Cherished Pets Funeral Home and Crematory
Details updated August 2026
These three words are the most confusing part of pet cremation, and providers do not all use them the same way. Confirm which one you are buying before you agree to it.
Communal (also called group)
Several pets are cremated together and the ashes are not separated afterwards. You do not get ashes back. This is normally the lowest-cost option.
Private
Your pet is the only animal in the chamber. Ashes are returned to you. This is normally the highest-cost option.
Individual (also called partitioned or segregated)
More than one pet is in the chamber at the same time, kept apart by trays or dividers. Ashes are returned, but because the animals share the chamber a small amount of mixing is possible. This is the term that varies most between providers — some use “individual” to mean exactly what others mean by private.
The question that settles it: how many animals are in the chamber at the same time as my pet? Ask Cherished Pets Funeral Home and Crematory that directly rather than relying on the name of the package.
Pet cremation is usually priced in weight bands rather than as a single flat fee. Providers set a few bands — commonly a small, a medium and a large — and the price steps up at each one. A cat and a large dog will not cost the same.
Two other things move the figure:
- Private normally costs more than individual, which normally costs more than communal.
- Urn, engraving, paw print, fur clipping and collection from a veterinary practice are often separate line items rather than part of the base price.
We do not hold weight bands or package prices for Cherished Pets Funeral Home and Crematory. Ask for the band that matches your pet’s weight and for the total including every add-on, so the figure you are quoted is the figure you pay.
With communal cremation, ashes are not returned at all. With private or individual cremation, return times across the industry generally run from a few days to around two weeks, depending on the provider’s schedule and on whether your pet is being collected from a veterinary practice first.
Ask Cherished Pets Funeral Home and Crematory for a specific date, how you will be told the ashes are ready, and whether they come back to you directly, go to your vet for collection, or are shipped.
Many pet crematories collect directly from vets, and if your pet died at a practice the vet will often arrange it for you. That is convenient, but it means the choice of crematory can be made without you.
- If your vet is arranging it, ask which crematory they use — it may not be this one.
- Ask whether collection is included in the price or charged separately.
- Ask whether you can bring your pet in yourself, if you would rather.
Ink paw prints, clay paw impressions, fur clippings, engraved urns and memorial jewelry are commonly offered. Some providers include one keepsake in the base price and charge for the rest; others charge for all of them.
If you want a paw print or a fur clipping, say so before the cremation. They cannot be taken afterwards.
Ask Cherished Pets Funeral Home and Crematory which keepsakes are included and which are extra, and get the answer in writing.
The FTC Funeral Rule is the regulation that gives families price protections when they arrange a funeral. It does not apply to pets. The Rule (16 CFR Part 453) defines cremation as a heating process that incinerates human remains, and defines funeral services as the care and preparation of deceased human bodies. The words “pet” and “animal” do not appear in it.
For your pet, that means:
- There is no legal right to a General Price List — the itemized price sheet a funeral home has to hand you for human services.
- There is no requirement to give you itemized prices over the phone.
- There is no requirement to let you supply your own urn or container without a fee.
That does not mean a provider is behaving badly — plenty of pet crematories publish clear prices and hand over written quotes without being asked. It means the protections you may be expecting are not automatic here, so ask for them directly.
- How many animals are in the chamber at the same time as my pet?
- Will I get my pet’s ashes back, and how do you identify my pet through the process?
- What is the total price for my pet’s weight, including urn, keepsakes and collection?
- What date will the ashes be ready, and how will you let me know?
- Is the cremation done at your own facility, or sent to another company?
- Can I witness the cremation, or visit the facility?
- Can I have all of that in writing before I agree?
It was one of the most painful days my husband and I had experienced, and Cherished Pets helped us when we had no idea what to do. The kindness shown to us, and our beloved Figaro, was just lovely. We will forever be grateful for the services that were provided.
I brought my sweet little girl Ellie back home today from the Cherished Pets Funeral Home and Cremation. Her Urn turned out so beautiful and perfect with her picture of her that looks exactly like my Ella. Debbie and Michael made her final journey a bit more tolerable with their kindness, thoughtfulness, patience, and professionalism when I brought my Ella in last Friday. I was extremely upset and emotional but Debbie made my wife Debbie and I very comfortable discussing the very uncomfortable details and made us feel like family. They both did a 1st Class Job in making Ella's Life Journey a very memorable experience. God Bless you Debbie and Michael from my family to yours Oe
Some very close friends of mine had an accident on a four wheeler that put both of them in the ICU and unfortunately their small dog, who loved riding along with them, did not survive the wreck. It was my immediate family that found their pet shortly after our friends were taken to the hospital by ambulance, leaving me clueless on how to properly and respectfully handle laying a pet to rest that was not mine, and unable to ask my friends what they would want. We decided that cremation would be the best thing to do, so my girlfriend found Cherished Pets Funeral Home and I can not express enough how comforting and supportive they are. After lots of hesitation, I was immediately at peace, and confident with the decision we made. I do not feel that there is any better family that could offer so much comfort and support during a time as difficult as losing a pet. As affordable as the process was, I am assured that they choose to do what they do every day because they genuinely care. I can n
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Cherished Pets Funeral Home and Crematory has not published pet cremation prices with us.
Expect the quote to depend on your pet’s weight band, on whether you choose communal, individual or private cremation, and on any urn, keepsakes or collection from your vet.
Ask for the total in writing. Pets are not covered by the FTC Funeral Rule, so an itemized price list is not something you are entitled to by law.
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