05 Mar, 2017
I have been on holidays for the past ten days. I am very fortunate that in my family we “pet sit” for each other when we go on holidays. As I was writing the list of things to do for Mum, I realised how, as our dogs age, their eccentricities become more pronounced. Here are some tips I use to encourage my old dog to eat.
15 Feb, 2017
Other than the obvious signs of a dog having had an intravenous treatment, like a shaved forelimb and a small puncture mark, I hadn’t really considered any other “side effects” such as the impact on a dog’s muscle tone and movement.
10 Feb, 2017
We are regularly bombarded with media exclamations about the “obesity crisis”. Regardless of all the hyperbole, we know that being overweight for us and our dogs decreases quality of life and our life expectancy.
Being overweight also has a direct correlation to the occurrence of joint disease, particularly osteoarthritis. It is not clearly understood which comes first – being overweight and joint disease or the other way around. Regardless, the link between weight and joint health has been identified at the biomechanical and biochemical level.
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