My vet gave a monetary gift to a college in memory of Midge

How sweet of your vet!  When I took my dog in for a checkup, my vet asked about my elderly cat.  I told him the cat had died a few months ago.  A couple of days later, I received a sympathy card from him and his staff for the loss of my cat. 

Our dog died at age 16.5 years.  Our vet sent a donation to Morris Animal Foundation in her memory.
We learned that our dog was his first new patient after he bought the practice.
Our dog loved our vet and loved going to see the vet.

We were very touched by his gift in her honor.

I love that your vet chose to do that. I think it was both touching and classy to have Midge memoralized in that way. And the money goes toward research to hopefully lessen the diseases of animals in the future? Total win. I like your vet.

My last vet's office sent me a sympathy card when they had to put my cat down. The vet wrote a personal message in it and also sent me a candle, a CD of some nice soothing music, and a print out of the rainbow bridge and the Monday night prayer done for animals across the world. That one really touched my heart. I wasn't aware that animal lovers who had lost a pet designated a certain time on Mondays to pray and light 3 candles. I think it was one for the pet you personally have lost, one for the pets of other people who were sick or had passed, and a third for all the homeless and neglected animals in the world. I have given copies of that Monday prayer to friends along with a triple wick candle to help them adjust to the loss of their pet. It helped me adjust when I lost the last of my 3 beloved kitties and had no more pets at home.

When I adopted my sibling kitties a few months later, I took them to the same vet who was so happy that I rescued more kitties. But when I adopted the dog, I switched vets to one that was highly recommended by the place I purchase his food. I really do prefer the new vet, but haven't lost a pet since I've been with them, thank goodness.

They do send home a stuffed animal when my pets have had surgery or been really sick. The stuffed animal is wearing a cute little T-shirt advertising their office on it. The only oversight on their part, the stuffed animal isn't for dogs to play with because it has plastic eyes and buttons on it. Unless this is their way of getting repeat business by having to remove the eyeballs that your dog ate from their feel better toy.

Our vet did something similar when we put a cat down, but frankly, my thought was "Oh, you want to give money away? How about you discount the bill instead?"

Yes, we've had two pets that passed after a long illness and multiple vet visits. They did the same thing. Made me really appreciate them even more than I already did (still do).

No, we've never had that.

What a nice thing for the vet to do! 

Our last dog was put down at an emergency vet hospital, they gave us a little box when we left - it was a paw print ornament. When our regular vet took the remains to be cremated they sent us a nicely made card with his paw print stamped inside and a sympathy card signed with personal messages by his 2 regular vets and 3 vet techs who always had to struggle with him. The donation was a nice touch.

What a wonderful thing for your vet to do!

That is so kind.

Both the ornament and paw print were his.

My vet in this town does the same thing. He gives to Purdue University where he graduated from.

When we relocated from Texas, we had our beloved beagle, Tucker put to sleep the day before we moved. I really didn't have time to grieve we were so busy with the 1100 mile move. I couldn't bear to leave her behind, so I had the vet in Texas cremate her. A couple of weeks after we had moved, I received her cremains. When I opened the package, there was a beautiful wooden box that contained her cremains, a copy of the rainbow bridge poem, and a small plaque with her paw print. I know for a fact it was her paw print because she had lost one of her toes when she had a bad infection. That was the foot that they used for the paw print. I don't think I have ever cried so hard in my whole life. It still kills me to think about losing her, leaving her behind and the day I got her back.

ETA -Sisterbdsq, I'm so sorry for your loss.   Tuckie was the love of my life.  I don't think I'll ever get over losing her.  I keep her box on my bedroom dresser along with several of my other pets remains. They will all be put with me when I die.  Forever. For eternity. 

My vet office did the same thing when we had to put our Golden down last May. I thought it was a lovely thing to do.

After we lost Heidi, my vet's office sent a very sweet condolence card with the signatures of the office staff and the two vets our dog saw in their office.

A friend of mine takes her pets to a different vet - she does a lot of rescue work with this vet.  After her cat passed away, he made a donation in her cat's name to the rescue organization.