Beliefs

I firmly believe that we owe something to the animals who live with us in the domestic space, who love us unconditionally, and who spend their whole lives in service to our whims and constant demands for attention and affection.

Often, the devotion they have for us, their human caretakers, goes unnoticed. As we get on with the daily chores of life, it is easy to get distracted, to forget, or to take for granted the notion that our pets will “always be there” when we get home. Death has a habit of creeping up on them, and us…

Often, the last chance we have to honour them, to thank them for all they have given us, is in death.

With that in mind, I also believe that when it becomes time for end-of-life care, we are called to account for the spiritual and emotional debt that we owe to those animals. That lifetime of love, devotion, and unconditional companionship they have given us needs to be recognised. In their final days, the balance of the relationship needs to shift, so that they are the focal point.

That is the primary motivation behind my business, and thus, when I work with a client my belief is that my role is to help you serve your animal, so that your animal can not only experience a good death, but so that you can process the weight of your grief and loss in a way that befits the importance of the relationship you two have shared.

How do we do this?

We find ways to care for your animal, as an individual. Ways which do not avoid the inevitability of death, nor hide from the emotional work that will be required, particularly in the final moments. We look back, together, on the life that you have shared with your animal and examine how we might honour and memorialise that bond. We celebrate them for the individual that they are. We love them, we lavish them with affection, and we ensure their comfort. Most importantly, we ensure their dignity in those final moments and, where possible, we make sure that they do not die alone - nor confused - nor feeling unloved.

How this looks will be different for everyone. Part of the journey is mapping out these specifics.

But together, we can do this for them.