Wow, seems a lot for checkup and shots. At this age its mostly about comfort - doesnt hurt to start asking around now re: who you might want to have for end of life issues & palliative care (meaning no heroic measures, just keeping your girl comfortable & content). May or may not be your usual vet. A good vet and/or assistant should be willing to talk to you by phone so you can decide who you want to make an appt. with. A good vet also has good communication skills, will be able to give you various options and help you make decisions, and know that their job is to help you the human as well as the animal patient. My own dear vet mustve spent an hour with me on the phone while I cried and tried to decide if it was time to euthanize my old kitty ( who died at age 22). When she was about 18 or 19 my vet advised not continuing with shots (except rabies which is required by law) since she didnt go outside and apparently, the immunity does last beyond 1 year. When you weigh that against the possible complications and side effects in a geriatric cat, we made the choice to not continue. She was probably totally blind (dilated pupils) and deaf, and yowled at night but still loved to be petted and included in the family life. Got her a cushy heated bed for her arthritis, where she spent most of her time like a granny in a rocking chair- still miss that old girl!

We have a big dog pillow on the floor near the patio door that Sawyer really likes for watching squirrels out in the back yard. We have another big dog pillow at the foot of our bed for Mabel. Sometimes she sleeps on it at night, instead of on my foot. And Sawyer has another small pet bed in my DD's room that he uses when he's tired and she's not quite in bed yet. I do use a matelasse coverlet on my sofa all the time, so that two doxies, fresh from exploring the backyard can be on the sofa without making me crazy. I wash it at least once a week and I have a couple extra ones, including an old red/black flannel duvet cover that I use for winter. When we have company, I toss the coverlet in the laundry and pretend we have a nice moss green sofa that stays perfect, even with two dogs. I guess I'm kind of 'over' the whole thing of trying to decorate with dog beds. It's sort of like when your kids are little....There's no reason to make the whole house a big kid play area, but you cannot completely pretend that your rooms look company-ready all the time. We let our kids play in the living room, but they had to pick up the Barbies, or Legos, or Action Figures and put them back in their toy boxes in their rooms at the end of play. With the two dogs, anyone who walks in will see the dogs, so having a big tan dog pillow in a corner shouldn't be too big of a deal either, but we don't have 'dog stuff' all over. I close all the bedroom doors when we leave in the morning. That way, dogs only have the run of main living spaces while we're gone. And we spent a lot of time housebreaking, teaching dog-door use, and putting a kabosh on any furniture chewing, (I did lose one armchair cover to Mabel 9 years ago) so that they can stay inside. I have to know that my dogs could get outside to safety if my house caught fire while we were gone, or if something happened that prevented us from getting home for some reason. Red Here is a link that might be useful: Her Favorite pillow

This is my current bathroom. Its five by six, so 30 sq ft. We also do have a very small linen closet just outside the room for storage of stuff like toilet paper. Unseen is a small cabinet over the toilet for medicine cabinet overflow, the cat litter box wedged between the sink and toilet, the towel hooks behind the door and the radiator on the wall opposite the sink. It's not a great bathroom by any means. It's just fine for one person at a time. Or one person, one cat. You can do what you need to do. It's the nicest bathroom I've ever had, but I've lived in some pretty terrible homes in the past. It can be very uncomfortable when the two people try and share it. The radiator is steam, not hot water. It gets very, very hot and bare hiney plus hot radiator is a bad combo, as there really isn't adequate clearance for one to walk behind someone standing at the sink. Also, you have shut the bathroom door before you sit on the toilet because there isn't room to do it afterwards. I think even one more foot in either direction would make a huge difference with the comfort level of the room. At least I would be able to walk past my husband shaving at the sink without a hot rear. When we move to the new place, the bathroom,will be something like three times the size of this one. What I would do if I had they money is carve the one huge bathroom into a modest but sizeable full bath plus a powder room.

Why Sanitary napkins as shown in the photo? Also lotion? Are you going to do a hot water hook up to the tub? I know people who have had hot water hook up outside so they can rinse and wash the dogs before they come in the house. I always bring my boy in and use the warm water and sprayer in the tub. He jumps in and out by himself, does not slip on the non -slip bottom, but one of those rubber mats would work.