Would You Choose Home Euthanasia To Say Goodbye To Your Pet?
Farewelling a pet can be a challenging time for all, even before the much
added stress of the unfamiliar and sterile environment at a veterinary clinic.
Nevertheless, pet owners have felt lucky enough to find a home euthanasia
service to give them time to say goodbye to their beloved pet. Despite being a
newer service in the vet industry, it is growing fast as more people become
aware of it. What are your thoughts LiveTribers? Would you choose home
euthanasia to say goodbye to your pet?
Posted by on 29 Oct 2021
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Jezemeg8
When my darling Elsa suffered a stroke last year and passed away in my arms soon
after I discovered her dragging herself around, her back legs no longer working,
there wasn't time to get her to the vet or call for help, plus it was at 2am.
When I farewelled Jeze for her journey over the rainbow bridge, it was in a
vet's office and they were marvellous, allowing me to spend as much time as I
needed with her even after she'd begun her journey. They then organized to have
her ashes sent to me, they still sit on my bedside table.
So, as to whether I'd use a home euthanasia service it would very much depend on
the cost and the experience of the person offering the service as pets generally
pass away without any help at all, sadly!
My mother recently had to say goodbye to her dog Emma. It did not go as
expected, rather traumatic to say the least and not wanting to go into the
graphic details of what occurred. It is however based on this I personally would
always choose the Vet clinic to say my goodbyes. I however totally understand
why others would choose home. In saying all of this losing a furry family member
is heart breaking no matter where we say goodbye.
We have had to say farewell to many of our precious Fur Babies and I find it
less stressful and traumatic to do it at the Vet's Clinic. Our vets are long
time friends and always allow us privacy and time to say our farewells,
cancelling any other appointments just before and after ours so we are not
rushed away. My Babies have died in my arms, out of their pain and knowing I
love them. Often it has not even needed the sedative before they look into my
eyes , close theirs and give a sigh of relief. Arrangements are then made for
our precious one to be cremated with the ashes coming to us in an urn shortly
afterwards. We have had to have the vet for our larger animals like horses and
cattle but we made sure the children were not home. The one time we got the vet
to come to our home for our old labrador it was absolutely traumatic for all of
us instead of the peaceful farewell we now know.
Twenty one years ago, after picking up our beloved pet cat, named TimTam from
the cattery where we had lodged him as my husband & I came home from spending
time with family interstate, I noticed that TimTam was off his usual food &
seemed a lot slower ithey made up a lovely white casket, all lined with white
taffeta & had seen to TimTam as well. n his movements. We took him to the local
vets who did xx-rays & tests etc but found that he didn't have cancer of any
kind. We took him back on the Monday after the weekend, with the vet stating
that there was not much they could do for him. His age was against him as well,
as he was 17 years old. Over the weekend the vet had done some more tests &
x-rays & found that he had fluid in his lungs which they then drained, but said
that his lungs would fill up again. That was when we made the decision to put
him to sleep, as he was still a bit sleepy from the anaesthetic. It was the
hardest thing we had to do, but after the injection intoTimTam had been done, we
were allowed to stay & say our goodbye to our family member. I knew of a shop
where they cremated animals so I went to them & explained the situation & they
agreed to do it. Before TimTam was cremated we actually had a viewing & the
assistants in the shop had done a marvellous job as TimTam looked at peace. The
shop gave us his ashes in a small urn & he sits in the lounge room with us as we
feel he is still in the house. His ashes will be scattered when my husband has
passed away & the same with me, oure ashes will all be mixed together & our Will
will say where that is to be. A very sad occasion.
