Unless you have a parrot, tortoise, or another unusually long-lived pet such as certain koi fish or reptiles, chances are you ...

Then there's the cost of interring the cremation urn. You don't have to buy a burial space for the remains. You can keep them in an urn on your mantel. Bad idea if you have cats or ball-throwing ...

The owner pays the vet a fee for the arrangements, and the crematorium may return the remains in a small urn ... dog or cat dies, these decisions quickly add up. No one burial or cremation ...