my neighbours dog has just died.she has a small garden completely covered in paving.she rang me and asked what she could do with the dogs body since she had nowhere to bury it. i have no idea and would be grateful for any advice
She could phone a local vet and ask their advice. Some councils don't allow you to bury a pet in your garden anyway and operate a 'disposal' system, I know that this is the case in Hull if you live in a council house.
We took Bingo into the woods outside the village and my son dug a really good sixe grave and then we have covered it with chippings and cemented stones around it. He has a headstone too.
You can have a dog cremated if there is a pet crem near to you, it costs £10 for a communal cremation and you don't get the ashes. That's why I buroed Bingo, we had Max cremated that way and I so regret it, but individual cremations are about £90
The vet will take the dog and arrange the cremation. If not most pet crematoriums will collect for a small fee, as they collect from vets on a regular basis.
If your neighbour pays an extra fee to the Pet Crematorium she can have her dogs ashes returned to her (instead of the company scattering them) and she can scatter the ashes herself.
It can make parting with a beloved pet a little easier.
thanks for all the answers; the dog is being collected today for cremation.i di ask if she could bury the dog but was told not on common land.however the problem appears solved. thanks again