Dog dental health, longevity research, and what I wish I had known before Cooper.
Senior dog care guides: joint support, cognitive health, diet adjustments, and how to give your older dog the best years yet.
I found the lump on Cooper’s gum on a Tuesday in March. I’d actually been doing an oral check — something I’d started doing casually after reading about dog dental health — and…
When Cooper turned seven, our vet said something that stuck with me: “His body is working differently now than it was at three. His food should reflect that.” I’d been feeding him…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.