Lap of Love Veterinary Hospice - Hartford/New Haven

Lap of Love offers veterinary end-of-life care services in the Hartford and New Haven areas. Under the care of our experienced, compassionate veterinarians, we exclusively provide in-home euthanasia and hospice. Veterinary hospice specifically addresses comfort care and pain management for pets. Our telehospice service allows you to speak with a veterinarian to discuss your pet's quality of life. Some of our doctors are experienced with certain exotic species as well. Our veterinarians proudly service the greater Hartford and New Haven areas. Due to the expansive area covered, there may be an extended travel fee of $30-$100 based on your location

Dr. Dani McVety started Lap of Love Veterinary Hospice in 2009 shortly after graduating from veterinary school while practicing emergency medicine in her hometown of Tampa, FL. After helping countless families through the loss of their pets, she felt an immense inspiration to combine her previous experience as a human hospice volunteer with her love of people and a desire to make the experience of losing a pet as peaceful as it can possibly be. In 2010, as word spread, Dr. McVety contacted her good friend and veterinary school classmate, Dr. Mary Gardner, to help expand Lap of Love nationwide; Dr. Gardner immediately felt the connection and joined as co-founder, applying her decade of software design experience to lead the development of the company's proprietary practice management software. In 2011, Lap of Love welcomed their first veterinarian outside Florida, in Charlotte, North Carolina. In 2013, Lap of Love expanded to serve 20 states and taught at the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine's first End of Life course. In 2015, Lap of Love established its dedicated Support Center. In 2017, the team grew to over 100 doctors nationwide. In 2018, Lap of Love expanded to serve 30 states. In 2020, Lap of Love rolled out a Telehospice service and the team grew to over 200 doctors. In 2021, Lap of Love launched dedicated Pet Loss Support services. In 2023, Lap of Love's team grew to over 300 doctors nationwide and it launched an internal Certified Veterinary Hospice and Euthanasia Practitioner course

Mission — We believe all pets deserve peaceful end-of-life experiences. Lap of Love is a network of veterinarians around the country with the goal of empowering every owner to care for their geriatric pets. Our philosophy centers around the human-animal bond and the need for that bond to be as undisturbed as possible during this most difficult time