“I leave an appointment with a trail of grieving people in my wake, and I feel a glow of satisfaction and rightness and karmic return because I know that I have done good and profound work.”
Lap of Love is a network of veterinarians around the country with the goal of empowering every owner to care for their geriatric pets. Our philosophy centers around the human-animal bond and the need for that bond to be as undisturbed as possible during this most difficult time. The desire to bring this important service to families across the United States is slowly being realized as additional veterinarians begin working under the same philosophy. Lap of Love is honored to have some of the most compassionate and empathetic vets working with us.
Lap of Love ranks 24 on the Gator100, a list of the world’s fastest-growing companies led by University of Florida graduates.
Lap of Love’s team grows to over 300 doctors nationwide!
Lap of Love launches an internal Certified Veterinary Hospice and Euthanasia Practitioner course. This is the most rigorous certification process solely focused on end-of-life veterinary care at this time.
Dr. Dani McVety started Lap of Love Veterinary Hospice shortly after graduating from veterinary school while practicing emergency medicine in her hometown of Tampa, FL. After helping countless families through the loss of their pets, she felt an immense inspiration to combine her previous experience as a human hospice volunteer with her love of people and a desire to make the experience of losing a pet as peaceful as it can possibly be.
Lap of Love grew quickly as word spread about a new way for pet parents to say goodbye. Dr. McVety began receiving calls and emails from families and veterinarians nationwide looking for similar services in their area. It was quickly apparent that Lap of Love was meant to be bigger than just Tampa, Florida! Dr. McVety contacted her good friend and veterinary school classmate, Dr. Mary Gardner, to help expand Lap of Love nationwide. Dr. Gardner immediately felt the connection with Lap of Love’s service and joined as co-founder, applying her decade of software design experience to lead the development of the company’s proprietary practice management software.
Lap of Love welcomes their first veterinarian outside Florida, in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Lap of Love expands to serve 20 states across the country.
Drs McVety and Gardner teach multiple hours at the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine’s first End of Life course offered to senior veterinary students, focused specifically on hospice and euthanasia of all animal species. They have helped teach the course every year since.
As our service grew, we knew our doctors needed help answering phone calls from families requesting assistance. In 2015 we established our dedicated Support Center with a team of compassionate professionals to assist families over the phone.
Lap of Love ranks 29 on the Gator100, a list of the world’s fastest-growing companies led by University of Florida graduates.
Lap of Love ranks 45 on the Gator100, a list of the world’s fastest-growing companies led by University of Florida graduates.
Lap of Love’s team grows to over 100 doctors nationwide!
Lap of Love has been honored to sit at the bedside of more than 100,000 pets and their families, assisting in the peaceful and loving transition of euthanasia since the company was founded in 2009.
Lap of Love ranks 76 on the Gator100, a list of the world’s fastest-growing companies led by University of Florida graduates.
Lap of Love expands to serve 30 states across the country.
Lap of Love ranks 19 on the Gator100, a list of the world’s fastest-growing companies led by University of Florida graduates.
Lap of Love receives the first-ever Innovative Practice of the Year award from the Veterinary Innovation Council, a division of the North American Veterinary Community. Lap of Love is awarded Best in Show by the Veterinary Innovation Council for receiving more votes than any nominee in any category.
Lap of Love ranks 1956 on the 2018 Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in America.
Lap of Love ranks 11 on the Gator100, a list of the world’s fastest-growing companies led by University of Florida graduates, our highest ranking to date!
As COVID descended upon the world, Lap of Love quickly rolled out a Telehospice service, providing telemedical advice to families nationwide via an in-depth Quality of Life conversation with our hospice veterinarians.
Lap of Love’s team grows to over 200 doctors nationwide!
As of 2020, Lap of Love has been honored to sit at the bedside of more than 250,000 pets and their families, assisting in the peaceful and loving transition of euthanasia.
Lap of Love provides over 149 hours of end-of-life care lectures at industry conferences and 30 hours of lectures to veterinary colleges nationwide.
Lap of Love ranks 19 on the Gator100, a list of the world’s fastest-growing companies led by University of Florida graduates.
As of 2021, Lap of Love has been honored to sit at the bedside of more than 400,000 pets and their families, assisting in the peaceful and loving transition of euthanasia.
