
๐พ If youโve been thinking about adding a dog to the family, but arenโt quite sure what breed fits your lifestyle, let me make a case for the Miniature Poodle. Living here in Tennessee, I know a lot of folks appreciate a good working dog. Border Collies, Aussies, Heelers, bird dogs, farm dogsโฆ theyโre smart,…
Tick season has a way of turning a peaceful walk through the woods into a full-body inspection project by the time everyone gets home. Around here, checking ears, armpits, toes, groin folds, collars, and feathering has become just as routine as filling water bowls. The important part is not panic.But the important part is knowing…
Somebody messaged me asking what โprotocolโ I use for my puppies and I actually laughed a little because at that exact moment I was sitting on the floor beside the whelping box in old sweatpants with goat milk dried on my sleeve, one sock half on, hair looking like I had been electrocuted by the…
The Rising Pattern No One Wants to Name Immune-mediated disease in dogs is no longer rare, nor is it random. It presents under different diagnostic labels, yet the underlying pattern continues to repeat with unsettling consistency. Dogs are being diagnosed with immune-mediated hemolytic anemia, immune thrombocytopenia, pemphigus, lupus-like syndromes, autoimmune thyroiditis, inflammatory bowel conditions with…
We are living in an in-between space in canine health. Between what we were taught and what no longer holds up under observation. Between systems that promised wellness and bodies that quietly broke down anyway. Between control-based protocols and a deeper knowing that something essential has been lost. That space is uncomfortable. It asks questions…
This is something I have wanted to write for a long time, because it sits at the very heart of my journey with dogs, with health, and with unlearning much of what I was taught early on. For over a century, we have been taught to fear viruses. We were taught they are invisible enemies,…
Before we talk about parvo itself, we have to slow down and agree on something that often gets skipped. A test is not a diagnosis. A test is a reaction. It is a chemical event that happens under very specific conditions, and the meaning we assign to that reaction comes later, shaped by the framework…
There has always been a quiet truth inside you โ long before charts, credentials, login screens, or pharmacy cupboards became part of your daily landscape. It lived in the way you paused for injured creatures while others kept walking, in the way your heartbeat answered suffering without waiting for instruction, in the way the smallest…
I used to think there was a certain order to grief. That losing a human must be the deepest wound one could carry, and everything else โ even the loss of an animal โ should somehow hurt less. But that isnโt how the heart works. Or the body, for that matter. When I lost my…
Thereโs a conversation that isnโt happening often enough โ and itโs costing dogs their health, their stability, and in too many cases, their lives. Every week I hear from people who are overwhelmed, heartbroken, or quietly drowning in the aftermath of a decision they thought was safe. They wanted a dog. They believed they had…