He holds a long time! Tips for Senior Dogs
(Animal) Twelve-year-old black Newfoundland dog Chico is still quite spry. Only the snout he is gray, and sometimes he looks like a disheveled old professor. From the wild brush of the past is a quiet, frugal become senior. He is sleeping more, and his posture looks suddenly much more rigid. Getting up is hard for him, everything goes a little slower than before. Actually, he should long ago in dog heaven.
Large and giant breed dogs age faster than small and medium-sized dogs. In Newfoundlands, Great Danes or St. Bernards, it’s a fortune when the animals reach the age of ten years. The senior phase usually begins with them so the age of nine, with very large dogs with eight. Other breeds such as poodles and dachshunds are often living to a ripe old age of 15 years’ fit as a fiddle “. The oldest dog that ever existed, have become 27, 29 and 34 years old, but these are exceptions, of course.
In dogs with very dark skin is seen quite early that they will face in gray, with lighter dogs notice it until much later. Senior dogs have fewer taste buds and reduced saliva. This may explain for example why some seniors eat worse with age. Often the teeth are worn, and the intestine is slower than in youth. This should be taken into account, for example, if Bones can be fed. Animal bones, better leave it out. An older dog is less active and often wear on joints and bones. The risk of losing weight and muscle mass increases. The immune system of seniors is also no longer as effective as it once was, but this is no reason for additional boosters.
Thanks industrially produced compound feed and feed additives, it is not difficult to put together any senior dogs the right food. One should consult the vet to take into account the health of the dog. Basically, protein needs the old dog is not as much, but more vitamins, minerals and trace elements.
Adjust the walks to the needs of your best friend and ask him not. Go, as it was when he was a puppy, rather more a day, a shorter round. Your dog will thank you. Make sure that it is not possible on a very cold and hard ground. Likewise, old dogs, like older people do not tolerate the humid heat in summer. Avoid direct sunlight and therefore are mainly in the early and late times of the day out with him.
As with older people is also: thinking training is important for the senior dogs long to keep fit. It must not always be an extensive excursion into nature, and games in the apartment, looking at where the dog example, must be hidden toys to keep him longer young! As long as a dog has no serious ailment, he can a lot of fun and joy to old age have and enjoy life.
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