Free guide
The Last Kindness.
A gentle guide to letting go.
A 25-page guide for anyone holding the weight of an end-of-life decision for a much-loved pet. It does not tell you what to do. It sits beside you while you think.
Written by Jennie Johnson MBE, co-founder of Vets at Home, and reviewed by our clinical team.
What is inside
Fifteen short chapters, written to be read at your own pace.
- Recognising decline
- The truth most people don’t know
- The question of when
- Watching more closely
- Preparing, gently
- Imagining the last day
- The final week
- The moment itself
- Talking to children
- Other animals in the home
- Aftercare and burial
- Grief
- Bereavement support
- The quiet presence of the vet
- Another beginning
“This book is not here to instruct you. It is here to sit beside you while you think. To name what is often left unspoken. To bring clarity where there is uncertainty.”
Jennie Johnson MBE
Jennie is the co-founder and CEO of Vets at Home. Having helped thousands of families through one of the hardest decisions they will ever make, she has seen first-hand how lonely and uncertain this moment can feel. She wrote this guide to help change that.