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\"\"<\/a>Donna and Mark Hein have an agreement: Whoever dies first gets the dogs.<\/p>\n

The dogs\u2019 ashes, that is. The Lockport couple plan to have the cremains of their two beloved canines buried with them when they go.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe did that with our two Dobermans growing up. We put their cremains in the caskets of my parents after they passed,\u201d Donna Hein said.<\/p>\n

For now, though, the ashes are kept in decorative tins.<\/p>\n

Increasingly, people\u2019s devotion to their pets is becoming larger than life. They go to great lengths, sometimes at great expense, to protect and honor their animals into eternity.<\/p>\n

Like the Heins, who had their pets cremated at Kozy Acres in Joliet, many opt to handle after-life matters themselves instead of just leaving a deceased animal with a veterinarian.<\/p>\n

Last year, there were five pet funeral services at Lain-Sullivan Funeral Home in Park Forest. Loving Memorial Pet Care operates there. It has its own crematory, owner Michele Johnson said.<\/p>\n

Business has increased 20 percent a year over the five years she\u2019s been in operation, Johnson said. She attributes the growth to the personal touch she offers.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have 24-hour-a-day assistance,\u201d she said. \u201cWe\u2019ll come to your home or to your vet to pick up an animal.\u201d<\/p>\n

Grievers get time to pay their respects before the pet is cremated. Johnson also sells burial palls and caskets for people who opt to bury an animal.<\/p>\n

The palls are stuffed with herbs designed to keep critters away from pets that are buried in a back yard.<\/p>\n

Each pet owner who chooses cremation gets a keepsake card with the paw and nose prints of their beloved animal. They also receive a tuft of fur in a keepsake sack.<\/p>\n

Johnson also sells a complete line of urns, scattering containers and memento jewelry.<\/p>\n

\u201cI try to accommodate every request,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Including the saddest ones.<\/p>\n

Last summer, Stephanie Fisher, 21, of Park Forest, was killed in a fiery car crash on the same day her dog was slated to be euthanized by a local veterinarian. Fisher\u2019s parents had both their daughter and their chocolate Lab, Bosco, brought to Lain-Sullivan. The two buddies were cremated simultaneously.<\/p>\n

Johnson has cremated llamas, birds, snakes, even a goldfish.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople love their pets,\u201d she said. \u201cSo we treat them with respect.\u201d<\/p>\n

At Kozy Acres pet cemetery and crematorium in Joliet, there are 40 to 65 cremations a week. Therese Piaza, who co-owns Kozy Acres with her ex-husband, Tom Gaura, said both private and group cremations are more popular than burial these days.<\/p>\n

With private cremation, a pet\u2019s remains are returned to the owner, either to be buried or kept. In communal cremation, pets are cremated in groups, with all the remains then scattered across the cemetery.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s still dignified but less expensive,\u201d Piaza said.<\/p>\n

Some people, including Cheri Packard, of Shorewood, prefer a traditional burial. Packard has six dogs and one cat buried at Kozy Acres pet cemetery in Joliet.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had a wake and a funeral for all of them,\u201d Packard said. \u201cI just feel that\u2019s the right thing to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kozy Acres, which opened in 1981, has 2,500 marked plots, many with headstones that include photos of the animals buried beneath them. Some feature statues of dogs, cats or of St. Francis, the patron saint of children and animals.<\/p>\n

For those who simply can\u2019t part with their animal friend, there is a third option: preservation.<\/p>\n

Jil-Marie Williams and Dan Borchers, of Chicago, had their dachshund, Weezy, preserved last summer using a freeze-drying method offered at Don\u2019s Taxidermy in Wilmington.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have her sitting on our dining room table right now,\u201d Borchers said. \u201cShe still looks real.\u201d<\/p>\n

Williams and Borchers said their 7-year-old canine died unexpectedly.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe never got to say goodbye,\u201d Williams said.<\/p>\n

At first they thought they would have her cremated. Burial, Borchers said, was not an option because the couple plan to move in the near future.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll our friends and family asked, \u2018What are you doing?\u2019 But now they see how nice she turned out,\u201d Borchers said. \u201cI recommend it to everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n

The option, which calls for removing the internal organs and body fluids before freeze-drying in a position chosen by the client, is becoming increasingly popular, said Don Franzen, owner of Don\u2019s Taxidermy.<\/p>\n

Many taxidermists are reticent to mount a pet because it\u2019s difficult to achieve an authentic look with an animal that a human is so familiar with. Freeze-drying, though more time-consuming and costly, can get those results.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the last two days, I\u2019ve gotten six calls about it,\u201d Franzen said.<\/p>\n

Some requests come from as far away as Maine.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not for everybody,\u201d he conceded.<\/p>\n

Those who do choose it seem to enjoy having a lifelike preservation of their animal, he said.<\/p>\n

The cost for freeze-drying is based on an animal\u2019s weight. An 8- to 10-pound dog starts at about $550, Franzen said.<\/p>\n

Most people approach him with the admission, \u201cPeople think I\u2019m crazy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut who is anyone to judge?\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost of them cry when they come to pick up their pet,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Franzen, also a taxidermist, said working with pets requires a whole new approach to the preservation process, one that calls for sensitivity and people skills.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s like being a mortician,\u201d he said. \u201cYou have to listen to the people, hear their stories. It\u2019s important.\u201d<\/p>\n

Williams and Borchers said they were impressed by the personal touch Franzen and his wife extended.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was so personable,\u201d Borchers said. \u201cWe\u2019re very happy with the result. It\u2019s like you don\u2019t really have to say goodbye.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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