Our Sunset Visit is our at-home euthanasia appointment where we provide a peaceful and gentle transitional experience for you and your pet in the comfort of your own home.

• We begin with an unobtrusive physical exam while our doctor asks questions regarding your pet’s history and answers any questions you might have. (30 min)
• Next is the tranquility period where pain and anxiety are addressed through the initial administration of medicine to your pet. (15 min)
• The final stage of the procedure is free of pain and fear as the second administration of medicine allows your pet to peacefully pass. (5 min)

The Sunset Visit averages approximately 1 hour in total, although these times can vary slightly based on the needs of the pet and their people.

For those who wish for White Whiskers to facilitate cremation services for your pet, once the Sunset has concluded, your doctor will quietly step out to give you space and time to grieve privately. While outside, we will prepare a comfortable bed in our vehicle for transport to the cremation facility.

After a time, your doctor will assist in getting your pet all tucked in to their final car ride. It is requested that for large breed dogs, a family member be available to help the doctor with this transport to their vehicle. It’s alright if no such help is available, but it may require an additional fee to have a care technician assist with the lifting.

For those who wish to pursue aftercare on their own, once the initial visit has concluded, the doctor will quietly step out and leave your family in peace.

White Whiskers offer cremation services through Lasting Paws Pet Memorial Services. Their cremation options include:

• Individual Cremation (most common)
  Individual cremation provides you with the opportunity to keep your pet’s cremated remains as a permanent and personal keepsake. When you choose individual cremation, your treasured pet is placed into the crematory and separated from the other pets with partitions. When the cremation process is complete, Lasting Paws ensures that you receive only the cremated remains of your pet, returned to you in a carved wooden urn.
• Communal Cremation
  With communal cremation, your pet is gently placed into the crematory together with other pets. Because no cremated remains are returned to you when you choose a communal cremation, you may wish to consider one of our personalized memorial paw prints as a timeless remembrance.
• Private Cremation
  Private cremation is similar to individual cremation except that  your treasured pet will be the only pet in the cremation chamber during the cremation process. When the cremation process is complete, Lasting Paws ensures that you receive only the cremated remains of your pet.

Our pricing is based on 3 primary factors:

• Your pet’s weight
• Your home location
• Your desired aftercare

We don’t believe in surprises. As a result, our prices are fixed and will never result in an amount that wasn’t previously discussed with you. Additional memorial items or add-on services (i.e. after hours charges) are the only deviations from that rule.

We’ve priced our Sunset Visit to be as accessible as possible for our clients because we strongly believe in what we do and want to be able to provide this service for as many people as possible. When you comparison shop, don’t be fooled by our competitors that they offer a superior service because of their higher prices. We are a local company who cares about nurturing our community. And because we don’t have to worry about paying for corporate offices, we’re able to keep our prices lower for you.

That doesn’t mean that what we do is cheap. Unfortunately, while we would love to offer this service for far less, the work we do is sensitive, important and cannot be rushed. As a result, we are a low volume practice which allows us to take extra time with you and your pet. We are constantly reviewing ways to bring down costs for you to help you better give the gift of this service to your own pets.

We do not believe in charging you for work that we don’t do. As a result, we are able to offer cremation services (at our practice discount) for far below the industry standard. We also do not charge a commission for memorial items ordered through us. We wish they weren’t so expensive too (even if they do a really good job on them).

We do have to be compensated for our time. Unlike regular mobile veterinary appointments, many of our Sunset Visits are same day  appointments and can lead our doctors to zig zagging across town. While Colorado Springs addresses are not charged a travel fee, addresses outside of the Colorado Springs city limits often are in order for us to provide service beyond to those who need us in the plains, mountains and beyond. For those charged a travel fee, we appreciate your understanding.

Benefits of a payment plan:

• • • Split treatment costs into smaller monthly payments
    • Not a credit card
    • No deferred interest or membership fees

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