Thanks y'all for responding. When he said to me it would be done by time I got home, I told him I needed to be there for the closure for myself. She was in an animal body bag in a box in the garage since thursday night. I needed to be there. We didn't say much after that.

When I got home I saw the mound of dirt and knew he had gone ahead with HIS plan. I asked him questions about it all and he told me that he had put her favorite toys in the ground with her. I told him that I really needed the closure and that I was upset with him that he did that without me being there. He said he knew that and he was sorry. I am not mad, have not been mean to him, but damn how much more open and honest can I be? There have been alot of things we have never talked about. I think it might be time to bring that stuff up once the shock of being without Nikki subsides. Nikki was more my companion around the house, she was with me more. Anyway, its done with now. Thanks for all the responses, it makes me look at things from different view points.

Annette