The Gap Between What Vets Say and What Grieving Clients Hear | Dr. Christina Guttuso

The Gap Between What Vets Say and What Grieving Clients Hear | Dr. Christina Guttuso

May 18, 2026 · 54 min · Season 3 · Episode 222

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Dr. Christina Guttuso discusses the challenges of communicating with grieving pet owners during in-home euthanasia.

Send us Fan Mail Nobody teaches you how to have this conversation in veterinary school. Dr. Christina Guttuso has spent 23 years doing exclusively in-home euthanasia — showing up for families in their hardest moments, in their homes across Arizona. After over two decades of experience and a recent survey of over 300 pet owners about their end-of-life experiences, what she found is reshaping how veterinary professionals will think about one of the most common and most misunderstood momen...

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Host: Megan Sprinkle, DVM

Guest: Dr. Christina Guttuso

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