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The 20-Year Cat & The 16-Year Dog — How to Give Your Animal the Longest, Healthiest Life Possible

Two Complete Owner's Manuals · First Edition 2026

Cats hide illness; dogs hide pain. By the time either one looks sick, it has usually been going on for months — and the vet bill is three times what it would have been in week two. These two books teach you to see it in week two: plain-language checks you can do on the couch, what belongs in the bowl, how to fix the problems that drive you crazy, and how to finally understand what your animal has been telling you all along.

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The 16-Year Dog — Steve Cooper's Complete Owner's Manual, book cover

The 16-Year Dog

The Complete Owner's Manual

The kitchen-floor emergencies, the nose-to-tail watch, the food that adds years, the 28-day training plan, and the plain-English guide to what your dog has been telling you — 880+ pages, illustrated, with a 30-breed atlas.

What you get
  • 190 chapters in 12 parts — 880+ illustrated pages
  • The 28-Day Good Dog Plan — five minutes, three times a day
  • 18 Problem Fixes — barking, separation, the 5 a.m. alarm clock
  • The Breed Atlas — 30 breeds, honestly
  • 12 printable cards — Red Flag, Poison Call, Bloat & Heatstroke…
  • Lifetime updates — every future edition free
$34$54
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The 20-Year Cat — Steve Cooper's Complete Owner's Manual, book cover

The 20-Year Cat

The Complete Owner's Manual

The early-warning checks, the feeding rules, the day-by-day fixes for every problem a cat can give you, and the translation dictionary for every strange thing she does — 470 pages, illustrated.

What you get
  • 156 chapters in 10 parts — 470 illustrated pages
  • The Early Warning System — catch illness months before symptoms
  • 17 Problem Protocols — litter box, the 4 a.m. wake-up, a second cat
  • The Translation Dictionary — 24 behaviors explained
  • 10 printable cards — Red Flag Card, Vet Visit Sheet…
  • Lifetime updates — every future edition free
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◆ A note from Steve

I'm not a vet, and I'll tell you plainly on every page where I stop and your vet starts. What I am is a man who grew up in a house that was never without cats and dogs, worked years in an animal shelter, and has sat on more kitchen floors at two in the morning with an animal that wouldn't eat than I care to remember. These two books are everything I wish somebody had handed me thirty years ago. Read Part 1 this week. It's the part that adds the years.

— Steve
Contents

346 Chapters. Two Books. Organized For The Night You Need Them.

Both books are ordered the way you'll use them: what could hurt your animal first, what's in the bowl second, the problems that drive you crazy third — and the part where you finally understand them, once they're safe. Each has a Symptom Index in the back: look up what you're seeing, and it sends you to the page.

The 16-Year Dog

190 chapters · 12 parts · 880+ pages · 12 printable cards
From the kitchen-floor emergencies to the 28-day training plan and a 30-breed atlas.
Part 1 · 10 chapters

The Kitchen-Floor Emergencies

  • Retching With Nothing Coming Up: Bloat
  • Heatstroke: The Twenty Minutes That Count
  • "He Ate Something": The Poison Phone Call
  • Chocolate, Sized for Your Dog
  • Seizures: The Five-Minute Line

The ten situations where minutes matter — and exactly what to do in each.

Part 2 · 18 chapters

The Nose-to-Tail Watch

  • Why Tough Dogs Go Quiet
  • The Sunday Weigh-In, Sized for Your Dog
  • Lumps: The Pea-and-a-Month Rule
  • Water In, Water Out: The Jug Test
  • Arthritis in Plain Sight

Dogs hide pain. This part teaches you to see it months before your vet would.

Part 3 · 16 chapters

Food That Adds Years

  • Two Extra Years: The Lifelong Labrador Study
  • The Fat-Dog Plan
  • Reading a Dog-Food Bag in One Minute
  • Kibble, Canned, Fresh, Raw: An Honest Table
  • Feeding Well on a Budget

The single biggest lever on how long he lives.

Part 4 · 18 chapters

The Walk

  • Three Kinds of Walk: Sniff, Train, Burn
  • Loose Leash in 14 Days
  • The Reactive Dog: Distance Is the Training
  • Summer Walks: The 7-Second Test
  • Walking the Old Dog
Part 5 · 24 chapters

Reading Your Dog, Room by Room

  • The Lean · The Paw That Asks
  • Belly Up: Invitation or "Please Stop"?
  • The Tail: Height, Speed, and Which Side
  • The Growl Is a Gift
  • Parent, Pack Leader, or Best Friend?
Part 6 · 14 chapters

The 28-Day Good Dog Plan

  • Week 1: Name, Marker, Sit, Settle
  • Week 2: Leave It, Drop It, Wait
  • Week 3: Come, Down, Stay
  • Week 4: Proofing and Polite Greetings
  • Teaching an Old Dog

Five minutes, three times a day. No shock collars, no prong collars.

