re: There can't be many things worse than standing in line to pay after euthanizing your dog

I am sorry to hear about that.

My condolences.

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Having your dog put down at the vet should absolutely be free of charge if they were a lifelong patient of that vet

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how many other businesses do you expect to eat costs for you? entitled much?

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we always have it done at home (lap of love)

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This is blowing up, they are hiring like crazy.

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Is this a normal process after euthanasia?

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No, my vet has a room for this sort of thing with a private exit and they take payments and set appointments in the examination rooms.

Mine used the card they had on file. They told me to leave when I was ready. No need to pay at the desk.

We had a vet come out to the house in January and put my beagle to sleep in our backyard. I signed a credit card authorization before they started the procedure, it made it a little better.

Ruckus had survived lymphoma 3 years earlier, but he was only born with 1 kidney and it eventually gave out. We had a great 10 years with him, and I’m glad he was able to go out while laying in his sunspot, head in my lap, surrounded by his family. Miss my sweet boy every single fricking day. He was mischievous in his younger years but always the best companion. He rode around in the truck with me on sales calls or was curled up on his dog bed under my desk at my home office.

I’m sorry for your loss. Losing the good ones always hurts the most. And it always seems like a kick to the balls having to pay someone to euthanize your dog.

We have used Lap of Love. Come to your home. Prevents the stress of the vet. Also helps other pets realize their friend has died.

I make sure you’re checked out before I ever walk in the room with the pink juice. Anything else is just awkward.

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Charge you for burial, then throw him in a big hole he dug with a backhoe on the backside of his sprawling property. Light the pit on fire every so often and cover with a layer of dirt when you start to smell it at the house.

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I remember my first trip to Dr Tiller too.

The last time I euthanized at the vet's office, I prepaid when I made the appointment and was allowed to exit out the back door (I was bawling) It went as smoothly as one might expect.

The most recent dog we had to put down, we paid for a mobile vet to come to the house. Still a brutal experience, but far better than at the vet's office, if you can afford it. Once they took her body away, they made a paw print ornament out of clay and returned it with her ashes a few days later. They were lovely and empathetic.