Chilly

“Your work is so amazing and heartfelt! 

I’m happy we met, I do wish I had met you earlier so I could have been better aware of his aging and his end-of-life process. I always did the best I could with him even when I was sick and he got sick at the same time. I question a lot surrounding that time. I did everything I could to figure things out. I think what you do is a space that vet hospitals and clinics should consider incorporating more in their practice for clients. It brings more awareness to the end-of-life process and circumstances surrounding it with disease and unexpected diagnosis and complications. Having more options is important and I wish I had that available to me in my desperate time, but I am grateful I do now and maybe it was meant for me now and not then it could have worked out this way for a greater purpose.

 With all the holistic health vets and specialists, no one had mentioned anything about connecting with the animal about how they feel and how to cope with aging and how to understand when it is their time to go.  It is hard to find people who can really understand deeply. When it’s an animal's time to go, we both need real support. To be able to assist animals properly with no confusion, I think it’s a very delicate time, we need to be left with peace both person and animal, without doubts, guilt, devastation, suffering and everything else that follows. This kind of alternative approach to healing and connecting better with the animal makes facing death more manageable and can create a different perspective when discussing the end of an animal's life. 

It’s not something anyone wants to talk about and most people are not open to it, but I think it benefits the animal and gives them a voice. 

I know in my situation when the doctor came in the room and told me the news I was in complete shock, she told me what had to be done and that I could do it there because she didn’t know how much time he had left and his breathing was getting worse, I said no I want to bring him home, and that was it, the doctor left the room and I didn’t see them again I was on my own it was almost like they were upset that I didn’t want to do it there. 

We ended up finding a vet to come to the house.

I had to figure it out myself at that moment - I never felt so helpless in my life. It seemed like there was no one who could help us anymore. In the next moment, all I knew and felt is that I had to be strong for Chilly like he had always been for me and as long as we were together he would be ok and go in peace in my arms with no pain which I believe he did. He needed me more in the end than he ever did in his whole life. Just as all animals do,

And that’s why what you do is so meaningful to me.

Thank you so much for your care and support”

— SABRINA & CHILLY, FL., USA