Pet & Animal Cremation Services in Mingo Junction, OH

If you would like to learn more about our pet loss services and products, please do not hesitate to contact us. As the leading provider of pet loss services in the Mingo Junction area, we are here to assist families in their time of need. Our caring and experienced staff would be happy to speak with you and answer any questions you may have.

If your pet passes away or if you have made the difficult decision to euthanize them, we understand that your emotions may be overwhelming. That's why we offer to transfer your pet directly from the veterinarian or facility near Mingo Junction into our care. Our team of dedicated professionals will coordinate with the veterinarian to arrange the pickup at a time that is convenient for you. We ensure that the process is handled with the utmost respect and sensitivity, providing you with peace of mind during a very difficult time. 

A human is cremated by being placed into a crematorium, and through extreme heat the body reduces to small bone fragments. A pet cremation works the exact same way. Depending on the type of cremation requested, your pet is put into a pet crematorium by itself or with other pets divided by spacers. The chamber then heats up and the body reduces to a substance that resembles ashes but in fact is small, light colored bone fragments. Depending on the size of your animal or pet, it can take up to several hours for the thermal process from start to finish. Anything metal will have to be removed from your pet including a collar or any surgical pins before being placed in a crematory but we will work with you if there is something you would like to include in the cremation process.

Naturally, you want to ease their way. While you may feel a need to take your pet to your veterinarian’s office for euthanasia, there are many things you can do at home to naturally help your pet through the process of “letting go” of life. Here are seven recommendations:

• As you wish to comfort your pet, speak soothingly to him or her. Keep lighting soft, and you may also want to put on some soothing classical or ambient music in the background.
• Since his or her circulation could be slowing down, you may wish to cover your pet with a blanket.
• Do not force him or her to eat. Keep their mouth moistened if possible, by gently dripping water onto their tongue.
• Recognize that when death is near, their senses will begin to fail. The first is their sense of smell, followed by the senses of taste and sight. The last to go will be their hearing.
• Gently reposition him or her, if needed, to make them more comfortable.
• Allow your pet to choose the place he or she wishes to lay down, and then make him or her as comfortable as possible by surrounding them with well-loved toys, pictures, or fresh flowers.
• Respect their need for solitude, but don’t feel a need to isolate your pet from the family. Just like you, your pet would like to be surrounded by those people he or she loves most. Stay close, but don’t crowd your pet, or make them nervous by being too close.

The hard, sorrowful work is almost over. You have done so much to care for your beloved pet in his or her final hours, and we know how difficult it has been for you and your family. Now you can turn your pet’s final care over to us, and focus on caring for one another during these early hours of grieving the loss of your pet. 

We can assist in the cremation of pocket pets, exotics, cats and dogs.

• Steubenville Veterinary Hospital, 146 N 7th St, Steubenville, OH 43952

• Pet Supplies Plus Steubenville, 100 Mall Dr, Steubenville, OH 43952
  

• Clippendales Dog Grooming, 101 1/2 Holly Ave, Mingo Junction, OH 43938
• Pet-Agree Grooming, 1338 Co Rd 19, Mingo Junction, OH 43938
• Hair Off The Dawg, 83 Township Rd 177, Mingo Junction, OH 43938

• Woof Inn, 603 Joseph Dr., Mingo Junction, OH 43938
• Daisy Pet Services LLC, 1205 Gilchrist St, Brilliant, OH 43913