How To Care For A Senior Dog (+ help them age with dignity)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 พ.ค. 2024
- Aging is inevitable, and with it comes health and quality of life challenges. Learning how to care for a senior dog takes a bit of planning to help them to age gracefully. And in this video I’m going to give you some suggestions on how to help your old dog age gracefully and stay happy.
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Caring for a senior dog can be split into 3 sections:
1 - How to keep an old dog as healthy as possible
2 - How to keep senior dogs pain free
3- How to maintain interaction and mental agility
With any care strategy for a senior dog, quality of life should be at the very forefront of our minds and the driving force behind the decisions we make for our geriatric pet. A little bit of forethought and an awareness of what to look out for that might indicate your family member is starting to struggle with the effects of aging can go a long way to ensuring their senior years are happy and as healthy as possible.
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What great insight about our beloved grey muzzle dogs! Thank you Dr. Alex, you are such a gift to dogs and cats everywhere!
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Dr Alex is a true blessing to me 🙏 for sure me and Arnold and bigfoot sure love Dr Alex he is like family to me
I've fallen in love with a senior dog who has been in a shelter for two years, he is 13 now.
Thank you for this video 🙏 I'm nervous but determined to be the best momma to him!!!!!
Please pray/send good vibes that they accept my application guys ❤️🐶❤️
Great, Pancho my 11 year old english bulldog is also enjoying his life.
You got this:)
Wish I would of seen this sooner. Lost my baby girl on the 5th of March. Her birthday was on the 9th she would of been 12 years old. I have another old dog and I will make use of this information.
This video was made such a long time ago. C.B.D is such a great tool for helping senior dogs now with both, appetite and pain problems. This was a great video though.
very helpful video! Thank you. Your focus on a pet’s quality of life, and dignity.
Glad it was helpful!
Our Pets Health Thank you - and my apologies for that incomplete sentence at the end of my comment!
My senior Westie has been barking for no reason,sometimes barks with people in the house,or barks if he hears something in the kitchen.
When my Yorkies eyes started to go he started to bark more
This is a very heartwarming video. I can tell that you deeply care about dogs which I LOVE. I appreciate all your tips. I can for sure agree that diet is essential in keeping your senior dog healthy. I also make sure to give my 9 year old yorkie a balanced breed multivitamin which has been helping a lot with his joint pain!
Also, this video was made before they had C.B.D. That has really helped with the quality of life for my boy.
Thank you so much for your tips! I'm defitnely going to start applying some of them tomorrow!
Thank you, that gave me a lot of insight into dealing with the issues of our 12.5 year old dogs and 14 year old cat,
Thankyou..🙏
Thank you so much sir , It was very helpful video .
Thank you. Nice practical information.
Glad it was helpful!
Great information, thank you for sharing this video.
Glad it was helpful!
You are super awesome guy 👍
so are you 👊
@@OurPetsHealth thank you buddy 👍..my dogs are my life..in my profile picture is bigfoot on the left side he is a pit bull mixed and he just turned 13 last month and isn't doing well he has severe arthritis and now cancer in his neck..I'm keeping him comfortable with meds and good days and bad. Little Arnold is on the right side he is a beagle and he was 9 years old on Christmas day past. He is doing good but he is getting overweight and I will have to get him on a diet. Thanks for the informative video buddy 👍.
just recently my 13 year old shitzu got diagnose with diabetes been tough but I am trying my best thank , you for this video because its a lot of information I definitely needed !
Diabetes is Reversible. Grains break down to sugars, please research the grain free diet. I am sold on grain free. Grains also contain pesticides like glyphosate.
Best to both of you!
This is such a great video, thank you! My old puggle is 13 in a few weeks, and it has been quite shocking how much he has aged recently. He has had arthritis for a few years now but we have treated it with medication. Now he has been developing signs of cognitive dysfunction, his bloodwork is normal so the vet can't explain the symptoms in another way as of yet. Definitely going to look into some interactive toys to see if he will engage.
