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Every Paws Gentle Goodbyes

Providing kind and gentle in home pet euthanasia services

pet euthanasia service

My name is Cheryl Keen, a Veterinary Surgeon based in Linton, Cambridgeshire. I understand how deeply our pets touch our lives. In 2020, I experienced the heart-wrenching loss of our family spaniel. Being by his side in his final moments, surrounded by family, brought comfort and peace to us all. This personal experience inspired my commitment to creating a gentle, compassionate way for pets to say their last goodbye – at home, surrounded by love.

With experience across both first opinion work and emergency care, I’ve supported families throughout Cambridgeshire and beyond in both joyful and challenging times. My mission is to provide a peaceful, pain-free farewell for your beloved companions, with empathy and respect for the bond you share. I’m honoured to serve families in Cambridgeshire and neighbouring districts in Suffolk, North Essex, North Hertfordshire, East Northants and East Bedfordshire.

If you’re facing the heartache of saying goodbye, know that I’m here to support you and your pet with kindness, patience, and understanding

pet euthanasia service

Home Cat Euthanasia

Home Dog Euthanasia

Other Small Pet Euthanasia

Other Small Pet Euthanasia

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M D
22/08/2026
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We can't thank Cheryl enough for her gentle and caring experience she provided. From the moment she stepped into our home, we all felt at peace with her genuine kindness and care for our poorly Coops. She made us all feel at ease and made it personal for us to say our goodbyes and the thought built with the after care. It's a challenging job but we can see why Cheryl suited the role with her kind nature and expertise. We can't thank you enough to make the last steps towards the rainbow bridge a special one. Thank you from us and Cooper.
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21/08/2026
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Our beautiful boy Frankie had pancreatic cancer and we had to make the painful decision to let him have his final long sleep. We wanted to do this at home, in his favourite spot with all of his family there. Cheryl was amazing, so responsive and able to come at short notice. Her compassion with Frankie and us was truly special at a very painful moment in our lives. She was very calming and able to put us at ease, she explained everything in a caring way and made it easy for us to understand what would happen. Thank you so much Cheryl for everything you did and for making Frankie’s passing peaceful and loving.
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Jon Dyer
19/08/2026
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Faultless. Cheryl will guide you through an emotionally charged situation with warmth, consideration and expertise. We have absolutely no regrets about this choice. If you're wondering whether to ask for her help - do it.
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Willow Blake
06/08/2026
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My baby girl Bella I have had since I was just turning 7. Shes made me laugh every day since, shes been a pain in my ass and my bestest friend. She hated water and loved to go for walks, she had a heart shaped nose when she was a puppy and then gained a burn scar on it after sniffing something too hot. She didn’t care much for playing fetch but could play tug and wrestle all day, she could jump on the bungalow roof but had selective hearing when I asked her to give me her paw or do a spin. She was so emotionally intelligent even if you caught her licking walls, she had the cheesiest smile and a fox like tail. The day I got her we drove two hours away to god knows where on that specific farm, we met the farmer who took us to his stables. There were so many border collie puppies to choose from, then in one separate stable there she was curled up and shaking. He told us he was “waiting for her to die” as she was the runt of the litter, this you could tell as she was a lot smaller and a lot weaker, she had a healing wound covering the entirety of her lower back caused by the other dogs attacking her over food (she was frequently violently attacked). I immediately picked her up and took her home, I’ll never forget when we drove home and she slept on my lap the entire way. I’ve not been able to give her the perfect life, we struggled with her fear of other dogs and territorial problems. But I gave her 14 more years of life and I hope they were wonderful for her. She got sick in the end and we had to say goodbye. Cheryl provided the most peaceful euthanasia, she was so so patient, passionate, kind, calming and respectful. She asked questions and studied the room when she entered, she understood the vibe and was so gentle with my baby girl. She explained everything in detail and what to expect as death generally is not usually a pretty thing, but she truly made it beautiful. I had never witnessed death before and Cheryl made it seem like the most bittersweet, beautiful and fascinating thing even with the heartbreak. Thank you so much Cheryl you deserve the best. Sleep well Bella, you never did grow into your ears. <3
