A Companion Animal Advance Directive serves as your guide to navigating emergencies, end-of-life care, and the death and dying process. While it can feel heavy and even scary to think of end-of-life before it arrives, planning ahead can empower you in your decision-making for your animal, and can help you feel more prepared for your animal’s end-of-life journey. An advance directive can be written at any stage in your animal’s life, and saved as a resource for later use.
During our Advance Directive Planning Session, we will take some time to consider your wishes for your animal’s end-of-life care. Together, we will talk through some of the decisions that may arise during that time. We will explore some of the options that are available to you and your animal, and I can provide referrals to resources in your area. If you have questions or are curious about what to expect during the death and dying process and/or a typical euthanasia procedure, I can explain that as well. We will also reflect on what kind of support you may need as you care for your animal and grieve their loss, and who you would like to include in your support system. By the end of our work together, you will have a document with your wishes for your animal, the contact info for the professionals and resources you hope to use, and a plan for grief support all collected in one place. An 11-page advance directive planning guide is included as part of our session.
Please Note: Advance Directive Planning Sessions are best when focused on planning for one animal. If you are a multi-animal household, you may use the planning guide provided to independently add additional animals to your advance directive, or we can schedule additional sessions to plan for additional animals together.
Advance Directive Planning Session (50 mins, includes an 11-page planning guide for you to keep): $95 USD
Sessions are available virtually; in-home sessions are available within my service area in Washington State, which includes Redmond, Kirkland, Woodinville, Bothell, Kenmore, Lake Forest Park, Brier, Mountlake Terrace, Lynnwood, and Mill Creek. In-home sessions may be available outside of my service area for an additional travel fee.
Community and accessibility are important, so a number of sliding scale spots are reserved each month should cost be a barrier. Please contact me for sliding scale availability. Unfamiliar with sliding scale? Learn more here.
Don’t see an available time that works with your schedule? Please contact me—I do try to accommodate clients’ schedules. I can also provide referrals to other companion animal end-of-life doulas if I am unable to accommodate scheduling needs.
Disclaimer: Companion animal end-of-life doulas offer non-medical emotional and informational support. I am not a veterinarian, therapist, or emergency service. If you or your animal are experiencing an emergency, please reach out to appropriate emergency services.
Amy Sigle 