This is Part 4, Step 3 of our Support Protocols for 14 Common Situations series. The cases described in this series are drawn from everyday scenarios found in general veterinary practice or emergency and specialty practices. Below you’ll find an example of a type of case you’re likely to encounter in practice. This blog’s subject is a case involving client-present euthanasia. Due to the complexity of this situation, this topic has been divided into three separate blogs: Step 1, Step 2, and Step 3. If you haven’t read the previous two blogs, go back and read them first. Stay Connected… Continue Reading
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Client-Present Euthanasia: Situational Support Protocols – Step 2
This is Part 4, Step 2 of our Support Protocols for 14 Common Situations series. The cases described in this series are drawn from everyday scenarios found in general veterinary practice or emergency and specialty practices. Below you’ll find an example of a type of case you’re likely to encounter in practice. This blog’s subject is a case involving client-present euthanasia. Due to the complexity of this situation, this topic has been divided into three separate blogs: Step 1, Step 2, and Step 3. If you haven’t read the first blog, go back and read Step 1 before reading Step… Continue Reading
Memorializing with a Clay Paw Print Memorial
The human-animal bond is thought to have evolved more than 15,000 years ago. Animals have worked and been by the side of humans for almost as long as humans have existed. The memorialization of a pet can be tracked all the way back to the Stone Age. In 1914, a gravesite, decorated with bones and antlers, was unearthed and shown to be the resting place of a man, women, and their dog. With the human-animal bond growing stronger throughout time, so does the grief associated with losing a pet. With pet ownership increasing significantly, it has lead to many studies… Continue Reading
Client-Present Euthanasia: Situational Support Protocols – Step 1
This is Part 4, Step 1 of our Support Protocols for 14 Common Situations series. The cases described in this series are drawn from everyday scenarios found in general veterinary practice or emergency and specialty practices. Below you’ll find an example of a type of case you’re likely to encounter in practice. This blog’s subject is a case involving client-present euthanasia. Due to the complexity of this situation, this topic has been divided into three separate blogs. Situation: Client-Present Euthanasia The Mathews family, including Sarah and Jeff; their 6-year-old son, Jonah; and their 13-year-old cocker spaniel named Buddy, arrive at… Continue Reading
Euthanasia Decision Making: Situational Support Protocols
This is Part 3 of our Support Protocols for 14 Common Situations series. The cases described in this series are drawn from everyday scenarios found in general veterinary practice or emergency and specialty practices. Below you’ll find an example of a type of case you’re likely to encounter in practice. This blog’s subject is a case involving euthanasia decision making. Situation: Euthanasia Decision Making Dawn is sitting beside you in an exam room after a follow up visit with her Cairn Terrier, Candy, who is terminally ill. You’ve told her that the prognosis is bad and it may be time… Continue Reading
Healing The Heart Before It Breaks
Guest blog by Elizabeth Allen Who are you, what do you do? You say your name, your profession and you can see folks forming mental pictures of how relatable your answer might be in their world. And you feel yourself begin to shrink and expand at the same time and it hurts. Because you want to fit their point of view and yet you can’t help but expand, because you know that you are so much more than the letters after your last name. You are an end-of-life Veterinarian and that changes everything. When you enter the home for an… Continue Reading
Clay Paw Print to Begin the Bond
Hi! I’m Cassie and I’m the owner and founder of Golden Growls Senior Pet Rescue. Because of my love for Senior dogs, I have not had a puppy in 13 years – that sounds even crazier as I type it out. My husband and I have enjoyed the slower pace and calmness that comes along with having older dogs. Though we had talked about getting a puppy in the future to give our kids the experience of having a puppy to grow up with, we had no immediate plans. Well, after a string of “meant to be” events, we adopted… Continue Reading
Delivering Bad News: Situational Support Protocols
This is Part 2 of our Support Protocols for 14 Common Situations series. The cases described in this series are drawn from everyday scenarios found in general veterinary practice or emergency and specialty practices. Below you’ll find an example of a type of case you’re likely to encounter in practice. This blog’s subject is a case about delivering bad news Situation: Delivering Bad News A client named Joanna rushes into your hospital holding her cat, Boots, in her arms. She is crying and distraught, and it’s obvious that Boots is in respiratory distress. You immediately take the cat to an… Continue Reading