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Chris Oakes
05/08/2026
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We had to say goodbye to our 15 year plus lab last week and Cheryl helped us through this. It was all so peaceful, sympathetic and respectful and we would recommend Cheryl to anybody who finds themselves in this end of life situation for a beloved pet. Thank you hugely for making it all so much easier to cope with.
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Gareth Bolitho
03/08/2026
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Thank you Cheryl!! What you do and how you do it is simply amazing, we cannot thank you enough. You made a truly heart-breaking time bearable and our beloved Springbatt, Harry, went to sleep in total peace, surrounded by his family and feeling very loved. Keep up the fantastic work, you make such an enormous difference in the lives of the animals you care for and their families, such patience and kindness. I will be forever grateful to you.
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Kathy Stanford
25/07/2026
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Cheryl provided a calm and dignified environment for me to say an emotional goodbye to Herbie in his home. I am extremely grateful for her kind, compassionate and informative service.
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Amanda Holland
17/07/2026
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I’ll always be grateful to Cheryl for the empathy and gentleness that she gave me and my darling Ted at the end of his journey. It’s hard enough but made easier by her serene presence. We could have wished for no more at his end of life.
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P M
11/06/2026
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What an important service, with incredible love, kindness and complete competence. We said goodbye to our cat at home last year. He was stressed by going to the vet and we didn’t want that to be his last moments. Cheryl was able to come on short notice and took incredible care of both him and us. There was no rush, everything was explained to us so we knew what to expect, and we had plenty of time for some peaceful final moments together. Thank you so much Cheryl, I can’t recommend her enough especially if your pet has any stress at all from travel to the vets, and even if not being all at home together was so lovely.
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Tally Pendragon
05/06/2026
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Aslan & Tiri-Pops Reunited Again: A Very Short but Beautiful Story by Tally Pendragon This is the story of how my beautiful little old doggie, a ginger Pomeranian named Tiri-Pops, takes her final journey and finds that watering hole at which her friend Aslan dwells: Her legs won't work properly any more, she can't see or hear me unless I make very loud noises any more, and her senses zone out intermittently so that she appears to be periodically lost in her own little world, oblivious, even to herself... Yet, she's happy, still eats her food, and looks forward to her walks with her newest friend, Lucky. As she makes her slow way from in to out and in again, noticing only the familiar smells of her faster years, I'm sure he feels lucky to be gambolling along beside her. But there comes a day when she's not happy, when her jaw won't work to hold the food in her mouth, when she cannot take in the water that provides her with this slow life's diminishing vitality, and will do so no more unless she can. It's time. Time for her to say goodbye to this life and join her sweet, departed friend for whom she has pined this past year and a half. And then, an angel appears to help her gently cross this final divide... or is she a faery? If so, she's a very good faery, with healing hands and a soothing voice... a patient faery, with a kindness in her soul that this world now encounters so little, and so fleetingly, if ever at all. I offer up my beautiful, little old doggie into her capable, kind and loving hands, this angelic faery, and feel the weight of all this world's troubles melt as she soothes my gorgeous, years-long friend... yes, literally soothes her path into the otherworld, where she can meet her own missed friend Aslan again and gambol in the bluebell woods with him once and forevermore. And there's a strange sense of delightful relief, one that, not having felt it for a very long time, I'm reluctant to accept, but that feels so natural now in this calm space that the angelic faery has managed to shape and form around us. I'll deal with the sorrow all the better for it... Now that my beautiful girl is safe from all the ills of her life in this world, and has found the next one so peacefully, and so beautifully... I'll deal with the sorrow all the better for the memory of her gentle passing now... now that my beautiful ginger doggie is reunited with her lifelong friend.