Lap of Love Veterinary Hospice - Jacksonville

Lap of Love assists families and their pets in the greater Jacksonville area with end-of-life care in a comfortable setting. Our services include veterinary in-home euthanasia and hospice, a type of care focused on providing comfort and pain management. Schedule a telehospice session to speak with a hospice veterinarian about your dog or cat's quality of life from your home or workplace. We can also assist with some of our exotic pets

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. Lap of Love grew quickly as word spread about a new way for pet parents to say goodbye. Dr. McVety contacted her good friend and veterinary school classmate, Dr. Mary Gardner, to help expand Lap of Love nationwide; Dr. Gardner joined as co-founder in 2010, 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. In 2015 they established their dedicated Support Center. In 2017 Lap of Love's 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 its team grew to over 200 doctors nationwide. In 2021 Lap of Love launched dedicated Pet Loss Support services and a Senior Pet Care blog. In 2022 Lap of Love was featured in the award-winning documentary "The Hardest Day." In 2023 Lap of Love's team grew to over 300 doctors nationwide and Lap of Love 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. At Lap of Love, we firmly believe in the inherent value of diversity and inclusivity and are committed to providing our services with respect, compassion, dignity, and equality for all families that reach out to us!