by Helping Hands Pet Hospice | Aug 16, 2022 | Blog
What Your Choice About Your Pet’s Cremation Says About You: ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. Saying goodbye to your pet is hard enough. Most of you will have feelings of guilt and sadness no matter how your pet passes. The last thing you need is more guilt. What you...
by Helping Hands Pet Hospice | Dec 28, 2021 | Blog
Like people, all pets have different appetites. Some gobble everything in sight (including toxic or non-food items), and others will turn their nose up at a cheeseburger. Most pets fall somewhere in between. It’s important not to compare your pet’s...
by Helping Hands Pet Hospice | Sep 7, 2021 | Blog
“How Do I Know When It’s Time?” This is the question I hear from almost every pet owner I encounter in my house call end-of-life care practice. I understand – when it comes to my own pets, I struggle with this question as though I never spent 4 years in vet school and...
by Helping Hands Pet Hospice | Dec 4, 2020 | Blog
Did you catch Doc B’s monthly Live Q+A session? In case you missed it, here are some highlights, but make sure to catch the replay so you don’t miss any of Doc B’s informative answers! September’s topic was: Doggie Dementia – officially called Canine Cognitive...
by Helping Hands Pet Hospice | Aug 19, 2020 | Blog
Back in 2017, I wrote this article on why I support pet owners who drop their pets off for euthanasia. I had been seeing the viral posts about how pets search for their owners if they are left behind and how we as a profession hate the practice. I wanted to support...
by Helping Hands Pet Hospice | Jun 13, 2019 | Blog
By Cherie T. Buisson, DVM, CHPV Certified Hospice and Palliative Care Veterinarian In 2016, I lost my dachshund, Muggle, to Cognitive Dysfunction. This brain disease of “doggy Alzheimer’s” is one that steals not only our pets but our own peace of mind. Just like in...
