Saying goodbye
At home, on their own bed, with everybody there.
This is the visit most families ring about, and it is the reason a lot of housecall practices exist. Nothing about it is rushed and nothing about it happens before you are ready.
- 01
The phone call
Usually the hardest part. We talk about where the animal is, who wants to be there, and whether today is the day — and it is entirely fine if the answer is not yet.
- 02
Choosing the place
Their bed, the sunny patch by the door, the garden, the back of the car if that is where they are happiest. Nobody has to move them.
- 03
Sedation first, always
A small injection, and then twenty minutes or so of everybody sitting with a sleepy animal. This part is not rushed and it is the part families remember.
- 04
The second injection
Quiet, quick, and they are already asleep. I will tell you what is happening as it happens, or say nothing at all if you would rather.
- 05
Afterwards
I stay as long as you want. Aftercare is arranged with a local crematorium and I take care of the arrangement; you do not have to make a phone call that week.
If you are not sure it is time
Most people are not, and the not-being-sure is its own kind of exhausting. A quality of life assessment is $110 and it is exactly that: forty-five minutes looking at the animal and talking honestly, with no decision required on the day and a written note afterwards so you are not relying on memory.
Several families a year have that visit and are told it is not time yet.
- Home euthanasia
- $395
- Includes sedation, the visit itself, and as long as it takes. Aftercare is arranged separately and priced by the crematorium.
Ring for this one rather than using the form. It is not a conversation to have through a text box.