Aging Dog

Warren Haskell is behind bars. Marco has proposed. Spring has arrived in Elk Creek. Everything should finally feel like enough. When a social media influencer with 2.3 million followers disappears on the Colorado Trail, Gemma and a visibly aging Kira are called to search the same high country that started it all. But what looks like a missing hiker becomes something far more sinister, the influencer had a follower who wasn’t content to just watch, who had been tracking her route across the state for months, who saw her public posts as an invitation. The Jade Brown case forces Gemma to ...

It’s a natural impulse: As dog owners watch their canine best friend age, they think about getting a puppy, hoping that the new pup will be influenced by the older dog while softening the inevitable loss. But is that the right step? Supporting an aging dog who’s declining while attending to the demands of a puppy presents unique challenges. Can both be done well at the same time? In this first-of-its-kind guide, senior dog expert Helen St. Pierre and puppy expert Kathy Callahan have come together to help dog lovers answer this question and navigate the terrain with joy and compassion.

In this pathbreaking guide, two of the world’s most popular and trusted pet care advocates reveal new science to teach us how to delay aging and provide a long, happy, healthy life for our canine companions. Like their human counterparts, dogs have been getting sicker and dying prematurely...

Your dog is getting older. Now what? When your best friend starts to slow down, it can feel overwhelming—physically, emotionally, and spiritually. When Your Dog Starts Slowing Down is a heartfelt, practical guide for every dog parent navigating the golden years of their pet’s life. Whether you're dealing with joint pain, bathroom accidents, picky eating, or quiet emotional changes, this book is here to help you show up with comfort, confidence, and compassion. Inside, you’ll find: Real-world strategies for senior dog care Mobility and comfort hacks that actually work Gentle help with ...

Is it possible for humans to discover the key to happiness through a bigger-than-life, bad-boy dog? Just ask the Grogans. John and Jenny were just beginning their life together. They were young and in love, with not a care in the world. Then they brought home Marley, a wiggly yellow furball of a...

John and Jenny were just beginning their life together. They were young and in love, with a perfect little house and not a care in the world. Then they brought home Marley, a wriggly yellow furball of a puppy. Life would never be the same. Marley quickly grew into a barreling, ninety-seven-pound...

Natural Healing for Senior Dogs and Cats: Holistic Remedies for a Happy, Healthy Aging Journey Is your beloved dog or cat entering their golden years? As our furry companions age, they deserve compassionate, thoughtful care to support their health, mobility, and emotional well-being. This comprehensive guide by Dr. Jenna Miles offers a natural, holistic approach to enhancing the quality of life for senior pets. 🌿 Inside this book, you will discover: Practical strategies to recognize the early signs of aging and respond with effective natural remedies. Tips on adjusting nutrition and ...

With a rare combination of emotional insight, narrative power, and lyrical grace, Justin Cronin transforms the simple story of a dying man’s last wish into a rich tapestry of family love. “A work of art . . . a great American novel.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer On an evening in late summer...

Writer (and sometime housecleaner) Jennifer is twenty-three when her beloved father, Wallace, is diagnosed with a brain tumor. This catastrophic discovery sets off Anne Lamott's unexpectedly sweet and funny first novel, which is made dramatic not so much by Wallace's illness as by the emotional...

Stella Briggs is six years old. She's been missing from her family's campsite since nine-thirty last night. And she is not alone in those mountains. Gemma Hartley-Reyes takes the call before dawn. Eight and a half months pregnant, she can't run into the trees and find this child herself, not this time, not with a baby three weeks away. A missing child. An abandoned campsite. Boot prints in the dirt that don't belong to any six-year-old. As Kate and Scout work the field, Tyler leads ground teams up the drainages, and Marco coordinates law enforcement, Gemma takes command from staging and ...

In the spirit of Amor Towles and George Saunders, the renowned, bestselling Norwegian author Frode Grytten takes readers on a quietly epic journey: ferry driver Nils Vik’s last route along the fjord, on what he knows will be his last day alive. Nils Vik wakes up on November the 18th and knows...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER LONGLISTED FOR THE 2021 BOOKER PRIZE NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE GLOBE AND MAIL, CBC AND THE DAILY TELEGRAPH New York Times bestselling author Mary Lawson, acclaimed for digging into the "wilderness of the human heart," is back after almost a decade with...

From the bestselling author of Eventide, The Tie That Binds is a powerfully eloquent tribute to the arduous demands of rural America, and of the tenacity of the human spirit. Colorado, January 1977. Eighty-year-old Edith Goodnough lies in a hospital bed, IV taped to the back of her hand, police...

From Peter Mayle, a wonderful new novel steeped in wine—and the business of wine?and set in, bien sûr, Provence. Max Skinner is not exactly setting the London financial world on fire?and when his supervisor steals his biggest client, it’s definitely time to inspect the vineyard in Provence...

Recent advances in longevity science have shed light on the causes of aging and how we can intervene to help our dogs live longer, healthier lives than ever before. America's Favorite Veterinarian, Dr. Gary Richter, guides the reader through everything you can do to increase both life span and...

With the tenacious spirit of Major Pettigrew's Last Stand and the long-lived verve of Thursday Murder Club comes a heartwarming story of a curmudgeon and a newcomer who strike up an unlikely friendship over cutthroat Scrabble at their retirement home, outrageously starting something new in their...

How do you know when loving your senior dog means letting them go? Few decisions are more painful than deciding when to euthanize a beloved dog. You may look at your old friend and wonder: Is this just a bad day—or is my dog suffering? Am I thinking about euthanasia too soon? What if I wait too long? How will I know when it is really time to say goodbye? When a dog has shared your life for many years, the answer is rarely simple. There may still be tail wags, favorite treats, peaceful naps, and moments that make you question everything. But there may also be pain, weakness, confusion, ...

In her best-loved novel, The Stone Angel, Margaret Laurence introduces Hagar Shipley, one of the most memorable characters in Canadian fiction. Stubborn, querulous, self-reliant – and, at ninety, with her life nearly behind her – Hagar Shipley makes a bold last step towards freedom and...

Your Dog Isn’t Just Aging—They Are Decaying at a Cellular Level. It’s Time to Rewrite Their Genetic Script. Most dog owners live in a state of reactive fear. They wait for the first limp, the first lump, or the first signs of "slowing down" before they seek help. By the time symptoms are visible to the naked eye, the cellular "sandstorm" has often been raging for years. We’ve been conditioned to accept that our companions must fade by age seven, but science tells a different story. Aging is not a destiny. It is a manageable biological failure. In The Cellular Dog, the first book of ...

Sampath Chawla was born in a time of drought that ended with a vengeance the night of his birth. All signs being auspicious, the villagers triumphantly assured Sampath's proud parents that their son was destined for greatness. Twenty years of failure later, that unfortunately does not appear to...