Lap of Love launches dedicated Pet Loss Support services for anyone who has experienced the loss of a pet.
Lap of Love launches a Senior Pet Care blog.
Lap of Love provides over 130 hours of end-of-life care lectures at industry conferences and 40 hours of lectures to veterinary colleges nationwide.
Lap of Love ranks 87 on the Gator100, a list of the world’s fastest-growing companies led by University of Florida graduates.
Lap of Love ranks 61 on the Gator100, a list of the world’s fastest-growing companies led by University of Florida graduates. This marks the 8th consecutive year Lap of Love has been on the Gator100, the ONLY company to achieve this feat!
Lap of Love is featured in the award-winning documentary “The Hardest Day.” The film focuses on the power of the human-animal bond in its last moments and those who help navigate along the way.
Lap of Love ranks 24 on the Gator100, a list of the world’s fastest-growing companies led by University of Florida graduates.
Lap of Love’s team grows to over 300 doctors nationwide!
Lap of Love launches an internal Certified Veterinary Hospice and Euthanasia Practitioner course. This is the most rigorous certification process solely focused on end-of-life veterinary care at this time.
Dr. Dani McVety started Lap of Love Veterinary Hospice shortly after graduating from veterinary school while practicing emergency medicine in her hometown of Tampa, FL. After helping countless families through the loss of their pets, she felt an immense inspiration to combine her previous experience as a human hospice volunteer with her love of people and a desire to make the experience of losing a pet as peaceful as it can possibly be.
Lap of Love grew quickly as word spread about a new way for pet parents to say goodbye. Dr. McVety began receiving calls and emails from families and veterinarians nationwide looking for similar services in their area. It was quickly apparent that Lap of Love was meant to be bigger than just Tampa, Florida! Dr. McVety contacted her good friend and veterinary school classmate, Dr. Mary Gardner, to help expand Lap of Love nationwide. Dr. Gardner immediately felt the connection with Lap of Love’s service and joined as co-founder, applying her decade of software design experience to lead the development of the company’s proprietary practice management software.
Lap of Love welcomes their first veterinarian outside Florida, in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Lap of Love expands to serve 20 states across the country.
Drs McVety and Gardner teach multiple hours at the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine’s first End of Life course offered to senior veterinary students, focused specifically on hospice and euthanasia of all animal species. They have helped teach the course every year since.
As our service grew, we knew our doctors needed help answering phone calls from families requesting assistance. In 2015 we established our dedicated Support Center with a team of compassionate professionals to assist families over the phone.
Lap of Love ranks 29 on the Gator100, a list of the world’s fastest-growing companies led by University of Florida graduates.
Lap of Love ranks 45 on the Gator100, a list of the world’s fastest-growing companies led by University of Florida graduates.
Lap of Love’s team grows to over 100 doctors nationwide!
Lap of Love has been honored to sit at the bedside of more than 100,000 pets and their families, assisting in the peaceful and loving transition of euthanasia since the company was founded in 2009.
Lap of Love ranks 76 on the Gator100, a list of the world’s fastest-growing companies led by University of Florida graduates.
Lap of Love expands to serve 30 states across the country.
Lap of Love ranks 19 on the Gator100, a list of the world’s fastest-growing companies led by University of Florida graduates.
Lap of Love receives the first-ever Innovative Practice of the Year award from the Veterinary Innovation Council, a division of the North American Veterinary Community. Lap of Love is awarded Best in Show by the Veterinary Innovation Council for receiving more votes than any nominee in any category.
Lap of Love ranks 1956 on the 2018 Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in America.
Lap of Love ranks 11 on the Gator100, a list of the world’s fastest-growing companies led by University of Florida graduates, our highest ranking to date!
As COVID descended upon the world, Lap of Love quickly rolled out a Telehospice service, providing telemedical advice to families nationwide via an in-depth Quality of Life conversation with our hospice veterinarians.
Lap of Love’s team grows to over 200 doctors nationwide!
As of 2020, Lap of Love has been honored to sit at the bedside of more than 250,000 pets and their families, assisting in the peaceful and loving transition of euthanasia.
Lap of Love provides over 149 hours of end-of-life care lectures at industry conferences and 30 hours of lectures to veterinary colleges nationwide.
