Last year we lost our 14-year-old dog, Copper. She was a great girl but her last few years she suffered a number of health issues. She developed diabetes and required insulin shots twice a day, had trouble walking, and a chronic cough along with some other health problems. We did everything we could to keep her as comfortable and happy as possible.

Some of these things were as easy as making sure she had the right medications and others involved making changes in our house to help her get arou...