How We're different

We’re Local.

Our pet funeral home is located in Bellingham, WA and our crematoriums are on-site. We are a small privately owned business.

Our services are dedicated 100% to pets.

Our facility is expressly designed to provide after-care for pets (and only pets) and to give comfort to grieving pet parents.

Our facility is open to the public.

You are welcome to stop by anytime and look around all areas of our facility. The space is warm and welcoming. We are often told that it has a “good vibe.”

We offer both flame and eco-friendly water cremation.

Few pet cremation services offer both flame and eco-friendly water cremation. We are one of the first in the world to do so, and among the first in Washington State to offer water cremation (alkaline hydrolysis).

Both our flame crematorium (Therm-Tec S-18) and our pet aquamation machine (Bio-Response PET550) are on-site at our facility, and both are completely controlled by Radiant Heart.

Click here for more information about the two types of cremation.

No pressure!

You do not have to make a decision about cremation or  memorials immediately after your pet’s death. You can wait up to several days to finalize your order. 

We use a secure tracking system.

The moment your pet comes into our care they are assigned a steel identification tag (the type used for human cremation). The tag number is documented on your order form and in our computer system. This tag never leaves your pet – it stays with them throughout the cremation process and is placed inside their urn and returned to you.

Daily pick up/transfer.

We offer complimentary on-demand pick up from any Referring Veterinary Service Provider (VSP) in Whatcom County. Twice a week we pick up from referring VSPs in Skagit and Snohomish Counties. For referring VSPs in the San Juan Islands, pickups occur every two weeks.

We also offer on-demand residential pick ups, and pick ups from non-referring VSPs, and we do charge a fee for this service.

You are always welcome to bring your deceased pet directly to our facility. Pet parents often experience great relief by seeing our facility and meeting our staff prior to their pet’s cremation.*

See Transportation Options for more information.

We aren’t always fast, but we do guarantee quality.

Our typical turn-around time is 7-10 days — this is from the date your order is confirmed to the date you can pick up your pet’s after-care package. Return periods for special order items (like custom urns, jewelry, etc.) may take several weeks to several months.

Limited use of freezers.

Your pet’s body will be kept safe and cool in a special refrigerated room we call our Cool Room. The Cool Room is a temperature-controlled room made from industrial freezer panels that stays at 40 degrees Fahrenheit.

We offer witnessed cremations.

With a private flame cremation or a partitioned eco-friendly water cremation, you have the option of being present when we place your pet in the crematorium and turn on the equipment. If you can’t be present, but still want to witness the cremation, then for a fee we will video tape the start of your pet’s cremation. Click here for more information on our special services.

Just because you’ve chosen a communal cremation doesn’t mean you don’t have memorial options.

Even if you don’t want your pet’s cremated remains you can still purchase any memorial that does not include cremated remains.

*Radiant Heart does not provide euthanasia service. A pet must be deceased before they are brought to our facility.