Happy You. Happy Dog.

What happens when two pet care professionals give you completely different advice? And what if neither recommendation quite matches what you’re noticing about your own furbaby?

In this episode of Happy You. Happy Dog., Coco shares her experience navigating Mana’s sensitive digestion, working with a dog nutrition specialist, and discovering why even well-informed recommendations don’t always tell the whole story about an individual pet.

From conflicting opinions about nutrition to building her own trusted village of veterinary and holistic wellness professionals, Coco explores how professional knowledge and our everyday observations can work together to help us make thoughtful, confident decisions.

She also returns to the heart of Fur Shui™—her approach to creating a happy, healthy life for both pets and their humans.

Because while we’re busy researching the best food, seeking expert advice, and trying to get everything right, there’s something equally precious happening right in front of us.

The life we’re sharing with the ones we love.

And sometimes, that life looks like a little Japanese Maltipoo who knows exactly when she’s having dinner with Mommy.

What This May Open Up for You:

• Why professional advice and your own observations about your furbaby are both important parts of making informed care decisions.
• What to consider when qualified pet care professionals offer conflicting recommendations.
• How everyday changes in appetite, digestion, energy, and behavior can provide valuable context for your pet’s care.
• Why test results and generalized recommendations may not tell the whole story about an individual animal.
• How to build a trusted village of veterinary, nutrition, wellness, and training professionals who listen, communicate, and work together.
• Why asking thoughtful questions and seeking another perspective can be part of caring confidently.
• How Fur Shui™ brings together naturopathic wellbeing, meaningful rituals, and the happiness of both pets and their humans.
• Why creating a beautiful life together doesn’t require being a perfect pet parent.

A little reminder: You don’t have to know everything or make every decision alone. Sometimes, caring with confidence means knowing who to ask, what to notice, and when to simply enjoy being together.

About Coco:

Coco is a certified Animal Naturopath, neonatal kitten specialist, founder of Furbulous Living™, and host of Happy You. Happy Dog., where she explores the beautiful relationship between humans and their beloved animal companions. Alongside Mana the Maltipoo and her little family of cats, Coco shares heartfelt stories, gentle reflections, and meaningful conversations about love, belonging, joy, and the wonderfully ordinary moments that make life sweeter together.

Connect with Coco:

Website: FurbulousLiving.com

Email: [email protected]

Instagram: @HappyYou.HappyDog

TikTok: @HappyYou.HappyDog

Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/furbulouslivingcommunity

Free eGuidebook: GiftFromCoco.com

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One expert says one thing. Another says the opposite. And suddenly, even the most committed pet parent is wondering, Am I doing the right thing for my furbaby?

In this episode of Happy You. Happy Dog., Coco shares how a change in her cat Hoku’s appetite reminded her that understanding our animals begins with knowing what’s normal for THEM.

As a certified Animal Naturopath, Coco explores why more information doesn’t always bring more clarity—and why even well-intentioned advice may not be right for every dog or cat.

Through Hoku’s story, she invites us to look beyond the latest recommendations, pay attention to our pets’ individual needs, and approach their well-being with curiosity, compassion, and appropriate veterinary support.

Coco also introduces Fur Shui™, her philosophy of bringing together holistic pet wellness, thoughtful living, and the beautiful relationship we share with our furry companions—with a simple question at its heart: What would a happier, healthier home feel like for BOTH of us?

Because caring for our furbabies isn’t about getting everything perfect. It’s about understanding the little beings we love—while remembering that our own happiness matters, too.

What This May Open Up for You:

• How recognizing your furbaby’s usual appetite, energy, sleep, and behavior can help you notice when something changes.
• Why more pet care advice doesn’t always lead to more clarity—and why every animal deserves an individualized approach.
• How to balance your own observations and intuition with professional guidance and appropriate veterinary care.
• Why holistic well-being means considering your pet’s physical health, emotional needs, daily routines, and environment together.
• How Fur Shui™ invites us to consider the happiness and well-being of BOTH the furbaby and the human sharing their life.
• How to care for your furbaby with greater confidence and compassion, without putting unnecessary pressure on yourself to be a perfect pet parent.

