Jan 14, 2026 | Pain Management, Senior Pet, Early Care and Planning for Aging Pets, Comfort Care
And When It’s Time to Consider In-Home Comfort Care Reviewed for medical accuracy by the Caring Pathways Medical Advisory Board When a beloved pet starts slowing down or acting differently, most families share the same concerns: I don’t want them to be in pain. I...
Apr 12, 2024 | Pain Management, Early Care and Planning for Aging Pets, Quality of Life
Facing the end of your pet’s life is challenging at best, but more likely, heartbreaking. It feels impossible to separate your desire to not allow them to suffer with your own grief of losing them. You know that you do not want them to be in pain but also cannot...
Sep 26, 2022 | Uncategorized, Pain Management
September is Animal Pain Awareness month. What a special opportunity to talk about signs of pain in our pets. The biggest question pet owners want to know…. “Is my pet in pain?” Just asking this question shows how much you love your pet and want to support them. Pain...
Nov 15, 2021 | Pet Memorial, Senior Pet, Pet Cancer, Pain Management, Pet Hospice Care
Pet cancer visited our home for the first time the summer between my second and third years of vet school. My husband and I had just gotten back from dinner and our 5-year-old cat, Tuna, who normally greeted us at the door, was nowhere to be seen. We checked her usual...
May 19, 2021 | Pet Hospice Care, Pain Management, Journey to Goodbye
Well this is not the story I was ready to tell. Mabel has been slowing down for quite some time. If you have been following along for this blog series, I have been documenting moments of Mabel’s end of life journey. To hear the background of Mabel’s...
Mar 5, 2021 | Pet Hospice Care, Pain Management, Senior Pet Tips, Early Care and Planning for Aging Pets
As an end-of-life mobile veterinarian who is also of a certain age (forty one…derful to be precise,) I can tell you that I’m definitely beginning to appreciate wear and tear on my body. I need to take my vitamin I (ibuprofen) more frequently for aches and...
