Wellness & Nutrition
Tips for Caring for Your Senior Dog
Dogs are living longer than ever before thanks to improved nutrition and veterinary care. But dogs experience many of the same health-related...
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How Older Dogs’ Sleep Habits Change
Just as your dog’s sleep habits changed between puppyhood and adulthood, your dog’s sleep patterns will likely transform as they enter their golden...
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Keeping Older Dogs Healthy
Our relationships with our dogs are often difficult to describe with words. “Bittersweet,” for example, only begins to describe the experience of...
Wellness & Nutrition
Dental Care for Older Dogs
Taking good care of your dog’s teeth is important from puppyhood through his golden years. As your dog ages, a regular dental routine keeps his teeth...
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Diet & Nutrition for Older Dogs
Improved veterinary care, better vaccines, and better nutrition are helping dogs live longer than they did only a few decades ago. That’s excellent...
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Tips for Managing Arthritis in Dogs
Your best friend has always bounded around the backyard and trotted easily by your side during walks. As your dog ages, some of the spring will...
Wellness & Nutrition
Common Ailments in Senior Dogs
As with humans, the aging process in dogs comes with many physical and mental changes and challenges. Your friend who once bounded with energy as a...
Gear & Product Care
Does Your Dog Need a Dog Ramp Or Dog Stairs?
Your dog’s favorite place is by your side. But for some dogs, sticking close to you can be challenging or risky, especially for older dogs or those...
Wellness & Nutrition
Hip Dysplasia in Older Dogs
What are the signs of hip dysplasia in older dogs? Your sweet older pup may be sporting a few distinguished gray whiskers on his chin these days, but...
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Incontinence In Older Dogs
Of the many health issues that emerge as dogs age, urinary incontinence can be one of the most difficult to cope with. The accidents that coincide...
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How to Keep Your Older Dog Warm in the Cold
Some dogs were made for cold weather, naturally equipped with a dense undercoat to help insulate them; the Bernese Mountain Dog and the Alaskan...
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Giving Joint Supplements to Older Dogs with Arthritis
Are joint supplements right for your older arthritic dog? His limb stiffness and atrophied muscles betray his pain, even if he’s too stoic to tell...
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The Challenges of Owning an Older Dog
If you’re lucky, your dog is aging so gracefully, you hardly notice it happening. Inevitably, though, she will reach a point when it becomes...