Is My Dog Still Doing Okay? How to Use the Quality of Life Scale for Aging Dogs
There comes a point in every dog owner’s life when the questions get harder. Your dog is older now, or maybe fighting an illness, and you find yourself watching him more carefully – noticing things you wish you didn’t have to notice. Is he in pain? Is he still happy? Are we doing everything we […]
Is My Cat Still Doing Okay? How to Use the Quality of Life Scale for Aging Cats
Cats are famously private about pain. They’ve been hiding vulnerability for thousands of years – it’s instinct, not stubbornness – which means that by the time a cat shows obvious signs of suffering, she has often been quietly struggling for a while. For owners of aging or ill cats, this can make an already heartbreaking […]