Karen and Rob Gardiner Box 1325 Virden, MB R0M 2C0
Pet Cremation and Treasured Memorial for Your Cherished Pet.
The Crematorium
Welcome to our cremation facility built in 2004.
Private Cremation
Enjoy a relaxing place to discuss your personalized cremation needs.
Available Urns
Jewelry
Keep your beloved close to your heart with these beautiful pendants. They hold a tiny bit of ash and can be worn or hung by chain somewhere special.
Pet memorial pendant
$35
Your choice of traditional urns
We ensure the utmost professional handling of your pets and their remains while they are in our care. We offer prompt service and carry a wide assortment of urns to meet individual preferences. We also offer pick up and delivery services.
Scatter Tube Urns
These durable tubes have a perforated push-in tab to ease scattering of ashes and are also suitable for burial or display. Made from 90% recycled materials, they are environmentally friendly and biodegradable!
Small $35
Medium $45
Large $55
Ceramic urn
This urn is readily available in black or white. They can be personalized with a lovely gold, rose gold or silver chain and tag (see below) to hang around the top ($10).
Prices range from $40-$80 depending on the size of the urn.
The Odyssey Series
These handcrafted pewter urns come in two different styles. They can be personalized with the name plate of your choice hanging on a chain around the top of the urn ($10). Choose either a single pewter paw print or double gold paw print for the top.
Small $70
Medium $80
Large $90
XL $110
Wooden Photo Box
Add a favourite picture of your pet and a gold or silver plate to personalize your Wooden Photo Box ($10. There are three sizes available and a choice between a redwood, birch or black finish.
Small $75
Medium $80
Large $85
ANGEL MEMORY STONE
Remember your cherished pet with this beautiful angel cat memory stone. This would be a beautiful addition to any garden, flowerbed or fireplace mantle. (Available with a rose gold heart tag for an additional $10.)
One Size $85
Rose Gold Urn
This beautiful Rose Gold urn with pawprint inlay can be personalized with the name plate of your choice hanging on a chain around the top of the urn. It will arrive in a beautiful velvet bag.
Small $85
Medium $95
Large $110
Personalized pet tags
Use your pet's current tags or select on of our tags, which come in the shapes shown below.
$10.00
$10.00
These Pet tags can be made to accompany any urn of your choice.
$10.00
$10.00
Private Cremations
Private Cremation
Private cremation prices differ depending on your pet's weight. Please call us for details regarding the cost for your pet.
Mass Cremations
Mass Cremation
When pets arrive at Peaceful Valley Pet Crematorium for a mass cremation they are treated with the same respect and dignity given to private services. We think of this service as the “Circle of Life”. When we chose the name of our facility, Peaceful Valley, we felt it was very appropriate as it is a peaceful, beautiful place for your pet to be cared for and laid to rest. Our environmentally friendly process includes composting the mass cremation ashes and spreading them back on our land in the beautiful Assiniboine Valley, thus completing the "Circle of Life". Please call us for details regarding the cost of this service for your pet.
The Rainbow bridge
“Just this side of Heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge.
When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, that pet goes to Rainbow Bridge. There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and play together. There is plenty of food and water and sunshine, and our friends are warm and comfortable. All the animals who had been ill and old are restored to health and vigour; those who were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by.
The animals are happy and content, except for one small thing: they miss someone very special to them; who had to be left behind.
They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance. The bright eyes are intent; the eager body quivers. Suddenly he begins to break away from the group, flying over the green grass, his legs carrying him faster and faster. YOU have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet, you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again. The happy kisses rain upon your face; your hands again caress the beloved head, and you look once more into the trusting eyes of your pet, so long gone from your life but never absent from your heart.
Then you cross Rainbow Bridge Together......." (Anonymous)
If It should be
If it should be that I grow weak
And pain should keep me from my sleep,
Then you must do what must be done,
For this last battle cannot be won.
You will be sad, I understand,
Don't let your grief then stay your hand.
For this day, more than all the rest,
Your love for me must stand the test.
We've had so many happy years.
What is to come can hold no fears.
You'd not want me to suffer so;
The time has come---please let me go.
Take me where my need they'll tend,
And please stay with me till the end.
Hold me firm and speak to me
Until my eyes no longer see.
I know in time that you will see
The kindness that you did for me.
Although my tail its last has waved,
From pain and suffering I've been saved.
Please do not grieve---it must be you
Who has this painful thing to do.
We've been so close, we two, these years;
Don't let your heart hold back its tears.
Anonymous
Gone But Not Forgotten
"There is a cycle of love and death that shapes the lives of those who choose to travel in the company of animals. It is a cycle unlike any other. To those who have never lived through its turnings and walked its rocky path, our willingness to give our hearts with full knowledge that they will be broken seems incomprehensible. Only we know how small a price we pay for what we receive; our grief, no matter how powerful it may be, is an insufficient measure of the joy we have been given."
- Suzanne Clothier, from her book "Bones Would Rain from the Sky: Deepening Our Relationships with dogs"
Beyond the Rainbow Bridge
They saw you watching over them as they finally closed their eyes,
They smelt your scent as they breathed in and out for the last time.
They heard the way your voice broke as you told them they were loved,
They felt you as you held them with your gentle, farewell touch.
Now they watch each morning as you pass their empty bed,
They watch you lose composure and they see the tears you shed.
They hear you bear the silence of the footsteps that are gone,
That walk across your heart each day like echoes of a song.
They feel the pang of emptiness you get when you’re alone,
In moments when you realize that they’re never coming home.
But in their darkest moment you were there to hold them tight,
And they just want the same for you so you can feel alright.
So they’re sewing you a rainbow, weaving ribbons through the sky,
So they can let you know that life is good beyond goodbye.
So next time it is raining and the sun appears as well,
Just feel and look and listen to what they are trying to tell.
They’re telling you it’s spring there with its showers and its sun,
Where there are endless fields for them to play and stretch and run.
They’re telling you they sleep upon the biggest, softest beds
That they have stitched from all the clouds that float above your head.
They’re telling you they’re not alone for there are many others,
And they’ve been reunited with their parents, sisters, brothers,
They’re showing you their rainbow so you know they won’t forget you
And to tell you they will always be so happy that they met you.
And they’re telling you they love you and though they’ll be dearly missed,
Not to worry, ‘cause it’s beautiful beyond the rainbow bridge
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Becky Hemsley 2022
Beautiful artwork by Paige Keiser