Before Your Appointment

Please read our COVID/Infectious disease policy.

The authorization form is on the website, under the “Forms” tab. Please fill it out & send to Journey's End by the evening before your appointment. If you cannot do the form online, you can print it out, fill in the form by hand VERY NEATLY & CLEARLY, scan it, then email that to aFinalGift@gmail.com. If you do not have a scanner, you can take the form you have filled out CLEARLY by hand, lay it on a flat, BRIGHTLY LIT surface, and take a picture. The form should fill the entire shot, and should be paper white, not gray or yellow. Send this photo to aFinalGift@gmail.com or 407-227-0968.

We will call just before the appointment to let you know that we are on our way. We do our best to arrive as close to the promised time as possible, but please be understanding of delays, as the family before you may have needed more time to say goodbye to their pet.

Make your pet comfortable

Owners should select and prepare a comfortable place for their pet. It could be a soft bed, couch, ottoman, a comforter on the floor, or outside. Please be aware that sometimes bodily fluids or feces can be released during the euthanasia process. Whatever your pet is lying on should be protected with a waterproof layer. I will bring special pads for this purpose, but leakage can still occur. Adequate lighting is also helpful.

Cremation

If your pet is coming with Dr. Sernik for cremation, please have a clean sheet for larger dogs (fitted sheets work especially well), or a towel or pillow case for smaller dogs or cats, to wrap them in afterwards. This should be freshly washed or new. Your pet SHOULD NOT be lying on this for the euthanasia. We do not want to wrap them in something that may have gotten soiled during the euthanasia process.

Anxious or Aggressive Pets

***If your pet is especially nervous around strangers or aggressive, please discuss this with us beforehand. Oral sedation before the appointment, and in some situations a muzzle (just for the few seconds needed to give the sedation injection), can make this a much calmer experience for your pet, and a safer one for everyone involved.