About Coco:

Coco is a certified Animal Naturopath, neonatal kitten specialist, founder of Furbulous Living™, and host of Happy You. Happy Dog., where she explores the beautiful relationship between humans and their beloved animal companions. Alongside Mana the Maltipoo and her little family of cats, Coco shares heartfelt stories, gentle reflections, and meaningful conversations about love, belonging, joy, and the wonderfully ordinary moments that make life sweeter together.

Connect with Coco:

Website: FurbulousLiving.com

Email: [email protected]

Instagram: @HappyYou.HappyDog

TikTok: @HappyYou.HappyDog

Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/furbulouslivingcommunity

Free eGuidebook: GiftFromCoco.com

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A Note from the Happy You. Happy Dog. Team

This episode is a little different from our usual conversations.

For this episode, Coco has chosen to share a deeply personal part of her life as a mother. She remembers her late son, Ko—his humor, his love for cooking, his dreams, and the beautiful, complicated person he was.

She also speaks openly about the heartbreak of losing him, the things she wishes she could change, and what it has felt like to live with his absence.

There are moments of laughter, moments of tears, and moments of silence.

A gentle note to our listeners: This episode includes personal reflections on the death of an adult child, grief, and the painful circumstances surrounding loss. We understand that these subjects may be especially difficult for some listeners. Please feel free to skip this episode, or listen at another time, if that feels right for you.

This episode isn’t intended to offer lessons or answers. It’s simply a mother remembering her beloved son.

Thank you for holding a little space for Coco and Ko.

With love,

The Happy You. Happy Dog. Team

About Coco:

Coco is a certified Animal Naturopath, neonatal kitten specialist, founder of Furbulous Living™, and host of Happy You. Happy Dog., where she explores the beautiful relationship between humans and their beloved animal companions. Alongside Mana the Maltipoo and her little family of cats, Coco shares heartfelt stories, gentle reflections, and meaningful conversations about love, belonging, joy, and the wonderfully ordinary moments that make life sweeter together.

Connect with Coco:

Website: FurbulousLiving.com

Email: [email protected]

Instagram: @HappyYou.HappyDog

TikTok: @HappyYou.HappyDog

Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/furbulouslivingcommunity

Free eGuidebook: GiftFromCoco.com

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Do you ever wonder if you're a little too attached to your fur baby, or whether the things you do for them might look completely ridiculous to everyone else?

Coco is sharing some of her secrets in this playful and deeply personal episode, from analyzing Mana's poop and smelling her paws to cooking specialized meals, buying expensive snowsuits, planning her days around her, and giving the cats their very own bedroom.

But underneath the funny and sometimes wonderfully weird things Coco does for her fur babies is a bigger realization: she no longer feels the need to explain the relationship she has with them.

Whether Coco & Mana are taking slow, phone-free walks, sharing their daily routines, stopping for every interesting smell, or spending nearly every hour together, Coco has stopped worrying about whether their relationship looks normal from the outside.

Because perhaps the relationship we have with our furbabies doesn’t need to make sense to anyone else. Maybe it’s about knowing the little being in front of us—paying attention, listening, making mistakes, learning, and trusting ourselves enough to love them exactly as they are.

And somewhere in loving them that freely, maybe we give ourselves a little more freedom, too.

What This May Open Up for You:

• Why our relationship with our furbaby doesn’t have to look “normal” to anyone else.
• How comparison can make us question what we already know about the animal in front of us.
• Why socialization doesn’t necessarily mean every dog needs to become a social butterfly.
• What can change when we stop trying to be the “right” kind of pet parent and start trusting the relationship we actually have.
• How loving our furbabies freely might give us permission to like ourselves a little more, too.