Part 7 · 18 chapters

Problem Fixes

  • Peeing in the House: Rule Out the Bladder First
  • Barking at the Window and the Doorbell
  • Home Alone: Separation Distress
  • Fireworks and Thunder: The Two-Week Plan
  • Dog Meets Cat · Dog Meets Baby · Dog Meets Dog
Part 8 · 9 chapters

Hands-On Care by Coat

  • Nails: Walking the Quick Back
  • Teeth: Brushing a Dog Will Put Up With
  • Flea, Tick, Heartworm: Read the Active Ingredient
  • Making the Vet Boring: Happy Visits
Part 9 · 12 chapters

A Dog's Whole Life

  • Seven Dog Years Is a Myth: The Real Age Math
  • The First 48 Hours With a Puppy
  • A Rescue's First Three Months
  • Making the House Kind to an Old Dog
  • The Goodbye, and the Empty Leash
Part 10 · 12 chapters

The Vet & The Money

  • The Senior Check Worth Asking For
  • Vaccines: Core, Lifestyle, and the 3-Year Schedule
  • The Pharmacy Counter: Cheaper Prescriptions
  • Insurance or a Dog Fund: Run Your Own Numbers

The questions that cut the bill, and the tests worth paying for.

Part 11 · 9 chapters

Choosing the Right Dog

  • Breeds Trainers Wouldn't Take Home
  • The Easiest Dogs for a First-Time Owner
  • The Real Price of a Dog: Year One and Every Year After
  • Good Breeder, Good Rescue, Puppy-Mill Red Flags
Part 12 · 30 chapters

The Breed Atlas

  • Labrador · Golden · German Shepherd · Poodle
  • French Bulldog · Dachshund · Beagle · Corgi
  • Husky · Border Collie · Great Dane · Chihuahua
  • Pit Bull–Type Dogs, the Shelter Mix, and Doodles

Thirty breeds, three pages each: what they cost, what breaks, what they need.

Plus 12 printable bonus cards · for the fridge

The Dog Card Pack

  • The Red Flag Card
  • Bloat & Heatstroke
  • The Poison Call Card
  • The Monthly Nose-to-Tail Sheet
  • Weight, Breath & Water Log
  • Walk & Exercise Card by Size
  • The 28-Day Plan Tracker
  • The Feeding Calculator by Size
  • Toxic Foods, Plants & Walk Hazards
  • The Senior Comfort Checklist
  • The Lost Dog Protocol
  • The Vet Visit Sheet

The 20-Year Cat

156 chapters · 10 parts · 470 pages · 10 printable cards
From the early warning system to the translation dictionary for everything she does.
Part 1 · 21 chapters

The Early Warning System

  • The Kitchen Scale Rule
  • The 3-Minute Couch Exam
  • The Litter Box Is Your Lab
  • The 24-Hour Male Cat Rule
  • Bad Breath Is a Bill
  • "He's Just Getting Old" Is Wrong

Cats hide illness. This part teaches you to see it months before your vet would.

Part 2 · 20 chapters

The Bowl & The Water

  • Cups Lie
  • Water Away From Food
  • Bedtime Feeding = No 4 a.m.
  • Silvervine, Not Catnip
  • Human Foods: Safe, Dangerous, Lethal
  • Cost Per Day

The single biggest lever on how long she lives.

Part 3 · 17 chapters

Problem Protocols

  • Peeing Outside the Box
  • The 4 a.m. Wake-Up
  • The 3-Second Consent Test
  • The 14-Day Second-Cat Introduction
  • Pilling Without Wrestling

Day-by-day plans, each one starting with "rule out illness first."

Part 4 · 15 chapters

The Home & The Happiness Audit

  • The Indoor Cat Happiness Audit
  • Cat TV
  • The Cardboard Box Prescription
  • The Lily Rule
  • The Pre-Departure Checklist
Part 5 · 8 chapters

Hands-On Care

  • Two Nails a Day
  • Teeth: 3 Minutes, 3 Times a Week
  • Flea Products: Same Molecule, Half the Price
  • The Stress-Free Vet Visit
Part 6 · 16 chapters

Trust & The Daily Routine

  • The 7 Levels of Cat Trust
  • Do These 6 Things Every Day
  • How Cats Pick Their Favorite Person
  • The Petting Map
  • The Hunt Sequence
Part 7 · 24 chapters

The Translation Dictionary

  • Sleeping On You vs. Beside You
  • The Paw on Your Arm
  • The Slow Blink · The Stare
  • Bringing You "Gifts"
  • Belly Exposure: The Trap
Part 8 · 9 chapters

Life Stages

  • The First 30 Days With a Rescue
  • Kitten to 1 Year
  • The Age-7 Baseline
  • Senior 10+ · Ramps, Night Lights, Low Boxes
  • The Last Chapter
Part 9 · 13 chapters

The Vet & Your Money

  • Ask for SDMA
  • Blood Pressure After 10
  • 3-Year Boosters, Not Yearly
  • Fill Prescriptions at a Human Pharmacy
  • The $1,500 Fund

The three tests most owners never hear about, and the questions that cut the bill.

