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In-Home Pet Euthanasia – Kansas City

Kansas City

Serving Kansas City and Surrounding Areas (Leavenworth, Kearney, Blue Springs, Lee Summit, Olathe and Lawrence)

About Us

Home with Dignity provides end-of-life care for pets in the Kansas City Metropolitan area.

Our Veterinarians are end-of-life, comfort-oriented care experts and have unique expertise in the euthanasia process, which they provide in the comfort of your own home.

Services we provide on end-of-life planning include:

In Home Euthanasia

Cremation & Memorials

Teleadvice

In Home Consultation

How does our in home euthanasia process work?

1. When our doctor arrives

The doctor will get to know you and your pet, perform a short assessment of your pet's health, and answer any questions you may have surrounding in home euthanasia. The process can take place indoors or outdoors, wherever your pet is most comfortable.

2. When you are ready & your pet is resting peacefully

The doctor will administer an appropriate level of sedation to let them sleep and ease their pain or discomfort.

After your pet is resting peacefully, a simple injectable euthanasia solution will be given and your pet will gently drift into their peaceful transition.

3. After your pet has peacefully crossed the rainbow bridge

You and your family will be given privacy to say your final goodbyes - this is not rushed, and you can take as much time as you need. When you are ready, the doctor will come in and speak with you about the aftercare of your pet.

4. If we are handling the aftercare

After you have said your goodbyes, if we are handling the aftercare, the doctor will come in with either a blanket or stretcher to place your pet in their vehicle to transport them to the crematorium. They will go through the process with you and provide you with information on how and when your pet's ashes will be ready to come home.

Why in home euthanasia?

Flexible & same-day availability

Peaceful environment, surrounded by family

Allows other pets to say goodbye

Private grieving process

Our Veterinarians

Erin Mapes Sako, DVM

Ben Shrauner, DVM, DACVS

Dr. Erin Mapes Sako grew up in northeastern Indiana. When she was only 6 years old, she decided she wanted to be a veterinarian someday. Every job she had along the way through high school and college was animal-related, from working in a local mixed animal practice, to pet sitting, cleaning horse stalls, being a zookeeper caring for orangutans and tigers, working with a horse vet in Arizona, and even learning to plow fields with horses. All of these experiences fueled her drive and helped her realize her dream of becoming a veterinarian. After high school, she attended Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN, where she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in animal science before obtaining her doctorate of veterinary medicine in 2007 from the Purdue School of Veterinary Medicine.

While in vet school, she met her husband, Jeff. After graduation, they settled in the Chicagoland area of northwest Indiana with their daughter, Kaitlyn, where they have lived until their recent move to Kansas City. Dr. Erin enjoys being with her family and spending time outdoors. Whether it’s riding horses, camping, fishing, swimming, gardening, or playing with their dogs, Dr. Sako and her family love being outside!

Dr. Sako spent 14 years working in a small animal hospital, and while she thoroughly enjoyed seeing appointments and performing surgeries, she felt like there was more that she could do when it came time for families to say goodbye to their beloved and devoted pets. Dr. Sako wanted to make the euthanasia process easier on the families instead of them coming into a busy clinic. When her own treasured pets needed to cross the rainbow bridge, there was no question in her mind or her heart that she wanted them to pass on at home. She asked herself, “Why don’t we give this option to all our pet parents”? So, she started to offer house calls for in home euthanasia on her own. In doing this, she realized her true calling wasn’t just being a veterinarian; it was to help her clients and patients through the most important and difficult process of pet euthanasia. Dr. Sako feels like there is no greater gift she can give to her clients than to be there for them during those final moments of their sweet friend’s life. Therefore, when the opportunity to work with Home with Dignity and provide mobile in home euthanasia in Kansas City arose, Dr. Sako and her family moved to the Kansas City area.

Dr. Sako says, “dogs spend their entire lives trying to make us happy, even on their last day with us. After a lifetime of care and love, one of the last gifts we can give them as pet owners is a painless, comfortable and dignified passing to the other side. As a veterinarian, it is truly an honor to be able to help our pets and their people with this process. Even though this is the saddest day in any pet owner’s life, it is a blessing to know that their beloved friend will be able to go to their place of rest peacefully while wrapped in your loving arms and surrounded by the comforts of home.”

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Services & Pricing

As a pet owner, you have the special responsibility of making aftercare choices on your pet’s behalf after euthanasia. Working together with our team, we will gently guide you through the process of making at home euthanasia and cremation arrangements that are fitting for you and your pet. Home with Dignity proudly works with Rolling Acres in Kansas City to ensure that your pet is taken care of with dignified and compassionate care. Because each family’s needs are different, each has the option of choosing any one or all of the services that lovingly and appropriately help you memorialize your cherished pet in a way that is most comfortable and suitable for you personally.

In home euthanasia in Kansas City cost includes consultation time with our doctor and a customized sedation and pre-medication plan based on your pet’s medical history, weight, and unique needs to ensure comfort.

In Home Euthanasia

In home Euthanasia Cost: $300-310

If aftercare is desired, please review Cremation & Aftercare for more information.

Additional Fees

If an in home consultation is needed or our doctor and you mutually agree that palliative care is the right step for your pet, then the cost will be for the house call and exam.

House Call & Exam $300

If you need to cancel your at home euthanasia appointment on the same day as your appointment, there is a cancellation fee.

