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Peaceful at-home dog euthanasia

From Australia's most trusted vets

Available Melbourne-wide

Australia's only network of mobile vets open from 6:00am to 11:00pm, 365 days a year

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At Pawssum vets, we extend our hearts and hands to families navigating one of the most difficult decisions a pet owner can face. Our gentle and compassionate approach to dog euthanasia in Melbourne ensures your beloved companion is treated with the utmost dignity, respect, and love. We provide a peaceful, in-home farewell, allowing your pet to pass in the comfort and familiarity of their surroundings - surrounded by those who love them most.

We take the utmost care

We go to great lengths to be caring and respectful during this difficult time.

Compassionate vets

We know what your dog means to you. All our vets treat you and your pet with love and compassion.

Licensed and experienced

All of our vets are licensed and verified, bringing years of experience to give your dog the best farewell possible.

Why you should consider a more compassionate goodbye with Pawssum

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We know how hard this must be, so we're with you every step of the way.

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Honouring your dog’s life: understanding end-of-life choices

Saying goodbye to a beloved dog is one of the hardest decisions a pet owner can face. Understanding end-of-life choices - such as in-home euthanasia, hospice care, and memorial options - can help ensure your dog’s final moments are filled with love, comfort, and dignity. By exploring compassionate care at home, you can honour your dog’s life and create lasting memories.

Why choose a home euthanasia for your pet?

Saying goodbye to your beloved pet is one of the hardest decisions you’ll face. At Pawssum, we offer gentle dog euthanasia services in the comfort of your home, allowing you to put your dog to sleep peacefully surrounded by familiar sights, smells, and the love of family. Many dogs become anxious or scared during trips to the vet, so choosing in-home euthanasia helps reduce stress and creates a calm, peaceful experience for both pets and owners.

Our experienced veterinarians provide compassionate at-home dog euthanasia and after-hours mobile vet services, ensuring timely and caring support when you need it most. By choosing to put your dog to sleep at home, you give them the gift of a stress-free, dignified farewell in a safe and comforting environment.

For pet owners, home euthanasia also offers privacy and the space to grieve openly with loved ones nearby. If you’re searching for a gentle and caring way to put your dog to sleep or need trusted dog euthanasia services near me, Pawssum is here to guide you with empathy and support.

Learn more by visiting our dog in-home euthanasia service page—we’re honored to help you and your dog through this tender journey.

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Clear, competitive pricing, to make difficult decisions a little easier

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Peaceful euthanasia

From $399

Our team will book a licensed, experienced, and caring vet at a time that works for you.
Bookings are available until 11:00pm.
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Customised aftercare solutions following your dog’s euthanasia

Pawssum staff will assist to organise everything for you to make it easier - The lovely Pawssum staff will assist you with organising the visit, aftercare and ashes returned in your preferred urn. This can be arranged with very professional and caring pet cremation and burial services available. Your pet can be collected from your home by the pet cremation staff or transferred by the veterinarian in attendance. Some pet owners may want to bury their pet at home but please be aware that different local councils may have restrictions on this.

Private cremation services - This is a way to honour and cherish your pet’s life with ashes returned so you can scatter or keep in a beautiful personalised keepsake urn. Celebrating your pet’s life with a beautiful remembrance urn can allow you to always feel close. A range of different urns are available to choose from. Some owners choose to have a memorial stone placed in the garden which was their pet’s favourite spot to enjoy the warmth of sunshine. The scatter boxes are a nice option for owners not wishing for an urn but would like to scatter their pet’s ashes somewhere meaningful. It may be in the garden, down by the beach or a special place in the mountains you used to go hiking together. However, you wish to honour your pet’s life a private cremation gives you the opportunity to farewell them in a very loving and memorable way.

General cremation services - This is for owners that have decided they don’t wish to have their pet’s ashes returned. We often find some owners change their mind after so please take the time to decide as we want to support you during this difficult time. The feeling many owners have when the ashes are returned to them is very special and heart-warming.

Payment plans available - We offer payment plans such as Zip Pay and Vet Pay to reduce the stress and give you the opportunity to farewell your pet in the way they deserve. The friendly staff at Pawssum are here to offer you support and guidance to make this process as pain free as possible.

General cremation

From* $279

Includes:
  • Careful and respectful transport
  • Cremation with friends (other pets)
  • Ashes scattered in the crematorium gardens
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Private cremation - ashes returned

From* $459

Includes:
  • Careful and respectful transport
  • Guaranteed individual cremation
  • Ashes carefully delivered to you (in container)
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Remembrance options

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Includes:
  • Careful and respectful transport
  • Guaranteed individual cremation
  • Ashes carefully delivered to you in a beautiful urn
Plus, your choice of:
  • Paw prints
  • Keepsake jewellery
  • Fur clippings
and other memorabilia to remember your pet by.
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*Kindly note that all prices are subject to change based on location, after-hours care and pet weight, and will be confirmed by our customer care team before any booking is made.

