Supporting you during and after the final goodbye
Across the Bridge offers a unique and comforting space for pet families navigating the difficult journey of saying goodbye to their beloved companions.
We provide compassionate alternatives to traditional veterinary end-of-life offerings, including aquamation, peaceful passing at our Solace Center, memorial items and grief support.
“If love could have saved you, you would have lived forever”
- David Ellsworth
Services
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Another option when in-home or in-clinic euthanasia is not right for you, our Solace Center offers a cozy, living room-like space for a peaceful goodbye.
To schedule, please call or text Dr. Smith at 425-471-9133, or visit www.fullcirclevet.org
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What is aquamation? (click to learn more)
Aquamation aftercare options:
Individual aquamation - A dedicated compartment within the machine for your pet’s remains. Ashes are returned to you in a sustainable wood urn.
Communal aquamation - A shared compartment with other pets. Ashes are scattered in various natural spaces around the Puget Sound area.
Private aquamation - Your pet is the sole occupant in the machine. Ashes are returned to you in a sustainable wood urn.
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Unique urn options, memorial jewelry, and more. We can help you find the perfect way to memorialize and honor the love shared between you and your pet.
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We are able to facilitate viewings and/or memorial services, providing a dedicated, private space to gather with loved ones and honor your pet. Please inquire about pricing for these services.
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Coming Soon! We are working on developing a schedule of events to help support pet families in their grief journeys… stay tuned!
At Across the Bridge, we offer a range of services designed to support you and honor your cherished pet:
Dr. Heather Smith, DVM, CVA
Across the Bridge Solace Center is the brick and mortar counterpart to Dr. Heather Smith’s mobile end-of-life practice, Full Circle Veterinary Care.
Dr. Smith wanted to create a space to help support pet families when they are faced with having to say goodbye to their pets. While it is always difficult, giving your pet the gift of a peaceful passing can also be beautiful. Across the Bridge is a place where pet families can feel supported in their grief, but also the celebration of their pet’s life, surrounded by people who truly understand how deep and profound the human animal bond is.
Water cremation, or Aquamation, an environmentally friendly alternative to flame cremation (see section below for more information), will also take place at the center.
What is Aquamation?
Aquamation, or water cremation, is an environmentally friendly process that bathes your pet’s remains in water and alkaline salts, gently reducing them to bone. This takes place within a special machine and takes approximately 24 hours to complete. The bone that remains is then dried and crushed to ash. The water remaining afterward is sterile and able to re-enter the city water system safely. Aquamation preserves approximately 20% more bone ash than flame cremation and ashes are an off white color rather than grey.
