Services We Offer

End of Life Support & Grief Support

Navigating the decision to say goodbye is arguably the hardest act of love a pet owner performs. At Eden Veterinary, we recognize this final moment as a sacred transition. We are dedicated to ensuring your pet’s journey is met with reverence, dignity, and profound peace, facilitating the experience in the unhurried, familiar sanctuary of your own home

Our Ceremonial End-of-Life Services

Ceremonial Euthanasia

Our signature approach integrates clinical grace with sacred ritual, providing a peaceful, compassionate farewell tailored to honor your unique, lifelong bond.

We move beyond clinical procedure, treating the farewell as a deeply personalized ritual. Our ceremonial approach ensures every step is taken to honor the bond you share, free from the stress of a clinic environment.

  • Unrushed Time & Presence: We dedicate ample, unhurried time for your family to be fully present. We never rush the moment, ensuring you and your pet are completely comfortable and ready.

  • Creating a Sanctuary: We guide you in creating a peaceful atmosphere at home, often incorporating gentle music, blankets, or even a sacred song to bless the passage.

  • Profound Peace: The process involves a gentle, two-step method, beginning with sedation to ensure your pet is deeply relaxed and pain-free, often drifting off to sleep before the final step is administered.

  • Aftercare Guided with Respect: We handle every detail of aftercare, including transportation for cremation or burial, with the utmost respect and sensitivity, allowing your family time to grieve privately.

Quality-of-Life & Palliative Care

Personalized in-home support to manage pain, comfort, mobility, and happiness as your pet ages or battles chronic illness.

When the time is not yet right, our focus shifts to maximizing comfort and joy. We utilize our integrative medicine expertise to ensure your pet maintains the best possible quality of life for as long as possible.

  • Holistic Pain Management: Beyond traditional medication, we integrate acupuncture, herbal remedies, and nutritional therapy into personalized palliative plans to manage chronic pain, boost energy, and ease mobility issues.

  • Quality-of-Life Consultations: We offer honest, objective, and empathetic assessments to help you recognize and navigate the subtle signs of decline, guiding you to make informed decisions with clarity and confidence.

  • Living Funerals & Goodbye Rituals: Customized ceremonies and rituals to honor your pet before they pass, creating beautiful, celebratory memories that you can hold onto forever.

Grief Coaching & Support

Individual or bundled sessions designed to help you process loss, navigate anticipatory grief, and support your emotional journey after a euthanasia.

The commitment to the human-animal bond extends long after your pet's final breath. Dr. Halbert is a Cornell-trained veterinarian and a certified grief coach, uniquely qualified to support your emotional landscape.

  • Expert Grief Coaching: Access individual or bundled sessions dedicated to helping you process complicated emotions, navigate anticipatory grief (grieving before the loss), and move through the stages of post-loss sorrow.

Integrative Healing (Our Holistic Services)

Achieving optimal vitality requires looking beyond traditional methods. Eden Veterinary practices true integrative medicine, combining the best of Western diagnostics with time-tested Eastern healing modalities—delivered right in the sanctuary of your pet's home. Our approach treats the whole animal, addressing the root cause of imbalance.


Acupuncture

Gentle, in-home sessions to manage pain, improve mobility, and boost immune function for a variety of conditions, from arthritis to anxiety.

Herbal Medicine Consults

This is one of the hardest questions—and you don’t have to answer it alone. We can talk through quality-of-life changes, your pet’s good days vs. hard days, and what “comfort” realistically looks like. Many families find it helpful to schedule a QOL consult before making a final decision.

 

Nutritional Therapy

Expert guidance on diet, supplements, and food therapy to support targeted healing, manage weight, and enhance your pet's long-term vitality and energy.

Wellness & Preventive Care

The best medicine is preventative medicine. Our in-home wellness services take the stress out of routine care, ensuring a thorough, low-anxiety experience for your pet. We focus on longevity and early detection, supported by the seamless integration of both Eastern and Western medical insights.


In-Home Wellness Exams

Comprehensive, nose-to-tail examinations performed in the familiar, low-stress comfort of your home.

Phone & Video Consults

Telemedicine options for quick follow-ups, rechecks, and advice when an in-person visit isn't required.

 

Team-Based Medicine

Already have a vet you love? We’ll work alongside them—integrating labs, imaging, and treatment recommendations into one cohesive plan.

Eden Veterinary

Holistic Healing. Heartfelt Goodbyes. Eden Is Home.

1653 7th St #901
Santa Monica, CA 90401

(424) 272-0345 • [email protected]

Hours

Open 24 hours

🚨Emergency Note🚨

If your pet is having a medical emergency- trouble breathing, collapse, uncontrolled bleeding, seizures, severe pain, or anything that feels urgent, please go directly to a local 24/7 emergency hospital. If you're not near Los Angeles, search "24/7 emergency vet near me" or call the closest clinic for help locating the nearest emergency facility.

Below are some options for emergency hospitals. We recommend finding your nearest local emergency hospital.

  • VCA West Los Angeles Animal Hospital - 1900 S. Sepulveda Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90025 --(310)473-2951 (Open 24 hours)

  • ACESS Specialty Animal Hospitals - Los Angeles (Culver City) -- 9599 Jefferson Blvd, Culver City, CA 90232 -- (310)558-6100

  • Metropolitan Animal Specialty Hospital (MASH) - 6565 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90038 -- (855)350-7387 (24/7 ER)