It does; however, this post wasn't about the other way

Goes the other way too

man, my cats are only turning 3 years this year but... already thinking about putting them down makes my heart feel heavy and I start to tear up... I sometimes struggle with nightmares in which my cats die (and I really dont know why I am having those). I hope my cats live a long , happy life...I couldnt without them. :(

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We used laps of love too. It was really good to be able to wrap our dog up in his favorite blanket ans pet and sing him to sleep one last time. That dog was over the moon for our son and used to take up station outside his nursery every night when we put the baby to bed, listened to lullabies, and then stand guard outside the nursery door all night, wouldn’t even sleep in our room anymore, lol. And the grousing if we didn’t sing when we put the baby to sleep! Hoo boy. Anyway, pupper got one last lullaby and laps of love is staffed with literal angels. Highly recommend.

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I need to stop reading this thread.

I did this last summer. I left my other pet inside while I had my dog, Jax, put down on the front porch. The vet suggested I let her outside once the process was done and he had passed so I did so. She came up and smelled him and was for the most part okay, just timid. I can’t vouch for all animals handling it the same way but she was fine. I like someone else that commented used laps of love and would highly recommend the service to any pet owners. Jax hated the vet and got to spend his last moments at home in my arms. It was better for everyone involved.

My younger cat passed with liver complications. I choose to make him more comfortable at home.

The older cat was aware of the younger cat passing, and I even let older cat check the body and she had a little sniff, and then sulked away. I think she knew.

The older cat was fine later, and I have had no issues with her missing the younger one.

I really think the closure helped her.

Given that I've read stories of cats who would be constantly looking for their roommate for days or even weeks after they were put down outside the home... the immediate trauma of seeing the act & body might be less than "not knowing" for an extended period of time.

My only concern with this is the trauma the other pets in the house would suffer. Can any multi-pet homes that have done this weigh in?

We did this right before the holidays for my goodest boy Tank. Having them come to your home and being able to hold your pet in your arms, in your home, in their safe and comfortable place is the best peace they can know. We used a group called Lap of Love. I highly recommend them. They give you patience and peace of mind and explain everything along the way. I know he wasn't scared, I know he was happy and he was next to me. In these situations, it is the only thing that matters. Good luck and strength to anyone going through this.

When our 12 year old GSD’s time came (she had degenerative myelopathy), we hired a vet-recommended service called “Laps of Love”. It was sweet, peaceful and dignified. The vet brought an air dry clay kit to mold one of her paw prints for us, snipped a memento lock of her hair, and soothed her with quiet words. We snuggled Jesse, said our goodbyes, and the vet quietly dosed her with sedatives. She just went to sleep in my arms. Her heart slowly stopped beating, confirmed by the vet, and they took her away on a stretcher. Two weeks later, I picked up her urn at our vet. This was our children’s first brush with an unexpected death, so I was grateful it was not a traumatic one. We laughed, remembered and of course cried. They were teenagers at the time. Thank God for services like that.

My guy would know he is at a vet. The office has that smell to them that we can't detect.

Good advice. Failing that take them to a different vet than yours and they’ll be less anxious.

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I did that the last time we went to the hospital for the birth of our third child. They looked at me like I was an idiot but they complied. They told me that parking at the hospital was 3€ per day and that the coffee vending machine is 2 to 3.5€ per coffee.

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Tried that was quoted $2,500 for a procedure. Bill was over $5,000. When I questioned it I was told the quote was just an estimate and they are obligated to stick to it.

By the time all the bills came in, it was over $12,000.

Ya - it's disgusting. If you're not filthy rich you're absolutely Fkd. They take advantage of sick/desperate people. And they don't even give a FK. They'll just let you suffer. Even if you have insurance they'll just decide they aren't going to pay for whatever medication or procedure. Nope. Sorry.

On a seperate note - have you seen that CostPlusDrugs thing Marc Cuban has? It's all over social media. Some of the claims are a little bit unbelievable. It's a generic drug company that only takes cash - no insurance. People are making these crazy claims that they were paying 5k a month thru their insurance provider and are now buying it off cost plus drugs for like $100/month cash (with no insurance). I told my sister about it - she has some prescription allergy med that was like $100/month thru her health insurance. She's paying like $9/month now (for the generic). So if what these people are saying is true, how it's it legal for these drug companies able to mark up these drugs so high? People are desperate and have no choice to pay it. You'll literally pay anything. They're preying on people. That shit should be illegal imo.

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Ya I could go on about the horror stories I’ve gone through too. The crazy thing is the people who really see it the most are the ones that are sick and can’t really fight it 🤯😵🙈🤐✌️

Healthcare in America is soooooo FKd. I cringed just reading your post and I don't really want to even get into it bc I get really angry.

Medicare/medicaid is Fkd. I had no experience nor any idea how any of it worked. My mom had dementia, was on Medicare and had a supplemental insurance policy. She needed long term care so Medicare refused to pay. Put her on medicaid (no big deal is what I thought). Thing about medicaid is that they do not pay a dime until you're absolutely broke. They do a discovery and take everything you have. They drained her savings, her checking, cashed out all her retirement money, stocks. They took her car. They took her house. Then they took her social security checks every month. Once she was sucked dry (minus 8k that you're allowed to keep to pay for your own funeral) they finally started making the payments). Keep in mind she had a supplemental policy this whole time too. Anyway - she passed away and my family got a bill from medicaid for 120k. We didn't have to pay it - but if there was anything they had missed or if she had a life insurance policy that was left to her estate then they'd take that too.

Loophole - if you have a beneficiary listed on the life insurance policy then medicaid can not take it. But if there is no beneficiary listed then the policy goes to the estate and its fair game and medicaid will take that too.

Also - she had a safety deposit box. A lawyer had to go there and open the box - inventory anything in it - and if there is anything of value (cash, gold, jewelry) they'll take that too. No wonder why older generations put cash in jars and buried it in their back yard. They literally took everything.

Total different experience - my step son has mental health issues. He went and stayed at a facility for 6 days. When he got out we started receiving all sorts of different bills. They billed it all seperate. The facility gives a bill for the room. Then the Dr's bill is seperate. Then medication is separate from that. Just the room for 6 days - 44k.. JUST THE ROOM was 44k FKIng dollars. That's more then some people make in a year! that's roughly $7500 a day. Or think of it this way - it's over $300/hr. He didn't have surgery. He wasn't on a ventilator or on life support or needing a team of surgeons. Just FKing crazy.

And then my wife went to the hospital one day - she sat in the waiting room for 9 hours.

See - I'm getting worked up. I could go all night but I just need to stop. I get so freaking upset about this.

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I’m just getting started, not finnish’d