Dog dental health, longevity research, and what I wish I had known before Cooper.
By Dr. Lisa Park, DVM — Geriatric Dog Care Specialist Walk through any pet store today and you’ll notice something has changed. Alongside the towering walls of kibble bags, there’s now a…
Coprophagia. That’s the clinical word for it. The real-world word is: your dog is eating poop, and you are horrified. If it’s any comfort, you are far from alone — it’s one of the…
When my neighbor’s German Shepherd started losing weight despite eating constantly — ravenously, desperately — everyone assumed the worst. She was 7 years old, and the rapid weight loss with no…
It’s one of the most common questions dog owners have: why does my dog eat grass? And it’s one of those things that prompts a lot of confident-sounding answers that don’t necessarily hold up when you…
The first time I noticed Birch shaking, it was his back legs — a fine tremor while he was just standing in the kitchen. Nothing dramatic. Easy to dismiss as a chill or stiffness. But senior dog…
Watching your dog have a seizure is one of the most frightening things you can experience as a pet owner. When it happens to a senior dog — a dog you’ve had for a decade or more — the fear…
There’s new research out on senior dogs and diet that I’ve been digging into this week, and it’s worth talking about — not because it changes everything, but because it adds…
When Cooper started slowing down around age seven, I did what most dog owners do: I let him set the pace. He wanted shorter walks, I gave him shorter walks. He didn’t seem interested in fetch…
Birch has a mild version of what I now recognize as separation anxiety. I didn’t know that’s what it was at first. He seemed fine — until I looked at the footage from my apartment camera…
I found it during a routine petting session — a soft, moveable lump on Birch’s upper leg, about the size of a grape. My stomach dropped. My mind went immediately to the worst-case scenario….