Cancellation Fee $90

There is an additional after-hours fee for appointments after 6pm. If you need an after-hours appointment, then please call our offices for availability.

After Hours Fee $50

Other Species

Currently, we only provide our in home euthanasia services for dogs and cats.

After the euthanasia process, the veterinarian will safely transport your pet (if we are handling the aftercare) to our trusted crematorium, Rolling Acres.

The cost for cremation will vary depending on your choice of cremation type and the weight of your pet. Regardless of which cremation type you chose; your pet will be cared for in a respected and dignified manner.

Private Cremation

Your pet is cremated privately, all by him/herself and the cremated remains are returned in a beautiful urn that is our gift to you, unless you opt to upgrade your urn, along with a Certificate of Cremation, the Rainbow Bridge poem, information on coping with the loss of the pet and Rolling Acres Pet Grief Recovery Group.

Pets up to 49 pounds $160

Pets 50 – 99 pounds $190

Pets 100 – 149 pounds $230

Pets 150+ pounds $270

Communal Cremation

With communal cremation, your pet is gently placed into the crematory together with other pets. Because no cremated remains are returned to you when you choose a communal cremation, you may wish to consider one of Rolling Acres personalized memorial paw prints as a timeless remembrance.

Pets up to 49 pounds $80

Pets 50 – 99 pounds $110

Pets 100 – 149 pounds $150

Pets 150+ pounds $190

Attended Cremation

Rolling Acres offers Attended Cremations which includes a visitation with your pet prior to the Private Cremation plus your family can sit comfortably in their witnessing room and observe the cremation process. There is a cost for attended cremation and it is available by appointment only. There may be a fee for preparing the pet for the visitation.

Additional Fees

If we are handling the aftercare of your beloved pet, there is a transportation fee of $60 - $100.

To best honor your pet and have a peaceful transition, if your pet weighs over 30 pounds, we may ask for assistance transporting your pet to our doctor's vehicle. If additional help is needed due to your pet being over 100 pounds or if there is no one in the home that can assist in transporting the pet to the doctor’s vehicle, we may request that Rolling Acres come to your home to assist. If this is needed, an additional fee may be needed.

Veterinary Teleadvice Appointment in Kansas City

Teleadvice helps answer questions such as the following:

  • Should my pet be taken to a Veterinary or emergency clinic?
  • How do I know it is the right time for Euthanasia?
  • What happens to pets that experience this disease?
  • How can I make my pet more comfortable?
  • What do I need to do to prepare for In-Home Euthanasia?
  • Is in-home euthanasia the best option for me?
  • How can I get the help I need after my loss?

One of our compassionate doctors will walk you through your beloved pet’s Quality of Life and discuss the symptoms that your pet is experiencing. If you wish to have the doctor go over any lab work, test results, or reports that your primary veterinarian have ran, please have this ready before your appointment. This conversation can range from discussion of Quality of Life to our process for in home euthanasia if you decide that is the appropriate route.

Appointment Pricing $50 per 30 minutes

Consultation Appointment in Kansas City

Choosing a respectful end to your wonderful pet’s life is one of the hardest decisions that as a pet parent we must make. Our doctors are passionate about helping you and your beloved pet through this difficult process. One of the ways they can do so is by providing an in home consultation appointment. This consultation begins with a short assessment then leads to a discussion of what the doctors' findings are. After the exam the doctor will discuss your pet’s Quality of Life and explain the options between palliative care and end of life care.

If you have a scheduled an in home euthanasia appointment with one of our Kansas City veterinarians and during the brief assessment, if you and the doctor come to a mutual agreement that euthanasia is not the right step for your pet, this appointment will then change to a consultation appointment with a consultation fee.

Appointment Pricing $300

Consultations help answer questions such as the following:

  • Should my pet be taken to a Veterinary or emergency clinic?
  • How do I know it is the right time for Euthanasia?
  • Is my pet comfortable on the medications they are taking?
  • How can I make my pet as comfortable as possible?
  • Am I making the right decision?

As our gift to you, you can choose any urn below to protect your pet’s ashes in. If you wish to upgrade your pet’s urn, there is an additional charge. You can visit Rolling Acres to view a wide variety of unique options and let our care team know what you would prefer.

Hand-Carved Rosewood Urn

Cedar Memorial Urn

Blue Decorative Metal Urn

Tan Decorative Metal Urn

Scattering Tube

Remembrance Urn

We offer keepsake items and popular upgraded urns that you will find below for an additional cost.

Cherry Wood Photo Urn
$236

Walnut Elegant Photo Urn
$360

Serenity Urn
$98

White Clay Paw Print
$60

Terracotta Clay Paw Print
$60

Ink Nose Print
$50

Ink Paw Print
$50

We Accept: All Credit Cards, Debit Cards & CareCredit; Sorry: No Checks or Cash

For more information regarding pricing and services and to give you an accurate cost for any in- home pet euthanasia procedure, please give our office a call or text at (816) 608-6488 or you may email us at KCCare@homewithdignity.com

Our Availability & Service Area

We know talking at this time can be challenging. Use this link to view our available appointments in Kansas City for in home euthanasia and, if you are ready, share some preliminary details with our care coordination team.

As you’re planning, please be sure to review our prices and aftercare options prior to booking.

Our Service Area

There may be an additional charge for extended travel outside of our service area. This additional charge is $50 per 30 minutes driven outside of the service area.