In-Home Pet Euthanasia in Pottstown, PA

Dr. Melissa Goldberg brings over two decades of compassionate veterinary care to her patients, combining a deep love for animals with a lifelong calling to her profession. Growing up in South Jersey, she knew from the age of seven that she wanted to be a veterinarian. After earning her undergraduate degree from Rutgers University and her DVM from Iowa State University, Dr. Goldberg returned to the Philadelphia suburbs, where she raised her family and established her career in general practice and surgery. She has also dedicated time to non-profit rescue and volunteer work, helping to create a low-cost veterinary clinic that continues to serve her community. Dr. Goldberg's day job is a Director of Operations at Heart + Paw, where she supports veterinarians as they navigate their own careers and paths. Throughout her career, Dr. Goldberg has been moved by the unique, unbreakable bond between pets and their families. She believes that allowing pets a peaceful passing at home, surrounded by love, is a profound gift for both pet and family. Offering in-home euthanasia is her way of providing comfort and dignity during one of life’s most difficult moments—a service she’s honored to provide to her patients and their families. Outside of work, Dr. Goldberg enjoys reading, pickleball, listening to podcasts, and spending time with her family, including two cats, Anubis and Odin, and her new rescue dog, Loki. The memories of her and her partner's heart dogs, Paisley and Gertie, along with many other pets that she shared her life with, inspire her daily to bring peace and comfort to others at the end of their pets’ journeys on Earth.

I was raised in Opelika, Alabama and attended Vanderbilt University as an ROTC midshipman for the navy, and then Auburn's College of Veterinary Medicine, graduating in 1987. I was the founding and first veterinarian at the Emergency Pet Hospital in Naples, Florida in 1993 and Belmont Animal Hospital near Charlotte in 2000. On 01/01/01, I married a fantastic gal in Nevada (Diane from Pennsylvania), who I had met when treating one of her rescues in the middle of the night in Florida in 1997. We settled in North Carolina as a midway point between our hometowns, built a clinic and started our family. Some health challenges ended my second stint as a practice owner and by 2005, I found myself back in Diane's home town helping to raise our two daughters in Pottstown, PA. I live on an old, small farm in northern Chester Country and my services on behalf of Codapet will be based from there. For fun, I play guitar and sing to the animals until they run off. Since 2008, we have been providing a full spectrum of medical, surgical and dental services at The Affordable Spay Neuter Clinic in Pottstown, PA, which was established below Diane's Pet Supplies and Adoption Center, for pet families who have found that modern veterinary care was no longer financially accessible. When we opened ASNC, over 5 million dogs and cats we being killed in "shelters" in our country every year. The biggest reason for the killing has always been the cost of pet ownership, including sterilization surgery. We had to help. Our tiny clinic ultimately performed over 24 thousand low cost surgeries and dental procedures before closing in early 2025, due entirely to my own accumulated wear and tear. Since we have found no one with the skill set or inclination to continue this mission in our basement surgical clinic, I "retired" and ASNC is sadly no more. The demand for affordable care remains great. Along the way, we photographed many of the surgery cases and unusual animals treated at ASNC since 2008. There was frequently no other clinic that would say yes and we tried hard to never say no. Treating critters for licensed wildlife educators was a bonus and it is always great fun to try and provide medical care and not get eaten, butted, constricted or impaled. Much of it is still on our Facebook/affordablespay page if you would like to see some of our adventures in Pottstown. My legendary wife, Diane Dietch, has rescued and adopted over 15 thousand pets into good homes through her non-profit adoption center since 1989. We both were deep in the trenches of animal rescue many years before it was fashionable and Diane is still there through Diane's Pet Rescue (https://www.ddpets.com).

Dr. Colleen Meuse grew up in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, surrounded by animals of all sizes—from guinea pigs to horses—which shaped her lifelong dream of becoming a veterinarian. She earned her undergraduate degree in Biology from Virginia Tech in 2016 and her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from the University of Pennsylvania in 2020. Following graduation, she served as a Veterinary Officer in the United States Army, providing care to Military Working Dogs and service members’ pets. After welcoming her children, she returned home to Pennsylvania and continued her work as the staff veterinarian for Ryerss Farm for Aged Equines. Dr. Meuse feels deeply honored to practice veterinary medicine and has a profound respect for the peaceful gift that in-home euthanasia can provide. She believes that when the time comes, every pet deserves to pass in the place they feel safest, surrounded by the people who love them most. Her goal is to ensure that a pet’s final moments are filled with comfort, dignity, and the reassurance of the immense love they have known throughout their life. Outside of her professional work, Dr. Meuse enjoys horseback riding, running, and spending time with her husband and two boys. Her small hobby farm keeps her busy and joyful, shared with Nugget, her beloved mixed-breed dog; Teddy, her Domestic Long Hair cat; two horses—a Quarter Horse and a Haflinger—four miniature Zebu cattle, and four hens.