to give dogs and cats a lethal injection. End of life care is her specialty.

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Sami Layouni (left), 23, and his grandmother, Arlene Alton, talk about the family’s beloved dog, Rocky, in their living room in Everett. Rocky was euthanized by Dr. Sara Hopkins of Compassion 4 Paws who cared for Rocky in the family’s home with the family surrounding the dog.

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Troy Layouni (left) and her brother, Sami, snuggle up to Rocky in a 2002 picture in a scrapbook at the family’s home in Everett.

On Rocky's last night, he didn't wag his tail.His human family knew it was his time to go."He was done," said matriarch Marcia Layouni.The 11-year-old golden retriever with a spring to his step and stuffed toy fetishhad terminal cancer. There was a plan in place when Rocky suddenly quit eating, walking and wagging. It was for him to die at home, with his family and stuffed animals."We saw him out just like we brought him here," she said. They arranged for Edmonds veterinarian Dr. Sara Hopkins to do at-home euthanasia."It's a way to make it easier for the pets and also for the owners," Hopkins said. Her business, Compassion 4 Paws, has boomed in the year and a half since she left a Bellevue practice to make house calls specializing in acupuncture, hospice and euthanasia for dogs and cats.She performs about 50 home euthanasias a month in the greater Seattle area. Often, she meets the family for the first time when she arrives to