Pet Euthanasia: How to Know When is a guide for pet parents considering humane euthanasia for their pet, or concerned they may need to in the near future, or those simply wanting to assess their pet’s quality of life (QOL).

This book uses a trademarked veterinarian-developed scoring system (the BASICS Assessment QOL Score, or BAQ Score) to help quantify subjective aspects of your pet’s quality of life. You score your pet’s quality of life using six separate facets of your pet’s life (The BASICS). This is done each day and recorded on the included 3-Month BASICS Tail Calendar. In addition to the BAQ Score, this book offers an area to record (by circling images) whether your pet is having an overall Tail Wagging or Tail Tucked day. The BAQ Score and the Tail Calendar allow you to review your pet’s quality of life over time more objectively, assisting you in determining when the right time is to let your pet cross the Rainbow Bridge.

Make this difficult decision with confidence using Pet Euthanasia: How to Know When, which allows you to document and assess trends in your pet’s quality of life, helping guide you through one of the hardest decisions you may ever make. It also discusses the logistics of humane euthanasia in veterinary medicine, provides pet-loss support resources, leaves a place for you to write notes, and concludes with a personalized Loving Life-Exit Plan for your pet, for you to complete when you are ready.