This time, I want to share my own experience of how easily we can fall into the trap of thinking, “I simply have an older dog at home.” I know Faddy inside out. I know his quirks, habits and characteristic behaviours almost without thinking. Yet last week, I realised that when...
Aging does not mean a dog has to stay on the sofa. To preserve muscle mass and function, an older dog needs suitable movement, adequate nutrition and a reason to keep taking part in the world around them. As a dog ages, the body changes. They may sleep more, move more...
Most of us have probably heard the old rule that one dog year equals seven human years. It is a convenient calculation, but real life is much more interesting. Dogs do not age in a linear way, and their size matters in particular: during the first years of life they...
Canine dementia is being discussed more and more, yet it is still very easy to put changes in an older dog down to age alone. They sleep more, move more slowly, no longer react in quite the same way, sometimes become confused in familiar places or grow restless in the...