About Coco:

Coco is a certified Animal Naturopath, neonatal kitten specialist, founder of Furbulous Living™, and host of Happy You. Happy Dog., where she explores the beautiful relationship between humans and their beloved animal companions. Alongside Mana the Maltipoo and her little family of cats, Coco shares heartfelt stories, gentle reflections, and meaningful conversations about love, belonging, joy, and the wonderfully ordinary moments that make life sweeter together.

Connect with Coco:

Website: FurbulousLiving.com

Email: [email protected]

Instagram: @HappyYou.HappyDog

TikTok: @HappyYou.HappyDog

Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/furbulouslivingcommunity

Free eGuidebook: GiftFromCoco.com

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Who are you becoming because you love your pet?

Coco sits down with her son Joe, an actor, director, writer, and photojournalist in Los Angeles, for a heartfelt family conversation about his relationship with Aela, the independent black cat who came into his life during COVID.

When Joe adopted Aela, he imagined having a cuddly little cat who would happily spend hours sitting on his lap. Instead, he got Aela, a social, intelligent, playful, fiercely independent cat with her own ideas about affection, attention, and exactly how life should work.

Over six years together, Joe has learned to recognize Aela's unique ways of communicating and to look beyond behavior to consider what she might be needing. He's also learned to let go of his expectations and appreciate the relationship they actually have rather than trying to turn Aela into the cuddly lap cat he originally imagined.

Their relationship has changed Joe, too. Caring for another life means coming home when he'd rather stay out, planning around feeding times, thinking about Aela while traveling, and putting her needs ahead of his own convenience. Alongside living independently and his martial arts practice, Joe credits caring for Aela with strengthening his discipline, maturity, and sense of responsibility.

But as the conversation becomes more personal, Coco and Joe discover something deeper. Maybe love doesn’t always change us into someone new. Sometimes it gives us room to become more fully who we already are—and allows the people who love us to see what may have been there all along.

Ultimately, Coco turns the question around. Instead of always asking how our animals are changing because of us, what might we discover if we notice who we are becoming because we love them?

What This May Open Up for You:

• Why loving an animal doesn't mean they have to become the pet you imagined they would be.
• How learning your pet's individual ways of communicating can help you look beyond frustrating behavior to what they may need in that moment.
• Why releasing expectations can create more room to appreciate your animal's unique personality.
• How caring for another life can strengthen responsibility, discipline, patience, and maturity.
• The possibility that love doesn’t always make us someone new—it may help reveal more of who we already are.
• Why love sometimes means making room for another being to be exactly who they are.

About Josef “Joe” Akira:

Josef “Joe” Akira is a first-generation Japanese American actor, director, and photojournalist living in Santa Monica, California. With roots in photojournalism, he describes his creative style as minimalistic and aesthetic, with an emphasis on capturing honest, authentic moments. Whether through film or photography, love remains a central thread throughout his work.

Joe joins his mom, Coco, for a heartfelt family conversation inspired by his relationship with Aela, his beloved queen cat.

Discover his work: https://www.acianofilms.com/

Follow him: @asianjo

About Coco:

Coco is a certified Animal Naturopath, neonatal kitten specialist, founder of Furbulous Living™, and host of Happy You. Happy Dog., where she explores the beautiful relationship between humans and their beloved animal companions. Alongside Mana the Maltipoo and her little family of cats, Coco shares heartfelt stories, gentle reflections, and meaningful conversations about love, belonging, joy, and the wonderfully ordinary moments that make life sweeter together.

Connect with Coco:

Website: FurbulousLiving.com

Email: [email protected]

Instagram: @HappyYou.HappyDog

TikTok: @HappyYou.HappyDog

Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/furbulouslivingcommunity

Free eGuidebook: GiftFromCoco.com

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And we’d love to hear what this episode opened up for you.

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Have you ever looked at your dog's behavior and wondered if it means you're doing something wrong?

