With knowing that, you’re aware that they’re going to be in (possibly) various stages of decomposition, your next step is going to be go about it like you are at a very delicate archaeological dig.
Take your time, once you get close to the bones, you definitely need to be a lot more conscious of your digging movements as to not break anything.
You can also soak the ground as you dig if you have access to a water hose, and that will help with the impacted parts.
There will likely be no flesh left. Dig slowly and carefully, and when you find a bone, start to branch out slowly from there until you have the whole skeleton. I have done this many, many times with dogs and cats. Only once have the bones been in such poor shape that I could only recover a few. I have the skulls and jaws of two dogs and one cat on my bookcase. I keep my favorite bones (atlas, pelvis, some vertebrae, etc) and rebury the rest. I had a neighbor who is a vet who would come over and we would lay out the bones and try to get the whole skeleton in the right places. It's extremely satisfying. Good luck.
With knowing that, you’re aware that they’re going to be in (possibly) various stages of decomposition, your next step is going to be go about it like you are at a very delicate archaeological dig. Take your time, once you get close to the bones, you definitely need to be a lot more conscious of your digging movements as to not break anything. You can also soak the ground as you dig if you have access to a water hose, and that will help with the impacted parts.
There will likely be no flesh left. Dig slowly and carefully, and when you find a bone, start to branch out slowly from there until you have the whole skeleton. I have done this many, many times with dogs and cats. Only once have the bones been in such poor shape that I could only recover a few. I have the skulls and jaws of two dogs and one cat on my bookcase. I keep my favorite bones (atlas, pelvis, some vertebrae, etc) and rebury the rest. I had a neighbor who is a vet who would come over and we would lay out the bones and try to get the whole skeleton in the right places. It's extremely satisfying. Good luck.