caring for an older dog
Caring for an older dog Most dogs grow old gracefully and, hopefully, with few ailments. Often the hardest part of living with and older dog is accepting that it is slowing up and not able to do the things it could perhaps as recent as a year ago . However long a dog’s life may be the time span is relatively short to us. We can remember the dog as a youngster playing and running and suddenly its coat is showing a little grey and its limbs are a little stiff, but dogs accept age without question. They don’t spend time thinking about how it used to be they just get on with their lives, so it is up to us help them to do that as naturally as possible. When you first notice the natural slowing signs of ageing consider your dog’s diet. If it has been on the same...