Pet Hospice Services

The Celtic translation for the word “hospice” means “Soul friend”.

For decades, the hospice concept has been utilized for individuals desiring palliative end-of-life care. For many families, upon learning from a physician that a loved one is suffering from an illness or disease for which there is no cure, hospice care becomes the next step to assure that our family member is kept comfortable and is treated with dignity and respect throughout the dying process.



Hospice Brochure

Beyond the Rainbow Pet Hospice & Memorial Center believes that in your pets´ final transition, you are truly a “Soul friend”. Our commitment to you is to be by your side in this journey, helping you in the following ways:

• Being with you to formulate a plan for this journey. Because each pet is unique, each of the plans is uniquely built to suit your needs.
• Teaching you the signs to look for as your companion passes from one stage to the next in the final journey.
• By arranging for veterinarians and trained staff to care for your pet in their own comfortable surroundings, thereby avoiding difficult and often painful transport to a clinic.
• Phone calls and/or home visits, as needed, to check in on you and your beloved companion and monitor changes.
• Home evaluations to see what adjustments can be made for the pets comfort and day-to-day activities.
• Providing to you, the education and support in end-of-life care, symptoms and pain management.
• Making available to you professionally trained medical pet sitters that can stay with your pet when you need to be away from home.
• A staff of counselors and clergy, available to talk with you, either by phone or in your home.
• If desired, alternative treatments are also available, such as holistic massage, Reiki, acupuncture, flower essence and other holistic remedies

Home Euthanasia Services

We believe that the final moments between you and your beloved pet should be spent in a tranquil and serene environment.  We work with a number of Veterinarians that will come with us to your home, when you ask us to, and provide this final "act of love" service.  We create a serene and sacred place where you can spend the final moments with your beloved, and say good-bye in your own terms.

Hospice Philosophy

Three components make up the hospice philosophy:

Medical care includes recognizing pain and other symptoms, anticipating changes and complications, administering medications and other remedies to keep your pet comfortable and happy. Monitoring your pet´s quality of life will protect him from unnecessary suffering and spare you some of the anguish when facing this significant loss.

Nursing care includes administering medications, monitoring vital signs and changes in your pets´ condition and offering advice on modifications to make your pet more comfortable.

Support for the family means providing emotional and empathetic support, and providing information on coping with the changes that are occurring. As painful as this process is, you will find that you will bond in a way that you never thought possible with your pet, an opportunity to unconditionally return the love that they so unconditionally gave to you. You will have inner peace knowing that, to animals, dying is as much a part of life as birth, and you loved them enough to share this process with them.