Is your dog just aging — or is it CCD?
Pacing at night. Staring at walls. Forgetting familiar routines. When you start noticing the change, the question isn't whether to act — it's what to do next. The Hearthside Method is a calm, DISHAA-aligned 8-week system that helps you understand what you're seeing, track it properly, and create more structured, calmer days for your senior dog — starting tonight.
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- 67-page Method guide (e-book)
- Companion tracker (phone + laptop)
- 15 printable trackers & worksheets
- 8-week structured plan
- Vet summary generator
- Lifetime updates
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Does any of this sound like your dog?
- Pacing at night
- Staring into corners or at walls
- Waking restless at 3 AM
- Forgetting familiar routines
- Anxiety after sunset
- Standing in unfamiliar spots
- Sudden clinginess or confusion
You are not imagining it. And you do not have to figure it out alone.
Structured at-home support. Not a diagnosis. Not a cure.
Built around DISHAA, the six-domain framework used in canine cognitive research (Cornell University Riney Canine Health Center). The Method gives senior dog owners a structured way to observe, track, and respond — and a clearer conversation with their vet. The two sides run in parallel.
Daily check-ins, on the screen you already have.
A lightweight in-browser tracker — no app store, no account. Log a one-minute check-in on your phone at night, review the trends on your laptop. It graphs sleep, pacing and mood across weeks, so subtle changes don't slip past you.
Good morning, Sara.How is Bowie today?
Week 3 · Snuffle work & enrichment
Log tonight's check-in.
One minute. Sleep, pacing, mood.
Log check-in →Tonight's check-in, in under a minute
Log sleep, pacing, appetite and mood without overthinking it. So the small changes don't slip past you.
Bowie's trends
Trends emerge across weeks, not nights.
Patterns become easier to see
The lightweight tracker turns your daily check-ins into trends. Notice changes across days and weeks — and bring them to your vet.
Does your dog have CCD — Canine Cognitive Dysfunction?
Take the free 2-minute quiz and get a personalized plan for where your dog is right now.
Take the Free Quiz →Printable tools, designed to live on your fridge.
Every page is built for real evenings. Structured, easy to use when you're tired and your dog needs you anyway.
DISHAA Weekly Tracker
Calming Evening Routine
Vet Notes Template
15 printables. One care system.
Each printable lives in one of four moments — evening rhythm, weekly tracking, vet preparation, or reflection. Together they replace guessing with structure.
Evening & night
4 sheetsCalming Evening Routine
On the fridge by 7 PM
Bedtime Wind-down Card
Read aloud the same way every night
Night Pacing Log
One row per restless night
Minimum Viable Day Card
Your fallback for low-energy days
Weekly tracking
4 sheetsDISHAA Self-Assessment
Baseline today, re-take at Week 8
DISHAA Weekly Tracker
8 weeks of structured observation
DISHAA Score Tracker
Trend across multiple baselines
Quality-of-Life Snapshot
One page, one moment in time
Vet & care
4 sheetsVet Notes Template
Print 5 minutes before your visit
Vet Conversation Script
Questions you'll forget to ask
Medication & Supplement Log
Cross-reference what's working
Materials & Setup Guide
Home adjustments for senior comfort
Reflection & emergency
3 sheetsOwner Reflection Sheet
Process the harder days
Emergency Signs Checklist
Know when to call right now
Crisis Protocol Card
Step-by-step when it escalates
The Hearthside Companion — your tracker, between the sheets.
A simple in-browser progress tracker that comes with the Method. Daily one-minute check-ins, weekly DISHAA snapshots, and a one-click vet summary you can print and bring to your next visit. No account. No app store. Works on phone, tablet, or laptop.
Three reasons this becomes the thing you reach for.
Because symptoms change slowly.
Small changes are hard to remember over weeks — but they're the changes your vet most needs to hear about. The tracker keeps them visible.
Because vet visits are stressful.
Most owners forget half of what they meant to mention. A printed 4-week summary makes the appointment shorter and more useful.
Because structure reduces panic.
At 3 AM, you don't need to invent a plan. A simple, pre-built routine creates clarity when emotion takes over.
Six tools that work together — guide, tracker, printables.
The Method guide
A 67-page printable guide. The full 8-week protocol — yours forever, read at your own pace.
The Companion tracker
A lightweight digital tracker for daily check-ins. Sleep, pacing, mood and routine — graphed across weeks.
15 printable trackers
DISHAA worksheets, evening routine card, night pacing log, vet notes — every tool, print-ready.
8-week structured plan
One small change a week. Eight weeks of compounding calm — never guess what to do next.
Vet summary generator
The tracker turns your last 4 weeks of check-ins into a one-page summary. Walk in ready.
Memory book
By week 8 you'll have a record of small wins, photos, and journal entries — to keep.
One small change a week. Eight weeks of compounding calm.
- Week 1
Establish a calm baseline
Begin DISHAA observations. No changes yet — just noticing.
- Week 2
Anchor the evening
Introduce a 90-minute wind-down ritual.
- Week 3
Sleep & wake support
Reduce night disturbances with three small environmental shifts.
- Week 4
Mobility & comfort
Stiffness-aware mornings, post-walk recovery.
- Week 5
Anxiety release
Sundowning-aware structure for the hardest hour.
- Week 6
Cognitive engagement
Sniff work, scatter-feeding, gentle puzzles.
- Week 7
Vet alignment
Compile patterns, prepare your visit.
- Week 8
Quality of life rhythm
A weekly check-in you'll keep using long after.
Different dogs. Same worry.
Some pace. Some stare. Some cling. Some withdraw. Some simply stop feeling like themselves.
The pattern is different for every dog — but the owner's question is often the same:
"What is happening, and what should I do tonight?"
Eight weeks of structure — yours in the next ten minutes.
- A tonight plan. The evening routine, ready before the next bad night.
- A 7-day night log. Track what's actually changing.
- A vet-ready summary. Walk in prepared, not panicked.
- A week-by-week routine. Across the full eight weeks.
- A crisis card. For the hardest nights.
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Free 2-minute DISHAA assessment
See where your dog stands across the six dimensions vets use to track cognitive change. Enter your email — we'll send your assessment and a 3-night calm plan.
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There is a plan for this chapter.
For your dog: a structured wind-down evening. Sleep-supportive nights. Stiffness-aware mornings. Cognitive engagement built for this stage. The 8-week plan, the DISHAA worksheets, the vet templates — yours in the next ten minutes.
