Decisions and Options: Medical Treatment, Pet Hospice, or Pet Euthanasia?

Helpful resources to assist in deciding how to move forward in caring for a severely injured or seriously ill animal

“Sometimes you have to choose between a bunch of wrong choices and no right ones. You just have to choose which wrong choices feels the least wrong.” 
― Colleen Hoover, Hopeless

How Will I Know When It's Time? - A useful guide for deciding when it's time to euthanize a pet - from providers of veterinary hospice and in-home euthanasia, From Lap Of Love

Quality of Life Scale - A tool to help pet parents decide if it's time to make an appointment to discuss pet euthanasia. Created by Pawspice.com

Conceptualized Hospice for Pet's Last Days: Pet "Pawspice" - A well conceptualized, creative, palliative pet hospice - by Dr. Alice E. Villalobos D.V.M.

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Pet End-of-Life Decisions: Telling Your Vet No - How to talk with your vet about euthanasia, hospice and treatment - from the pet experts at VetStreet.com.

Other Animals and Cats and Dogs - Other options, cautions and considerations regarding pet euthanasia - from PetEuthanasia.net.
 
Moving Beyond the Euthanasia Imperative - Discussion of the hospice option and the scarcity of the questioning and history of pet euthanasia - by Jessica Pierce, Ph.D.
 
 
WARNING!:

Every pet euthanasia may result in an increase in any emotional or mental distress or physical pain that may have existed before the euthanasia began because of unforeseen and/or unknown circumstances. This includes those performed by experienced professionals with the latest, most up-to-date certification and training.

 

VIDEO: 

One example of what happens at a Veterinary Hospice Appointment for those of you unfamiliar with this practice. It features Dr. Dani McVety, founder of a family centered pet hospice and in-home animal euthanasia franchise network, the first of its kind in the country. It is called Lap Of Love.

 

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