenly...

Scavenger-Proofing a Pet Grave: Depth, Rocks, Pavers, and Other Practical Deterrents - Funeral.com, Inc.

Scavenger-Proofing a Pet Grave: Depth, Rocks, Pavers, and Other Practical Deterrents

When you bury a beloved pet, you want the moment to feel quiet and final. For many families, though, there’s a practical worry that creeps in almost immediately: “What if...

Should You Use Lime When Burying a Pet? What It Does, Risks, and Better Alternatives - Funeral.com, Inc.

Should You Use Lime When Burying a Pet? What It Does, Risks, and Better Alternatives

When a pet dies, families often find themselves doing something they never rehearsed: making a final decision in the middle of grief. Sometimes that decision is cremation. Sometimes it is...

Backyard Pet Burial: Laws, Recommended Depth, and How to Check Your Local Rules - Funeral.com, Inc.

Backyard Pet Burial: Laws, Recommended Depth, and How to Check Your Local Rules

Losing a pet can make the world feel suddenly smaller. In the quiet after the last vet visit or the last sleepy breath at home, many families find themselves asking...