Netherton Pet Cremations

Netherton Pet Cremations – A Careful Farewell for a Family Pet

Somebody has to make the arrangements, and it is rarely the person who feels most able to. If you have come here looking at Netherton pet cremations, you are probably that person for your household today. Heavenly Pastures is a family run business providing pet cremations to families throughout Sefton and the wider North West. This page covers what we would do, where your pet would go, what separates the two cremation choices and what it will cost you to find out more.

Making the Arrangements From Netherton

The first telephone call is short if you want it to be and long if you need it to be. We take a few details and then talk you through the sequence of decisions, which is smaller than it feels from the outside. Office hours are Monday to Friday, half past eight in the morning until four in the afternoon, with an out of hours service available at an additional charge. If your pet has died in the evening, there is nothing that must be done before morning.

No Part of Us Sits in Netherton

We have one crematorium and it is at Burscough, near Ormskirk. There is no Heavenly Pastures branch, unit or premises in Netherton itself, and we would rather state that than let a website imply otherwise. What we do is come out to Netherton and collect your pet from your home, which is how the overwhelming majority of arrangements are made. If you would prefer to bring your pet to the crematorium at Burscough in person, you are very welcome, and some families find that easier than a doorstep goodbye.

Collection From the House or From the Surgery

We agree a time rather than issuing one, and we come when we say we will. Where a pet has been put to sleep at the vet, or has died there, we can collect from your veterinary practice instead, and that removes a journey you would otherwise be making on a bad day. Nothing needs preparing in advance beyond somewhere quiet and cool to lay your pet until we arrive.

Gardens, the Water Table and Thinking Burial Through

Netherton has more garden than the terraced streets closer to Bootle, and the post war estates were laid out with real space behind them. Burial therefore looks like a straightforward option here, and for some households it is. It is worth knowing that the low lying ground running out towards Rimrose Valley and Buckley Hill holds water badly through winter, and that a grave dug shallow in wet clay is not a grave that stays undisturbed. Families who have since moved house also tell us they wish they had thought harder about leaving the garden behind.

The Two Choices Explained Without Euphemism

Choosing an individual cremation service means your pet is cremated on their own and comes home to you as ashes, returned in person rather than sent through the post. Choosing a communal cremation service means your pet is cremated with other animals and there are no ashes for anyone afterwards. Families are sometimes shocked to learn that second point late in the process, so we put it near the front. Both are proper choices, and the right one is the one that suits your household rather than the more expensive one.

The Dog Who Knew the Route Round Rimrose Valley

A dog builds a route into your week, and it is the route you notice first. The path through Rimrose Valley, the loop back past the activity centre, the same corner where they always stopped. Our individual dog cremation service covers every breed and size, and if yours is a large dog we will bring what we need to lift them properly. Owners often say the walk is the thing they cannot face for a fortnight afterwards, and there is no rule saying you must.

What Governs the Price

Cost is built from the cremation type, the size of your pet and the collection band, which is worked out by travelling time from Burscough rather than charged as one figure to everyone. Anything arranged outside standard hours carries an extra charge on top. Rather than print figures that will age badly, we keep them updated on the pet cremation price list, and nobody will quote you one thing and invoice another.

When You Know the Appointment Is Coming

If your vet has told you honestly that there is not long left, arranging the aftercare beforehand takes one decision out of a day that will already have too many. Our page on planned euthanasia sets out how everything dovetails around the appointment, whether that happens at the surgery or in your own front room. Ringing ahead is not tempting fate. It is one of the kindest things you can do for your future self.

Coming to Burscough to Say Goodbye

The chapel of rest at our crematorium is there for families who want a little more time. Telephone first where you can so the room is ready for you, though we can usually fit somebody in at short notice. Nobody times these visits and nobody stands over you.

Checking We Come to Your Street

Sefton is covered in full, but if you are arranging things on behalf of a parent or sibling living elsewhere, the areas we cover page lists everywhere we serve. Where an address falls just off the edge, ring and ask rather than assuming.

A Photograph and a Few Words

Later on, if it appeals to you, there is space in the Remembrance section of this website for a picture of your pet and something you would like said about them. A great many families have added theirs, and reading them is oddly comforting company in the early weeks.

Talking to Somebody Today

Our number is 01704 776976, answered by people who arrange this daily and will not hurry you off the line. If you would sooner write it down than say it, the contact form reaches us just as reliably. Asking a question puts you under no obligation whatsoever.