Resources For Pet Owners
With a profound commitment to enhancing the quality of life for pets and their families, The Comfort Krewe offers a wide array of services, from acupuncture to in-home euthanasia.
HHHHHMM Scale
The HHHHHMM scale is a tool used to measure your pet’s quality of life, focusing on health status, happiness, and overall well-being.
Feline Grimace Scale
The Feline Grimace Scale is a way to judge pain in cats by evaluating facial expressions
BEAP Pain Scale for Dogs
The BEAP Pain Scale for Dogs helps to evaluate signs and severity of chronic pain in dogs
BEAP Pain Scale for Cats
The BEAP Pain Scale for Cats helps to evaluate signs and severity of chronic pain in dogs
How Do I Know When Its Time
This is a survey developed to help determine your pet’s current quality of life. It uses all aspects of a pet’s life as defining parameters, and it can be repeated over time to monitor your pet’s progress.
WORKING WITH YOUR FAMILY VETERINARIAN
WORKING TOGETHER
Dr. Lynn places a strong emphasis on seamless collaboration with your pet’s primary veterinarian. This commitment to fostering open communication ensures that your pet receives a well-coordinated, comprehensive care plan tailored to his or her specific needs.
Dr. Lynn understands that effective veterinary care extends beyond individual treatments. It involves a cohesive strategy where all healthcare providers work together to achieve the best outcomes for your pet. The Comfort Krewe integrates a collaborative model that values the essential role of the primary veterinarians in a pet’s overall health and well-being.
- Establishing Open Lines of Communication:
From the outset, Dr. Lynn prioritizes establishing clear and open lines of communication with your pet’s primary veterinarian. Whether through phone calls, emails, or secure digital platforms, she ensures that all relevant information regarding your pet’s condition, treatment plan, and progress is shared promptly. This transparency allows for real-time updates and facilitates informed decision-making.
- Coordinating Care Plans:
When integrating specialized services such as acupuncture, rehabilitation therapy, postoperative care, or hospice/palliative care, Dr. Lynn collaborates closely with your pet’s primary veterinarian to develop a unified care plan. This coordination helps to align the mobile services with the primary veterinarian’s recommendations, ensuring that all aspects of the pet’s health are addressed harmoniously.
- Sharing Insights and Observations:
Dr. Lynn values the insights and observations of primary veterinarians, recognizing that they have established long-term relationships with their patients and possess a deep understanding of their health histories. By sharing her observations and findings from mobile visits, she provides valuable input that can enhance the primary veterinarian’s approach to ongoing care.
- Joint Decision-Making:
For complex cases or significant changes in a pet’s condition, Dr. Britton engages in joint decision-making with your pet’s primary veterinarian. This collaborative approach ensures that treatment decisions are made with a comprehensive understanding of your pet’s overall health and any previous interventions. It also provides an opportunity to discuss potential adjustments to the care plan based on your pet’s evolving needs.
- Ensuring Continuity of Care:
Dr. Britton is committed to ensuring continuity of care by documenting all treatments, observations, and recommendations from mobile visits and sharing these records with the primary veterinarian. This documentation helps maintain a complete health history and supports ongoing treatment strategies, making it easier for the primary veterinarian to build on the work done during mobile visits.
- Respecting Professional Expertise:
Dr. Britton respects and values the expertise of primary veterinarians. She approaches collaboration with a mindset of mutual respect, recognizing that each veterinarian brings unique skills and perspectives to the care of the pet. This professional respect fosters a positive working relationship and enhances the overall quality of care provided.
By prioritizing effective communication and collaboration with primary veterinarians, The Comfort Krewe ensures that pets receive integrated, high-quality care. This collaborative model not only improves health outcomes but also fosters trust and cooperation among all parties involved, ultimately benefiting the pets and their families.
WAYS TO MEMORIALIZE YOUR PET
Some studies have found that losing your pet can have the same devastating emotional impact as losing a human family member or close friend. This is not so surprising, given that our pets are such a huge part of our daily lives and routines. They are also a major source of comfort and unconditional love. Losing them is like losing a part of ourselves. They leave lasting pawprints on our hearts.
Memorializing your pet after they’ve passed away can help you and your family deal with the loss and gradually move on, until only fond memories remain. There are many ways you can do this:
- Keeping your pet’s ashes in a special urn
- Clay or ink paw prints
- Lock of fur
- Nose print
- Paw print in a cement steppingstone for your garden
- Putting your pet’s collar or favorite toy on display
- Displaying your favorite picture of your pet
- Writing an obituary and posting it to your social media page
- Adding your pet’s ID tag to your keys
- Commissioning a piece of artwork of your pet
- Incorporating your pet’s ashes into jewelry or pottery
- Using your pet’s ashes to plant a living urn
- Donating to a shelter or humane society in his/her honor
- Donating to your local veterinary clinic in his/her honor- most have an “Angel Fund” or “Good Samaritan Fund” to help with the cost of care for families who have financial constraints
- Getting a tattoo of his/her paw print
- Doing something special in his/ her honor (one family bought a box of tennis balls and left it at a dog park with a picture of their beloved tennis-ball-loving dog)
- Getting a personalized ornament or other decor
- Putting together a photo album of your favorite memories together
- Holding a memorial/funeral service
- Spreading your pet’s ashes somewhere meaningful
- When the time is right, consider adopting another pet… there is no greater gift or honor than saving another life!