25/10/2026
❤️🐾 Quality of life: We're often asked for advice, due to our backgrounds in animal rescue, vet nursing and caring for our own senior dogs, it's something we have plenty of experience with.
Quality of life is about so much more than still eating, enjoying cuddles or having good and bad days. Sometimes the subtle changes are the hardest to recognise. 🥺
Making an incredibly hard decision on behalf of your best friend is never easy, which is why we often suggest a quality-of-life assessment alongside veterinary advice. It can help us look at the bigger picture when emotions understandably make things difficult.
There are some wonderful resources available, including one I've personally used, the quality of life check on Andrea's Vet Visits website:
https://www.vetvisits.com.au/quality-of-life-scoring/
It's not just about how long we have with them, but how happy and comfortable they are along the way. ❤️🐾
QUALITY OF LIFE Assessment InstructionsBelow are eight different headings using the acronym 'JOURNEYS'. Please use the following method to judge your pets overall health.Please assign a number between 1-10 for each heading.(For example under 'Jumping or Mobility' 1 point means your pet cannot wal...
