31: Senior Dog Care & When Is It Time? Navigating Dog Dementia and Pet Loss With Adam Greenbaum
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This episode features a conversation with Adam Greenbaum about caring for senior dogs, navigating dog dementia, and dealing with pet loss.
Caring for our pets as they grow older asks something deeper of us, more noticing, more patience, and sometimes the courage to begin preparing for goodbye. In this heartfelt conversation, Adam Greenbaum, founder of Love, Baxter, shares his personal journey through losing his beloved dog Baxter and caring for his 16-year-old Boston Terrier, Sophie, who is living with dementia. Together, we explore anticipatory grief, senior pet care, making end-of-life decisions with clarity, and how to support someone grieving the loss of a pet. This episode is a gentle reminder that loving well includes planning well, and that no pet parent has to walk that road alone. Guest Bio: Adam Greenbaum is the founder of Love, Baxter, the world’s largest pet end-of-life resource and professional directory, created in honor of his late dog Baxter. He previously founded WhiskerCloud, a veterinary technology company that supported over 10,000 veterinary clinics globally before being acquired by PetDesk. Today, Adam partners with veterinary teams and human hospice professionals to remove friction for families, provide practical tools, and raise the standard of care from the first hard conversation through…
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