Lap of Love ranks 19 on the Gator100, a list of the world’s fastest-growing companies led by University of Florida graduates.
As of 2021, Lap of Love has been honored to sit at the bedside of more than 400,000 pets and their families, assisting in the peaceful and loving transition of euthanasia.
Lap of Love launches dedicated Pet Loss Support services for anyone who has experienced the loss of a pet.
Lap of Love launches a Senior Pet Care blog.
Lap of Love provides over 130 hours of end-of-life care lectures at industry conferences and 40 hours of lectures to veterinary colleges nationwide.
Lap of Love ranks 87 on the Gator100, a list of the world’s fastest-growing companies led by University of Florida graduates.
Lap of Love ranks 61 on the Gator100, a list of the world’s fastest-growing companies led by University of Florida graduates. This marks the 8th consecutive year Lap of Love has been on the Gator100, the ONLY company to achieve this feat!
Lap of Love is featured in the award-winning documentary “The Hardest Day.” The film focuses on the power of the human-animal bond in its last moments and those who help navigate along the way.
Lap of Love ranks 24 on the Gator100, a list of the world’s fastest-growing companies led by University of Florida graduates.
Lap of Love’s team grows to over 300 doctors nationwide!
Lap of Love launches an internal Certified Veterinary Hospice and Euthanasia Practitioner course. This is the most rigorous certification process solely focused on end-of-life veterinary care at this time.
It's an honor to provide pets with peaceful end-of-life experiences.
Any veterinarian who chooses to dedicate his or her life to the practice of veterinary hospice and euthanasia is incredibly special. This may not be an easy role to play in our society, but we all respond the same way when asked why we do this: because pets are family, and this is an honor. At Lap of Love, our nationwide network of doctors is in constant communication with each other. Not only are we continually discussing new medical protocols for achieving the best possible outcomes (whatever that may be) for our patients, but we are also the industry leaders in this new and evolving field of veterinary medicine. Plus, we're animals lovers, too—we've dedicated our lives to helping the creatures we share this planet with. And yes, we know what it feels like to lose a family member… grief is grief, no matter what species it is!
In addition to her role as a hospice veterinarian and Founder & CEO of Lap of Love, Dani McVety is a speaker, consultant, author, and host for PetCareTV. With a deep love for the human-animal bond, Dr. Dani enjoys just about anything that has to do with pets! After graduating from college, she practiced emergency medicine and gained a greater understanding of how to help families at a time in which they felt most helpless. This has become her greatest fulfillment in veterinary medicine: helping to ease the stress and fear of the people who love their animals. Already an accomplished entrepreneur before vet school graduation, Dr. Dani partnered with Dr. Mary Gardner about one year after founding Lap of Love. Together they have grown the company into one of the most respected networks of doctors in the veterinary profession, setting the standard for end-of-life care higher than it has ever been before. Dr. Dani graduated from the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine and is the youngest recipient of the college’s Distinguished Young Alumni Award (2013), the Florida Veterinary Medical Association’s President’s Award (2014), and most recently, the Pet Industry Woman of the Year (2017).
There is nothing better to Dr. Gardner than a dog with a grey muzzled dog or skinny old cat! Her professional goal is to increase awareness and medical care for the geriatric veterinary patient and to help make the final life stage to be as peaceful as possible, surrounded with dignity and support for all involved.
Dr. Mary Gardner didn’t grow up hoping to become a veterinarian. After graduating from the University of Miami, she began working as a trainer for an enterprise wide order management software. After learning the intricacies of the software and the variety of ways different businesses used it, she moved into a Business Architect role where she led the design of new software initiatives. Her innate talent for understanding logistics in a client-centric organization developed a unique skill set for a veterinarian. After 10 years in software she found herself longing for something different and more meaningful – the path she selected was to become a veterinarian. She completed her Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine in 2008 from the University of Florida. She worked in general medicine at a veterinary clinic in south Florida for two years before discovering her niche in end of life care.
Dr. Gardner is a published author for many articles and a textbook, speaks all around the world on geriatrics and end of life care and was voted 2020 VMX Small Animal Speaker of the year!
We do this because we're naturally drawn to celebrating the amazing powers of the human-animal bond. And for us, there's no better way to honor that than to ensure pets have a peaceful end-of-life experience.
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