Dog's genetics are just that, genetics, some of these are nice but other are not, accept things as they are.
@@carlosmcollignon8672 He ended up having terminal cancer, so I’m glad I didn’t “accept things how they are” and took him to the vet. He passed away about a month after I commented this but we weren’t aware of the extent then. it was very aggressive and in his brain.
Im very sorry 😥
I plan to adopt a senor dog
I absolutely love this channel! It's so wonderful to have access to reliable information for one's pets especially considering the costs of vets.
I wanted to ask for a senior dog how do you help them gain weight gradually? I am about to adopt a 10 year old Romania rescue and due to the neglect he experienced he is very underweight.
I'd say it is worth getting him checked over to ensure that there is no underlying cause for his condition other than a lack of food, and also to introduce him to your vet so they can help monitor his progress. Generally I would suggest a high quality diet, feeding smaller amounts more often, start off feeding the total daily amount equal to what his ideal weight should be and the change this as needed based on how his weight changes
We have a very old english bulldog, we adopted him being a 1 year old adult, now he has skin disease and has only about 30% of his eyesight, otherwise he is healthy, however a year ago he had stones in his bladder and penis going thorough great pain, instead of putting him to sleep we decided to give a shot at surgery, bladder surgery was fine but because of tissues issues the vet didn't put stitches in his penis, It was a mess for about 20 days, at the begining of the recovery he used to pee like a female, but eventually the recovery as 100%. He is a couch potato except when he percieves I'm taking him for his daily walk, he actually jumps like a puppy, he walks beside me without the leash which is used only for crossing streets, every 10 meters he just stops to sniff or pee and I just wait.
He hates motorbikes and when I see one coming I put on him the leash immediately, if he has the chance, very seldom, he fights other male dogs an while his bite is very weak he is very pain tolerant and he has never, never shown character weakness
He is living his sunset years with dignity an he is a happy dog, and I´m a happy master. Eventually he is going away, we all will.
My 13yr old Lab has now got cataracts but has a little vision. She also has arthritis in her legs. She used be able to walk up the ramp into my car for walks but now flatly refuses to. She will eventually go up the 3 back steps into my house but, is anxious about doing so, she appears to have difficulty seeing the first step. So now going for walks does not involve the car. She is too heavy to lift. Any ideas on how to solve the fear/anxiety of walking up/down the car ramp. It would be nice to take her out for a more interesting walk.
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Thanks for this informative video about how to care for my aging dog. Our mutt pup is 12 years old (15lb mix breed). She has recently started drinking more water and has been vomiting periodically. Does this warrant a run to the Vet? Or should we try changing her to a senior diet to see if this changes her symptoms? Thank you Dr Alex.
Thanks! I would definitely get her checked over by your vet and if possible take a urine sample with you. Drinking more is often one of the first signs something is not quite right.
Ok thanks for the advice. She saw the vet today and they gave her some medication to see if that stops the vomiting and diarrhea as well as a bland diet for the next week.
Hi
Great info by the way. Glad I was able to find your channel. I do have a question. I have a 15 almost 16 yr old Maltipoo that has been raising his back leg a bit off the floor. My long time vet attributes everything to old age but I feel there's more. I have been giving him Glucosamine for the last few months and he does seem to do better with energy as he likes to run after taking a potty back into the house for a treat, but some days he still raise his hind leg with a small tremble or if he's played more than a few minutes with fetching, his hind leg will shake so we stop. I also started CDB drops which really seem to help his leg out. I am still wondering though if it could be a hip problem or a ligament issue. I'm ready to get second opinions on everything at this moment but do know where to start. Thanks in advance for any info you may be able to offer.
I tend to say old age in itself is not a disease. X-rays and joint manipulation may well be the next logical step if your dog is a suitable sedation or anaesthetic candidate. pain killers might be another option with blood testing if needed. There's no harm with a second opinion or just talking to your vet about wanting to explore the possibility of reaching a specific diagnosos