Part 10 · 7 chapters

Which Cat Is Your Cat

  • Coat Color and Personality: Folklore vs. Data
  • Male vs. Female
  • Breeds That Quietly Cost the Most
  • One Cat or Two
Plus 10 printable bonus cards · for the fridge

The Cat Card Pack

  • Red Flag Card
  • Monthly Couch Exam
  • Toxic Foods & Plants
  • Litter Box Flowchart
  • Vet Visit Sheet
  • 14-Day Introduction Planner
  • Feeding Calculator
  • Lost Cat Protocol
  • Happiness Audit
  • Symptom Index
From Readers

What Cat And Dog Owners Are Saying

★★★★★

"I've had cats for forty years and thought I knew them. The kitchen scale chapter had me weighing Biscuit on Sundays, and by the third week I had a number to bring to the vet instead of a feeling. Thyroid, caught early."

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Paula K.Verified reader
★★★★★

"The bloat chapter is the reason our Great Dane is still here. I knew what retching with nothing coming up meant because I'd read it two weeks earlier. We were at the clinic in eleven minutes."

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Mike R.Verified reader
★★★★★

"The 4 a.m. chapter alone was worth it. Two weeks of the bedtime feeding plan and Oliver sleeps until my alarm. I had tried everything, including the spray."

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Dorota P.Verified reader
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"Week two of the 28-Day Plan and my rescue beagle leaves the chicken bone on the sidewalk when I say 'leave it.' Five minutes, three times a day. That's it. No collar, no yelling."

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Jenny W.Verified reader
★★★★★

"I'm 68 and my eyes aren't what they were. The print is big, the pages are clean, and the Red Flag Card is on my fridge where my daughter can see it too."

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Peter P.Verified reader
★★★★★

"What I appreciate most is that he tells you when to stop reading and call the vet. Every chapter. No guessing, and no scaring you."

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Kuba K.Verified reader
★★★★★

"Bought the bundle because we have one of each. The 'dog meets cat' chapter and the 'second cat' chapter are written by the same man and they agree with each other. Nobody's under the bed anymore."

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Tom H.Verified reader
★★★★★

"We brought in a second cat using the fourteen-day plan. No fights, no week under the bed. My husband is a believer now."

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Debbie R.Verified reader
★★★★★

"Read the Translation Dictionary in one evening and cried a little. Twelve years of a paw on my arm at night, and I finally know what she was saying."

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Susan K.Verified reader
Before You Buy

Questions I Get Asked

Both books, exactly as they're sold on their own — the same two PDFs, the same printable cards, the same lifetime updates. Nothing is cut, nothing is added. It's one checkout and one email for $52 instead of $108.
Right away. The download lands in your email within a minute, through Gumroad's checkout. Nothing ships, nothing to wait for. If it doesn't arrive, check your spam folder, then email me and I'll send it by hand.
A standard PDF. It reads on a phone, a tablet, or a computer, and it prints on plain paper — the bonus cards are made to be printed and stuck on the fridge.
Yes. Both books are set in a 12-point serif with generous spacing, and on a tablet you can zoom as much as you like. The printable cards are set larger still.
Neither, and I say so on page one of both books. I'm a lifelong cat and dog owner who worked years in an animal shelter. Everything in these books is about noticing changes early and knowing what to ask — and every health chapter ends with a section called When Steve stops and your vet starts. The books get you to the clinic sooner; they never replace it.
No. Both books have whole parts written for the senior years: the arthritis nobody treats, the blood tests to ask for by name, the small changes at home that stop the night pacing and the falls. Those chapters are where the years come from.
No. One payment and it's yours, including every future edition free.
Fourteen days, no questions asked — on a single book or the bundle. Email inside two weeks and you get your money back.
Start With Part 1

Read The First Part This Week. It's The One That Adds The Years.

Weigh your animal on Sunday. Do the three-minute check on the couch. Read the bowl and the box the way the books show you. Three habits, one week — and the next time something changes, you'll be the one who noticed.

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