Inventors:
Bradley Dickey - Batesville IN, US
Rodger Jones - Indianapolis IN, US
Chris Lowery - Batesville IN, US
Darryl Maslar - Batesville IN, US
International Classification:
G06F017/60
A61G017/00
US Classification:
705/001000, 705/027000, 027/001000
Abstract:
A method of providing pet death care products, services and information comprises receiving pet death care products, services and information from a supplier, and, as a preferred provider, dispensing the pet death care products, services and information to pet owners. A method of equipping a preferred provider with pet death care products, services and information to be dispensed to pet owners comprises selecting a preferred provider and supplying the preferred provider with pet death care products, services and information to be dispensed by the preferred provider to pet owners. Preferably the preferred provider is an individual veterinarian or a network of veterinarians. Optionally the preferred provider could be an individual pet store or a nationwide chain or franchise of pet stores, or an individual pet cemetery or a nationwide chain of pet cemeteries. The preferred provider would offer the pet owner such products as pet caskets, urns, memorial markers and products, etc., and grief consoling printed matter such as children's brochures or coloring books dealing with pet loss, etc. The preferred provider would also offer the pet owner such disposition services as cremation and burial, and funeral or other memorial services, etc. The preferred provider would further offer the pet owner information about grief counseling and death/grief support groups, etc.