Loving a dog is emotional, but it’s also financial—and pretending otherwise is one reason so many dog guardians feel blindsided, panicked, and guilt-ridden when a crisis hits. When a dog comes into our lives, especially when we’re first-time pet guardians, we tend to think about the basics: vaccines, checkups, food, maybe an occasional upset stomach. We don’t necessarily think about the unexpected. What happens when your dog eats your shoe—or something far more toxic? When they tear their ACL...

Season three of The Baroo is finally here after a longer than expected hiatus! I'm dedicating this season to the human-dog bond — in honor of Chance, my scruffy almost-18-year-old rescue who changed my life. This is our story. And looking back, what stands out to me isn't just the love or the loyalty — though, obviously, those too. It's resilience. Just showing up, day after day, for his 17.5 years full of presence and joy regardless of what was ailing him. Before Chance When Chance came...

I've spent most of my adult life caring for other people's dogs. I know the particular love that lives in that work — and I know the particular grief that follows it. His name was Chance. He was seventeen and a half years old, and for most of those years, he was the first thing I saw in the morning and the last thing I checked on at night. This is the story of losing my own, and everything I learned along the way. I keep rehashing the last 72 hours of my sweet boy's life. It's an obsessive...