Lap of Love - Fort Worth

Lap of Love assists families and their pets in Fort Worth and the surrounding neighborhoods with end-of-life care in the comfort of their home. Our experienced veterinarians provide compassionate care for your dog or cat, including 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 doctor to discuss your pet's quality of life. We can also assist with some exotic pets too

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, Lap of Love grew quickly as word spread about a new way for pet parents to say goodbye. Dr. McVety began receiving calls and emails from families and veterinarians nationwide looking for similar services, and contacted her good friend and veterinary school classmate, Dr. Mary Gardner, to help expand nationwide; Dr. Gardner 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. In 2015, the dedicated Support Center was established with a team of compassionate professionals to assist families over the phone. In 2017, Lap of Love's team grew to over 100 doctors nationwide, having sat at the bedside of more than 100,000 pets and their families since 2009. In 2018, Lap of Love expanded to serve 30 states and received the first-ever Innovative Practice of the Year award from the Veterinary Innovation Council. In 2020, Lap of Love rolled out a Telehospice service and 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 launched an internal Certified Veterinary Hospice and Euthanasia Practitioner course, described as the most rigorous certification process solely focused on end-of-life veterinary care at this time

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