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

[h2ofowlr]

Just a question for the members and the taxidermist on the site. 

Members - How many would get there beloved pet mounted for memory sake?

Taxidermist - How many have actually mounted peoples beloved pets?

The reason I was asking is one of the taxidermists mounted a ladies like 20 year old cat.  It sounded like it was an old hair ball and the taxidermist combed it all out and had it looking fairly real like for $800.00.

[ORCA_SIX]

I wouldn't. As much as I love my kids, I just don't think it would be necessary to remember them. I have pictures in my house of all my past hunting dogs and that suits me just fine.

[boneaddict]

I wouldn't.  It's not how I'd want to remember them, somethign gathering dust in the corner. 

I had a gal that wanted me to taxidermy her pet rooster for her.   

[rasbo]

never

[PolarBear]

When I die I want the wife to have me suffed and place me in a chair on the porch with my old side by side shotgun in my lap for when the girls bring their boyfriends over.  Hey Charlie or Michelle, can I get mounted like gumby where they can bend me around to put me in different positions for different occasions?

[bucklucky]

Polarbear ......... dude 

I will not do a pet, just wont do it. That house cat looked like POOP!

[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. 

[pjb3]

I have had some people ask me to do their pets about 30 years ago, told them no.
I heard someone sued someone for not making their "Fluffy" look real.

[longrange7mm]

  polarbear thats funny chit

I keep saying im going to get my horse mounted with cross-bucks and a bull on it then have a life size bull charging him I seen one kinda like that in AK but it was with a moose! My fiancée asked if I would like to be divorced before were married  

[runamuk]

NO that is kinda like taxidermy for grandpa  

[NWBREW]

Nope. Not me.

[Elkstuffer]

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.

[bucklucky]

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.

[Hornseeker]

Dang Elk Stuffer...that is hard core!!!

Now, 7mm...I love the horse idea but maybe you could do it with a different horse? Like buy a horse hide from someone or something???

[shoot-em-dead]

not me either. I just couldn't imagine seeing my old buddy in the corner everyday and not going thow a ball, taking a run, or goin hunting. Its just not right.

[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.

[Heredoggydoggy]

Years ago, my cousin and I went with a family friend to her brother's ranch to get something of hers.  While we were there, I noticed a black and white furry skin draped over the back of the sofa.  I pointed and asked what it was.  She replied, "Oh, that was my brother's dog.  He loved that dog so much that when it died, he skinned it and tanned the hide to have something to remember him by."  The look and shudder my cousin and I gave each other said only one thing: CREEEEPY!

Everyone is gone now except for my cousin and me, so there will be no hurt feelings for me telling the story after all these years.  But every time I think back to it, I think CREEEEPY!