Dog dental health, longevity research, and what I wish I had known before Cooper.
There was a night, about eight months before we lost Cooper, when I woke up at 2 a.m. to the sound of him pacing. Not the “I need to go outside” kind of pacing. This was different — slow,…
I spent a small fortune on joint supplements for Cooper and honestly wasn’t sure if any of them were doing anything. He’d been slowing down around age seven — taking longer to get up from…
Bringing Home a New Dog After Loss: How I’m Giving Birch a Better Shot Than Cooper Had For a while after Cooper died, I was certain I’d never get another dog. Not because I didn’t…
Does Dog Food Actually Affect Dental Health? What the Research Says When I started digging into dog dental health after losing Cooper, I hit a wall of confident, contradictory advice. “Feed…
Is Your Dog in Pain? 12 Silent Signals Most Owners Miss Cooper never cried. In nine years, I almost never heard him whimper — not when he stepped on something sharp at the beach, not when he bumped…
How to Do a Dog Oral Health Check at Home in 5 Minutes One of the most useful things my vet taught me after Cooper died was how to do a proper oral health check at home. Not a glance at his teeth. An…
Dog Dental Treats Ranked: Which Ones Actually Reduce Plaque (and Which Are Just Treats) Walk down the dog treat aisle at any pet store and you’ll find dozens of products with names like…
Senior Dog Health After Age 7: The Monthly Checklist That Could Save Your Dog’s Life There’s a specific kind of grief that comes with realizing you missed something. Not negligence — just…
The Complete Dog Dental Care Guide: What Actually Works, According to Vets and Owners Who’ve Learned the Hard Way I didn’t know anything about dog dental care until I was sitting in a…
Cooper had bad breath for two years before the diagnosis. I mentioned it at two separate annual exams. Both times I was told it was normal. He died four months after his oral melanoma diagnosis. Here is what I know now.