COMPASSIONATE TOOLS FOR YOUR PRACTICE
CUSTOMIZING YOUR PATIENT’S EUTHABAG
Offering pet parents to personalize their pet’s bag alone or as a family can be a soothing ritual before saying their final goodbye. For children, it can facilitate acceptance of the animal’s departure and initiate the mourning process. They can also write a letter to their pet and put it in the bag or place their pet’s favorite toy to accompany them across the rainbow bridge. It's a way for them to contribute to the process. Permanent markers & paint work wonderfully on the fabric.
Download here our brochure to make it available to your customers.
Does your clinic use EUTHABAG for all of your euthanized patients?
Would you like to delicately share this information with your clients?
You can now download this EUTHABAG USER Handout and distribute it or display it proudly in your practice! There is now a poem on the back.
A FRIENDLY REMINDER IN THE WAITING ROOM
IF THIS CANDLE IS LIT: This is a document that when placed next to an LED candle, will inform those in the waiting room that a euthanasia is being performed and thus help reduce the amount of noise in the office during this delicate time.
Text:
"If this candle is lit, someone is saying goodbye to their beloved pet.
We ask that you speak softly and with respect during this difficult time.
Thank you for your patience and kindness."
Download another format here
COLOURING PAGES!
Click on an image below to download a colouring page for children. Offer this prior to the discussion with the owners, to help distract children and give them an opportunity to say good-bye to their best friend.
INK PAW PRINT OR NOSE PRINT
This is a very simple, inexpensive and thoughtful procedure you can do to show your pet families how much you cared for their beloved pet.
SUPPLIES:
Ink pad OR Calligraphy ink and a paint brush OR a bingo marker OR a pigment ink pad (Craft smart) that won’t stain thands.
Paw print using a Pigment ink pad (stainless)
PROCEDURE:
After euthanasia, for a paw print, trim the hair and nails on a back paw preferably (as it contains less hair)
If doing a paw print (vs. a nose print), wipe paw with alcohol first. This will allow it to absorb more ink and remove dirt.
Place paw or nose on ink pad, paint with calligraphy ink or use a bingo and press onto one or more pieces of card stock (or textured paper). For the nose print, rock the nose on the paper.
Make more than one print for each child in the family or for members that were not able to be there.
The name of the pet and date can then be added to the piece(s) of paper and now you've created a lasting memory for the pet’s family! You can then send the paw print along with the sympathy card*.
*We have learned that it is important that a sympathy card is sent within 3-5 days of the euthanasia. The reasons for this are:
This helps the pet’s family realize how much we really do care.
Healing may have started and receiving a card a week or two later can bring back unwanted memories from the euthanasia.
Guinea Pig nose print
Bubulle our beloved Guinea Pig was euthanized in September 2019.
We went crazy with nose and paw prints <3
RIP Bubulle, you will be missed!
Guinea Pig paw prints
SYMPATHY CARD WORDING
Finding the right words for a sympathy card can be difficult. Here we offer some suggestions to help better express your feelings.
Check out our NEW sympathy cards!
ONLINE PET LOSS SUPPORT GROUP
VetVine® Virtual Pet Loss Support service was established to support people grieving the loss of an animal in their life - whether due to the death of a pet or loss of a relationship with an animal of any kind due to any circumstance.
CEMETERIES
Masters and Companions is the only cemetery in Canada offering a pet burial service where ashes or animal remains may be buried alongside the ashes or remains of the pet’s masters in the same plot. Located in Laval.
À la mémoire de nos amis: a nice cemetery in the Quebec City area.
HONORING A PETS MEMORY
A donation to a shelter, the SPCA, a veterinary school can be done in the name of a pet.
Even planting a tree: Arbor tree foundation in the US for 5$ or A living tribute in Canada for 20$
CUDDLE CLONES
Each Cuddle Clone is hand-designed. https://cuddleclones.com/about-cuddle-clones/
HORSE TAIL AND HORSE MANE KEEPSAKES
For families that have lost their equine companion, you can cherish their memory by trimming the tail or mane hair, washing it and then braiding it with a ribbon.
Picture: The Argus Institute, Colorado State University
THE LIVING URN
This bio urn & planting system was designed to grow a beautiful, enduring memory tree, plant, or flowers with cremated remains.
Honor a loved one when they pass on and celebrate all they’ve given us - the joy, the companionship, the love - and keep their memory present in our lives.
Check them out here.
