Pet Hospice Care

What Is Pet Hospice?

Pet hospice is a treatment plan for your pet that focuses on comfort and quality of life. Stanglein Veterinary Clinic helps alleviate your pet's physical pain while offering emotional support for your entire family.

Hospice care gives families more time with their aging or sick pet and helps them to adjust to the approaching death. This allows the pet to enjoy their last days of life in a familiar place surrounded by loved ones. Call us today to speak to our knowledgeable staff.

What We Offer

• Initial doctor visit to assess the pet and the family in the home
• Pet owner education
• A specific plan of action supported by weekly visits from a certified veterinary technician
• Empathetic support and guidance from trained professionals
• In-home euthanasia
• Grief education and grief management professional
  

Who Can Benefit?

The pet hospice care program benefits pets with terminal and chronic illnesses such as:

• Cancer
• Osteoarthritis
• Dementia or cognitive dysfunction
• Heart failure
• Kidney or liver failure
• Failure to thrive
  

What to Expect

The hospice team will include veterinary medical professionals along with referral support providers. After initial evaluation, your pet will have regularly scheduled appointments in your home at your convenience.

You and the staff at Stanglein Veterinary Clinic together will create a detailed plan of action. Your pet's condition and quality will be evaluated and explained to you at each visit and will be reviewed by the doctor each time. Any questions you have will be answered.

Typical treatment plans address pain management, wound care, bandaging and fluid therapy. Appropriate medications will be given as discussed and needed.