Love & Toe Beans | Gentle In-Home Pet Euthanasia, Pet Cremation & Grief Support | Greater Brisbane Region

If you have found your way here, you are probably navigating one of the hardest times a pet parent will ever face. We hope this page answers some of your questions and helps you feel a little more informed and a little less alone.

If there is anything you cannot find here, please do not hesitate to reach out. We are here for you.

Our Services & Areas

What services does Love & Toe Beans provide?

We provide compassionate end-of-life care and aftercare for dogs and cats across the Greater Brisbane Region.

Our services include:

🐾 Gentle in-home dog and cat euthanasia

🐾 Quality of Life consultations, by home visit or phone

🐾 Pet cremation and aftercare services

🐾 Grief support for pet parents

What is the difference between home euthanasia and clinic euthanasia?

The experience can differ significantly between the two settings, and this can impact both your pet's comfort and your family's experience.

🌿 In-home euthanasia allows for:

Your pet to remain in a familiar and safe space.

A gentle sedation protocol to ensure a relaxed and peaceful transition.

An unhurried appointment guided entirely at your pace.

Greater privacy and flexibility around who is present.

The ability to grieve privately in your own home.

🌿 Clinic euthanasia typically involves:

Your pet being taken to a treatment area for an IV catheter.

Sedation not always being part of the protocol.

Time constraints due to clinic schedules.

Noise from other pets, clients, or emergencies.

A clean and sterile environment designed for medical care rather than end-of-life comfort.

It is important to acknowledge that veterinary clinics do extraordinary work. They dedicate long hours to keeping pets healthy, managing emergencies, and caring for animals in need. When it comes to end-of-life care, they do their very best within the demands of a busy clinic. However, those demands can make it more challenging to create the same level of privacy, calm, and fear-free atmosphere that a home setting allows.

At Love & Toe Beans, our sole focus is palliative and end-of-life care. We use a fear-free approach and design every visit to be calm, gentle, and unhurried, in the place your pet feels safest.

Many families find that saying farewell at home offers a more peaceful, dignified, and personal goodbye for both their pet and their family.

🌼 Booking & Availability

How do I book a home visit?

You can book in whatever way feels most comfortable for you.

Online booking is available for those who prefer the autonomy of booking this way. If you would prefer to speak with someone, please give us a call. And if you do not feel up to a phone call, you are welcome to send an enquiry and we will get back to you as soon as we can.

Please note that responses may be delayed if we are in an appointment or outside business hours. If your situation is urgent, please contact or present to your nearest emergency veterinary hospital.

Do you offer after-hours or weekend appointments?

Yes. We understand that saying goodbye does not always happen within standard weekday hours. Weekend appointments can be booked through our online system or by calling us during business hours.

After-hours appointments outside of our standard operating hours need to be requested and arranged in advance during business hours. While we are unable to monitor phones or emails overnight, we will always do our best to accommodate after-hours requests where possible.

What are your opening hours?

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday: 8am to 5pm

Thursday: Closed

Saturday and Sunday: 8am to 4pm

Please note that phones and emails are not monitored on Thursdays. If you contact us on a Thursday, we will respond during the next available business hours.

Which areas of Greater Brisbane do you service?

We serve the Greater Brisbane Region, including Brisbane, parts of Moreton Bay, Logan, Ipswich, Redland Bay. If you are unsure whether we service your area, you can check our service area page for a list of suburbs we typically service. If you don’t see your suburb listed or you are having difficulty booking online, please reach out and we will do our best to help.

🌸 Costs of Home Euthanasia

How much does home pet euthanasia cost?

Weekday appointments during business hours (8am to 5pm): $449

Weekend, public holiday, and after-hours appointments: $559

Travel surcharges may apply to regions outside our usual service area.

How much do cremation packages cost?

Communal cremation packages are $299.

Private and individual cremation packages range from $399 to $599 depending on the urn or keepsake chosen.

Please visit our cremation page for full details.

What payment options do you offer?

We offer a variety of payment options to suit your needs.

💛 Bank transfer, fee free and our preferred method

💛 Visa and Mastercard, a 1.7% card processing fee applies

💛 Zip Pay

💛 VetPay

💛 Cash

Please note that we do not accept American Express.

Still Have Questions?

If there is anything not covered here, please do not hesitate to reach out. You can give us a call, send us an email. We are here in whatever way feels most comfortable for you and we are here to help guide you through this.

🐾 With love,

Love & Toe Beans

Love & Toe Beans provides gentle in-home pet euthanasia, quality of life consultations, pet cremation, and grief support across the Greater Brisbane Region including Brisbane, Logan, Redland Bay, Ipswich and Moreton Bay.