Our pets don't live as long as we want. Many times we need to make the decision to euthanize. How do we know the right time? Assess the quality of life? Think of five things your pet loved to do. Come and beg at dinner, go for walks, run, play, and always eat and sleep. When eating and sleeping is all there is, the quality of life is no longer there.

Here at Adobe, we encourage you to stay with your pet during euthanasia. Being present means that you don't have to imagine how it went. You can see that there was no suffering and no pain. We often accommodate entire families.

You will also need to make a decision regarding what to do with the body. You may bury your pet at home. Most families opt for cremation. Many people will pick up their pets ashes to scatter at home or bury. Cremation is performed for us by Animal Memorial Service.
We have felt that Animal Memorial Service does an excellent job.

Read this for this on grieving: The Grieving Person's Bill of Rights

These are good web sites:
http://www.pet-loss.net/
http://www.argusinstitute.collostate.edu/grif.htm