[Soul Quake]

She's been on chemotherapy since December. She stopped responding to treatment and doesn't have much more time. Unfortunately I will be facing the inevitable soon.

My question is -- do I take her to the vet's office for euthanasia, or have it done in my home? The house would be less stressful on her, but it might create bad memories. I don't know which is better. Maybe someone here has experience. Thanks.

[Nammu]

I've no experience with that scenario. I had one foster cat that had cancer and it was done at the vets, was very peaceful. Just wanted to give you some hugs.

[gayleggg]

I had my dog euthanized at the vets office that way there were no bad memories at home.

I'm sorry you are having to go through this.

[Travelinglady]

I'm so sorry. We had our cat done at the vets. I've never heard of doing it at home. Are you thinking of doing it yourself?

[Unrigged64072835]

We had our pets done at the vet's office. They also offered cremation services so we can at least have the ashes.

[crimsoncat]

having it done at home can make it a less stressful experience because it is more private and less rushed you get to spend more time with the pet after if anything I believe it makes the best of a bad situation,I am sorry you are having to go through this

[88Butterfly88]

No advice but so sorry to hear this!

[cakeladie]

When we had to put our dog to sleep we looked into having it done at home. Our friends had it done at home and it was a good experience for them. They did it outside in the backyard on the grass with their dogs favorite toys etc.

We had not decided yet but we knew we had to do something soon. It was almost unheard of fir my grandmother to keep both my kids overnight. One kid yes but not both she was in her late 70's. But it was spring break and my grandmother called me at work and said she would like to keep them both. I called hubby and told him. It would be a rare night that we didn't have any kids.

I hurried to get home. We were going to go out to dinner a treat for us. When I walked into the house the house was errialy quite. I called for my hubby and found him sitting on the edge of our bed with his head hanging down. I asked what was wrong and he said smokey (our dog) can't get up anymore.

Smokey was our son's 5th birthday present. He was a German shepherd who defied odd and survived parvo. My son has autism and mild retardation. How was I going to tell him ?

So we didnt have a choice we had to take him to the vets I called ahead and they were waiting for us. He had to be carried in but the whole time he didn't have a care in the world. He barked when he saw the vet and the techs and then started to lick their hands. Smokey was a favorite of theirs. Our vet looked at me and said I know how hard this is going to be but it's not going to be any easier on us.

They took him in the back door we went into the front door and by the time the showed us into a room and my husband washed his hands he was gone.

We have his ashes and that helps. It also helped that our kids were not home. And believe it or not my grandmother has never kept both kids at the same time overnight again. It also helped that every vet tech and every vet at our vets office on their own sent us a note saying how sorry they were.

Have it done in a place that you and your pet feel comfortable in. The vets office was like smokeys second home. He was confortable there but don't wait to long or the choice will be taken from you. In all honestly we dragged it out because we could not bring ourselves to have it done. And when we were around he seemed happy. It was only when we snuck up on him when we heard whining that we knew something was up.

Good luck and I will say a prayer for you and your family and your cat if that is ok

[lizardlady]

Originally Posted by Travelinglady

I'm so sorry. We had our cat done at the vets. I've never heard of doing it at home. Are you thinking of doing it yourself?

Trav, there are some vets who will come to the home to put a pet down.

[lizardlady]

Soul Quake, the only experience I have putting a pet put down at home is with horses. Taking them to the vet is not really an option.

How about asking your vet's office how they handle the procedure at the office? My vet has a special room set up almost like a living room with a comfy couch. There's no exam table or any "medical" stuff. She uses the room for consultation on tough cases and for putting pets down. That way there's no rush to get you out of the room for the next patient.

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