Coco is joined on the couch by Emely, an animal lover and advocate, for an honest family conversation about life with Fender, her energetic English Springer Spaniel. Fender is strong, excitable, vocal, affectionate, incredibly smart, and, as Emely lovingly describes him, a big ball of energy.

She opens up about the moments when Fender's jumping, selective listening, love of the trash, and seemingly endless energy leave her frustrated and questioning herself as his owner. She also shares how comparing Fender to calmer, perfectly behaved dogs on social media can make those doubts even louder.

Together they explore a gentler way of looking at those difficult moments. Rather than treating a dog's behavior as proof that we're failing, what if we viewed it as information about what our individual animal may need–and what may be happening within the relationship we share with them?

They also discuss why dog training isn't one-size-fits-all, how Emely is learning to balance affection with boundaries, and how she has found herself developing greater patience and self-awareness through the experience of caring for Fender.

Because loving someone well doesn't mean never struggling. And a difficult moment in a relationship doesn't have to become a verdict about who we are as a person.

What This May Open Up for You:

• Why challenging behavior doesn't automatically mean you're failing as a pet parent.
• How comparison, especially through social media, can make us question the relationship we have with our own animals.
• Why dog training should reflect the individual dog, your lifestyle, and the behaviors necessary for safety rather than one universal standard.
• How loving and spoiling our animals can coexist within boundaries and training.
• Why difficult moments can be treated as information about what your relationship needs rather than evidence of personal failure.
• A reminder to notice not only what's difficult, but all the beautiful things that already exist within the life you share together.

About Emely:

Emely, Coco’s youngest son Sho’s girlfriend, joins Coco on the couch for a heartfelt family conversation. She’s mommy to Fender, her boy pup full of energy and joy, and to Enzo, Mavis, and Ozzie, whom she rescued as stray kittens. Together, they share about the tenderness of caring deeply, the challenges of pet parenting, and what it feels like to be loved without needing to be perfect.

About Coco:

Coco is a certified Animal Naturopath, neonatal kitten specialist, founder of Furbulous Living™, and host of Happy You. Happy Dog., where she explores the beautiful relationship between humans and their beloved animal companions. Alongside Mana the Maltipoo and her little family of cats, Coco shares heartfelt stories, gentle reflections, and meaningful conversations about love, belonging, joy, and the wonderfully ordinary moments that make life sweeter together.

Connect with Coco:

Website: FurbulousLiving.com

Email: [email protected]

Instagram: @HappyYou.HappyDog

TikTok: @HappyYou.HappyDog

Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/furbulouslivingcommunity

Free eGuidebook: GiftFromCoco.com

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What happens when the little dog who has always been your baby decides someone else belongs to her family, too?

Coco welcomes her son Yu, his girlfriend Helen, and their tiny dog Chloe for a heartfelt family conversation about how a two-person relationship became a three-member pack. Helen shares what life was like when it was just her and Chloe, while Yu reflects on the relationship he developed with Chloe after caring for her alone during Helen's two-week trip to Italy.

Over time, Yu went from being another person Chloe enjoyed seeing to someone she trusts for play, food, comfort, and protection, eventually earning the title of official doggy dad. Helen and Yu share the different roles they've developed in Chloe's life and how caring for her together has strengthened their own trust and relationship.

But life with Chloe seems to invite something else, too: moments of slowing down and staying curious. From stopping to smell everything on walks to physically putting their phones away when she wants their attention, Chloe brings Yu and Helen back into the ordinary moments happening right in front of them.

This warm family conversation is a beautiful reminder that knowing someone deeply doesn't mean there is nothing left to discover. Sometimes a new relationship doesn't change who we are—it simply gives another part of us somewhere to emerge.

What This May Open Up for You:

• Why our animals may develop completely different but equally meaningful relationships with each member of the family.
• How caring for a beloved animal together can become part of the trust and connection two people build with each other.
• How welcoming someone new doesn't have to take love away from an existing bond, but rather give love somewhere new to grow.
• What we may notice when we slow down, put away distractions, and become present for ordinary moments with our animals.
• Why labels like “she's always been that way” can sometimes stop us from noticing how those we love are growing and changing.
• How knowing someone by heart can still leave room for curiosity, surprise, and discovery.

