Make your support tangible.
Develop clear offers for anticipatory grief, planning conversations, remembrance, support after loss, or appointment companionship by arrangement.
From your training into your practice
Business Essentials for Pet Death Doulas
You know why this care matters. Give it a practical foundation—with clear services, thoughtful pricing, healthy boundaries, and 26 bonus tools made for supporting pet families.
For pet death doulas trained through IEOLCA or elsewhere.
5 self-paced modulesGuidebook-led, practical learning
26 included toolsPet-specific forms, plans & scripts
Lifetime accessReturn as your practice develops
60-day guaranteeTime to find out if it’s right for you
A meaningful next stepYou have the calling.
You have the calling.
What comes next?
Perhaps you’re ready to offer your first session. Perhaps you already support pet families, but your services, fees, or boundaries still feel hard to explain.
This course gives you space to work through those decisions. Shape an offer people can understand, consider the time and costs behind it, and build a client experience that reflects the care you want to provide.
Every module is written for pet death doula practice, with attention to the human–animal bond, changing end-of-life plans, grief, remembrance, and relationships with veterinary and pet professionals.
What you will developA practice people understand.
A practice people understand.
A way of working that fits you.
Bring clarity to the details.
Work through pricing, preparation time, communication, intake, agreements, changing plans, and the boundaries that make your care dependable.
Help the right people find you.
Explain your non-medical role, approach pet professionals with confidence, and plan a manageable launch rooted in the needs around you.
The Platinum Rule in practiceLet each family’s wishes
Let each family’s wishes
shape the support.
Treat others as they wish to be treated. Carry that principle into the questions you ask, the words you choose, the services you offer, and the way you welcome people into your practice.
Your own limits matter, too. Thoughtful boundaries help you offer care you can sustain.
Complete course tuitionGive your next step
Give your next step
some practical support.
Learn at your own pace, build your plan as you go, and return to the tools when your services or circumstances change.
Whether you’re beginning with one small offer or refining an existing practice, there is room to build thoughtfully.
Certificate of Completion
Bring your learning together in a short final reflection. After IEOLCA reviews it, your certificate of completion will be emailed to you.
$99 USD
One payment · The complete course
- All five self-paced learning modules
- Interactive online guidebook
- All 26 practical resource tools
- Reflection and practice-planning exercises
- Print or save your learning work as PDF
- Lifetime access and a reviewed final reflection
- Certificate of Completion after review
60-day money-back guarantee
Secure checkout through Stripe.
Inside the courseFive modules.
Five modules.
Your practice, taking shape.
Work through the reading, examples, reflection prompts, and planning exercises. Each module helps you develop something you can use in your own practice.
Fully online & self-pacedGuidebook-led learningNo required videos or live classes
Module
01Define Your Pet Death Doula Practice & Personal Mission
Clarify your purpose, strengths, non-medical scope, and the people you hope to support. Learn how to describe your work in everyday language.
- Mission and values in action
- Client needs and community gaps
- Your scope and service message
What you’ll work towardA working mission statement and a clear introduction to your pet death doula practice.
Module
02Design Your Services & Packages
Turn a support need into a defined offer. Consider preparation, travel, contact time, follow-up, pricing, accessibility, and changes in a family’s plans.
- Pet-specific services and packages
- Pricing and real working time
- Availability, changes, and unused sessions
What you’ll work towardA draft service or package with a starting price and clear limits.
Module
03Set Healthy Boundaries & Agreements
Create a reliable path from first enquiry to closing support. Work through consent, documentation, appointment attendance, and compassionate responses to requests outside your role.
- Discovery calls and intake
- Agreement outlines and specific permissions
- Boundary language and veterinary redirection
What you’ll work towardA draft onboarding process and practical language for setting expectations.
Module
04Connect With Clients & Communities
Help people understand your services and build respectful relationships with veterinary teams, pet aftercare providers, animal welfare groups, and your wider community.
- Website and service messaging
- Professional outreach and referrals
- Community education and ethical visibility
What you’ll work towardA clear public introduction and a small, manageable outreach plan.
Module
05Launch With Intention
Choose a realistic first offer, organize your working week, consider income and expenses, and learn from early practice while protecting your capacity.
- 90-day launch roadmap
- Weekly workflow and business review
- Case debriefing and sustainable capacity
What you’ll work towardA practical launch plan and one clear action for the next seven days.
IEOLCAPet Doula Business Essentials · Learning example
Reflect & apply
Begin with one thoughtful offer.
What could your first service include?
“A 60-minute planning conversation to help a guardian organize their questions for the veterinarian, name what matters to them, and consider the support they would welcome. I’ll follow up with the agreed question-and-wishes summary.”
✓ Reflection & planning✓ Browser saving✓ Printable work
Illustrative learning example. Your course includes spaces for your own responses; saved work stays in the browser and device you use.
Included with enrollment26 practical tools.
26 practical tools.
Made for pet death doula work.
Forms, planning worksheets, scripts, examples, and checklists you can return to as you develop your services and client processes.
Pet-specific intake & agreements
Begin with a pet family intake form, a completed fictional example, a service agreement outline, and consent and communication tools.
10 professional email templates
Adapt introductions for veterinary clinics, mobile euthanasia providers, pet aftercare services, animal welfare groups, and other collaborators.
Fees, availability & changing plans
Work through time and pricing, appointment companionship, backup arrangements, weekly capacity, and a 90-day launch roadmap.
