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| EDERLY DOGS | I have had a lot of emails and a few phone calls lately with questions
about a very precious, elderly dogs and how I could help
the dog stay well for a good time longer and not have it die from
the ravages of old age illnesses. What can we do for our special older companions? |
With an older dog, it is obviously very important to supply him/or her with the best and healthiest possible nutrition available. Now notice, I didn't say anything about the "best food" that is available, because the best food that is available does not come in a bag or a box, it is fresh, raw meat and bones first and foremost and then next would be ingredients that you could cook for your dog.
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| Friday, November 03, 2006 | |
The Golden Years Caring for our Senior Dogs | The darling picture is of San-D's Tickle Me Elmo, a very special 10 year old Boston Terrier who is a half brother to my very speical "Joevee". Elmo's sire lived to be 15 1/2 years old. Our wonderful companions just don't live long enough, do they? Why is that? Is there anything we can do to help live longer and healither lives? |
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Posted on 11/03/06 at 16:59:01 by Jeannie Thomason
Category: Aging Gracefully
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Thank you for sharing this informative article. My male BT is 12 years old and began having seizures a couple of years ago. Now his hind legs seem to be giving out on him. I take him to the Vet regularly. Our Vet prescribed Phenobarbital for his seizure activity. Has anyone had any experience with these problems with their aging Boston Terriers. I am a distraught BT mom and would like some support and encouragement.
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What You Need to Know About Your Older Dog
by Amy Shojai | Hi everyone! I have a big soft spot in my heart for senior dogs, what about you? I not only have had sevearl of my own in my life time but took in a couple rescue dogs in thier senior years as well, I was always so appaled that some one would surrender a companion of so many years! |
Puppies go clear off the "cute factor" scale. However, they are works-in-progress, exciting yet difficult to predict, nonstop fun but also frequently frustrating. It requires much time, patience and understanding to forge the kind of bond with puppies that we take for granted with our older canine friends.
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| Friday, September 17, 2004 | |
Care Of The Older Dog
(Part Four) Health Issues: Arthritis: As applied to dogs Arthritis almost always means Osteo-Arthritis, which are structural changes to the bones involving degeneration, physical breakdown of joints or spurs or other physical changes to the bones themselves. Sometimes we say that this is because they have worn their structure out from too much hard work but I am really not sure that is the automatically the case even in working dogs and it certainly is not the case for pets.
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| Wednesday, September 15, 2004 | |
Care Of The Older Dog
(Part 3)
Allow your dog to exercise itself: Often we exercise our puppies too much by taking them on longer walks than their bones are really up to. Puppies should get their exercise by playing and by exploring not by trying to keep up with us while we go jogging. Often we allow our adult dogs too little exercise. We don't take them for enough walks or take them with us often enough to places where they can run free and we don't take them or ourselves jogging enough.
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| Saturday, September 11, 2004 | |
Care of the Older Dog (Part 2) Robert McDowell
Herbalist Feeding Your Dog: It is never too late to give your dog a bone. Raw bones preferably with some meat on them is the best single food for a dog and there is no reason why a meaty bone cannot form a very large part of the, nutrition, minerals, dietary bulk, exercise and recreation for your dog.
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| Wednesday, September 08, 2004 | |
Care of the Older Dog (Part One: A Story) Robert McDowell
Herbalist
http://herbal-treatments.com.au/index.html The very first thing you must do for your older dog is to take a long hard critical look at both the dog and at yourself. What I mean to say is you have to decide whether you are looking at a old dog or a prematurely aged dog. This is where you have to take a hard look at yourself because, if the dog is a young or middle aged dog showing signs of "old age", it may very well be your fault.
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| Saturday, September 04, 2004 | |
Canine Arthritis
Larry Roth, Ph.D., PAS
Time and aging have the unfortunate ability to reduce the mobility and joint health of dogs, just as in humans.
Understanding the various causes of arthritis and possible relief forms could assist in enhancing your best friend’s quality of life.
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| Saturday, September 04, 2004 | |
Aging Gracefully
We all want to slow the aging process for our dogs as well as ourselves, though there is no exact tool for doing this. Scientific research for a 'Fountain of Youth' has pin pointed some of the aging culprits.
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Posted on 09/04/04 at 12:38:34 by Jeannie Thomason
Category: Aging Gracefully
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My dog is almost 14, in the last 6 months she has had 2 UTI or bladder infection. Urinalysis showed blood in the urine and high PH. My vet has now put my dog on Science Diet CD formula.
She is not to crazy about this food, although I have added some of the green beans, lean ground turkey and rice that I was feeding her. My questions are: what I was feeding her, is it ok being she has had the 2 UTI is 5 months, and are the recipes on your website ones I can fix for my dog?
I just bought some colostrum to give her, my homeopath said she needed something to strengthen her immune system. Is this a supplement I use continue giving her indefinitely? I want her to be as healthy as possible with a the best quality of life as I can provide. I hope to have her with me for another 5 years if possible.
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