Do include something for her. Our kids were heart broken when our husky died of old age. I cut off a corner of the blanket for each of them with the intent to sew it into a larger one. The rest of the blanket I planned to bury with the dog ( partly because it never would come clean of dog smell) My husband pulled it at the last minute and now I'm stuck with this smelly thing I can't get rid of. Perhaps eventualy she would like a piece of the old blanket preserved or sewn into the new one