Our memorabilia will help you create a beautiful and meaningful tribute to your dog

Get a quick assessment of your dog's quality of life

If you are not ready to speak with someone and just want a little more guidance on whether euthanasia is the right decision, you can use our quality of life assessment tool below. It is only a guide, and symptoms should always be assessed by a vet, but it might put you on the path to making the right choice for your much loved pet.

Need certainty?

If you'd like the reassurance of a vet coming to your home for an in-person assessment, we can organise a vet to come to you. Our friendly and compassionate vet will assess your dog's vitals, overall condition, levels of pain, discomfort, mobility, illnesses, and any other welfare related issues. They will also be able to advise you about whether your dog is suffering or not with certainty. You will get all the information you need to do what's right for your best friend. Peace of mind from just $159.
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How it works

Call or book online

Our dedicated and helpful staff are here to help you make a booking, and to answer any questions you may have about our services. You can call us on 1300 343 580 or book online here.

Pick a date and timeslot that works for you

We are open 365 days a year from 6:00am - 11:00pm. We also accept urgent bookings.

Our vet comes to your home

One of our caring and professional vets will visit your home, and provide you and your beloved pet with service you will cherish.

Local vets, national coverage

We have hundreds of registered vets located all over Australia.

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Frequently asked questions (FAQs) for dog euthanasia

A familiar environment is so much better for an end-of-life experience, where your beloved pet is comfortable in their own home surrounded by the people (and other pets) who love them. You can set the day and time when to say goodbye, and do things like light candles and play soft music during the euthanasia. You and your family can grieve in privacy and comfort.

We believe that pet owners should have the option of good quality veterinary care at home at little or no extra cost when compared to going to the vet clinic. Our vets are all registered, experienced, professional and compassionate who love to help pets. Our customers give us a superb rating.

Our euthanasia services start from $399. We take Visa, Mastercard and American Express credit/debit cards as well as Vet Pay and Zip Pay.

Euthanasia enables your vet to cause a painless death, or to stop providing life-support measures, to your pet. It can be done only by a certified veterinarian, after taking all measures to try to help your dog, and only with your consent.

Signs will include not having an appetite, not being able to walk, yelps due to pain, medications not working, your pet giving up, your pet avoiding its bed, and general suffering. If you are not sure that it is time for euthanasia, you can book our quality of life assessment or a Telepet video call or chat, and one of our experienced vets will guide you.

It is recommended not to give your dog any food or water two hours before the procedure. Ask the vet any questions you have, so that there are no surprises, including how to make it as compassionate as possible. Decide on whether you and your family want to be present and make sure everybody knows what will happen. It is very important to celebrate your pet's last days - whether it’s a trip to its favourite park or one last photo, surround it with love, care and joy one last time. Everybody will be grieving, so be prepared for that time and put in place a support mechanism for this.

The decision about leaving or staying is deeply personal, and whatever you decide it should come from a place of love and compassion you have for your pet. Choosing to stay will give you a sense of comfort, closure and acceptance, and a healthy ground for the grieving process. It's important to avoid feeling regret. However, some owners prefer to say goodbye before the euthanasia and that's also ok. In terms of children, you need to carefully consider if they are old enough to comprehend the concept of euthanasia, and whether they want to witness it.

Euthanasia may appear uncomfortable to the pet owner. However, it will not be painful for your pet. A combination of drugs used during euthanasia ensure that within seconds, awareness is gone and the animal falls into a state of unconsciousness. During the next couple of minutes after the drugs are given there may be nerve and muscle twitching, vocalizations, urination, defecation, and open eyelids - these might be scary to see but your pet will be unconscious and unaware of all of these actions. They will not feel any pain.

Yes, we offer a number of aftercare options including gently, carefully and with utmost respect, handling and transporting your pet following euthanasia; cremation with friends (other pets); private cremation; having your beloved pet's ashes scattered in the crematorium gardens; having your pet's ashes returned to you in a lovely container, tube or an urn; paw prints and other memorabilia.

We operate in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane & Gold Coast, Newcastle & NSW Central Coast, Perth, Adelaide and Canberra as well as in Auckland NZ. This includes surrounding suburbs as well. Feel free to contact us on {globals.phoneNumberAU} to check if our vets can come to you.

Pawssum always provides our customers with an itemised invoice which can be submitted to your insurance provider for claims. Please inquire with your insurance to determine whether at-home vet visits are in your level of cover.

There are several ways to contact us. You can call us on {globals.phoneNumberAU}, contact us via our online form here or chat to us online using the chat box at the bottom-right corner of this website. We will always get back to you within 24 hours.

You can make a booking by calling us on {globals.phoneNumberAU}. Alternatively, you can either go to the bookings page here, pick a desired date and timeslot, and fill out your details, or you can chat to us online using the chat box at the bottom-right corner of this website.

Our hours of operation are 6:00am to 11:00pm, 7 days a week including weekends and public holidays.

During the booking you will be able to provide your preferred day and timeslot. We will then try to find an available vet to suit you. We will always try and get to you when you need us (even if it is the same day). Sometimes for urgent cases it might be difficult to find a vet, so it is better to give us as much notice as possible.

Yes we do. We offer payment options with Vet Pay or Zip Pay. Contact us to find out more.
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