Your Senior Dog: How to Help Your Dog Live Longer, Better
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About this guide
The most complete guide to senior dog health available in digital format.
Whether your dog is just entering their senior years or well into them, this guide gives you the knowledge and tools to make every remaining year the best it can be.
What's inside
- Recognise the signs: Physical, behavioural, and cognitive changes — including Canine Cognitive Dysfunction (CDS) and how to manage it
- Nutrition for longevity: What older dogs actually need (and what the outdated advice gets wrong), label reading, hydration, and supplement evidence
- Exercise adapted for seniors: How to maintain muscle and joint health, hydrotherapy, and home physiotherapy techniques
- Preventive health: Senior check schedule, what bloodwork to run and when, early detection of kidney disease, cardiac disease, cancer, and endocrine conditions
- 30+ breed profiles: Specific risks, monitoring priorities, and interventions for large, small, toy, brachycephalic, and working breeds
- The longevity toolkit: Sleep, gut microbiome, stress management, dental health as a systemic concern, and advanced bloodwork markers
- A practical longevity protocol by age and size — what to do, when, and how often
- Travelling with a senior dog, working breeds in retirement, and how to talk to your vet
- Quality of life assessment and compassionate end-of-life guidance
Printable tools included
This guide gives you more than knowledge — it gives you tools to use at home, month after month:
- Monthly home health check — a 5-minute nose-to-tail exam with a 6-month tracking grid, so you catch slow changes early
- Quality-of-life scale — a gentle, structured way to think through the hardest questions, scored across seven areas
- Senior dog care sheet — a fill-in page for medication, routine, and emergency contacts to stick on the fridge or hand to a sitter
80+ pages · 27 chapters · 3 printable tools · 100% force-free · PDF format
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"My 11-year-old Lab started wandering the house at 3am and I thought it was just old age. The chapter on CDS explained exactly what was happening — and what to do about it. My vet had never even mentioned the condition. This guide changed how I see his last years."
Portland, OR · Verified purchase"The pain recognition section is worth the price alone. I had no idea dogs hide pain so well — I thought my golden was just slowing down. After reading the chapter I brought him in for X-rays and he had significant hip arthritis. We're now managing it and he's visibly more comfortable."
Denver, CO · Verified purchase"I bought this when my Border Collie turned 9, before any real issues appeared. The breed-specific section on working dogs in retirement was exactly what I needed — I hadn't thought about the mental side of slowing down an active dog. Really practical, not preachy."
Edinburgh, UK · Verified purchase"We used the HHHHHMM quality of life scale in the final chapter when the time came for our Beagle. It didn't make the decision easy — nothing could — but it made it clearer. I'm grateful this guide exists. I only wish I'd found it sooner."
Bristol, UK · Verified purchase"Mein Schäferhund ist 10 Jahre alt und ich habe endlich verstanden, warum er nach langen Spaziergängen am nächsten Tag steif ist. Die Two-Day Rule hat mir wirklich geholfen — seitdem passe ich seine Bewegung an und er erholt sich viel besser."
Hamburg, Deutschland · Verified purchase"La section sur la nutrition du chien âgé m'a surprise — je ne savais pas que les besoins en protéines augmentent avec l'âge et non l'inverse. J'avais réduit les protéines sur les conseils d'un forum. Ce guide m'a aidée à corriger l'alimentation de ma chienne de 12 ans."
Bordeaux, France · Verified purchase"Pensaba que mi perro simplemente estaba 'envejeciendo' pero la guía me ayudó a entender que muchos de los cambios que veía eran tratables. La parte sobre salud dental como factor de longevidad fue una revelación — nunca le había dado la importancia que merece."
Madrid, España · Verified purchase"Very thorough and evidence-based without being overwhelming. The appendix with the home health check is something I now do every month. Would have liked a bit more on travelling with older dogs, but the chapter that does cover it is solid. Overall the best resource I've found on the topic."
Melbourne, Australia · Verified purchaseAll purchases verified · Reviews collected via post-purchase email
See inside before you decide
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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
