Heartfelt Goodbyes, Honored With Dignity
As a locally owned Wilmington, NC pet cremation service, Perkins Goodbye Hugs offers afterlife care for your cherished companion. We walk beside families across the Cape Fear region with the warmth, honesty, and respect you deserve during a heartfelt goodbye.
Serving Wilmington and our surrounding coastal communities.
How We Care for Your Pet
Every family is different, and so is every situation. Look over our options and choose the one that feels right for you.
Two different options
Two ways to lay your companion to rest, depending on whether you wish to keep their ashes close or let them return to the sea.
A Private Cremation ensures only your pet's cremains are returned to you. They are securely sealed in a carved Rosewood urn topped with the Tree of Life and personalized with your pet's name, along with a clay paw print, a lock of their hair, a cremation certificate, and a sympathy card.
Available by pickup or dropoff. Pricing varies by weight of pet.
In a Communal Cremation, your pet is cremated with other pets, and their cremains are laid to rest during one of our burials at sea off the coast of Wrightsville Beach. This economical package offers a beautiful way to lay your loved one to rest if bringing their cremains home is not desired by the family.
Available by pickup or dropoff. Pricing varies by weight of pet.
Getting Your Pet to Us
Both options work with either cremation service above.
You are welcome to bring your companion to us at a time that feels right for you, no appointment is needed. Drop offs are received at 6709 Netherlands Dr, Suite A, Wilmington, NC 28405. We will care for them the moment you arrive, and there is no additional cost to drop off. Just let us know when you are on the way and we will meet you outside to assist.
Available with either cremation option, at no additional cost.
If transporting your companion in feels like too much, we can come to you and bring them into our care for an additional transport fee. Your pet always rides with us inside a small SUV, never in the open bed of a truck. If you are located beyond Wilmington's city limits, reach out and we will discuss options. With Private Cremation, we return them right to your door.
Available with either cremation option. We work with customers within a certain distance from Wilmington's city limits, just contact to discuss.
Cremation pricing varies based on your pet's weight, so every family pays for what is right for their companion. Reach out anytime and we will walk you through your options with a no pressure quote.
Explore All Our ServicesThe Journey Home
When you reach out to Perkins, you are never alone in the steps that follow. Here is exactly what to expect, one step at a time.
When you are ready, call Perkins. Whether this moment is expected or sudden, we answer with patience and without rush. Ask us anything, there is no question too small.
We gently gather a few details about your pet and talk through the options together, helping you choose the service that feels right for your family.
Together we decide on pickup or drop off. Our goal is always to reach your pet as soon as possible. If you are planning ahead with at home care, we can be there when the time comes.
Your companion is handled with dignity and respect from the very first moment. The cremation is carried out with the same care we would want for our own.
The following day, we reach out to arrange the return of your loved one, so their remains can come home as soon as possible.
Every step is taken with the same care we would give our own pets. That is our promise.
Reach Out to Perkins
Meet the People Behind Perkins
John Best and his team are Wilmington locals with a lifelong love for animals. For over a decade they have cared for all kinds of pets across the Cape Fear region, from dogs, cats, farm animals & the smallest and most unexpected of companions.
Kind Words From Families We Have Served
Caring for Every Companion
No matter how big or how small, every pet is family. We offer gentle, respectful and dignified cremation for dogs, cats, small pets, and farm animals throughout Wilmington and the Greater Cape Fear Region.
From the gentlest giants to the smallest pups, our dog cremation service gives your loyal friend a dignified goodbye, with private and communal options and keepsakes to remember them by.
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Our cat cremation service honors the quiet bond you shared. We care for your cat with the same warmth and respect they gave you, with private and communal options across the Cape Fear region.
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Birds, rabbits, reptiles, rodents, and the smallest members of the family deserve a loving farewell too. Our small pet cremation service welcomes every kind of companion with the same care and dignity.
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Goats, pigs, sheep, alpacas, and miniature horses are family too. Our farm animal cremation service cares for larger companions up to 400 pounds with the same dignity and gentle attention.
Learn MoreGentle guidance for every step of saying goodbye, and for finding your way forward when you are ready.
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Read More »Memorial Keepsakes
From handmade clay paw prints to memorial jewelry, urns, and personal keepsakes. Many pieces can hold a small portion of ashes.
Done with Private Packages.
Ask us about our stock.
Paw charms and more.
Carved Tree of Life.
Honored by name w/ Private Cremations.
Given w/ Private Cremation.
A heartfelt note with Private Package.
Find the perfect piece and send it to us to fill with ashes for free.
Trusted Local Partners
We proudly partner with these Wilmington area veterinary clinics and home hospice veterinarians. We are always glad to work with non-partner clinics too, so your pet is cared for either way.
A Country Vet
Coastal Carolina Animal Hospital
Four Oaks Pet Hospital
Hampstead Animal Hospital
Healing Hands Animal Hospital
Holly Ridge Animal Hospital
Needham Animal Hospital
Ocean Rose Veterinary Hospital
Paws & Claws Animal Hospital
Pet Health of Hampstead
Pet Vet on Main
Pine Valley Animal Hospital
Port City Animal Hospital
Rocky Point Animal Hospital
Surf City Pet Hospital
Topsail Animal Hospital
Vet Cross Animal Urgent Care Hospital
Coastal Pet Hospice
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We Are Here for You
Whether you have questions, need a quote, or are ready to make arrangements, reach out any time. No pressure, just care.
