Lap of Love - Orlando — Local services in Altamonte Springs

My sweet, loving cat with his eyes wide open, his mouth also open gasping for air while his chest moved up and down in a frantic series of hiccups until he died by asphyxiation. This is the last image I will have for the rest of my life of my beloved boy, all courtesy of Lap Of "Love" and this woman named Jennifer Dempsey who somehow earned a degree in veterinary medicine. On May15 I contacted Lap Of "Love" because I knew it was time to say goodbye to my sweet boy. With so many trips to the vet during the last two months, he had started getting stressed about car rides so I chose to call these people because I wanted him to passed as peacefully and stress free as possible. Having worked as a veterinary technician, as soon as this woman told me there was Telazol, Acepromazine, and Ketamine all combined in her sedation cocktail, an alarm went off in my head, but humble as I am I thought: These people do this everyday so it's going to be OK...right? WRONG! As this woman administered the injection, my cat jumped out of pain (Telazol burns when not given intravenously) and not more than five seconds later, the reaction described above took place and he died, not peacefully like all the pets I have seen and even administered euthanasia myself to at the vet clinics I have worked at, but instead, a horrific, agonizing death. Why do these people have to use three different drugs (two anesthetic drugs + a sedative) on a pet that in most cases is already debilitated enough not to fight anything? Because they are so hungry for money that instead of taking an assistant with them and administer just a mild sedative before inserting the catheter with the euthanasia solution, they heavily anesthetize the pet so they are able to insert the catheter without any help. Once they administer their explosive "sedation" cocktail, you per is not sedated, your pet is anesthetized and cannot hear you or feel you anymore. Your pet might even be dead already before you had time to say your last goodbye (animals eyes remain open after dead so you might think he/she is still alive when in fact is already dead due to their initial injection). Dear fellow pet parents, I BEG YOU!, do not put your pet and yourself through this horrible experience. If your regular veterinarian does not do house calls just take your pet to him/her so that he/she can pass peacefully in your presence at that of a veterinarian and a staff who knows you and really appreciates you and your...

Unfortunately I had to go through a bitter sweet situation , because my 15 year dog Fluffy was suffering, and I was in denial, then I decided to do the ultimate sacrifice , a selfless act of love. He need and deserve to be out of the pain and suffering that he was going through even though I was blinded by my love and didn’t want to let him go. My love for him was so big that I kept saying “he is going to be okay”, just out of fear of losing him. He was such a great dog that gave me so many wonderful moments, made me laugh countless times and the best was his unconditional love which kept me so happy for all this years. He will be forever in our lives. I prayed to God to find the way to stop him from his pain and suffering. So after a very bad night (out of many of those) I saw him struggling to walk and panting looking for air , even with his pain medication, and that is when I said to myself I have to let him go. And I searched for a place that can help with all this but at home, since I didn’t want to stressed him out by taking him to an office , thought this will have to be at his home and surrounded by people who love him . After calling several places I called the Lap of love, the person who took my call was so understanding and sweet , listen to all my crying and sobbing and was so sweet and I know from all the places, God guided me to chose this place and our angel Dr. Matt . He came over and comfort us, took the time to explain the whole process and gave me the assurance that I need it to let my baby go. He was gentle and you can really tell how much he love animals. He was also very professional, knowledgeable, he was excellent just the right person , he calmed me down and made me understand how it was really the ultimate act of love to let go , and he wouldn’t let me do this if it wasn’t necessary. I trusted him and thanked him for helping me with this hard and painful decision. Everything went smoothly, and beautiful. I got my paw print and the clip of his hair and will wait for his ashes to come in a wooden box with his name for me to keep them forever... Thank you so much Dr. Matt , and keep doing all this good for everyone in need of your...

Our experience may be too unusual to be of any value to other readers, but I am compelled to share it. This company deserves it. We scheduled a day for our dog, Butterball. The phone call was filled with incredible grief and many tears, but they were so tender and caring. After setting the appointment for five days later, our Butters got worse fast. We took him to his regular vet and had to make an immediate decision to euthanize our pet. It was brutal and emotions disrupted our whole life. We forgot to ever call and tell Laps of Love. Two days later, Dr. Matt was on his way to our house and called me. I apologized profusely, but he was so incredibly kind and understanding. I insisted on paying for my failure to cancel, and he absolutely refused. I tried again and he stood firm. Instead of charging me for his lost time, he offered me more support for no financial gain at all. He spent time comforting me with his experiences and professional understanding of things. It helped so much; he is so skilled. He even followed up with an email offering more support materials. It’s really unbelievable. I’m reticent to share anything here that is against their policy or may be taken advantage of by anyone, but they have shown such kindness that I must share it. Hope and pray that we never go through such emotional loss again with a pet, but would most certainly use Lap of Love and recommend to anyone who is. If you’re reading this, I’m sorry for what you’re facing and considering. So sorry. I never could’ve know how tough it is. I told my dog that he won the Gold Medal in the olympics with his performance as our family pet. I reminded him of all of his favorite things. I love him so so much. Then, I made sure that his life ended peacefully and not with some violent abrupt ending. I am wrecked with grief, but I have peace that I did the right thing for him in the end. It’s an impossibly difficult position, I’m so sorry for...