Older dogs have specific dietary, health and care needs. Dog food for overweight dogs. Joint pain and arthritis treatment for senior dogs. Training an older dog.
Special care can mean the difference between an active old age and a rather unhappy sedentary one for your dog.
Sometimes we don’t want to admit our dog is aging. We ignore the graying muzzle and scoff at the idea of a “senior dog food.” After all, we’re both still running and playing and having fun . . . who’s old? But the truth of the matter is that the best thing we can do for our dogs and for ourselves is look aging right in the face. We need to become highly tuned to the subtle changes in our dog’s behavior and receptive to ways to improve his life – and ours.
