by CaringPathways | Apr 12, 2024 | Pain Management, Quality of Life, Early Care and Planning for Aging Pets
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...
by CaringPathways | 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...
by CaringPathways | Nov 15, 2021 | Pet Cancer, Senior Pet, Pet Memorial, 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...
by CaringPathways | Mar 5, 2021 | Early Care and Planning for Aging Pets, Senior Pet Tips, Pain Management, Pet Hospice Care
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...
