The K9-8 Journal
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Why Most Dog Supplements "Stop Working" at Week Two (Hint: They Didn't)
There is a particular kind of disappointment that lives in the supplement drawer of every dog owner over forty. It is the bottle of fish oil that worked, maybe, for two weeks. The joint chews that the dog refused after...
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Soft Stools, Gas, and the Sunday-Night Scratch: What Your Dog's Gut Is Telling You
There is a piece of information that every dog owner has about their dog, that they would not share at a dinner party, and that is in many ways the most honest health metric in the house. It is the...
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Why Your Dog's Coat Looks "Fine" Instead of Great (and What That's Actually Telling You)
Sadie is a four-year-old Goldendoodle who lives in a third-floor walk-up in Toronto with a couple in their early thirties. She is, by every clinical measure, a healthy dog. The vet is happy. The bloodwork is clean. The food is...
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Why Your Dog Pauses at the Top of the Stairs (and What to Do Before It Becomes a Limp)
Murphy is eight. He is a black Lab, the kind that was built for retrieving but mostly retrieves tennis balls now, and he lives with a woman named Dana who runs four mornings a week. For most of his life...
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It isn't just age.
Benji is twelve, give or take. He still meets his owner at the door, still pulls toward the trail, still claims the warm square of sun on the kitchen tile. But the walks are shorter. The stairs take a beat...
