Safely Home Veterinary Services LLC
Providing Compassionate In-Home Care to Your Pets
Well, Sick and End-of-Life Care Visits are Available in the Greater Phoenix Area
Dr. Jones and her dog Puddin (whom is dearly missed)
Dr. Jones has been providing care to pets in the valley for over 8 years. She has one cat and one human baby at home. Her work interests are behavior and dermatology. Her hobbies include puzzles, reading, hiking and kayaking
About Us
At Safely Home Veterinary Services LLC, we are dedicated to providing compassionate and personalized care for your pets in the comfort of their own home. Our mission is to ensure the well-being of your pets at every stage of their lives, from routine wellness check-ups to end-of-life care. With a focus on building trust and nurturing the human-animal bond, we strive to create as stress-free of an experience for both you and your beloved companions as possible.
Services
Exam First Pet- This is charged every visit for the first pet examined. It covers the travel fee and up to 45 minutes of time spent with you and your pet. See map for you zone designation. If you are outside of our zones please call for pricing. If you are in a coming in 2026 area we cannot travel to this area and you should call for options (see up close maps of these below). Zone A $150, Zone B $ 200, Zone C $250
Discounts available for seeing multiple pets on different invoices at the same location
Additional Pet Exams- any additional pets seen at the same location and on the same invoice. Sick or quality of life (30 min)- $80. Well pets or preventive care (15 min) $45
Telemedicine- may be available depending on the appointment but is offered at doctor discretion and the result may be requiring an in person visit
Vaccines- cost varies from $25 to $50 per vaccine depending upon which vaccine is used and how long it lasts.
Coming in 2026 area- At the level of Bell Rd 35th Ave to 54th St, in north Pinnacle Peak Rd and south to Hatcher at widest diameter
Pharmacy- Select medications will be available at the visit however a written prescription may be needed or requested. Our pharmacy partner is Mixlab and they can often accommodate next day shipping for your convenience
Laboratory Testing- most blood tests, fecal, and urine samples are sent to our lab partners, cost varies per test.
Euthanasia and Aftercare- We do all we can to provide your loved one with peaceful last moments and allow you to grieve your loss in your own way and in the privacy of your home. We partner with Aquacrossings to provide your loved ones aftercare with individual and communal cremation options. Euthanasia is the exam first pet fee + $80-200 depending on pet size. Aftercare ranges from $140 to 370.
At this time surgical, dentistry and imaging services are not available
What to Expect
Making the appointment
Appointment requests can be submitted through phone call (please leave a message if nobody answers) or text message- please provide a brief summary of what the visit is for, how many pets we will be seeing, your address, your preferred day and morning or afternoon preference.
Due to the unpredictability of visits, traffic, and the need to minimize travel between appointments so that more pets receive care we require flexibility in the schedule. Arrival times for appointments are either 8-12pm or 1-4pm. If you need to reduce the window, please let us know in advance and we may be able to accommodate .
Preparing for the visit
We will email or text you a form to fill out so we understand your needs better prior to the appointment. On this form please list any other hospitals we need to contact for records prior to the appointment
We will need space to work with your pet so please ensure there is a cleared/clean space large enough for two people to work around your pet. Any outdoor spaces you would like us to work in must be enclosed and the work area free of feces.
If your pet is being seen for urinary or stool problems, please try to collect a sample before the visit- can be obtained up to 24 hours early for feces or 12 for urine but should be stored the fridge or at fridge equivalent temperatures in a closed container
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Fecal samples should be at least 3 sugar cubes in size
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Urine samples should be at least 1 tablespoon in volume and not absorbed into anything, floor samples are still acceptable as long as they were collected right after they were produced
If your pet is being seen for coughing or a problem that comes and goes, please try to obtain a video of the problem behavior
Day of the visit
On the day of the visit we will either call or text message you when we arrive at the appointment before yours and then again when our approximate arrival time is 20 minutes
Please ensure your pet is accessible for the visit.
