Pet Parent Resources
Practical tools and education from The Gentle Journey Method™ to help pet parents recognize meaningful quality-of-life changes earlier, communicate more clearly with their veterinarians, and improve animal welfare.
The Gentle Journey Quality of Life Framework™
A practical, non-scoring framework designed to help you understand your pet’s quality of life now, recognize meaningful changes over time, see how they’re responding to treatment and care, and know what to discuss with your veterinary team as their needs change.
Use it at home and with your veterinary team to follow your pet’s quality of life over time.
Start Here: How to Use the Framework
This short video will show you how to use the Framework to understand where your pet is now, recognize meaningful changes over time, and know what to watch for as their needs change.
You’ll also learn how to use it with your veterinary team to support clearer conversations and more informed decisions about your pet’s care.
A note from Dr. Christina
Dr. Christina Guttuso, DVM
Veterinarian | Founder, The Gentle Journey Method
I created the Framework after more than 20 years of helping families navigate changes in their pets’ quality of life—and seeing how easily meaningful changes can be missed.
My hope is that it helps you see the whole picture, know what to watch for, and make thoughtful decisions with your veterinary team.
With gratitude,
Dr. Christina
Additional Quality-of-Life Resources
Gentle Journey Resource Library
Practical quality-of-life resources, tools, and videos for veterinary teams to share with pet families navigating aging, chronic or serious illness, palliative care, pain, and difficult decisions.
Explore the Resource Library →
5 Questions That Change the Journey
A practical quality-of-life tool designed to help veterinary teams encourage earlier recognition and more productive conversations about a pet’s comfort, function, and wellbeing.
View the Five Questions →
We know pets feel pain. Now it’s time to teach the people who love them how to recognize it.
