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Your Senior Dog: How to Help Your Dog Live Longer, Better

Spot the problems years before they become emergencies — and give your dog more good time.

30+ breed profiles3 printable toolsMonth-by-month protocolPDF
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Less than one senior blood panel — and it tells you which ones are worth asking for.

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Your dog is slowing down. Sleeping more, stiffer in the mornings, less interested in the second half of the walk. Some of that is ordinary ageing and some of it isn't — and from the outside the two look identical.

Your vet sees your dog twice a year. You see them every day, which makes you the person most likely to catch something early — but only if you know what you're looking at.

Most age-related conditions stay quiet for months before they become obvious. By the time it's obvious, the easy window has usually closed.

This guide teaches you what to watch for. A five-minute check you can run at home each month, the bloodwork worth asking for and when, and the specific risks that come with your dog's breed and size.

Real pages from the guide

Your Senior Dog — Monthly Home Health Check: printable 5-minute nose-to-tail exam with 6-month tracker
Your Senior Dog — Quality of Life Scale: printable 7-area scoring tool for senior dogs
Your Senior Dog — table of contents, 27 chapters

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What you'll be able to do
  • Tell ordinary ageing from a warning sign — the changes worth a phone call and the ones that aren't
  • Run a 5-minute home health check every month, and track slow changes across six
  • Know which bloodwork to ask for, at what age, and how often
  • Recognise pain your dog is hiding — dogs mask it well, and the signs are subtle
  • Adapt food, exercise and routine as their body changes
  • Understand your breed's specific risks — 30+ profiles by size and type
  • Spot cognitive decline early and know what actually helps
  • Think clearly about quality of life when that time comes, with a structured scale instead of guesswork
What's inside
  • Recognising physical, behavioural, and cognitive signs of ageing
  • Nutrition for longevity: protein, omega-3s, hydration, and label reading
  • Exercise adapted for seniors: walks, swimming, and home physiotherapy
  • Preventive health: what to test, when, and how to read the results
  • 30+ breed profiles: specific risks and monitoring by breed
  • The longevity toolkit: sleep, gut health, stress, dental care
  • A practical protocol by age and size: what to do and when
  • Quality of life assessment and compassionate end-of-life guidance
Printable tools included
  • Monthly home health check — a 5-minute nose-to-tail exam with a 6-month tracking grid, so slow changes don't slip past you
  • Quality-of-life scale — seven areas, scored, as a gentler way through the hardest question
  • Senior care sheet — medication, routine and emergency contacts on one page for the fridge or the dog sitter
This is for you if

Dog owners whose companion is entering the senior years — or already there. Anyone who wants to extend their dog's healthy lifespan, manage age-related conditions early, and make informed decisions about nutrition, exercise, and veterinary care.

Before you decide

My dog still seems fine. Is it too early for this?

That's the best time to read it. The whole point is the period before anything is obvious — knowing the baseline while your dog is well is what makes a change detectable later. Reading it after something goes wrong means you've lost the comparison.

Is it going to be depressing?

Most of it is about keeping a dog well, not about losing one — nutrition, movement, sleep, what to monitor and when. There is a chapter on quality of life and the end, because pretending otherwise helps nobody, but it sits at the end and you can leave it there until you need it.

Does it cover my dog's breed?

There are 30+ breed profiles grouped by size and type — large, small, toy, brachycephalic and working breeds — each with the conditions that group is prone to and what to watch for. If your exact breed isn't named, the group profile still applies.

Does it replace advice from my vet?

No. It's built to make your vet visits more useful — so you arrive knowing what changed, what to ask, and which tests are worth requesting at your dog's age. Your vet can examine your dog; a guide can't.

80+ pages · 27 chapters · 3 printable tools · PDF

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  • Your Senior Dog — Monthly Home Health Check: printable 5-minute nose-to-tail exam with 6-month tracker
  • Your Senior Dog — Quality of Life Scale: printable 7-area scoring tool for senior dogs
  • Your Senior Dog — table of contents, 27 chapters
  • Your Senior Dog — Pain Recognition: how to spot hidden pain in older dogs
  • Your Senior Dog — Monthly Home Health Check sample page