Sun Lakes is an age-restricted community, and we visit here often enough to know the gates.
The last hour of a pet's life shouldn't be spent in a carrier, in traffic, and then on a metal table under fluorescent light. We come to you in Sun Lakes instead, so it can happen on the couch, in the yard, or wherever your pet has always been happiest.
Call or text 602-960-2501.
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$405, all in. Sun Lakes is inside our service area, so there is no travel fee, and no surcharge for evenings, weekends, holidays, or large dogs. A Sunday evening costs exactly what a Wednesday lunchtime costs.
$405 — At-home euthanasia
$555 — At-home euthanasia with aquamation, ashes scattered in Ash Fork
$690 — At-home euthanasia with aquamation, ashes returned to you
Almost everyone else in this market prices by your pet's weight, then adds a travel fee, then adds more again for a night or a weekend. A family with a big dog on a Sunday can end up $75 to $175 above the figure they were first quoted. Our figure doesn't move.
Care coordinators are reachable by phone or text from 7:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. every day of the week, weekends and holidays included, and we try hard to fit in families who need us the same day.
You'll be given a two-hour arrival window rather than a single time, so a one o'clock appointment means we arrive between noon and two. Calling first to talk it over costs nothing and commits you to nothing, and plenty of families do exactly that.
Every one of the Sun Lakes communities has guard or gate access. Tell us which one you are in when you book and we will make sure we are cleared before we arrive. We also know that for many Sun Lakes residents this pet arrived after a move, after a retirement, or after losing a spouse, and has been the constant through all of it. There is no version of this where we treat that as a routine appointment.
We come to homes throughout Sun Lakes, including Oakwood, Cottonwood, Palo Verde, IronOaks, Sun Lakes Country Club. That list is a sample rather than a boundary. If you don't see your neighborhood on it, call or text 602-960-2501 and we'll tell you honestly whether we can get to you.
Every visit is attended by a veterinarian and a veterinary technician, so there are always two of us. That means you will never be asked to help lift or carry your pet, however large they are, and it means nothing has to be hurried.
This is not a sideline for our veterinarians; it is what they do, and do only. Every visit is led by an experienced veterinarian, supported by a team that includes staff certified in pet loss and grief support.
Nothing begins until you're ready for it to. The veterinarian will spend time with you and your pet first, ask about their life and how the last weeks have gone, and explain each step before it happens. Where your pet lies is entirely your choice: a favorite bed, the sunny spot by the door, your lap.
The first injection is a sedative with strong pain relief in it. It takes five to fifteen minutes to work, and in that time your pet simply relaxes and drifts into a deep sleep. The final injection comes only when you say you're ready, and your pet feels nothing of it.
Afterward, we take a clay pawprint and a lock of fur for you to keep, and then we step back and give you as much time alone as you'd like.
We work with A Greener Place for aftercare. They're an aquamation provider in Mesa, using a gentle, water-based process instead of flame, and we take care of the transport both ways so this is never something you have to arrange yourself.
Ashes returned to you arrive in a wooden urn with your pet's name engraved on a plate. You can pick them up in Mesa or have them brought to your Sun Lakes home for $40. Families who choose communal aquamation often ask where their pet's ashes end up. We scatter them ourselves, on private land in Ash Fork, and we'll show you the place.
Sometimes a pet passes at home before anyone can get there. If that has happened, you don't need to move them and you don't need to decide anything today. We'll come to you in Sun Lakes, care for your pet gently, and arrange the cremation. Body care is $455 with communal aquamation, $590 with ashes returned. Call or text 602-960-2501.
Sun Lakes is one of the closest parts of our service area, so same-day appointments here are more often possible than not. Call or text 602-960-2501 and we'll tell you the soonest we can be there.
No. There is no travel fee anywhere we serve, and none here. You are one of the closer parts of our area in any case. No weekend, evening or holiday surcharge either, and no charge based on your pet's weight.
Yes, and we do regularly. Most have gate or office check-in, so tell us the community name when you book and we'll arrange clearance ahead of time so nobody is waiting at an entrance.
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