Hi, Everyone:

The link below connects you to a blog post by Dr. Kathleen Cooney of the Companion Animal Euthanasia Training Academy (CAETA). It was intended primarily for veterinarians, but it’s not technical and we clients and the patients are frequently mentioned. I want you to see the basis of Dr. Kathleen’s response to pet euthanasia that increase suffering instead of ending it. I think her redefinition of dysthanasia and dedication to improving euthanasia is a very responsible reaction to the painful expressions of our pets and ourselves. It must be very difficult to serve in this way. But it also must be even more difficult, and unpleasant, to allow this situation to persist without addressing it. That can contribute to ...

I stumbled onto this DVM 360 article at the link below in its archives while checking for the CAETA euthanasia survey piece. It’s about a study of the ways that those who’ve had a pet euthanized have responded. It also mentions the stigma associated with pet loss that says if there’s any appropriate mourning at all for this, it should be less than the mourning for loss of human animal family members, friends or relatives. If you’ve had a pet euthanized, what was your response? If you’ve not had a pet euthanized, how do you think you’d respond. The article at the link below will allow you to compare your responses to those in the study. I’m quite certain you’ll find it very interesting if ...

Hello, Everyone:

If you’ve witnessed a traumatizing pet euthanasia (dysthanasia), please consider making use of this opportunity for its ...

Hello and welcome to the PetEuthanasia.Info Blog, by Michael.

If you’re reading this because you’ve been traumatized by a bad pet euthanasia (dysthanasia), no matter how long ago, may this blog and website may be of great value to you. We fellow victims have worked very hard to make it so! Maybe the most valuable advice I can offer is for you to;