Don't horses deserve horse-shaped coffins?

I think that would make the world a better place.

Never used a coffin for a horse.

I have berried a couple. Mostly they have gone to doggy chunks.

Well, that would need to be a very large coffin to fit a 1000+ pound animal. Can't imagine how much that would cost.

Some people opt to have their horse cremated and then bury the ashes. Makes a much easier experience. Cremating a horse is around $1200.

Some people will just cut their mane and tail and pull their shoes and just bury those things in a memorial spot.

You can donate them to a medical school for vet student training as well. I know at Ohio State when they are finished with the horse they will have the head, heart and hooves cremated and returned to the owners. The rest of the body will be rendered.

Burying the head, heart, and hooves is pretty common for old horse memorials as well. A whole body is very large especially if you are just creating a memorial in a place where the horse did not die. For example, the Kentucky Horse Park has dozens of graves with only the head, hooves, and heart for many famous race horses and show horses. However, Secretariat was given the honor of being buried whole at Claiborne Farm.

Those who choose to just bury, well that is not always very pleasant. If you are burying on your property, it's often recommended if the horse can walk to dig the hole prior to euthanasia and then euthanizing him next to the hole with hopes when he drops he will land in or close to the hole. It is very difficult to move a deceased horse but there are also services that can pick up bodies and transport for you to either bury in a communal field or render their bodies.

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Definitely if thats what the owner wants. But when my lad passed we layed him to rest in a field rather then anything else to gallop free. Also woudnt they be hard to make and also super expensive? Of course horses deserve the best but idk if thats the best for them when theyve passed away.

Like a horse would really give a crap once it dies. Or even before.

I'm sure lots of folks would chose to do that. However it is cost prohibitive. I'd rather have them cremated so they could be spread out in a place they liked to live.

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