Ella Bucalli's rescue stories, senior-dog notes, and the little routines I keep coming back to
I wanted this page to feel like old blogs used to feel: a little crowded, very browseable, and full of odd categories you only understand once you have been here a while.
The checklist I use so I do not lazily call something “just aging” when it may be pain, sensory loss, illness, or something else that needs attention.
The more I read and watch older dogs, the more I think recovery tells the truth that effort alone can hide.
The reading trail that moved sleep from “nice if it goes well” to “one of the first pillars I watch in an older dog.”