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For cats working with them in a bathroom or room that can be closed off and does not have things they can fit under
Most days your care team will include both the doctor and a technician/nurse. We will bring a scale, bag, blanket and tablet into the house with us. We will discuss your pets needs and preform an exam to determine the plan
We always try to handle pets with the least amount of stress possible. If your pet is too stressed, we may need to provide sedation medication and schedule another appointment to finish treatments.
If your pet requires medications, we carry a few select medications with us but most of the time we will provide a written prescription or submit the order through our online pharmacy partner Mixlab who provides next day service for most medications.
At the end of the visit we can process payment
End-of-life visits (Euthanasia)
We are first of all so sorry you are going through this very difficult time; it is always so hard to say goodbye to a loved one and we will do our best to make your pets passing as peaceful as possible.
If you would like to prepay for this visit you may, we can discuss aftercare options before we come to the house if desired.
When your care team arrives, we will do a brief exam if your pet is new to us and gather some information. In very rare circumstances we may decline the euthanasia (healthy young pets, medical problems that can generally be resolved without excessive cost, pets that have recently bitten someone unless state approval is acquired)
You will decide what your aftercare plan is if you did not prior to the visit. We will collect a signature from you for permission to proceed
Most pets receive premedication given under the skin; this can sting but is normally very well tolerated. It takes about 10 minutes to take effect, and your pet will be very sleepy
A needle or catheter will be placed in a vein, most likely a leg, and the euthanasia solution will be administered
You may still spend time with your pet once they are gone. When you are ready, we will take them with us, or the crematorium will pick them up. Either way your loved one will be treated with respect and care through the aftercare process
This is a typical euthanasia but please understand that different pets react to medications differently and some medical problems complicate the process. Your visit may not follow this exactly
Grieving Your Pet
Nobody mourns the same way and there is no right or wrong way to process the loss of your loved one]. It is however important to move along in the process so that you can enjoy the memories you shared instead lingering only on the pain of their loss.
Following are suggestions and resources to help you through this difficult time, including how I process the loss of my own pet
The grieving process may begin before a loved one has actually passed. This often occurs in the case of long illnesses or degenerative conditions. It is ok to feel the feelings before they are gone.
Giving your pet the best last day or days that you can creates new memories for you to look back on - take them to do their favorite things, let them eat things they are not normally allowed (avoid higher fat foods and chocolate until close to time for euthanasia as they may cause vomiting)
People in grief need someone to walk with them without judging them
-Gail Sheehy
Write a list or letter of all the things you don't want to forget, that made them the greatest pet, that was unique about them, and your favorite memories. I also include why I made the decision to say goodbye so that I do not later doubt myself. I write this list while I am waiting for their cremains back and place it in the urn with them. If you are not getting ashes back small box may be a good location for it and other memorabilia
Talk about them and talk to them, allow the emotions out in your safe spaces they are nothing to be ashamed of
The five stages- denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance- are a part of the framework that makes up our learning to live with the one we lost. They are tools to help us frame and identify what we may be feeling. but they are not stops on some linear timeline in grief
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Art - get ink pawprints and copy them to decorate around if you are afraid of ruing the original, draw pictures of them, make a collage of your favorite photos. My art therapy is that when I am ready I will paint the clay pawprint (can only be done on hard clay), get an extra if you are thinking you want to but don't want to damage the original
Gather their favorite things and place them in the urn or box you are creating. My pets have pieces of their favorite blankets, toys, dried grass, and pictures of objects or food in their urns
Pet Loss Grief Resources | Best Friends Animal Society
Resources--Free-Pet-Loss-Support--English
10 Healing Grief Activities That Can Help You Deal With Loss | LoveToKnow
Nobody gets to tell you when you should be done grieving. Some pets the grieving process if fast and some take years before you can think of them with a positive emotion being the one that comes first. Take your time to work through it, there is not right time to get rid of bowls/leashes/toys.