thanks all. it sucks to lose a friend, but i know it was the right thing to do. i was going to bury him, but when the vet came and did his deal, he just kinda scooped him up and put him in a sack. i asked what's up, and he said he would take him to be cremated. fine, i said, as i probably couldn't have dug a hole anyway with all the tears. been a week and a half now, so i called to find out where my dog was. "oh, he was cremated and disposed of." say huh? so for $150 i got jack s#it. maybe i should have known that before i let him take him away...