Your purpose & community (2)
- Mission, Values & Strengths Worksheet
- Client & Community Needs Worksheet
Services, pricing & money (3)
- Service & Package Builder
- Pricing & Capacity Planner
- Invoice & Income/Expense Planning Tools
Welcoming and supporting families (5)
- Pet Family Intake Form
- Completed Intake Example: Jordan & Pip
- Non-Medical Needs & Support Plan
- Discovery Call & Onboarding Checklist
- Client Welcome & Closing Email Templates
Agreements, boundaries & continuity (7)
- Pet Death Doula Service Agreement Outline
- Consent & Permission to Share Information
- Availability, Changes & Backup Plan
- Boundary & Compassionate Redirection Scripts
- Veterinary Appointment Companionship Planner
- Client Record & Risk Review Checklist
- Backup Doula & Continuity Agreement Planner
Visibility & referral relationships (4)
- Ten Pet Professional Outreach Email Templates
- Referral & Partnership Tracker
- Website, Flyer & Social Content Toolkit
- Community Talk & Workshop Planner
Launch & sustainable practice (5)
- 90-Day Practice Launch Roadmap
- Weekly Workflow & Capacity Planner
- Case Debrief & Optional Feedback Guide
- Quarterly Review & Sustainable Growth Plan
- Self-Care, Peer Support & Capacity Plan
Adapt tools to your own voice, services, and local context. Agreement, privacy, risk, and financial templates are educational starting points for appropriate local review. Use fictional details in course exercises; keep real client records in a separate suitable system.
A graduate reflection on IEOLCA’s Pet Death Doula Certification
“Training with IEOLCA’s Pet Death Doula program provided valuable information, thoughtful reflection, compassionate guidance on grief, and important tools and templates. What was beautifully expressed was that pet loss is legitimate, choices are personal, and what remains, always, is love.”
Wherever you are in building your practiceA useful next step
A useful next step
can look different for everyone.
Preparing your first offer
Turn your training into a defined service, with a fee, clear limits, and a client process you can rehearse before taking bookings.
Adding pet-specific support
Build a clear pet support offer within an existing helping practice, informed by foundational pet education and your actual qualifications.
Refining the work you do
Revisit services, agreements, messages, referral relationships, or workload so your practice fits the way you want to work now.
Your questionsA little more
A little more
clarity.
About the learning, tools, completion, and next steps.
Finding your starting point
Who is this course for?
This course is for people with foundational pet death doula or relevant companion-animal end-of-life education who want to develop the business side of their work. You may have trained through IEOLCA or another organization, be preparing a first offer, or be refining an existing practice.
How is this different from the Pet Death Doula Certification?
IEOLCA’s Pet Death Doula Certification develops the foundations of non-medical pet end-of-life support and includes an introduction to professional practice. Business Essentials is a separate course that gives you more space for service design, pricing, agreements, outreach, client processes, and a practical launch plan. It builds on your care education.
Do I need to have trained with IEOLCA?
No. Learners with appropriate foundational education from other organizations are welcome. If you are new to the pet death doula role, begin with foundational training so you understand scope, family support, grief, and veterinary collaboration before developing a paid service.
I already offer human end-of-life doula services. Could this help me?
Yes. You can use the course to develop a distinct pet support offer, adapt your client processes, and build relationships with pet professionals. Human end-of-life experience does not replace pet-specific foundational education or veterinary expertise.
Learning & practical tools
Is the course online and self-paced? Are there videos?
Yes, the course is fully online and self-paced, with lifetime access. This edition is guidebook-led: you learn through reading, fictional examples, reflection, planning exercises, and practical tools. There are no required videos, live classes, or fixed completion deadlines.
What is included?
Enrollment includes five learning modules, an interactive online guidebook, 26 practical resource tools, reflection and planning spaces, module progress checks, options to print or save your work as PDF through your browser, lifetime access, and a certificate of completion after your final reflection is reviewed.
Can I adapt the templates for my practice?
Yes. Use the tools to develop your own wording, offers, and processes. The agreement, privacy, risk, and financial tools are educational starting points that need adaptation to your actual services and appropriate local professional review. They are not finished legal contracts or individualized legal, tax, or financial advice.
How do saved answers and printable tools work?
Your learning answers and progress save in the browser on the device you use, for your signed-in student account. They do not sync across devices or submit to IEOLCA automatically. You can print or save full modules, your module responses, individual tools, and the final reflection. Use fictional client information in course exercises and keep real client records in a separate appropriate system.
Completion, tuition & practice
Will I receive a certificate?
Yes. Complete the five modules, prepare your closing reflection, and email it to IEOLCA for review. Your certificate of completion is emailed after review. This business course does not award Pet Death Doula Certification or a veterinary or counselling qualification.
Can this help me earn income as a pet death doula?
The course helps you work through services, pricing, available time, expenses, and referral relationships so you can make informed practice decisions. It does not guarantee clients, employment, earnings, or a particular business result. Your opportunities depend on your circumstances, skills, community needs, and the work you choose to offer.
What does the course cost?
Complete course tuition is $99 USD. It includes all five modules, the interactive guidebook, all 26 resource tools, lifetime access, and a certificate of completion after your closing reflection is reviewed.
What if the course is not right for me?
Your enrollment is covered by IEOLCA’s 60-day satisfaction guarantee. If the course is not the right fit, a full refund is available within 60 days of purchase.
Can I use this learning where I live?
The course supports non-medical practice planning across different communities. You are responsible for checking the business, insurance, tax, privacy, and permitted-activity requirements that apply to your location and actual services. Veterinary and clinical mental health needs remain with appropriately qualified professionals.
Build with careYour next step can be
Your next step can be
small, clear, and your own.
Give your pet death doula practice a thoughtful foundation—with practical guidance, space to reflect, and tools you can make your own.