About Yu, Helen & Chloe:

Coco’s son Yu, his girlfriend Helen, and their tiny Chloe join the family conversation about co-parenting, becoming a blended pet family, and the ways their relationship—and their love—continue to expand with Chloe right in the middle of it all.

Follow Chloe’s little adventures on Instagram: @curious_chloe

About Coco:

Coco is a certified Animal Naturopath, neonatal kitten specialist, founder of Furbulous Living™, and host of Happy You. Happy Dog., where she explores the beautiful relationship between humans and their beloved animal companions. Alongside Mana the Maltipoo and her little family of cats, Coco shares heartfelt stories, gentle reflections, and meaningful conversations about love, belonging, joy, and the wonderfully ordinary moments that make life sweeter together.

Connect with Coco:

Website: FurbulousLiving.com

Email: [email protected]

Instagram: @HappyYou.HappyDog

TikTok: @HappyYou.HappyDog

Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/furbulouslivingcommunity

Free eGuidebook: GiftFromCoco.com

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If this episode made you smile, wonder, or hold your precious one a little closer, we’d love for you to share it with someone whose life is sweeter because of their animals, too.

And we’d love to hear what this episode opened up for you.

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If your home could speak, what would it say your fur baby feels most—peace, love, joy, laughter, worry, or safety?

Coco explores the invisible emotional atmosphere our beloved companions experience every day. From comforting scents and familiar family traditions to moments of tension that Mana and her boys (cats) seemed to notice before she did, Coco reflects on how much of life with our animals happens beyond words.

Sometimes a look, a movement, or a quiet pause is enough to understand what the other needs.

This leads Coco to introduce Fur Shui™—a way of thinking about our homes not only through how they look or what fills them, but through how they feel. Instead of asking whether our homes look perfect, Fur Shui™ invites us to notice the emotional weather we create together and consider what it might feel like for our animals to live inside it with us.

Because perhaps the greatest gift we can give our fur babies isn't a perfect home. It's a home that feels like love, a place where they feel safe enough to exhale.

What This May Open Up for You:

• How your pet may sense shifts in the emotional atmosphere of your home before you consciously recognize them.
• How years of shared experiences can create a powerful, nonverbal attunement between you and your beloved companion.
• How illness, grief, loneliness, healing, and other invisible experiences can shape what we bring into our homes.
• What Furshui can teach us about paying attention to the emotional weather our animals experience every day.
• Why gentle voices, deep breaths, kindness, laughter, and presence may matter more than creating the perfect physical environment.
• A reminder that our animals may notice parts of us long before we learn to notice them ourselves.

About Coco:

Coco is a certified Animal Naturopath, neonatal kitten specialist, founder of Furbulous Living™, and host of Happy You. Happy Dog., where she explores the beautiful relationship between humans and their beloved animal companions. Alongside Mana the Maltipoo and her little family of cats, Coco shares heartfelt stories, gentle reflections, and meaningful conversations about love, belonging, joy, and the wonderfully ordinary moments that make life sweeter together.

Connect with Coco:

Website: FurbulousLiving.com

Email: [email protected]

Instagram: @HappyYou.HappyDog

TikTok: @HappyYou.HappyDog

Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/furbulouslivingcommunity

Free eGuidebook: GiftFromCoco.com

Thanks for listening!

Thank you so much for spending a little time with us today.

If this episode made you smile, wonder, or hold your precious one a little closer, we’d love for you to share it with someone whose life is sweeter because of their animals, too.

And we’d love to hear what this episode opened up for you.

Come join us inside the Furbulous Living Community, where we can keep the conversation going together.

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What if you stopped apologizing for how deeply you love your pet?

