Taxidermy USA Show - Would you have your pet mounted???

[boneaddict]

I take it back, I did do my pirahna.  Turned out like crap, but it was my first attempt at a fish.  More for the experience than for the sentiment.

[BLKBEARKLR]

I wont mount a pet, like said get a dozen or so calls a year about it. I did however mount a pet bobcats foot. Just the foot nothing else.


Joe

[halflife65]

No way - wouldn't consider it.

[Kuduman]

I refuse to mount pets also. I get 25-30 calls a year to do everything from goldfish and hamsters to dogs and cats. I usually send them to a freeze-dry outfit in Colorado.

I did get a call from a guy wanting to have a lynx done. I told him my price and when he showed up his wife was with him and she got out of the car a was crying. I'm like "what's going on". Turns out it was there PET lynx that they had for 13 years. I didn't have the heart to tell the wife no. So I mounted it after going over at least 50 photos that they provided and it turned out real nice. They came to pick her up and the wife started crying and then he started crying and then I started crying. It was the most mentally difficult animal that I have ever done. It also reaffirms why I will never do another.

You sissy Ric , Just kidding. I do not like being in those kinds of positions. I hate it when a client passes on too. Makes it real tough having to work with family members while they greive. Tough stuff.

Ditto:
 Like Rick I send pets to a freeze dryer in Colorado that specializes in pets. I've had mixed results with them and because of that I have shied away from pets except for reptiles. Recreating a deer or elk's expression is easy compared to capturing fluffy's or Rovers personality.  I find it very difficult when dealing with grieving owners in comparison to a happy successfully tag holder. I'll spend allot of time talking with an owner before I committ to a project on a pet.

 Kuduman

[Kowsrule30]

Nope.... Too much $$$$$ already went in to mine.... I have a shovel.... Plus imo that would be weird...  Maybe it's just me... And I told my daughter not to name the chickens... But tonight, Tom Tom the Rooster is joining us..... 

[PolarBear]

I heard that there are a lot of folks "mounting' pets in Enumclaw!

[ICEMAN]

I heard that there are a lot of folks "mounting' pets in Enumclaw!

 

[h2ofowlr]

Here you go.  Mount your favorite hunting dog in a memorable pose.   

[steen]

Nope, but they are buried in the back yard with a beautiful Red Current marking the spot of both of our good dogs.

[NRA4LIFE]

No, I think that would be kinda creepy.

[DOUBLELUNG]

How about a shoulder mount of the ex-wife? 

[Gutpile]

I get at least a dozen calls a year from people asking me to mount Fluffy.  Usually when I tell them the procedure they opt for cremation.  You would be surprised at how many people don't realize that we don't leave the animal intact a inject with some magic solution to preserve them.  Usually when I get to the part of skinning them and throwing the rest of Fluffy in the trash. . . . . they change there mind.  I have had a few ask me to tan there pets hide.

    

Thats as wrong as wrong could be!!! I wonder what my wife would have said if I tanned my lab when he died.   

That just kills me.   

Did you do it?

[pianoman9701]

How about a shoulder mount of the ex-wife? 

Would she actually have to be dead at the time of the taxidermy?

[Michelle_Nelson]

I get at least a dozen calls a year from people asking me to mount Fluffy.  Usually when I tell them the procedure they opt for cremation.  You would be surprised at how many people don't realize that we don't leave the animal intact a inject with some magic solution to preserve them.  Usually when I get to the part of skinning them and throwing the rest of Fluffy in the trash. . . . . they change there mind.  I have had a few ask me to tan there pets hide.

 

Thats as wrong as wrong could be!!! I wonder what my wife would have said if I tanned my lab when he died. 

That just kills me. 

Did you do it?

NO

[DOUBLELUNG]

How about a shoulder mount of the ex-wife? 

Would she actually have to be dead at the time of the taxidermy?

Not at the start.