Mary Gardner

Gebundenes Buch

Nine Lives Are Not Enough

A practical guide to caring for your geriatric cat

Beschreibung

A warmhearted, medically authoritative healthcare guide on how to maintain and improve common geriatric cat conditions-and how to honor and cherish the final goodbye. After a stealthy advance in time, our dearest kitties seem to pounce into their elder years and totter toward their sunny perches. How did their nine lives race past so fast? Can we improve our cats' sands of time, safeguard their comfort, and create more joyful moments-even at the end of their lives? With more than 15 years of geriatric pet healthcare and veterinary hospice experience, Dr. Mary Gardner provides comprehensive answers and practical tips. You'll discover the latest on the aging process in cats and be better prepared to extend and improve your feline family member's elder years. Cat parents will learn how to: · recognize and understand common ailments in aging cats, · identify and implement supportive care and treatments, · enhance senior cat home safety and daily activities, · recognize symptoms that need veterinary attention, · choose veterinary care that matches your goals of care, · take home key points from veterinary visits, · find affordable, high-tech cat care products and resources, · consider options for veterinary hospice care, · assess your cat's quality of life, · consider options for honoring your cat's remains, · find support for caregiver burden and grief, and · preserve and cherish your cat's memory. Sharing up-to-date research propelled by a steady dose of humor, Dr. Gardner teaches pet parents how to manage their cats' elder years to ensure their comfort and grace. Given the loyal/steadfast companionship and affection cats bring into our lives, their nine lives are not enough.

Autor

There is nothing better to Dr. Gardner than a dog with a grey muzzle or skinny old cat! Her professional goals as an author and veterinarian are to increase awareness and medical care for geriatric veterinary patients and to help make the final life stage to be as peaceful as possible, surrounded with dignity and support for all involved.Dr. Gardner didn't always know this is where her life would lead. She realized she wanted to become a veterinarian only after a decade as a Software Product Manager. After graduating with her doctorate in veterinary medicine from the University of Florida's veterinary school in 2008, she worked for several years in general practice before finding her calling in veterinary hospice. She cofounded the internationally-renowned veterinary hospice and end of life practice--Lap of Love--in 2010.Through helping thousands of families with hospice and end of life care, she learned that way before their pets reach the end, caregivers really struggle caring for their aging pets. That's how she fell in love with helping the weak and the wobbly and those that care for them.Dr. Gardner is an award winning professional speaker! She and Lap of Love have been featured in Entrepreneur Magazine, The New York Times, the Associated Press, The Doctors and numerous professional veterinary publications. Her writing is focused on providing resources that help support pet owners during this beautiful and challenging season of their pet's life.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rolled Toe Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 490
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. November 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 869g
• ISBN-13: 9781956343083
• ISBN-10: 1956343083
• Artikelnr.: 66411216