Coco explores why so many of us soften, joke about, or explain away the extraordinary bond we share with our beloved animals. Through the story of cancelling a long-awaited trip to Greece to care for a tiny, sick Hoku and the everyday rhythms of love she shares with Mana, Coco reflects on the comfort, safety, belonging, and beautiful routines that can grow between two lives.

She also considers why our culture’s admiration for independence can sometimes make deep attachment feel like something we need to defend. But being deeply attached to your pet does not have to mean losing yourself. Sometimes attachment is simply the quiet way two lives become beautifully woven together.

Drawing from something her therapist shared after the loss of her son, Coco reflects on the relationship between profound love and profound grief, and the permission we can give ourselves to stop measuring or minimizing either one.

This tender episode is an invitation to celebrate the love you share with your precious companion without explanation, embarrassment, or apology.

What This May Open Up for You:

• Why do we sometimes minimize or joke about how deeply attached we are to our animals?
• What if deep attachment to your pet can exist alongside strength, independence, and a full life of your own.
• Why the routines, sounds, moods, and little rituals you share can become their own beautiful love language.
• Why the possibility of grief does not make deep love something we need to fear or make smaller.
• What might change if you gave yourself permission to simply celebrate how much your furbaby means to you.

About Coco:

Coco is a certified Animal Naturopath, neonatal kitten specialist, founder of Furbulous Living™, and host of Happy You. Happy Dog., where she explores the beautiful relationship between humans and their beloved animal companions. Alongside Mana the Maltipoo and her little family of cats, Coco shares heartfelt stories, gentle reflections, and meaningful conversations about love, belonging, joy, and the wonderfully ordinary moments that make life sweeter together.

Connect with Coco:

Website: FurbulousLiving.com

Email: [email protected]

Instagram: @HappyYou.HappyDog

TikTok: @HappyYou.HappyDog

Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/furbulouslivingcommunity

Free eGuidebook: GiftFromCoco.com

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If this episode made you smile, wonder, or hold your precious one a little closer, we’d love for you to share it with someone whose life is sweeter because of their animals, too.

And we’d love to hear what this episode opened up for you.

Come join us inside the Furbulous Living Community, where we can keep the conversation going together.

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What if our animals were never meant to be our teachers at all?

Coco explores a gentler way of understanding the human-animal bond and the emotional connection we share with our pets. Through stories of Mana, Sora, Hoku, and Haru-chan, she reflects on the subtle ways our animals may respond to our moods, presence, routines, and emotional shifts, often before we say a word.

Along the way, Coco introduces Furotional Intelligence™, an awareness of the invisible emotional current that can shape both pet emotional wellness and the life we experience together. Rather than asking what our animals are here to teach us, she wonders what changes when we begin noticing what we are feeling, sharing, and experiencing side by side.

This tender reflection offers a different way to think about our relationship with animals, one that lets them simply be themselves while inviting us to notice the ordinary, extraordinary life unfolding between us.

What This May Open Up for You:

• A new way to think about the human-animal bond that focuses less on what our pets teach us and more on what unfolds between us.
• How your pet may be responding to your emotions, energy, and everyday rhythms in ways that are easy to miss.
• How Furotional Intelligence™ invites us to notice the emotional connection we share with our beloved companions.
• Why noticing what you and your pet are experiencing together may deepen your understanding of pet emotional wellness and connection.
• A gentler way to appreciate who your animal truly is without needing every beautiful moment to become a lesson.

About Coco:

Coco is a certified Animal Naturopath, neonatal kitten specialist, founder of Furbulous Living™, and host of Happy You. Happy Dog., where she explores the beautiful relationship between humans and their beloved animal companions. Alongside Mana the Maltipoo and her little family of cats, Coco shares heartfelt stories, gentle reflections, and meaningful conversations about love, belonging, joy, and the wonderfully ordinary moments that make life sweeter together.

Connect with Coco:

Website: FurbulousLiving.com

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